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Worried about most of all, trying to keep people safe and try to keep them completely evacuated out of miami beach. >> kyung, those are the right priorities and we hear them and we are repeating them. as a public service. right now, hurricane irma is battering cuba. thoughts and prayers to the people there, especially along the northern coast. we just checked in with patrick oppmann. he and the crew had to bunker down in a closet because of the winds. lets get to chad myers in the weather center...

Theyve got some fish. they didnt do badly. theyve got a tub full of fish here. thats a lot of fish for only a little bit. people are very worried. theyve gone into the low lying areas right where we are and told people you need to leave. people are preparing however they will, whether its catching fish, going to shelters, getting their furniture off the ground, up into the top of their homes. theyre getting ready here. cubans know hurricanes so well, know how to prepare. but this is a hurricane ...

Niezed. even if your lower the level of the lake, the winds can scoop it up and create surge in places that arent near the beach front. hurricane irma, as you saw, the path is coming, heading to florida and bearing down right now on cuba. its going right for that island. cnn is there. patrick oppmann live in cuba with the latest. it is good to hear that your family will be safe, but theres so many there who will be exposed. we know youll be out there to tell their stories. how is it now, my frie...

Cars. the rain came, affected the driving. so it takes a little bit to do a lot. chad myers, most of what im saying ive been learning from you. im still waiting on picture out of cuba. our patrick oppmann is holed up right now in a closet with his crew because its been so bad. but what are you seeing and what does it add to your expectations? >> the eye now of irma has moved offshore of cuba. our patrick oppmann right there, so hes finally going to get away from that purple band. and why is it p...

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Divisive, in cuba. in santiago, cuba. in just a few hours, you have to think when the sun rises over us, it rises over a very different cuba and cubans. and it will take some time to absorb this news and begin to wonder about what this news means for their future. >> patrick oppmann, thank you thank you very much. >> fidel castro was born in cuba, and castro ruled cuba for nearly 50 years. first as prime minister and then as president. he was known for his long fiery speeches. military fatigues,...

Known this morning. >> cnn patrick oppmann is live from havana, the only u.s. television correspondent in cuba. >> so patrick, talk to us about peoples reactions because whats extraordinary here is the fact that overnight you were the one who inform some people when you wanted to ask for what their reaction was, they were hearing from you for the first time that fidel castro had actually died. >> reporter: yes. as i raced to the office, i tried to stop along the way on the sea front wall and ask...

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Course cubans have a lot of uncertainty about their future. >> patrick oppmann, thank you so much. appreciate that. so for many cubans and americans, castros passing evokes memories of the cold war and fear of nuclear warfare. cnn has received some impassioned statements in response to his death from both democrats and republicans. i want to bring in a lawmaker who has a personal tie cuba, new jersey senator bob menendez. senator, thanks so much for being with me. i know youve been very critic...