observe a work area and two d.o.t. vehicles parked on the shoulder. thankfully, no serious injuries were reported. hard to look at that. this just in, just one of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a south carolina research facility earlier this week has been captured. workers are trying to lure the other 42 monkeys back with food and nonlethal traps. police say the primates have been seen playing, exploring. they're having a good time in the woods near the facility's perimeter. meantime, police are asking nearby residents to keep doors and windows locked to prevent monkeys from entering their homes. thank you so much for joining me. the cnn newsroom continues right now. you aru are in the cnn news.

i'm jessica dean in new york. it has been four days since they to take the white house and hisl swing. the president elect named his wf credited as the ark tech of his. president trump is moving to asl transition of power. trump has agreed that similar be accepted president obama's visie after president trump won that . watch this. >> my number one priority in ths is to try to facilitate a transs our president-elect is successf. >> mr. president it was an honou and i look forward to being wite times. >> for more on how the trump whg shape we go now to cnn who is jt palm beach.

and what do we know about presis top contend con con ten doors f. i know he is filling out who wim as he goes. >> that's right. there's a lot of activity goingd behind me. i'm told that donald trump has y closely going through all of the wants to fill for these key rols interesting that we haven't seem donald trump ever since we won . we have not seen him publicly ae interview sus and is rarely bee. that's one interesting thing. he is really digging in and taks new job of trying to figure outo serve in his cabinet as well spe roles. >> i want to walk through one ot important roles are at least ind trump. number one, the most important n

his mind that he is going to fif attorney skwr*elg general. after donald trump had left then january of 2021, he had said tht regrets while in office was whos his attorney general. he was referring to jeff sessio. that is at the top of his mind s for him at this current moment. some people on this list. we recorded that eric sh myth tm missouri is one of the top conts role. he was previously the attorney . he was close with donald trump e for both the debates. he was with donald trump on tueo celebrate his election victory. so he is definitely one person . to other people keeping with th. the current attorney general oft

list and as is john rat cliff hf national intelligence. mark is someone who worked as ae previous white house. there are other names on there s is going to be a very key role i would remind you as well as attt donald trump has said that he de justice department to operate at has for the last several years. it is tradition that the justico operate on its own independent e house and the rest of the execu. donald trump wants to change th. he also wants who ever his attoo help him carry out his legal go. part of that is prosecuting hiss and i'm told who ever he chooses going to be someone who donald d believes is very loyal to him. >> and we want know that trump h president biden in the oval off. what more have you heard about ,

trump's thinking about that as t week. >> jessica, i know you and i has story for so long. sit going to be fascinating to n the same room speaking for the , very long time. especially after we know the lee type of attacks that they have r for the past year now. look, this is really a standards tradition. as you noted at the top of the p had met with the former presidee 2016. donald trump did not extend an e biden after losing the 2020 eleh him. i'm told that this is an expects organized. we have some new reporting on ty donald trump's new chief of stas chief of staff. they have been talking for the .

we will see how it shapes up th. >> >> all right in well palm beach. thank you for that reporting. for more on this we are joined l commentator and former trump ca. thanks for coming on. >> jessica, thanks for having m. >> i think so many people out ts about how this trumped a menstry going to shape up. what is actually going to be thw he's thinking act this. how the people around him are t. so i think my first question tos different about trump's strategs 2016 at this particular moment? >> well, jessica, they have theg there once before, right? and learning from the mistakes e first instance. you have a different completelyt personality at the helm of chieo around. i don't expect there will be enk biting and leaking there alread.

it' what unifyed command so to . everybody on this team is a vere there was during the campaign. there was no leaking, no back bn professionally. this transition thus far has bey professionally. they are moving forward with deg incredible amount of meetings fe directly involved. some people are up for cabinet . their participation thus far. i think that they've learned an. i think it will be staffed much. the top positions at least. they will bring in very talente. there's no shortage as you saw s reporting on quality reporting y general. i think that's the roles. you have the chief of staff tha. attorney general is two. white house council is three any of defense and treasury and stan line quickly. if you look at the names that ad

about these are quality people. people are putting their hand ii want to help america get back os have all be ringing their handse saying who will want to serve ip administration. take a look at the list. it's incredibly quality people. i think americans are going to t because the economy is going to. you will have a secure border an quickly. day one there will be 200-300 e. offered up by the president. things will change on january 2. >> and trump as you noted as mon selecting his chief of staff sud him win this campaign. i thought it was interesting thd reportedly our reporting is that come in the white house at will. those were her words according d trump agree with that. what do you make of that? >> listen, i worked on the 2012n

with susie. she's professionalism. she ice like a hammer wraped in. she would crush you if you need. if these people who are in a clo cause distraction for the presif message i would not want to cro. i'm sure she's putting a team tt as a guard to keep the folks ou. listen, this president as you ke information differently and getf different sources. the problem in the lasted a ph-n that there were a lot of peoplel office. the staff secretary job which yl the information flow and decisid important job. we will see who gets that posit. but those are key to finding oue information flow what's going it

signs and what's going out and e different agencies. those are all super important at face value. look at how the cam pane is run. nobody goes around suzy. everyone goes through sue suzy t trump. you talk to susie or chris or se if inner circle there and you gs call list. i think that is most importantld administration. >> yes, it sounds like what youa more professionalism of its andt knowledgement in those words the that surround this president tor president that don't need to beo him in the oval office. >> well, everybody has ideas, r? somebody ideas are better than . the job of the chief of staff ae are others that control informaf the white house.

these policies have been veted h different agencies to see what . omb there's lots of different pe involved. you can't just say want to do to happen. they are incredible giant -- tho big. it's part of the reason that thn wants to shrink it but to have y presidency. in the federal government is in. so these folks that are going io go in there they will have to g. you remember the beginning daysn when they had the every regulat. then at one point they had a pis about four feet tall that they . reducing on american business, l help stream line the economy, by and make prices drop, make thine for individuals at home. all good things. >> i do want to ask you about ps

words. he talked a lot on the campaigng against those who had considereo him or had been unfair to him. i'm curious if you have spoken w seriously you think americans ss sort of rhetoric. i will be honest with you, cleaf americans support the presidentm there are a number of americanse deeply concerned about what thaf he does try to retaliate againsl enemies. >> so jessica, i have not spoket about that specific part. i wilt will not happen. i know you will remember that tr up and how many times the presip talk about locking hillary clind be on jail for what she did on . that was standard at every trum.

i ask the viewers to think how y clinton spend being prosecuted e trump department of justice? zero days. that's how many. how many days was he pierce kaoy the biden administration? more than he can count on one h. so i think this administration . it will not weaponize the depar. i think they will clean house id fire lots of individuals and ste government i would not expect aa can expect that will not occur. >> all right, david irvine as ay much. we appreciate it. >> thank, jessica. thanks for having me. >> iran has denied any involveml donald trump after the justice d federal charges against three pd to call now the president-elect. plus, blaming joe biden for kam. white house speaker nancy pelose president should have gotten ou. and later, the fbi and the depae

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trump before the election. adam press has more. >> reporter: the justice departt iranian plot to kill donald trua broader effort to carry out attt critic of the iranian regime asd israeli citizens. the u.s. prosecutors unsealed in manhattan complained against ane living in teheran and two u.s. e allegedly recruited in one of tn plots. the two americans are in custodn ordered held pending trial. according to the court documentt officials tasked 51 years old tt weeks on surveying and malt -t y assassinating trump. you cannott in a short time frame before thd teheran yeahs believe trump woun target him later. he is still in rarpblg in iran e

justice department. also on the iranian target lista prominent critic of the iraniane iranian haves been trying to kir times. prosecutors say shakari told the various tasks that he was given. this includes plans for a mass t targeted israeli tourists in shs charged with assassinating two s people living in new york city. the u.s. government raised concs trying to retaliate for a droned irgc general. now they say that he is plottedo order the strike as well as a na menstruation officials. more recently in this summer a l was arrested and charged with ss thans to target trump as well al

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gaza. those u.n. reports there's a com u.s. children agency saying in 4 schools across the gaza strip h. that's almost two a day and juss 128 people have been killed incd in the schools and in military y have the report but they say ths frequently uses the schools andn shields. there's ban much more broad gent by the united nations. looking at the casualtys in thet six months of the conflict and e conclusion that 70% of the casun woman an children. that criticize the israeli mili. it hasn't ban reaction yet but y to that but it underlines againn

costs just how intense the fighn gaza and just a massive impact e people of the gaza strip jessic. >> live from jerusalem tonight. thank you so much for that repo. still to come as democrats try w presidential election went wron. former speaker of the house nans pwhraeuplg president biden. we will have more details next .

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>> the blame blame game for kams well in the democratic party. the latest criticism now comings

most powerful leaders. former house speaker nancy pelos may have had a better shot if td stepped aside sooner. joining us now with more on thi. what did the former house speak? >> reporter: jessica, these arem former house speaker nancy pelo. one of the top leaders within t. a really saying that president e gotten out of this election muco that there should have been a or democrats once he did bow out o. you'll remember that president n july after that halting debate t trump which set off alarm bellse democratic party and he quicklys endorsement behind kamala harrie party to go around her but pelow with the new york times said hat gotten out sooner there may havr

candidates in the race. the anticipation was if the prep aside if there would be an openy kamala harris may have i think e well in that and been stronger . she added but we don't know tha. we live with what happened becat endorsed kamala harris immediatt almost impossible to have a pri. if it had been much earlier it n different. now these comments are interestf the things that bidened a vietor he dropped out of the race was a good thing that he moved to ende it caused the party to go aroun. avoiding any in fighting in thor weeks before the democratic nat. but the relationship between biu pelosi has been an interesting . while she was not publicly callp out after that debate performan.

she did leave the door open ande democrats permission to openly e should remain in the race. so it remains unclear whether tn since this whole situation happr but it is a very interesting tor house speaker who is consideredy voices within the democratic pa. >> there's no doubt about that. she also took issue with senatos forecasting blame on the democr. >> she pushed back from a staten the week from senator pwa* who e democratic party focused too mus including of talking about kitcc concerns that americans are fac. and pelosi was blunt in this int bernie saerpbds hasn't won on tl and does not think these are cro

be brought forward. she tried to argue that some oft republicans made with working ce to deal with the cultural issue. she won't pointed to gun, transd reproductive rights as well. but what's happening right now y is likely to continue for quitee is a lot of soul searching, a lt about messaging and strategy ane what exactly went wrong for the. so it will be many more weeks, , potentially years as a democratt handle of why they lost the eley need to do moving forward to wi. >> what you do moving forward. thank you so much for that. and joining us now to discuss tc congresswoman of michigan. congresswoman thank you so much. >> good to be with you. >> i first want to get your reat

was reporting on there. house speaker nancy pelosi's co. do you think president biden sht sooner? do you think that would have ma? >> i'm someone is tired of the . we all of u every single democre serious soul searching. there are wins that we can look. the house has not picked and thd won by and we have some democra. we have who won in tough distri. and before he ever lost we havee working men and woman who are wr they can afford tkwroes groceri.

whether their job is safe. economic issues are real. there arotr issues that the cule there as well but the number one want to know, they want that eci think we all have to soul searc. every democrat has got to do sol searching. >> so congresswoman what does t? how do you do the soul searchin? >> i have been trying to figure. the dnc has to do it as a party. we have to really understand whc did right or wrong. i have to tell you. i think that criticizing me dir. maybe you have to -- but every n a that many times several and al

i'm at a chamber in special eve. i don't travel with an enterago. i'm not sheltered by people. i've had people scream at me bue just stop and talk to me. you've got to listen to people. you have to know how they feel. you have to have empathy and co. donald trump is good at one thi. understanding fierce and anxiet. he plays to people's fear and a. he understands them and he letso those fierce and anxieties. >> and he made historic gains wf democratics across the country d was able to connect with them ao his message and his promises eve history of the last four years o when he came down on that's kal. do you think democrats don't uns

right now? >> it's hard around world now ag out of the pandemic and there ac consequences of covid. but people are hurting right no. he did make gains. i spent a lot of time i don't jy ministers the african american a cover i try to be with them 24 e election cycle. they said to me democrats come . they didn't listen to us. we lost the hispanic community. a an issue is is tpho* anybody y apart. my state in particular is the m. there are people on all sides te raw. they have to figure out how to . these are problems. i sure know people are hurting o address those hurts. >> and what does that look likef

leadership? you think the people who have be democratic party in various wayt time for them to step aside andn try? >> i hate the word new generatie representative government and iy to me does that mean nobody car? es we shouldn't have a voice? >> maybe a fresh voice. just somebody that hasn't been . >> i think you are doing to seet biden is going to move on in jas been sent of kamala harris. there are new people but we havt we are getting somebody new andl listen at the dnc. you will see those changes in a. we've got -- i do think it's a h and new voices in some seasoning

people and i say seasoned. and people between. everybody needs to have a voice. one of the biggest problems we's country right now is care givin. young people as well. young people can't find can chi. they can't afford it. they can't find the care giversd about their parents an seniors t find someone to help them when e giving or afford it. so we had a deal with all of th. so we need representative govere that are not afraid to speak ups to be said and tries to bring pd find solutions. i think the american people ares fighting as well. >> you say it say what is needst more of a speaking straight to . there is this idea that democrad around issue, they have been tot they cannot just call things the

american might say it or whatev. you agree with that assessment? >> i will tell you that i'm nott known for tiptoeing. i say it as it is. >> we do know that. >> but your party more broadly. >> we've got to all start to tae that we've got to be more candid just talk straight. >> yeah, then quickly before i s have to have two more months ofe office. what do you want to see them doo in the next two months? >> well, i think one of the thiy important is we will have to set nominations pushed through. there's a lot of things i wouldo and in the divided government wo do. we have to make sure that some t we have put in are protected. i don't want to see the cross fd out of every fight.

we need to make sure that we are global marketplace. a mix of products. there's a lot of issues.. so we will have to deal with th. and briefly we have to work wits across the aisle and make sure g forward and we don't go back. and we know the other thing. i want to lose labels. i think that the word progressie a lot of people that just want . if you care about environment ya progressive. you have to be someone who caret generation. >> congresswoman thank you so m. >> thank you. we will take a quick break k authorities working to find thet text messages after the electio. stay with us. you're in the cnn news room.

state and federal authoritio find who sent racist text messak americans in more than 20 state. it said point to the nearest plk cotton. one block the vile messages fro. that company in michigan told cn the user and shared everything d fw pbi which was investigating. they are using an app that letss anonymously. >> investigators are trying to s behind a series of racist textsf color in roughly two dozen stato

california. some of them children. >> it's disgusting. it's really -- it doesn't seem a human with a heart and soul wou. >> one of many who received a ty addressed referencing picking ce catchers. today she received an e-mail ca. >> when you saw yet another mest through your mind? >> that was insane sane. that's when i was thinking did y phone? you don't feel safe. in anything that you do becauseo is doing it. >> some of the messages referret donald trump. >> i am one of donald trump's ar cotton picking texts are from 6. you will drop out. >> the trump -pl campaign denoun a statement saying the campaigno with them. but the president of the naacp s represent an alarming increase c

from racist groups across the cl to spread hate and stoke the clt many of us are feeling after tun results. >> it's very scary for a lot of. the fact that happened a day aft really speaks to what i think i. >> at least some of the messageg text now a service that ausers e numbers for free. the company says it believes thd coordinated attack. >> don't click on it. delete it. >> louisiana's a*rg telling cnne behind this are using software r location grabing the messages ts could be anywhere. >> we have nowhere of knowing wl is that's sending the e-mails be to investigate it. >> we learn the fcc is conductin working with federal and state o figure out who is behind this ap

them. jessica? >> thank you for that reporting. up next. we will getting a clearer look e house will look at during its s. what we are learning more aboutl become his chief of staff. we are in the cnn news room.

trump's in coming white hou. she's played a major role in shs behind the scenes. susie wiles has become one of td advisors and key architect of h. >> sue sigh likes to stay in th. let me tell you. we call her the ice. >> donald trump's newly minted e wiles does not enjoy the spotli. the 40 year veteran prefers to d scenes.

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wiles has a string of politicals stories. in 2010 she helped rick scott tf florida. in 2018 she was tapped to save*s campaign for florida governor. he won by 32,000 votes. the closest governor's election. after that amid tpepbgss, wiless sinner circle. she went back to work on trump'n team. in 2020 drum -p brought her bact his campaign standing in florid. he ended up winning florida by e points against joe biden. >> sue sigh wiles is the versioe ali. she does not lose. >> reporter: that fighting spird early on. she grew up with two brothers af professional football player tul

broadcaster. cnn has learned wiles insisted n conditions. top of the list more control ovo the oval office. >> she wants to make sure that s prioritys from first followed tt they don't want distractions. she is laser focused. >> senator joe also describes ss calming. donald trump likes to surround s and that susie w*eu les has eara winner givenen all her campaigne stacked up in the state of flort presidential election. keep in mind that donald trump f staffs during his first term ase wiles wants to bring an anti-cho this next trump white house so t plays out. palm beach county, florida. >> thanks for that reporting. >> coming up, president-elect tt the white house next week. what we know about the meeting n

in the oval office. that's after a quick break.

you are in the cnn news room. as the trump white house begins to take shape, a litany of legal questions top the agenda. what will the legal standing be? will jack smith resign or be fired? and what will happen to the cases against trump in new york and fulton county, georgia. will he tried to pardon january 6 convicts? and who will trump pick as his top cop?