FELLOW GEEKS ON THE NEW SEASON
OF THE BIG BANG THEORY TONIGHT
AT 8:00 ONLY ON CBS4.
RIGHT NOW AT 5:30, THE POPE
IN CUBA.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY DAY FOR POPE
FRANCIS WHO JUST ARRIVED IN
CUBA FOLLOWING A BUSY DAY IN
THE 3 3rd LARGEST CITY.
WHILE THERE HE'LL PRAY TO THE
VIRGIN OF CHARITY.
THE PATRON SAINT OF CUBA.
CBS4 ANCHOR RICK IS LIVE IN
HAVANA AND, RICK, WE'RE TALKING
TO YOU AGAIN LIVE FROM THE
CAPITAL CITY, WHAT SORT OF
RECEPTION IS HE GETTING IN THE
OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAND?
Reporter: WELL, HE SEEMS TO
HAVE A LOT OF FANS WHEREVER HE
GOES HERE IN CUBA, ELLIOTT AND
IRIKA, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THOSE PICTURES JUST IN TO THE
CBS4 NEWSROOM, THE POPE'S PLANE
LANDING INSANTIAGO, THIS IS THE
EASTERN PART OF CUBA, HE'LL
CELEBRATE MASS THERE TOMORROW
MORNING.
TONIGHT HE WILL BLESS A SHRINE
AND AS YOU SAID IT'S BEEN
ANOTHER BUSY DAY ON THIS WORLD
WIN TOUR FOR POPE FRANCIS
EARLIER TODAY HE WAS IN THE
CITY -- IN A CITY NO OTHER HAD
EVER -- NO POPE HAD EVER
VISITED THAT CITY.
THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF THE
CUBAN PROVINCE WHERE THE CASTRO
BROTHERS ORIGINALLY ARE FROM.
IT'S THE UNOFFICIAL CAPITAL I'M
TOLD OF CUBAN MUSIC WHICH IS A
MAJOR PART OF THE CULTURE HERE.
THE POPE -- TO THE 1 THAT HE
DELIVERED TO THE FAITHFUL AND
HAVANA SUNDAY DON'T BE SELL
FISH, HE SAID, LOOK FOR WAYS TO
HELP OTHERS.
HE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE CATHOLIC
HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, A SWIPE
AT CUBA'S ATHEIST REGIME,
THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF CHURCHES
AND PRIESTS HERE ON THE ISLAND.
AGAIN IT'S SANTIAGO TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW MORNING THEN IT'S OFF
TO THE U.S. LEG OF THIS TOUR.
AND, RICK, WE UNDERSTAND,
YOU GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF THE
CUBAN SECURITY FORCES OUT
THERE.
Reporter: WELL, THINGS WORK
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY HERE,
IRIKA, THAN THEY DO IN THE U.S.
DISDENTS, OF COURSE, NO FULL
WELL HOW THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED
TO VOICE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE
CASTRO GOVERNMENT.
BUT THE PRESS ALSO OPERATES
UNDER VERY DIFFERENT LIMITS
EVEN IF YOU'RE A FOREIGN
VISITING MEMBER OF THE PRESS AS
WE ARE HERE COVERING THE POPE'S
VISIT TO CUE B. WE GOT A TASTE
OF THAT YESTERDAY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES
THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THE MASS IN
HAVANA'S REVOLUTION PLAZA.
THE PRESS ALL KEPT TOGETHER IN
1 LITTLE AREA AND THEN AFTER
THE MASS WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD
BE ABLE TO LEAVE AND GO AND
SPEAK WITH THE PILGRIMS WHO WE
HAD COME TO, YOU KNOW, PART OF
THE STORY IS TO TALK TO THOSE
WHO TRAVELED HERE FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY INCLUDING
SOUTH FLORIDA THEY SIMPLY WOULD
NOT LET US GO AND THEY KEPT US
IN THIS HOLDING AREA FOR ABOUT
15 OR 20 MINUTES WHICH MAY NOT
SEEM LIKE A VERY LONG TIME, BUT
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
THIS PLATFORM, ALL OF THEM
PUSHING AND SHOVING AND IT HAD
GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE
FELT LIKE WE WERE IN A VERY
DANGEROUS PREDICTMENT.
WE WERE YELLING WHY CAN'T WE GO
AND WHY WON'T YOU RELEASE US.
I WAS SHOUTING WHATEVER SPANISH
WORDS I KNOW TO GET THEIR
ATTENTION TO LET US GO AND DO
OUR JOBS AND INTERVIEW.
EVENTUALLY THEY DID LET US GO.
THANKFULLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
NOBODY WAS HURT IN THE PROCESS,
BUT, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT IT WAS A
TASTE OF THE WAY THINGS WERE
HERE IN CUBA.
THEY NEVER GAVE YOU ANY
INDICATION OF WHY THEY WERE
KEEPING YOU HELD UP IN THAT
LITTLE AREA?
Reporter: KNOWN WHATSOEVER,
BUT I WILL TELL -- NONE
WHATSOEVER, I WILL TELL YOU THE
PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA WHO FLEW
TO CUBA AND WAS AT THE MASS
YESTERDAY, THE PRESS WHO WERE
TRAVELING FROM ARGENTINA THEY
WERE ALLOWED TO GO 1st AND SO
SOMEONE CAME OVER AND SAID IF
YOU'RE WITH THE ARGENTINIAN
MEDIA YOU CAN COME.
I SAID HOW COME THEY CAN GO AND
WE CAN'T, THERE WAS NO REASON
GIVEN FOR ANYTHING AT ALL.
SO THE ARGENTINIAN MEDIA WENT,
EVENTUALLY AS YOU SAW WE WERE