Show producer. New word donald trump will keep his title as executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice as he starts his job of president of the United States. First the president elect goes to louisiana today to campaign for the senate in a runoff. On the next stop on the campaign thank you tour to michigan tonight. Then vetting labor secretary. The president elect is expected to name that next week. That is the plan at least. Overnight, the president elect was promising to bring jobs back to the United States. The Unemployment Rate is at a many, many year low. Jeff zeleny was there and has the latest. Reporter it has been one month since donald trump woke up as president elect. Now on a victory lap he goes to battleground states. He spoke to thousands of supporters. A bit of a nostalgic walk through. He heads to michigan and louisiana today as well. Donald trump is trying to make good on the vow to change the government. He is trying to make good on the vow to drain the swamp. Still more show boating than specifics here. This is what he told voters last night in des moines. I actually love calling these companies. I say give me a list of Ten Companies that are leaving. I love calling these companies and saying hi. I get the president of the company. And i say hi. Oh, hello mr. President elect. Congratulations. By the way, while were on the phone, dont leave. Please. We had great success. You will be seeing a lot more success. Reporter the speech applauded by supporters here. And briefly interrupted by protest protesters. A different tone than the campaign. He said as they were led away, they are with us. They just dont know it yet. John and alison, that is the challenge and burden for donald trump as he makes the pivot from campaigning to the governing reality. He is about finished naming his cabinet. He will name secretary of state next week. The cabinet will nearly be complete. A Supreme Court justice and break for the holidays and january is when it begins. John and alison. Jeff zeleny, thank you. New world that president elect trump remains executive producer of nbcs Celebrity Apprentice while in the white house. He hosted it for 14 seasons. Arnold schwarzenegger picks up the hosting duties next month. A spokeswoman says mr. Trump has a big stake in the show and conceived of it with mark burnet. It is not clear how much trump will be paid as serving, but the arrangement posing a conflict of interest issue for nbc while the News Division reports on him. They go easy on hin m and th show Celebrity Apprentice. Donald trump will nominate Andrew Puzder as the labor department. He has been an out spoken critic of obamacare. He blasted new overtime rules which would extend the pay to overtime workers. Puzder is credited for turning around hardees. The company has been criticized recently for the commercials. Some of which you see here featuring women in bikinis e eati eating burgers. I dont think there is anything wrong with a beautiful woman in a bikini eating a burger and washing a bentley. There is nothing more american. I dont have a problem with our ads. Let me say, the ads are eye popping, but who is he trying to appeal to . It is all about advertising. I dont know about you, i have more of a problem seeing viagra commercials during dinner. I interviewed padma once who was in the commercial. She said if it works, it works. I think the issue is the policy of overtime and minuimum page. And the federal government could shutdown after the fight with the democrats and republicans sparked by the Miners Health insurance program. If it is not extended. Authorization runs out at midnight. They will not vote on the bill until saturday. It is spearheaded by joe manchin. He is set to meet with donald trump in a few hours. The interesting thing is this is democrats closer to the trump spectrum doing this. They think they can convince the president elect to put pressure on ruepublicans to get what the want. A full circle. Senate republicans launching a series of versusrussian hacki. Three Senate Committees are getting ready for coordinated probes. The inquiries set the stage for a potential showdown with president elect who has downplayed the idea that russia may have interfered in the elections. Hillary clinton is calling fake news a dangerous epidemic. A rear appearance for the onetime democratic nominee. Honoring retiring Senate Leader harry reid. Clinton spoke out against the false stories. She backed new laws. Referring to the alleged russian meddling. Clinton did not mention pizzagate. The bogus story that clinton and per Campaign Chair ran a child sex ring out of a washington pizza shop. Her remarks did seem to address the fact that a man walked into the restaurant with a gun and fired it. A man bent on self investigating that story. The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year. It is now clear that socalled fake news can have realworld consequences. This is not about politics or partisanship. Lives are at risk. Lives of ordinary people just trying to go about their day to do their job and contribute to their communities. Its a danger that must be addressed and addressed quickly. I said Hillary Clinton did not mention the pizza place. I do think she called. She has reached out. John glenn remembered for his contributions to the country. His contributions to the world. What a life. A true american hero. Thats next. Why are you checking your credit score . You dont want to ride the 13l forever, do you . [woman laughing] credit karma, huh . Yeah, its free. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. Tributes are pouring in across the planet for space pioneer and senator john glenn. He became the First American to orbit the earth changing the space race in 1962. He made a name for his self in the sky. He broke the transcontinental speed record flying from los angeles to new york in 1957. Glenn never traveled to the moon after john kennedy ordered not to any him. He later did serve four terms in the u. S. Senate representing ohio in 1974. Glenn did get back to space in 1998 at the aimige of 77. He was awarded the space medal of honor and medal of freedom. A statement on thursday, president obama said john always had the right stuff inspiring generations of scientists and engineers and astronauts to take us to mars and beyond. We know that our future here on earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens. On behalf of a grateful nation, godspeed, john glenn. Those are the words said to him in 1962. He is survived by his wife annie and two children and two grandchildren. Glenn was 95 years old. Buried at Arlington National cemetery with full military honors. Going to space twice. Being a senator. He flew with ted williams in e a korea. Ted williams and john glenn. Two american heros in the air at the same time. One of his friends said when glenn returned to space. The oldest man to be in space, he was in his element. Thats where he wanted to be. He made history. An aviation icon. A truly good guy. New revelations this morning. The deadly warehouse fire in oakland that killed 36 people. The fire chief said she does not know the last time or even if the building was ever inspected by her department. The fire inspection teams have been hampered by budget cuts and hiring freezes. It is possible the socalled ghost ship may not have been in the citys database. The mayor created a task force to assess fire safety. They want to learn what they can. And chilling testimony in day two of the dylann roof trial. The jury saw a video taken by one of the victims which showed 22yearold roof sitting with a Bible Study Group at ame church when he suddenly opens fire. Lets get 34from the courtroom drama from Deborah Feyerick. Reporter john and alison, day two of the trial of dylann roof. A brief video of the accused killer can be seen sitting with the bible group. The snapchat was taken by one of the survivors. During the hooting, he stood up to the gunman. You dont need to do this. We mean you no harm. His mother was in the church and testified. She said dylann roof shot her son five times. She told the court, theres no place on earth for him other than the pits of hell. Roof is facing the Death Penalty and that statement prompted roofs lawyers to ask for a mistrial. It was merely a religious description and the judge would instruct the jury to ignore statements from family. The jury was shown closed circuit tv video entering and leaving the church following the video of the nine victims carried out on stretchers. Roofs mother in the court recovering after suffering a heart attack on day one of the trial. The video showing the arrest in shelby, North Carolina of dylann roof. Trying to show roof was compliant and confirmed that he was the charleston shooter. John and alison. The second officer died after being shot while answering a Domestic Violence call in georgia. Officer smith died thursday at a macon hospital where he was treated for injuries. The 26yearold was shot alongside his grade school friend. 25yearold officer nicholas smar. The suspect shot and killed himself thursday as officers surrounded his house. Gatlinburg, tennessee is getting back on its feet. The area is getting set to reopen in hours. Store owners were cleaning and painting and doing what they could to welcome shoppers. The Deadly Wildfires that ripped through the smokey mountains killed 14 people and destroyed more than 1,700 buildings. Wintry cold weather across the country. Meteorologist derek van dam has more. Good morning, john and alison. We have a classic winter set up across the u. S. Today and through the weekend. Lakeeffect snow machine kicking in high gear from michigan to upstate new york. This jet stream blanketed across the country will allow for bits of energy to travel from the Pacific Northwest through the rockies helping to produce snowfall and help build up some of the snow pack at the ski resorts. Here is a look at the latest watches and warnings. Lakeeffect snow threat from ontario and erie and michigan and Lake Superior with Winter Weather advisories and warnings in effect. How much snow . In some of the snow bands downwind from the lakes, up to 1 foot for the region. Check out temperatures. Well below freezing when you factor in the wind across the northern plains. Sioux falls is 12 below. Thats what it feels like. Real temperatures, 38 in the big apple. 43 for atlanta. Back to you. Derek. A dire situation in aleppo. Russia claims civilians are leaving and the fighting has stopped. Those are the claims. Residents are telling a different story. Were live with a report next. W. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. Built for business. Breaking overnight with a huge majority. South Korea Parliament voted to impeach park geunhye. This process could take up to six months. President park apologized to south korea for quote negligence for the scandal which led to her fall. She says she takes this seriously and will prepare for a court review. The war weary number of civilians are desperate to leave eastern aleppo. This as russia claims the pro rebel forces stopped fighting to let civilians leave. We have Muhammad Lila live from ice st istanbul. We are seeing the pictures of people trying to flee to safety. It is heartbreaking. It is shocking to see the terrible physical condition they are in. Some so weak they cannot even walk. Reporter good morning, alison. We actually have new information on the socalled ceasefire in eastern aleppo. Our own cnn team on the ground reporting they have heard explosions and tracer fire this morning. Ceasefire or not, it is by no means game over in the eastern part of the city. This as russia claims that they have instituted a temporary ceasefire to allow the people to flee the city to governmentheld areas. Still tens of thousands of people still trapped. Our teams on the ground reporting gripping detailing of civilians trying to flee aleppo. Two area groups being shot at y were trying to leave the city. All of this fluid movement on the ground. The diplomatic picture could be shifting. The United States and russia still talking about a plan to allow the peaceful evacuation from eastern aleppo to the syrian countryside. John kerry and Russian Foreign minister are expected to meet in geneva tomorrow. If the deal is reached, it could mean an end to the battle in aleppo, but could drive a stake into the heart of the insurgency of bashar al assad. We hope that spells the end of this. Muhammad lila, thank you. Donald trump facing criticism over his business ties when he takes office. Now we learned he will stay on as executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice. 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Donald trump showcasing his commitment to jobs on his thank you tour, but six weeks to inauguration and questions about why he wont give up his job producing the Celebrity Apprentice. Remembering an american legend. A space pioneer. John glenn. The First American to orbit the earth who lived such a life. Such an inspiration to so many. We look back on his life and legacy. Welcome back to eitharly start. Im john berman. Im alison kosik. 30 minutes past the hour. Busy day ahead for president elect trump. Traveling to louisiana to campaign for the republican candidate there in a runoff. Then heading to his next stop on his thank you tour. Michigan. One of his most surprising Election Night wins. Also theres new word that trump will keep his position as executive producer of nbcs Celebrity Apprentice as he starts the job of president of the United States. More on that in a moment. There are names filling up the president elects growing cabinet. We know his pick for labor secretary. Expected to name andrsecretary state next week. He fired up the crowd in iowa last night with promises to bring jobs back to the United States. Cnns jeff zeleny was there and has the latest. Reporter john and alison, it has been one month since donald trump powoke up on election days lekesi president elect. He goes to battleground states on his thank you tour. A walk through his victory and the tenpointwin in ohio over Hillary Clinton. He heads to michigan and louisiana today as well. Donald trump is trying to make good on his vow to change the government. He is trying to make good on his vow to drain the swamp. Still more show boating than specifics here. This is what he told voters last night in des moines. I actually love calling these companies. I say give me a list of Ten Companies that are leaving. I actually love calling these companies and saying hi. I get the president of this company and i say hi. How you doing . Oh, hello mr. President elect. Congratulations. While were on the phone, dont leave. Please dont leave. Please. We had great success. Youll see more success. Reporter the speech widely applauded by supporters here. Interrupted also by protesters. Trump seemed to take it in spri stride. He said as they were led away, theyre with us. They just dont know it yet. John and alison, that is the challenge and burden for donald trump as he makes pivot from campaigning to governing realities. He is about finished names his cabinet. Secretary of state choice named early next week. Then the Supreme Court justice and break for the holidays and january is when it all begins. John and alison. Jeff zeleny, thank you. Meanwhile, this nbc reality show brought to you by the commander in chief. New word this morning that president elect trump will remain executive propducer of Celebrity Apprentice in the white house. He hosted it for 14 seasons and now Arnold Schwarzenegger takes over next month. A trump spokesperson said mr. Trump has a big stake in the show and conceived it with mark burnet. It is not clear how much the president elect will make as executive producer. It is likely a bit. The arrangement raises questions of conflict of interest problems for the president elect and for nbc which will be airing a trump produced show while its News Division reports on him. I know. A weird setup. Some people say that president s have published books in the white house. This is not illegal for him to keep that role. Some say it is a conflict of interest. This is an unconventional president. Hes doing his thing in a way that hasnt been done before. We havent had such a wealthy president who had his hands in such a variety of different businesses before. Very unusual. When the credits run on the chocho show. Will it is a President Donald Trump . Meantime donald trump is nominating Andrew Puzder for labor secretary. He is the coo of carls jr. And hardees. He opposes the 15 minimum wage, but okay with the smaller increase of from 7. 25 an hour. He blasted new overtime rules. Puzder is credited with turning around hardees since taking over in 2000. The company has been criticized recently for commercials. Some feature women in bikinis eating burgers. He told cnn money last year, he thinks the ads are american and nothing wrong with them. His appointment requires confirmation. As lib abor secretary, he overs the work force in america. All right. Federal government will shutdown tonight. This is all over a fight between Senate Republicans and democrats. This is sparked by a healthmine. Democrats warn they may block a funding bill if they dont expire the program for more than four months. The authorization runs out at midnight. Democratic opposition is pe spearheaded by joe manchin. People think manchin could end up in the cabinet and what is going on here is some of the people like manchin may be closer to donald trump on the spectrum. They think trump agrees with them and not necessarily the Senate Leadership. All right. Senate republicans are said to be gearing up to launch vehic s investigations into the alleged russian hacking and threats. Three committees will head up this inquiry and probes of possible russian cyber attacks. This sets the stage for the potential showdown with republicans and president elect trump over russia may have interfered with the elections. And Hillary Clinton calling the fake news an epidemic while appearing at a lunch for senator harry reid. She backed new laws to fight foreign propaganda referring to alleged russian meddling in the last election. Now secretary clinton did not mention pizzagate. The lying story that clinton and her Campaign Chair ran a child sex ring in a washington pizza place. She did talk about the man firing shots at the pizza place. Malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year. It is now clear that socalled fake news can have realworld consequences. This isnt about politics or partisanship. Lives are at risk. Lives of ordinary people trying to go about their days to do their jobs and contribute to their communities. Its a danger that must be addressed and addressed quickly. The race to become the next chairman of the Democratic National committee is heating up. Tom perez is being urged to jump into the competition dominated by keith ellison. Sources close to perez tell the political web site that president obama and joe biden have privately encouraged perez to apply for the job. On thursday, the aflcio endorsed ellison for party chair. Bernie sanders and chuck schumer. The white house does not seem set on him. Millions around the world recalling the contributions of john glenn this morning. What a life. You know, really what a legend. An american pioneer in space. Someone that many people are calling the last american hero. Thats next. Used to be hard on me. Especially around the holidays. I was pinchin more than pennies but thanks to fingerhut. Com, now you can shop over 700,000 items from brand names like samsung, rachael ray and fisher price. Happy holidays to me. All you gotta do is click on over to fingerhut. Com and get the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great stuff. [ doorbell rings ] oh, i hope its the microfiber recliner [ laughs ] ahhh. The world has lost a legend, hero and american icon. All of those words apply to astronaut and ohio senator john glenn. Godspeed, john glenn. The launch of friendship 7. The First American to orbit the earth changing the course of the space race in 1962. He was a pilot. He flew here lynearly 150 missi world war ii and korea. He broke the speed record in 1957. After orbiting the earth three times, glenn wanted to get back to space, but john kennedy would not allow that to happen. In 1974, he was elected to the first of four terms in the senate from his home state of ohio. He was awarded the congressional space medal of honor in 1978 and the president ial medal of freedom in 2012. In a statement on thursday, the man who awarded him that medal, president obama, said this. John always had the right stuff. Inspiring generations of scientists and engineers and astronauts to take us to mars and beyond. The last of americas first astronauts has left us, but we know that our future here on earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens. On behalf of a grateful nation, godspeed, john glenn. Glenn did speak about his emotions before that historic first flight that sent him into orbit. Listen. We used to joke about it in the past when people say what do you think about it on the launch pad. The standard answer is how do you think you would feel if you were on top of 2 billion parts built by the cheapest bidding contract . He is survived by his wife and two children and two grandchildren. He will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National cemetery. A lot of people thought he would be the logical nominee to take on ronald reagan. He lost in the primaries to walter mondale. Still, he had an impact in the senate over 24 years. You can just see with these pictures, how magnetic his personality was. One who said he went back in space at 77, he said he was in his element. A constant professional and leader of the highest caliber and genuinely nice man. Strong ways to describe somebody. How anybody would want to be remembered. Up until eye fa few years ag used to fly around the country. It was until his knees gave out and could not climb out of the private planes made him give it up. More information in the warehouse fire in oakland which claimed the lives of 36 people. Oakland fire chief tells cnn she does not know the last time or if the building was ever inspected by her department. She says the city fire inspection teams have been h hampered by budget cuts and hiring freezes. She said it is possible the ghost ship which sat vacant for years may not have been in the citys database. The mayor announcing a task force to assess fire safety in okay la oakland. Chilling testimony in the dylann roof trial. Jury saw a video showing roof sitting with the Bible Study Group at the ame church when he suddenly opened fire. Cnns Deborah Feyerick has details. Reporter day two of the trial of dylann roof. The jury saw the video of which the accused killer can be seen sitting with the bible group. The snapchat was taken by a victim with the caption bible stu stu study knowledge. He stood up to the gunman. You dont need to do this. We mean you no harm. His mother in the church testified about that exchange. Says dylann roof shot her son five times. She told the court quote theres no place on earth for him other than the pits of hell. Roof is facing the Death Penalty and that statement prompted la s lawyers to ask for a mistrial. The judge said he would instruct the jury to ignore any statements from family as to what they believe the sentence should be. The jury shown closed circuit tv video of roof entering and leaving the church followed by victims carried out on stretchers. Roofs mother suffered a heart attack on day one of the trial in the courtroom. And the jury shown the video of roof being arrested in North Carolina showing he was compliant and confirmed to the arresting officer that he was the charleston shooter. Thank you, deb. The dow is one big rally away from a milestone. That seemed untouchable a few months ago. We will show you what the big n winners are in your 401 k as we get a check on cnn money stream next. Speed always wins. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. Built for business. The wave of war weary civilians fleeing aleppo is turning into a flood. Thousands desperate to leave. This as russian officials claim the pro Government Forces stop fighting to left civilians leave. That is a claim disputed by residents. Cnns Muhammad Lila has the latest live from istanbul. Reporter good morning, john. We have new information this morning. Our team on the ground in aleppo says they are hearing heavy fighting right now in the eastern part of the city. However long that temporary pause may have lasted, it doesnt seem to be the case anymore. Earlier, russia said syrian troops paused fighting to allow civilians to evacuate from the reb rebel help rebel held part of the city. Our team on the ground has reports that some civilians wee shot at by rebel forces because they were trying to escape to governmentheld parts of the city. We are on top of the developments. We expect more throughout the day. The United States and russia talking about a peaceful evacuation of the remaining rebels into the syrian countryside. Russia has come out and said rebels that dont take that offer will be quote eliminated. We know that secretary of state john kerry will meet are russian counterpart in geneva tomorrow. Secretary kerry is said he is hopeful and confident to strike a deal. If they do, it could mean the official end of the battle in aleppo. The thousands of people caught in the crossfire. Our reporters on the ground are seeing despite what the Syrian Government says. Muhammad lila, thank you. A senior u. S. Opfficial say special forces came close to capturing al bagdadi, but the operation failed due to information leaking to the media. Intel of he and his wife revealed al bagdadis whereabouts, but the miscommunications caused the trail to dry up. A french isis operatives in a deadly terror attack at the beach resort in tunisia followed by a drone hit last month. Now they are working to verify if this man was killed. Lets get a check on cnn money stream. The explosive post election rally continues to push stocks into unchartered territory. Dow, s p and nasdaq all wrhitti record highs on thursday. Every part of the market is getting a trump bump. Three quarters of the stocks in the s p is up since election day. About half of the winners have gained at least 10 . The big winners are the big banks. Check out gains. Bank of america. Up 35 . Goldman sachs rising 32 . Morgan stanley 27 . Despite the fake account scandal, wells fargo is up 26 over the past month. Fueling the gains, the prospects of rest regulation and lower taxes. The dow is getting close to a major milestone. Just 385 points away from 20,000. It is really an incredible ending of a strong year for stocks. The week before the election, listen to this, the dow below 18,000. Looking back to earlier this year, the average below 16,000. As oil prices crashed. So, we could see more gains today. Futures are ticking higher. S p futures are lower. Stocks in europe and asia mixed. Trump said he sold all of the stocks in june. He missed the recent rally. Not entirely. In may, he filed a Financial Disclosure form. It was a diversified mix. 50 off 85 million was held by hedge funds. So if he hasnt sold these positions, this could present many conflicts of interest. Not only with the stocks hedge funds invest in, but the people who invest in the funds. Some have close ties to treasury secretary nominee and former Goldman Sachs partner steve mnuchin. It is not clear if trump will divest all of his holdings before taking office. Early start continues right now. New overnight. Donald trump taking his thank you tour to iowa. Six weeks to inauguration. He is defending his cabinet picks and promising more american jobs while keeping one of his own on Celebrity Apprentice. The nation and world mourns the loss of the american hero. John glenn is the man who knew no limits. We will reflect on his life and legacy. Look at that smile. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im alison kosik. It is friday, december 9th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Busy friday for president elect trump. He will be in louisiana campaigning for the Republican Senate candidate there. Then on to the next stop of the thank you tour in michigan. One of his surprising Election Night wins. Also new word that donald trump will keep his position as executive position of Celebrity Apprentice as he begins his new job as president of the United States. We will get more on that in a moment. There are new names on the list for the president elects growing cabinet. His pick for labor secretary and is expected to name secretary of state next week. Trump was in iowa overnight. He fired up the crowd with promises to bring jobs back to the United States. Cnns jeff zeleny was there and has the latest. Reporter john and alison, it has been one month since trump woke up on the morning after election day as president elect. Now on a victory lap to battleground states. Latest one in iowa. He spoke to thank yousands of supporters. A walk through the victory. Particularly the tenpointwin in iowa over Hillary Clinton. He will head to michigan and louisiana today as well. Donald trump is trying to