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
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 with cnn jeff zeleny in des moines for us. Jeff. Reporter don, day by day we are getting more word of who will be in Donald Trumps cabinets. He is adding more names to the list. He is nearly threequarters 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 on the epa. Scott pruitt is Oklahoma Attorney general, he is a denier of Climate Change and led the way against many obamaera regulations. Donald trump touted it tonight as a good thing. We are going to end the epa intrusion into your lives. [cheers]. On energy, we will cancel
Sunlen, good evening to you. Trump was joined by his choice for defense secretary onstage. What did he say . Reporter this is something donald trump casually dropped at his rally last week. Certainly tonight it was a little bit of showmanship on the part of the president elect, formally making the announcement. Certainly donald trump likes to drop his nickname as he did many times tonight from the podium, mad dog mattis. Certainly the crowd responded to that. At one point mattis did come out onstage and spoke from the podium. Here is what he had to say. Thank you, president elect, for the confidence that you have shown in me. Thank you for the opportunity. Im grateful for the opportunity to return to our troops, their families, the civilians at the department of defense, because i know how committed they are and devoted they are to the defense of our country, the defense of our constitution, and with our allies strengthened, with our country strengthened, i look forward to being a civi
And dark horse. After publicly courting mitt romney and jolting rudy giuliani, has the president elect picked an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state . Plus, insights on what happens next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is hacked. A new report claims russia purposely intervened in the last u. S. Election with the specific aim of swinging the election for donald trump. That is the conclusion of a secret cia assessment, according to Washington Post, but other intelligence agencies are not so convinced and president elect trump has responded by attacking the entire u. S. Intelligence apparatus and telling the nation to move on. This morning, a Bipartisan Group of senators promised to investigate and inform the public about the russian cyberattack saying, this cannot become a partisan issue, the stakes are too high for our country. Here with me to discuss it all, democrat of maryland, senator ben cardin. Senator, thanks so much for joining us. Goo
Dylann roofs shocking confession to the massacre at the black church in charleston, South Carolina. What he told investigators now part of the evidence in his trial for the 2015 mass shootings. I went to that church in charleston and i did it. Also breaking tonight, president elect donald trump taking his thank you tour to grand rapids, michigan. We still dont know who trump will pick to be his secretary of state, but we know whos not getting that job, and thats Rudy Giuliani, one of trumps staunchest supporters during the campaign. Out of the running for that position, and any other post in trumps administration. Whats that all about, well discuss. Lets get to tonights Political Developments in just a few moments, but first i want to begin with dylann roofs video confession. Cnns Paolo Sandoval is in charleston for us this evening. Paolo, good evening to you. Youre in charleston. You have been in the courtroom. Describe some of the testimony youve heard. Reporter this has been heartwr