LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> ALL RIGHT, JEFF, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
AND NOW WE BRING YOU LIV
PICTURES RIGHT NOW, MOURNERS
CONTINUING TO THEIR THEIR
RESPECTS.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN LINING UP
SINCE YESTERDAY FOR PUBLIC
TRIBUTES.
>> MEMORIALS ARE HAPPENING ALL
ACROSS CUBA, INCLUDING IN
OLGUIN.
THIS NEW VIDEO OF PEOPLE WAITING
IN LINE THERE, AND MEANWHILE
WORLD LEADERS SINCE AS
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT ARE CERTAIN
TO ARRIVE AHEAD OF THE FUNERAL.
LOCAL 10 THE ONLY STATION WITH
THE CREW IN CUBA RIGHT NOW.
>> AND WE DO HAVE COMPLETE
COVERAGE ON HIS DEATH, AND ALL
THE MEMORIALS DOING ON RIGHT
NOW.
JOINING US FROM HAVANA IS
LOCAL 10 NEWS ANCHOR CALVIN
HUGHES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND ONCE
AGAIN A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
HERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LINING UP EARLY
THIS MORNING, BUT UNLIKE
YESTERDAY WE CAN'T SEE THE END
OF THE LINE TODAY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNED OUT
TODAY AS OPPOSED TO TENS OF
THOUSANDS TURNED OUT YESTERDAY,
AND THAT SERVICE STRETCHING WELL
INTO THE NIGHT, AFTER 2:00 IN
THE MORNING, BUT TAKE A LOOK
OVER MY SHOULDER, YOU CAN SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE TURNING OUT TODAYS
ARE THEY COME WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND STILL SHARING
STORIES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FID
FIDEL CASTRO WHO PASSED AWAY.
THAT MORNING WE NOTICED THAT THE
U.S. EMBASSSY, THE U. FLAG OLD
GLORY WAS NOT FLYING AT HALF
STAFF, UNLIKE THE CUBAN FLAG
THAT HAS BEEN FLYING AT HALF
STAFF FOR DAYS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN OTHER EMBASSIES
HAVE LOWERED THEIR FLAG.
LET'S TAKE YOU BACK NOW TO THE
LONG LINES FROM TODAY STARTING
THIS MORNING, CUBANS COMING FROM
OVER ALL THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST
IN HAVANA, AND LAST NIGHT, WE
HAD A CHANCE TO GO UP SIDE AND
WE SAW A RANGE OF EMOTIONS FROM
CUBANS SOME VERY SAD, OTHERS
EMOTIONLESS AS THEY WALKED BY.
WHAT WAS A VERY SIMPLE MEMORIAL,
TWO PLACARDS FROM THE CUBAN
COMMUNIST PARTY RECOGNIZING
CASTRO AS THE FOUNDER AND LEADER
AND A POSTER OF A VERY YOUNG
LOOKING CASTRO.
HERE IS ONE WOMAN REMEMBERS HIM.
I WAS BORN WITH THE
REVOLUTION, I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT
HIM, HIS VALUES, HIS IDEAS AND
THOSE ARE THINGS WE FOUGHT FOR.
FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
OUR INDEPENDENCE, OUR
SOVEREIGNTY, FOR US, TO CONTINUE
HIS LEGACY
>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
DIGNITARIES THAT ARE ARRIVING BY
THE HOUR.
THE EMBATTLED PRESIDENT, PAID
TRIBUTE TODAY PAYING HIS
RESPECTS AND HE SAID QUOTE,
SAYING WE ARE SAYING IN PART
THAT HE IS HERE, HE SAYS TO
PLEDGE HIS SUPPORT IN SOLIDARITY
FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
JOINING ME NOW, WHO HAS BEEN UP
ALL MORNING.
IN THE EAR MORNING HOURS AND
YOU SAW THE YOUNG PEOPLE THA
ARE HERE
.
>> WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS FOCUS
ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT THIS
TIME, THE LINES STARTED TO GET
LONG, PROBABLY AT 8:00 A.M., AND
REMEMBER INITIALLY THEY SAID
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START
ALLOWING PEOPLE AT 9:0
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THEY STARTED EARLY TO DEAL WITH
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
EXPECTED TO COME HERE.
THERE WERE SO MANY YESTERDAY.
BUT AGAIN, FOCUSING THIS TIME ON
YOUNG PEOPLE, WE SAW EVEN
BABIES, WE ASKED PARENTS WHY
THEY ARE BRINGING BABIES AND
YOUNG FOLKS AND HERE IS THEIR
MESSAGE.
>> A SEA OF PEOPLE BELOW THE
MASSIVE IMAGE, SEVERAL LINES ALL
LEADING TO THE JOSE MARTIN
MEMORIAL.
THAT TIME IN LINE, A LOT OF
YOUNG FOLKS BABIES EVEN, A
FOUR-MONTH-OLD DANIELLE.
HIS GRANDMOTHER TELLS ME LITTLE
DANIEL IS THE FUTURE, AND ONE
DAY SHE WANTS TO TELL HIM HE WAS
HERE.
AND BOOKS YOU READ ABOUT FIDEL
CASTRO'S LEGACY, IT IS THE
LEGACY WHICH RACHEL VALDEZ SAYS
HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HER
LIFE.
SHE KNEW SHE WOULD BE IN LINE A
LONG TIME, SO SHE SHOWS US HOW
SHE PACKED HER WATER TO KEEP IT
COOL
I OWE HIM SO MUCH, BECAUSE OF
HIM, I AM WHO I AM.
THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS STUDYING TO
BE A DENTIST.
WE ALSO RAN INTO CARLOS WHO IS
EIGHT YEARS OLD.
HIS MOTHER SAYS IT IS GOOD TO
TEACH THEM AT AN EARLY AGE THAT
WHAT THEY HAVE IS BECAUSE OF
FIDEL.
HE THEN WEIGHS IN AND SAYS HE IS
HERE TO PAY HOMAGE.
ALL RIGHT, SO JUST ONE OF THE
MANY STORIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE
WAITING HERE IN LINE, WHAT IS
IRONIC IS WE KNOW IMMIGRATION IS
A HUGE ISSUE HERE IN CUBA.
SO YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE,
YET ON THE OTHER SIDE WE SEE AN
INFLUX, CONSTANTLY, OF PEOPLE,
TYPICALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, LEAVING
THE ISLAND HOPING FOR A BETTER
LIFE ELSEWHERE.
>> I NOTICE THAT SCHOOLS WERE
OPEN TODAY, OR WERE THEY CLOSED
IN.
>> I BELIEVE THEY WERE CLOSED
TODAY.
AS WELL AS JOBS EVERYWHERE ON
THE ISLAND.
>> GOVERNMENT OFFICES OKAY, ALL
RIGHT.
HATZEL VELA REPORTING, WE WANT
TO SHOW YOU OH MEMORIALS THAT
ARE HAPPENING, THERE WAS ONE IN
HOG GENE, THIS IS WHERE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED OUT TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO FIDEL CASTRO.
AND ALSO THERE ARE OTHER
TRIBUTES HAPPENING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE ALL SAYING
AND PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO
THEIR FORMER CUBAN LEADER AND
SUCH IS THE CASE TONIGHT WHERE
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MASS
RALLY, OR THE FIRST MASS RALLY
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT IN
THE PLAZA RIGHT BEHIND ME.
JOINED NOW BY MY COLLEAGUE, AND
GLENNA, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO
OUT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SOL
LEMN OATH TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY
OF FIDEL CASTRO.
TODAY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE
IT.
>> AND IT IS AN AMAZING PROCESS,
AND I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL
PART OF THIS MOURNING PERIOD.
AND EVERYBODY IS PARTICIPATING.
THEY SAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOME VIDEO OF WHAT THAT LOOKED
LIKE, IN ONE PARTICULAR PLACE, A
LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS A
LITTLE ROOM IN A BUILDING THAT
IS SELLING INSURANCE, CAR
INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, AND
THEY SET OFF LITTLE TABLE WITH A
LITTLE BOOK, AND IT IS A VERY
EASY SIMPLE PROCESS, PEOPLE WALK
UP, OVER THE BOOK, THERE IS A
SIGN THAT H FIDEL CASTRO'S
2,000 OATH TO THE REVOLUTION.
AND THEY PUT THEIR NAME DOWN,
JUST LIKE A LITTLE PETITION, AND
THEN THEY WALK AWAY.
IT IS SUCH A SIMPLE PROCESS
BEING REPEATED IN LITERALLY 1900
PLUS LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY IN SCHOOLS, SOME IN
HOMES, AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT
EASY FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHAT THIS OATH IS IS AN OATH BY
FIDEL CASTRO FIRST SIGNED BY
HIM, ON MAY 1ST OF THE YEAR
2000, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW
WHAT MAY DAY IS THE NATIONAL
HOLIDAY TO LABOR.
THAT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT
DATE, AND IT IS FIDEL CASTRO'S
WORDS FIGHTING TO KEEP THE
REVOLUTION ALIVE FOREVER, THE
NATIONALISM OF IT, THE SOCIALISM
OF IT, AND GIVING CUBA A
OUTSIZED ROLE IF YOU WILL ON THE
WORLD STAGE.
AND TODAY EVERY CUBAN CITIZEN
THAT WE HAVE RUN INTO SO FAR
EITHER ALREADY HAD OR PLANS TO
PUT THEIR NAME IN THAT BOOK, AND
REMEMBER CALVIN, THIS IS NOW
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
IT IS A CHOICE, CAN PEOPLE
CHOOSE NOT TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW TECHNICALLY THEY CAN,
BUT HERE IS A RECORD, A WRITTEN
RECORD OF THEIR OATH TO THE
REVOLUTI
FOR A CUBAN CITIZEN ON FACE
VALUE THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM
TO HAVE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A
BIT LAST NIGHT SO WE HAVE 20
PLUS PRESIDENTS AND PRIME
MINISTERS THAT ARE COMING HERE,
BUT IT IS ALL GOING TO TAKE
PLACE, AND WE CAN SEE THE CHAIRS
SET UP THERE, AND THERE WILL BE
SOME OTHER I GUESS FEATURES OF
THE RALLY TONIGHT.
CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
>> WHAT WE KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM THIS APINGLE, YOU CAN SEE
BIG SCREENS THEY HAVE A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE VISUAL
PRESENTATION FROM DAY ONE,
PROBABLY BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, OF
THE TRIP DOWN FROM THE CIERA,
AND STARTED THE REVOLUTION, BUT
ALL FIDEL ALL THE TIME A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE TRIBUTE TO THE
LIFE AND TIMES AND HISTORY OF
THE REVOLUTION ONE OF THE
PURPOSE
PURPOSES IS TO SAY THAT IT DOES
NOT END HERE.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT POSSIBLY WE
DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION BUT
RECALL CASTRO, THE LEADER RIGHT
NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR, AND
CURIOUS THAT WE DON'T HAVE
CONFIRMATION, BECAUSE THAT WOULD
BE A VERY BIG DEAL AND A BIG
DRAW, AND A MESSAGE TO CUBAN
CITIZENS ABOUT THEIR LEADER, SOY
THINK THERE IS A SIGNIFICANCE TO
THE FACT THAT PUBLICLY WE CAN'T
CONFIRM THAT
WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM YOU
COMING UP AND ON THAT NOTE, WE
WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO, KNOWING WE WILL COVER