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victory lap. donald trump gives his first speech since election night as public health officials sound the alarm over his decision to tap robert f. kennedy jr. to oversee the nation's health agencies. [ screams ] scare in the air. severe turbulence forces a miami-bound plane to make a u-turn mid flight and return to europe. and on the front lines, we're on the ground with firefighters in new york as they battle a massive fueled by a -- a massive wildfire fueled by a good morning, i'm michael george. president-elect donald trump made his first full public address since winning the presidential election. he touted his victory and praised his allies including his cabinet picks. now one of his latest choices, robert f. kennedy jr., for secretary of health and human services, is sparking controversy over his anti-vaccine beliefs and conspiracy theory about fluoride in drinking water. it oversees medicare, medicaid,

as well as drugs, vaccines, and food safety plus medical research. jarred hill now with more. what's been the reaction to this pick? >> reporter: i mean, it's about as complicated as rfk jr.'s views on some of these issues. in particular, some of the more controversial statements about vaccines and fluoride raising questions on the hill. his talk about fixing food and big pharma have gotten bipartisan praise, but a big question for some is is he qualified, and can he get confirmed. >> we won the popular vote. i love that. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump taking a victory lap at mar-a-lago last night, announced north dakota governor doug burgum as his pick for secretary of the interior. >> we're going to do things with energy and with land, interior, that is going to be incredible. >> reporter: but it's his choice of former democrat robert f. kennedy jr. for secretary of health and human services that's grabbing headlines.

>> you're going to do some unbelievable things -- nobody's going to be able to do it like you it. >> reporter: kennedy ran as an independent in the 2024 election before dropping out to endorse trump. rfk jr.'s push to combat chronic disease and clean up the food supply has resonated with the maga base and beyond. but it's his calls to remove fluoride from drinking water and criticisms of vaccines that have raised concerns among public health experts. >> there's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. >> as a pediatrician i know that there's nothing that i did that had more value for the children in my practices than ensuring that they were vaccinated fully and on time. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the fallout continues over trump's pick for attorney general. with even some republican senators questioning whether former florida congressman matt gaetz will have a path to confirmation. >> i have concerns that he can't get across the finish line and we're going to spend a lot of political capital. >> reporter: gaetz resigned from the house to pursue the nomination wednesday, just days

before the house ethics committee had planned to vote on whether to release a report regarding allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use. matt gaetz has denied any wrongdoing. >> let's talk about the matt gaetz ethics report. is there any chance the public could see this? will even senators be able to see it? >> my hard answer is not going to be satisfying, but the journey is going to be worth it. so before he resigned, the house ethics committee was going to meet actually today about releasing that report. because they only have jurisdiction over current members of the house a public release, it seems unlikely at this point. a bunch of republican senators include something on the gop-led judiciary committee, which would oversee gaetz's nomination for the ag, say they do want to see what is in this investigation. one said he would be open to issuing a subpoena, at least getting the evidence that they were using to weigh a major decision for the country. so again, my final answer -- it's not clear.

>> all right. we'll continue to watch it. thank you so much. president biden is in peru for the start of a six-day visit to latin america. he arrived in lima yesterday for the apec summit and will stop in the amazon rainforest and g20 summit in brazil next week. on saturday he's set to meet one on one with chinese president xi jinping. it's their third meeting since biden became president. now this is the final major international summit for biden before he leaves office. some scary moments on board a scandinavian airlines flight when it hit severe turbulence. [ screams ] some terrifying video there. the plane with 254 passengers on board was traveling from stockholm to miami yesterday when it was hit by turbulence over greenland. photos show food and carry-on bags lining the aisles. the pilot made a u-turn and headed to copenhagen so the plane could be checked out. good news, no reports of serious injuries.

a rare season of autumn wildfires is raging across northern new jersey, and while firefighters are making progress they say it's like nothing they've ever experienced. cbs' tom hanson is embedded with them as they tackle flames across very difficult terrain on the new jersey-new york border. >> reporter: stubborn flames continue to burn in new york and new jersey. >> i've been doing this i guess about 30 years, and this is a completely different type of fire-fighting. very -- all new to us. >> reporter: it's a nonstop seemingly endless fight, and it's taken a toll. >> they're getting worn out. our folks in new jersey have been running crazy since late august. [ siren ] >> reporter: fire crews led us up slippery, rugged hillsides. >> this a lot of rock. hard on our feet and hard on our tools. >> reporter: through mangled trees and dried brush, fuel for the blaze. teams here are clearing paths, creating fire breaks, and looking for hot spots. see this smoldering hillside? this is what they're trying to prevent from jumping down the

hill, tearing toward those homes that are in the fire's path. in front of those homes, hoses provided an extra layer of protection. none have burned so far, but all remain vulnerable as new jersey faces its driest conditions in nearly a century. new jersey has had no significant rainfall since august, and the state just endured its driest october since 1895. at this time last year, the entire region was mostly drought free. now it's covered by drought, ranging from moderate to extreme. and now blanketed by smoke and flames that take extraordinary effort to even reach. >> you're using a lot of energy just to get up to this point here, to hike up this hill, to be in this gear. you're almost exhausted. >> reporter: the hillsides have been burning for days, with more dry conditions in the forecast. authorities are especially concerned about the homes that are precariously close to the flames. and of course, the people who live in them. tom hanson, cbs news, greenwood

lake, new york. from the bone-dry conditions in the northeast to the drenching, dangerous weather in the caribbean. tropical storm sara made landfall in northern honduras last night. the national hurricane center says heavy rain could cause catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides. the storm could also dump heavy rain across parts of central america and southern mexico. it's expected to linger in the caribbean through the weekend before slowly moving into the gulf of mexico early next week. a startling change of hands in the online media world. "infowars," the far right website once owned by alex jones, whose baseless theories about a mass school shooting forced him into bankruptcy, has been sold at auction to a most unlikely buyer. cbs' lilia luciano has the story. i'm going to be here until they come and turn the lights off -- >> reporter: until the end, alex jones was defiant after the conspiracy theorist lost his "infowars" media platform sold to the satirical news publication "the onion."

"the onion" had the support of the connecticut sandy hook families, among those who won over $1.4 billion in a defamation judgment against jones in 2022. this summer a court ruled jones' assets including the media company had to be sold. >> his historic messaging and attacks and stuff started immediately after the shooting. >> reporter: robbie parker's 6-year-old daughter emily was among the 26 victims killed during the sandy hook massacre in 2012. the day after the shooting, an emotional parker spoke it the -- spoke to the media. jones used that moment it label him a crisis actor and the shooting a hoax. >> i'm so blessed to be her dad. >> reporter: what do you hope will this from this? >> i'm not going to be able to shut alex joins up, that wasn't the goal. we want to make it as hard as possible for him to do the type of harm that he does. >> reporter: the ceo explained the company won the bidding war because those connecticut families agreed to waive part of

the amount that jones owed them. do you hope it will be profitable? >> we're going to make it bigger and better. we want people to be like, "infowars," that funny website. instead of that horrible place of fun house mirror horrors. >> reporter: he says the goal is to fight fear with funny, but it might not happen as soon as they wish since a judge in texas ordered a hearing after jones and his legal team challenged the auction in bankruptcy court. lilia luciano, cbs news, new york. coming up, a suspected terrorist faces charges of planning violent attacks in houston and supporting isis. and the deep end of the pool. a police officer pulls off an amazing rescue. ♪ (vo) living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler? it's a bit of a dinosaur. albuterol only treats your symptoms, not inflammation— a cause of asthma attacks. treating symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms

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the country. ♪ tense moments in new zealand's parliament as lawmakers clashed over a new proposed law regarding indigenous land rights. a vote was suspended and two lawmakers ejected when members member began a traditional group dance. an exodus from x and a big fashion merger falls apart at the seams. chris welch has those stories and more in cbs "moneywatch." >> reporter: stocks closed lower thursday after federal reserve chair jerome powell poured cold water on investors' hopes for another interest rate cut this year. the dow lost 207 points. the nasdaq, 123. the s&p was down 36. an urgent warning about

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