49 years later he was one of the longest ruling heads of government. Raul saying it was with deep sadness that he announced his brother, fidel, had died before 10 30 last night. Greeted by celebrations in miami. This is a live look at Little Havana. Earlier that street was packed. Many rebellers could b carrying cuban flags and banging on pots and pans. Thousands flocked to florida during castros 49year reign. Fidel castro came to power in cuba in 1959 following a widely popular revolution that overthrew the dictator. The rebels left this ideology and put them on a collision course with the United States, and it wasnt long before the small caribbean island found union at the height of the cold war. The alliance brought the world to the brink of the cuban war. Directed the armed forces to prepare washington retaliated by imposing a political embargo against cuba, providing education and healthcare for all. What fidel achieved in the social order of this country has not been achieved by
A thanksgiving day tragedy. A young woman loses her life in a car wreck. A popular musician also hurt. How the Bluegrass Community is coming to support one of their own. Plusa woman attacked on a trail in fayetteville. Who police are searching for. And the black friday rush hits the triangle. Some of the hottest items people are seeking this year. Eyewitness news starts right now. Tragedy a crash kills a young woman in raleighand injures a rising star in the local music world. Good evening im joel brown. The crash happened yesterday evening on lynn road near battleford drive. Police say the young couple. Was headed to thanksgiving dinner. When they turned right into the path of a toyota. Dejuanhoggard live at wake med where friends of the victims are reacting to the we are learning more information about the 2 people involved in thursday nights tragic accident. And now the Bluegrass Community in raleigh is praying for one of their own to pull through. This was the scene thanksgiving ev
Pick up as the day wears on. Right now, its fairly tranquil. 38 in allentown, philadelphia, checking in at 45. Take a look at cape may, not too bad, 48 degrees. Atlantic city at the airport 47. Now, satellite 6 along with action radar are noticing a couple of areas of moisture, if youre heading up to the poconos, there could be wet weather maybe rainy mixed with snow and especially farther to the north, upstate new york and new england there could be rain and snow showers, this coastal low will stay out to sea. Well see a lot of clouds between the two systems but well stay precipitationfree this afternoon. So heres the forecast for today. Were going to call it partly sunny, breezy, and temperatures climbing out of the 40s, slowly and eventually into the 50s. 3 00, 52. By 5 00 back down to 49, forecast in the high of 53. Tomorrow looking good as well. Pattern unsettled next week. With rain and ill have the details when i come back in about ten minutes. Now back to that breaking news, fi
Gape gaining 4 as the shinzo abe won a landslide victory in the upper house elections held yesterday. This is likely to make it easier to push through his agenda. The nikkei up by 4 . The shanghai composite was higher as well. In the early trading on the european markets, innings are mostly in the green there as well. The dax is up by 1 1 3. The ftse up by 3 4 of a percent. We should take a look at crude oil prices. Energy giving back some ground. In fact, wti down below 45 at 44. 84. Still no clarity perhaps on what will happen with the italian banks. That may be why. Thats the outlier. This week is full of Economic Data. Ernest season gets may wholesale trade followed by june import prices and the fed book on also on thursday, we dont normally Pay Attention to this. But the bank of englands policy meeting is going to happen. On friday, june retail sales, cpi, Industrial Production and the first look at Consumer Sentiment for july. In earnings central, alcoa reports earnings after the
Convention. President gerald ford and former california governor Ronald Reagan were in a close race for the president ial nomination. Now author and historian craig surely join cspan to talk about the last contested gop convention. That is next live o n washington journal hardest q a. Spans washington journal continues. , the author of a number of books, including reagans revolution. Was 1976 and we went to begin with talking about rule 16c. We want to welcome our viewers on cspan3s American History tv. Coming up, a look back, courtesy the remarkabled coverage that led to president fords, nation in 1976. Here is a portion. The Republican Party is here to nominate a president ial candidate for 1976 and an incumbent president for the First Time Since 1912 aces a serious challenge from within his own party. That president ial balloting comes tomorrow night. Be settled outd on the floor of this convention in kemper arena tonight. And wills acknowledge test their strength, which could make