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CNNW CNN Newsroom Live November 25, 2016

Lovely lady. Tvs Florence Henderson has died. Thanks for joining us. Im Maxwell Foster in london. This is cnn newsroom. We are learning of what is the thanksgiving table, president elect is spending time with his family at maralago in florida. He said he is working hard trying to get the a. C. Company, carrier, to stay in the u. S. And not move 1,400 jobs to mexico. The Company Became a flashpoint in the campaign when a worker said the company is moving to mexico. Kellyanne conway highlighted the anger with mitt romney. A leading contender for secretary of state with this tweet. She told cnn she was only tweeting the same message she has been telling mike pence and donald trump in private. Sources say trump will likely pick Todd Ricketts as deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. He comes from a family of major conservative donors. He and his team are busy filling cabinet posts. They are downplaying the fact that trump has been skipping the intelligence meetings. He has met twice with the analysts. Vice president elect mike pence has been receiving briefings daily. Some americans are calling for recounts in three straits th states that were key to Donald Trumps victory. Some experts say clintons vote totals in areas with electronic vote look too low compared to those with paper ballots. They case concerns that votes tallied electronically may have been hacked and recounts are the only way to rule that out. Deadlines to request recounts is friday and monday in pennsylvania and wednesday in michigan. Green Party Candidate jill stein opposed Hillary Clinton in the election, but she said she is raising money for the recount. So far, stein raised 4. 6 million with the goal of 7 million. The Clinton Campaign has not asked for recount in any state. Cnns Paula Newsome spoke about the recount. Reporter t the anomalies aremain to be seen. We know hacking was gone on. Hacking into voter databases and into party databases and into individual email accounts. In addition to that, we know the Voting Systems we use, many of the machines are wide open to hacking. Some of the machines used in wisconsin have been made illegal by the state of california after it was proven how easy it is to tamper with them and to install basically malicious programming. You know, it is really unfortunate that the American People are in a position right now where were very skeptical. Were not only skeptical about the vote and election, but people have a widespread cynicism about our basic institutions of government and about the Supreme Court and about the executive and congress. You name it. What is your skepticism and cynicism mean . Because some people will take it to mean you are trying to delegitimize the president ial election that just took place. I dont think we dont want to sweep our doubts under the rug. Lets show the vote was valid. We are not saying theres specific evidence of fraud here. By no means. There are questions that have been raised, but they have not barometric pressu been proven. We should have a builtin assurance. We have Quality Assurance built into the health care and delivery of services. It shouldnt require proof of a disaster or proof of fraud in order to install crosschecks into the Voting System. We should have builtin audits. We heard this before the vote and yet the states across the board said look. This Voting System is sound. Why now . Why after the vote . Well, i was approached by a variety of computer scientists and Election Integrity experts who said they felt there was a Critical Mass of evidence we could prove this in court. Prove in court, not fraud, prove in court we need reassurance and Quality Assurance built into the system. Jill stein speaking to paula here in london. Nigel frye says he has no plans to meet with president elect when he visits the u. S. In the next few days. He does hope to improve relations between london and washington. I dont think im going to be made the british ambassador. Lets be honest. Im not the type. I did have 20 years in business before getting involved in politics. I know how to cut deals. I do have the support. Amazingly of the president elect. I do know a number of his team and known for years. I am very keen for britain and u. S. To get closer again. My critics would say i spent my career in politics trying to knock down buildings. Now i would like the chance to build one. Farage tweeted that he would do a great job as british ambassador. Teresa may said thanks, but the position is filled. We will turn to iraq. Isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly truck bombing on thursday. Saying it was in retaliation for the ongoing battle in mosul. 80 people were killed in the blast at the gas station southeast of baghdad. Victims were mostly iranian shiite. Now to eastern mosul. Isis is not in control, but a threat. We are hearing of stories of survival. Cnns phil black reports. Reporter these people just lived through the horror of urban warfare. They cowered in their homes for days. Prayers and white flags are their only protection as forces run through their neighborhood. Now there is little food, water or medicine. No electricity. But theres much relief. Like a dark thing on your chest. Isis is like a dark thing on your chest . And its gone now . Yeah. Its gone. Reporter you can hear the fighting in the distance. Its still dangerously close. Isis has gone from the streets, but ability to harm the people hasnt passed. Just 24 hours ago, were told, a family was sitting here outside the home when a mortar struck a short distance away. An 18monthold girl was killed. Her name was amira ali. The father omar is overwhelmed by grief. He cries what did she do wrong . She was just playing. Shes gone from me. Shes my only one. Every day this makeshift clinic in mosul sees the terrible consequences of mortars fired into civilian areas. Its a bloody production line. Wounded are delivered, patched up quickly and loaded into ambulances to transport to hospital. At times it seems endless. One ambulance pulls away and another military vehicle speeds in carrying more wounded civilians. They are unloaded with great care as the medics work to help the victims of yet another isis mortar attack. But they cant save everyone. This mans 21yearold son was killed. He says a mortar just fell in front of the door. He came and he was just a piece of meat. Four or five of my neighbors were standing with him and theyre all dead. Here, another parent, falls to the dusty ground before the body of her son. These people endured two years of living under isis only to be killed by the groups desperate military tactics and it is total indifference to the lives of the innocent. Phil black, cnn, mosul, northern iraq. In syria, some of the quarter Million People trapped in aleppo could starve to death. The group White Helmets say they have no resources to pull people out of the rubble. On thursday, 59 people wiere killed in the city. A chemical attack including chlorine killed one woman. In the meantime, the antiisis to cocoalition is goi after the terror group. Cnns Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen has more. Reporter fighting isis in a space suit. We can only identify the man by his first name. Captain. He is about to go on a mission in a spy plane. We were given rare access to the launch and landing of the highly secretive missions that have a clear objective, one of the pilots tells me. We can find those guys and track them and get back to the fighter types. When they go out, they have the best intel and information about where they are and obviously do what needs to be done. Reporter the u2 can fly high. More than 70,000 feet and get pictures to forces on the ground fast. It is a cold war era plane flying since the 50s, but it has been upgraded. With the upgrades, the u2 dragon lady is the main asset in the information gathering against isis. Intelligence gathering happens through drones like this global hawk which patrols above iraq and syria almost every day. The information from these surveillance platforms is key to helping jets from the u. S. Led anticoalition targets. Support of forces combating the group on the ground in mosul and iraq. But while the u2 can soar higher than almost any other plane, it is pretty hard to land. Were in a chase car speeding after the jet after an almost tenhour mission. Feeling himself out of the cockpit, captain says he believes the u2 is making a major impact. Things we can do up there and how often were up there is thanks to the maintenance guys. Providing us support. Reporter the need for the u2 services will remain in high demand and isis may be losing ground, the Group Remains deadly and elusive. Fred pleitgen, cnn. And donald trump will soon face the immense challenges in the middle east. Including the war in syria. We will discuss what trump said during the campaign about washingtons role there. And what and lalysts say is doa. And tributes to the woman who led the most family tv family. Florence henderson has died at the age of 82. Pro rinks ste chalky . Then get worse . Introducing protein shots from 5hour energy. Protein shots from 5hour energy are smooth and tasty, and still deliver 21 grams of protein with 100 calories. Theyre great for workouts, no matter how you work out. Whether youre going for reps. Or laps. Or distance. You gotta try it. Period. Protein shots from 5hour energy. Great taste. 100 calories. 21 grams of protein. China has ordered all residents of the region to surrender their passports. Those who want to travel need to get authority. Beijing is targeting muslim visitors. They have targeted that group which has been blamed for multiple attacks. Stay with china. The death toll in the eastern part of the country has risen to 74. Disaster happened when the platform at the power plant collapsed. That is according to the staterun news agency. Authorities say 68 people were on the platform at the time of the collapse. The structure was built around a cooling tower which is undergone repairs. Wildfires ra s rages across israel. A number of fires caused by arson. An official says ten people have been detained with connection of the blazes which started on tuesday. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the arsons would be treated as terrorism. For more, lets bring in cnns oren liebermann. Is there a history of the arson attacks there . Reporter not like we have seen. The question is how many of these fires were arson. How many were negligence . That is the next question. Once all of the fires are out. Many are under control. One hot spot just flared up a few minutes ago. Firefighters dealt with this yesterday. Firefighters rushing to the scene before it got worse. You can see the effect it had yesterday. Gutting this building. You can see inside the windows. That is black char from the fires here. All of the branches burned from the fire. As difficult as the last few days, the conditions. It is dry here and the high winds, which is peicked up by te microphone, very hot here. That is the challenge. Oa the official number is 1,200 fires. 250 are major fires. After these are all out, then come the investigation to figure out arson and who started them and how many negligence, like someone tossing a cigarette from the car. In haifa, several hundred buildings destroyed. Firefighters have been active to make sure there are no injuries. Many people, many families, thousands of families still waiting to find out if and when they can come back home. Palestinian authorities lending a number of fire crews in haifa to help with the fires. The palestinian leadership dealing with 88 fires. Most of those in the west bank in the northern part. Max. Why this talk of terrorism . It normally would not be treated as terrorism. An arson attack. Reporter if it is not arson attack, the suspicious is from the political leadership, it could be natural in nature to try to hurt or kill israels. Especially in these conditions. That is what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. If they find out fires are arson and fire investigators say there is no doubt some are arson, they will be treated as terrorism. Not only because of the damage they caused here. Again, more than 700 buildings damaged in haifa alone and because of the reason for setting the fires to kill people in some of the major cities in northern israel. We heard a short time ago a fire 30 kilometers away from us. Ten families have been evacua d evacuated. This problem is not over as we continue to track conditions and high winds across the country. Okay. Oren in haifa, thank you. Thanksgiving brought tragedy in kentucky. Fatal shooting at a football game. A witness was Live Streaming on facebook when the shots rang out. Here is mary maloney. Reporter a hail of bullets force a crowd of people to take cover. When the gunfire stops, the screaming begins. [ screams ] reporter this louisville park hosted the juice bowl. An annual football tournament. Kids, parents and friends and neighbors gathered to feast and watch football. Violence interrupted the fest e festivi festivities. Most of the people are here to have a good time. This tragic situation has happened. Reporter a cell phone recorded more than a dozen gunshots. We are thankful more people didnt get hurt in the situation. Reporter but some of those shots were deadly. Just to see that man shot in the head like that. They are telling him to hold on. Its horrible. Its really horrible. Reporter as Police Investigate the motive, many in the crowd mourn the lives lost. Get off. This is very tragic of whats happened here. Im saddened. Its a sad time for thanksgiving. And its a sad day for the juice bowl. Reporter im mary maloney reporting. A 34yearold mother of two has been found safe. Meanwhile after disappearing three weeks ago. Sherry had been missing while jogging in northern california. Authorities announce her return on thanksgiving day. We are very happy to report that Sherri Papini has been located and reunited with her husband and family on this day of thanksgiving. Papini had been held and escaped her restraints to return to her family. Although no motive is known. There is a search under way for two reportedly armed in a dark suv. Tr tributes paid to Florence Henderson. She has died at the age of 82. We look back at the career of the woman loved on and off screen. Heres a story of a lovely lady reporter she played the mom carol brady on the brady bunch. Her story wasnt so i deal. Born in dale, indiana, henderson grow up poor with an alcoholic father and mother who left when she was 12 years old. Henderson used her singing talent to entertain the family and help make ends meet. I dont ever remember not singing. I would sing and pass the hat. I would sing for groceries. Reporter her big break in 1951 when she landed a role in oklahoma. The singer turned actor and took her talents to tv. In 1959, she was today girl and became the first woman to guest host the tonight show in 1962. In 1969, henderson became carol brady. I created the kind of mother that i wished i had. I think everyone long for. I get so much fan mail from all over the world and everybody wants a hug from me. I hug everybody. I get so much affection. Reporter henderson continued to act and sing on tv for decades after the brady bunch. She chachad on dancing with the stars. She had four children with her first husband. She met her second husband while undergoing treatment for stage fright and fear of flying. People used to kid john. Reporter the treatment worked so well, henderson became a certified therapist herself. She became a patient of a different kind. She starting to lose her hearing. You cannot imagine for someone who makes her living through music and you all of a sudden dont hear that piano or violin, it is the most terrifying feeling in the world. Reporter doctors discovered she had an ear disease. After multiple surgeries, she restored her hearing. Henderson seemed to always look on the bright side. Larry, if you are not having fun, you shouldnt be there. Say good night, florence. Good night, everyone. The tribute to Florence Henderson who died at the age of 82. Its bladaerizond peop ready. Because they know a deal is only as good as the network its on. Verizon gives you the best network and a lot more. Our best deals of the year on top android phones. Like the pixel, phone by google and the Samsung Galaxy s7. 10 per month and no tradein required. Or get an ipad mini 2 for 99. Shop our best black friday deals in stores today only. Hurry, and get it all at verizon. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Lets get a check of the headlines for you. U. S. President elect donald trump is working hard over thanksgiving weekend. He tweeted on thursday from his estate in maralago, florida, that he is trying to get carrier air Conditioner Company to stay in the u. S. And not move 1,400 jobs to mexico. We he heard that trump will pick Todd Ricketts as the Commerce Department secretary. At least 80 people were killed in thursdays blast southeast of baghdad. Some aleppo residents have dten days before they start starving to death. At least 59 people were killed in the city alone. A chemical attack killed one woman an involving chlorine. This will be a challenge for donald trump. Trump seems to want to change the washington approach there. Cnns Becky Anderson has a look at what that could mean. We have been very clear that a red line for us is we start saying a bunch of chemical weapons moved around. Reporter more than four years later, that red line has been crossed again and again. Theres been little if tn the w of action to back up the warning after the deadly use of

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