The intrepid traveler trying to become the youngest woman to visit every country in the world. Why shes doing it and what shes calling the most beautiful part of her epic journey. Hey, good morning. We have a shot here of trump tower in midtown manhattan. Where, this morning, decisions are being made about whos going to run this country for the next four years. And we now know that Vice President elect mike pence will be taking over the transition team. Were also hearing a flurry of reports about the various republicans, including Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, who could move into some of the top positions. Meanwhile, it was another night of antitrump protests. In portland, oregon, one person got shot. Well have much more on the simmering divisions in this country coming up, but we start with mary bruce at the white house, reporting on the transition from an Obama Administration to a trump administration. Mary, good morning. Good morning. The president elect is walking back from a central promise of his campaign after meeting with president obama, hearing his direct appeal, trump now says he may keep some of the obamacare after all. Throughout his campaign, candidate donald trump said obamacare had to go. Obamacare has to be replaced. We will stop the obamacare madness. Were going to repeal and replace obamacare. Reporter but now, president elect trump says hes open to keeping parts of the Obama Health Care law. In a 60 minutes interview, he suggests two of the most popular provisions may be safe from the chopping block. When you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered . Yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest assets. And also children living with their parents for an extended period. Well very much try and keep that. Reporter what Trumps Health care plans will look like one of the many questions facing his transition team. Which saw a major staff shakeup on friday. That team is now being led by Vice President elect mike pence. Hes replaced embattled new Jersey Governor Chris Christie whos taking on a lesser role and what about trumps cabinet . There a number of people being talked about for different jobs. Ultimately, thats Donald Trumps decision. Reporter playing a big role in that decision, trumps children. Donald junior, ivanka and eric, all named to the transition team. Theyll help build their fathers administration as they also help to build the family business. The potential conflict of interest is drawing criticism after the trump promised a strict separation. Were not going to be involved in government . There will be a wall between you and your siblings and your father . 100 . We wont talk about it. Reporter cabinet contenders include Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani, whos now being considered for attorney general or secretary of state. So many positions to fill. Now, mary, donald trump has over 4,000 positions to fill. Presumably the most urgent right now is chief of staff. What do we know about the direction hes leaning . In addition to Reince Priebus trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner is being eyed for the job. In fact, he visited here with trump. He even got a tour here from the man who currently holds the job. Paula. All of this to be determined. Mary, thank you. And tensions remain high as the nation is still deeply divided over trumps election. For the Third Straight night, antitrump protesters have taken to the streets while supporters are speaking out in support, and abcs Gloria Riviera is in washington for us this morning. Reporter thats right, overnight, heated antitrump protests in more than a dozen cities across the country. Initially in a tweet, president will have elect donald trump dismissed them. But some activists are now saying they hope this is just the beginning of the nations strongest protests since occupy wall street. Overnight, protesters across the country denouncing Donald Trumps victory. Violent demonstrators, seen here in portland, threatened with tear gas, after allegedly throwing burning objects at officers. Investigators saying one protester was hurt in a shooting that broke out during the protest. The injuries not lifethreatening. In other cities philadelphia, dallas and miami thousands marching mainly peacefully against the president elect. Despite trumps losing of the popular vote to Hillary Clinton his supporters who propelled him to win 29 states, say they staged their protest in the ballot box. Give us somebody whos not a politician, give us somebody whos successful but one of the people. I think hes going to surround himself with the right people. We know that theres going to be a change in america. Reporter electing trump in part to voice frustration in a sense of marginalization for the last several years. So many things rushed through my head. My childrens future, feeling safe and secure. Reporter its the silent majority trump and his campaign repeatedly predicted. And were going to washington, d. C. , to drain the swamp reporter tensions also spilling into schools across the country. The fbi now investigating an incident targeting black students at the university of pennsylvania. According to school officials, students were anonymously added to a group chat featuring racist slurs, threats and photos depicting lynchings. People started to get more confidence. Now that they see someone in charge that shares the same morals they feel confident with like projecting that. Reporter in the protests in Portland Police say more than 1 million in damage has been done. There are more protests planned for today in new york and los angeles, and reports of plans for a significant protest here in washington, d. C. , on january 20th, when president elect donald trump takes the oath of office. Dan, paula. Its a tense time in america. Gloria, thank you. Lets get more on all of this now with Cokie Roberts whos also in washington this morning. Cokie, good morning. I want to start with this obamacare news, i guess the question is, if trump is willing to apparently shift his resistance on obamacare, what does this say about his intention to follow through on his other big Campaign Promises like building wall . I think that hes fairly frank about the fact that some of that was for Campaign Purposes and he says hes concentrating on taxes and jobs. And of course, that makes a lot of sense because thats what people really care about. But what he says about obamacare hell keep the parts that are really popular, being able to get insurance even if you have a preexisting condition. Keeping young people on parents coverage until theyre 26. Those are very popular measures. Now, how hes going to pay for that without having the rest of the structure of the bill is an interesting question. Same thing about the wall, you know, we already have a good bit of wall along our southern border, does he really need to spend money to build the rest of it . And is mexico going to do it . Of course not. I think hes going to pick and choose and do the things that he thinks the voters really care about in their daytoday lives as opposed to these big campaign statements. Cokie, we talked about these positions, 4,000 positions that trump needs to fill. 1100 need senate approval. Including defense secretary. Now, the Washington Post reporting this morning hes eyeing New Hampshire senator former senator now, kelly ayotte whos publicly criticized him, didnt vote for him, is this a sign hes willing to surround himself with people that he doesnt always agree with . Well see. Kelly ayottes a real loss to the senate, in fact, shes able to go across party lines and get things done, and the fact that he is thinking about her does show you there might be an outreach beyond his inner circle. That circle was awfully small. As you saw in marys piece, his children have been such a part of that. He has to get beyond that immediate group. But, so, whether that includes people who have disagreed with him, look, he sat down with the president the other day, the two of them could not have been harsher about each other, and came out saying glowing things and so maybe were seeing a more subdued president ial donald trump. Thats the big hope. Not much time has elapsed, though. Well see how things progressed. Were really at this contentious point in american history. Im just curious, given your experience covering politics, what would you say to the americans who are pinning so much hope on this president and those fearing anger and fear and dread about this new president. Well, starting there, you wonder how much of these protesters voted. But the fact is that he should do something to speak to the people who are angry and frightened, particularly to the immigrant communities, the Muslim Community and these horrific stories were hearing about kids being harassed in schools. He needs to actually stand up publicly and say something, make some kind of gesture that makes clear he disapproves of this and hes reaching out to the people who are frightened in the country. In terms of the people who are excited i think theyll stay excited for a while. Just the notion they did it. They won. They beat the odds. They told all the smart washington types that we were all wrong and so i think that theyll stay with a sense of excitement. And if he can do something quick, like an infrastructure bill, where people really go to work right away building highways and airports and such, that will that will make people happy. Roughly 68 days until the inauguration. Cokie, thanks for the insight. And across the southeast, battles are going on right now to get a handle on dozens of wildfires that are burning. Blanketing cities in thick smoke. Arson is suspected in several of them with a reward being offered to find those responsible and rob is here with the latest and how long people will be waiting for relief. Hi, rob. Reporter hi, paula. Its been a horribly dry fall and summer for parts of the southeast. A drought emergency in many areas. Dozens of large fires burning and this morning were coming to figure that some of these may have been intentionally set. This morning, wildfires raging across the southeast. Several areas under a state of emergency, the situation intensifying with 37 large fires burning across 7 states. Investigators suspect arsonists are to blame for some of the fires. With arrests already made in tennessee and kentucky. Now, the state of alabama offering a 5,000 reward to catch those responsible. In some of the hardesthit areas, over 60,000 acres scorched over the last few weeks. Its devastating and its heartbreaking. Reporter alabama in a drought emergency, urging residents to refrain from building outside fires. This one little ember from a fire even though it could be innocent can cause a lot of damage. Reporter the rash of wildfires is driving some families from their homes. This smoke stretches out for miles. Reporter some residents refusing to leave. Much of the southeast seeing one of the driest years on record. The smoke almost blocks out the sun that its so bad. Reporter the smoke so intense blanketing the city of atlanta. Air quality concerns are high for residents especially those with asthma and other health concerns. Sadly, the smokey mountains have become just that the past couple of weeks and some of that dense smoke getting into some highly populated areas. There are two large fires burning in north carolina. If they combine it would be the largest wildfire there in history. We have very dry conditions for the next 6 to 14 days across the fire zone. Dan. Rob, thank you. Well be coming back to you soon for the national forecast. Now to the dual investigations that have been launched into this newly released video. Showing a routine traffic stop escalating into a dangerous confrontation. Heres abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter this morning, authorities in new jersey investigating a policeinvolved shooting, all captured on this dash cam video. The newly released recording shows the driver as he was pulled over in october for driving with a handicap placard visible in his truck. As the officer asked him to turn off his engine, brown hits the gas taking the policeman along with him, slamming into a parked car. Within moments get the [ bleep ] on the ground. Reporter brown takes off running. The officer grabs him and thats when you hear the officers gun go off, shooting brown once in the leg though he seems unaware. The investigation of the shooting will also focus on whether the officer intended to shoot brown during the scuffle as they were coming across the street or was it an accidental discharge. Reporter the scuffle continuing until the officer manages to get brown to the ground and into custody. This morning, attorneys for brown telling abc news theyre conducting their own investigation. Writing, i ask that no one rush to judgment based on a short video clip only. And brown faces several charges including aggravated assault and possession of a weapon. Because investigators say a loaded gun was found in the truck he was driving. The officer is on administrative leave while the Prosecutors Office investigates, which is standard procedure. Marci, thank you very much. Lots other news overnight. We kick it over to ron claiborne. Good morning, sir. Good morning, everyone. And we begin with breaking news from afghanistan overnight, where a suicide bomber killed at least four people in the countrys main American Military base and afghan official said as the attacker snuck on Bagram Air Force base detonated the device. The taliban claimed responsibility for that bombing. No word yet on whether any americans are among the dead. And back in the u. S. , a former mental patient stabbed and wounded six people at Mental Health facility outside pittsburgh. Police say the man went into that Building Armed with a knife attacking people and taking hostages. His complaint he had been a patient and he said it ruined his life. And six west point cadets are facing drug charges this morning. Officials at the u. S. Military academy in upstate new york, say the cadets planned to distribute controlled substances. Charges is the first step in the courtmartial procedure. And more than 3. 5 million Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms are being recalled this morning, because owners may not know when they stopped working. The devices are supposed to make a chirping sound at the end of their sevenyear life span. You can find details on the recall at abcnews. Com. And nintendo has a hit on its hands. The company releasing a throwback version of its original 1980s gaming system yesterday. Retailers reporting selling all of their available units in a matter of minutes. They plan to have more of the systems available in time for the holiday season. And finally, a tale of a fisherman in florida who kind of had the tables turned on him. The man the fisherman has a giant grouper there at the end of his line, trying to reel it in. Oh, my gosh. Overboard. His friends managed to get him back in the boat. And he even managed to pull the fish the grouper, into the boat. A little catch and release. A little catch and release. Yeah. More like tug of war. Oh, my gosh. Better off playing nintendo. Thank you, ron. Yeah, the fish has a human story. All right, so, rob, dan promised the national forecast, is that what you have for us . Fishing forecast will be chilly across parts of the east. Look at these windchills. 34 is what it feels in new york city. Charlotte, north carolina, this cold air gets down into the southeast as well. All part of that big high thats created the drought conditions. Meanwhile, across the pacific northwest, a system thats coming in today, 30 to 45 mile an hour gusts. The next system coming in tomorrow, some heavy rain with it and another one coming on tuesday and wednesday, some snow getting down into california. No snow across the midsection of the country. And now that the election is over, we can look forward to who will be the grand marshal at the thanksgiving parade. That will spark controversy, im sure. I have no idea who it will be. Can we write in dan harris . I would write in rob marciano. Well, a connecticut woman is on a recordbreaking mission trying to become the first woman to visit every country. And diane macedo is reporting on this epic journey. Good morning. Reporter she calls this expedition 196. Because 196 countries is how many she intends to visit. That will set a new record for the timing, if she can do it in less than three years and three months. She was aiming for two years. And even with that ambitious goal shes still well ahead of schedule. From afghanistan and zimbabwe and everywhere in between, a millennial is a few flights away from becoming the first woman to visit every country in the world. Its becoming really surreal now. Reporter the 27yearold hit the road last july, painstakingly plotting a twoyear trip on this old map. She took off from portland, oregon. She headed to new zealand, fiji, australia, and instagramming her journey along the way. But the connecticut native said the most beautiful part of her trip has been the kindness of strangers. The humanity and the kindness of people around the world i think sometimes we underestimate that. Reporter shes already checked 181 countries off her list, just 15 shy of the 196 shes aiming for, but travel doesnt come cheap. Shes already spent nearly 200,000, including her 250 plane tickets. But she says shes all worth it. Not only to set a world record but hopefully make a difference. My goal is to educate while promoting positive peace through sustainable tourism. And she said sustainability is really important for her. She does have an organization that agrees to plant trees to offset the Carbon Footprint of this whole trip. Shes also been doing volunteer work herself on that front end. Shes planting a National Tree in every country shes visiting. I think shes doing it for the frequent fl