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Thanks Chips for the live stream!
Roll Call!
HF2 - here :)
Wooooot! Go HF!
Hooooooooopefruuuuuuuuit! :-)
I am here with great enthusiasm.
Mark Sanford looking for a new girlfriend?
(I am shallow - only thing I could think of when I saw his name)
I’m here! So excited. I explained a little on the previous thread…….I’m old enough to remember when trips go Havana were a regular weekend thing for some people.
One thing I love to hear when the President is leaving, is when he gets in the door and says “POTUS on board.” For some reason, that is just powerful to me.
What do ya know: Both CNN and CNNI carrying news of the President’s trip now.
Well well you don’t say.
What CNN MSNBC buddy Trump is taking the day off?
Lame Duck President - suddenly they realise He is the best thing in the US for the past 100 years.
On no!
CNNI reporting that PBO is bringing the heads of Starwood Hotels and Marriott Hotels here to talk about setting up business to support tourism there.
I hope the Marriott goes at this in a big way because I need 5 star treatment and accommodations on my trip - planning now.
That’s so like PBO to give everyone a seat at the table. Marriott tends to support Republican candidates and CEO endorsed Romney in 2012. I love my President.
Startwood Chief of Latin American Operations says they’re planning to start with 3 luxury hotels first then, eventually expanding to bring in sites from all 11 of their brands.
Starwood. Sorry.
Brands: Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, W Hotels, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Le Méridien , element , Aloft and Tribute Portfolio, Design Collection
Excellent. Cuba will soon become a hot vacation and honeymoon destination. This is a big deal.
Glad it was not Trump Hotels.
Is POTUS running late?
No - if anything, he should be earlier than the scheduled arrival time of 4:50PM ET
No, I don’t think so. I believe they left earlier than announced.
AF1 is landing now, more than 30 minutes early…
here…
I’m here; thanks for the livefeed.
Yes thank you. I’m watching the youtube live feed which includes a live chat. I’ve posted two comments in Spanish using a translator.
Beast had landed, where is everyone else? AF1 not landed yet?
Haven’t found anything on TV covering this. Bunch of town halls and other useless junk.
It’s approaching now…
Headsup! CNNI says AF1 landing in about 10 minutes!
I was about to ask that question, has AF1 landed yet?
Thanks Dudette. Got the live feed on and watching NCIS reruns too. LOL.
CBS Cuba Arrival Feed is up too! http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
AF1 is coming in!!!!
Landing gear deployed!
Dang, decisions, decisions.
Watching the RUPTLY feed — looks like AF1 is about to land!
AF1 on approach…
does AF1 Fly with an escort
Anguishing — which feed to watch?
Watching RUPTLY now, but should I switch to cbs or cuba tv?
Don’t think so , not over Cuban airspace. That would be unusual.
i thought not…i always worry about PBO when he is in the air
No coverage of the President’s arrival on CNN or MSNBC
On BBC….
ty…they are covering it on CNN now..
It’s on CNN and CNNI (they cut away to election coverage while the plane was landing)
yes…i misspoke….hahaha
oops spoke to soon…on CNN
Weather in Havana now: 86 °F
JER…i really think you have the power…i was just wondering about the Temp…smilin :D
Hello there, PF.
heyyy JER…link mistress
Wheels down! Wheels down!
AirforceOne wheels down #CubaVisit
AF1 TOUCH DOWN!!!! :) :)
Holding everyone’s hand here in TODville, waiting for deplaning.
Anticipation…
Indeed…
Wouldn’t be anywhere else, Arapaho!
These are the good old days! :-) <3 :-)
OMG! I just saw PBO’s plane land. It was awesome!
The regal Eagel (AF1) has landed safely in Havana!
OMG! It is breath-taking watching AF-1 arrive, even more so because PBO is on it. Woot!
Trivia: Jackie Kennedy had design colors of AF1 made. Now they look more beautiful than ever.
The two Beasts are already there and ready to go. I saw them taxi onto the runway earlier.
I eat my words. Guess this was way too historic for even the numbnuts to omit :-)
Guest greeters seem to be on some sort of enclosed raised platform. It’s very nice
Oh the platform peeps were just media.
GGAIL in da house
COS here watching this exciting rip.
“trip”.
I am so excited!
President tweeted from the plane….
:)
AF1 doors are open!
Coolest man on the planet! :-D
Some reporter on CNNI just asked “How’d the President tweet that?” LOL!
Answer from another reporter: AF1 has lots of bells and whistles!
lolol
I’m feeling a lot like when my kids step up to the bat: proud, confident, and also nervous :) He’s got this!
soooooon the door will open
Just woke up from my nap in time for this historic first!!!!
raining
who is the guy shaking hands
PBO tweeted to the people!
there is the ever ready Sousa
They arebdeplanning,
Does anyone know who all the people there are?
There they are!!!! Yay! :-D
wow..they look beautitfulllllllllll
Flowers for all of the ladies.
Every Obama women received WELCOMING BOUQUETS! Including Mrs Robinson.
Those pink flowers were beautiful.
I think the President wanted to go over to the grandstand…the SS …looked at him and said..No Mr President..
LOL I think they were media
ohhhh..ok
Damn yer good (and fast)! <3 <3 <3
I love FLOTUS’s dress. She always looks like class itself.
I am shaking and crying this is so historic and beautiful.
I’m beaming with pride.
Inorite!
wow…look at that caravan
Okay what’s next?
They’re heading to the US Embassy.
Wow! I’m crying…..I remember the revolution, the Bay of Pigs, so much is going through my mind right now, and SO GLAD Barack Obama is president of the U.S.A. No other person could have gotten done what he has. Thank God we elected him TWICE!!!
Yes yes yes! I’m 66 and was a teenager at the time but I too remember. It was a very scary time.
Oh, Carolyn, what anxious times that Bay of Pigs era was. We were so close to a nuclear war with the USSR. Now our president is embracing Cuba and the Cuban people. I’m very glad I’ve been able to see this long arc of history.
loving the interlude music
I agree. I want to get up and dance.
Yes, let’s do! :-D
I love it!!!!
Well, I wanna see every movement!!!!
FLOTUS….looks as fresh as flowerssss
Dateline Havana Cuba, 4:23 pm EDT:
Since my husband isn’t here for me to share with, you all are getting my memories. I remember sitting in our den in Washington, D.C. watching President Kennedy speak to the country after the Bay of Pigs and Adlai Stevenson’s speech to the U.N…….we in D.C. were all nervous. The President’s speech was terrific. Even my father, who had been a big Nixon supporter said after that speech…..”he knows what he’s doing. He handled this well, he’ll be all right.” That was a BIG admission for my dad, and his attitude was much more positive toward Pres. Kennedy after that. So many memories are just flooding me!
Carolyn, we are both of an age to remember those days. I’m right there with you sharing those memories.
JHC, don’t have TV, can’t confirm if this is true or not, but:
Confusing because @jeffreygoldberg tweeted this:
They were covering the trip up until about 10 mintues before the plane landed. Then they switched to election coverage until wheels down, then they switched back to covering the Cuba trip. I was watching both CNN and CNNI on my TV (switch back and forth between them) and the CBS feed on my laptop.
MSNBC has replayed the deplaning several times. Each time I love it.
:-D :-D :-D
Like a fool, I yelled, screamed, clapped and jumped up when I saw PBO and MO at the door of AF-1 preparing to descend the stairs. I am sitting in my home alone (after calling my mom to tell her about the event and to turn on CNN) rejoicing and shaking. Wow! This day is monumental no matter how some of the reporters were trying to play it down a bit.
As for the bitter, old-head Cubans in South Florida, they need to get over themselves; it is a new day and it is not the job of the US President to carry out their vengeance.
You’re not alone! We’re with you! Nobody else here in the house with me, but I feel like the world is with me — especially grateful for our TOD Family! :-)
Oh, Dudette, I was just thinking how grateful I am that this wonderful community is together here, sharing these special moments, participating in history- and how the TOD experience has enhanced the Obama presidency for me, even beyond the blessed wonders which are himself and the first family. It just wouldn’t be the same without all of you <3
Douglas Brinkley.
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http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/20/%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%B8%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%BA/
The one person on any of these news shows that I have respected is historian David Brinkley. I am always pleased to hear his point of view.
Believe his first name is Douglas - and I totally agree!