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president obama tried to reassure his audience saying progress follows a winding path. >> the next american president, and i could not be more different. we have very different points of view, but, american democracy is bigger than any one person. >> scott, president obama is likely to hear more concerns tomorrow in germany. a key u.s. allies who chief diplomat called donald trump a preacher of hate. >> margaret brennan with the president. margaret, thank you.
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well three manhattan high rises divested themselves of the trump name today. the gold letters were taken down from apartment buildings that he built but sold a few years ago. hundreds of teed off tenants signed a petition to remove trump's name. simply want a neutral building identity. democrats identified their new leadership in the senate today. the new minority leader is chuck schumer of new york. the team ranges from the progressive bernie sanders of vermont to the moderate joe manchion. dick durbin, minority whip. patty murray of washington moves
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>> in two months, mr. trump will be commanding troops in comb battle for the first time. with u.s. forces fighting and advising in syria and iraq. we asked war correspondent, holly williams to compare the campaign rhetoric with the campaign against isis. >> this new isis propaganda video shows the the treacherous urban battlefield in the fight for mosul. narrow streets that isis car bombs can slip down unnoticed. surprising the iraqi army with deadly blasted. president elect trump threatened to bomb the hell out of isis. but with around a million civilians in mosul, indiscriminately air strikes are impossible. >> i know more about isis than, than the generals do. believe me. >> during his campaign, mr. trump said he would send in up to 30,000 u.s. troops to take on isis.
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he would pressure other countries to fight instead. >> i would hit them so hard your head would spin. there is nobody bigger or better at the military than i am. >> reporter: on the ground in iraq, the u.s. spent two years of careful diplomacy, building a fragile co-legislation to fight isis. which the trump administration will now inherit. across the border in syria, aleppo is again being bombard by air strikes on rebel held areas. killing civilians and damaging hospitals. strikes from its aircraft carrier in the mediterranean sea. despite international condemn nation of russia's actions, the president elect suggest heed will work together with moscow and would end american support for syrian rebels. in syria's multisided conflict, scott, that could benefit russia's ally, the syrian
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people for more than four years. >> holly williams reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, thank you. in another important story, a saint anthony, minnesota police officer charged with
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happy to talk about his movies, and his marriage, and let the rest speak for itself. >> reporter: next march you will have been married for 25 years. >> that is correct. it seems like 25 weeks. i feel very positively about it and -- and very lucky. shortage of drivers has abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 678 it's ryan's cell phone. gibbs: isolate calls from psy-ops, government-issued lines.
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ng for people in your community. shortage of drivers has trucking companies recruiting retirees. some say they shouldn't behind the wheel. kris van cleave has the story. >> for ronnie hooks it was supposed to be a day of celebration. he was about to become an elde arriving from oklahoma city. it all changed when a semidriven by a 76-year-old rolled on three cars, killing ten including ronnie's parents and two brothers. >> i was on the phone with them when it happened that day. the phone went dead. >> reporter: it remains the deadliest crash in oklahoma's history. highway patrol lieutenant, investigated the accident. >> do you think his age played into that at all? >> i do. i do. i think -- some medical
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aware of later on, played a factor in that. >> reporter: as the head of the state accident investigation unit he know tisd increasing number of crashes involving elderly commercial drivers. >> industry is looking for truck drivers. a shortage in truck drivers. they won't self regulate. only way that could be done is on the federal level. >> reporter: this august a new jersey transit bus was t-boned by another bus driven by a 70-year-old. days later a truck driven by a 4 we looked at 12 states and found in three years there was a 19% increase in accidents involving older drivers. many of them, in their 70s 80s and even about a dozen in their 90s. but with such a shortage of drivers, the industry is actively recruiting retirees. with a hidden camera rolling, we sent a retired texas state trooper, posing as a senior looking for work, to a road
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>> is there an age limit or anything? >> there is not. we had two ladies -- they were probably in their 80s. as long as you are physically and, physically able to get behind that wheel and drive that truck. they need their goods delivered. >> daphne jefferson is deputy administrator at fmcsa. yet we are ready to say one way or another if there need to be a change in the driver rules for say drivers over 65. >> for the hooks family it is already too late. >> we have all had to learn how to deal with it. deal with it, recurring memories and the pain. of not having them. >> one trucking association confirmed, but when it comes to big rig crashes those are often caused by other drivers. >> that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new
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captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, november 17th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." trump tran circumstances. gh determine who will help the president-elect run the country are happening in new york city. find out who has been spotted coming and going from trump tower. and hillary clinton makes her his public appearance since her concession speech. >> i've seen my share of ups and downs, but i still believe that we can make the impossible possible. good morning from the studio

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