campaign process. in talks with carrier aimed at derailing plans from moving hundreds of jobs from to mexico. mart martin, the big question, can trump convince carrier to make a deal? reporter: that s a question many are asking tonight, wolf. you know, when he was running, he made a big deal about the carrier s plan to move down to mexico. he said that wouldn t happen if he were president, now he s president-elect and appears to be trying to make good on a campaign promise. a source with knowledge of the communication between carrier and the trump administration tells cnn they have moved beyond discussion to actual negotiations. but the source stopped short of saying what exactly has been negotiated. at sully s bar and grill just across from the carrier plant in indiana, chili s on the lunch menu served with heavy side of skepticism.
so very good conversation. we ll see where it goes from here. reporter: for now, aides say, the president-elect continues to weigh all options. the president-elect is really taking these meetings very seriously. he wants to make sure that he s making the absolute best decision for all of the different positions. reporter: including close adviser and one-time clear front-runner rudy giuliani. but the secretary of state position far from the only decision outstanding. the president-elect today meeting with fran townsend, a possible homeland security secretary, and john alison, a treasury secretary candidate. and wolf, as everybody starts to pay attention or continues to pay attention to the secretary of state race, advisers telling cnn it s likely other cabinet picks my come first like treasury or homeland security. but no question about it, it is that state department position
there s breaking news tonight. new talks and growing tension as donald trump works to fill crucial job of secretary of state. the president-elect met with retired general, former cia director david petraeus just a little while ago, tweeting that he was very impressed with petraeus. he s emerging as a contender, as team trump battles of the possibility that the top diplomatic post could go to mitt romney. cnn s phil mattingly has more on what s going on. phil, the eternal squabbles are very public right now. reporter: that s right. the idea that advisers would have strong feelings about who the president-elect may choose for his cabinet, not a surprise. but it underscores most importantly there is very real opposition to a very real leading contender for secretary
we re following multiple breaking stories, including that brutal attack at ohio state university. sources telling cnn that a facebook page that belonged to the attacker included grievances about attacks on muslims. we also know the attacker was an osu student named abdul razak ali artan. a federal law enforcement official sells cnn he was 18 years old, of somali decent and a legal u.s. resident. authorities say he rammed his car into a group of pedestrians on a sidewalk and used a butcher knife to cut several people before being killed by a police officer. many students barricaded themselves in classrooms. 11 victims were hospitalized. tonight, investigators are searching for a motive, including the possibility this was a premeditated act of
the investigation to determine why he may have done this and if terrorism was one of them. tonight, police naming the suspected attacker as osu student abdul razak ali artan. a federal law enforcement official tells cnn he was an 18-year-old somali citizen who lived in the area. a u.s. official says he was a legal permanent resident. investigators are still working on determining motive and can t rule out terror at this point. we have to consider that it is that possibility. you know, we had an attack earlier this year with a man with a knife causing multiple injuries. so we re always aware that that s a potential. that s why federal partners are here and helping. reporter: the attacker jumped the occur within a car and rammed into pedestrians. the car used in the attack was registered to a family member. around 9:52 a.m., the