. >> thanks, to nbc's kristen walker. >>> green party nominee jill stein appears to have met her recount goal for michigan, pennsylvania and three states went trump. the campaign says it has so far raised more than $4.6 million toward funding the recount. a campaign lawyer says they will formally request recounts in the coming days. >>> coming now to syria, where a u.s. service member has been killed. officials say the service member was killed when an ied was detonated. syria. at least one other american was injured in the attack as well. more than 3 million are advising the islamic state. right now, a massive manhunt is under way in california for two escaped inmates. they escaped from the santa clara county jail thanksgiving eve. four inmates cut their windows and used bed sheets and clothing to repel down from their 2nd store cell. two of the inmates were immediately caught. the sheriffs deputies add this particular section of the jail is the oldest part of the facility, constructed in the 1950s. it's uncleared if they're on the loose, they should be considered armed and desperate. m

he selected two public women for the nbc's kristen walker has more. >> reporter: president-elect trump with a thanksgiving message for the nation. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our division and move forward as one country. >> reporter: it comes as he's trying to diversify his cabinet, tapping two women, including 44-year-old south carolina governor nikki haley to serve as ambassador to the u.n.. haley, whose parents emigrated from india is a rising star in trump during the primary. >> i will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk. >> reporter: but taking a more measured turn after meeting with the president-elect last week. >> i did vote for him. and i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. >> reporter: haley earned national praise for leading the call to take down the confederate flag in south carolina in the wake of the church massacre. while she opposed ban, she speertd block on new syrian refugees in her state, something trump also supported. governor haley made eight international trips but lacks foreign policy experience

nbc's kristen walker joining me from palm beach, florida, on this thanksgiving afternoon. let's start with these interesting tweets here about mitt romney from kellyanne conway this morning. tell us about these. >> krashgs happy thanksgiving. these tweets are raising eyebrows. let me give you a little context. you set up the stage. the fight seems between rudy giuliani and nit romney. giuliani is a loyalist, a hard-liner. mitt romney is someone who's been incredibly critical of donald trump. one of the first top republicans to come forward and to say, he's not qualified to be president. that is his challenge in terms of getting that post of secretary of state. let me read you the tweets from kellyanne conway. her first tweet saying, receiving deluge of social media and private calms regarding romney. some trump loyalists warn against romney as secretary of state. kissinger and schultz as secs of state flew around the world less, counselled potus close to home, loyal. there's that word, loyal. will this come down to loyalty? a lot of republicans are pushing donald trump to

he selected two public women for the nbc's kristen walker has more. >> reporter: president-elect trump with a thanksgiving message for the nation. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our division and move forward as one country. >> reporter: it comes as he's trying to diversify his cabinet, tapping two women, including 44-year-old south carolina governor nikki haley to serve as ambassador to the u.n.. haley, whose parents emigrated from india is a rising star in the party. >> i will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk. >> reporter: but taking a more measured turn after meeting with the president-elect last week. >> i did vote for him. and i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. >> reporter: haley earned national praise for leading the call to take down the confederate flag in south carolina in the wake of the church massacre. while she opposed trump's ban, she speertd block on new syrian refugees in her state, something trump also supported. governor haley made eight international trips but lacks foreign policy experience. >> sh

. >> thanks, to nbc's kristen walker. >>> green party nominee jill stein appears to have met her recount goal for michigan, pennsylvania and three states went trump. the campaign says it has so far raised more than $4.6 million toward funding the recount. a campaign lawyer says they will formally request recounts in the coming days. >>> coming now to syria, where a u.s. service member has been killed. officials say the service member was killed when an ied was detonated.

both of you, kristen walker and kelly o'donnell. jason miller the communications director for president-elect transition team defended the selection of stephen bannon. >> steve bannon i've gotten to know is somebody who has embraced diversity, has helped the president-elect take this populace message into communities that have been neglected and forgotten for far too long. steve ban swron is a zionist. he's solidly pro israel he went and founded breitbart israel. >> your take on steve bannon. >> i wouldn't have recommended him but donald trump is entitled to have tads he wants in the white house. we'll see what mr. bannon does and how much donald trump listens to him. you know, i suppose one has to get people a fresh start. >> now it did get personal. breitbart called you a renegade jew. i'm not sure what that means. >> i'm not sure. he was only the editor of the website or the writer using that. i suppose, i didn't realize the fate of the state of israel depended on the election of donald trump. even though i'm pro israel i didn't

kristen walker joins us from the clinton campaign headquarters. still have a path to 270 and they say they are on that path. why? because they have won colorado and virginia. but the path includes holding wisconsin and michigan. they would then have to win pennsylvania and either win nevada or new hampshire. so those are the states that they are watching at this hour. now, they point out that in terms of wisconsin, madison is still out, obviously a heavy college area, they're going to get younger voters, they th that area. michigan, detroit is out. a lot of african-american voters, of course president obama has been there trying to energize his base and that part of the obama coalition. i can tell you there are jitters here among top clinton supporters who are gathered at the javits center. some of them acknowledging to me they're quite concerned about the fact that this race is a whole lot closer than they were anticipating. but again, at this hour the clinton campaign stressing that they still have a path to 270. get there. >> listening to that

walker. three retired generals, kellogg, flynn, and burgess. and two bush administration vets, john bolton and steven hadley, who says he's not participating in the transition at this point. >> kristen welker is with us tonight. we also want to bring in politico senior white house reporter edward dovier. before we begin this conversation, we just want to update everyone on some new math. actually, a projection election night style two nights after the election. just night, nbc news projected donald trump the winner in arizona. he picks up 11 electoral votes additional, adding to his total, giving him 290 to clinton's 228. while she won the most votes overall, that is not how we award presidential elections. and much has been made of donald trump flipping parts of the rust belt, specifically michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. all three states were called for trump on election night and will stay in his column. but votes continue to come in. at this moment, the combined vote difference between trump and clinton in those three states out of 13 million votes cast is 107,330. if clinton had won all three states, she would have won the election. back to our conversation. kristen, a couple

kristen barbaresi cbs 58 news 3 statewide bus tour tomorrow... hoping to keep up his campaign's momentum. house speaker paul ryan and governor scott walker are expected to campaign with johnson in the next few days. while in wisconsin last night -- donald trump suggested voters who've already cast their ballots early to change them.. and vote for him.we checked in with officials.. and the waukesha county clerk confirms it is possible. possible. "the best way is actually to go in person to the municipal clerk's office to have your ballot pulled. they do have to make sure that they associate the new al don't double count." count." kathleen novack says her office has had three voters come in to change their ballots.but after trump's comment last night... she's anticipating that number to go up. 3 we hope you'll stay with cbs 58 through this final week.... and be sure to join us next tuesday... we'll bring you the results of the presidential race and other imporatant local races. new tonight... a man wanted bars in georgia. georgia.36 year old billy bays is charged with two counts of attempted murder.one of the victims said he was picked up

. >> reporter: now, kristen, ntsb is here and investigating, looking into the school buses with more information and i can tell you on the criminal complaint against bus driver walker. the defendant, it reads, was traveling at a high rate of speed well past the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour. mr. walker lost control of the bus and swerved off the roadway. this roadway and began to overturn striking a telephone pole and a tree. you can see behind me, the small winding road and if he was going more than 30 miles per hour, you can already start to piece the way this tragedy happened. we still don't know, police officers are tight lipped as to why mr. walker was charged so quickly but we'll be informing you throughout the day, again, as this community deals with this horrific tragedy. >> horrific tragedy indeed, mariana, can you tell us about the condition of the students? >> reporter: some children were treated and released from local hospitals last night. six children still in stable condition. that's a total of 12 children still hospitalized and you think about it, kristen, and for those watching at home, a day before thanksgiving, you can just imagine what