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Trump administration faces around the world but we begin this morning with todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. A lot of us have heavy hearts at whats happened here. This is the largest fire in the last 100 years of the state of tennessee. Raging wild fires turn deadly in tennessee. When youre going to the city of gatlinburg there is fire on all sides of the city. I walked outside of my door and looked through the right and the whole mountain was on fire. Theres no home to go back to. Deadly and destructive weather in the south. Tornadoes tore through several communities and homes and businesses destroyed. Mr. Trump met for a second time with mitt romney, a former rival, on the short list for secretary of state. He continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together. I have to tell you ive been impressed by what ive seen in the transition efforts. Investigators trying to determine what caused a plane carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team to crash in colombia killing 71 people. Tearful testimony from the former South Carolina Police Officer accused of killing an unarmed black man. My familys been destroyed by this. The scott familys been destroyed by this. The attacker rammed his car into a crowd of people, investigators believe was inspired by isis. Tennessee coworkers won the powerball. 20 workers each will get 12. 7 million. All that. In england one driver grabs a shovel and starts smashing the other trucks window. Thats one way to handle a situation. On the sidelines for 15 months, tiger woods is a day away from returning to competitive golf. And all that matters. In your heart do you think had it been you versus donald trump that you could have defeated him . Well, i can tell you conan i wish to god that i had that opportunity. On cbs this morning. Donald trump on a string of retweets attacking our own senior washington correspondent. I think he needs an editor and occasionally someone needs to say to him, oh, maybe not this one. One of trumps retweets is from a 16yearold calling zellny pathetic. Pathetic. Congrats to the teenage boy hes just been name secretary of state, fantastic. Welcome to cbs this morning. A line of deadly and destructive forms overnight devastated communities across the south. A suspected tornado killed three people when it tore through an alabama mobile home. Two people died in tennessee. Several children were hurt when a 24 Hour Daycare Center was destroyed. Video shows homes leveled and debris scattered across the landscape. The National Weather Service Shows six confirmed tornadoes hit mississippi. Possible tornadoes were reported in tennessee as well as northern alabama. Anna werner is here. Anna, good morning. Good morning. There are still thousands without power across alabama. After that powerful storm system pounded the state with heavy rain, hail, and tornadoes. 16 to 20 structures in alabama were destroyed when a deadly storm tore through the region. In Birmingham Strong winds ig neated this house fire. Flames at the Lamar County Airport in vernon, alabama, were crushed by debris. At least six confirmed tornadoes touched down in mississippi overnight. The powerful storms leveled multiple homes. Reyes caped injury when the storm peeled the roof off his Grocery Store building. High winds flipped this truck on its side. The storms also brought heavy rain to the area, and flooded roads. As we mentioned, the National Weather service says a number of children were critically injured and the threat isnt over this morning. Flash flood warnings have been issued in multiple counties throughout the state. Gayle . Thank you very much, anna. Survivors are describing a hellish scene inside the tennessee wildfire zone. The largest fire to hit the state in a century killed three people and destroyed hundreds of other homes and buildings. 14 other people were hurt. The flames drove more than 14,000 people from gatlinburg in the growth smoky mountains. The city is still under curfew. Crews have been battling the fire since late monday night Hurricane Force winds drove the fire dozens of hot spots are still bunch. Demarco morgan is in sevierville, tennessee, near gatlinburg near the heart of the destruction. More than 150 homes and businesses have been destroyed. Many of them leveled just like this place. Look at this burned out file cabinet here. There was a couple who had called this place home for more than 40 years. And as you can see, they have lost pretty much everything. Many of the people that we spoke with have similar stories. They had to rush out before those flames came pouring in. Parts of gatlinburg, tennessee, look like a scorched ghost town with smoldering homes burnt to the ground. An official with the Tennessee Department of transportation shot this video showing the damage. Some of the structures along this road look fine but then as you get a little bit higher it tells another story. The flames hollowed out homes and buildings. Many people forced to evacuate, sought refuge in shelters like this one, run by the red cross. Greg and his family spent the night here after escaping the fire. Looking out of every window, youre watching for a glow in the distance. Smoke everywhere. The terrifying scene as they left was similar to what many encountered on the evacuation route. Thick smoke blanketed the roads as the flames crept closer. Were going slow in traffic, whats going to happen . You just dont know. Reporter sherry and Daniel Deason moved to gatlinburg from mississippi about a month and a half ago. They only had time to grab their 14yearold son william and his diaper bag. We dont know what to do. Or what were going to do. We dont have anywhere to go. Reporter Officials Say more than 400 emergency workers from multiple departments are working on putting out the fire, and clearing debris. Ive gotten calls from the governor of every surrounding state saying how can we help . Reporter gatlinburg mayor mike warner is trying to heal his community while dealing with his own devastation. My house is gone, and my business of 31 years is gone. Reporter strong storms and heavy rain moved throughout the night, possibly helping firefighters fight whats left. And forecasters are predicting even more rain. Still many people have yet to come back and see in their place has survived or not. Thanks demarco. President elect trump had more thoughts last night on secretary of state candidate mitt romney. They had dinner with future white house chief of staff Reince Priebus in new york. The former gop nominee who called mr. Trump a phony and a fraud in the Campaign Said they had a wonderful evening. These discussions ive had with him have been enlightening, and interesting, and engaging, i enjoyed them very, very much. Donald trump confirmed yesterday that he wants congressman tom price to be health and Human Services secretary and former labor secretary elaine ciao to head the department of transportation. The president elect will also nominate Steve Mnuchin as freshry secretary and wilbur ross as commerce secretary and mr. Trump tweeted this morning that hes making plans right now to gave up control of his Business Empire. He wrote this it is visually important as president to in no way have a conflict of interest. Marriager g Major Garrett is covering the transition. Good morning. Good morning. President elect trump said in that string of tweets that he will have a press conference on december 15th to explain to the country exactly how hes going to unwind his connections to his Business Empire. Not only here in the United States, but globally. This has been, im told by transition officials, in the works for days. And it will take a good long while to do all the legal work necessary to unwind trumps connections to his vast Business Empire and real estate holdings, and Branded Properties around the world thats why the press conference wont be held until december 15th. Many details have to be disclosed and dissected. But this appears to be trumps way of saying, he will completely disassociate himself from all of his business holdings, one thing im told, however, this will not include any disclosure of tax returns from mr. Trump. Now, back to the ongoing business of the transition. There was that dinner in new york last night with mitt romney a candidate for secretary of state. And he did say, romney, that he was impressed with the conversation, and the rest of the trump cabinet, well, its filling up before our very eyes. President elect trump held his second meeting with mitt romney inside his trump hotel. Also on the menu, secretary of state. He did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election. And he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together. Sources tell cbs news mr. Trumps choices are romney, retired general David Petraeus, and Rudy Giuliani. Bob corker who met with mr. Trump yesterday underscored the importance of cabinet cohesion. The world needs to know the secretary of state speaks for the president. Elsewhere Steve Mnuchin will be mr. Trumps pick for secretary of treasury. Mnuchin is a former Goldman Sachs partner, movie producer and democratic donor. He served as candidate Trumps Campaign finance chairman, but has never held a position in the u. S. Government. Elaine chao was nominated as transportation second. Chao served eight years as labor secretary for president george w. Bush and is married to Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Of commerce secretary . Mr. Trump also intends to nominate 79yearold businessman wilbur ross to lead the commerce department. With a net worth of almost 3 billion, ross has made his fortune buying and turning around Distressed Companies in bankruptcy. Ross told charlie rose in a 2010 interview he believes reviving American Manufacturing is critical to the countrys Global Economic standing. You really feel that within five or ten years we could be a secondary power. The head of the transition vice prooek mike pence will be in washington today for meetings with House Speaker paul ryan and senator mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader. Charlie . Major, what factors do you think the president elect is weighing in consideration of these three men for secretary of state . Well, its an elaborate process and im told its not going to be completed today. It may bleed over into next week. Trump is looking at someone he is comfortable with, someone he believes can represent the country well and be loyal to him. Thats the factor thats most problematic for romney. For Rudy Giuliani he has been long considered the favorite for this post but he was offered two other positions in the trump cabinet, attorney general and homeland security, turned them down im hold, only wants secretary of state. That makes this decision more complicated. I would say general petraeus has been rising in the estimation of mr. Trump and those around him in the last couple of days. But this decision is not nearly made. And those closest to the Decision Making process do not have powerful insight as to where trump is ultimately going to land. Thanks, major. In our next hour, former defense secretary robert gates in our series issues that matter. He once called donald trump unqualified and unfit to be commander in chief. Gates looks at the challenge of the new president will face thats ahead on cbs this morning. The president elect is celebrating a deal to prevent hundreds of job losses at a major manufacturer, carriers Parent Company plans to close two indiana facilities and move more than 2,000 jobs to mexico. But the air conditioning giant tweeted last night, quote, we are pleased to have reached a deal with president elect trump and vpelect pence to keep close to 1,000 jobs in indy. Dean reynolds is outside the carrier factory in indianapolis. Dean, good morning. Good morning. During the campaign, donald trump promised repeatedly to end the exodus of u. S. Manufacturing jobs, and for now, at least, it looks like he meant what he said. We have all of these lost jobs, all of our lost manufacturing. Were going to get it back. Throughout the campaign, donald trump made it clear. Companies like carrier, simply fire their workers, and move their operations to mexico. Guess what . Not going to be so easy to do anymore. It was only nine months ago that carrier, the 101yearold american manufacturer told shocked indianapolis workers their factory would be shuttering. To move production from our facility in indianapolis, to monterey, mexico. Trump who benefited from the workingclass vote on election day will be here in indianapolis on thursday alongside the states governor and Vice President elect mike pence. Theyll announce a deal with carriers Parent Company united technologies, keeping nearly 1,000 manufacturing jobs in the state. They think theyre going to make air conditioners in their beautiful new plant in mexico. And sell them across the border and make lots of money, and we have all the unemployment. Not going to happen. The details surrounding the agreement havent been made public, but u neated technologies, which grossed 56 billion in global sales just last year, holds a number of government contracts. Including a nearly 2 billion deal made over the summer to produce engines for the troubled f35 fighter jet. There will be some lawoffs at this plant here behind me but we dont know exactly how many, nor do we know why the Company Changed its mind. But we do know, for sure, that other u. S. Manufacturers will be paying close attention to this deal. Everybody is. Thank you very much, dean. Brazil has declared three days of mourning after a plane crash that killed members of a beloved soccer team. Their charter flight crashed late monday while traveling through bad weather in colombia. 71 people died in this crash. The team was in the midst of a magical season you could say they were heading to the finals of the south american cup. Josh elliott of our streaming network cbsn shows how the tragedy devastated brazil. Good morning, gail. The soccer team was supposed to play tonight in what would have been the biggest match in its history. Team officials would hope it would lead to victory and a massive celebration. Instead today they are planning a mass funeral. For brazilian soccer, Cinderella Team there is no happy ending. Their fairy tale season, over, after their charter plane went down in the andes mountains. Six people survived the monday night crash. Including three players. The goalies right leg had to be amputated. This father told the associated press, we have not spoken to him or received any other information regarding how serious his condition is. That is making us feel anguished. To lose all of them in such a tragic way, totally destroyed the city, and each one of us, this fan says. This is video of the team taken aboard their flight. A bae146 operated by the Charter Company la mia. The teams Athletic Director said prior to takeoff they had previously worked with la mia and were treated well. The charter was flying from bolivia to their match in colombia. A nearly 1900 mile trip, close to the limit of the planes range. Authorities have now recovered the black boxes at the accident site outside medellin. There were reports the plane may have suffered electrical failure or run out of fuel. This man, the father of a team member who was not on the flight, said its a disaster. There are no words to explain it. The chapes as they were affectionately known played in obscurity for decades. But in 2014 they were promoted to brazils top Soccer Division and there were noted stars but with each match the underdogs following grew. Just last week, they celebrated their unlikely berth in the finals of the second most Important Club tournament on the continent. South america not just brazil but all of south america is mourning and just grieving this. Its a story that doesnt come along that often and to have it end the way that it did is really just horrifically sad. Their opponents should now be named south american cup champions in a gesture of solidarity. Other brazilian teams have offered to help them rebuild their team by loaning out their own players. And while the global soccer community mourned last night pope francis sent his condolences to all those mourning this tragedy. Norah . Oh, that is just horrible to hear. All of that just terrible. Thank you, josh. Closing arguments are under way in the murder trial of former South Carolina Police Officer michael slager. Hes accused of killing walter scott in a 2015 shooting captured on video by an eyewitness. Scott was seen running from a traffic stop in his first detailed public account slager testified yesterday that scott grabbed his taser and pointed it at him. When mr. Scott was coming at me with the taser, i drew my weapon and fired. To see that so i fired my firearm until the threat was stopped. Slager could get 30 years to life if convicted. 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