very important moment, and our history as our country. do you think i ran a campaign that white supremacists had a platform? it did, it did. president-elect donald trump started what his transition team is calling a thank you tour last night in cincinnati, ohio, like president obama s whistle stop tour on the way to the inauguration in 2009. incoming presidents have held events to see the people after their victories and while president-elect trump talked about bringing the country together, he also took some time to remember his critics. i m here today for one main reason, to say thank you to ohio. we didn t have much help at the top levels, you know that, right? but i will say this, i will say this, and it was very nice, your governor john kasich called me after the election and was very nice. i ve spoken to democrats, and i
we know what you re doing. i love it. tonight is the night excellent run but 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. seems to be a bit much. you have big things coming. all i can say is david copperfield, watch out. we have a lot going on. donald trump was in cincinnati, ohio, last night. the first leg of what the transition is calling a thank you tour. here it is. i kept hearing you must win ohio. you cannot win the presidency without ohio. so we started really we were about even at the beginning. then we had a couple troughs. with ohio it got better and better. history called and the people of
more this hour with our guests, including congressman ted yoho and our correspondents are also standing by. let s begin with jim acosta. he s in cincinnati. jim, trump s thank you rally where you are getting ready to kick off fairly soon. update our viewers. reporter: that s right. donald trump will be here in cincinnati within a couple of hours to kick off what the transition is calling a thank you tour, his first rally style speech since winning the white house. t his aides say the deal with carrier is just the beginning. after an election that divided the nation and weeks, donald trump ran the feel good victory lap he s been seeking. these companies won t be leaving anymore. they won t be taking people s hearts out. reporter: trump toured the carrier furnace factory in indiana that he had railed against during the campaign when
vice president-elect, mike pence, who you will remember as the governor of the great state of indiana, they re scheduled to tour the carrier air conditioning plant in indiana but as trump and pence take a victory lap, taxpayers could lose out and critics including conservatives say trump may be setting a dangerous precedent. a source familiar with the negotiations tells cnn carrier will get $7 million in state incentives and tax breaks over the course of ten years in exchange for keeping those thousand jobs where they are. meantime this carrier tour kicks off a day of celebration for trump. later on he will begin what his team is calling a thank you tour starting with an event in cincinnati, ohio. first we begin in indiana. se cnn s suzanne malveaux is in
on the trump transition. tonight, a source is telling cnn the president-elect has zeroed in on retired marine corps general james mattis to become the secretary of defense. we re told an official announcement will happen next week. a trump spokesman says a final decision has not yet been made. we ll see if the president-elect offers any new details about his transition when he speaks in ohio very soon. he s holding his first post election rally to kick off what he s calling a thank you tour. cnn will carry it live. just a few hours ago, trump visited the carrier plant in indiana, touting the deal he made with the company to keep more than 1,000 jobs in the united states. he warned other companies considering leaving the u.s. for mexico or any place else they would face consequences. also tonight, officials now believe the deadly crash of a soccer team s charter team had a very surprising cause the jet ran out of fuel. audio recordings reveal a crew