the u.n. is warning not to expect too much from the negotiations. a shocking arrest, a top global executive of chinese telecoms giant huawei is facing a tradition to the united states for violating sanctions on iran. also coming up, shattered dreams after a video of a soccer crazy afghan boy went viral. his dream came true and he met his idol, but two years later, he is the face of afghans are lost everything to be taliban. who have lost everything to the taliban. i m brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight, and era is drawing to a close in germany. on friday, angela merkel will relinquish the chair of her conservative party. she will continue as chancellor for the time being, which makes her a political disruptor. in germany, the leader of the main party and government is almost always the chancellor. that means the place replaces merkel will also have his or her eyes on the chancellor. before it kicks off, the boss takes a look to make sure everything is set
surroundings of lincoln cathedral. severe gales across parts of scotla nd severe gales across parts of scotland and western uk. things turn colder this weekend, plus what you do make one of these as a child? i will be talking about their significance here on breakfast. good morning. it s friday the 7th of december. our top story at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her premiership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to try and garner last minute support for her brexit deal. the pm has just a few days left to convince reluctant mps to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote on tuesday. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster this morning. we arejust over we are just over halfway of these five days of debate, leading up to tuesday. how do you see it going? lookout for a government minister in eu today. the prime minister has despatched 30 or so ministers across the uk in
exactly. money, honey. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: today president-elect donald trump named the c.e.o. of exxon-mobil, rex tillerson, to be secretary of state. the senior member of the cabinet. tillerson was chosen because he s made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with vladimir putin of russia. the lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. also today, mr. trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. major garrett begins our coverage. we just couldn t be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson s proven will leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. reporter: rex tillerson s move from exxon-mobil c.e.
tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with vladimir putin of russia. the lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. also today, mr. trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. major garrett begins our coverage. grateful that someone of rex tillerson s proven will leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. reporter: rex tillerson s move from exxon-mobil c.e.o. to secretary of state nominee began with a meeting last month between vice president-elect mike pence and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. rice, along with fellow former secretary of state james baker and former defense secretary robert gates strongly recommended tillerson for the post. after his second face-to-face meeting with mr. trump on saturday, tillerson emerged as
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