Reason. To say thank you to the great, great people of iowa. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 43 days until donald trump takes the oath of office. He announces more members of his team today, but what do his cabinet picks tell us about what hell really be like as president . Plus, the last Great American hero, how john glenns courage inspired america. Lets start off, though, with cnns jeff zeleny in des moines for us tonight. Jeff . Reporter don, daybyday, we are getting more word of who will be in Donald Trumps cabinet. Hes adding more names to the list. He is nearly three quarters of the way finished with his cabinet. At least the nominations. Of course, they all have to be confirmed by the senate. Tonight in iowa, he focused specifically on the epa. Scott pruitt is the Oklahoma Attorney general. He is a denier of Climate Change and he has led the way against many obamaera regulations. Donald trump tonight touted that as a very good thing. We are going to end the epa intrusion into
Difficulty together and now i think we have come a long way, but the answer is yes, he does. So this isnt about some case of stringing him along as revenge being a dish best served cold for the comments he made during the campaign . No. Its not about revenge. Its about whats good for the country. Speaking to nbc there, of course, this morning. With that, lets get to cnns Jessica Schneider live outside trump tower. So trump insisting this morning that he is sincere and still considering mitt romney for secretary of state. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah, right, kate. Donald trump saying hes not in fact stringing mitt romney along but of course, you put that with the fact in the past few days, ever since mitt romney met with donald trump for that second sitdown at the restaurant just a few blocks from trump tower, there have been several additional names floated as potentials for secretary of state. We heard a number of names over the past few days including former utah governor, fo
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
Now she is back with her family and her husband is speaking out. Plus what police are saying about her alleged kidnappers. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im tamron hall from our msnbc headquarters here in new york. Developing right now, president elect trump about to head to indianapolis. First up of course he will tout a deal to keep nearly 1,000 jobs at the carrier air conditioning plant. The plant was set to move to mexico. There are a lot of questions concerning this deal which currently employs, the plant does, 1400 people. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that the Carrier Corporation was motivated to retain 1,000 manufactures jobs would i a by an incentive pack and possibility of losing a favorable relationship with federal contractors. But trump is taking at credit saying that he is making good on a Campaign Promise he made back in april. Im going to bring jobs back. Were bringing jobs back to our country. Were not going to let carrier leave.
In iowa, were going to be taking you there. It is going to be a major campaignstyle rally. It is part of his victory tour across the country. Speaking as you can see there are going to be thousands there tonight. These are live pictures from des moines on your screen. It is part of trump thanking voters in crucial swing states that helped put him over the top on election day. Trump state also visiting Ohio State University, the Ohio State University just a short time ago, there to meet with survivors of a stunning attack on campus last month. These were really great people, amazing people. The police and First Responders were incredible. The job done in particular by one young gentlemen was incredible. This comes as trumps battle with a Carrier Union leader escalates. Chuck jones, says he received multiple Death Threats or threats since appears on outfront. He said trump lied about his job dealing on twitter and trump accusing chuck jones of being terrible at his job. And i want to beg