Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im meg oliver. 21gun salutes will fire in cubas largest cities today as the island nation begins a weeklong choreographed farewell to its longtime leader fidel castro. The communist dictator, who wore his animosity toward america as long as his trademark beard, died friday at the age of 90. Manuel bojorquez is in havana. Reporter meg, cubans are grieving today as the death of fidel castro has started to set in. While a divisive figure abroad, on this caribbean island castro was admired by many. As flags flew at half staff over havana, some cubans could not hold back their tears. Victor manuel said he felt like he had lost a patriarch. The factor of other of our fami father of the revolution he said. Havanas normally bustling revolution plaza was quiet. Workers were busy preparing for two days of tributes to the dictator, who led the country for half a century. Thousands of cubans will pay their respects in the shadow of the monument to National Hero jose marti and a sculpture of revolutionary leader che guevara. Inside the havana cathedral Leticia Fonseca prayed and reflected. Fidel was someone that always helped us a lot, she said. Especially the Cuban Community of the lower class. On saturday at cast he tros former University Dozens of students chanted i am fidel. Pedicab driver lanzaro alonzo said he hopes castros death would not slow progress in cuba. We continue owork hard, he said. There will be great moments that will come for this country. People here will gather for official state memorials starting tomorrow with the largest expected on tuesday at revolution square, where castro delivered some of his most fiery speeches. His remains will then be taken from havana to santiago, essentially retracing in reverse the steps he took in victory with the revolutionary army. Meg, his funeral will be next sunday in santiago, known as the cradle of castros revolution. Manuel bojorquez, thank you. About 225 miles north of havana its a very different mood. More like a party in miamis cubanamerican neighborhood little havana. David begnaud is there. Reporter this is the second day that people have taken to the streets here in little havana. As one woman said, were not celebrating the death of fidel castro but were celebrating the potential for freedom in cuba. Its still frontpage news. I want to show you the front cover of the miami herald. The picture of fidel with one word, dead. Its still all people are talking about in miami. The streets are still closed and theyre blaring music in front of cafe versailles. Tanya madrigal came to the United States when she was 9 years old. Tanyay did you want to be here . Your parents came with you. They are now deceased. Why is it important for you to be on the streets tonight . To support my cuban family. To support all these people have come here today to celebrate and to teach my daughter there is a moment in history. And the reason why im here, for freedom. I left when i was 9 years old and ive never gone back to cuba. And one day i will go back. When i can go there with my american passport because im an american. Reporter thank you, tanya. We appreciate it. We also spoke with the republican congresswoman iliana roslehtinen who herself came to the u. S. When she was a child. Whats the rest of the country to make of all this happening outside of versailles . I know people are looking at these visuals and theyre saying are these people nuts, theyre celebrating someones death . And were not. Were celebrating an opportunity of a new beginning. A new dawn. And were a hopeful, optimistic people. Were never going to stop dreaming of a free cuba and working toward one. Reporter we noticed today that people were taking small cuban flags and bringing them to nearby graveyards where their relatives are buried. As one woman said, i wanted to put a flag at the grave of my mother and father, who didnt live long enough to see this day come. Meg . David begnaud in miami for us. Thank you. Top aides to president elect trump said today the Incoming Administration will not make any decisions on u. S. Cuba relations until after mr. Trump takes office in january. For now mr. Trump is filling positions in his administration and keeping an eye on election recount efforts. Errol barnett has the latest. Reporter president elect donald trump fired off a tweet storm sunday over the pending vote recount in wisconsin, where he won by 27,000 votes. Hillary clinton conceded, he wrote, noting that after the election the democratic nominee said, we owe him a chance to lead. Clintons general counsel said on saturday they would participate in the recount which was initiated by Green Party Candidate jill stein. She has raised 6 million for the effort and may pursue recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. Trump calls it a scam, and today his chief of staff went further. And its ridiculous. This is a fundraising notorietydriven fraud by a person who won 33,000 votes in wisconsin to president elect trump, who won 1. 4 million. Reporter also today the Transition Teams debate over who should be secretary of state spilled into public view once again. Governor mitt romney and mayor Rudy Giuliani are among those being considered. Trump Campaign Manager turned adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on several sunday programs to slam governor mitt romney. He gave speeches against donald trump. He attacked his character. Did he go and intervene in syria where theyre having a massive humanitarian crisis . Meaning when i say intervene, offer to help. Has he been helpful to mr. Netanyahu . Reporter now, the president elect is wrapping up the Family Vacation at his maralago resort in florida, and his Transition Team says hes been contacted by more than 40 world leaders. Meg, more cabinet and staff announcements are expected monday. All right. Errol barnett, thank you. There were Mass Shootings in a number of cities this weekend including new orleans. One man is dead and nine others injured after an overnight shooting in the French Quarter on bourbon street. Two were arrested. Its not clear whether the victims were targeted. A Civil Rights Group is calling for more Police Protection of mosques after threatening letters were sent to three mosques in california. Investigators are trying to track down whoever sent the handwritten, photocopied letters. Jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of dylann roof. Hes accused of murdering nine africanamericans at a bible meeting in june of 2015. On friday a federal judge ruled that roof is mentally competent to stand trial and could face the Death Penalty if convicted. The cbs overnight news will be right back. ,,,,,,, funerals were held in chattanooga, tennessee for two of the six children killed last week in a school bus accident. Paula reid is following this. Reporter mourners gathered at the Redemption Point Church in chattanooga to say goodbye to 9yearold kordasia jones. Her pastor remembered her as a child who made everyones day a little brighter. She was the most genuine child you could ever meet. You know when people say that oh, man, they leave everyone smiling, they just say it. Well, for cordasia they really meant that. Reporter the bus driver has been charged with vehicular homicide. Newly released records show School Administrators and students raised concerns about him in the weeks before he crashed a bus carrying 37 children on their way home from woodmore elementary school. Just ten days before the accident a principal reported walker for driving way too fast. In a handwritten report a student said it feels like the bus is going to flip over. When confronted by School Officials walker stated he did not care about the students and proceeded to tell the students he did not care about them. Funerals for the young victims continue throughout the week. 10yearold diana harris was laid to rest today. 9yearold zoe nashs funeral is scheduled for thursday. Three students remain in the hospital in critical condition. A fund has been set up to help families affected by the bus crash. It has raised over 150,000. Meg, they tell me they expect that number to be even higher after the two organizations have had a chance to count all the donations that came in over the holiday. Such a sad story. Paula reid, thank you so much. Coming up next, cyber monday. Its expected to be the Largest Online shopping day in history. This last friday mall brawl in modesto, california made a strong case for shopping online. Holiday shoppers have been flocking to the internet in record numbers this weekend leading up to the big event known as cyber monday. Heres mireya villareal. Reporter bargains on tvs, toys, and technology was enough temptation to draw in hordes of shoppers across the country on black friday. But crowded stores with limited product have some secondguessing whether braving black friday is worth it. Walmart was crazy busy and people were trying to punch people in the face. Reporter this year online retailers got a jump start on cyber monday, posting deals on thanksgiving day. The savings so good savvy shoppers actually crashed macys website. Consumers Research President joe colangelo. Its going to be a very strong cyber monday. Youre looking at amazon of course as capturing the lions share of cyber monday and walmart is close after. And then macys, lord taylor, home depot. These are three of the other major players. Reporter sales from this cyber monday could hit at least 3. 3 billion. Thats 9 more than 2015 and a nearly 27 jump from 2014, when sales were at 2. 6 billion. Overall this years Holiday Season could ring up at 117 billion. Of the three main shopping days over this Holiday Weekend, thats thanksgiving, black friday, and cyber monday, cyber monday has been growing the fastest of all three of those. Reporter colangelo says the convenience of shopping at home combined with Better Bargains is whats fueling that growth. Converting shoppers like pat courtney. We used to get up every morning on black friday, 3 00 in the morning and go everywhere. These days you get up on thanksgiving order online and come out out of habit. Reporter millennials are leading the shopping pack, increasing their spending by 25 this year. Meg . Mireya, thank you. Up next, i did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. 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Reporter theyve spent months away from home, aiding in the fight against isis on the other side of the world. Happy thanksgiving. How are you . Reporter their thanksgiving lunch wasnt shared with family. But with their brothers and sisters in the armed forces. Stuffing . Yes. Reporter and when we asked some of the roughly 6,000 u. S. Service members currently in iraq what theyre thankful for, many of them spoke of their loved ones. Major rebecca de niro white and captain jeremy white were grateful just to be together for a few hours at thanksgiving, meeting up at a military staging area around ten miles east of mosul. Theyve only been married five months. So youre intentionally together here in iraq. This was the only place you could be together. Yeah. Kind of. It just worked out that way. Reporter major Steven Bryant serves as a chaplain. Ministering to the spiritual needs of soldiers of all religions. But on his third tour of duty in iraq hes thankful for something rather practical. 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