marco ruban is a cuban american, himself, he represents florida in the senate, a very powerful block of cubans live in the miami region and there is concern about the castro regime and for decades has made an issue. but. >> libby i can't help but notice it has gotten very noisy where you are. what are the folks chanting, can you make that out? >> right now they're talking about pushing for the normalizing of the relationship. there has been. [ protesters chanting ] there has been code pink presence code pink is a well-known protest organization here in washington. they're they're protesting for more normalization. you can ethe flag going up behind me. we'll see more of the cheering and protesting happening. >> we're seeing an honor guard deliver this flag, and the honor guard marching out towards the flagpole. this is the first step in the historic process that we're bringing to you live right now in washington, d.c. the opening of the cuban embassy, and the raising of the cuban flag over our nation's capital for the first time in some 54 years. i want to bring in our correspondent,