a grumpy old man changed two lives. and i said, you don t know. this is the first time for quite a while that i have been this happy. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. dickerson: good evening, scott is off tonight. i m john dickerson. the trump team is taking shape and signaling a sharp conservative turn on national security issues. today, alabama senator jeff se attorney general, leiutenant general mike flynn for national security adviser, and kansas congressman mike pompeo as director of the c.i.a. all three were early supporters of mr. trump and fierce critics of president obama. major garrett begins our coverage. we ve got a great number of men and women, great qualifications. reporter: after a week of tough headlines about a transition in disarray, vice president-elect mike pence attorney general nominee jeff sessions was the first senator to endorse mr. trump. this is a movement. look at what s happening. reporter: sessions, 69, has served
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