errol barnett has more on the controversy overshadowing the trump transition. >> the campaign is overesident. >> on cbs, president elect donald trump's transition adviser, kellyanne conway called for proof of the hacking during the elect tuion to be made publ. >> if there is evidence, let's see it. >> not much happens without vladamir putwin. >> before departing, president obama said a conclusive report on the hacks is due by trump's inauguration. >> we will provide evidence that we can safely provide. that does not compro is my sources and methods. >> the assessment from the cia, fbi and director of national intelligence, found the e-mail accounts of democrats, were hacked to in flfluence the elecn including those of john podesta. he wondered to day how much the trump campaign knew. >> one of trump's foreign policy advisers went to russia. so i think really, not, what mr. trump knew, but what did trump inc. know and when did they know it. >> reporter: mr. trump's chief of staff said the leaks made no difference. >> let's assume it is true. no evidence the outcome of the election was

here is errol barnett. >> i think it is ridiculous. just another excuse. i don't believe it. >> refusing to accept the cia assessment russia helped get him elected. president elect donald trump today said the report is political. >> i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. >> it is clear the russians interfered. >> but on cbs, senior republican senator john mccain detailed plans for a bipartisan investigation. >> going to ask senator lindsay graham, as smart as any bed on the issue to be the chair with a really smart democrat and we'll go to work on it. work immediately. >> man while, senator marco rubio is voicing concerns over trump's possible choice of exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. a man who was awarded the order of friendship by the kremlin. rubio wrote being a friend of vladamir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. on abc this morning, president elect trump's chief of staff, reince preibus defended tillerson.

here's errol barnett. ♪ ♪ ♪ sweet home alabama >> reporter: president-elect donald trump concluded his you tour today in mobile, alabama. >> i just want to thank you. this is our last stop, and i'll tell you what. there is no better place to celebrate than right here. okay. ( cheers and applause ) so thank you. >> reporter: mr. trump avoided any mention of russian hacks during the election, which intelligence officials said this week were devised to aid his campaign. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: those attacks were the main topic of president obama's final press conference of the year in which he once again vowed to respond, noting the russian president has been warned. >> in early september, when i saw president piewt nin china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that, that didn't happen, was to talk to him directly. and tell him to cut it out. >> reporter: in a memo to c.i.a. staff friday, director john brennan said he, f.b.i. director james comey, and director of national intelligence james clapper, are all on the same page about russia

a study out today found getting behind the wheel on four or five here's errol barnett. >> reporter: look closely at the bottom of the screen and you'll see it this driver's eyes are closed. at the top, the approaching light post. this sleeping driver woke up when his car left the road. in a new study, a.a.a. found 35% of u.s. drivers get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep daily. sleeping just five to six hours left drivers almost twice accident. four to five hours meant four times as likely. and driving on less than four hours' sleep increased the crash risk by nearly 12 times. >> teenagers, older adults, and people who have a sleep debt are among the highest risk groups. >> reporter: jake nelson is with a.a.a. >> one in five crashes where somebody dies in that crash involved a driver who was drowsy or hadn't earned enough sleep >> 18-year-old tyler warne of one of them. six years ago he died in a crash after falling asleep at the wheel in the middle of the day. he was about to graduate from high school. >> he can didn't recognize that he was too tired. >> reporter: his mothe

errol barnett has the latest from washington. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: president-elect donald trump defended his break with decades of u.s. foreign policy tweeting, "interesting how want u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call." that call came oned from from taiwan's new president tsai ing-wen. but defieded the u.s. one-china policy in place since 1979. it identifies beijing agz the official point of diplomatic contact for taiwan since its sovereignty is in dispute. the white house said it remains firmly committed to the one-china policy. >> and over the last two weeks, since our victory, i've spoken to many foreign leaders, and i will tell you, they have such respect for us. >> reporter: as mr. trump continues to speak with his global counter-parts, he's huddling with his transition team, trying to pick his secretary of state. he unofficially announced retired general james mattis as his secretary of defense, but former defense secretary leon panetta told cbs trump needs civilian perspectives in his cabinet. >>

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here's errol barnett. >> some peop lack of o respect or courtesy when they're talking on the phone. >> reporter: airline passengers l ke cicely carroll from virginia are worried about the flssibility of in-flight phone calls. the department of transportation's plan would allow airlines the option to provide the service. if they do, the carriers would be required to inform passengers an advance that on-board calls are allowed. tara quinnette from florida would opt out. >> if it's not much of a cost difference, i may go with the airline that didn't allow you to use them just because i think it could get out of hand. >> we are going to fight this tooth and nail. te reporter: sara nelson is the president of the association of flight attendants. >> if this is enacted, we will wght this in congress. flight attendants will be in a position of de-escalating more and more conflict, which creates a security and safety threat for everyone on board. he reporter: while the federal government currently bans phllphone calls on planes, the prohibition does not extend to arlls placed on board through

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here's errol barnett. >> i think it's ridiculous. i?tvr'k it's just another excu >> reporter: refusing to accept the cia's assessment that russia helped get him elected, president-elect donald trump said today the report isv: political. >> i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. >> it's clear the russians interfered. >> reporter: but on cbs senior republican senator john mccain detailed plans for a bipartisan investigation. >> i'm going to ask senator really smart democrat and we'll go to work on it. we'll go to work immediately. >> reporter: meanwhile senator rubio is voicing concerns over trump's possible choice of exxon mobile c.e.o. rex tillerson for secretary of state. a man who was awarded the order of friendship by the creme lynn. rubio wrote being a friend of va lat mir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. on abc this morning president-elect trump's chief of staff reince priebus defended tiller. >> the fact tha

here's errol barnett. >> we have seen a drop-off in consumption of dairy products, and also we have seen a significant price drop. >> reporter: patty leonard's family has been farming in northern virginia for almost a century. she says non-dairy alternatives to milk are cutting into her livelihood. >> they're trying to imitate milk. and i think that says a lot. they're trying to be what milk already is. >> reporter: her beef is with plant-based products like almond and soy milk, a growing industry which generated $1.4 billion this year and grew 54% over the last five years. dairy milk sales are down 11% for 2016. so 32 members of congress from dairy-producing states are are urging the food and drug administration to enforce its existing definition of milk, which states, "it is obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows." chris galen is with the milk producer's federation. >> in the case of milk you're getting vitamins "a" and "d" and calcium and protein. you're not necessarily getting those things in a glass of imitation dairy milk. >> reporter: nancy chapman disagrees.

here's errol barnett. >> reporter: look closely at the bottom of the screen and you'll see it this driver's eyes are closed. at the top, the approaching this sleeping driver woke up when his car left the road. in a new study, a.a.a. found 35% of u.s. drivers get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep daily. sleeping just five to six hours left drivers almost twice as likely to be involved in an accident. four to five hours meant four times as likely. and driving on less than four hours' sleep increased the crash risk by nearly 12 times. >> teenagers, older adults, and people who have a sleep debt are among the highest risk groups. >> reporter: jake nelson is with a.a.a. >> one in five crashes where somebody dies in that crash involved a driver who was drowsy or hadn't earned enough sleep the night before. >> reporter: 18-year-old tyler warne was one of them. six years ago he died in a crash after falling asleep at the wheel in the middle of the day. he was about to graduate from high school. >> he didn't recognize that he said he was getting an average of five hours of sleep. >> i n

here is errol barnett. >> is it a humbling thought that in six weeks you're going to be the commanderf of those guys? >> it's humbling. it's a great honor, but it's a great responsibility. >> reporter: before president-elect trump attended the army-navy game in baltimore, he met with exxonmobil chief executive rex tillerson, now the leading candidate for secretary of state. >> he's a great man, we'll see what happens. >> reporter: tillerson was bestowed the "order of friendship" by the kremlin after negotiating a multibillion-dollar energy deal with russia. >> we're going to drain the swamp in washington, d.c. you will see. >> reporter: trump is also poised to hire his third goldman sachs staffer. gary cohn, goldman's president and chief operating officer, is expected to head the national economic security council. transition adviser kellyanne conway said there's no hypocrisy. >> each of these men, also, are proven job creators, and that's a centerpoos of donald trump's administration. >> morgan: the president-elect is pushing back against claims russia worked to get him elected. the

trump will announce america's top diplomat. >> errol barnett in washington. thank you. john dickerson of face the nation got two different views on the russian hacking charges spoke to the chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain, and kellyanne conway, senior adviser to president elect. >> the president elect says the notion of russians trying to b involved in the election is ridiculous. what do you make of the disconnect? >> i don't know what to make of it. it's clear that the russians interfeared. whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a can. i think that is subject. facts are stubborn things. they did hack into this campaign. and they did it -- i think, with some -- apt least, what steamed to be effective, of sort of, information. and were they hacking the republicans the same way? the republican national committee? and if so, why didn't they, there is a whole lot of, use out there. it requires an investigation. the president has ordered an investigation. you are not going to find all this out in the next m

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errol barnett is on the road in washington to look at the dangers. errol, good morning. >> good morning. aaa is urging people to make sure drivers are as alert as possible. whether you're a passenger like and that's because a third of drivers report hitting the road when they have a hard time keeping their eyes open, which has proven to be deadly. >> reporter: these videos show how quickly a drowsy driver can lose control. >> i remember screaming at the top of my lungs and sort of collapsing, because i couldn't be true. >> reporter: her 18-year-old son tyler was killed after he he was in a midafternoon drive when witnesses saw his vehicle cross three lanes, flip several times and strike a tree. six years later his family's grief is still fresh. >> definite ly cheated. >> it's hard every day. i mean, it's been six years, but little things come up and it gets real difficult. >> reporter: police found no tyler's system. the lack of skid marks led investigators to conclude tyler fell asleep at the wheel. his family said he was getting four to six hours o

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errol barnett is in our washington bureau with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.n his final press conference of the year, the president said russians hacked into the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. the resulting in embarrassing leaks, of course, as we know, aided mr. trump and republicans. but earlier in the day, the president-elect seemed to walk back his stance that the russians were not involved. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: president obama publicly vowed to strike back at russia for interfering in the 2016 campaign. and said he had warned putin personally two months before the election. >> in early september, when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective to ensure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out. >> reporter: the president assured americans that each and every vote cast was legitimate. but that moscow's election tampering should concern everyone. and questioned how some republicans could believe putin's public denials rather than t

errol barnett is inside a washington, d.c. grocery store with what is at stake.g. >> reporter: good morning. well, we have all heard the expression d milk, right? right now, there are tears of frustration in the debate over who gets to put milk on their labels on one side, you have the long dominant dairy farmers. on the other you have the new kids on the block. >> strong is good. >> reporter: tennis star venus williams. >> i do plants. >> reporter: and hip-hop producer d.j. carlin appear in these new up-tempo ads for soy motorcycle and almond book. they are described at milk substitutes and generated 1.4 billion dollars this year and grew 54% over the last five years in the u.s. >> real milk has eight times more protein than almond milk. >> reporter: real milk has is in a decline and now they are fighting back. >> we have seen a drop-off in consumption of dairy products and also we have seen a significant price drop. >> reporter: patty leonard's northern virginia for almost a century. she milks her cows twice daily and says nondairy milk products are successful

>> errol barnett in washington, thank you. >>> the president-elect finds himself on the receiving end of criticism from one of his biggest supporters. former alaska governor sarah palin took aim at the deal mr. trump announced on thursday, one that will keep hundreds of manufacturing jobs at a carrier air-conditioner plant in indiana. in an op-ed for the website young conservatives, palin hints that the deal is, quote, crony capitalism and she the government steps in arbitrarily favoring one over another. >> carrier will receive $7 million in state tax incentives and the company will keep 800 people working at the plant that had planned to move the jobs to mexico. >> earlier this morning mr. 300 workers. this is happening all over our country. no more. are rexnord manufactures ball bearings. it said it would close the indianapolis plant and moving the jobs to mexico. >> for more we are joined by phillip bump. good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> let's talk about this controversial call as it's being called. is this a major breach of diplomatic protocol? >> yeah. it's a fairly huge o

errol barnett has our story. >> well, we've all heth expression don't cry over spilled milk, right?rs of frustration in the debate over who gets to put milk on their labels. on one side you have the long dominant dare farmers. and on the other you havhee t new kids on the block. >> strong is good. ♪ rock it >> tennis star venus williams. >> i do plants. >> reporter: and hip-hop producer d.j. khaled appear in these new uptempo ads for silk almond and soy milk. they're part of an industry of plant-based products described as milk substitutes. they generated $1.4 billion this year and grew 54% over the last five years in the u.s. >> real milk has eight times more protein than almond milk. >> reporter: milk producers are facing decline, dropping 11% in sales over the last year. now they're fighting back. >> we have seen a drop-off in consumption of dairy products, and also we have seen a significant price drop. >> reporter: pat family has been farming in northern virginia for almost a century. she milks her cows twice daily and says non-dairy milk products are successful because they're

errol barnett is in our washington bureau with more. >> reporter: the russian president is embolden and.s. president-elect is looking forward to working with him. in fact, when vladimir putin themselves for accusing russia of election tampering, donald trump tweeted so true. a new phase of u.s./russia relations and nuclear policy. in a press conference, svladimi putin wanted to neutralize nuclear weapons. it came on the same day that president-elect trump gave a tv anchor in festive pajamas. >> we will outmatch them in every pass and outlast them all. >> reporter: that phone call clarifyived mr. trump's earlier tweet saying the united states must expanding its nuclear capability until the world comes to its senses regarding that tweet dropped hours after putin pledged to enhance his nuclear forces with military advisers. trump's incoming white house press secretary friday reiterated mr. trump's nuclear stance. >> there are countries around the globe right now talking about increasing their nuclear capacity and the united states is not going to sit back and allow that to happen without a

errol barnett is in our washington bureau. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right, anthony. president-elect donald trump is more than halfway through nominating his cabinet. but the most highly sought after position is that of secretary of state. yesterday, one of mr. trump's key allies pulled out of the running. to a crowd in michigan, president-elect donald trump basic ebasked in the glory of turning the blue state red. >> i heard the courts ruled we totally won it. it's over. >> reporter: reliving his victory, mr. trump touted his transition choices and praised his future cabinet. >> one of the great cabinets that has ever been assembled in our nation's history. >> reporter: one position left open, that of secretary of state. in a statement friday, mr. revealed that rudy giuliani removed his name from consideration at a meeting held november 29th, the same day trump dined with mitt romney nearly two weeks ago. julgiuliani said he withdrew in part because of the drama surrounding the top cabinet spot. >> the whole thing was becoming kind of very conf

errol barnett is in our washington bureau with the latest. >> reporter: good morning.hina's foreign minister today described this controversial call as a little trick by taiwan. the chinese government has already contacted the obama white house to file an official omplaint. meanwhile, the president-elect and his transition team are on defense, deflecting criticism and experiencing the delicacy of diplomacy. no u.s. president-elect has head with taiwan since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979 until friday. mr. trump's transition team said the two discussed the close economic political and security ties between taiwan and the united states. and that president ying-wen congratulated the president-elect on his victory. after hearing criticisms, mr. trump tweeted the president of taiwan called me today, pointing out inconsistencies in u.s. dealings with taiwan. mr. trump continued, interesting how the u.s. sells billions of dollars of military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call? >> i think president-elect trump may not be fully aware of all the detail

errol barnett reports. >> reporter: china's foreign minister described this controversial call as a littley taiwan. and the chinese government has already contacted the obama white house to file an official complaint. meanwhile, the president elect and his transition team are on defense. deflecting criticism and experiencing the delicacy of di policemen see. no u.s. president elect has spoken with a taiwanese head of state since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979 until friday. mr. trump's transition team said the two discussed the close economic political and security ties between taiwan and the united states. and their president congratulated the president elect on his victory. after hearing criticisms, mr. trump tweeted, the president of taiwan called me today. pointing out inconsistencies in u.s. dealings with taiwan, mr. trump continued. interesting how the u.s. sells billions of dollars of military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call. >> i think president elect trump may not be fully aware of all of the details of the history of our relations with taiwan. >> an e