we are joined by iliana schirmer, president of the council in hamilton.nk these legislators were after? >> my cuban newspaper. the minister of foreign affairs. i called asking if they knew. no. i called the assembly speaker. i didn't authorize the trip. i knew they were going, but we were not authorized by the assembly. bill: this is personal. >> very. >> i was two years old, but but i remember we were leaving and walking toward the airplane. i have a stuffed monkey with me. i remember the military militia ripping the monkey out of my arm and ripping it open to see if there was money on jewelry. >> i left in 1970. i remember the plane ride them exactly where we sat. we flew to the freedom tower in miami and spent three days getting documentation and shots and clothing. bill: i asked, catching up with him today and he said, there is a medical development and cuba that we don't have access to. >> the fact that it is being spun as we went they're for assistance, expansion maybe. you know what we need to know, why you went. >> the fact that they came with a l