Morally bankrupt and downplayed we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world is 90 seconds. We need that. Its time. Trump names his secretary of defense. Mad dog mattis. Were not announcing it until monday so dont tell anybody. Mad dog. Hes great. Vintage trump. It was, wast it. It was vintage trump. Classic unscripted trump moment. Classic. A classic rock band. The death toll is rising in tennessee from a raging wildfire that swept through a great Smoky Mountain area. The reason were going to be okay is because were mountain joe mcknight was shot to death. Government forces are obliterating neighborhoods held by rebels. The sound of shelling has not let up. Buzz aldridge is recovering in new zealandfter getting sick while at the south pole. The return of tiger woods his fit tournament in 466 days. Awkward shot. No doubt about it. To tie the game. Where w ten feet high. Not even close. President obama flips the switch to light the nional Christmas Tree for the las
For directions, a vector. Now theyre descending and theyre descending into high terrain. Theyre essentially gliding into oblivion. Reporter at the crash scene, players shoes, their jerseys among the wreckage. All 71 killed, now identified as families prepare funerals. And a brazilian city continuing to mourn. Kanld light in flashlights in the team stadium. Many questions will be recorder telling us what the pilots were saying to each other, why they made the decisions they did. British investigators are now looking at those boxes. David kerley, abc news, washington. The train engineer who fell asleep while driving a new york state commuter train is now sue the railroad. The crash three years ago killed four passengers in new york city, but the engineer was not charged because he was suffering sleep apnea. Now hes suing the railroad for have had Safety Equipment that would have taken control of the train when he fell asleep. 10 million. Wow. A florida man in custody this morning after h
Gatlinburg and pigeon forge suffering the worst damage. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed. Several people have been charged with setting wildfires there. Severe storms in the southeast also turning deadly this week. Seven people killed, four also in tennessee. And three in alabama. More than 30 twisters were confirmed in eight states, stretching across more than 500 miles. Crews are still working to restore four to thousands. Now for a look at the nation. Paul williams joining us with the details. Good morning. The coldest air of the season is going to start off in the Rocky Mountain region for next week, and thats going to sweep its way over towards the Mississippi Valley region, and then finally its going to work its way towards the northeast. Now, it will introduce itself to us over this weekend. Because well have the highs near the norm for this time of year, the lows will drop 10 to 15 degrees. Will open the door for chilly and drier air. Kendis, adrian . Thank
Under scrutiny of critics in washington. Bernie sanders wrote, trump has endangered the jobs of all workers. He has signalled to corporations that they can threat to offshore jobs in exchange for business friendly tax benefits and incentives. Trumps tour will continue over the next few weeks, including crucial states he won, and those he thought he would have done better in. Thanks to kenneth. One more note about trump, hes reaching across the aisle, meeting with Heidi Heitkamp, north dakota democrat. The Transition Team called her a proven leader. If she joins the administration, her states republican governor will get to choose her replacement, bringing the senates gop majority up to 53. And new Jersey Governor Chris Christie may be interested in being the next chairman of the Republican National the job, which will be vacated by Reince Priebus as he becomes white house chief of staff. It would put christie in a high profile position, but it doesnt require senate confirmation. State
We begin this morning with the Hillary Clinton has cut into Donald Trumps lead by 1 vote thanks to results in menominee county, who finished their recount last night. Here in Milwaukee County, it was a slow start. After day 1 almost no problems are found with the ballots. Ben handelman has more it was not a speedy kick off. We got off to a slower start than we anticipated. In milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. Eventually recount few problems. In brown deer, it was discovered one person sent in two absentee ballots. In Milwaukee County some ballots rejected. There have been a couple that have been rejected because they were improperly filed. 8 to be exact. The first municipality to finish their recount in Milwaukee County, the tiny village of river hills. The numbers there matching perfectly with election day results. Onlookers include representatives from the clinton, green, and trump campaigns. I dont know if they