Now, to a grim reality. That the new president will face right away. His first Foreign Policy challenge is likely to be syria. Tonight, the syrian dictatorship and its russian allies say they have broken the rebellion in the countrys largest city, aleppo. Rebels are evacuating now after years of siege, starvation, and devastating air strikes. Last night, thousand protested at the russian consulate in istanbul turkey demanding an end to the bloodbath. Aleppo once held 2 million residenre residents and treasures of ancient civilization. Nothing like civilization there today. Debora patta reports. Reporter the situation today was described by the United Nations as a complete the u. N. Said it had evidence that pro government militias massacred 82 civilians, some in their homes, others as they tried to run away. 11 women and 13 children were among them. Eyewitnesses describe streets lined with body. People too scared to collect their loved ones for fear of being shot. Activists in eastern
Chocolate chips and money. Exactly. Money, honey. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today president elect donald trump named the c. E. O. Of exxon mobil, Rex Tillerson, to be secretary of state. The Senior Member of the cabinet. Tillerson was chosen because hes made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. Tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with Vladimir Putin of russia. The lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. Also today, mr. Trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. Major garrett begins our coverage. We just couldnt be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven will, leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. Reporter Rex Till
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