some hard days ahead out there in oakland as they make sense of that tragedy. good morning. welcome to you and your new day. president-elect donald trump is taking his show back on the road. the thank you tour is hitting three states this week beginning with a rally tonight in north carolina. meantime, there s anticipation building for trump s final cabinet picks. so critics are raising questions about dr. ben carson s qualifications to be housing secretary. this as mr. trump s national security adviser, general michael flynn, and his son are under fire for peddling conspiracy theories. we are just 45 days away from inauguration day, so let s begin with cnn s jessica schneider. she s live outside trump tower in new york. what s the latest, jessica? reporter: well, alisyn, it will be down to business here at trump tower before donald trump plays to those crowds at the second stop in his so-called thank you tour. it will be in fayetteville, north carolina, tonight at 7:00
transition teamworks to fill his cabinet. it s my prayer on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move toward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. trump s latest nominees include two women. betsy da voss on the left there, education, and south carolina governor nikki haley at the united nations, on the right there. trump s fellow billionaire ross, and the big debate, mitt romney or rudy giuliani. those are the two most often reported names for secretary of state. vocal supporters and vocal detractors on both sides. nbc s kristen walker joining me from palm beach, florida, on this thanksgiving afternoon. let s start with these interesting tweets here about mitt romney from kellyanne conway this morning. tell us about these. krashgs happy thanksgiving. these tweets are raising eyebrows. let me give you a little context. you set up the stage. the fight seems between rudy giuliani and nit romney. giuliani is a loyalist
including some duties normally assumed by the first lady. and she ll do so from the east wing. with aides planning to overhaul the traditional office of the first lady, turning it into the office of the first family. she s so strong, as you know, into the women s issue, and child care and so many things. she d be so good. nobody could do better than her. reporter: as both donald jr. and eric take hands-on roles in their father s transition, cnn has learned donald jr. was heavily involved in vetting candidates for the interior secretary position. while eric was included in at least one meeting with mitt romney about the secretary of state job. the brothers also set to lead trump s businesses. raising red flags over potential conflicts of interest. but trump s camp argues it s all about transparency. the reason that you know about the children being involved are two things. one, they re on the website, and they re publicly named as being part of the transition. and two, w
intelligence officials consider credible. the fbi is still investigating the credibility and accuracy of these allegations based primarily on information from russian sources but the bureau has not confirmed many essential details about mr. trump. officials tell us that the two page summary also included allegations that there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government. these senior intelligence officials included the summary in part to make the president elect aware that such allegations involving him were certainly among intelligence agencies and other government officials in washington. it was also included in part to demonstrate that russia had compiled information. potentially harmful for both political parties but only were these information damaging to hillary clinton and the democrats. a spokesman says this is all fake news. he says the kremlin does not have compromising informati
about not showing up for the game? the 11th hour begins now. good evening once again from our headquarters in new york and 69 of the trump administration, the biggest story where the white house is concerned came from across town. a lot of people on this broadcast and elsewhere has said what the russia investigation is missing is a president saying he wants to get to the bottom of it all. this was a hugely consequential day and not in ways that they would like. today we heard from the top two members of the senate intelligence committee. on the right, richard burr of north carolina. on the left, mark warner of virginia. in plain english, they sounded like senators ought to sound. saying in effect we ve got this. promising a sweeping investigation. already the biggest in decades and a bipartisan report when it s all over if you can believe that. taking questions under the hot lights in the capitol, they revealed they ve already reached out to 20 witnesses. the only thing they