Age of 90. The communist leader established a oneparty rule and sparking International Conflicts delying 11 u. S. President s during his half century in power. And the announcement was made last night by raul castro, who stepped in power after fidel fell ill. Celebrations have been under way since the Exile Community learned of the death of fidel castro. And Kerry Sanders is in Little Havana where people have been gathering. I know people have been coming by the droves throughout the morning, and it seems like its getting bigger out there, the celebrations . Reporter its growing as we speak. You can see all the folks that gathered who are celebrating, and the road was closed and now with kye ocho open, you can hear the celebrations that are born out of a cuban die as supra. We have seen waves of cubans leaving the island, many of them political asylum, and others refugees. Carlos, how do you feel right now . I feel good. Im happy for what has happened. What do you think the future is for your country in cuba . I dont think anything is going to change, no. I think its going to continue equally. The solution of what could happen in cuba towards democracy is with the cubans in cuba, not here. When did you leave the country . He came in a boatlift, and it was a controversial boatlift, he not only allowed people to come here, but he emptied the insane asylums to come here and that became a problem here. That has been revolved. How are you feeling right now . Its the day that is more happy of my life. Its the happiest day you have had in your life . He doesnt think theres going to be a day as happy for him as there is right now. Reporter wait, wait, wait. What hes talking about now is the recent election of donald trump, and hes hoping donald trump will cut out all of the benefits, as he calls them, between the United States and cuba. Thank you very much. What hes talking about is the sense of not only renewed diplomatic relations but the fact there are regular commercial flights to cuba, and many in the Cuban Community here feel these increased relations mean more money to the communist government in cuba and that money goes to support them. It has been a steady parade, and i think there will be a parade here all day. Lets walk down here quickly because i think we hear singing as well. Lets listen in here. [ speaking spanish ] reporter you see, he grabs his heart. We are so happy because we sing we are free, and we had an opportunity to do something of our country because the dictator has died. Rorr thank you very much. There you go. As we said really, when he rose to power in 1959 to today, people have been wondering when fidel castro would die, and one person said we are not celebrating he would die, we are celebrating something that took so much away from our families and country. Thank you for that. We are awaiting a statement from the white house, but for now theres new reaction from the president elect, and for that lets bring in Kristin Welker who is covering donald trump in palm beach, florida. What is he saying this morning . Reporter so far we have heard briefly in the form of a tweet from the president elect, and it says fidel castro is dead with an exclamation mark and its short and to the point, and i anticipate we will get something broader later today. What does this mean for cuban and u. S. Relationrelations. Actions from president obama included lifting restrictions on some imports which allowed trade to open up between the two countries and flights resumed again. The president s actions are executive actions which means effectively that President Trump can come in and reverse them, and it will be hard to unwind all of those things we just talked about, and we are getting reactions coming in from capitol hill, and take a listen what she had to say earlier on the today show. Hes a man that executed many family members, and his legacy, i believe, will be one of how you can hang on to power you are a totalitarian leader, and its simple, you control every aspect of everybodys life, where you live and where you work, and everything is stateowned and operated with very few exceptions, and as long as there is a castro in power, theres not much hope for change. Reporter the congresswoman was born in cuba, and we are getting other reaction from lawmakers. This is from ed royce, the House Foreign Affairs committee chairman, and he said for more half a century, the cuban people suffered under the dictatorship of the castro clan, and this, from senator ted cruz, his death cannot bring back his thousands of victims, and nor can it bring comfort to their families. Now, this all comes against the backdrop of president elect trump trying to pick a secretary of state, and of course that position will be deeply involved in the relations between the United States of cuba, and right now his two top picks, guiliani and mitt romney, and they have different views on a host of issues, and the other big question, betty, is will president elect trump moderate on this point because since he was elected we have seen him moderate on a number of Different Campaign promises. Will this be another one . Thats a good point. We look forward to that response. We are awaiting reaction from president obama on this and ron allen is outside the white house. When do you expect to hear from the administration . Reporter sometime later today, and we know cuba has been a huge priority for president obama and they had nothing to say overnight as the developments have broken. Cuba is a big concern for president obama and i imagine the white house will be watching to see what happens on the ground in cuba, a lot of the policies and the changes that he has tried to initiate there depend in large part on the cuban government, the existing cuban government being open to some of these changes and making changes in the name of freedom, human rights, and opening up the society, just to follow on what Kristin Welker was saying, the administration, what they have done there, they think its not reversible, for donald trump to walk in and undo what they established, and there are business relationships and hundreds of thousands traveling to cuba now, and although some can be done administratively, and the administrations argument is now that these relations exist, that will be very difficult to break apart as a real practical matter. And the bottom line, of course, is that the administration believes by establishing the relationships and engaging cuba, thats the way you will bring change and the last 50 years the embargo has not changed the cuban government. Again, at this point, a lot of uncertainty as to what will happen with cuba Going Forward and we hope to hear more from the president about that perhaps later today. Thank you. For more on the impact of Fidel Castros death, let me bring in raul reyes, attorney and columnicolum coloni colonical columnist. The cuban people need our solidarity. Some of the other reactions very polarizing, and many saying go ahead and repeal everything or just undo everything that president obama has done to somewhat normalize relations with cuba. What does it mean for the future of that country especially with the United States . One thing to remember when we look to u. S. And cuba relations in the future, up until his death, in the last few years, fidel castro had been stepping back and he handed over power to his brother, raul, who, by the way, is an elderly person. He is 85 years old, and he said he would step down in 2017. 2018. 2018. Raul is more pragmatic than fidel, and it was raul that greeted president obama when he went to cuba, and raul castro also spoke out the u. S. And warned against the u. S. Influence and imperialism, and thats primarily for the home audience and for some allies throughout latin america. I believe that raul is much far more evenhanded in the sense that he knows cuba needs American Investment and u. S. Dollars, and i think the combination, and we have a president elect and a lot about his ideology is a question mark, we dont know, but in blunt terms, part of me thinks when donald trump looks at cuba, he sees potential golf courses and Real Estate Development and a tremendous business opportunity. Thats the point that i got to in the last hour, but what i received back from talking to some of the analyst saying, essentially right now everything is controlled and owned by the cuban government. You can talk about golf courses and hotels but all that money will go back to the government. It does, and thats right now thats how any limited investment in cuba would work, and they are allowing hotels into cuba, and its a joint venture with cuban partners connected with the government and all the risk is absorbed by the american side of the company. Its similar to what u. S. Companies went through in the early days when the republic of china opened to the west. Its a sweet deal on the cuban side in the sense that the american assume all the risk and are putting up the money and theres a wildcard that should relations deteriorate, the cubans could take those properties or the investments back. So its, despite the warming in the relations, this is still New Territory and its still very much a risky venture, and i think part of the reason right now we are seeing so much polarization in terms of the response, i think even cuban americans, we dont have the full sense of the impact of fidel castro, for 50 years there was a news backout from the island and when fidel castro took over, there were millions killed by a firing skwaurd, and if you were jehovahs witness, you were sent to labor counts for 20 years, and he ended the Civil Society and i think now its a cathartic moment for the cubans, and thats why we are seeing a polarizing response. Does donald trump need to have a relationship with cuba instead of rolling back everything that has been done by the Obama Administration . Yes, i think he needs that strategic partnership. I think he would be very wise to proceed slowly and with the input of some of the cuban american leaders in south florida, such as illana ross, and these were known as hardliners, and they escaped cuba and lost everything a i think he would be wise to continue the opening of relationships with cuba, and thats asking for more from the cuban government, demanding more, and thats been a big criticism, and the cubans have not been giving them enough, and its a one sided deal. Thank you. We do appreciate it. Romney or Rudy Guiliani . Look at the growing divide in the Transition Team these two men created for the secretary of state job. And show some love for the people we love. And the places we love. The stuff we cant get anywhere else and food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here can help keep our town growing. Today is Small Business saturday. Lets shop small for our neighborhood, our town, our home. Get up, all get together and shop small today. [ cougshh. 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The purpose here is to establish voting integrity to verify our votes and to insure that in this election and Going Forward that we can count on the accuracy and the security and the veracity of our votes. We need to know that the voting result is actually what we intended and that the system has not been tampered with or compromised. Stein also told her followers shes hiking her goal to 7 million now that she raised just a little more than 5 million. Her initial fundraising goal was 2. 5 million, and she will focus her efforts on michigan which nbc news still has not called and pennsylvania. President elect trump continues his Holiday Weekend in florida and this after the Campaign Announced two new staff positions yesterday, and neither position requires senate confirmation. Trump will resume meetings with potential Administration Officials on monday, and david clarke is among them to run the department of homeland security. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me this morning. Do you think castros death will motivate trump to undo president obamas executive orders regarding cuba . It presents a new opportunity for him to allow the United States to remain in contact with cuba, to continue to have those diplomatic relations. Fidel castro has been moving cuba in a direction that has allowed the United States and allowed president obama to reopen those relations to visit cuba this past year, and he wants to wait and see how castros death would affect cuba and the ability to do business there. We didnt get much indication as to where he might go with this accept for a tweet that said fidel castro is dead, and hopefully we will hear more throughout the day. In the meantime, he is set to attend meetings on monday, and what do we hear about the Rudy Guiliani versus romney for secretary of state . Loyalty is the big issue in this circumstance, mitt romney was one of the people that was not behind donald trump in the president ial primary, so loyalty has been a big issue as donald trump picked his cabinet, and Rudy Guiliani has undeniably been very loyal to trump, and especially in the final days of his campaign. You have seen Newt Gingrich come out publicly, and Mike Huckabee apwae come out and say they think Rudy Guiliani would be a better pick and they are close with trump, and then we saw over the thanksgiving holiday, Kellyanne Conway tweeting and suggesting that she thought mitt romney because he was not loyal to donald trump, that he might not be a good adviser. How about ben carson . At first he didnt want a position and now hes back in the mix for hud secretary. Thats another one that will be watching. The housing urban and development, we are talking about secretary of state, but he would be in charge of a department of looks at homelessness, and he would be interested in the position because he wants to rebuild the inner cities, and he said he had a lot of patients from that area as well since living there, and he thinks he could be a unique perspective to it. Are you surprised he first said he didnt want a position . Its very curious at first he didnt think that he would be a good fit, and he did say that through a spokesman, so some things may have been mischaracterized there, and he didnt say he would be the best for the service in the government, and its possible president elect trump talked to him and told him he wants him on his team and perhaps dr. Carson changed his mind from their conversations. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you for having me. Little havana in miami celebrates the death of fidel castro, and reaction from around the world is mixed. 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Male vo comcast. i wanted him to eat healthy. , so i feed jake purina cat chow naturals indoor, a nutritious formula with no artificial flavors. Made specifically for indoor cats. Purina cat chow. Nutrition to build better lives. Welcome back, everyone. I am betty nguyen here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. Castro overthrew the u. S. Government in 1959, and no cause of death has been given but he has been in Failing Health for many years. The cuban government declared nine days of National Mourning culminating with a funeral next sunday. And we will go to Kerry Sanders in Little Havana. Are residents anticipating change in cuba . Reporter th