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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 organizi...

Of the public eye for much of past decade, he still provokes a strong reaction in the united states. what you see there, people have been celebrating in the streets since learning the news that fidel castro is dead. >> lets go to havana and join cnns correspondent there, patrick altman. patrick, first of all, describe to us the scene in havana. its been quiet since the beginning of the night when we started talking to you. >> reporter: thats right. sort of an eeriness, quiet streets as i came in...

As patrick was telling us, and in miami, a lot of people dont know that fidel castro has died yet. >> interesting also, just noting that the camera shot seems to be in focus on one particular group. i remember seeing earlier, it was wider -- >> we did see more people earlier. >> it seemed like it was a wider group of people. you know, maybe some have left. maybe some have come in. this is the scene this hour, 4:11, on the streets of miami, florida. lets now bring in jose rodriguez, in miami. a s...

Whats transcendental in this moment of change is the spirit of the cuban people. i hope the change will be as kind to cuba as they have been to me. >> patrick altman, cnn, havana. that does it for krns newsronew "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining us. stay with us on cnn. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers

Lead a mass at a shrine near santiago, cuba, before heading to the u.s. the pope has been warmly received during his four-day visit to the island nation. the vatican says 200,000 people attended his mass in havana. president obama and the first lady will greet the pope when he lands later tuesday near washington. the u.s. is accusing volkswagen of cheating on air standard tests. the environmental protection agency says the automaker installed of the r software on about 500,000 diesel cars that...

Pope francis. >> reporter: conservatives have dubbed it the obama fication of pope francis and gop presidential candidates have had enough. >> i just think the pope was wrong. the fact is that his infallibility is on religious matters. not on political ones. >> reporter: its not the first time a pope and u.s. president have joined forces. ronald reagan and pope john paul ii were close allies in the fight against communism during the cold war. >> when john paul ii went against polish communism an...

>> pope francis has a full schedule planned during his six-day visit to the united states. hours from now he will fly to andrews air force base near washington. his visit there includes a speech before a joint session of the u.s. congress. >> and from thursday through sunday hell visit new york city and philadelphia where he has numerous stops scheduled including a speech at the u.n. and a mass at madison square garden. >> the pope will complete his 2015 worldwide travels when he visits the afri...

States constitution by saying that an american muslim cannot be president of the united states. that is a religious test. and, therefore, he is profiting himself unfit or not ready to lead the united states because hes not going to uphold the constitution. >> currently carson is in third place with 14% support in the latest cnn/orc poll of republican voters. anticipation is now building as pope francis begins his u.s. tour in just a few hours. president obama will be there to greet the pope wh...

Deserves a diverse audience. >> there is no theological test that was administered prior to giving out tickets to being on the south lawn wednesday morning. >> reporter: even with these two leaders offen the same page on so many issues white house officials can see there could be moments when the pope publicly disagrees with the president, for example, on the subject of abortion. they have some clue on what the pope plans to say this week but theyre also bracing for plenty of surprises. jim acos...

A warm welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> lets update you on our top stories right now. first up, wisconsin governor scott walker is ending his u.s. presidential bid. hes now the second republican to drop out of the race along with former texas governor rick perry. walker was among the early favorites in the crowd of republican field. but support disappeared over the past two months. pope francis will lead a mass in a few hours in a shrine in cuba near sa...