Good evening. We begin the hour with new aftershocks from a phone call that on the face of it would seem pretty routine. A foreign leader calls the president elect to offer congratulations. No big deal, right . Unless its the leader of taiwan, in which case its something that hasnt happened for nearly four decades. You could say its recognizing the longstanding reality or its a destabilizing move. But theres no disputing what donald trump did was unprecedented. And now the Washington Post is reporting that it was also very deliberate, as his reaction from the chinese government, which got that much sharper today. More now from our jim sciutto. Reporter today, beijing issuing a blistering response to Donald Trumps increasingly antichina rhetoric. An editorial in chinas stateruns people daily said, quote, trump and his Transition Team should realize that making the trouble for china u. S. Ties is making the trouble for themselves. Adding with a poke at the president s make America Great
Of the victims on the second floor. So far the recovery has been pain staking. In the last 12 hour, only 20 of the building has been searched. Stephanie elim is in oakland for us. Stephanie, as we wait for the update, we are hearing from one of the survivors. What is he saying . Reporter yes, definitely. We were just listening because they were telling us they were going to have a press run and just delayed it. But they gave us more information, joe. And what they are saying is that it is really painstaking. They are using buckets and shovels to go through the space to look for people. Some of the people are easily identifiable. And some of the people who lost their lives, it is much harder for them to identify them. And that is part of the reason why its taking so long. But when you take a look at the stories coming out of the people who did survive the fire, theres one man, bob malay, he did not go to the party and was in his space preparing to paint when the fire broke out. Listen t
Tower lobby. 42 seconds. One a tweet from a few hours earlier. This, boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future president s. Trump tweeted, but costs are out of control. More than 4 billion. Cancel order. Heres what he told reporters the plane is totally out of control. Its going to be over 4 billion. Its for air force one program, and i think its ridiculous. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money. Okay. Thank you. Tonight, trump travels to North Carolina for the second stop of his socalled thank you tour. Thursday hell be visiting des moines, iowa. Then friday, grand rapids, michigan, which is a state in the midst of a recount prompted by the Green Party Candidate jill stein and ordered by a federal judge. I want to bring in my colleagues Jessica Schneider in new york. Manu raju on capitol hill for us. Jessica, you first. This kissinger visit is notable given the friction donald trump is causing
I have a terrific Panel Including tom friedman. Then, privacy in the age of terror. Should the government see everything you do on the internet . That is the direction were moving it. Also, the legacy of barack obama. That is the title of my next prime time cnn special. We will look at everything from race to guns from obamacare to the iran deal. We had an extraordinary access to the president and his team. I will give you a sneak preview, actually two, this hour. You never know when history is calling. But first, heres my take. As democrats contemplate their losses in novembers election, most have settled. They believe that the party needs more economically populist policies. But this misses an essential reality, most people dont vote on the basis of policies. There is now mountains of Excellent Research by political scientists and psychologist on why people vote. The conclusion is clear. As gabriel writes in his landmark 2012 book follow the leader. They dont vote based on policy sta
Good evening. We begin the hour with new aftershocks from a phone call that on the face of it would seem pretty routine. A foreign leader calls the president elect to offer congratulations. No big deal, right . Unless its the leader of taiwan, in which case its something that hasnt happened for nearly four decades. You could say its recognizing the longstanding reality or its a destabilizing move. But theres no disputing what donald trump did was unprecedented. And now the Washington Post is reporting that it was also very deliberate, as his reaction from the chinese government, which got that much sharper today. More now from our jim sciutto. Reporter today, beijing issuing a blistering response to Donald Trumps increasingly antichina rhetoric. An editorial in chinas stateruns people daily said, quote, trump and his Transition Team should realize that making the trouble for china u. S. Ties is making the trouble for themselves. Adding with a poke at the president s make America Great