Glow sticks and candles to a vigil to honor the victims last night. At least 36 people were killed, including teenagers. Late last night, authorities released the names of ten newly identified victims. So far, 22 victims have been positively identified and 11 tentatively, but three victims will require scientific identification. A criminal investigation has begun and the alameda District Attorney said it could lead to charges of Involuntary Manslaughter or even murder. The manager of the warehouse and his wife feel like theyre being unfairly blamed. Do i take blame or responsibility for this . Like we have done everything that we possibly could afford to do. While most of the building has been searched, firefighters were forced to pause their efforts earlier because walled were caving in and needed a crane to continue. However, authorities do not anticipate recovering any more bodies. Turning now to politics, and after a night out on the town, dining with family members at new yorks 21 club and receiving several high fives in the process, were getting new signs this morning that Donald Trumps protocol breaking call with taiwans leader was long in the making. A high level source telling nbc news discussions of the call went back months with bob dole helping arrange the call. Nbc can now confirm china flew Nuclear Capable aircraft bombers around taiwan just one week before the phone call with the taiwanese leader, and now john hauntsman, a possible secretary of state contender, is celebrating his communication with the taiwanese. You have a businessman who has become president of the United States who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage in that relationship. Huntsman is just one of several names of the secretary of state short list, including mitt romney and exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, who is slated to meet with trump today. Henry kissinger will also meet with trump. While the secretary of state position has yet to be named, trumps top advisers say theyre working at a historic, breakneck pace. Hes way ahead of schedule. At this point in president obama term, he had not announced appointments. Compare that with this point in 2008. Then president elect obama had announced key positions like secretary of state, defense, attorney general, u. N. Ambassador among others. It was this headturning meeting that made haynes after al gore strolled through trump tower. He was scheduled to meet with ivanka to talk about Climate Change issues. Heres what he said as he was leaving. The bulk of the time was with president elect donald trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation. And to be continued. And im just going to leave it at that. And al gore isnt the only democrat making news this morning after Vice President joe biden made headlines when he told Kelly Odonnell he wouldnt rule out a 2020 president ial run. Are you going to run again . Yeah. I am. Im going to run in 2020. So for what . For president. What the hell man. Anyway. Were going to run with that, sir, you know. Thats okay. Just to be clear, were you kidding about running for president in 2020 . Im just im not committing not to run. As for the president elect, hell continue his postelection thank you tour, swinging by fayetteville, north carolina, today. His Transition Team also announced stopped for later this week where the president elect will visit des moines, iowa, on thursday, and grand rapids, michigan, on friday. A bombshell report from the Washington Post this morning and they report the pentagon may have been caught trying to hide 120 billion in wasteful spending. According to the post, an internal study was conducted to help the pentagon run more efficiently. It identified ways for the Defense Department to save 125 billion over five years without any layoffs or cutbacks to military personnel. According to the post, the pentagon leaders buried the information, worried the findings would lead congress to cut their funding. Theyre now adopting a smaller scale plan to save 30 billion by 2020. Breaking news to bring you. Commuters in los angeles are waking up to an increase in security at subway stations across the city. This as the fbi investigated the credibility of a very serious threat. The lapd said mondays threat specifically targets the universal citys red line. The fbi is working with local and International Partners who they say provided the initial information. During the holidays, we tend to get an increased threat posture, and so this threat, because of the specificity and the imnnls of the threat, we felt it was important to provide this information to the public. The potential threat was made anonymously by foin. Police are calling on residents to stay calm but vigilant. The mayor Eric Garcetti took to twitter saying in a show of defiance, he will ride that very red line this morning and encouraged l. A. To stand together. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is urging understanding and patience after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of officer michael slager. Hes seen on video killing an unarmed video, walter scott. The decision came after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Theres no unanimous verdict, then were back to square one. Thats where we are in this case. The dramatic cell phone video shocked the nation, walter scott running and getting shot multiple times. Slager maintains he rained from the traffic stop and grabbed the officers stun gun. However, scotts family who has already won a 6. 5 million civil settlement, said this is only round one. I dont care how it looks. Its not over. Local prosecutors say they will retry this case. Slager also faces a federal civil rights trial next year. Extreme weather pushing across much of the country and a violent threat in the south has millions on alert. And up north, folks are bracing for a winter blast. Kevin tibbles has more. A wintry white wash from the pacific to the plains, midwest and northeast. Dangerous conditions. Two deaths reported after a crash on a snowy michigan road. And temperatures are poised to plummet. Up to 30 degrees below average. As an arctic blast knocked thermometers down to the single digits. Along the gulf coast, high winds, downed trees, and flooding. We really were scared. Near san antonio, texas, the saturated ground contributing to a massive sinkhole that took the life of a local sheriffs deputy. Winters official start is still two weeks off, but for many, its already here. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. A lot of headaches across the country. We want to check in with meteorologist bill karins to tell us whats in store for the day ahead. How are we looking . A lot of Winter Weather to deal with. In the northern plains, blizzard conditions. Snow in some areas of theinter mounter west. There have been problems at the airports for the last 24 hours with the cold temperatures and deicing. Heres whats left of our Winter Weather advisories in white. We have a couple winter storm warnings that are left, and were almost done with our accumulating snows. This is in addition to what we have received. The highestdown. Look at the High Temperature in missoula, only 15 degrees. That will be the story in the days ahead. The cold moving across the country. 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