captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, december 8th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." on the run. a manhunt is underway for the person suspected of shooting two georgia police officers, killing one of them. >> back off! back off! >> chaos and fear erupting at a reno high school as a knife-wielding student is shot by a campus police officer. and twitter attack. the president-elect lashes out against a union leader who called mr. trump out on his carrier deal.

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a suspect who killed a georgia police officer and wounded another is on the run this morning. law enforcement officials are looking for this man, minguell lembrick. a 30,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest. shortly after the shooting, a message on his facebook page read another life gone and not going to jail. doam wednesday morning in the town of americus, about 130 miles south of georgia. an americus police officer and an officer from georgia southwestern state university responded to a domestic dispute. >> gunshots were exchanged and the two officers were wound. >> reporter: police say 25-year-old americus officer nicholas smar was killed and jody smith was critically wounded.

32-year-old minguell lembrick as the gunman and offering a reward for his arrest. >> he is considered armed and dangerous. >> reporter: the georgia bureau of investigation and the fbi and at least 20 law enforcement agencies are working together to find lembrick. on his facebook page the suspect allegedly wrote he was not going to jail. >> this is a very dangerous individual and we need to have him off the streets. >> reporter: police say he has outstanding warrants for kidnapping and other charges related to a previous domestic incident but the two officers did not know his background when they responded to the 911 call. georgia southwestern university went into lockdown as a precaution, though the shooting happened off campus. >> campus is safe and at no time were any students involved or in danger. >> reporter: at least five other georgia law enforcement officers have been killed by gunmen so far this year. don champion, cbs news. a knife wielding nevada high school student is in critical condition after being shot by a police officer.

what appeared to be two knives yesterday morning at huck high school in reno. students rushed to get out of the way and officers shot the suspect after he refused to surrender. >> there was an altercation between two students on campus. at some point following that altercation, one student, a 14-year-old male, had armed himself with a knife. once armed with a knife, the student began threatening others on campus. >> no one else was injured. incident. this morning, much of the country is engulfed by an arctic deep freeze. temperatures up to 35 degrees below normal stretch from the northern plains south and there is snow, too. so much in north dakota that even tow trucks are getting stuck. there are whiteout conditions and the weather system is expected to last for days. chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has details. >> reporter: we continue to watch some of the coldest air

freezer door is open to the arctic and seep down to the northern states by the end of the week and deep into the southeast by the time we get to saturday morning and looking at this pattern that will hold on the next seven to ten days. not a short thing but a longer term pattern for this month. friday morning looking at lows 20 below zero in north dakota 20s all the way down into mississippi, alabama, and georgia. and by the time we get to saturday morning, sub freezing air as far south as north florida. so freeze or profit conditions are possible for many of the citrus groves there. cold air machine will be cranking up in the next feud. we will be measuring it in feet down wind of all the great lakes. windy, very cold, mid winter conditions. there is another system we are watching out on the west coast. this one not just bringing mountain snow through the rest of this week but low land snow in and around seattle. very low snow levels so wintry conditions really stretching out across the country. i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. president-elect donald trump continues his thank you tour in

his latest cabinet appointments include a climate change denier to head the epa, but this morning's headlines is about a growing feud between mr. trump and a union leader who criticized mr. trump's claim to have saved 1,100 jobs in indiana. roxana saberi is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the union leader called mr. trump's deal to save jobs at the carrier plant in indiana a promise halfway delivered. soon after that, the president-elect lashed out on twitter. the latest dustup came after indiana's united steelworkers union president chuck jones appeared on cnn, blasting president-elect donald trump for overstating the number of jobs that would be saved as part of the carrier deal. >> we have a lot of our members when the word was coming out of 1,100, they thought that they would have a job. then they find out the next day after friday, that most likely they weren't. 550 were still going to lose

trump fired back on twitter writing, in part, chuck jones has done a terrible job representing workers. no wonder companies flee the country. just last week, the president-elect visited the indianapolis-based plant to tout the deal to keep 800 jobs in the u.s. >> companies are not going to leave the united states any more without consequences. not going to happen. >> reporter: the comments came as mr. trump made another controversial nomination to his cabi tapping oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt to head the environmental protection agency. pruitt has repeatedly sued the epa over fossil fuel regulations. >> it is the most damming thing that i see with respect to our ability to grow as a country. >> reporter: in a statement this year, a club said having pruitt in charge of the epa is like putting an arsonist in charge of fighting fires.

wrestle i wrestling champion linda mcmahon to head the small business administration and john kelly to run the department of homeland security. mr. trump also travels to the ohio state university in columbus, ohio, today, to meet with first responders and victims of a car and knife attack there last month. the incident left 13 people injured. a campus police officer shot and killed the attacker. >> roxana saberi here in new york, thanks a lot. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk to susan page, "usa today" washington bureau chief, about how the trump administration is shaping up. two juveniles are being held in tennessee charged with starting the wildfires that killed 14 people. the fires damaged or destroyed more than 400 homes d other buildings in east tennessee in and near the great smoky mountains national park. the juveniles are from tennessee but they are not from that area. officials say the fire that killed 36 people in the oakland warehouse started on the ground

quickly. the broke broke out last friday night. there was a dance party taking place on the second floor. there were no sprinklers or fire alarms. the fast moving smoke and flames trapped the victims. the trial of dylann roof the man charged with murdering nine people in a black south carolina church resumes today. the u.s. attorney called roof's act cold and calculated and that he fired more than 70 times. than 70 times. one witness looked toward roof and described him as evil. roof's attorney suggested he should be spared the death penalty. russia said this morning, it is close to reaching an understanding on the besieged syrian city of aleppo. syrian rebels are calling for a cease-fire to evacuated wounded virgin islands. the kremlin says the deal to allow them to leave the city will be on the agenda when john kerry meets the russian foreign minister in germany today.

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a powerful delta four rocket lights the evening sky at cape canaveral. it lifted a u.s. air force satellite into a high orbit more than 22,000 miles above the equator. it will be a vital communications link for u.s. troops worldwide. a push in ohio for another restrictive abortion bill and a plane crash investigation into pakistan. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "wall street journal" reports that the crash of a pakistan international airliner killed all 48 people aboard. it went down yesterday in the country's mountainous northwest region. the pilots reported an engine

"the columbus dispatch" reports the passage of the nation's strictest abortion limit in ohio. a bill sent to the governor would prohibit abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. now that could be as early as six weeks into the pregnancy. a ban on abortions after 20 weeks is expected to be passed today. twin cities.com says the nation's first somali american lawmaker was harassed by a d.c. cabbie. she wrote on facebook that thedr shouted anti-muslim insults and threatened to rip off her hijab. she was just elected to the represent a minneapolis neighborhood in minnesota's legislature. "the washington post" says president obama will sign a bill to boost medical research and ease drug approvals. both parties support the 21st century cure act. it includes nearly $2 billion for the cancer moonshot research backed by joe biden.

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she also revealed she had once kissed michael jackson. memories of high school. oh, man! on the cbs "moneywatch." mcdonald's puts a spin on its french fries and crackdown on a reverse mortgage ads. hena daniels is at the new york stock change with that and more. >> good morning. the dow and s&p 500 opened at all-time highs. investors grabbed stocks that tend to do better in faster economic growth like tech and industrial companies. the dow jones jumped 297 points. the s&500 gained 29. the nasdaq finished 60 points higher. two southern california reverse mortgage companies have been fined for deceptive advertising practices. american advisers group, reverse mortgage solutions, and ag financial used ads to mis-lead people to reassuring claims can i lose mhouse? no, u can't. reverse mortgages give homeowners cash in exchange for equity in their homes. the ads are aimed at retirees or those approaching retirement. the diet supplement retailer

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headlight where obstacles are visible compared to a vehicle that received a poor headlight rating. of the cars tested, 38 received the top honor of safety pick plus. toyota lexus had the most models, followed by honda and its acura division. are cars safer now more than ever before? >> absolutely. >> reporter: automatic emergency braking is part of the reason why. it's now standard in more than 20 models. motor trend's chris claw says safety braking part of their system cars added it and believes it will do it with improved headlights. >> when consumers are asked what their priorities are when shopping for a car, safety is one of the top three items that they mention. >> reporter: you don't have to break the bank to buy safety. the iass found top perform ing cars in most every vehicle class. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"

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a national job placement company is being sued for legedly favoring hispanics over african-americans. dean reynolds reports from chicago. >> reporter: mvp staffing is a job placement agency that operates 60 offices in 38 states. its vehicles carry thousands of mostly temporary workers to client companies every day. and it now stands accused of rigging the business agast african-americans. built on the testimony of alleged mvp whistle blowers, the lawsuit charges the company systematically placed hispanics

hispanics were often undocumented and less inclined to complain about hours and conditions. jeff sellers represents them. >> the actions of mvp have uncovered were either responsive to the client company's demands or what they anticipated the client companies wanted. >> reporter: 29-year-old kevin james turned to mvp after a string of odd jobs. how many times did you seek a job through them? >> i would say aleast 20 times. >> reporter: and you got it once? >> thaorret is c. of work for the last month aout- to placement agencies like mvp. >> i was hoping i could go up to one of thoseompanies and seek help for work. >> reporter: is strait frung that you can't? >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: african-americans who make up 29% of chicago's population account for 52% of the city's unemployed. the lack of jobs or even the hope of landing onis considered factor in the city's escating violence.

feing of disenfranchisement in a variety of ways and some may respond with violence. others respond in other ways, but it is -- it really is sort of a cancer the fabric of the community. >> reporter:e have called and e-mailed mvp staffing since th lawsuit was filed on tuesday, but the company has had no comment. the workers involved in the case are suing for an end to the discriminationas well as the lost wages they say was caused by it. chicag here is another look at this rning's top story. a manhunt is underway for minguell lembrick who authorits lieve shot a police officer and wounded another. he is considered armed and dangerous. the officers were shot responded to a domestic dispute about 130 miles south of atlanta coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"

in her fir national tv interview since her affair with david petras became public four years ago. plus efforts to stop the widespread actions of surgeons performing two or more operations at the same time. and gayle talks with legendary musician don henley about his new kennedy center honor. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching.

now at 4:30 - another cold morning ... but this time mother nature threw some light full forecast in just a couple of minutes. 3 plus--- a man ?shot in the back? overnight... crashes into two cars in milwaukee.now police are ?also? investigating a ?death.?we'll explain. thursday december 8th. get ready to face some more brutal weather this morning.we're dealing with another cold blast. in addition to the cold cold... we also saw some snow flurries overnight! are we expecting more snow today? today?jessica tighe is in the weather center with micheal this morning.good morning! 3 ((???quick 30 second wx tease 5)