the island of cuba itself? will people there say why is this going on? how can they be so happy at the death of our leader? going back to the past, when i was in college in the 1960s chris, if i may interrupt. we re going to take a live feed now from wtvj. we re going to listen in to what s going on in miami. this is a different occasion. i m going to talk to her a little bit more because we got interrupted with the fireworks. why is it a dream come true? many people say they don t celebrate death. why is this a celebration? there s a celebration because this man has done a lot of harm, much harm, has destroyed not only lives, but the culture of cuba. the cuban culture has been destroyed. the history was altered in a very negative way. he has destroyed the people. there s no liberty for over 60
to miami now. word of the cuban dictator s death led to overnight celebration that s show no signs of letting up. our nbc affiliate wtvj has more for us. jamie, it s been quite a night there. reporter: that s right. seven hours later, and there are still people out here. it s sort of fizzled a little bit now compared to what it was like earlier. i mean, hundreds were out here on main street in little havana, primarily the cuban section for miami right next toer ha cafe. hundreds took to the streets it pots and pans, celebrating. for many it is a symbolic celebration of a man who committed so many atrocities and his death for them is a vindication of his regime over the cuban island. now, i ve spoken with a lot of people who told me personally how they were impacted by
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we must be clear this shooting of civilian aircraft out of the air was a flagrant violation of international law. and that was part of nbc s brian williams report from 1996 with president clinton reacting to cuban government. 24th of february 1996 over international waters killed four civilian pilots from the group brothers to the rescues. the group included american citizens. three men linked to that shooting were part of a prisoner swap. one had been serving a life sentence on murder conspiracy conviction in that shoot down. family members of victims expressed anger with the news yesterday. the sole surviving pilot expressed his frustration to wtvj s hank tester. i think it is offensive above all to the cuban american community and to the voters of the cuban american community at large what this administration
would you like to see your son, jeb, run? he s, by far, the best qualified man, but, no, i really don t. there are other people out there that are very qualified and we ve had enough bushes. but, no. former first lady barbara bush was once willing to say that in pub lick. we ve had enough bushes. when he announced plans to yes, launch a leadership pack to actively explore a run for the presidency. he made the announcement, of course, on facebook. and he described his family s thanksgiving activities. as a result of these conversations and thoughtful krgsz of the kind of strong leadership i think america needs. i ve decided to actively explore the possibility of running for president of the united states. president bush also spoke briefly with wtvj about today s