only at longhorn steakhouse. captioning sponsored by cbs trump backtracks on obamacare. >> reporter: are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered? >> yes. >> pelley: a first look at an exclusive "60 minutes" interview. also point, christie's out, pence is in, as the team is shaken up. an anti-trump march turns into a riot. >> we are here for love. we are not here to spread hate. >> pelley: there's a jump in accidents with more elderly truck drivers at the wheel. >> reporter: do you think his age played into that at all? >> i do, i do. >> pelley: and why would a couple wait nine years to open a wedding gift? >> you kind of wonder, you know, at the time to turn to the box.

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: on the campaign trail, donald trump could not have been more clear about what he intended to do with president obama's health care law. >> real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing obamacare. ( cheers ). >> pelley: but today, in a "60 minutes" his family, the president-elect appeared to step back from that. here's what he told lesley stahl. >> reporter: let me ask you about obamacare, which you say you're going to repeal and replace. when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered? >> yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest assets. >> reporter: you're going to keep na. >> also children living with

keep that. >> we're going to very much try to keep that. it as cost but it's very much something we're anything to try to keep. >> reporter: and there's going to be a period if you repeal it and before you replace it when millions of people-- >> no, we're going to do it simultaneously. it will be just fine. that's what i do. i do a good job. you know, i know how to do this stuff. we're going to repeal it and replace it. we're not going to have, like, a two-day period, and we're not going to have a two-year period where there's nothing. it will be repealed and replaced and we'll know. for much less money. >> pelley: mr. trump also spoke about the phone call that essentially ended the election. >> reporter: hillary called you. tell us about that phone call. >> so, hillary called, and it was a lovely call, and it was a tough call for her. i mean, i can imagine. tougher for her than it would have been for me, and for me it would have been very-- very difficult. she couldn't have been nicer.

donald. well done." and i said, i want to thank you very much. you were a great competitor." she's very strong and very smart. >> reporter: what about bill clinton? did you talk to him? >> he did. he called the next kay. >> reporter: really? what did he say? >> he actually called last night. >> reporter: what did he say? >> and he-- he couldn't have been more gracious. he said it was an amazing run, one of the most amazing he's ever seen. >> reporter: he said that. >> he was very, very nice. >> reporter: you know, you said that you might call president obama for advice. would you think of calling president clinton for advice? >> well, he's a very talented guy, both of them. i mean, this is a very talented family. certainly, i would certainly think about that. >> pelley: you can see lesley stahl's interview with the president-elect and the first family sunday on "60 minutes." mr. trump shook up his

mike pence takes the helm, chris christie takes a seat outside the inner circle. here's major garrett. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: naming vice president-elect mike pence to the top transition post is designed to reassure congressional republicans. pence served six terms in the house and was a prominent member of the republican governors association, giving him nationwide g.o.p. ties that could calm skeptics of mr. trump's anti-establishment agenda. >> to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> reporter: pence replaces new jersey governor chris christie, who reluctantly accepted a demotion. mr. trump also added his three children and son-in-law jared kushner, along with republican national commit chairman reince priebus, who is making a strong play for white house chief of staff. >> reince is a superstar.

recommendationes to the president-elect. some top contenders like rudy giuliani for attorney general, may spark alarm given his incendiary campaign rhetoric. >> here is the simple fact-- they're crooks. >> reporter: others, like texas congressman jeb hensarling for treasury secretary would appear slightly more conventional. john bolton is vying for secretary of state, or national security adviser, along with michael flynn. and alabama senator jeff sessions is the leading candidate for defense secretary. >> i very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future. >> reporter: mr. trump has stressed unity in his public appearances since the election, but he sent conflicting messages on twitter. >> hey-hey. >> reporter: he decried those demonstrating against his election as "professional protesters incite the by the

unfair." nine hours later mr. trump reversed himself writing, "love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. we will all come together and be proud." mr. trump may soften the blow of christie's demotion with a position such as secretary of homeland security or attorney general. scott, mr. trump's transition team is behind schedule because during the campaign he refused to discuss their work or raise the money for the needed staff. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house for us tonight. those anti-trump protests have been going on for three nights now in a number of cities. anna werner is in portland, oregon. >> we are here for love. we are not here to spread hate. >> reporter: what had been a peaceful gathering of more than 4,000 in portland, oregon, turned into what police called a riot just after midnight, as protesters smashed windows and threw objects.

across the country, people of all ages, all races gathered in cities to protest against the president-elect from baltimore. >> he is a dangerous man. he's a dangerous person to have in the white house. >> reporter: ...to milwaukee. >> we gotta start someplace and do something. >> i'm terrified. i'm scared. >> reporter: and los angeles. >> i just think he's hateful and a misogynist and racist and i think he's going to gut country, everything obama's done. >> what are you doing to this woman! >> reporter: there were vice president clashes in houston as well. >> no trump, no trump. >> reporter: and a raucous protest in new orleans, though, some like steve wood, say it's too soon to complain. >> it happened. it's been acknowledged, all th the-- all were parties to it, including our president, recognize it. >> reporter: portland's mayor called the rioting that left broken windows at these

tonight, scott, one organizers hope will be peaceful. >> pelley: it does make you wonder how many of those people bothered to vote. anna werner, thanks very much. a fuse has been lit by incendiary words that we haven't heard before in politics. jim axelrod is following where that fuse leads so far. >> reporter: three days later, the state of the union is raw. >> you voted trump! yeah! >> reporter: in chicago, this white man was beaten after traffic dispute with some african americans in another car. >> beat his ( bleep ). >> don't vote trump! >> reporter: in the background, people celebrate a trump voter getting pummeled. there's plenty of nastiness to go around. that's "build the wall" these middle schoolers are chanting in royal oak, michigan, leaving latino students in tears. >> white power! >> reporter: and a call of white power while students hold

of a school in york, pennsylvania. online, the accounts are piling up. swastikas in philadelphia, familiar sexist vulgarities in college station, texas. gay families burn in hell, in north carolina. anand and #whitesonly may be the least offensive thing written on a door in a hool in minnesota where ateh ndip is a junior. fred ndip, who moved his family here from >> i was shocked. i was upset. i was angry. but i also felt that i had to protect my son. >> reporter: so far, the president-elect has offered up this in a tweet: "we will all come together and be proud." and then this afternoon, in an interview with the woi "wall stt journal" "i want a country that loves each other" adding the best way to ease tensions would be to bring in jobs. when asked if his rhetoric had

answered, "no, i won." if thrais hopeful sign to be found, maybe-- eit's in durham, north carolina, where the graffiti written after the election, "black lives don't matter, and neither does your vote," got a good scrubbing by david young, among others. >> its only intention is to be bothersome not to uplift. >> reporter: again, consider this from the sometimes incendiary realm of social media. the twitter it's hard to say how many tweets included it, but certainly, scott, they number in the hundreds. >> pelley, of course, it's a felony to threaten the president. jim axelrod, thank you very much. hillary clinton lost because more than two million democrats who vote forward president obama last time, were no-shows on tuesday. wisconsin is a democratic state that flipped. in 2012, obama beat mitt romney by seven points there, but this time, trump edged clinton.

>> reporter: a chrysler engine plant used to stand on this lot in kenosha, wisconsin. six years ago it was shut down, and today, it is a baron field. at a nearby bar seb says plant workers used to come here in droves. hoping for a return to the good old days, she voted for donald trump. do you hope he can bring plants like that back? >> yes, i do. i hope we can get some type of factory work back here to bring back what we used to have in kenosha. >> repr: donald trump can do that? >> i hope so, yes. >> reporter: you're not sure, but you hope? >> i hope so. >> reporter: four years ago, president obama won by 12 point in kenosha county. this time mr. trump eked out a victory by a fraction of a point. mr. trump won non-college white voters by 28 points. four years ago, mitt romney won them by only eight point. charles franklin of marquette university law has been keeping track of wisconsin voting patterns for years. why did trump win?

broke through with groups of voters that republicans had not managed to win or mobilize enough in previous elections. >> reporter: franklin says another big factor in president-elect trump's surprising wisconsin victory is that many democratic voters simply stayed home. in milwaukee county, secretary clinton got almost 50,000 fewer votes than president obama in 2012. >> the clinton campaign was supposed to be great at field operations and get-out-the-vote efforts. they weren't able to pull that off. >> reporter: franklin says another reason all the pollsters got it wrong is that 16% of wisconsin voters made up their minds in the very last week before election day. and, scott, they broke for mr. trump by about two to one. >> pelley: chip reid for us tonight. chip, thanks. in iraq, isis militants shot and hanged dozens of civilians this

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self-regulate. only way that 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 drifeb by a 74-year-old slammed into traffic in binghampton, new york. we looked at 12 states and found in the last 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 roadmaster driving school. >> now, is there an age limit or anything on this? >> there's not. we have 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

delivered. >> there's no age on it. i mean, if they paz the physical and everything and they want to drive. >> reporter: dusty cushard, a director at one of the roadmaster schools, told us the agency governing the industry, f.m.s.c.a. has no restrictions on hiring older drivers other than passing a physical. >> i follow the guidelines and what they set for us i have faith in them. >> reporter: daphne jefferson is a deputy administrator at the f.m.s.c.a. >> we're n q one way or the other if there needs to be a change in the drivers rule for safe drivers over 65. >> reporter: for the hooks family it is already too late. >> we have all had to learn to deal with it and deal with it, with the reoccurring memories and the pain of not having them. >> reporter: the airline industry has a shortage of pilots, but it has a mandatory retirement age of 65. scott, one trucking association confirmed the increase in older drivers but says when it comes to big-rig crashes, those are

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>> pelley: on his final veterans day as commander in chief, president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns in arlington national cemetery. the president said those who served can now inspire americans to unite after the bitter election. first lady michelle obama and the cleveland cavalie surprised a group of veterans on the white house basketball court. the n.b.a. champs invited them to tonight's game in washington. former senator and presidential nominee bob dole laid a wreath at the world war ii memorial. dole, no 93, was severely wounded in the war. and former army sergeant bill mohr also made it to washington. he's 108. "on the road" with steve hartman

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>> pelley: finally tonight, what's the secret to a happy marriage? one couple found theirs sitting in a cubbard. here's steve hartman. >> reporter: brandy and kathy gunn of can northville, michigan have been married nine years now, and yet they just recently opened their last wedding present. >> it was, by far, the greatest gift because it taught us so many lessons about how to be married. >> reporter: the present was from cathy's great-aunt alison and it came with a card that read, "do not open until first disagreement." >> "break in case of emergency.

>> reporter: they say they needed it many times but never opened it. >> you kind of wonder you know. is it time to turn to the box? should we open the box? do we need it now? what if the next spat is worse? and we didn't have the box? then what? >> reporter: so it sat on the top shelf of the kitchen pantry through all the arguments about dishes left undone, through stress and slamming doors. even when they thought it wasn't worth it anymore, brandon and cathy refusedo that last wedding present. they finally opened the gift just recently, not because they were fighting, but because they weren't, and hadn't for quite some time. after nine years of successfully resolving their differences, brandon and kathy were confident they would never really need the contents. what they found was remarkably unremarkable. some money for some flowers and wine, some battle salts, nothing that could really stop a fight at all. and that's when it hit them-- that the real gift wasn't

>> come on, buddy! >> reporter: that the real gift, the priceless gift, had been staring at them all along. >> everything we needed we had between us. we just had to figure it out on our own. >> reporter: by not turning to the box, brandon and kathy say they were forced to learn tolerance, compromise, and patience, something we could all use more of this week because there's nothing magical about wedding gifts or ballot boxes. thy all we have to do is dig deep and find them. steve hartman, "on the road," in can northville, michigan. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, i'm scott pelley. and i'll see you sunday on "60 minutes." good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh

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