>> o'donnell: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm norah o'donnell. the assault was sudden and violent, and within moments the campus of ohio state university with 60,00 students was locked down. 11 people were hurt when a student from somalia attacked a police officer shot and killed the suspect. lest, and he's in columbus. >> additional units toth of 19th and college. we have several pedestrians struck by a vehicle. ohta 9:52 a.m.he time on a clutch of students and teachers had assembled outside because a building fire alarm sounded. they were easy targets for man who drove his honda civic on to the sidewalk and into them, then got out and slashed as many butcher knife. >> i need medics at the lab as soon as possible. all patients are alert and oriented, but severe bleeding out ofomof them. >> reporter: the attacker was identified as a student at o.s.u., somali born abdul razak ali artan. joseph noll, a junior at o.s.u., away. >> i heard a bunch of screaming. i took myheades out, and all these people were rushing over this way.at sort of game or something until i could see everyone's faces. >> reporter: what did their faces look like? >> they were terrified. >> reporter: campus police were already on the scene investigating a gas leak that triggered that fire alarm, and officer alan rougeko took action. >> we got one down critical here. >> the shooter is in custody. >> reporter: ohio state's chief of police is craig stone. >> our officer was on scene than a minute. he engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat. the suspect is d.o.a. >> reporter: as the events unfolded, the students sent out alerts to students in unmistakable terms -- run, hide, fight, key instructions used in campus. >> -wide training to indicate an active threat. the response was immediate as students barricaded themselves in classrooms while waiting about two hours for the all clear. 11 people, including students of them is in critical condition tonight. some were injured in the car crash, norback while others suffered lacerations in the knife attack. >> o'donnell: dean reynolds, thank you so much. the question now is what do we know about the suspect. jeff pegues has that part of the story. >> reporter: the man behind today's attack at ohio state university was a new student. officials say abdul razak ali artan came to the u.s. with six fleeing somalia and spending seven years in a refugee camp in pakistan. artan attended community college before transferring to ohio state this year. on his first day in august, artan was interviewed by the campus paper. he complained about what he believed was the media's negative portrayal of muslims. "i wanted to pray in the open," he was quoted as saying, was scared because of what they were saying in the media. if people look at me, a muslim praying, i don't know what they're going to think, what's going to happen." law enforcement is investigating the incident as a likely terror attack. they have searched the car the suspect was driving as well as an apartment complex. terrorist groups like al qaeda and isis have been encouraging supporters to carry out lone wolf attacks. earlier this month the f.b.i. renewed its warnings to police agencies across the country about the potential for home-grown violent extremist crowded venues. a law enforcement source told cbs news that artan recently posted on facebook that he was sick about the way muslims were being treated. norah, these simple and hard-to-stop attacks are exactly what concerns police. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. turning now to our other top story, reaction in cuba and the u.s. to the death of fidel castro. charlie rose is in havana tonight. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, nora we're in revolution square where hundreds of thousands of people have lined up to pay their final respects to the man who ruled this country for nearly 50 years. although he turned over power to his younger brother raul nearly ten years ago, fidel castro remained the heart and soul of the communist revolution. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the lines of mourners began to form before the sun rose. as the day wore on, some were hours spent waiting in the hot sun. all were drawn to havana's revolution square to pay respect to the outsided leader who changed their country. >> ( translated ): the father is gone, the father of cuba. >> reporter: for nearly 50 years fidel castro's booming voice echoed throughout this plaza as he delivered impassioned speeches meant to rally his supporters. now it's strangely quiet as farewell. inside some mourners wept as they walked by photographs of castro flanked by his military medal, flowers and guards. his ashes lay in a private room out of the public view. norma diaz was too emotional the talk, that is until we asked how the world will view her weeping over man many considered a brutal dictator. >> ( translated ): let them tell know. he was always with the people. >> reporter: angel cortez dismissed the exiles of those to miami. what do you say to them? "that they're insensitive," he says, "that they have no feelings." if it's any indication of tas throw's stamp cher here, some people have deemed this event a commemoration of the "physical departure of their leader." charlie, they rarely use word "death" when it comes to castro. >> reporter: manny, thank you so much. by coincidence, commercial flights resume today from new york to havana, the first in more than half a century. american airlines flight 17 from miami arrived to a water can anyone salute. many of the passengers cuban-american. some visiting cuba for the first time. their welcome was more subdued than it might have been, music and celebrations are prohibited that's in contrast to the scene in miami's little havana. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: charlie, when news first broke that castro had died, it turned into something of a street party right here in front of cafe? versailles, which is the well-known gathering place for cuban-americans. this weekend more than 3,000 people celebrated peacefully. [horns honking] >> this is it. the icon is gone. hopefulleverything is going to change. >> po hernandez was one of 14,000 children who came to the u.s. between 1960 and 1962 during operation pedro pan. fearing castro, parents sent them here hoping life would be better. >> i am eternally grateful to my parents for putting me on my plane to come here. i am very happy about that. >> reporter: for some cuban-americans, like chuny montanero, castro's death is bitter sweet. see the day. >> i am happy and i came to share this moment with my mom. >> reporter: it is so personal for these people we've spoken to in that it's bringing up these old, painful memories. the crowds we saw over the weekend are gone, the roads are open again, but, charlie, we're hearing that cuban exiles are planning what's being called this wednesday in miami. >> rose: thanks, david. today the white house said neither president obama nor vice president biden will attend fidel castro's funeral. i'll be back later with closing thoughts from havana. now let's go back the norah o'donnell with the rest of the day's news. >> o'donne: charlie, thankyo president-elect donald trump warned on twitter today that he will terminate president obama's deal with cuba to normalize relations if cuba doesn't make a better deal with its own people. mr. trump spent the day weighing his choices for secretary of state. here's major garrett. buckle up. >> reporter: vice president-elect mike pence's promise went unfill filled today as president-elect donald trump continued to ponder his choice focrof state. c.i.a. director david petraeus met with mr. trump for nearly an hour. >> he basically walked us around the world, showed a great grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there, and some of the opportunities, as well. so very convsation, and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: petraeus' stock is rising. after the meeting, the president-elect tweeted, "very impressed." but rudy giuani remains a ende and romney, a try tend never-trump voice during the campaign, will meet with mr. trump for a second time tomorrow. romney's viability con found top trump advisers, chiefly campaign manager kellyanne conway. >> wete he and re nothing but awful to donald am t that conway is channeling the president-elect, not crossing him, adding he intrigue, norah, senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker will also meet with mr. trump tomorrow to discuss secretary of state. >> o'donnell: the plot thickens. major, thank you so much. today mr. trump was that's one of three stes where a third-party candidate isise ay difference? 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