>> OFF THE TOP AT SIX CHALK SOUTH ARE FLORIDA SEEING HISTORIC PROTESTS LOCAL CUBAN
COMMUNITY HITS THE STREETS AND
THE SEAS FOR ANOTHER DAY OF
DEMONSTRATIONS.
SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY OVER
DOWNTOWN.
AS THE PARAMOUNT WORLD CENTER
LIT UP WITH COLORS OF CUBA AND
THE MESSAGE SO MANY ARE TAKING
TO THE STREETS FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> FREEDOM.
>> THAT’S WHAT CUBANS ON THE
ISLAND AND HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
ARE DEMANDING OF THE COMMUNIST
COUNTRY SUPPRESSED ITS PEOPLE
FOR GENERATIONS.
THEY WON’T STOP UNTIL THEIR CALL
TO ACTION IS ANSWERED.
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA TO OUR CAPITAL.
WE BEGIN WITH "LOCAL 10" LEADING
US OFF TONIGHT FROM DOWNTOWN
MIAMI.
>> Reporter: JUST TAKE A LOOK AT
THE CROWD HERE IN DOWNTOWN
MIAMI.
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER OF
FREEDOM.
THIS IS A MASSIVE CROWD THAT
STARTED GATHERING ABOUT AN HOUR
AGO.
>> AGAIN YOU CAN HEAR THEM
CHANTING.
REALLY HAS BECOME THE ANTHEM OF
THE LATEST CRY FROM THE EXILED
COMMUNITY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THIS PROTEST MANY OTHERS ONE
THAT STARTED IN THE MORNING IN
HIALEAH WE WERE THERE AS WELL.
A MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN
CUBA.
THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL THE SHOW
OF UNITY.
>> WE MARCH WITH HUNDREDS IN
HIALEAH ALONG WEST 16 AVENUE FOR
MORE THAN 10 BLOCKS.
>> THE CROWD SINGING SONGS.
>> THE ENERGY YOU SEE FUELED BIT
UNPRECEDENTED PROTESTS WE SAW IN
CUBA LAST SUNDAY.
ALMOST A WEEK LATER LOVE OF
COUNTRY REMAINS VIBRANT IN ALL
GENERATIONS.
>> 1980 MY GRANDFATHER CAME HERE
ON THE BOAT LIFT IN SEARCH FOR
FREEDOM.
HIS BRAVERY IS WHAT LED ME TO BE
HERE TODAY.
>> Reporter: THE CROWD STARTED
TO GATHER AT THE CORNER OF WEST
16 AVENUE AND 49 STREET.
>> HAS BECOME THE ANTHEM HERE
AND ON THE ISLAND.
>> I AM HERE FOR MY PARENTS.
FOR MY GRANDPARENTS.
FOR EVERY FAMILY MEMBER THAT
HAVE LEFT THERE.
>> LIKE MANY HERE 25-YEAR-OLD
WHO LIVES IN KENDALL IS
CONCERNED ABOUT HER RELATIVES
BACK IN CUBA.
THEY DON’T HAVE FOOD, THEY DON’T
HAVE ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: HE SPOKE TO HIS
MOTHER THIS MORNING.
SHE TELLS HIM REPRESSION IS HIGH
AND CUBANS ARE FEARFUL.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
THEY CAN COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND
IN A STAGE
PRO GOVERNMENT PROTEST MANY BUST IN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SINCE THE WIDESPREAD PROTEST, WE
SEE FORMER LEADER CASTRO BACK
LEAR AT HOME CLOSE TO A DOZEN
LOCAL MAYORS UNITED TO ADDRESS
THE CRISIS IN CUBA.
ESPECIALLY INTERNET BLACKOUTS.
IT’S NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE
INSIDE CUBA WHO ARE
COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
BUT IT’S FOR ALL OF US.
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
BACK OUT LIVE HERE THIS IS THE
MASSIVE PROTEST JUST GETTING
UNDER WAY.
YOU TALK TO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS
AND THEY WILL TELL YOU AS YOU
HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT A
MAJOR CONCERN IS ACC
CHAMPIONSHIP -- ACCESS TO THE
INTERNET.
COMMUNITY WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRACK DOWN
IN THE ISLAND FROM FOLKS MY
SOURCES THERE, THEY ARE TELLING
ME YES THERE IS SOME INTERNET
ENOUGH TO SEND MESSAGES BUT THEY
SAY YOU CANNOT SEND VIDEOS OR
PHOTOS WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT
THEY WANT TO DO IN THIS TIME OF
NEED.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
>> "LOCAL 10 NEWS."
>> Anchor: THANK YOU.
>> CROWDS HAVE ALREADY STARTED
GATHERING AT THE FREEDOM TOWER
FEW YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE HAT
ZEL IS THERE.
>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE HERE
HAS BEEN PERSIST TENT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
REALLY IN CITIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
THESE RALLIES ARE COMING
TOGETHER.
THIS ONE CONTINUES TO GROW HERE
AS CONCERT FREEDOM RALLY IS
GOING -- IS UNDER WAY.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF
THE FREEDOM TOWER IN DOWNTOWN
MIAMI.
THEIR MESSAGE IS THE SAME.
>> LOOKING FOR A FREE CUBA.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE CALLING ON
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STEP
IN AND DO WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
CAN TO HELP THE INTERNET
SITUATION AND HELP THE SITUATION
OVER ALL IN CUBA.
IF WE SWING THE CAMERA AROUND TO
THE BACK SIDE HERE, YOU SEE THE
PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING HERE.
THEY ARE FLOODING THIS AREA
DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL
ABOUT 8:30 TONIGHT.
>> ROADS WILL ALSO BE CLOSED
UNTIL THEN.
>> FOR NOW LIVE IN DOWNTOWN