Operations forces to work with groups fighting the Islamic State in northern syria. The u. S. Military is assisting the Syria Democratic forces. Its an alliance of kurdish and arab groups to isolate and capture raqqah. Of the killed service member, ash carter says, its a painful reminder of the dangers out men and women in uniform face around the world. To keep us safe. Please keep this Service Members family, friends and teammates in your thoughts and prayers. This thanksgiving, i hope you will join me in expressing thanks to all our dedicated troops who selflessly protect us every day. The pentagon says eight u. S. Service members have been killed in action in the fight against isis since Operation Inherent resolve began in 2014. This as u. S. Backed forces continue their offensive to capture mosul, an isis controlled city in northern iraq. Thank you. Not to president ial politics on this thanksgiving evening. Donald trumps estate is about as far culturally from the 17th century Plymouth Rock as you can get. The florida resort has become the sight of a working holiday for the man who is set to move into a more impressive dig in january. The president elect is trying to figure out who is coming with him to the white house and who he can convince to stay where they are. Peter doocy is with the team in florida tonight. Good evening. Reporter good evening. Before most American Families even turned on their ovens today, the president elect turned up the heat on an American Company showing that his first postelect holiday would not be spent laying low. Before his thanksgiving meal, the president elect was trying to make a deal, tweeting that, quote, i am working hard even on thanksgiving trying to get carrier ac company to stay in the u. S. , indiana, making progress. Will know soon. The air conditioning and Refrigeration Company had announced a plan to move 1400 jobs to mexico earlier this year, didnt take long to respond. Posting from its account, quote, carrier has had discussions with the incoming administration. We look forward to working together. Nothing to announce at this time. As a candidate, mr. Trump guessed carrier would crumble beneath threats of import taxes if they started producing products overseas. Within 24 hours, they will call and say, sir, we have decided to stay in the United States. We will stay in indiana. Or they will go some place else, but theyre staying in the United States. Reporter also, trying to figure out who will fill critical cabinet posts, like secretary of state. Top adviser Kellyanne Conway tweeted today that shes been getting a lot of correspondence from loyalists worried about putting mitt romney in that job. Linked to a political article listing the backers concerns about romneys histories attacks on trump. Then conway tweeted, kissinger and schultz flew around the world less, counseled potus close to home more and were loyal. That tweet follows another confusing day of will he or wont he with dr. Ben carson who says the president elect wants him as housing and urban Development Secretary and is going out of his way to make sure everyone knows he is not hesitating because he is worried about a lack of relevant experience. In terms of complexity, i can guarantee you that very little of it comes close to neurosurgery, particularly complex neurosurgery. These things can easily be acquired. Reporter more than two weeks after winning the election, trump acknowledges that not everybody accepts the result. He is asking for help from people who voted for him and people who didnt in uniting with this thanksgiving address. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. In declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice and one heart. Thats just what we have to do. Reporter more than 40 years ago, the person who built maralago tried to leave it to the federal government to be used as a president ial retreat. It never worked out until this thanksgiving until the man who bought it is using it as a president elect retreat. Thank you. Trump continues to communicate with americans on his own terms and in what could be considered a more moderate tone as well. Here to discuss that tonight is chief National Correspondent ed henry. Good evening. Reporter good to see you. I want to know what the thinking is behind Kellyanne Conways tweets and about the secretary of state position, the potential nomination of mitt romn romney. Then we have Mike Huckabee saying romney should make a public repudiation or an apology of his attacks before being offered the job. Does that track with what you are hearing about the Transition Team speaking . Reporter im hearing from a trump transition official is that there has been a conversation going on in private, very quiet, of course, about whether or not mitt romney should issue some sort of formal or informal apology to president elect trump. Does he write a letter . Does he put out a statement of some kind . In the words of Mike Huckabee, as you said, he has pointed out on fox that mitt romney didnt just go after Donald Trumps policies. He went after his character. These were direct attacks calling him a fraud, for example, and a phony. So if he would be nominated as secretary of state, it seems like thats business that needs to be cleaned up. From what im hearing from the official inside the transition about a possible i underline possible apology from romney, that tells us it gives us a clue romney may be a more serious contend are for secretary of state than people assumed at the beginning. If he was not a serious candidate and the other names out there, giuliani, petraeus, romney wouldnt be considering an apology, it wouldnt be brooched by anybody unless he maybe wants this job. Erick erickson just tweeted that he would be considered moderate on the international station, reassurance, a calming presence that perhaps donald trump might not be. Its not just romney who is the outsider in trumps thinking. Nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, was a very sharp tru trump critic. Does it seem he wants dissenters around him . Reporter thats whats getting interesting. Nikki haley was critical about the muslim ban. You would think she would have no place in a Trump Administration and neither would romney. In the case of haley, shes been nominated as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , that suggests a change here. I think it may be a bigger one. Look whats going on with james mattis. When donald trump went to talk to the new york tynew york ti, signalled flexibility on waterboarding. Donald trump said he wanted to bring back waterboarding to get tough on terrorists. He told the New York Times, hold on. I talked to james mattis about that. He says it doesnt work. Basically, i have changed my position. Critics are going to say, wait. He is a flipflopper, he is backpedaling. He said one thing in the campaign. Now he might govern a different way. Theres another way to look at that. Its that the critics of donald trump, including the New York Times said this is something who was unstable. You cant trust him. If he is someone willing to go behind closed doors, with a retired general, with the respect of james mattis and say, you make a good point, i will rethink this, it shows flexibility and a better temperament. I look at trump as a pure negotiator in every relationship he has. He starts out with a hard line and is subject to give and take. Its been a transition that is keeping with Donald Trumps style. One case in point is dr. Ben carson. Reporter yeah. Some of it gets hes s herkyjer. You hear them saying, whats goen g going on here . Another way to look at this is that, is he really a conservative . Is he going to move to the middle on a lot of these big issues like a waterboarding . In the case of ben carson, its interesting because he has a specialty in healthcare. Now being talked about as housing secretary. That might seem herkyjerky. There were staff shakeups and it worked. Donald trump is not going to change. If it aint broke, dont try to fix it. Very least is going to be a very interesting four years. Always appreciate your opinion. Thanks very much. Happy thanksgiving. Same to you. Thank you. Lets talk about how the president s National Secure did i team and strategy are shaping up. Joining me is pete king, a member of the House Homeland Security committee. Happy thanksgiving to you, mr. King. Good to see you. You too. Thank you. Your observations about the National Security picks we have seen thus far. I think theyre exceptional. Particularly general flynn. If general mattis ends up being secretary of defense, that would be outstanding. Mike pompeo as ped of thead of is a terrific pick. I served with mike on the Intelligence Committee. Here is a guy number one in his class at west point. Graduated harvard. He has been a soldier on the ground. He is uniquely qualified. Being with him on the committees, one of the hardest workers, takes it very seriously. Especially benghazi, as far as the iran deal, the nuclear agreement. It was mike that found certain parts of the deal that the rest of us didnt know about, hadnt been disclosed. He is an excellent choice. I just think the president elect is doing an excellent job. He really is. So much criticism he got the first few days. It shows he does certainly know what he is doing. Once again, he is one step ahead of the media. You talk about pompeo at cia. One of the key chief components of that is being a good manager. The cia, like so much else in washington, is a vast bureaucracy that requires a special kind of navigation. Does he have those skills . I believe he does. As an army officer, as a Law School Graduate and i have seen the work he has done on the committee and also as far as handling special assignments on the committee, it was his job to obtain evidence, coordinate it, put it in a combined package. Yes, i think he is. Again the cia is a vast enterprise. Until someone does it, you dont know if they can do t. I am confident if anyone can, it will be mike pompeo. I think he has he has the knowledge from being on the Intelligence Committee and the depth of his effort. Also, he is a person who has been thinking about these issues for many years. I think hes exceptionally qualified. Im sure you remember many years ago senator john mccain called the cia a rogue agency that needed reigning in. Do you subscribe to that . Does pompeo subscribe to that . What needs to be done if thats the case . Again, mike pompeo will have to speak for himself. The raw elements of the cia who basically should be more coordinated. In the past, you have instances where some elements of the cia were going off on their own. Im not saying as far as any violations of human rights or anything like that. Im saying, during the iraq war, i think there were elements that were undermining president bush. They had a different view or werent pleased with president bush. They were leaking and working against him. I think its important that this be looked upon as a team. I think again, being a captain in the military and number one in his class at west point, mike pompeo will impose that team concept. Hopefully, everybody will go along the way they should. If not, i think mike will be able to t appropriate action. Have you been approached by the trump Transition Team for any position within the administration . No, i havent. I have spoken with people in the Transition Team. I have not been offered any position. Ive not asked for any position. Quite frankly, being in the congress, im really excited about Donald Trumps antiterror and counterterrorism agenda. I believe being on the Homeland Security committee and as a past chairman, i will be in an ideal position to be able to really help donald trump, President Trump. I saw the president elect on election night. I was at his headquarters and have had conversations with people since then. Nothing involving me. Im not looking for anything. Im the happiest guy in the world just looking forward to move his agenda on capitol hill. Representative peter king, thanks for your time. Happy thanksgiving. Thank you. You too. Thank you. Donald trump is already causing waves with members of the media. He has scolded several journalists in the past week. Is the Washington Press corps ready for President Trump . Lets get thoughts from host of fox media buzz howard kurtz. Good to see you. Same here. We have seen some evidence that trump is making a correction. Then again, we saw this meeting with media executives, Television News executives and highly paid afrnchors. We saw this meeting with the New York Times staffers and editorial board. What do you make of them and the contrast between the two . Well, its a dysfunctional relationship. But its the only relationship both sides have. Trump may not have he is savvy enough to know on some level he needs the press that he loves to attack. Going to the New York Times for that meeting rather than receiving a delegation at trump tower was i am told a sign of respect trying to mend fences. It has been over two weeks since his election. Were seeing a different donald trump during the campaign when he was confidently doing interviews on on tv. This may be because he is circumventing the press by putting out his own video. But at the same time, he is engrossed in assembling a government which is more challenging for an outsider who doesnt have long, deep political relationships. I dont think he feels the need to be on television as much. The down side for him is that the news agenda right now being shaped by leaks and speculation. How will his appointments affect his relationship with the press . For example, if he names laura ingram as press setting, shes aggressive and strongwilled conservative who will push his agenda. But understands the needs of tv, radio and the web. If he names a more mild mannered personality, it could be a more peaceful relationship. Really the tone is set at the top. President elect trump will set that tone if he continues to attack, what he likes to call the corrupt and dishonest media, then there will be a more contentious relationship. If he seeks to smooth things over, look, he knows how to do this and the press needs to cover him aggressively but fairly which hasnt always been the case. This siis interesting. I saw a tone shift last weekend. I was in bedminister, his golf club up there. Among the media pool waiting outside. Saturday afternoon as it started getting colder and colder and people were freezing up there, he would open the door to the clubhouse there as he was greeting perspective appointments and ask, how are you doing . Need anything . Some of the local new york press said, how about coffee . How about hot chocolate . He said, im not supposed to do that, but i will. Out would come this spread of hot dogs and coffee and hot chocolate. That was a shift. Thats not at all like what he treated the press at all of the rallies where he called them third rate dishonest absolute scum. He was making an overture of good will. Donald trump can be very charming when he wants to be. He can do it toward both conservative and liberal pundits who have been very critical of him. At the same time, we have seen them do that for a day or two or a week and then a story ticks him off and he goes on the attack. Were not quite sure which donald trump we will be getting in the white house. It could be carrot and stick at the same time, depending on the need. Indeed. Howard kurtz, good to see you. Thanks. The navy is trying to determine the extent of a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 100,000 current and former sailers. It says the Social Security numbers and other sensitive detd details were on a contractors lapt laptop. Theres no evidence it has misused. A bomb south of baghdad killed 56 people today. Isis is claiming responsibility. Authorities say the target of the car bomb attack appears to have been a bus carrying pilg m pilgrims returning home after a religious observation. Firefighters are washg woor around the closck in israel. They believe it may have been set by politically motivated arsonists. How will history remember the Obama Presidency in its fight against terrorism . Sheer wh fox 17 in nashville, a sixth child dies from Mondays School bus crash. Officials are saying that the bus was on a road that was not part of the approved route. The 24yearold bus driver is charged with vehicular homicide. In san francisco, the hunt for two men who escaped from a santa clara jail last night. They cut through the bars of a second floor window. They were apparently two other men were immediately captured. This is a live look at milwaukee from fox 6. One of the big stories there, wisconsin Election Officials say they expect jill stein to ask for a recount tomorrow. Friday is the deadline for such a request. This comes after a group of election lawyers and data experts raised the possibility of security breaches. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. 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