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Said before, he said he is digging in his heels and not allowing president obamas plan to bring about cultural and political change and if donald trump is confronting a new castro-leading cuba who doesnt want to allow sort of the americanization of the country, what does a president trump do? if u.s. countries are trying to establish ties that were started under president obama, how does a guy that promised more jobs and economic development, how do they hold that back without accounting with th...

Yesterday of 90. a lets bring back kerry sanders in little havana in miami where sell pwraecelebrations have bee since the news broke of castros death. >> reporter: a lot of people were out here last night when the news broke and a lot of people went home to sleep and its now beginning to wake back up and you can hear people honking horns as they go by here, and its a little rough to walk down k street, and we are going to back up here, and you can see, i am the son of the great cuba right here,...

President obamas actions towards cuba and we just got something from ted cruz. he said castros death cannot bring back thousands of victims nor can it bring comfort to their families. just a little bit of the reaction that is pouring in, both from president-elect trump and from capitol hill. i want to tell you, betty, this is all taking place against the backdrop of mr. trump having a working vacation in palm beach, and the big post that everybody is watching, secretary of state, that position w...

This step makes it inevitable that things will continue to open up in cuba and as american business begins to move into the country, i think what you are going to see is a gradual transition away from this or talk raw see that the castro bothers have had. dont forget, raul said he is stepping down in two years as well, and its a new era for the cuban people. >> any idea who might be in the running to replace him? >> i dont think we know anybody, but nobody will have the charisma with the castros...

The resulting debacle only helped castro consolidate power, and he dramatically improved health care and literacy, and also accepted soviet missiles. >> requiring a response upon the soviet union. >> until jfks hard line and back channel diplomacy got the russians to pull back, and for 25 years moscow helped castro arm. with the end of the soviet union, cubas economy emploweded, and thousands fled the regime. >> his legacy is a complicated one, but theres no forgetting how many cubans left the i...

Whether that happens and there are serious concerns about human rights and lack of all that in opening up the relations with cuba, and nothing from the white house as of yet, and we are promising to hear from the statement, and perhaps making it the time the forceful case to engage the cuban people, and the big problem with the administration is what the president has done is through executive orders, and congress would have to remove an embargo, and theres no intention, no indication that congr...

They are driving a car. >> thank you for that and we will check in a ttle later. some leaders are calling this a new beginning. >> joining me now is the senior fellow at the center for american progress and he served as secretary of defense in the reagan administration. >> thank you. >> now that castro is dead, will anything change for the island nation? >> i think that the fact that president obama started trying to normalize relations and then

Caribbean sea, was towing the barge that collided with the anchored duck boat causing it to sink. two people were killed in last weeks crash. embattled oscar winning filmmaker roman polanski is now a free man. according to the swiss justice ministry polanski will not be extradited to the u.s. to face sentencing for child sex charges. he pleaded guilty in los angeles to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 but fled to europe before being sentenced. polanski was arrested in switze...

War. andrea mitchell has more on the revolutionary leader. >> to his followers, he was fidel, and to his enemies, a feared dictator, one of the worlds last communist. a student radical he graduated with a law degree and doctorate and tried running for the national assembly in 1952 until cuban strong man seized power, batista, and castro ended up in jail for two years until he went into exile, and then he regrouped with his brother, raul. the three forced back to cuba in

After undergoing intestal surgery, he turned over his power to raul. and then there was a delayed celebration of fidels 80th birthday, but an ailing castro did not attend the celebrations, and two years later he stepped down and was succeeded by his brother, and he emerged publicly for the popes visit in 2012. and for vladimir putin and chi, and he never commented through with president obamas breakthrough. to the end, castro insisted his revolution would out live him. >> translator: if i die to...