trump just announced an appointment, james mattus for defense secretary. >> reporter: he made that announcement right inside this arena just a few minutes ago in front of a crowd of thousands president-elect donald trump arrived in cincinnati, ohio this evening for the start of a thank you tour that will include other states that helped him win the white house. >> history called and the people of this great state answered and you're going to be very happy. we're going to say right now -- what are we going to do? we're going to make america great again. >> reporter: earlier in the day, mr. trump got a tour of the carrier factory in indianapolis. leave the united states anymore without consequences. >> reporter: according to fortune, mr. trump personally call greg hayes, c.e.o. of carrier's parent company and promised corporate tax rate reductions that would dwarf the $65 million a year the company mr. trump talked about carrier in his campaign speeches and pledged to make it harder for the company to leave if he became president. for the workers and their families here in indianapolis, the deal

trump just announced an appointment, james mattus for defense secretary. >> reporter: he made that announcement right inside this arena just a few minutes ago in front of a crowd of thousands

he'll nominate retired general james mattus for the position. he spent years in the marine and iraq, and was head of central command until 2014. >>> trump continued with his victory tour tonight. the second stop of the day was in cincinnati, ohio, and there he talked about keeping america safe, repealing obamacare, and slamming the media and critics that said he couldn't win the election. in indiana earlier today he renewed the pledge to build the north carolina is a scheduled stop on the tour, but we're still waiting to hear when and where he'll be. >>> and sloane heffernan was honored tonight with the george marin award for service. it's given by embrace uganda. she's been working with that organization about 10 years now. the local organization raised money to build a clinic, wells, and an orphanage, congratulations to sloan, >>> tonight chief meteorologist greg fishel hosted another in a series of discussions at the north carolina museum of sciences. >> and greg was joined by the president and ceo of the wilson biodiversity foundation, and m