. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nosedive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> there was one place where we could buy food which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. quite bad food. under fidel's rule, that's the way it was. >> it's like a cargo cult version of chinese food here. dumplings. the szechuan chicken dish that's about as szechuan as, well, i am. what's going to happen? what's next? >> the uptick in tourism after the septe

. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nose dive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> there was one place where we could buy food which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. quite bad food. under fidel's rule, that's the way it was. >> it's like a cargo cult version of chinese food here. dumplings. the szechuan chicken dish that's about as szechuan as, well, i am. what's going to happen? what's next? >> the uptick in tourism after the sept

joining us now for more on fidel castro's death is john lee anderson, staff writer for the new yorker and he has profiled castro. mr. anderson, what is the someone thing, is for for someone like yourself who has worked so much on fidel castro, what is the one thing that you will remember? >> i think he became the prototype, the modern paradigm for the outlaw political leader, that is to say he created the model by which dozens of other revolutionary figures sought to change their societies through guerrilla warfare and revolution at the height of the cold war. truly iconic figure. i think a status only shared on an equivalent level by perhaps nelson mandela amongst modern political figures. >> at the same time, this is a former world leader who has been greatly criticized when it comes to the treatment of his own people, when it comes to the freedom of the press, the ability of the reporters there to do their jobs, when it comes to getting food and medicine and when it comes to doctors. many are forced as it's been stated to practice their services there. how do you balance all of tha

. >> for more than 35 years, john lee anderson has been reporting from conflict zones such as syria, lebanon, libya, iraq, and afghanistan. >> i lied about my age and traveled around africa. when i was 13, i told people i was 26. >> in the early 1990s while researching a biography, he and his family moved to cuba and ended up staying for three years. you lived here during the special period which was not so special. that was the bad times. the russians had pulled out. soviets all done. >> the economy went like this. >> completely tanked. >> 90%. it just tanked. >> cuba lost 80% of its import goods which led to widespread hunger, malnutrition, and a nose dive for the already difficult quality of life on the island. >> there was one place where we could buy food which was a soviet-style place with food that was flown in. quite bad food. under fidel's rule, that's the way it was. >> it's like a cargo cult version of chinese food here. dumplings. the szechuan chicken dish that's about as szechuan as, well, i am. what's going to happen? what's next? >> the uptick in tourism after the sept

what does it mean for the >>> right newt 6:30 welcome -- ri i am john anderson. >> i am lee nay lai. as you wake up -- lynna lai as you wake up this is what we are working on the fbi is turning up the heat into the investigation of the mother a disappeared in late october. roaa al dhannoon was raising a 3-year-old son here. authorities want you to pay special attention to unique tattoos on her left hand. she was last seen at her october 16th. >>> american flags were spotted flying upside down outside three schools in oberlin. the photo was taken outside the high school. the school superintendent says it was a prank and the flags were then turned right side up as they realized what happened. he will check surveillance cameras and talking to the school's police officer to figure out what happened. >>> maintenance staff at cedar point ended a two day strike against the amusement park. the union's 76 off the job. a agreement was reached as a -- on a 5-year contract as a result of economic improvements. workers do most of the winter maintenance at the park and arework on the expansion pro