Castro handed off to his brother raul eight years ago he was a symbolic force in cuba and around the world. We begin with our correspondent who joins us from havana. What is the reaction to castros death . Good morning. The usually busy and bustling streets of havana are decidedly quiet this morning. Yesterday afternoon at mater students held a remembrance for their leader. Mourners will have a first opportunity to publicly pay their respects starting tomorrow. With the largest gathering expected on tuesday at havanas revolution square. The scene of some of castros most fiery speeches. His remains will be taken down a symbolic route from havana to santiago cuba, retracing in with the revolutionary army in 1959. His funeral will be held next sunday in santiago known as the cradle of castros revolution. John . Dickerson thank you. Florida republican senator marco rubio is the son of cuban immigrants and join us us from miami. What would you like to see change in u. S. Cuba relations democratic opening on the island of cuba, free press stop putting people in jail because they do not agree with you and stop helping nort north korea. And a lou the parties to be able to function. The things that you find in the country in the western hemisphere except for cuba and increasingly venezuela. And i would like to see our that. President elect trump has called fidel castro a brutal dictator. And then he did not renew his promise to reverse president obamas executive order reopening relations. He did not talk about an embargo. Was that a sufficient response by your likes . Its no different than the one i put out. What we need to do is understand our number one obligation is to act in the National Interest of the United States of america. I believe it is in our National Interest to see hold on the island of cuba. All the changes that president obama made, in that lens and through that lens. And why not reverse . Well, as i said, there are key elements more important. Here is the thing people do not understand. I am not against changes in u. S. Policy towards cuba. I want to make sure the changes are reciprocated by the cuban government that is not part of create a pathway towards democracy in cuba. While fidel castro was 90 years old his brother is 85. There is going to be a generational leader change in cuba over the next five to 10 years and hopefully sooner and we need to insure that our policy makes it easier for there to be a democratic transition. That is how i would examine our Foreign Policy towards cuba. Why is this such an americans and the cold war . Its important for three reasons. Cuba is a source of stability in the region. Historic numbers are fleeing cuba putting pressure on the United States and they are antiamerican. They allow the chinese and the russians to conduct electronic espionage from the island of cuba. They harbor fugitives of american justice there are have stolen millions of dollars in Medicare Fraud and are living in cuba. And cuba is 90 miles from our shores a neighboring country. And president elect trump his position towards countries like cuba, i want to get you sense of it. Because he was asked about the u. S. Force overseas and he said our country has a lot of problems. When the world looks how bad the United States is and then we talk about civ not think we are a good messenger. I dont know that we have a right to lecture. We are not in a position tore more aggressive we have to fix our own mess. That seems like retreating with dealing with the and pros at that time you outlined in cuba and lets speak about syria, russia and other countries with whom you have disagreements and president elect trump does not want to seem to meddle . I can say as i would, number if i agree with him on a Foreign Policy matter i look forward to working with his administration. If i do not agree on a Foreign Policy matter, i will disagree and try to offer an alternative and do what we want from the senate. Dickerson and your objections to cuba you mentioned meddling in american affairs, russians attempted to interfere in the United States election. What is your assessment of russian efforts . If you recallur election i was up for reelection and i would not talk about wikileaks because i do not i believe it is the work of a Foreign Intelligence Agency and i believe americans need to know. I do not believe they change the outcome of the election but i think it is some of the things that we saw are reminisce sent of the soviet intelligence used to try to undermine the government or individual politicians in dickerson should the u. S. Retaliate if there is evidence that the russians were involved . I will not speak to specifics of what the u. S. Should do. But if there is evidence that these are active measures on the part of the russian government the American People deserve to know. I do not believe what they did changed the outcome of the election but the American People need to be aware that theres evidence that a Foreign Government tried to influence the direction of our donald trump is looking at his secretary of state without getting into the personalities what should he look for in a secretary of state . First of all, someone who is capable, capable of being the chief diplomat of the United States, a deep rooted commitment in human rights and Strong National security on the part of our country and has an understanding of the complexities of world today and understands that the world is a better place when america place in confronting the challenges of the 21st century. He has a bevy of people to pick from. And he has to choose someone he is comfortable with. He has the right to pick someone that he feels comfortable with and there are a number of candidates that can fit the bill. Dickerson senator marco rubio thank you for joining us. For some analysis we turn to julia sweig, a Senior Research fellow at the lgj school of Public Affairs and the author of cuba what Everyone Needs to know and is an analyst and has been advising American Companies doing business in cuba and joined by Jeffrey Goldberg and the last journalist to interview fidel castro. You both were with fidel castro what was that like . 2010 . It was very, very strange. You know, he still he was in retirement but he still functioned as sort of the maximum leader if you will. Discuss an issue, the Iranian Nuclear program, the threat of nuclear war in the middle east. Having a conversation with one of the most insend area figures of the cuban missile crisis. I had julia with me on the trip. One of the key memories is when i asked him if he regrets asking in 1962 to annihilate states with Nuclear Weapons and he paused and he said that was probably a bit too much. It was continued that entire week to be a very, very strange week. Did he mellow with old age . Considerably. With jeff and a couple days later i spent a day with him talking about the history of the 1950s, and i found him to be conversational which was not his style when he was in power. Subsequently, after 2010, as he he was pointedly at least directly stayed out of his brothers way as his brother raul advanced a modest reform process. He mellowed but not to the degree that he was happy with Barack Obamas opening to cuba. Fidel castro for 50 plus years needed the confrontation of the United States in order to that was his reason for living in a kind of way. And obama subverted in a very obvious way the fidel castro narrative. And raul in power who is in power, changed in a more pragmatic way by taking away the boogie man. Dickerson lets historically look back at the career of fidel castro where what should history think of him . Well, it is a long and complex career. There is the analysis that will say look this guy took power and shutdown speech and put people challenging and difficult for many people who were on the other end of it. He rewrote the social contract in cuba in a small island nation which he put healthcare, education, culture, and the capacity for cuba to have an independent Foreign Policy front and center as part of his legacy. And in cuba and we have to understand there are 11 Million People in cuba that legacy will be digested as giving cuba a e but there are three things that cubans will say he did well, healthcare, education and culture and the joke is there are three things that he did not do well. Which is breakfast, lunch and dinner. And so you are looking at a guy who kept his country in an impoverished state because he refused to open up to capitalist reforms and we will remember him in america as a guy who suppressed freedom. There is no way around the fact dickerson what does u. S. Policy look like . What the Obama Administration is trying to do is lock in some of the changes before donald trump comes in and threatened to reverse some of these changes. So i think what the Obama Administration is trying to do is make sure that the openings continue their best ally is american business. A lot of american businesses are interested in turning cuba into the bahamas on worrisome to cubans but there are a lot of people in the chamber of commerce universe who would like to keep this opening going. Dickerson where do you see it going and how does it play out . Look, president elect trump is a business guy, when he takes the white house he will hear from a number of American Companies that are now flying commercial planes starting this museums across the board cubanamericans investing in their familys businesses voting with their feet and marco rubio constituents on the island taking advantage of the obama opening. President elect trump has a choice to make does he want to go back to the cold war and pick a fight and punish 11 Million People for the trespasses of two guys named castro or take the opportunity coming in 2018 when raul castro say the two countries relationship. I would not be surprised if 10 years ago there was not a trump golf course at the bay of pigs. Mark my words. Dickerson we will be back to check on that. When we come back we will set aside politics and look at people we are grateful for this heres a little healthy advice. Take care of what makes you, you. Right down to your skin. Aveeno . 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Major Rebecca White and captain jeremy white were grateful to be together for a few hours at thanksgiving meeting up in a military staging area around 10 months. So you are intentionally together in iraq this is the only place that you could be together. Yes, somewhat, yes. It worked out that way. At camps where the u. S. Military shares a command center with the iraqi army watching air strikes against isis, Steven Bryant serves as a chaplin. Ministering to the spua religions of the but on his third tour of duty in iraq, he is thankful for something practical. Cellphones. I think what is different this time is communications. It gives me the opportunity to express that to my girls and to my wife and my mom and dad and Family Members more frequently. I miss them and love them and appreciate their support. Private first class bean from fontana, southern, california. Im 19. I turn 20 in january and i turn 20 in iraq. He told us he had never been outside of california until he enlisted a year ago. Now he is a guard at the camp in a country that could not be anymore foreign. This is a humbling experience. The experience to be able to come and be humbled and see how think they need in the states kids this is all they know. So no socks, no shoes running around playing soccer crazy. But im thankful for. His life no country will ever be perfect and america will always have its problems but in a world where there are 60 Million People forced from their homes those of us who do not lucky. Specialist monique from North Carolina has the relentless optimism that is infectious. One of a team of three cooks she feeds 150 soldiers everyday from this small kitchen. Something im passionate about. Food tells a story like nothing else can. I love it. Iraq. Vin scully spent 67 years as the voice of the los angeles dodgers. Its time for dodger baseball before he retired this year. Last week, the president awarded him the medal of freedom and we caught up with him outside the white house. What is the trick to call a game. If you had to teach me . Olivier. Apparently some actor asked him about his success and he said my success comes from a humility to prepare and a confidence to bring it off. And i think the more you prepare, the more confidence you have and they go hand in hand. That is the best of all. And you also have a sense of joy in what you do and wonder how do you get that every time . I have a secret. When i was eight years old, we had a big radio fourlegged radio, crosspiece, i would get a pillow and crawl under the radio and the loud speaker would be over my head and listening to tennessee alabama. Which meant nothing to a kid in new york. But what i loved was the roar of the crowd. And so when i do the game. Call the play accurately and shut up. And for a little while when that crowd is roaring, i am eight years old. When hank aaron hit that famous home run you called that. Yes. Remember that for us. What was that like . It was building up all year long and now here we are in atlanta and our lefthander henry aaron is batting against al downing and you are wondering about the home run. But i did not want to anything. I did not want to think of all the home runs he hit or how many against the dodgers. So when he hit the home run, i did what i really do best, i shut up. And i went back of the booth and the crowd was roaring it was magnificent. And while i stood there it dawned on me, so when i went back to the microphone i said. It was a marvelous moment for baseball and what a marvelous of georgia and what a marvelous moment for the country and a the world. A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep south for breaking a record of an alltime baseball idol. And to me of all the home runs that is the most important one. And you had not thought about that . Not at all. You were quiet and said nothing for a minute and fur 4 seconds. 44 seconds. Im good at that. I did not what speaks baseball the crack of the bat or the snap of the glove . The roar of the crowd. I have been in love with that since i was a little boy. What would you tell that little boy he is under the radio, eight years old, what would you tell him now with the award that you received . I would tell him do not be afraid to dream. What are you grateful for . I am grateful for gods grace to allow me to do what ive done im grateful for my wife, my 16 grandchildren, by three great grandchildren for a life that has been beyond fulfillment of a dream. Yes, i am deeply thankful. You wrote in your farewell letter to fans you said you would miss the fans. Some people think when you miss the game and the excitement why the fans . Well, again, we get back to when they roar, i bumps and that is why ive kept yelling. When they roar i go back to being eight years old. The crowd fulfills everything for me. Is there any other moment from your career that when you look back you say hank aaron home run would be one but is there another moment where you say that was great . I will be brief. I was in high school at the time. Sitting in the back of the auditorium with the best athlete and we were chatting and he said what would you like to do when you get out i said i would love to be a baseball announcer and he said i would love to be a baseball player. And i said wouldnt it be amazing if i became an announcer and you become a Major League Player . It happened. Three years into my career he came up to bat i was on the air and he hit a home run. And i had to call my friends home run in the big to kids dont be afraid to dream because it can happen. Vin scully pleasure thank you and happy thanksgiving. And happy thanksgiving. Same to you and yours. Everybody two seconds . 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