taken him across this island retracing his tour after the cuban revolution brought him to power. and just behind us a few minutes ago that same military motorcade took fidel castro to the cemetery. we expect -- it is closed to the press. we expect that funeral services are underway now. his family is there. we are told they do not, as is their custom, want to be seen on cuban television. they have kept private all years. most cubans don't even know what they look like. so for a very public man at the end a very private sendoff. >> and, patrick, we know there is no official u.s. delegation attending this funeral. i'm wondering, does the cuban government have a reaction to that? >> reporter: yes. so the u.s. ambassador in havana, he had attended the havana memorial service and
his proer, the current president, raoul castro, made the announcement on cuban television. here it is. >> translator: dear people of cuba, with profound pain i have to sadly inform you, to our friends, from our america, and to the world, that today, november 25th, 2016, at 10:29 in the evening, the commander and leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro ruiz died. following the explicit instructions. his remains will be cremated in the early hours of tomorrow, saturday, the 26th. the organizing commission of the funerals will give our people detailed information about the organization of the post humous tribute that we will give to the founder of the cuban revolution. until victory, always. >> we can speak now to patrick altman, cnn correspondent int
>> and fidel castro has died at age 90. the former president and revolutionary leader for years he had been out of public eye. his brother raul castro made the announcement on cuban television. >> translator: gary people of could y dear people of cuba, with profound pain, i have to sadly inform you to our friends of america and to the world that today november 25th, 2016 at 10:29 in the evening, the commander and lieder of the cuban revolution fidel castro died. following the explicit desires of leader fidel, his remains wille cremated in the early hours of tomorrow, sat the 26th. the organizing commission of the funerals will give our people detailed information about the organization of the posthumous
now to recap our breaking news. fidel castro is dead at age 90. his brother, the current cuban president, raul castro, announced his death on cuban television. he said he died friday night and will be cremated early saturday. >> this is a controversial leader. he survived num werous assassination attempts. here is the scene in miami, florida. you see here people came together despite the rain to celebrate the death of this former cuban leader. but in havana, a very different scene. things have been quiet there. news of castro's death has likely not reached many of the cubans as it broke late night. in fact we learned that many people were just learning the news, some of them from our own correspondent who is there on the ground and covering the story. >> people will continue to learn the news through the coming hours and into the morning there.
already a military presence on the streets. that's not something you usually see on the streets. imconstantly surprised how things don't occur the way you expect they would. i am watching cuban television right now. there is old documentaries about fidel. you wouldn't know by watching the government tv channel, the only news service that cuban residents receive, that fidel had died. the website, the official website of the party hasn't been updated. raul castro told me for years they wanted to be the ones to announce this news. they were tonight. they were very much concerned because of all the rumors over the years that the news would like in miami. very clearly because i've been talking to officials who are fairly high-ranking officials and they did not know this.
don't start a war you know you're going to lose. finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. welcome. let me recap our breaking news. former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at age 90. his brother the current cuban president raul castro announced his death on cuban television. he said he died friday night and will be cremated early saturday. >> castro has been a controversial leader to say the least. he survived numerous as satisfies nation attempts a assassination attempts and his
somalia said even though the quaal-qaida linked terror group pulled out of mogasdishu there is concern that they may be attacked again. >> germany tourist trapped 330 feet above the ground in an alpine car. helicopter crews coming to the rescue and bringing all people back to safety. mexico. a drug smuggling tunnel from tijianato the united states. the incomplete tunnel is more than 900 feet long and entrance hit nen a partially constructed house. >> cuba, performers from several different countries singing happy birthday to former president castro. he's now 85. he did not attend the concert. it was airing on cuban television. that is a wrap in fox around
the white house says drillers have to prove they are ready to deal with any new underwater accidents. north korea's military abruptly canceled a rare meeting with the u.n. command. they were scheduled to discuss the deadly sinking of that south korean warship back in march. switzerland is refusing to allow the egs digs of roman plans ski to face charges in the united states. and the crew member piloting the barge that collided with a duck boat in philadelphia is refusing to cooperate with investigators. finally, 83-year-old fidel castro made a rare appearance on cuban television to discuss the conflict between north and south korea. and now back to "hardball." you can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job. but it doesn't pay as much. and so that's what's happened to
that the drug company hid those risks. republicans on the senate judiciary committee planning to delay the risk for ela ina kagan. other stories making headlines this tuesday, investigators in uganda said they found an unexploded suicide vest at the scene of one of the explosions there. at least 76 people died including 1 american. four people are now under arrest in connection with those attacks. so mali group with ties to al qaeda claimed responsibility. cuba's fidel castro made a rare appearance on cuban television. he appeared relaxed and lucid and warned tensions could trigger a global nuclear war. and consumer reports says it will not recommend apple's new iphone 4 because of reception problems caused by the phone's antenna design. users complain that calls drop if the phone held a certain way. this is a big deal.
sea. we have some of those routers, as you can see, on screen at the moment and we will continue to give you updates. as we understand whether or not we will be able to see some success today as they try to put on this latest ceiling cap. you can watch along with us here and keep you updated in terms of what we are hearing and all of your producers that are watching this story. the aged revolutionary, former cuban president, fidel castro, stepping out of seclusion to appear on cuban television. we are going globe trekking to atlanta. we will take you there next.