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KGAN CBS Overnight News November 28, 2016

Welcome to the overnight news. Im meg oliver. 21gun salutes will fire in cubas largest cities today as the island nation begins a weeklong choreographed farewell to its longtime leader fidel castro. The communist dictator, who wore his animosity toward america as long as his trademark beard, died friday at the age of 90. Manuel bojorquez is in havana. Reporter meg, cubans are grieving today as the death of fidel castro has started to set in. While a divisive figure abroad, on this caribbean island castro was admired by many. As flags flew at half staff over havana, some cubans could not hold back their tears. Victor manuel said he felt like he had lost a patriarch. The father of our family, the father of the revolution he said. Revolution plaza was quiet. Workers were busy preparing for two days of tributes to the dictator, who led the country for half a century. Thousands of cubans will pay their respects in the shadow of the monument to National Hero jose marti and a sculpture of revolutionary leader che guevara. Inside the havana cathedral Leticia Fonseca prayed and reflected. Fidel was someone that always helped us a lot, she said. Especially the Cuban Community of the lower class. University dozens of students chanted i am fidel. Pedicab driver Lazaro Alonzo said he hopes castros death would not slow progress in cuba. We continue to work hard, he said. There will be great moments that will come for this country. People here will gather for official state memorials starting tomorrow with the largest expected on tuesday at revolution square, where castro delivered some of his most fiery his remains will then be taken from havana to santiago, essentially retracing in reverse the steps he took in victory with the revolutionary army. Meg, his funeral will be next sunday in santiago, known as the cradle of castros revolution. Manuel bojorquez, thank you. About 225 miles north of havana its a very different mood. More like a party in miamis cubanamerican neighborhood little havana. David begnaud is there. Reporter this is the second day that people have taken t the street here in little havana. As one woman said, were not celebrating the death of fidel castro but were celebrating the potential for freedom in cuba. Its still frontpage news. I want to show you the front cover of the miami herald. The picture of fidel with one word, dead. Its still all people are talking about in miami. The streets are still closed and theyre blaring music in front of cafe versailles. Tanya madrigal came to the United States when she was 9 years old. Here . Your parents came with you. They are now deceased. Why is it important for you to be on the streets tonight . To support my cuban family. To support all these people have come here today to celebrate. And to teach my daughter it is a moment in history. And the reason why im here, for freedom. I left when i was 9 years old and ive never gone back to cuba. And one day i will go back. When i can go there with my american passport because im an american. Reporter thank you, tanya. We appreciate it. We also spoke with the republican congresswoman iliana roslehtinen who herself came to the u. S. When she was a child. Whats the rest of the country to make of all this happening outside of versailles . I know people are looking at these visuals and theyre saying are these people nuts, theyre celebrating someones death . And were not. Were celebrating an opportunity of a new beginning. A new dawn. And were a hopeful, optimistic people. Were never going to stop dreaming of a free cuba and working toward one. Reporter we noticed today that people were taking small nearby graveyards where their relatives are buried. As one woman said, i wanted to put a flag at the grave of my mother and father, who didnt live long enough to see this day come. Meg . David begnaud in miami for us. Thank you. Top aides to president elect trump said today the Incoming Administration will not make any decisions on u. S. Cuba relations until after mr. Trump takes office in january. For now mr. Trump is filling and keeping an eye on election recount efforts. Errol barnett has the latest. Reporter president elect donald trump fired off a tweet storm sunday over the pending vote recount in wisconsin, where he won by 27,000 votes. Hillary clinton conceded, he wrote, noting that after the election the democratic nominee said, we owe him a chance to lead. Clintons general counsel said on saturday they would participate in the recount which candidate jill stein. She has raised 6 million for the effort and may pursue recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. Trump calls it a scam, and today his chief of staff went further. And its ridiculous. This is a fundraising notorietydriven fraud by a person who won 33,000 votes in wisconsin to president elect trump, who won 1. 4 million. Reporter also today the Transition Teams debate over who should be secretary of state spilled into public view once again. Governor mitt romney and mayor Rudy Giuliani are among those being considered. Being considered. Trump Campaign Manager turned adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on several sunday programs to slam governor mitt romney. He gave speeches against donald trump. He attacked his character. Did he go and intervene in syria where theyre having a massive humanitarian crisis . Meaning when i say intervene, like offer to help. Has he been helpful to mr. Netanyahu . Reporter now, the president elect is wrapping up maralago resort in florida, and his Transition Team says hes been contacted by more than 40 world leaders. Meg, more cabinet and staff announcements are expected monday. All right. Errol barnett, thank you. There were Mass Shootings in a number of cities this weekend including new orleans. One man is dead and nine others injured after an overnight shooting in the French Quarter on bourbon street. Two were arrested. Its not clear whether the victims were targeted. A Civil Rights Group is calling for more Police Protection of mosques after threatening letters were sent to three mosques in california. Investigators are trying to track down whoever sent the handwritten, photocopied letters. Jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of dylann roof. Hes accused of murdering nine africanamericans at a bible meeting in june of 2015. On friday a federal judge ruled that roof is mentally competent to stand trial and could face will be right back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth cer you taught him how to hit a baseball. How to hit a receiver. You even taught him how to hit the open man. But how much time have you spent teaching him. Funerals were held in chattanooga, tennessee this weekend for two of the six children killed last week in a school bus accident. Paula reid is following this. Reporter mourners gathered at the Redemption Point Church in chattanooga to say goodbye to 9yearold cordayja jones, one of six children the crash. Her pastor remembered her as a child who made everyones day a little brighter. She was the most genuine child you could ever meet. You know when people say that oh man, they leave everyone smiling, they just say it. Well, for cordayja they really meant that. Reporter the bus driver Johnthony Walker has been charged with vehicular homicide. Newly released records show School Administrators and students raised concerns about him in the weeks before he crashed a bus carrying 37 children on their way home from woodmore elementary school. Accident a principal reported walker for driving way too fast. In a handwritten report a student said it feels like the bus is going to flip over. When confronted by School Officials walker stated he did not care about the students and proceeded to tell the students he did not care about them. Funerals for the young victims continue throughout the week. 10yearold Zyanna Harris was laid to rest today. 9yearold zoie nashs funeral pis scheduled for thursday. Three students remain in the hospital in critical condition. Families affected by the bus crash. Its raised over 150,000. Meg, they tell me they expect that number to be even higher after the two organizations have had a chance to count all the donations that came in over the holiday. Such a sad story. Paula reid, thank you so much. Coming up next, cyber monday. Its expected to be the largest this last friday mall brawl in modesto, california made a strong case for shopping online. Holiday shoppers have been flocking to the internet in known as cyber monday. Heres mireya villareal. Reporter bargains on tvs, toys, and technology was enough temptation to draw in hordes of shoppers across the country on black friday. But crowded stores with limited product have some secondguessing whether braving black friday is worth it. Walmart was crazy busy and people were trying to punch people reporter this year online retailers got a jump start on cyber monday, posting deals on thanksgiving day. The savings so good savvy shoppers actually crashed macys website. Consumers Research President joe colangelo. Its going to be a very strong cyber monday. Youre looking at amazon of course as capturing the lions share of cyber monday and walmart is close after. And then macys, lord taylor, home depot. These arethree of the other major players. Reporter sales from this cyber monday could hit at least 3. 3 billion. Thats 9 more than 2015 and a overall this years Holiday Season could ring up at 117 billion. Of the three main shopping days over this Holiday Weekend, thats thanksgiving, black friday, and cyber monday, cyber monday has been growing the fastest of all three of those. Reporter colangelo says the convenience of shopping at home combined with Better Bargains is whats fueling that growth. Converting shoppers like pat courtney. We used to morning on black friday, 3 00 in the morning and go everywhere. These days you get up on thanksgiving order online and you come out just out of habit really. Reporter on average families are expected to spend about 1,000 on gifts this Holiday Season, and millennials are leading the shopping pack, increasing their spending by 25 this year. Meg . Mireya, thank you. Up next, help for the homeless. And 20 better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill. Get move free ultra, and enjoy living well. Looking for balance in your digestive system . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. 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The 1 brand used by septic professionals in their own tanks. There are nearly 120,000 Homeless People in california. More than 2 3 of them live on the street. Thats the highest rate of people without shelter in the country. John blackstone tells us about a Simple Program thats making their lives more bearable. Reporter the latest count of homeless in los angeles shows People Living on the streets. On skid row in Downtown Los Angeles makeshift dwellings spread for block after block. Few outsiders regularly walk these forbidding streets. But raquel beard has. People are dying every day here. The drug trade and drug usage is just out of control. Property thefts are through the roof. Reporter she worked with the association of Business Owners in the skid row area who are being overwhelmed by the homeless. And theres no Community Outcry about that. Reporter because other out of sight out of mind, lets just keep it there. Reporter but skid row also has those struggling to make better lives. They are helped at a warehouse called the bin. With nowhere to live, debra parra got a bin here to keep clean clothes, helping her hold down a job as a security guard. I leave a lot of stuff here. So depending what job im doing reporter this makes it a little easier. Oh, sure does. A whole lot easier. Theyre all full. We have a witting list. Ceo of chrysalis, the Homeless Service organization that runs the bin. What does this represent . This represents the personal belongings and life history of about 1,500 residents of the skid row area. Reporter users must check in at least once a week. Glass in there. Yeah, its a drinking glass. Toothbrush. Yeah, toothbrush. Reporter levelle liggins, living on the streets for 15 years, got a measure of safety when he got a bin. Rule of the streets is whatever they find is theirs, they keep it, they can move on it. Reporter the bins provide order in often chaotic lives. When i come out and iol i got it. Reporter demetrious reid knows the bins from both sides. He was homeless until the job here helped him get a place to live. It kind of adds a little dignity back into the equation. Reporter its part of l. A. s latest plan to help the homeless. The city is looking to add thousands more bins, which can provide a modest step toward life off the street. John blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. My cold medicines wearing off. That stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours . A Human Rights Group says there was a mass exodus of more syria this weekend. It comes as syrian and Russian Forces continue their assault to retake syrias largest city. Across the border about 6,000 american troops are in iraq helping in the fight against isis. Over the Holiday Weekend Holly Williams spent time with some of them. Reporter theyve spent months away from home, aiding in the fight against isis on the other side of the world. Happy thanksgiving. How are you . Reporter their thanksgiving lunch wasnt shared with family. Sisters in the armed forces. Stuffing . Yes. Reporter and when we asked some of the roughly 6,000 u. S. Service members currently in iraq what theyre thankful for, many of them spoke of their loved ones. Major rebecca de niro white and captain jeremy white were grateful just to be together for a few hours at thanksgiving, area around ten miles east of mosul. Theyve only been married five months. So youre intentionally together here in iraq. This was the only place you could be together. Yeah. Kind of. It just worked out that way. Reporter major Steven Bryant serves as a chaplain. . Ministering to the spiritual needs of soldiers of all religions. But on his third tour of duty in iraq hes thankful for something rather practical. Cell phones. I think whats different this time is communications. Its giving me an opportunity to express that to my girls and to my wife and to my mom and dad and different Family Members more frequently. That i miss them, that i love them, and i certainly appreciate their support. Reporter others waxed poetic. Like private first class onay beam from fontana, southern this is a humbling experience. Out here the experience to be able to like come and be humbled and see how other people live, stuff that people think they need back in the states. Kids, as they grow up this is all they know. So no socks, no shoes. Just running around playing soccer. Just its crazy. But thats what im thankful for. Reporter specialist Monique Frank from goldsboro, North Carolina has the kind of relentless optimism thats infectious. One of a team of three cooks, she feeds 150 soldiers every day from this minuscule kitchen. Its something i love. Something im very passionate about. Food tells a story nothing else can. Like you put your emotions in it. I love it. Reporter and youre putting your emotions into it even here in this tiny Little Kitchen in the middle of iraq . Yep. I love it. Reporter Holly Williams, cbs news, northern iraq. Cameras, vatican. Woman what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack . Chest pain, like theres a ton of weight on your chest. Severe shortness of breath. Unexplained nausea. Cold sweats. Theres an unusual tiredness and fatigue. Theres unfamiliar dizziness or lightheadedness. Unusual pain in your back, neck, jaw, one or both arms, even your upper stomach, are signs youre having a heart attack. Dont make excuses. Make the call to 911 immediately. Learn more at womenshealth. Gov heartattack. You can help children in low income neighborhoods get the help they need to stay in school and go on to college. I have a dream foundation provides mentoring, academic help, and tuition to make this dream come true. 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