making news in america this morning -- recount battle. president-elect donald trump lashing out on social media, making claims about voter fraud that experts are calling stunning and baseless, as hillary clinton joins the recount movement. cub farewell to fidel castro. david muir is in cuba with the latest. a major winter storm hitting right now. we're tell you where it's heading next. and cybermonday. gets started soon. and we'll tell you how to get a little known discount with some

good monday morning, everyone. hope you had a nice holiday weekend. we're going to get started with donald trump's twitter rampage. he was railing against the recount effort under way in three battleground states. >> trump is back in new york, gearing up for another day of meetings as he considers more cabinet picks. the president-elect spent much of yesterday sending a barrage of tweets, taking aim at hillary clinton's campaign and lunching fraud. this morning, donald trump seething on social media. a series of tweets if the president-elect, saying serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire, and california. so why isn't the media reporting on this? serious bias. big problem. and i won the popular vote. the the you deduct the million mls of people who voted illegally.

a recount in wisconsin. now, hillary clinton's campaign joining the effort. it could expand to michigan and pennsylvania. it's unlikely a recount would change the results. trump calls the recount effort a scam. adding so much time and money will be spent. same result. sad. trump himself warned for months that the election would be tapted. >> it's a rigged 1.8 million dead people are registered to vote. >> reporter: team clinton saying their own investigators have not uncovered any actionable evidence of hacking or outside attempts to alter the voting technology. but they'll participate in the recount. a decision bernie sanders supports. >> it's a legal right. not a big deal. i don't think anybody, secretary

it will change anything. and kellyanne conway calling this side sore losers. trump's team saying he's having regular conversations with president obama. one that lasted 45 minutes on saturday. the reaction to the death of former cuban leader fidel castro. workers have been preparing revolution square. >> nine days of official mourn rg now thousands of cubans expected to sign a condolence book in the square today. >> reporter: all across havana, we noticed the flags at half staff. the cubans honoring their long-time leader. the cuban people mourng fidel castro who defied ten u.s. presidents for half a century. he took power on new year's day 1959, promising democracy.

there were executions. silencing newspapers. signing a pact with the soviet union. the u.s. would respond with saxs. president kennedy approving the invasion of cuban exills entering at the bay of pigs. it failed. castro won. 11 million people live here making just $20 a month. just 5% have internet access in their homes. on the the american tourists. more than there have been in decades. what do you hope for the cuban people? >> i hope to see them have a better life. have -- be open. more open, and happy. experience more. be able to travel outside of cuba and see other people. see how other people live. and enjoy life a little bit more, right?

undercastro's rule. the young people chanting fidel. cuba, just 90 miles away from florida. and in the u.s., a much different scene. in little havana, many of the cuban-americans who escaped castro, or whose parents or grandparents did, are now relooefd. now hope for beater relationship with cuba kout fidel david muir, abc news. elian gonzalez became the face of the relationship with cuba. he survived a trip on a boat. this is the picture many people remember. a soldier taking the then 6-year-old from an adult.

friend. >> translator: fidel began to be that father as all who start off as father. the difficult thing is for a father to become a friend. >> he says he last talked to castro a few years ago. >> cuban tourism up 1% in the first half of the year. starting today, american airlines will fly there from miami. those bring the total number of daily flights to more than 100. is syrian rebels have lost all of northeastern aleppo. overnight, syrian government forces capturing another key neighborhood of the country's second largest city. it's the biggest setback for the opposition in four years. it sent thousands of people fleeing. the u.s. congress is look to push through a $6.3 billion

the session ends. the 21st century cures act would promote new ideas from the federal government. the main goal would be to send funding to the fda and national institutes of health. we all need it. drempling rains making their way east after hitting the west coast this week end the 7 the storms meant fresh snow across the west. resorts in the southern ka ka mountains were aided by several inches of power. california's sierra nevada getting up to two feet of snow. thousands of people heading to resorts for skiing and snowboarding. more snow expected in the western mountain rangs today as well as the dakotas. showers from seattle to northern california. donald trump has swapped his famous make america great hat for one with a more timely

and the number 45 is embroidered on the side. a nod to his upcoming inauguration. some might say a symbolic swipe at the recount effort. others saying he is, indeed, number 45. still ahead, now win super bowl tickets for life. >> yeah, that sounds kind of nice. plus, sales without the crowds. it's cybermonday. the best deals.

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tonight in philadelphia. >> as for some of yesterday's nfl drama, we get the highlights from espn. good morning, america. if you're up now, which you are, because you're watching me, you might not have been up late last night. you missed one of the best nfl football games of the year. chiefs and broncos. it's in overtime. broncos have a chance to win the game. it's a really long field goal. if you miss, you give the other team really good field position. mc that gives the chiefs some time to get in field goal range themselves, which they do. cairo santos. first brazilian born nfl kirk in nfl history. played high school football in florida. went to tulane. the 25-year-old wins the game. off the upright and through. chiefs beat the broncos late last night. earlier in the day, derek

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checking our top store rirks donald trump is meeting with at least eight people today as he looks to fill more key roles. it follows a day-long rant on twitter over the recount in three states, triggering new allegations of voter fraud from the president-elect. thousands of mourners are expected in cuba's revolution square way already, just as the first commercial flights from the u.s. are set to land there. southern california ski resorts had a great start to the weekend. and there's more snow heading to the western mountains today as well as the dakotas. heavy rain in the south, possibly including tornadoes and hail, with the rain extending up into new england. 45 in boston? not bad.

death of fidel castro. >> here's a shot where the memorial gets under way later today ahead of his funeral on sunday. some are hailing him as a freedom fighter. others, include manager in florida, home his passing may allow them to return to their homeland. gio benitez has more. >> reporter: this is a champagne bottle this woman has w decades to open. a gift from her late father. >> it was hidden for all those years. open only when fidel dies. >> reporter: his death was highly anticipated. wished for. mostly because of the pain of families forced to split. she said good-bye to her father when she was 8.

all i co-could to was, bye, papi. >> reporter: what was going through your mind? you were so young? >> that hurt so much when i felt i wasn't going to see him anymore. >> reporter: today in florida, she's a county commissioner. >> i couldn't understand why i couldn't say -- express my opinions or why i couldn't say that i believe in god. >> reporter: childhood trauma defining a generation. this psychotherapist remembers it well. at 11 years ode, she left cuba without her parents on what's been dubbed the peter pan flights. those parents sending their kids to america when a bright future koumdn't be guaranteed. >> i remember when i was leaving my house, you know, kissing all my dolls. you know, and, saying good-bye to, you know, everybody. it was very -- it was a very -- i want to start to cry.

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