thanks to my panel and all for watching. you can catch me weekdays on "after the bell" on the fox business network. paul is back next week. we hope to see you then. have a great weekend. ♪ the united states and the world reflecting on the death of fidel castro, an icon of the cuban revolution who became a communist dictator known for killing and oppressing his own people. i'm ed henry. fidel castro dead at the age of 90. for more than half a century he was a hope of some in cuban and despair for others. a symbol of the cold war as he thumbed his nose at a succession of american presidents. starting in the wee hours, a scene of celebration in miami where so many settled to build new lives after escaping castro's grip. both president obama and

president-elect trump offered remarks on the end of an era, looking over the tensions between our two nations and looking toward the future of u.s./cuban relations. phil keating in miami's little havana neighborhood. the celebration has been going strong, the cigars have been lit for many hours now, bill. >> reporter: and the cuban flags have been flying for about 15 hours. this street party celebration has been underway, all celebrating the demise of the communist dictator, the cuban revolutionary fidel castro, finally dead at the age of 90, the arch-enemy for all of these people here who are direct exiles or sons and daughters of exiles. we have our fidel efigees, all of these thousands of people gathered. the street has been closed to traffic. one second. but the flavor is profound here. this is manny frago, you were one of the peter pan babies.

>> yes. >> reporter: explain to americans who may not be familiar with that, of all of the children. >> well, we all arrived without our parents, when i was ten years old. and we were placed in -- down in the keys, the florida keys, and we had to just wait there until we were either transferred to a family or when our parents would come in. >> how happy are you today? >> oh, it is a bittersweet day because i really don't believe in celebrating anyone's death. but then, really the way i feel is that we're celebrating the possibility of cuba in the future, and cubans especially back in the island, my compadres, my brothers that could obtain a better life, more freedom and be able to open up to the world, all the years they

have missed. been here since 1961, so, you know, it is 57 years already almost. >> reporter: thank you, manny. you have a wonderful -- >> okay. thank you. >> reporter: thank you very much. of course, 90 miles south of here the capital of havana, far different scene there. the government declared nine days of national mourning, declared by, of course, president raul castro, the brother of fidel. meanwhile, up here it is just a party and a very festive atmosphere here. no arguments, pots and pans, banging, clanging anything that can make noise has been on the street today. this certainly shows no signs of wiending down any time soon. i expect though, ed, this is going to go into the wee hours of tomorrow morning at least. >> what a terrific interview, phil. you can see the emotion pouring out of them and you drawing it out. you have reported from there many times before, and sometimes there's a lot of tension among

cuban-americans, but it seems what you're reporting is everyone is coming together here. >> reporter: oh, yeah. it is 100% unity here. in times past there have been protests outside the cafe versailles restaurant, which is where all of the republican candidates always make a visit to get the cuban vote. and when obama was starting to open up relations and trade and allowed more flights and carnival cruise ship to go to cuba, you had the older hard-liner cuban exiles and the younger generation of kids that have been born in south florida who didn't necessarily think the embargo was worth while anymore, after more than 50 years of it not leading to castro's demise or a changing of the government. but there's certainly a renewed sense of optimism today. raul castro, any hard liners, communists control the government and the country and the island nation of cuba, so everybody wants change. they want it decades ago, they

wanted it. so everyone is hoping it is sooner than later. >> phil keating may have thought it was going to be a quiet holiday weekend in miami, but he's been doing work since the wee hours. good to see you, phil. >> reporter: thank you. >> reaction meanwhile to castro's death of course pouring in from washington. house speaker paul ryan tweeting earlier, now that fidel castro is dead the cruelty and oppression of his regime should die with him. president obama releasing a statement that said in part, we know that this moment fills cubans, in cuba and in the u.s., with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways in which phi del castro altered the lives of families and the human nation. history will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him. meanwhile, mitch mcconnell released a statement saying, while fidel castro is gone, sadly the oppression that was the all mark of his era is not.

it is my hope that the cuba regime will use this to turn the page for the people living there. president-elect trump signing off on green party candidate jill stein's request for a recount, saying the people have spoken and the election is over. that after hillary clinton's campaign revealed it is joining jill stein's effort to have votes recounted in the badger state and possibly in the crucial states of michigan and pennsylvania as well. wasn't it clinton who charged it was the republican nominee that would have trouble accepting the election results? peter doocey is in palm beach to answer that question. what else did the president-elect say about the request today? >> reporter: he said he thinks the recount request is ridiculous. he is not knocking the democrats and clinton campaign members who want a part of testimony, but he is saying he thinks organizing this entire thing in wisconsin

is a way for the green party candidate jill stein to get rich quick. mr. trump says this, quote, this is a scam by the green party for an election that has already been conceded, and the results of this election should be respected instead of being challenged and abused, which is exactly what jill stein is doing. so from that you don't get any sense of concern from mr. trump that the recount effort is going to really hurt him, that it is going to take away any electoral votes. it seems he is just taking this opportunity to point out he thinks the left is wasting their time. ed. >> peter, a lot of people noting on social media as well hillary clinton only won new hampshire by a couple of thousand votes, much tighter margin, and we haven't heard about a recount there. we will see if that happens. cuba obviously front of mind for the president-elect. he had a lot to say in the campaign about up ending some of president obama's executive actions. what is mr. truck's reaction shon to fidel castro's death? >> it's been quite a day on

social media that started before the sun came up with a four word tweet. he said, fidel castro is dead, that was it. then came a statement from the transition team that said, quote, fidel castro's legacy is the denial of fundamental human rights while cuban remains a toe tal tearan island it is my hope today marks a move i way from the horrors endured too long and toward a future which the wonderful cuban people live in the freedom they richly deserve. we have word florida's governor rick scott has been on the phone with the president-elect about trying to figure out how to support a pro democracy movement in cuba. that is according to the governor's office in tallahassee, here in florida. castro's death is the first big foreign policy event since the election, and it comes as trump thinks about who should be his secretary of state. just a few hours ago one of his earliest backers said again he would favor rudy for that job over romney.

>> i think rudy giuliani probably has greater qualifications and he also brings to the table something that is very important for a president to have of secretary of state, trust. somebody to trust. the bigger question for me is why would mitt romney want to work for someone for whom he has no respect? >> reporter: and now a third name has officially entered the fray, the secretary of state sweepstakes, california congressman dana rohrabacher who announce willed he is being vetted to be the nation's next top diplomat. >> and the list is growing. thanks for your reporting, peter. as peter noted, intrigue growic around president trump's choice for secretary of state. a growing number online bashing the selection of mitt romney. governor romney spent most of the campaign blissinger hr trump, calling him among other things unfit for office. that hassen trump advisers inside the transition reportedly playing the loyalty card and

pushing for rudy giuliani, a vocal supporter of trump throughout the campaign. tammy bruce. down schoen served as adviser to president clinton. both fox news contributors. happy thanksgiving weekend. i want to start with you tammy, because there seems to be tension in republican ranks and we first reported at fox a couple of days ago we were picking up there's discussions going on if mitt romney want goes to be secretary of state he might have to issue a public apology to president-elect trump. that's extraordinary for him to be sort of on bended knee here almost begging for the job. >> yes, and i think it is not a good way to start. you shouldn't, i think, necessarily want to move in as governor huckabee noted to work with someone you don't have personal respect for. i think that's important because governor romney's comments were not just personal attacks on mr. trump, not about policy, but about his personal being, if you will, his entire integrity and his ethics.

it also made it more difficult for people on the ground, it made it difficult for the party offices, for the grassroots activists. it was heartbreaking because many of us grew to like the romneys in the 2012 campaign. his apology is not really just to the trumps, but i think it would have to be of course public and to everyone. if you're in that position, i don't know how you could really serve in such a position where you're the face of the foreign policy dynamic for the administration. my listeners and others i'm speaking with think if mr. trump is determined to have him in the cabinet, perhaps secretary of veterans administration would be appropriate where it is an entity that needs reformation. we know the governor is very good at that. it also does not have as much of a high profile. >> tammy, you're right. maybe he brings a business sense to the va and cleans it up for our nation's heroes. doug, you have been around politics for a long time. >> i have. >> including the clintons. you know, barack obama as president-elect tried this team of rivals. it may have had mixed results,

certainly hillary clinton had her shining moments and other tough days as secretary of state. what is your sense from the democratic side about whether there should be a loyalty test here for secretary of state and it should go to someone like rudy giuliani? >> well, i think the issue is really how do we have an inclusive foreign policy. governor romney has a doctrine of his own which is complementary with donald trump and the national security adviser designate michael flynn, but he has a different world view. i think for inclusiveness in the republican party, to have an establishment figure like governor romney who has stature around the world and can provide a different approach than president obama and, indeed secretary clinton has taken, i think is a step in the right direction. look, i'm not here to say who should apologize to who. i'm an american. i'm a democrat, but first of all i want a strong and assertive america. governor romney has said the problem is the russians, the chinese, the iranians, rogue

nations. i can't disagree with him. i think it would be great to have him, and i think he, michael flynn and president-elect trump could work well together. >> tammy, what about the idea of someone like general david pe tray as? if he were secretary of state on top of the possibility of general maddis, it seems to me donald trump spent time in the campaign saying he was not a war amonger, without an ishsue itchr and you have the generals around the table. >> he wants to cut isis. there's nothing worse than a thousand year war. the president-elect indicated he wants to end the war, not wishing it away but taking action. we know the world is in trouble and it is going to remain in trouble because of the problems that have been inserted for the last eight years, the lack of leadership of multiple countries falling apart.

these issues are going to have to continue and the world is going to want to so a strong america. they see that strength in certainly military leaders and other statesmen they're familiar with. this is also an element where some experience is required absolutely. we want a team of outsiders, but we also want individuals who know how to get the job done. >> doug, i will give you the final word and you can weigh in if you like. we're going to dig deeper later in the hour on the jill stein recount. but i would be remiss if i didn't ask you as someone who in a high profile way said you could not support hillary clinton. what do you make of the clinton campaign lawyer today saying we're going to join this recount effort? >> well, i'm frankly surprised and startled. president of the united states has issued a public statement saying that the results were clear and obvious himself, he accepts the legitimacy of president-elect trump's victory. i think until today the secretary of state had made it

clear she wasn't going to participate in jill stein's effort. it seems pretty clear to me that we have a president-elect, and i think the best thing for our democracy broadly speaking is for the secretary of state to do what richard nixon did in 1960. there were questions about the results in illinois, questions in texas. he let them go. he became president later on. we were a better country as a result. we can't afford the division. i don't think it will change the results. >> can i add something quickly? >> go ahead, quickly. >> it all comes together. >> doug's right. but there are no questions in this instance. the individuals who said there might be hacking themselves said there's no evidence and really no question about the result. so this is not where like in florida, where 500 votes separated the result. this is fishing. it is people looking for relevance, but it is also the sign i think of a democratic party that in fact is imploding. >> we're also going to talk a little bit more about how jill stein all of a sudden is getting millions of dollars, an interesting and intriguing

question. >> that's the other -- this is a fundraising vehicle for the green party. jill stein didn't have much nice to say about hillary clinton during the campaign. >> yeah. doug schoen, tammy bruce, we are better for having both of you on this weekend. thanks for coming in. >> thanks, ed. >> appreciate it. >> meanwhile, the revolutionary leader of cuba being remembered by leaders around the world, some expressing deep sorrow for a man who oppressed so many. really? plus more on the push for recount in three states, what the clinton campaign has to say. the relatively low cost of gas might start ticking up soon. why you could be paying more to fill up your tank. ♪

♪ fidel castro being remembered by leaders and former leaders around the world. pope francis sending a telegram to castro's brother raul, the current president of cuba, offering condolences to his family. the pope immediate him during his visit to cuba last year. russia's president sent cone dole enss as well. the former soviet union was an ally for decades. the president of china said castro made historical contributions to the development of socialism around the world. meanwhile, the push to recount votes in some swing states won

by president-elect trump is gaining momentum. the clinton campaign joining the effort led by failed green party nominee jill stein. stein filed for a recount, and the clinton camp on board because they owe it to the 60 million people who voted for her to ensure an accurate vote coat. jamie weinstein, host of his own podcast, the jamie weinstein show. i appreciate you being here, jamie. i wonder if this question we're trying to get at, which is jill stein who struggled to raise money when she was a candidate for president, all of a sudden millions of dollars pouring in. is there a sense that there's some ties to democrats who supported clinton, people like george soros, others potentially pouring this money in? >> well, it does seem to be a bit of a scam. i think donald trump himself accused this of being a little bit of a scam. i don't know if it is tied to anybody outside of the green party, but it does seem to be their best fundraising effort to

date. it was interesting today that we hear that the clinton campaign is going to support the recounts, which is a new twist of the situation. but it does seem that the primary beneficiary here isn't going to be the american people, it isn't going to be hillary clinton, it is going to be the coffers of jill stein and the green party. >> what is interesting to me, think back to the waning days after the third presidential debate in las vegas, donald trump got the question by chris wallace whether he could graciously concede if he lost the election, he didn't quite say either way. hillary clinton pounced on that. here is what she said. >> donald said something -- well, he said a lot of things that were troubling, but he said something truly horrifying. he became the first person running for president, republican or democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this

election. that is a direct threat to our democracy. >> jamie, a direct threat to our democracy, and now hillary clinton's campaign lawyer, mark elias goes on medium and posts a blog saying they're joining the recount effort. what in the world is going on? >> well, can you imagine if donald trump did this three weeks after the election if he lost? the world would be going mad. the reality is if you post on media, they admit they don't have any evidence that there was any voter fraud or hacking into computer systems to help hillary clinton. they admit that the -- the only way she could win is to overcome the vote totals in all three of those states that they're looking into, and that they would have to overcome in each of those states the greatest recount switch around they've ever seen in the history of recounts in this country. >> and you can see. >> this is a recount to nowhere. >> right. wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania the three states, as you noted. also, i think we need to get the facts out there, which include

the fact that wisconsin in 2004, it was an even tatighter margin than 2016 and in 2000 and 2004 there was not a recount. >> right, this is not the situation in 2000 where 500 votes separated george w. bush and al gore and everything hinged on one state. these are three states where, you know, the lead isn't huge but it is substantial enough that if the recount overturned the results it would make real big news because we've never seen anything like that in a recount before, seeing such a swing in votes. i mean i think this is, again, a recount to nowhere. >> last question, i've got about 15 seconds. what is really the end game here in the sense of is it just an effort to undermine the president-elect, you know, what do you think is the real goal at the end of the day? >> i think with the green party it is to make some money for their party. i think from the hillary clinton campaign it is to appease the left wing flank so they don't upset them, act like they're doing everything they can to

make sure there was no voting hacking and playing into their conspiracy theories a little on the left. >> jamie weinstein, appreciate you coming in today. >> thank you. >> the death of fidel castro marking the end of an era for cuba. why one activist hopes president-elect trump will take a different approach to the country than president obama has. and the search for a missing california mother has a happy ending. who police are now looking for in connection with her disappearance. there are a lot of unanswered questions. ♪ g new cars.

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♪ fidel castros, freedom fighters fear his regime will continue enforcing dictatorship rule. in fact, some say things have gotten worse with raul castro in charge. he is now hoping president-elect trump will reverse current policy. brian yenes is live from our

news room. good to see you. >> under specktive order president obama opened up travel, commerce and communication with cuba. on the campaign trail president obama won t obama -- president-elect trump won florida and the cuban vote promising to reverse that. >> all of the things were done through executive order, which means the next president can reverse them. that i will do unless the castro regime meets our demand. >> many cuban exiles in florida believe the obama administration gave too much to the castro regime for nothing in return. they now hope mr. trump will halt some parts of the deal like new trade and investment until the regime guarantees release of all political prisoners and free democratic elections. the question now is how far will trump go. >> i think that president trump would want to have a way to

continue having some kind of dialogue with cuba. it is a close neighbor, and what he might do symbolically is not appoint an ambassador. that would send an important symbolic symbol there's tension between the two countries, but we are still willing to have an embassy. >> cuban dissident who has been jailed in cuba for human rights activism and who held dozens of hunger strikes believes obama's biggest error was not consulting the dissident community before negotiating with castro. last week he met with senators marco rubio and bob menendez, both cuban americans, imploring them to alter or halt obama's deal until more democratic reforms are passed. >> translator: things are worse economically, pliltcally and socially. there's been increased oppression, assault and torture because the government felt the deal legitimized their actions. >> he says some reform like

allowing cuban americans to visit the island is good, but allowing american tourists only serves to enrich the government which controls the economy. ed. >> thanks so much, brian. for today senator and former presidential candidate marco rubio weighing in on castro's death. his parents immigrated from cuba. on "fox & friends" he criticized u.s. efforts to normalize relations with cuba. >> my criticism of the deal was not that we changed our relationship with cuba. my creditism is that we've made over 50 to 60 individual concessions which ben at this time the cuba government. you would hope there's a chance for reexamination, but i don't believe so. i think the system of government in place will be difficult to change long certain people are around, including raul castro. >> he is a fox news foreign affairs analyst, also the author of the book "doomed to succeed, the u.s./israel relationship

from truman to obama." we appreciate your expertise as a diplomat and negotiator. let's start with what is in front of the obama administration, which is who do you spend to the castro funeral. i've heard wildly different views on this. do you send a high-level person like secretary of state kerry or even vice president biden to say, look, we're going to forget about the past and look to the future? >> you know, it is really an excellent question. it would be -- it symbolizes in a sense how much the administration attaches to having opened up the relationship, having normalized the relationship. having said that, you know, the fact is fidel castro was not a hero and he was certainly not a hero here. the decision i think the obama administration made to normalize relationship was not designed to somehow embrace the legacy of fidel castro. so i would be -- i would be surprised if they send someone that high level. certainly they could send a

diplomat, but i think to go to the vice president or even the secretary of state, in a sense it gives too much credit to castro. it identifies us too much with what he did. you want to look to the future, that's fine. you want to somehow elevate the past, i think it would be a mistake. >> okay. let's move on to president-elect trump. let's assume for a moment he's down in palm beach, he picks up the phone and calls ambassador ross and says, first of all, what should i do about appointing, nominating an ambassador? you heard in the tape piece the idea maybe he should snub cuba. is that a good idea? if not, who do you think would be smart for him to send, jeb bush or someone like that? >> again, i think the more you put a senior political figure into cuba, the more you're basically saying we're betting on there's going to be change. i think as long as raul castro is there, the prospect of really opening up cuba is going to be more limited. the kind of changes wielde'd lio see may come from real pressure

from within, and i think it would be a mistake to cut off the ties. it would be a mistake to cut off the ability to talk to them. the question is do you, do you rush to send an ambassador or do you at least withhold the possibility. you can still keep the possibility of sending an ambassador there, but maybe you use it as a lever in talks. >> yeah. >> maybe you use it to see what you might get. it still allows you to appoint an ambassador later on. even so, i would send a professional even when i make the decision. >> let's get to your expertise and beyond the symbolic. i appreciate you going down roads. donald trump said on the campaign trail president obama opened the door with executive actions but didn't have any sticks, didn't get any concessions out of raul castro, political prisoners and the like. so what does donald trump do now moving forward? he said on the campaign trail he was going to reverse the executive actions. meanwhile, he's back pedalled on other campaign promises like a lot of incoming presidents do. would you recommend reversing

what president obama did and sort of restarting this? because, as you say, raul castro hasn't changed at all. >> yeah, i wouldn't recommend that because i think in a sense -- there's a couple of dimensions here worth considering. the fact is when we normalize, it actually put us in a position where we improved our position in the rest of the western hemisphere. we were isolating ourselves by being the only one who didn't have relations and in a sense maintained an embargo. so i don't think a new administration wants to get up on the wrong foot with the whole western hemisphere. secondly, i was just actually down in ft. lauderdale and i was sort of struck by the number of people in line, waiting to fly to cuba. it shows you have a lot of cuban americans who are able to reconnect with families. i think even from a humanitarian standpoint there's a certain value in not reversing that. i can see the value in not reversing what was done. the question is, again, how do you go forward and how do you make it clear that for cuba to get much more benefit we really need to see them open up their

system more? i'm not a big -- i'm not real optimistic that's going to happen, but i don't think we should be doing a lot more. we've done enough at this point i think to create some pressures from within to see things change within cuba. let's allow that to percolate a little more before we do more. >> interesting advice. last question, ambassador ross, i have about 30 seconds. i have a theory as well which is maybe president-elect trump as a long-time businessman wants to see american capitalism get in, more of it as president obama started, to show what freedom and capitalism is all about and that that might have an impact as well. what do you think? >> well, one of the arguments that was made for a long time by those that said lift the embargo is if you want to open up the system, allow there to be real exchanges from the outside and allow private capital to go in. donald trump said himself in september 2015 that he was considering building a hotel there. so, again, you can think about the possibility of doing more there. again, even that i would sort of

hold as a lever to see if we could get more changes within. providing them a lot more capital also allows castro in a sense to say he's producing more without having to change politically at all. >> a lot of foreign policy challenges ahead for the president-elect. we haven't even gotten to the israeli-palestinian peace process, which you know a lot about. have to have you back. >> thank you. >> to a few other stories following this hour. police in alaska investigating the deaths of four people in what appears to be a murder suicide, three adults and an eight week old baby girl found dead with gunshot wounds in an hampton in. >> it is the world's largest firefighting plane. it can carry 75 tons of fire retardant. thousands of people have been forced out of their homes across israel where flames are spreading because of dry, windy conditions. hundreds of protesters have been camping out for months near the site of a north north dakota

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people are shopping and feeling good about things. >> yeah, it seems like with the low gas prices we've enjoyed for so long people do have more money in their pockets now and they're actually spending it. the early numbers suggest that this holiday spending season has been very strong so far. >> it has been very strong. thanksgiving was strong, black friday was strong, cyber monday is projected potentially to hit $3 billion plus which would make it the biggest online shopping day of the year. people feel good about things. >> and we've seen the stock market rising. some call it a trump bounce. it is early, early, and it is so hard to see what is really pushing things up. >> dow 19,000. who would have thought we would actually see that? crude has been, you know, the -- very, very volatile. you've seen gas prices be very erratic as a result of that as well. i mean crude dropped 4% on friday, down to $46 a barrel. everyone is waiting for the big opec meeting, what will happen then, what will happen on the production side. nobody knows. there's a lot of volatility in

that. it has gone into -- >> so what i want to get at is we're talking about how the economy has had good signs of life. gas prices are low, people have more money in their pockets that they're spending maybe around the holidays. all of a sudden the economy is picking up and it looks like interest rates are going to go up. it means you might pay more for your mortgage if you are looking for a house right now. there are things that are difficult for consumers to deal with but they show signs of life in the economy. >> that's exactly the case. i mean mortgage rates have been rising and they've been rising for sometime right now. you're interested in buying a house, do it sooner rather than later. december is actually a good month to buy a house because if people are selling, they -- there's a need for actually -- they have to do it by the end of the year. actually a good time to get in there for that. >> as we finish up thanksgiving, get closer to christmas and the beginning of the year, what are two or three tips you like to give people about how to manage their money and bullet proof their finances heading into the new year? >> you have to have some sort of plan. you have to have a plan for

retirement. you have to plan for your future. a lot of people are not doing planning whatsoever which is why people don't have money for retirement. as far as gas prices go, we are enjoying lower prices at the pump. opec meeting will mean for volatility for the gas mark, so people don't know what to expect. for now they can enjoy low prices at the pump and in fair fares. those are expected to stay low through 2017. >> some signs of life in the economy. we appreciate you coming in. good to see you. >> thanks, ed. >> something funny going on in california's bay area, funny money. a new wave of counterfeit bills finding its way into cash registers, $6 million worth so far according to secret service. claudia cowen has more on the consequences of counterfeiting and what authorities are trying to do about it. >> reporter: the u.s. secret service protects presidents both living and dead, and we can only legally handle this counterfeit cash in their office here in san francisco. it is all criminal evidence following an influx of bogus

bills here in the bay area. this collection of cash not worth the paper it's printed on. >> this is a quick and easy indication that this is counterfeit. >> reporter: secret service agent dave thomas says most funny money is easy to spot, from the smooth feel of the paper to the painted on water marks. but someone is making high quality fakes, mostly 20s and 100s, using expert offset printing methods and resulting in six million counterfeit dollars circulating around the bay area this year, up from five million in 2012. a 5% increase may not sound like a lot, but it could mean a big hit to small business owners. >> haand if you look at it on t back, the color is not there. >> san francisco merchant says he's mistakenly taken in about $200 counterfeit this year and now keeps a bogus bill by the register so his staff can quickly compare. nationwide last year the secret

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recognizable. iranian state news reported that dna tests were required to identify them. at least 45 killed. dozens others injured. and back at home family members celebrating the return of a hissing california woman. found on thanksgiving after being held against her will for three weeks. authorities searching for two hispanic women alleged to be her captors. will with news on the story that gets stranger and stranger. >> reporter: many questions here. few answers. investigates say they are continuing to look for the suspects in this . sherie's family has come out and wants to thank everyone for their support over the past three weeks. nobody knew exactly what happened to her until

thanksgiving when she flagged down a motor risk about a 150 miles from where she disappeared. when she was found on thanksgiving she was chained and heavily beaten. she was then taken to a local hospital where she was reunited with her family. her sister says it was a joyful reunion after a dramatic couple of weeks. >> it's been a range of emotions. and sadness, anger. right now it is just joy. lots and lots of joy that she's here with us. >> her family's asking for privacy as she continues to recovery. they are also thanking law enforcement and various groups that helped. including one private group that offered a six figure reward. the family friend also started a go fund me page. supporters still donating money. as of saturday that page had raised more than 49d$,000. one woman posting praise god sherry is found, and safe.

it is unclear what's going to happen to all that money now that she's been found safe. authorities say there are two hispanic women armed with a handgun and that dark colored suv. >> we remain devoted to this case and will not rest until the captor or captors are identified and brought to justice. >> is it sheriff adding this is an open investigation, ed. >> will carr, live in alongside. good to see you. word of fiddle castro's death. how washlt is reacting to his passing, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ how else do you think he gets around so fast? take the reins this holiday and get the mercedes-benz

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the world pauses to remember a revolutionary. and let's not forget, a dictator too. who's regime and red rick changed global relations for more than half a century. havana is mourning and cuban exiles are rejoicing upon the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. welcome to a brand new hour i'm ed henry. >> and i'm arthel neville. in miami's little havana, the streets are alive by celebration with cuban exiles. so what's next? relations between tw two nations have been warming up, but a new american president donald trump

promises to reverse all of that. christen fisher has more. how is president elect responding this evening. >> arthel he's responding with his signature call it like you see it and don't hold back mechblt. he's making no attempt to be politically correct even if a world leader just died. he said today the world marks the pszing of a butrutal dictat. compare that to this statement that president obama put out. at this time of fiddle castro's passing we extend a hand of friendship to the cuban people. history will judge and record the impact. how notesly absent from the statement is any mention of the human rights abuse. he never used the word dictator.

marco rubio called it a pathetic statement with no mention of the thousands he killed and imprisoned. this is really proving to be the first time that we're really getting to see just how different our current president and our next president respond to a major world event. and they are about as different as they could possibly be on this. >> and speaking of that, during the campaign trump pledged to reverse all of president obama's efforts to normalize relations with cuba. any indication if mr. trump will make good on that promise? now that he is the president elect. >> this is something he pledged to do towards the end of his campaign but today he didn't touch it. the closest he came was this line from that same statement. it read ours administration will do all it can o ensure the cuban people can finally begin their journey towards prosperity and liberty. exactly how remains to be scene. >> thanks kristen. >> a lot of reaction pouring

from around the world. apparently not so much in his own country. many cubans today seem nonchalant. critics say that is the ray recall castro wants it. cuba will observe nine days of mourning for the former president ending with the internment of his remains on december 4th. meanwhile canada's prime minister is facing some backlash following his statements about the dictators death. justin trudeau saying in part it is with deep sorrow i learned today of the death of cuban's longest serving president fidel castro a larger than life leader who served his people for a century. and he made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island

nation. president elect paging some big decisions this week about the leaders who will serve alongside him in the white house. among the many tasks still facing him choosing a press secretary. >> looking at the white house counsel first. tell us about him and since the donald trump is our first businessman turned president, there is a potential for a lot of conflicts of interest. and i suspect the white house lawyer will be pretty busy. >> exactly. the white house counsel, it is always on important position but in donald trump's case it is particularly important given that he has so many potential conflicts of transformant mcgahn

has a lot of experience in law, particularly election law in the context of the republican party. donald trump will need someone to help keep him out of trouble given that he has business around the world. given that he has a long track record of litigation, some of which is still ongoing as he heads into the white house. so it is good that he chose someone with such a strong legal background and such strong ties to the rest of his party to fill that role in his white house. >> indeed. as someone who covers the white house, you know, as well the press secretary can basically be the face of the administration at the white house. and i've been hearing whispers given donald trump's troubles with female voters they might want a female at the podium and there are at least three prominent women being talked about before the post. but also a man named sean spicer is in the running as well, isn't? >> he is. and he's been leading the

contacts alongside jason miller who was a campaign spokesen. and then radio host laura ingram been floated. fox news monica crowley being floated for the position. whoever it is will have a difficult position given that donald trump does van adversarial relationship with the media. he doesn't plan on toning those. so that person will have a balance to strike between keeping the reporters informed of the white house press courts like any traditional secretary but also maintaining that relationship that donald trump, and maintaining that tone that donald trump has struck with reporters. which is that if you don't cover my administration fairley you just might lose your access. >> another woman there in the photo, kellyanne conway. lot of help managing the campaign. and some i hear in washington

whispering maybe kellyanne conway is better for communications director, some other more behind the scenes job than sort of the day to day parrying with reporters in the briefing room. what is your sense? >> that is certainly one position we've heard her floated for. she has said publicly she has been offered a position in the administration. we aren't sure what it is. but she's someone very close to donald trump. someone he trusts to deliver his message publicly. because he was for the latter part of the campaign the public face for all of his policies and she does a great job defending him with a light touch. she is someone who will certainly have some role in shaping his message from the podium or behind the scenes at the white house. >> finally donald trump expected to get back to new york sunday potentially. and has a big week of meetings coming up that kicks off monday. looks loik a big week ahead. >> certainly he's meeting with a potential treasury secretary of

bb&t spacc.o. we're watching for potentially secretary of defense. and this potentially contentious race for secretary of state unfold. we do have some picks we expect see on the horizon and obviously as we saw this week he is started to fill out the staff level positions as well. >> thousands of jobs yet to be filled. the intrigue continues to swirl. sarah, thank you for joining us today. well this is a fox news alert. former green party nominee jill stein filing for presidential recount in wisconsin. after raising millions of dollars for the cause. and now the clinton campaign says it's getting involved also. >> reporter: hillary clinton

could still end up in the white house depending on the outcome of recounts in several key battleground states. the chance are slim to now have but still jill stein is launching the effort to recount votes in wisconsin, pennsylvania and michigan. all states where donald trump narrowly beat hillary clinton. while stein admits there is no indication that hacking or vote tampering took place in any of those state, a handful of computer science experts are claiming a hacker could have potentially influenced the election. of course there is currently no evidence to support that claim. still stein says a full recount is needed for voter reassurance. >> we are standing up for a voting system that we deserve, that we can have confidence in. that has integrity and security and that we know is not subject to tampering, malfeasance, hacking and so on. >> stein has already raised more than $5 million in this effort. well on its way to the goal of

$7 million. following election the clinton campaign said it looked into every report of hacking or voting irregularities as well and found nothing. but late yesterday when the wisconsin election commission received stein's request and agreed to move forward with the recount, the clinton team jumped on board. clinton attorney mark eric elias wrote now that the recount is under way we believe we have an obligation to the more than 64 million american whose cast ballots for hillary clinton to participate in the proceedings to ensure an accurate vote count will be recorded. it is expected to get under way late next week and the filing deadline for pennsylvania is monday. michigan's is wednesday. president elect donald trump releasing this statement in response. saying, this is a scam by the careen party for an election that has already been conceded and the results of this election should be respected-instead of

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time for a quick check on the headlines. a kansas woman, sarah hopkins gave cedric ford a semi automatic rifle and hg which he then used to kill three people and injure four others in february in kansas.

gathering to remember a deputy u.s. marshal killed in the line of duty. shot and killed trying to serve a warrant in a mobile home south of savannah. a 26 year veteran of the u.s. marshal service. downtown el cot city reopening today.licott city reopening today. . more th mo more. nancy pelosi will face a challenger next week for her top spot as the house minority leader. pelosi has 14 years experience in that position but any next guest says her years of service could ultimately work against her. in an on ed on media general websites. he writes pelosi is the ultimate insider, being a san francisco

liberal doesn't help either for a party that needs to reach out to the white working class voters who bailed on hillary clinton. washington insiders are betting on pelosi, which shouldn't be comfort to her. if anything in 2016 we have learned conventional wisdom is neither conventional nor wise. joining me now is the writer of that article jim osman. washington bureau chief for media general television. okay. let's see. so do you think that will ultimately be her policies and positions that will prove to be the end of her reign. or will it be the strength of her opponent's tim ryan's ideas that will come into play. >> i'm not so much it is ideas and that come to play as the time. we're look at the time when donald trump won the president sismt if hillary clinton won the presidency we wouldn't be talking about this today. but because of the donald trump's surprise win we are.

she wasn't assured of the victory and the leadership nonetheless. she an oppose tim ryan, not paul ryan from wisconsin. but tim ryan from ohio. i think that for part of this he thinks that he can beat her and that he has the right background at this point to challenge her. because it is those white working class voters after all that helped donald trump in wisconsin. that helped him in michigan. that helped him in ohio. so i think at the end of the day he's a strong challenger. but the money still is on nancy pelosi despite what i said about her being a san francisco liberal. >> well and nancy pelosi the most powerful women in politics, apart from hillary clinton. why can't or shouldn't she stay in place. >> i don't know for me to say why she shouldn't. but i think that why she might not is 14 years in the leadership and the fact that she

represents a very liberal area of the country. after all this is a party that's now being accused of being a coastal party. the left side of the country and the right side and not much in the middle. now you have got a congressman from a part of the country where white middle class voters may think they are not being represented by the democratic party h. s party. so that may be why she doesn't stay in place. why she might is she raises a lot of money for democrats and that is the holy grail for these folks who run for office every two years. that is her plus side, she really hepsd the democrats in raising money. we also need to look at this. this is a secret ballot. so that is where the chicanery could come in at the end of the day. they won't know who voted for whom. four or five congressman who have come out for ted ryan.

it is going to be a battle over the next few days. if you see more democrats out and name ryan. then you may see a shift. i did notice in the washington post they also said it is time for nancy pelosi's leadership to be over. that is important. he's a left lane and columnist and that will be passed around the offices on the democratic side as he towards november 30th. >> chicanery in d.c.? >> never. >> and republicans controlling congress and we'll have a republican president. how important is the. >> i think in some sense it is the opposite how hard-charging they can be to go up against the republicans. one thing i've written and read

is even some of the established democrats in washington are curious whether the leadership has the vim and vigor to go up against the republicans or do they need younger leadership to go hard charging at the republicans? the one big issue we're go doing see over the next few years is medicare. and the republicans want to adjust it. and the democrats of course will say they want to keep it. and i have to wonder if nancy pelosi and the rest of the leadership -- and it is not just her. it is clyburn and the hoyer. whether they have the energy to really go hard charging at the republican party. >> so do you have a prediction? >> after this year i'm not sure i'd want to make a prediction. as i said nothing -- conventional wisdom is neither conventional nor wise this year. i would say the money is on nancy pelosi to retain her leadership after all. it is going to be an uphill fight for tim ryan. let's see what happens over the

next few days. if you see a number of congressman come out, five, ten on his side we could have a race. >> thank you very much. >> chicanery. shock, shock. president elect donald trump will be heading back to new york city tomorrow and a schedule of big meetings scheduled for monday. we'll take a closer look at who may be in the run of the president's top cabinet posts.

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of reagan. that it is now a populous working class policy. how will the reaganites embrace that? >> good evening, welcome. what is steven moore saying here? is this a new kind of team of rifles? and how does -- rifles? and how does donald trump reconcile that. >> well it's always dangerous to prophesy when one election hasn't settled a lot of arguments. people are now embracing the ronald reagan memory and his policies opposed him not only when he was running and specially in the his presidency. it wasn't until things started to turn around that all of a sudden people who were opposed to reagan at first were embracing him and now his legacy. so i don't know exactly what stephen moore meant but the proof is in the pudding. we'll see if mr. trump's policies work and that is the key. if they work i suspect a lot of

people who are opposed to trump are going to be embracing him. sort of like hank aaron's 750th home run. i was there in the stadium. i supported him all the time. >> it's interesting. because you see the stock market rising and to stephen moore's point. working class voters, democrats and republicans, if they can embrace jobs being created, could we see trump democrats as opposed to the old reagan democrats as an opportunity for the republicans to not just be seen as the party of the rich. >> i absolutely agree with that and that is a very key point. the so called reagan democrats sprung up again. the truth is will the ideas work. out of the party, they are a party of the two coasts. the great middle has risen up and said enough. we want government that works for us. we are paying too much and getting too little from government. we're sick of washington.

it doesn't seem to matter which party gets elected. the disfunction gets worse. the swamp gets bigger and bigger and they want something different. the extent trump responds to that and i think he and he's on the right track so far. then i think you could see some kind of the republican majority for several election cycles to come. >> interesting. i already knew you were a wise man. i'm not just humoring you. then i picked up your column a few days ago and you said boy it would be really start to pick d mcfarland. and bam. >> oh i wish. it is every man's stream to recommend something and have a let me or president elect fall through it and do what you say. she has a great experience. a great resume. a lot of friends who i'm sure were recommending her. but enough of false humility. i take full credit. >> in all seriousness, i've been

asking viarious shows the last couple of days about this divide. i talked about the team of rivals more on the national foreign policy side and mitt romney and the possibility he might have to apologize to donald trump if he wants to be secretary of state. rudy giuliani more of a loyalist. general petraeus and others. and others say well romney has good things and giuliani. and a lot of republicans simply won't say who do they want to be secretary of state. cal, you are a respected man of the people. who should be the next sktd of the state. >> well i'm for rudy giuliani for secretary of state of new york. of new york. but for 2 united states, look i think mitt romney has a problem. he's a very good man. but he said some really, really strong things about donald trump's character. if he's going to apologize what is he going say? i was wrong. i misjudged the character omplt does that say about his own

character. i like john bolton. i think he's a strong advocate. some people i don't know don't like him because they regard him as too much of a warmonger as they say. but i think john bolton believes if you are going to get into war you have to get into it for the right reasons and then you have to win it. you can't have this stalemate that we've got going on for a dozen, 15 years. >> and one more question on your predicting skilts. where will the stock market be in six months? i need to know. >> hmm. well let's see. you will have to ask my financial advisor. i hope it's close to 20,000. i really do. >> wonderful thanksgiving. and thanks for coming in. >> definitely. kt mcfarland is awesome. a powerful u.s. aircraft now arriving to help put out wild fires across israel. flames breaking out near jerusalem. and since then hundreds of homes

have been destroyed and thousands told to evacuate. john huddy in jerusalem with the latest. >> hundreds were able to return home today though for many their homes were burned out by fires that left a blackened path through parts of israel. several dosen homes i burned down over night. this was the scene about ten miles west of jerusalem on the edge of the west bank, where palestinian firefighters fought alongside israeli crews. >> the palestineny firefighters fought shoulder to shoulder with the israeli firefighters with a joint target of saving people and homes. >> several countries also helped out, including the united states. and in a big way. sending a boing 747 super tanker from colorado springs to help douse the games.

israeli officials maintain many of the fires were set by palestinians using arson as a form of terrorism. heifa one of the hardest hit cities, including this man caught on camera lighting one of the fires according to police. only minor injuries, mostly smoke inhalation reported but there have been no fatality t. and after five long hard days israeli officials say they find have most of the fires under control. though there are still hot spots and occasional flair-ups and they are concerned about the dry windy weather persisting t though rain is forecasted later in the week. >> john huddy from jerusalem. thanks john. good news in the fight against alzheimer's. few americans are being diagnosed. the factor that researchers say may be leading to the decline. plus fight simulators helping pilots prepare for emergencies. john scott get answer inside

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a new study shows the number of americans coming down with alzheimer's disease is declining. and surprisably researchers say one contributing factor may be increase in education. to help us break it down with this new information we have doctor and anesthesiologist nina rat cliff. great to see you.

>> great to see you. >> education how? >> you are education level can have an effect on your risk of developing alzheimer's disease. they took a snapshot from two groups of 10,000 americans from over the age of 65 in 2000 and again in 2012. they found a 3% decrease. while that may not seem like a lot but when you equate this it is over a million americans that do not have alzheimer's disease because of this. >> what the do you do to stimulate your brain. brain games, and a whole story about how you need to continue reading. and the wonder of books. for your imagination but also i suspect the brain like a muscle. >> there is a theory called lose it or use it. it is like a muscle. think about doing biceps curls. the more you use it the more endurance it has the stronger it has. when using our brain, whether going to school, whether doing cross-ward puzzles, staying social. we're using our brain and creating connections and we're

look at education in graduate school grade school back in our teens. this is having effect decades down the road. so we have choices we can make that can really be impactful. we're not look at the significant increase in education. we're look at there was 11.8 years and that increase of 12.7. so it is high school plus some college. we're looking a several months. >> if your talking to people right now. aye already gone to college or high school or whatever. and you mentioned reading. >> cross-word puzzles. >> cross-word pulls puzzles. books. but it doesn't have to be book that are deep. you could read romance if you wanted to. >> exactly. and not only cross-words and reading books. we're talking about socializing. when we retire our children are gone. we're not working. we're retiring.

that one of the things. i also want to on it point out what's good for your heart is also for your brain. staying physically active. >> eat all these good things after the thanksgiving meal. >> and i want to point out also this study is important. at this time even though there is tremendous resources being put into the alzheimer's research there is no cure and there is no treatment. so the most powerful tool we have right now is prevention. so the things we spoke about. eating healthy. physically active. socializing. going back to school or just doing these type of stuff is very important. >> citizens volunteering and learning foreign languages, testing their brain in that way. >> those are wonderful ways, yes. >> and, you know, you talk about socializing and of course some of us have parents who are far away. and they may not be there with you or the grandchildren what have you and a lot of people are into face timing now with their

grandchildren. >> there are so many ways to do it. going and talking to a neighbor. you can go to the mall. a number of things. volunteering. there are a number of ways but you have to do make a decision. that is a choice we make. >> and heading into the new year. people it seems we were talk about the financial health in the last hour of putting together a checklist of what you need do do. beyond just alzheimer's the end of the year is a time to take a self assessment of your health. >> neew year's resolutions are the great thing furs u. >> you inspire us. >> monday i'm ready. >> start tonight. >> always great to see you. >> thank you. >> speaking about a miracle and us eating healthier. you probably treb miracle on the hudson when a u.s. airways plane made an emergency landing in the hudson river.

sulley. did you ever stop to think how he knew exactly what the to do and how to do it. our own went to find out how pilots prepare for such emergencies. >> reporter: less than a decade of the wright brothers first flew at kitty hawk. pilots were takes tot skies in machines like this. a 1937 curtis model d pusher. that was more than a hundred years ago and things have changed lot since thin. >> they look like some kind of exotic landing craft from a "star wars" movie. step inside one and it is every bit as impressive. at least for those of us who love airplanes. >> wow. >> yeah it is a landing craft but also a takeoff and cruise craft as well. >> slowly pull the airplane back up. climb altitude. we're flying. >> reporter: this is a state of the art full motion simulator br the boeing 737, 800 series.

i was invited to try to fly it. my instructor had a long career at southwest airlines and is now one of its chief pilots. the computer screens outside of the windows are so realistic it is hard to believe when you are strapped into the captains seat that you are not cruising past mount rainier. >> tom coming up on 500 feet. don't even look outside yet. you are looking at your instruments. >> or making sure that you are not making a night landing in seattle in heavy fog. >> trust reverses. you just landed out of a cat three approach. >> in the simulators days pilots who came to the airline with the required hours experience would have to qualify on a passenger jet, well, by flying a passenger jet with no one on board. just to get practice time. but these simulators, a new trainee can get qualified without burning a drop of fuel.

>> training on a glorified game but in fact this enhances safety. southwest with can train its crews to handle almost any kind of emergency. emergencies they will almost never have to handle in real life. >> so we just lost the left engine. so we're putting right rudder in. i'm easy with the nose. a positive rate. so gear's coming up. now fly it right into the command bars there. stepping on the good engine. i'm going to bring the bad engine back. and you can see it is not working and you can see we're climbing out pretty handsomely. >> that is wild. yes. well for more than half a century fidel castro ruled cuba with an iron fist. the former dictator died friday at the age of ninety. for some he was a source of hope

in cuba but a source of despair for so many others. here is fox anchor brett bare. >> in the end his speeches shorter and appearances more rare. but fidel castro's tone remained defiant as ever. socialism or death. fidel castro loved to hate america at every political turn. his own political stock soared during the international custody fight for elian gonzalez. when the u.s. returned his little prince castro called the moment a moral victory over america. the man came to power leading a rag tag band of bearded rebels to overthrew dictator. he ended up becoming one himself. castro stood defiantly against ten u.s. presidents.

around the world, leftists who hates america's influence and power called castro a hero. but for the u.s. he was the all too close face of the bitter cold war. and while the world could never completely dismiss castro politically. over time to some critics he seemed more like a caricature with his wiry beard, faded fatigues and six inch cigars. the man who would lead the small cuban island to communism was educated by jesuit priests and earned his law degree at the university of havana. launching his first and failed revolution in 1953 where thirty of his followers were filled attacking the barracks. castro was imprisoned and then deported but made his way back on an over loaded power boat. after a decade of coupe, riots and the political rebellion. the people despared over

batista. he stepped down. and left the country and castro seize power january 1, 1959. he held on since then. the most significant response came in 1961 when president john f. kennedy backed the failed bay of pigs invasion where hundreds of cuban exile fighters were captured and sent to prison or killed. the next year american spy planes discovered secret soviet missiles inside cuba. after a 13-day u.s. naval blockade. the soviet union backed down and removed the missiles. castro was enraged as the wrld watch two super powers walk away twr a nuclear nightmare. in the 1980s castro unleasheden unprecedented human wave on america. the boat lift forever changed

south florida's landscape. 14 years later as cuba's economy collapsed further. castro unleashed a second wave of human car go. this time whether america wanted them or not. 13,000 cubans were coming to her shores again. in 1998 cuba opened its island doors to pope john paul ii. the holy father and the man who chained down cuba's churches shared words before the world. critics would later call the historic meeting little more than a public relations campaign. in the summer of 2006 castro underwent surgery for intestinal bleeding and quietly sooeded power to husband son raul.cededr to husband son raul. >> by the end of the month the count rice national assembly

formally elected raul as the brother to secede. >> he remained largely it of the public eye with one notable exception. in march of 2012 he would welcome a second pontiff, pope benedict. the two met privately, despite the pope's vocal opposition to cuba's government. they spoke for nearly 30 minutes with castro asking the heavenly father what does a pope do? still constant rumors about his health when president obama announced the softening of u.s. sanctions against cuba in december 2014 president raul castro spoke with the president of the telephone welcoming the announcement. but the man himself had no comments.

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welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. >> i'm gregg jarrett. topping the news this hour, fidel castro dead after more than half a century of brutal dictatorship in cuba and shaping america and global foreign policy. >> warming relations with cuba could be in limbo after the election of donald trump. >> mr. trump's transition picks up steam amid apparent split over one key pick. we begin with reactions from across the u.s.