We are grateful that youre with us. Good morning, im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. We welcome viewers from the u. S. And around the world. We begin with breaking news from cuba. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. You just heard the sounds of cheering on the streets of Little Havana on miami. As cuban exiles escaped his regime celebrated after hearing of his death. Although a lot of them are the next generation. Very good to point out. In havana, though, take a look there. The streets are quiet. People are finding out. And as cubas president and Fidel Castros brother raul castro made the announcement. Nine days of mourning started just about an hour ago. The video that you see here for his 90th Birthday Celebration, that was back in august. We want to go to patrick oppmann, now, he is there in cuba. And patrick, i was just talking to martin about this you are going to have an interesting place in history for a lot of these people in
Its the 11 00 eastern hour. Newsroom starts right now. To some a hero, to others a tyrant. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. And reactions are pouring in from around the world. President obama has just issued this formal statement saying we know that this moment fills cubans in cuba and in the United States with powerful emotions. History will record and judge the enormous impact of the singular figure on the people and world around him. Those powerful emotions on display in havana with castro supporters are mourning. Translator the cuban people is feeling sad because of the loss of our commander in chief, fidel castro. And we wish him wherever he is that he is blessed. And us cubans, love him. But in miami, the heart of the cuban exiled Community Celebrations broke out in the streets there. Some say his death will close a dark chapter of cubas history. And although castro lived long enough to see the historic thaw in cuban u. S. Relations, he was defiant and m
Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead, he was 90 years of age. You heard the sounds of cheering in the streets of miami. Cuban exiles who escaped his regime celebrated after hearing of his death. I want to take you to havana. A different scene there. Streets are quiet. People found out the Cuban Revolutionary who installed a communist government in the country has died. And this time, it is not a rumor as has been many times before. Fidel castros brother and cubas president raul castro making the statement on tv. This video i want to share with you will be from his 90th Birthday Celebration in august. There he is. Fidel castro here. In the u. S. President elect donald trump tweeted very simply, fidel castro is dead. With an exclamation point. Cnn is covering the story from all angles. We have Patrick Oppman in miami. I want to go straight to chris moody in miami. Because what a scene it has been in Little Havana, not just overnight. We thought it would subside, but even where you ar
Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. All right, we are now getting details into the investigation into fridays shooting at the ft. Lauderdale airport. Two victims were shot in the head. Authorities say they have concluded their investigation of santiago and the 26yearold army vet was taken into custody pulling a gun from his checked luggage and firing into the baggage claim area. Five were killed. Six others injured and there are, they rather are in three rather are in critical, but stable condition. All of the airport has reopened today, that investigation is really just beginning. The fbi saying they are not ruling out terrorism. We have not ruled out anything. We continue to look at all avenues and all motives for this horrific attack. And at this point, we are continuing to look at in regards to the potential motivation behind this attack. And the more we learn about santiago, the more red flags emerge about his past and possible Mental Health issues. Hell make
Choice. As speaker ryan puts the pressure on, the president seems to be brushing off the mounting opposition from seniors and doctors and hospitals against the American Health care act. President trump tweeted this, quote, despite what you hear in the press, health care is coming along great. We are talking to many groups and it will endi in a beautiful picture lets go to jeff zeleny. We know speaker ryan declared now is the time, this is the plan. Last hour at the white house briefing, the tone seemed to me more open to phases or changes. How did you interpret that . Indeed, brooke. That is definitely the president s plan here. He is saying, look, he is open to making small changes in this. He is listening to all these concerns from these conservative groups. But going back to his tweet for one second, ive talked to a lot of people here and republicans on capitol hill. They were struck by it will be a beautiful picture. They said, look, legislation is seldom beautiful. How the sausage