continues for loved ones who may be trapped. this as investigators try to figure out what caused the deadly blast. cnn s leyla santiago has more. reporter: christine and migu miguel, it is the unknown that is feeding the anxiety and desperation for families still searching for their loved ones. it is also the unknown that is fueling the investigation for a lot of people here that are sorting through the debris trying to figure out exactly what caused the explosion. the state government officials are not commenting on that right now. they have told me they are focusing on the dozens of victims that they are now trying to support as a result. we should mention that this is a massive market. about ten football fields and 300 vendors. all of which the government tells me had permits at the time of the explosion.
that have worked. we have american businesses that have been in russia for 20 and 30 years and these are fortune 500 companies that do $50 billion worth of work in russia a year. can that not be used as a conduit for communication and some cooperation and a positive sense? i think most americans will say we need to have a new and a better chapter with russia. jack kingston, thank you very much for your perspective. again, best for christmas for the family. thank you, chris. great to be with you. be well. a horrible story to tell you about. a manhunt is under way in little rock, arkansas, for a driver accused of shooting and killing a toddler during an apparent case of road rage. cnn s miguel marquez is here with more. migu miguel, what have you learned? just a horrific and cowardly situation. the grandmother was driving, but apparently not fast enough for the person behind her. that man began honking trying to get her to speed up. she had two kids in the car. a 3-year-old and a
unicef says they believe of those 250,000, 100,000 may be children. for them, the situation is even worse than the adults trapped. miguel. the dynamic here, fred, if there is no place for the rebels to go and u.s. and russians cannot come up with some sort of deal to how you go forward here, where does this thing go? reporter: i think a lot of it right now seems to be looking in the direction that the syrian government and the russians and their backers, iranians and hezbollah are looking for the solution to the situation in aleppo. they will fight until the rebels lose the territory. the russians and syrian regime set up humanitarian corridors for civilians to go to other rebel held areas in more than western syria and civilians to
translator: he is a father who like my father i wanted to show him everything i achieved. that he would be proud of me. that s how it was with fidel. if i learned something and wanted to show him and there are still many things i want to show him. reporter: of course, elian gonzalez is not well liked in miami as much as when he was as a child. some here see him as a prop for the regime. propaganda tool to elevate fidel castro into the status of the eye do idol. they don t see him as a voice of legacy. the party will continue here for the next few days. in havana, as you know, nine days of mourning. a stark contrast. miguel. thank you. as cubans prepare to say good-bye to the former leader, more americans are preparing to visit the island nation.
the increase comes from treasury bonds tied to mortgage rates. investors are ditching bonds in favor of stocks. the strong stock market reaction ma makes it easier for the fed to increase rates. that means a $250,000 mortgage with a 3.5% interest rate is a payment of $1,230 a month. that same with a $ 4.25% rate i $1,230. check out the money stream app. all the topics all in one feed, miguel. download it now. i m happy you did all that math for me. higher mortgage rates cost you more to finance a house.