I am your uncle. I am your brother, i am your neighbor. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Transition officials didnt say what prompted the tweet, but it came the same day that russian president , vladimir putin, said moscow needs to strengthen the military potential of Strategic Nuclear forces. I think the tweet was ambiguous, and it was hard to figure out what exactly he meant. Reporter former u. S. Ambassador to nato, nicholas burns. In Nuclear Diplomacy and in diplomacy in general, you want to be clear, most of the time especially with your adversaries about what youre willing to do and not willing to do. Reporter a trump aide later tried to clarify saying the president elect was, referring to the threat of Nuclear Proliferation and the critical need to prevent it. During the campaign, mr. Trump also sent conflicting messages on nuclear policy. Look, nuclear should be off the table. But would there be a time when it could be used . Possibly.
South on christmas. Few coughs cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Theres no question that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. It is official now, that all 50 states and d. C. Have certified their totals. Nearly 66 million americans voted for clinton. Just under 63 million voted for trump. And thats a difference of about 2. 9 million, the widest margin in history for a candidate who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. In berlin investigators found their prime suspects fingerprints in that truck that barrels into a Christmas Market. Newly released video shows how fast that truck was going. A dozen were killed on monday and dozens more were wounded, including two americans. The suspect is at large. Weve learned that the 24yearold tunisian was on the no fly terror w
Had run again and articulated it i think i could have mobilize ad majority of the American People to rally behind it. Trish well have exclusive reaction from trumps inner circle with trumps soon to be press secretary sean spicer. Im trish regan with the Intelligence Report. Trump busies himself with vacation in in palm beach florida, at mara lag go. Reporter hi trish, president elect meetings are around National Security and transition, and that includes his inaugural address. Were told that mr. Trump has some time set aside for that very speech and will do so. Alongside his top advises which include steven miller, top speechwriter for then candidate trump, steve bannon, Reince Priebus and kellyanne conway. Were getting a little claty on the potential timeline for when the nomation for the Vacant Supreme Court seat might come. Incoming White House Press secretary sean spicer, telling radio show host hugh hewitt this morning it will probably happen after mr. Trump is sworn in as 45th pr
Im hoping we get up to six or seven, particularly National Security team in place on day one. Neil the vetting process Senate Leader is referring, consider some of the democrats, argue they are rushing to the confirmation table so quickly, they havent gotten their Financial Disclosure forms out or done, or any conflict of interest therein. They include, betsy devos would be the education secretary, wilbur ross for commerce and general john kelly, homeland security, they are the four not as least filed as of yet their conflict of interest forms, but would not be there for the actual committee hearings. That doesnt necessarily mean those forms wouldnt become available when the senate itself votes on each and all of these individuals, but it does come at a time when there is debate back and forth whether the president elect and republicans in general are rushing these names. There is precedent by the way, both barack obama and george bush before him would have as manials five confirmation
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the soninlaw also rises. Today president elect trump named his only soninlaw, Jared Kushner, to be a senior white house adviser. Hell focus on trade negotiations and the middle east. Kushner does not need senate confirmation, but questions might be raised about whether a federal antinepotism law applies to him. We have more now from jan crawford. Jared is a very successful real estate person, but i actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. Ill tell you. And hes very good at politics. Reporter throughout the campaign, Jared Kushner was one of mr. Trumps most trusted confidantes. Jared is a great guy. Reporter the harvard educated kushner is credited with expanding the campaigns highly effective digital operation and supporting the selection of Vice President elect mike pence. During the transition, when mr. Trump sat down with president obama, kushner talked in the rose garden with white house chief of staff D