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NORAH O`DONNELL: Some of the tech world`s biggest names will gather at Trump Tower later today. The President-elect will meet executives from companies like Oracle, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook. Many in of the group described him in the campaign as a threat to their future. Only a few took a different view. Don Dahler is outside Trump Tower with a meeting that may lead to some common ground. Don, good morning.
DON DAHLER (CBS News Correspondent): Good morning. This summer, a hundred and forty tech executives and entrepreneurs signed an open letter calling Donald Trump potentially a disaster for innovation. But, today, some tech titans will be meeting with him here to try to chart a path forward. A key issue on the agenda is jobs.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: We are going to get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries.
DON DAHLER: Donald Trump pulled no punches on the campaign trail, attacking some of Silicon Valley`s giants.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise.
DON DAHLER: But the very same leaders whose companies Trump chastised are now set to meet face-to-face with the President-elect.
STEVE CASE: The election of Donald Trump surprised Silicon Valley but that`s an opportunity to view that as a wake-up call.
DON DAHLER: AOL co-founder Steve Case says he wasn`t shocked by Trump`s election victory--
STEVE CASE: This is the twenty-fifth city we`ve visited on this Rise of the Rest tour.
DON DAHLER: --because he`s been traversing the country, spotlighting entrepreneurs on his Rise of the Rest bus tour.
STEVE CASE: This was a backlash because a lot of people have seen their futures dim because of what`s happening with globalization and with digitization.
DON DAHLER: Jobs will reportedly be a top the agenda at this afternoon`s meeting and there will be a familiar face--serial entrepreneur Peter Thiel, one of the few in Silicon Valley to publically support the Trump campaign.
PETER THIEL: Fake culture wars only distract us from our economic decline. And nobody in this race is being honest about it except Donald Trump.
DON DAHLER: Thiel is now advising the President-elect. For his part, Steve Case may have endorsed Hillary Clinton, but he sees an opportunity for cooperation.
Where do you think they can find common ground?
STEVE CASE: I think there are a lot of issues where there is disagreement. Immigration is a-- is a big deal. Maybe, you know, the President-Elect Trump will support an immigration, you know, policy around things like, you know, the start-up visa.
DON DAHLER: Trump has softened his position on visas for highly skilled immigrants.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: I`m changing. I`m changing. We need highly skilled people in this country. And if we can`t do it, we will get them in.
DON DAHLER: In a way, do you think his candidacy and now his election is the ultimate startup?
STEVE CASE: No, absolutely. The campaign was a big disruption.
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DON DAHLER: Some two hundred employees of major tech company such as IBM, Google and Twitter pledged yesterday that they will not help a Trump administration do things like surveil Muslims nor conduct mass deportations. Alex.
ALEX WAGNER: Don, thanks for that. It`s going to be an interesting meeting at Trump Tower today.
CHARLIE ROSE: Exactly. Indeed, yes, yes.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Yeah.
ALEX WAGNER: A dramatic close encounter for a yacht in a race. Ahead, why the captain says he was very, very, very lucky.
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CHARLIE ROSE: A yacht race in Sydney nearly turned into a demolition derby. The yacht-- the yacht, Scallywag from Hong Kong barely avoided hitting two smaller boats yesterday. It squeezed into a small gap apparently missing one vessel by inches. Scallywag reportedly finished third. After the race the captain was quoted as saying we sponged the roulette wheel and came up with zero. Very, very lucky--
NORAH O`DONNELL: Yeah.
CHARLIE ROSE: --we would say.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Wow. By the skin of their teeth.
ALEX WAGNER: Scallywag.
NORAH O`DONNELL: I`d tell you that`s--
CHARLIE ROSE: Scallywag.
NORAH O`DONNELL: Scallywag. That`s--
ALEX WAGNER: I love hearing Scallywag.
NORAH O`DONNELL: That`s some good, good sailing.
A giant sinkhole raises new questions about coastal erosion on the West Coast. We`ll take you to California where the sinkhole is reminding anxious residents about the dangers to their own homes.
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