People. Were never going to stop dreaming of a free cuba and working toward one. Reporter we noticed today that people were taking small cuban flags and bringing them to 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. Florida senator marco rubio is the son of cuban imms. Death of fidel castro with John Dickerson on face the nation. Senator, what would you like to see change in u. S. Cuba relations now . Well, id like to see more of a democratic opening on the island of cuba. Things like, i dont know, free press. Stop putting people in jail because they dont agree with you politically. Stop helping countries like north korea evade u. N. Sanctions. Dont invite the russians to open a military base 90 miles from our shores. Allow independent Political Parties to be able to function. That you find in virtually every country in the western hemisphere except cuba and now increasingly venezuela. Thats what id like to see, and id like to see our Foreign Policy geared toward accelerating that. I believe it is in our National Interest to see democracy take hold on the island of cuba. And so we should examine our Foreign Policy including all the changes that president obama made in that lens and through that lens. Why not just reverse . Well, as i said, there are key elements that are more important than others. Heres the thing people dont understand, and ive said this repeatedly. I am not against changes in u. S. Policy toward cuba. I just want to make sure that those changes are reciprocal, that thats a reciprocate by the cuban government. That was not part of what president obama did. And i want to make sure theyre the kinds of things that help create a pathway toward democracy in cuba because while fidel castro was 90 years old his brothers 85. There is going to be a generational leadership change in cuba over the next five to ten years, hopefully sooner, and incentivizes and makes it easier for there to be a coughs cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. I did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, fidel castro was a thorn in the side of ten u. S. President s. He died friday at the age of 90. Martha tieshner looks back at his life and legacy. . This is the Sierra Maestra on cubas southern coast. . These are the jungle fighters, the rebels of Sierra Maestra. Reporter at first he charmed us. . Its hard to believe now, more than 50 years after the fact. With fidel castro here are former clerks, technicians, students, townspeople and the simple campesinos. Reporter up in the hills with his rebels fidel castro looked and sounded like a there are thousands of men who would gladly join us. Reporter not the pogbogey m he became to so many. We suffer rain and the hardship of life in the mountain. This is only the beginning. The last battle will be fought in the capital. You can be sure of it. Reporter but there was no battle. On new years day 1959 dictator general rogenceo batista, the bloated corrupt embodiment of cubas problems, fled the country. Fidel castro was born in 1926, one of five children. His family was prosperous and owned this sugar plantation in eastern cuba. Educated by the jesuits, he became a lawyer. The poverty castro saw around into a revolutionary. Fidel castro, at the age of 32 you now have in your hands a great deal of power and a great deal of responsibility. Reporter a month after taking power interviewed on cbs by edward r. Murrow, castro said exactly what americans wanted to hear. Tell me, fidel castro, are you concerned at all about the communist influence in cuba . Oh, im not worried because really there is not about communism here in cuba. Reporter its still not clear whether he changed or whether he lied. But when castro began executing opponents, when castro started nationalizing industries and aappropriating u. S. Property in cuba, it didnt matter. The u. S. Response sanctions. The economic embargo that exists to this day. Most of them landed in miami with nothing but their lives and the fierce determination to bring fidel castro down one way or another. In april of 1961 an army of cuban exiles backed by the cia tried to slip into the bay of pigs and liberate the island. The invasion was a disastrous and embarrassing failure. With a david to the u. S. Goliath, a role he finetuned for the rest of his life, with help from the soviet union. This is the cbs news extra. Reporter the following year, in 1962, u. S. Spy planes spotted the russians installing Nuclear Missiles in cuba. Those are russianmade, russianmanned ballistic missiles. Reporter this was the cold important. I have directed the armed forces to prepare for any eventuality. Castro did not blink. It appealed to him to play this role that he would harbor these missiles that could threaten the Great Imperial that he could do this. Reporter jay taylor represented u. S. Interests in cuba in the 1980s. The world teetered on the edge. Teetered on the edge of a nuclear war. Were talking about the world. Millions. Millions dying. It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any Nuclear Missile launched from cuba or against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response on the soviet union. Reporter for a couple played chicken until khrushchev backed down and the missiles were removed. But that wasnt the end of soviet involvement in cuba. . The russians pumped Something Like 5 billion a year into the cuban economy, propping it up, while the United States kept tightening the screws, toughening sanctions, with the expectation would fall. The cia repeatedly plotted to kill him. But still he hung on, jailing dissidents, neutralizing political rivals, speaking for hours on end before vast crowds bused in to hear him. Which brings us to 1980. The mariel boat lift that year castros claim that cubans were happy and content. Told they were free to go, 125,000 did. Risking their lives, piling onto small boats and makeshift rafts for the 90mile crossing to florida. It did hurt his image. But in the end the fact that the United States then had to stop this flow having said we would not turn our backs on them, suddenly we did, and we said tum boats, that castro then i think felt that he had emerged still even from that politically the victor. Reporter especially when it became clear that 10,000 to 15,000 of the refugees he sent our way were insane or criminals turned loose from prisons and asylums. If life in cuba was bad then, it got worse when the soviet union collapsed in 1991. Was gone, along with the oil cuba received in exchange for sugar. Cubans were literally starving. Anticastro interests in the United States thought surely the end was in sight. But in 1993 fidel castro, the crafty survivor, did something startling to prop up the cuban economy. He legalized the u. S. Dollar, which meant that if your relatives in miami sentou money you could afford to eat. Today those payments bring in 3 billion a year. Castro also invited foreign investment. Suddenly cuba looked like one big construction site. You name the country. Canada, france, spain, mexico, the netherlands, israel. Everybody but the United States was there building massive 2 million tourists who now visit cuba every year. In 1998 when fidel castro welcomed Pope John Paul ii and let the pictures do the talking, the world saw cuba surviving in spite of the u. S. Trade embargo. It was political theater on a grand scale, the kind castro loved. Remember the custody showdown over Elian Gonzalez . The small boy rescued at s after his mother drowned trying to escape cuba with him. Castro won. The boy was returned to his father in cuba. He milked it in every way to make the Cuban Community in miami look bad and the Cuban Community in miami frankly fell right into the trap. Marisele perez estabele is a sociology professor at Florida International university. The revolution was simply claiming a son for his father. Reporter the revolution does have its supporters, who give castro credit for raising the Literacy Rate in cuba to nearly 100 and for providing Free Health Care to all. Cuba turns out highly skilled doctors, respected throughout latin america. In february 2008, after a lon illness, fidel castro officially transferred cubas presidency to his younger brother raul. Today the United States of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. Reporter it was raul who agreed in 2014 to a restoration of diplomatic relations with the United States. It was raul who welcomed president obama to cuba in march faded fidel castro appeared at a communist party congress. Soon i will be 90 years old, he said, in what seemed like a farewell address. Stating everyones turn comes. But the ideas of cuban communists will remain. He turned 90 on august 13th, the day of his last public but even in death he remains a bogey man to some. Castro will always be remembered as the cuban, latin American Revolutionary who stood up to the United States and won. Won in terms of his health brought him down, not anything that the United States ever did. Reporter the man the united . Living well . Rise above joint discomfort with move free ultras triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20 better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill. Get move free ultra, and enjoy living well. So how will history judge fidel castro . Is there good to weigh against the bad . According to the cias latest fact book, cubas infant births. Thats lower than the 5. 8 recorded here in the United States. Average Life Expectancy in cuba is 78. 7 years. Just a tenth of a year shorter than here. Cuba has 6. 72 doctors per 1,000 people. More than double the number per thousand in our country. Weighed against these pluses are the negatives of decades of ca though theres no hard number, political executions by firing squad total just over 3,100, according to the nonprofit think tank cuba archive. Human rights watch reports 6,200 arbitrary detentions during the first eight months of last year. And theres that flood of cuban refugees to the United States to consider. More than 1. 1 million cuban president elect donald trump is already getting pushback from congress over his immigration plans. Mr. Trump has vowed to build a wall along the u. S. Mexico border, have mexico pay for it, and deport medals of people in the u. S. Illegally. The federal government used largescale deportations twice in the past carter evans has the story. Reporter huge numbers. Unbelievably huge numbers. Reporter immigrants are joining the antitrump protest worried that the president elect will soon follow through on his promise to deport millions who came here illegally. Sisters fluor and victoria martinez were brought here illegally when they were just 1 and 3 years old. Theyre allowed to attend school and work, protected under president obamas dream act. If theyre deported, their family will be ripped apart because their two younger birth. If we have to go back, we wouldnt want them to go back with us because they made it here. Reporter former u. S. Congressman Esteban Torres knows the pain of being separated from family. Its a tough feeling not to know the person that was your father. Reporter his father was one of an estimated 2 Million Immigrants who were part of a Government Campaign called mexican repatriation. During the Great Depression they were herded onto trains and kicked out of the it was an effort to save american jobs. Rounded them all up and shipped them back to their home country. Reporter just 3 years old, torres was allowed to remain in the u. S. With his mother and brother because they were born here. I remember living in shacks, you know. My mother couldnt afford anything better. You know, all the days of standing in line for relief, of getting governmentissued tennis shoes and canned food. His father again. Its a really dark part of u. S. History. Reporter ucla professor raul hin joes o. Ojeda said it happened again in the 1950s when a quarter million more immigrants were sent back across the border during operation wetback. These roundups did break up families that have consequences even today. Reporter torres not only lost a father. His brother had to be raised by family friends. My mother had to make a choice really. The economy was t you know, it scares me because it could happen again. Reporter but hes hoping that dark chapter of American History will remain in the past. Carter evans, los angeles. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new cubas farewell to fidel castro. Were in havana as the island nation begins a week of rallies and tributes to its father figure. But here in the u. S. Some cuban americans say history will not abe brutal dictator. He says history will absolve him. History will condemn him. Also tonight, president elect trump slams election recount efforts as a scam. The young victims of the Chattanooga School bus tragedy are laid to rest. Concerns were raised about the driver weeks ago. And the online Holiday Shopping rush is on. Could cyber monday shatter an Internet Sales record . Its going to be a very 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 havanas normally bustling 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. On saturday at castros former 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 speeches. 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 s day that people have taken to 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.