Happening. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is on the ground. Hes been following the story. Kerry, fill us in. Do we know anything about how this person died or what happened to end this manhunt . Reporter well, we do know the authorities are getting ready to hold a News Conference here. Theyve set up the podium to give us some details. In the meantime, Minquell Lembrick was found not too far from where were standing right now, hold up in a home. The authorities have not revealed how it was he died. It may turn out to be a selfinflicted wound. Welhear that when authorities come out and begin to speak. In the meantime, what we also know is with one officer dead and another clinging to life, there was just about every Police Officer in the region on this investigation doing what they could do to try to see if they could find Minquell Lembrick. They pleaded with him to turn himself in. They do say there were some postings by Minquell Lembrick on social media. Bottom line is, he is dead. They pulled an
Trump tower with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, the big meeting here today at trump tower will be with retired admiral james stravedes, being considered for the role of secretary of state, the ever expanding role of potential candidates for the president elect. This meeting today comes after a busy day filling out appointments to the trump administration. As you mentioned, tonight trump will formally introduce Terry Branstad as his new ambassador to china. He appointed wwe executive Linda Mcmahon to head up the Small Business administration and general john kelly will become the next secretary of Homeland Security. But the appointment that is raising eyebrows today is that of scott pruitt. Hes currently the attorney general of oklahoma and has been a big critic of the epa. He will now become the administrator of that agency. Hes also someone who has often criticized the Science Behind climate change. So a busy day for trump, no doubt, and that busy day comes on t
Police search for the suspect in a Deadly Police shooting. My colleague, nbcs Kerry Sanders is on the scene in americus, george. Were learning new information in the last few moments about new developments. What can you tell us . Reporter let me update you with what we do know. We have multiple s. W. A. T. Teams that have come into the neighborhood. An official representative of the city has informed us that in a short period of time, quote, the deceased will be taken out of the neighborhood. They did not identify who the deceased is, but we can see that these s. W. A. T. Teams are now in a much more relaxed mode. They do not appear to be crched in this neighborhood in a defensive or offensive positions. We did not hear any gunshots in this area, but we do know theyve been on the hunt now for almost 27 hours for lembrick, whos responsible in the domestic dispute of pulling a weapon and firing at two officers, and killing a 25yearold officer who had four Years Experience on the Americus
Of his visit given the rhetoric of his campaign. Nbcs Chris Jansing is on the campus there in columbus and joins us now. Chris, i know an Interfaith Service is expected later this hour. How are students reacting to the president elect coming . Are they in favor or objecting . Reporter you know, its a campus of 60,000 people but there are definitely some objecting. You mentioned theres a press conference, an interfaith press conference, and their concern is that donald trump is coming here to use it as a platform for what they consider to be his radical immigration views. He did make comments about whether that young man, 18 years old, a somali refugee, should have ever been allowed in the country at all. Students arent the only ones objecting thomas. Among those invited, a professor e emeritus, william clark. He said thanks but no thanks and i spoke to him about why he refused mr. Trumps invitation. Wasnt expecting that kind of event, especially so quickly. It came at 10 00 in the morn
State. Mr. Trump today also named former Texas Governor rick perry as his choice for Energy Secretary and while perry certainly has years of government experience, tillerson has none. But he is a business titan with a record of overcoming challenges. Sound familiar . Yet, unlike donald trump, tillerson has the enthusiastic backing of some big names from the bush administration. They include former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, former defense secretary bob gates, both of whom served under president george w. Bush. We should also point out that exxon is a client of the Consulting Firm that rice and gates started. Also supporting Rex Tillerson, former Vice President dick cheney and bush 41s own secretary of state james baker. But tillerson still faces a potential capitol hill showdown because of his ties specifically to russian president vladimir putin. So for that, let me first go to cnn National Politics reporter mj lee. Tell me first about these key senators and specifically rep