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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 organizing commission of the funerals will give our people detailed information about the organization of th...

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. >> let's go to havana and join cnn's correspondent there, patrick altman. patrick, first of all, describe to us the scene in havana. it's been quiet since the beginning of the night when we started talking to you. >> reporter: that's right. sort of an eeriness, quiet streets as i came in tonight. later i was told that there was a military presence on the street. they usually don't ...

As patrick was telling us, and in miami, a lot of people don't 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. let's now bring in jose rodriguez, in miami. a senior correspondent for our sister network, cnn in espanol. on the streets, what are you seeing? w...

What's 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 lowered emissions during testing. the e p,a says the vehicles emitted up to 40 times the legal leve...