ago, where we re going to see the first group of people being evacuated. that s 150, including 17 injured people and their family members. now, the buss were ready. people ready to move out but there was a delay. no one really knows what the reason for that delay is. and now, these reports of renewed artillery shelling. it s worth mentioning that this deal was brokered prierl marry between turkey. a deal between russia and the opposition fighters. and we ve really not heard anything from the syrian regime yet, since this announcement has been made. it s also worth noting there have been agreements, these sort of surrender agreements in the past where rebels lead areas, especially in the damascus suburbs and there have been delays in the past, implementing such agreements. it s a very complex situation on the ground with so many different groups involved, christine.
election. the president-elect on stage, the one-time adversary paul ryan. turning into sorpt of a lovefest on stage with trump praising ryan and ryan complimenting trump right back. the president-elect set the stage also to defend his pick for secretary of state, the exxonmobil chief rex tillerson who may face an uphill battle on confirmation. cnn s jim acosta has the latest from wisconsin. reporter: george and christine, donald trump has taken another victory lap here in wisconsin. trump praised tillerson s contact it s around the world but he did not mention tillerson s past ties to russian president vladimir putin. trump also looked back to his election victory and thanked his biggest supporters here in wisconsin including paul ryan who he praised in an unusual way. here s what he had to say.
speaker paul ryan. where is the speaker? where is he? he has been i ll tell you, he has been terrific. you know honestly, he s like a fine wine. every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. now, the other goes against me, i m not going to say that, okay? he s a great guy. and we have some amazing things in store. and we re going to work on taxes. we re going to work on obamacare, and he s going to lead the way so thank you. reporter: even though it s been more than a month since elected president, trump could not resist taking one last shot at hillary clinton. asking the crowd here in wisconsin whether anybody remembers her name. george and christine. jim acosta, thank you. republican congressman ryan zinke of montana is donald trump s pick for interior secretary. zinke is a 55-year-old ex-navy s.e.a.l. who arrested two combat medals in iraq. hins is he joined the house in 2015, if confirmed he would
secretary. on the agenda, the president-elect meets with top tech names at trump tower. long the silicon valley leaders, apple s tim cook. larry page, held of google company alphabet. also in attendance, amazon s jeff bezos. his combative relationship with trump could cast a shadow on today s meeting. i want to talk about the tech summit with our samuel burke joining us live from london. as you know, some of these tech titans have been either dismissive of the candidacy of donald trump. critical of his positions towards immigration. some of them outright hostile towards him and donald trump has been hostile back. although peter thiel, he s a contrarian, big investor in the sill yicon valley saying, look, need to get along here. what do you think is going to happen? christine, it felt like nearly all of silicon valley was against donald trump during the
ohio congress member tim ryan announcing he wants to lead house democrats to a comeback after the thrashing in the elections. senior political reporter manu raju has the latest from capitol hill. reporter: good morning, george and christine. ohio congress member tim ryan throwing his hat in the ring mounting an uphill challenge against nancy pelosi who had control over caucus for years and years and has deep loyalty also having raised millions of dollars for colleagues. there is a lot of angst among house democrats about who or not nancy pelosi knows the right way forward to get her party back into the majority. yesterday, i had a chance to speak with mr. ryan who said that reelecting nancy pelosi after another bad night for democrats may not be the best idea. you know, we re at the lowest number of state and federal officials since reconstruction.