Havana neighborhood much more jubilant as generations of cuban americans, many of whom were exiled and terrorized by the castro regime, celebrate in the streets. Its short lived victory because theres still oppression in cuba with communism. But this is a step in the right direction. I think its a celebration for freedom for everyone. Venezuelans, nicaraguans, all of us together. Ive been living in miami for 30 years, my hearts in cuba today. Being able to be on the streets and wave the cuban flag, wave the american flag, you know, that shows what we have in this country. We should never take it for granted. And we have fox Team Coverage, Kristen Fisher is live in d. C. With reaction from our nations leaders. And brian yen live in new york with a look at whats ahead for u. S. Cuban relations. But we begin with phil keating in Little Havana. Phil, theyve been celebrating since they heard the news, right . Thousands and thousands of people have been in and out of here throughout the day.
Havana neighborhood much more jubilant as generations of cuban americans, many of whom were exiled and terrorized by the castro regime, celebrate in the streets. Its short lived victory because theres still oppression in cuba with communism. But this is a step in the right direction. I think its a celebration for freedom for everyone. Venezuelans, nicaraguans, all of us together. Ive been living in miami for 30 years, my hearts in cuba today. Being able to be on the streets and wave the cuban flag, wave the american flag, you know, that shows what we have in this country. We should never take it for granted. And we have fox Team Coverage, Kristen Fisher is live in d. C. With reaction from our nations leaders. And brian yen live in new york with a look at whats ahead for u. S. Cuban relations. But we begin with phil keating in Little Havana. Phil, theyve been celebrating since they heard the news, right . Thousands and thousands of people have been in and out of here throughout the day.
Themselves. The mood remains festive hours after castros brother, raul, cubas current president made that announcement. Listen in. Listen in. [speaking spanish] alcides raul castro said his brothers remains will be cremated today. Nine days of National Mourning are under way right now. Tampa, as many strong ties to cuba. We will have more on the local reaction a little bit later on requesting good day tampa bay. First foxs brett bahr takes a look back on his life. Reporter the man born as Fidel Alejandro castro ruiz came to power leaving a ragtag band of bearded rebels to overthrow a dictator. He ended up becoming one himself. He stood defiantly against ten u. S. President s. Influence and power called castro a hero. But for the u. S. , he was the alltooclose face of the bitter cold war. And while the world could never completely dismiss castro politically, over time to some critics, he seemed more like a caricature with his wiry beard, faded fatigues and sixinch cigars. The most signi
That fatal crash. We say it happened around 535 this evening when two men riding in the same car crashed into a tree and a Center Divider the that caused them to lose their lives and police say was bystanders there were the first to arrive on the scene to try help. They had one man out of the car by the time First Responders showed up. They are able to extricate that second person out of the vehicle but unfortunately theyre both pronounced dead at the scene as result of their injuries. Police are trying to figure out what could have caused this. We dont know if there was wet weather, slick roads that cause other accidents. Take a look at this map. We can show you a closer look at where this happens. Was on central expressway at around 535 this evening. Now the roads that are being detoured between mary and bernardez. If you are going to be writing out here, make sure to avoid this area because police have central expressway blocked up between those two rows. In the meantime, they dont
Ceasefire survives its first week. The u. N. Reports a sharp rise in sexual abuse allegations by its peace keepers in ten Different Countries. Americans join cubas famous cigar festival for the first time. Ill talk about a report ruling out vote rigging surrounding the 2016 fifa world cup. The multibillion dollars Corruption Scandal in brazil surrounding the stateowned Oil Company Petrobras has now drown in the former president. Police have raided his home, and lula was questioned by police along with his of his sons. The former president who ran brazil from 2003 to 2011 was released after three hours. Speaking after his release, lula said he had, quote, nothing to fear. Hundreds of supporters clashed with police after he was taken away. Police say there was evidence that lula was one of the main beneficiaries of the petrobras scandal. Translator today we are looking at evidence that the former president and his family obtain obtained advantages. There is evidence of payments, but ther