Somewhat younger brother raul, he has been less of a political presence, more of an aging grandfather, the founder of the revolution, in fact. But more symbolic i should say than a real presence. Theres been so many changes, of course, raul castros gradual economic reforms, the opening to the u. S. And now, of course, the big question of what comes next . Things are pretty much frozen in place here. They are anticipating changes under donald trump. They are nervous about that. Andrea, short term, how is cuba planning to bury fidel . Reporter theres going to be nine days of mourning. He is being cremated today. They will start processions around the country paying respects to the remains which will be in a large box similar to vara. Next sunday, the days of mourning end and there will be an official burial. On television, of course, his presence ever present, constant documentaries showing the younger fidel, the revolutionary fidel, the family. That said, they are moving on. Question no
Analysis are, helene cooper, matt bai, Danielle Pletka and mark murray. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. We have a lot to discuss this morning on president elect trump, the transition, whether he is backing away from some key Campaign Promises and of course the call for a recount now in three states. All of that in a moment. We will begin with the death of fidel castro. Not surprisingly the news has been greeted with joy and celebration where cubanamericans have been waiting for this for more than five decades. This is a topic that really gets to me. Ive been hearing stories of cruelty and oppression. He destroyed families. He destroyed a country. He destroyed practically a culture. This may be the beginning of the end of the castro regime in cuba. And the beginning of the freedom for the cuban people. Some people may disagree about his legacy, theres no doubt he is one of the monumental fig
The older generation more emotional about fidel castro. For the younger generation, really, since 2006 when he became ill and 2008 when he turned power over to his somewhat younger brother raul, he has been less of a political presence, more of an aging grandfather, the founder of the revolution, in fact. But more symbolic i should say than a real presence. Theres been so many chan course, raul castros gradual economic reforms, the opening to the u. S. And now, of course, the big question of what comes next . Things are pretty much frozen in place here. They are anticipating changes under donald trump. They are nervous about that. Andrea, short term, how is cuba planning to bury fidel . Reporter theres going to be nine days of mourning. He is being cremated today. They will start processions will be in a large box similar to vara. Next sunday, the days of mourning end and there will be an official burial. On television, of course, his presence ever present, constant documentaries showi
To do in the operational needs of the i. T. This is one where the requirements are in b. Has just a couple moments left in this program. We will go live now to hear from congressman Jason Chaffetz, chair of the House Oversight committee in this morning to accept the legislative agenda for 2016. The utah republican is at the Brookings Institution this morning. Later you should know this morning they will also share a hearing on oversight of the executive ranch life today on our companion network cease injury starting not 10 00 eastern. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to brookings until you met for joining us today. Im honored youre to have congressman Jason Chaffetz from the state of utah with us today to discuss government oversight. Hes the chairman of the house accountability Oversight Committee and he will talk today about various things in the committee discusses, covers, analyzes and tries to keep government accountable to the tax payer in citizen doing its job as well as possible
Are buying in order to figure out what each cost and also i would note that on the songwriter side, Songwriters Guild featured Music Coalition that have brought up issues of transparency because arbitration might lead to issues where the artists themselves dont necessarily know what the rate is or how it was decided. I think my time is up mr. Chairman. Thank you. Senator franken. Thank you mr. Chairman for this hearing. Mr. Harris and you talked about this 150,000dollar fine that could be imposed for infringing. Have you ever paid such a fine . No sir. How many times has that fine in your experience your knowledge been imposed . Well in the context of pandora. Just in the whole ego system of this . Oh hundreds if not thousands of Copyright Infringement cases going on right now. Farah williams is involved with a lawsuit over marvin gayes estate of her blurred lines were statutory damages and willful infringement are being sought by the plaintiffs. I go back to the question, how many tim