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NORAH O`DONNELL: Good morning. It is Friday, December 2, 2016. Welcome to CBS THIS MORNING.
President-Elect Donald Trump basks in his election victory at a rally in Ohio, while a war of words erupts between Trump and Clinton strategists at a political forum. Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway talks about the fiery exchange.
GAYLE KING: A former NFL player is gunned down and what looks like a road rage incident. Witnesses describe the violent encounter that left a hometown hero dead in the street.
ANTHONY MASON: Plus, only on CBS THIS MORNING, members of the Rockefeller family give their first television interviews about their falling out with ExxonMobil. Why some of them say the oil giant is morally bankrupt and downplayed evidence of climate change.
NORAH O`DONNELL: But we begin this morning with a look at today`s Eye Opener--your world in ninety seconds.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: I`ve been honest. I said I am going to be putting on the greatest killers you`ve ever seen. We need that. It`s time.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Trump names his secretary of defense.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: Mad Dog Mattis. But we`re not announcing it until Monday, so don`t tell anybody. Mad Dog. He`s great.
MAN #1 (CNN): A vintage Trump.
WOMAN #1 (CNN): It was, wasn`t it?
MAN #2 (Fox News): It was-- it was vintage Trump.
MAN #3: A classic unscripted Trump moment.
WOMAN #2 (CNN): Classic, stream of consciousness.
MAN #4 (Fox News): He`s like a classic rock band.
WOMAN #3: The death toll is rising in Tennessee from a raging wildfire that swept through a Great Smoky Mountain area.
MAN #5: The reason we`re going to be okay is because we`re mountain tough.
MAN #6: Former USC and NFL running back Joe McKnight was shot to death after a possible road rage fight in Louisiana.
WOMAN #4 (internet video): That man just got out and shot that man.
SCOTT PELLEY: Government forces are obliterating neighborhoods held by rebels.
DEBORA PATTA: In Aleppo, the sound of shelling has not let up.
MAURICE DUBOIS: Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is recovering in New Zealand after getting sick while at the South Pole.
MAN #7: The return for Tiger Woods, his first tournament for four hundred and sixty-six days.
TIGER WOODS: I had some awkward shots, there`s no doubt about it.
NORAH O`DONNELL: All that--
MAN #8 (NFL/NEC Sports): To tie the game.
MAN #9 (NFL/NEC Sports): Whoa, where was that? Ten feet high. Not even close.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It`s Santa, everybody.
ANNE-MARIE GREEN: President Obama flips the switch to light the National Christmas Tree for the last time.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Merry Christmas, everybody.
NORAH O`DONNELL: --and all that matters--
TREVOR NOAH (Comedy Central): I`ve been a fan of you and your shows for so long. I never dreamed of a day when I would be interviewing Chelsea Handler.
CHELSEA HANDLER (Comedy Central): What did you dream about?
NORAH O`DONNELL: --on CBS THIS MORNING.
JAMES CORDEN (The Late Late Show with James Corden, CBS): Kellogg`s pulled their advertising from the conservative alt-right website Breitbart News and its readers responded by calling for a boycott of all Kellogg`s products. The culture wars have now reached cereal. I mean, give it a week and our national discourse will be about whether we should deport Chef Boyardee.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Welcome to CBS THIS MORNING. Charlie Rose is on assignment. Anthony Mason is with-- with us.
ANTHONY MASON: Good morning.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Good morning.
ANTHONY MASON: It`s a mouthful.
GAYLE KING: Yes.
NORAH O`DONNELL: We`re glad you`re here.
ANTHONY MASON: Thanks.
NORAH O`DONNELL: President-Elect Donald Trump returned to campaign mode in Ohio at his first victory rally since winning the election, Mister Trump savored the spotlight as he renewed some of his most popular campaign promises. He thanked his supporters and he mocked his critics.
GAYLE KING: The President-elect surprised the crowd by revealing his choice for defense secretary. He will nominate retired Marine Corps General James Mattis. Mister Trump also visited an Indiana manufacturing plant to highlight his deal, to keep more than a thousand jobs from going to Mexico. Major Garrett is in Cincinnati, Ohio. That`s the scene of last night`s rally. Major, good morning.
MAJOR GARRETT (CBS News Chief White House Correspondent): Good morning. Donald Trump`s first public event since winning the presidency looked and sounded a lot like a campaign rally, complete with disdain for Washington elites, mockery of the media, and promises of middle class economic revival. The biggest difference, of course, the rhetoric now comes with a clout and expectations of a presidency to be.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: The bottom line is we won. We won. We won big.
MAJOR GARRETT: At the first rally of his thank you tour, President-Elect Donald Trump revived campaign enthusiasm and added post-election glee.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: We did have a lot of fun fighting Hillary, didn`t we?
(Crowd cheering)
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: How many times did we hear this? There is no path to two seventy. Things are going to be much better now.
MAJOR GARRETT: Mister Trump also teased--
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: Don`t let it outside of this room, you promise?
MAJOR GARRETT: --and eventually revealed his long-settled Pentagon pick.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: We are going to appoint Mad Dog Mattis as our secretary of defense.
MAJOR GARRETT: Trump`s transition team decided on retired General James Mattis days ago. Mattis, who is sixty-six years old and served more than four decades in the Marine Corps and led expeditionary forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: They say he`s the closest thing to General George Patton that we have and it`s about time. It`s about time.
MAJOR GARRETT: Earlier, Mister Trump announced an agreement with Carrier to keep open its Indianapolis manufacturing plant preventing roughly one thousand jobs from moving to Mexico.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: They say it`s not presidential to call up these massive leaders of business, I think it`s very presidential.
MAJOR GARRETT: The deal grants seven million dollars in state tax breaks over ten years and includes Mister Trump`s promise to lower corporate tax rates and reduce regulations.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: Companies are not going to leave the United States any more without consequences. Not going to happen.
MAJOR GARRETT: Vice President-elect and Indiana Governor Mike Pence provided tax relief to Carrier.
MIKE PENCE: I think it`s just the beginning.
MAJOR GARRETT: Pence told Scott Pelley, the catalyst for the deal was the President-elect.
MIKE PENCE: The Trump administration is going to roll our sleeves up. And we`re going to drive a hard bargain.
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MAJOR GARRETT: The biggest cabinet vacancy remains secretary of state. And sources tell us that General Mattis now supports retired Army General David Petraeus, the former CIA director for that position. Petraeus is competing against Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Tennessee Senator Bob Corker. If Petraeus is selected, Anthony, he would be the third retired general either in the Trump cabinet or Trump White House.
ANTHONY MASON: Major Garrett. Thanks, Major.
Not everyone is happy with the Carrier deal. The Wall Street Journal`s editorial bo-- board called it a shakedown that will hurt workers and the economy. The New York Times said the populous appeal far outweighs its practical effect. Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told us the deal sets a dangerous precedent.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: We`ve got to tell corporate America that if they want defense contracts, that if they want to be good corporate citizens, they`re not going to throw American workers out on the street. You don`t bribe them with large tax breaks.
ANTHONY MASON: President-Elect Trump said there will be consequences, including high taxes, for companies that leave the country.
NORAH O`DONNELL: An extraordinary confrontation between Trump and Clinton campaign strategists shows the bitterness of the election has not faded. The two sides faced off yesterday at a Harvard University forum that`s held every four years. It`s usually a respectful look back at the campaign, but the meeting descended into a shouting match, according to The Washington Post. Nancy Cordes was there at Harvard. She`s now in Washington. Nancy, good morning. Tell us all about it.
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