>> david begnaud in miami for us. thank you. >>> top aides to president-elect trump said today the incoming administration will not make any decisions on u.s.-cuba relations until after mr. trump takes office in january. for now mr. trump is filling and keeping an eye on election recount efforts. errol barnett has the latest. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump fired off a tweet storm sunday over the pending vote recount in wisconsin, where he won by 27,000 votes. "hillary clinton conceded," he wrote, noting that after the election the democratic nominee said, "we owe him a chance to lead." clinton's general counsel said on saturday they would participate in the recount which candidate jill stein. she has raised $6 million for the effort and may pursue recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. trump calls it a scam, and today his chief of staff went further. >> and it's ridiculous. this is a fund-raising notoriety-driven fraud by a person who won 33,000 votes in wisconsin to president-elect trump, who won 1.4 milli

>> 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, i'd like to see more of a democratic opening on the island of cuba. things like, i don't know, free press. stop putting people in jail because they don't agree with you politically. stop helping countries like north korea evade u.n. sanctions. don't 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. that's what i'd like to see, and i'd 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 t

david begnaud in miami. thank you, david. president obama said today the united states is extending a hand of friendship to the cuban people following castro's death. errol barnett has more from washington. >> and we believe in democracy. >> reporter: in his first tv interview on cbs back in 1959, fidel castro predicted cuba would have open elections after its u.s.-backed dictator was overthrown. but instead, cuba has had more than five decades of communist rule and clamp-downs on dissidents. following castro's death, president obama released this >> reporter: mr. obama's easing of travel restrictions and re-establishment of diplomatic ties were done through executive order which the next president could reverse. >> the people of cuba get nothing. >> reporter: candidate trump criticized the president's actions. today, president-elect trump said: alan gross, the american imprisoned for five years in cuba and freed as part of obama's deal wrote: three u.s. senators of cuban descent all described castro's treatment of cubans as

david begnaud, cbs news, fort lauderdale, florida. >> david loves to stands in big puddles of water. >> indeed he does. >> every time always at a flood, when he comes, you know there is water coming somewhere. >> i do think he is from louisianna. >> the swampy necessary. >> yes, but katie you had a good way of describing the superman, we were just talking about that. >> yes, kind of like but to put a vac over over bin every water thousand would pool the water. that's what happens with the moon, just, but when you have a supermoon it increases the gravitational pool, closer to planet earth. so that's where the tide's issue, exactly, where it is coming from, so we can set up science experiment after the show if you want, rahel, for now looking ahead to is return every rainfall here in our area. and we do face a deficit. it is a pretty steep one at this point. all the way back to january 1, we've seen well over, multiple inches, here, rainfall deficit. so going out to the graphics, start things off by taking little statistics here. in philadelphia, we are shy at this point. by few tents

. >> reporter: i'm david begnaud. motorists on the washington, d.c. beltway this afternoon were stuck in the country's worst bottle neck that backed up for 12 miles. a.a.a. said 33 million people are expected to drive to their thanksgiving day destination. traffic fatalities are up 10% in the first half of this year, and that's a big concern on a travel day like this. the automobile club expects to help out 370,000 people who will have some kind of car trouble. the only trouble the homan family had today was space. brad homan and christina hope decided to use the sports car florida keys. how long is the trip? >> it's about five hours. >> reporter: you are troops are. >> we have to take a break. >> there's a little bit of explaining going ojust a little bit. we had to get out of the car for that reason. >> yeah. >> reporter: right now, we are in bumper-to-bumper traffic in florida, florida. we're on i-95 and it's moving at about 13 miles per hour. a little tip for you-- try not to travel home on sunday if you can avoid it. according to the mope app waz

david begnaud in is iowa. scott greene ended quietly on this rural road. he gave himself up to an employee of the state department of natural resources. >> he flagged down an employee of the dnr, presented his i.d. to that employee, and asked that the employee call 911. >> reporter: greene was wanted for killing two police officers, the first in his hometown of urban dale, iowa. and the second 2 miles away in police say both cops were ambushed. >> it definitely -- no opportunity to respond to the attack. they were both seated in their cars and were shot while sitting. >> reporter: the officers were identified -- and justin martin. greene was no stranger to law enforcement. he was issued a warning for trespassing at a football game at her daughter's hospital. confederate flag during the national anthem. >> he picked people of color to wave it in front of. people in the crowd felt he should be removed from the stadium. >> charges have not been filed. david begnaud, cbs news, iowa. >>> today we saw raw emotion as one woman thanked an officer with your family

david begnaud reports from nearby spartanburg. >>>todd kohlhepp was denied bond on sunday, as he appeared before a south carolina county judge and family members of the victims he allegedly killed 13 years ago to the day sat right behind him. (judge) "understanding say at this time?" (kohlhepp) "not at this time, sir." investigators say the 45-year-old confessed to killing four people at a motorcycle shop in spartanburg county in 2003. one of them was the shop's owner, scott ponder. (melissa brackman/victim's widow) "i had made peace that it was phone call i was never going to get." ponder's then wife -- melissa brackman -- got that phone call on saturday it was a detective with news of her husband's alleged killer. she says kohlhepp was a disgruntled customer at her husband's store and credits 30-year-old kala w (melissa brackman) if she had not been found alive, we wouldn't be sitting here having an interview right now. kohlhepp was arrested last thursday investigators discovered brown chained like a dog inside a metal storage c

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: the fire is still burning, but it's decreasing in fast. >> reporter: the explosion yesterday ignited a spectacular fireball that could be seen for more than 70 miles. the flames sparked wildfires. bill ber sea spokesman for colonial pipeline. >> this is a tragic accident. we had a contractor out there that we've used for many years excavating over the top of a pipeline thp this contractor has done this many, many times before. >> reporter: that contractor struck the pipeline with a trackhoe, igniting the gasoline. contractor was completing a permanent repair on a leak that had happened two months ago. that leak sparked gas shortages and long lines in five southern states as prices spiked. following yesterday's explosion. >> markets were just through the roofs and you could tell that there was a sense of panic. >> reporter: adriana diaz is a senior petroleum analyst at gasbuddy.com. >> prices may go up slightly in the days ahead. more importantly, for the time being there, should not be widespread impact to gas supply, keep monitoring. >> reporter: we

tonight a suspected is under arrest and david begnaud is in des moines. >> several shots heard at 70th and ar-15. -- 70th and aurora. possible officer down. >> reporter: it was just after 7:00 a.m. officers found rookie officer justin martin shot dead in his patrol car. more than 15 rounds were fired at him while he was driving. moines police sergeant anthony beminio was shot at a stop sign. he died at a local hospital. des moines police spokesman paul parizek. >> they were ambushed. it's nothing less than a slaughter. these officers had no idea what was to come. >> reporter: by 9:25 a.m. police had 46-year-old scott michael greene in custody. greene had flagged down a state employee, showed him his i.d. and asked him to call 911. he was arrested without incident and taken to a hospital after saying he feltk. police believe greene used a rifle to execute the lawmen. >> i think he had full awareness of what he was doing when he killed those officers. the way that this happened isn't something that seems spur of the moment. >> reporter: greene has a history of harassment. just two weeks

here's david begnaud. >> reporter: the fire is still burning, but it's decreasing in size. >> oh, my god, it was growing so fast. >> reporter: the explosion yesterday ignited a spectacular fireball that could be seen for more than 70 miles. the flames sparked wildfires. bill bury is a spokesman for colonial pipeline. >> this is a tragic accident. we had a contractor out there that we've used for many years, excavating over the top of a pipeline. this contractor has done this many, many times before. >> reporter: that contractor struck the pipeline with a trackhoe, igniting the gasoline. at the time of the blast, the contractor was completing a permanent repair on a leak that had happened two months ago. that leak sparked gas shortages, and long lines in five southern states, as prices spiked. following yesterday's explosion: >> markets were just through the >> reporter: patrick dehaan is a senior petroleum analyst at gasbuddy.com. >> prices may go up slightly in the days ahead. more importantly, for the time being, there should not be widespread impact to gas supply, but that remains

correspondent david begnaud has the latest on the investigation from spartansburg south carolina. >> denied bond, as he appeared before a south carolina judge. family members of victims he allegedly killed 13 years ago to the day sat right behind him. >> understanded, any time you wish to say at this time? >> i have no response. >> investigators say the 45 year old realtor confess today killing four people at motorcycle shop in parts and berg count any 2003, one of them the shopper's owner, scott. >> i have made peace that it was a phonecall i was never going to get. >> ponders then wife melissa got that phonecall on saturday. it was the detective calling with news of her husband's alleged killer. >> she says was disgruntled customer and credits 30 year old kayla brown for his capture. >> if she had not been found alive, we wouldn't be sitting here having an interview right now. >> coal up arrested last thursday, investigators discovered brown chained up like a dog inside after metal storage container on his rural south carolina property. they later found her boyfriend's remains in a

begnaud in iowa.th david, thank you. hillary clinton tweeted that she is heartbroken for the families of the officers, and donaldff trump tweeted today that they the long presidential campaign is finally down to six days. we have two reports on the strategies for the homestretch, and first we'll go to nancy cordes covering clinton. >> reporter: to win in florida, clinton needs to generate obama- level enthusiasm, especially from african americans, who made up a quarter of the state's early voting electorate when he was on the ballot in 2012. so far this year that rate is off by about seven points. >> reporter: today the president and clinton made the rounds again on predominantly black radio stations. >> reporter: in battleground north carolina, african american early voting rates are bouncing back from a slow start after republicans there imposed strict limits on the number of urban polling places during first week of early voting. >> it wasn't that long ago wheng register voters. >> reporter: in chapel hill today, mr.

david begnaud reports on the end of a week-long manhunt. >> reporter: michael vance errrorized oklahoma over eight days, killing, carjacking and threatening more violence. he killed two relatives. >> shots fired. >> reporter: wounded three law enforcement officers and made a hit list. as a fugitive, vance taunted police, posting live videos to facebook while on the run. >> what's up, y'all? letting you all know, look, this is real. that's a gun. that's the real deal. >> reporter: then sunday police caught a break. >> there was an automobile right here. >> reporter: donnie williamson tipped authorities to where vance was hiding out. what gave him away? hes car, spotted under these branches. later that afternoon, during a traffic stop, vance caught dewey tyunty sheriff clay sander in ae shoulder and the elbow. lle sheriff will survive. 30 minutes later vance was killed after a shoot-out with oklahoma state troopers. >> he came out firing his rifle. >> reporter: mickey baker said he witnessed vance stop and confront those troopers. >> i could see the flare of his gun. the fight went on for

david begnaud reports on the end of a week-long manhunt. days, killing, carjacking and threatening more violence. he killed two relatives. >> shots fired. >> reporter: wounded three law enforcement officers and made a hit list. as a fugitive, vance taunted police, posting live videos to facebook while on the run. >> what's up, y'all? letting you all know, look, this is real. that's a gun. that's the real deal. >> reporter: then sunday police caught a break. >> there was an automobile right here. >> tipped authorities to where vance was hiding out. what gave him away? his car, spotted under these branches. later that afternoon, during a traffic stop, vance shot dewey county sheriff clay sander in the shoulder and the elbow. the sheriff will survive. 30 minutes later vance was killed after a shoot-out with oklahoma state troopers. >> he came out firing his rifle. >> reporter: mickey baker said he witnessed vance stop and confront those troopers. >> i could see the flare of his the fight went on for about a minute or so. them police officers w

. >> reporter: i'm david begnaud. motorists on the washington d.c. stuck in the country's worst traffic. a five and a half hour bottleneck that backed up for 12 miles. triple-a says more than 43 million people are expected to drive to their thanksgiving destination. that's nearly a million more people than last year. traffic fatalities are up 10% in the first half of this year, and that's a big concern on a travel day like this. the automobile club expects to help out 370,000 people who will have some kind of car trouble. the only trouble the homan family had today was space. they decided to us florida keys. >> reporter: how long is the trip? >> about five hours. >> reporter: you all are some troopers. >> with he had to take a break. >> there's a little bit of complaining going on. just a little bit. we had to get out of the car for that reason. >> yeah. >> reporter: right now we are in bumper to bumper traffic in fort lauderdale, florida. we're on i-95, and it's moving about 13 miles per hour. a little trip. try not to travel home on sunday if you c

david begnaud has that side of conversation at cafe versailles. for thousand who celebrated this weekend. it was celebration. news of his death is the best news off the island. the front cover of "the miami herald" has become something of a collector's item. >> this is it. the icon is gone. >> reporter: dolce abrerro, one of thousands who gathered in little havana. some look her left cuba for the u.s. when they were children placed flowers at the graves of their parents. >> i am here for their voice today. that's what i am here for. their voices can't be heard. i am here saying -- >> many cuban americans here in south florida are questioning what's next. >> i think that the death of a tyrannical leader, fidel castro would have had more significant impact had he been in power. >> this florida congresswoman and her family fled to the u.s. >> cuba will change when there is a change in cuba. castro's leaving this earth will not bring this about. >> are you encouraged by the death? >> not going to change anything. >> changes nothing for you. >> i think