captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, november 16th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." while insiders transition is stalled and scrambling, president-elect trump takes to twitter to quiet concerns of chaos and infighting. the next president heads out on the town breaking with protocol and leaving the press behind. and a word of warning from president obama overseas. addressing concerns the president-elect has tapped into the nationalist movement. >> address people's real legitimate concerns and channel

way as possible. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning, insiders are describing donald trump's transition to the white house as stalled and scrambling. the press assigned to cover the president-elect could say the same. photographers captured video of mr. trump passing them on his way to new york city. now, traditionally, the press would have been along for the ride in the motorcade, but the president-elect gave them the slip. the best updates on donald trump's whereabouts came from people eating at the same restaurant, posting pictures to twitter. and keeping with his tradition, mr. trump took to twitter himself to reassure americans his transition is on track. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president-elect spent about

a few blocks from his trump tower pent house. journalists were only aware he was leaving his home when they spotted a large motorcade leaving the building including with ambulance with lights flashing. moments later, trump took to social media maintaining his transition is not in disarray. president-elect donald trump issued this tweet tuesday night calling his transition to the white house, quote, very or knows who the finalists are. vice president-elect mike pens was leading the efforts and spent the day at trump tower narrowing those who will fill key cabinet posts. among those in the building were ted cruz and jeff sessions and steve mnunchin. >> we are making sure we get the

>> reporter: trump's transition may already be showing signs of turmoil. just days after new jersey governor chris christie was removed from his role as transition chair, former republican congressman mike rogers announced he was quitting the effort. in a tweet, elliott cohen, a former state department official under bush 43 called trump's team angry and arrogant and urging colleagues, quote, to stay away. back on capitol hill president-elect to fire steve bannon as chief strategist. >> as long as a champion of racial division is a step away from the oval office, it will be impossible to take trump's efforts to give a nation seriously. >> reporter: the republican governors gathered in orlando had a different view. >> he gets to choose whoever he wants to select. >> reporter: inauguration day is a little more than two months away. the trump transition did clear one hurdle last night.

detailed briefings be sent to the trump administration going forward. >> hena daniels here in new york, thank you. the topic of transition will likely come up today when vice president-elect mike pence meets with vice president joe biden. biden is hosting pence and his wife at their washington home. house republicans unanimously vote to reelect paul ryan as speaker. president-elect trump but, yesterday, ryan told fellow republicans he had trump's support. >> we are so eager to get to work with our new president-elect to fix america's pressing problems. >> ryan still has to win a floor vote for speaker in january. on the democratic side, minority leader nancy pelosi position is being challenged. pelosi agreed to postpone

she has led the house democrats for 14 years. for the fifth time in u.s. history, someone has been elected president by winning the electoral vote but having lost the popular vote. all of the votes have not been counted yet, but hillary clinton leads president-elect trump by about a million votes. retiring california senator barbara boxer issishing a bill to end the electoral college and calls outdated. coming up on "cbs this morning," a way to change the way this country elects a president. president obama's visit to greece sparked large protests in athens yesterday. this is mr. obama's final overseas trip as president. yesterday, he had what appeared to be words of advice for the incoming president. >> we are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort

identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them. >> in berlin, the president will meet with european leaders and some of whom are concerned about mr. trump's foreign policy. syrian government aircraft bombed rebel-held areas of aleppo for the first time in three weeks. russian forces fired missiles on rg used long-range missiles and carriers launched aircraft in syria. russia says it's targeting isis. a gunman police say targeted a southwest airline in oklahoma is debt. michael winchester worked for southwest airlines on the will rogers airport. he was shot yesterday walking between the airport and a parking garage.

passengers for hours. police say the gunman new wh winchester and was waiting for him. police say the suspect in a stabbing at five students at a utah high school was in his first year there after being home-schooled. orem issued a letter expressing condolences. the victims are expected to survive. the suspect wasdu taser after he stabbed himself. those drought-driven wildfires in the southeast have burned more than 80,000 acres. dozens of major fires are burning. a burned ban has been initiated in tennessee and parts of alabama, georgia, mississippi, north carolina, and kentucky. many areas are blanketed in a dangerous haze. one town in southern kentucky shut its schools today because the smoke was so heavy. for the time being,

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the university of alabama yesterday and dayton won 77-72. denver approves marijuana in social settings. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" says the city's police will not help deport immigrants during the trump administration. the chief of the kent says they will avoid federal immigration issues as it has for decade. crack down on undocumented immigrants. the houston chronicle reports of leaflets at southern methodist university and titled while white women shouldn't date black men. the school is investigating. the leaflets is for the supremacy movement called old right. a west virginia mayor endorsed a slur against the first lady. a facebook post by another

michelle obama an ape in heels. the mayor added a comment saying "the post" made her day. "wall street journal" reports increased backing for the american civil liberties union since donald trump's victory. the aclu says it's received more than a hundred thousand online donations totaling over 8.2 million dollars in the last week. the group says it is the biggest surge of support in its 96-year history. some sandy hook families are renewing their fight against gun companies. they want to connect it to the rifle used in the 2012 massacre. a judge dismissed their case but the families are asking for an appeal. "time" says denver is the first u.s. city to allow marijuana in bars and restaurants. a ballot question on the issue in last week's election had passed.

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fashion label. at issue is a golden diamond bracelet worth nearly $11,000. she wore it during a "60 minutes" event on sunday. on monday, she sent an e-mail to fashion designers promoting the bracelet. the trump named is removed from three luxury apartment buildings here in new york city. about 600 residents and buildings signed an online petition saying they were embarrassed to live in buildings associated with mr. trump. the management said the purpose of the change is to have the buildings assume a neutral identity that appeals to all current and future residents. twitter is introducing a mute button in an effort to combat internet harassment. twitter users will be able to mute words and phrases and even emoji. twitter is criticized for not

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good morning. the trump transition hits a road block. an order from vice president- elect mike pence leads to a big

act of vandalism. and twitter takes action to stop people from posting hate- filled speech. and allyson rae says we have a great end to the work week. >> it's going to be great today. maybe a few clouds but a nice november day for the next few days. 45 degrees, good weather as of late and today no different. and now we are going to see clouds as the front pushes through today. re 34 right now for leesburg. maybe an extra couple minutes to warm up the car. 36 for martinsburg. and 28 for manassas. a couple temperatures below freezing. what we will see today is sunshine to start. a few clouds roll in. and then even a stray shower for areas off to the north. northern maryland, near the pennsylvania border, but most areas it will be dry. 62 by noon.

warmer before the weekend. we will detail out changes for the weekend coming up. looks like there are a couple special projects overnight tonight. we are dealing with a closure here, a bridge closed on route 7. both the eastbound and westbound lanes impacted. no slow downs yet into d.c. so if you take route 7, looks all right. bw parkway, 197 to powder mill road, there's construction approaching the beltway construction does not seem to be slowing down anyone headed southbound. larry. >> thank you so much. caught on camera, a high- speed police chase with a by by inside and the fleeing car. deputies in arkansas say the driver hit at least 125 miles per hour down i-40 after refusing to pull over for a traffic stop. eventually officers called off the chase and then the suspect crashed the car and it caught fire. amazingly, the 4-month-old baby

arrest arrest. and look what happened here when a cement truck took a corner way too fast. surveillance video captured it tipping over. it did not slide tall way to the gas pumps and no one was hurt. well, the world of computers is now helping people with disabilities navigate trouble spots. before you head out the door, learn what sidewalks are blocked pavement. think of it as a way for people with disabilities. we go to see how we can all help create no barriers. the news at 4:30 this wednesday starts right now. purging the lobbyist.

part of the transition. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> we are giving away more money this morning. stay with us. i'm mike hydeck. eyes on the skies and the roads. el yen bryan will have time saver traffic but we start with allyson rae with weather. some sunshine and temperatures this afternoon, starting off in the 30s and 40s and then headed to the 60s. our mike and son camera good and we are at 35 degrees in the district. there are some 20s in manassas. so get the kids ready for school today, yeah, probably need the jackets for sure, 43 degrees for the morning hours. this afternoon, comfortable, sunshine mixed with a few clouds, 64 degrees. and that's a few degrees above average. and searching for rain showers. we will go through the weekend forecast in a little bit. good morning, ellen. >> good morning.

are inside and the beltway in the westbound lanes when you pass by fairfax drive, you will notice some construction there. and also 395, you have the work first when you pass by the pentagon by 110 and washington boulevard but also 395 in the northbound lanes. so the other side, the left lane is closed. just a little bit south of washington boulevard. watch out there. and no slow downs that the sensors are picking up. northbound from 95, your drive time so from frederiksberg up to the capital beltway. a big bump in the trump transition. ahead of the transition to the white house, vice president- elect mike pence has ordered that any registered lobbyists be purged from the team. >> and another group given a head fake, the press assigned to president-elect donald trump. he left trump tower for dinner and everybody said, press, go