>> i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. >> but that's not all hillary clinton said in her first comments since the concession. plus, donald trump is getting closer to naming key cabinet posts with more names being floated. >> new details on the minnesota police officer who has now been criminally charged in the july shooting of motorist philando castille. >> a frightening scene where a train cuts a car in half and incredibly, the driver and passenger walk away. >> find out why bob dylan is skipping his nobel prize award ceremony. >> plus, a brother makes a catch of a lifetime. >> and kate upton goes on a

tirade over her fiance being passed up for the cy young award. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> i'm frances rivera. we're hearing from hillary clinton for the first time since she conceded the presidential race to donald trump. as her popular vote margin passes the 1 million mark, an emotional clinton said she was close to staying away from the public for the foreseeable future. >> will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me. there have been a few times this past week when all i wanted to do is just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never the house again. >> clinton's appearance came as she was honored by the children's defense fund. she conceded how difficult the last week's results were. while making her best attempt to inspire the crowd to live a life of public service. >> i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election.

i am, too. more than i could ever express. i know this isn't easy. i know that over the past week, a lot of people have asked themselves whether america is the country we thought it was. the divisions laid bare by this election lay deep. but please listen to me when i say this, america is worth it. our children are worth it. believe in our country. fight for our values, and never, ever give up. >> also this morning, word of just who would be in president-elect's white house. lieutenant general michael flynn, a trump loyalist and vice chair of the transition team is emerging as a top pick for national security adviser. the news comes from a source familiar with the transition source. however, as has been the case in trump's unprecedented run, nothing is final until trump says actually it is. and flynn isn't the only new

name grabbing headlines this morning. south carolina governor nikki haley has been floated for the secretary of state post. this as rudy giuliani's consulting history is under more scrutiny. hallie jackson reports. >> through trump tower's revolving door, a countdown to cabinet selections. another name now in the mix for secretary of state. sources familiar with the discussion citing south carolina governor nikki haley who begrudgingly backed trump even after he said her constituents are embarrassed by her. >> are you going to support donald trump? >> great to be in cleveland. >> so far, no response from the governor's office. eight days in, president-elect trump's looking a lot like candidate trump did. inside his transition, much of what happened during his campaign, internal jockeying, leadership changes, complaints privately and publicly. no one really knows who's in charge. >> i think there is some confusion going on about a chain

of command coming utof new york. >> vice president elect mike pents, the new transition team leader, touring his soon to be home with vice president joe biden. trump's team blamed the griping on sour grapes of people purged out. >> i was in d.c. yesterday at both transition offices. very engaged, full of energy. >> while both bushes made their cabinet nominations within a few days, it took president obama two weeks. president clinton, more than a month. by that timeline, president-elect trump is on pace. >> every transition goes through chaos. every transition goes through turnover. >> trump's insisting his is going smoothly, in a weet attacking the media like he did his whole campaign. >> trump is expected to meet with governor haley later this morning. also a sit down with prime

minister shinzo abe. he put out a call sheet of all the leaders trump has been in connection with since the election. they listed 169 or 180 members of congress demanding trump remove steve bannon. he's the newly minted white house senior strategists appointed by trump. perhaps the most boisterous bannon denunciation may have come from senator bernie sanders. >> i call upon mr. trump to rescind the appointment that he made of mr. bannon. a president of the united states should not have a racist at his side. unacceptable. >> now, to this rare move. the minnesota police officer involved in the july shooting death of 32-year-old philando castille has been charged with second degree manslaughter. his attorney said the client pulled castille looked like a

suspect in a recent armed robbery. the officer is expected to plead not guilty when he appears in court on friday. blake mccoy has details. >> oh, my god. please don't tell me he's dead. >> the aftermath of philando castille's killing by police was seen around the world. tonight, the officer who fired the shots is charged. he's charged with second degree manslaughter carrying up to ten years in jail and two counts of dangerously discharged a firearm, each carrying up to five years. he's previously said he thought he was reaching for a gun. castile had a permit to carry. >> i told him not to reach for it. >> you told him to get his i.d., sir. >> the attorney said he was calm and complying with the officer's demands. >> his dying words were in

protest that he was want reaching for his gun. there simply was no objective threat posed to the officer. >> minnesota's plea union said it's disappointed with the charges, adding no one can speak to the officer for what he encountered. >> overseas now, the russian-led bombing campaign in syria has resumed in full force after a three-week moratorium. the hardest hit area continues to be aleppo. and officials tell nbc news the syrian regime is responsible for those attacks, while the russians, they believe, have been focusing on other areas of the country. among the latest destruction, the only children's hospital in rebel-held eastern aleppo. it had the only relatively advanced maternity ward in the area. one of the hospital's doctors say there's 90,000 children still in aleppo. >> dozens of wildfires have skoe scorched acres in the southeast, and firefighters are coming in

to fight inblazes. this is largest mobilization of forces since the hurricane sandy recovery efforts in 2012. while some of the fires were caused unintentially, authorities are investigating several arson cases. >> we have incredible video for you this morning out of massachusetts. check this out. the luckiest day ever for the two people in this car. upper left-hand corner of the screen, a car appears to ignore the train crossing when a commuter train crushes the car and splits it literally in half. now take a look at this. the people you're seeing there on the screen were the passengers in the car. both appear to be unharmed as they walk away. police are now searching for the couple who they say fled the scene. the accident happened around 10:30 p.m. last night. the driver reportedly struck another car and in an attempt to escape drove around the lowered crossing gates before being hit by the train. incredible images gives you an idea of how bad that crash was.

massachusetts transportation authority is investigating this incident. >> as if they just took the car and snapped it. >> lucky day for those two people in that car. >> just ahead, bob dylan says thanks but no thanks to the nobel prize ceremony. we'll explain ahead. >> but first, bill karins with a chilly winter forecast. >> the temperatures have dropped in the west, and now we're watching the snow storm from the central rockies to the central plains. wyoming is getting snow and also porgs of southern montana. blizzard warnings are issues for south dakota and minnesota, nebraska, and a portion of colorado. as far as the highest snow totals, the mountains of wyoming, and this area could get

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kaufman's new bill. if passed, the legislation would cut funding to schools spending taxpayer dollars on cry zones is what they call them. counseling and other safe spaces. the republican lawmaker is also looking to create new penalties for protesters blocking highways. he noted that existing therapy and mental health services in schools will not be targeted, the proposal will be introduced in january 2017 when we go from president-elect donald trump to now president trump, when that inauguration takes place. >> moving on to the music world. bob dylan won't attend sweden's nobel prize ceremony next month. his excuse -- pre-existing commitments. they made the announcement on the website after receiving a personal letter. dylan said he feels honored and wishes he could receive the literature prize in person. the academy said the decision is unusual but it does respect it. not exceptional, and while dylan's website lists no tour dates for december, the academy

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right now at 4:30, a frosty start, break out the winter jackets, kari hall is back with us to tell us how to prepare for the bay area's coldest morning of the season so far. new overnight in the south bay, a man hit and killed on a freeway on-ramp. mao the chp is turning to the public for help with answers. our own kris sanchez will have a live report in moments. walking out. the reason students at uc berkeley plan to stand up and leave class in a matter of hours. "today in the bay" starts right now. good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock.