Themselves. The mood remains festive hours after castros brother, raul, cubas current president made that announcement. Listen in. Listen in. [speaking spanish] alcides raul castro said his brothers remains will be cremated today. Nine days of National Mourning are under way right now. Tampa, as many strong ties to cuba. We will have more on the local reaction a little bit later on requesting good day tampa bay. First foxs brett bahr takes a look back on his life. Reporter the man born as Fidel Alejandro castro ruiz came to power leaving a ragtag band of bearded rebels to overthrow a dictator. He ended up becoming one himself. He stood defiantly against ten u. S. President s. Influence and power called castro a hero. But for the u. S. , he was the alltooclose face of the bitter cold war. And while the world could never completely dismiss castro politically, over time to some critics, he seemed more like a caricature with his wiry beard, faded fatigues and sixinch cigars. The most signi
After castros brother, raul, made in announcement. [speaking spanish] alcides raul castro said his brothers remains will be cremated today. Nine days of National Mourning are under way in cuba. Tampa, as many of you know, has strong ties to cuba. Stations kellie cowan is on brett bahr takes a look at the rise and fall of the dictator. Reporter the man born Fidel Castro Ruz came to power league a ragtag band of bearded rebels to overthrow a dictator. He ended up one himself. Castro stood defiantly against ten u. S. President s. Around the world leftists who hated americas influence and but for the u. S. , he was the alltooclose face of the bitter cold war. And while the world could never completely dismiss castro politically, over time for some critics he seemed like a char cature with his wiry beard, faded fatigues and 6inch ci cigars. The response to castros communist regime came in 1961 when president john f. Kennedy backed the failed where cuban exile were captured and sent to priso
Week long spiritual event. Pope francis is slated to attend. Those will some of the top stories for this monday, july 25th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a Massive Wildfire burning outside of los angeles. A fire official now says its raging through the Santa Clarita valley like a freight train. New video shows one of the 18 homes destroyed. Among the homeowners who have lost everything is a firefight battling another blaze. He learned his home was burned to the ground. We have more from the fire lines. Reporter the wildfire raging ten miles north of los angeles turning deadly. Officials discovering a body inside the vehicle of this driveway. That fire came through and blasted the backside of some homes. Reporter 1500 homes evacuated. 18 now destroyed. Fire sweeping down into the valleys. Flames 40 feet high. Theres a lot of devastation around the hillsides here. Reporter 1700 firefighters. Even modified jumbo jets bought in to attack the blaze. Cho
Home, like this is the first time for a long time. Why did he choose to go . He wanted to go. His choice. So, the family is incredibly sad, the son is going away for the very first time, hes 21year old. Hes got a job in orlando, florida, and he thought it was a better opportunity. Hes taking a flight right now. Yeah, i mean all my friends are leaving. A lot of people i know, that i talk to, yeah im leaving soon, and maybe might not come back. So, theyre like yeah i want to do that too, cause it will be a better like life there, and i dont know, you know the economy. Its like, itll be better over there. Does it make you sad to leave puerto rico . It does. This is my home, my family, my friends. More Puerto Ricans are leaving now than at any time since the 1950s. As this historic exodus unfolds, fault lines came to find out what the future holds for the island theyve left behind. We have a good country here yeah, its a beautiful place. As puerto ricos crisis deepens, the government is sl
Why did he choose to go . He wanted to go. His choice. So, the family is incredibly sad, the son is going away for the very first time, hes 21year old. Hes got a job in orlando, florida, and he thought it was a better opportunity. Hes taking a flight right now. Yeah, i mean all my friends are leaving. A lot of people i know, that i talk to, yeah im leaving soon, and maybe might not come back. So, theyre like yeah i want to do that too, cause it will be a better like life there, and i dont know, you know the economy. Its like, itll be better over there. Does it make you sad to leave puerto rico . It does. This is my home, my family, my friends. More Puerto Ricans are leaving now than at any time since the 1950s. As this historic exodus unfolds, fault lines came to find out what the future holds for the island theyve left behind. We have a good country here yeah, its a beautiful place. As puerto ricos crisis deepens, the government is slashing public spending. One of the sectors thats be