mr. trump and prime minister shinzo abe talked for about 90 minutes yesterday. after that mr. abe said he's convinced president trump is a leader he can have great confidence in. that came in after he took over 30 congratulatory calls over the past nine days. >> trump is scheduled to meet with mitt romney to discuss the possible of romney becoming the secretary of state. romney was one of trump's biggest critics. back in march he called trump a phony and a fraud. trump responded by calling romney a loser. >>> retired three-star army general michael flynn is the new president's pick to be national security advisor. it's not known yet if flynn accepted that job. his appointment does not require senate confirmation. flynn has a long history of controversial remarks and was fired as president obama's director of the defense intelligence agency. we'll have much more on what is next for the president-elect coming up in a live report in our next half hour. >>> the world is watching more now intently than ever before. today president finishes his final foreign policy trip of his presid

mr. abe says he wants to build trust with the next presidenthillary clinton struck an optimistic tone during her first appearance since her concession speech last week. she told supporters to stay engaged.(clinton sot) that's how we get through this. she spoke at the children's defense fund - the non profit organization where she started her career. started her career. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. any announcements until right before or after thanksgiving, pointing out that president obama waited 20 days to make his first announcement and president clinton took even longer. that leads us to the question of the day.what do you think president-elect trump's top priorities should be in his first 100 days?to answer- go to cbs 2 iowa dot com and cast your vote! new at noon - least 82-thousand dollars are missing from muscatine county's jail accounts. the iowa d-c-i requested an investigation after an assistant jail administrator was fired earlier this year. officials looked at ledgers from 2

better informed about the host nation support japan already supplies and the direction of policy that mr. abe has undertaken, he will take that into account. >> reporter: trump has said he wants to dump the trans-pacific partnership, but armacost says instead of scrapping it, trump may attempt to renegotiate. >> i think he is a transactional kind of a person. he is a pragmatist. he's a smart guy. he's got a lot of confidence in his negotiating abilities, so i think rather than being a protectionist who doesn't like trade or wants to terminate agreements, i think he feels he could do a better job of advancing or protecting american interests in negotiating those deals. i don't think he will walk away from trade. i think to some extent, he'll look for opportunities to improve the terms of trade through some renegotiating efforts. >> reporter: when it comes to trump's policies for the asia-pacific region, armacost says he will reserve judgment until trump appoints another four or five top officials. then, he says, we will all have a better sense of what to expect. kazuaki hirama, nhk world. >>>

a sigh of relief reported in tokyo today because mr. abe fact that his relationship with donald trump was one which could be built on trust. that trust was essential to keeping the alliance. an important alliance with japan and the u.s. that is the key for japan. making sure the u.s. remains its key ally. and hopefully according to japan, george, this is the first step in the process. >> the optics looking positive. andrew stevens from hong kong. >>> let's get a check on money stream. dow futures down. the s&p is set to open lower. s&p is a tiny fraction away from the all-time high. same with nasdaq. dollar pushing down stocks in europe. shares finishing mixed in asia. janet yellen told lawmakers it will raise rates quote relatively soon. the last rate hike came in december of last year. the next fed meeting is december 14th. chance is growing the fed will hike rates. a 90% chance up from 81% on monday. strength in the u.s. economy is the reason. >>> elon musk got his wish for clean energy empire. shareholders approved the plan to buy solar

what i heard in mr. abe's comments afterwards it was different than what he thought it would be.s all well and good but, again, when we're talking about not just the one on one but an understanding of how all countries fit into the global order it gets more challenging and more complex as opposed to that deal making one on one. i'm not sure how much he was informed before that meeting in terms of the other implications of dealing with japan but that's of consideration and that's why you need as the ambassador said that good staff to give him that informed view from a world perspective not just a one on one. >> thanks for being with us. >>> donald trump giving himself a pat on the back for saving u.s. jobs by stopping ford from moving one of its plants to mexico. is that what really happened here? closer look ahead. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums "just checking my free credit score at credit karma. "what the?

mr. abe said the alliance cannot function unless there is mutual trust. think he really did get a sense that at least, you know, verbally, there would be a commitment they are from the west side and i think that means that perhaps, donald trump will be a little bit more constructive towards foreign policy then he sounded during the campaign period, which i think will settle a lot of nerves throughout the world, but certainly in japan, and we saw investors looking for little bit, sounding a little bit more bullish after the meeting. yousef: all right, thank you very much. and that is bloomberg's brian fowler, joining us from tokyo. staying with the pan and after putting the bank of japan's mega-stimulus on a more sustainable footing, governor haruhiko kuroda has worked to do, according to watchers of the central bank who says 2017 could be the year of the taper. the boj's bond buying plan runs up against operational limits. it let us get a deeper discussion of the challenges the boj is going to be facing from tokyo with the chief economist of japan. thank

mr. abe earlier saying that the tpp is in a difficult situation.of course have australia looking to back the broader plans coming out of china and pushing for an even bigger asian trade deal of sorts. the australian trade minister is stated as saying this will be a new agreement amongst 16 asian and pacific countries and excludes the u.s. so there's also a separate proposal to that called the free trade area of the asia pacific. so they definitely are looking at other options to tpp. >> louisa, good to talk to you. get a list of restaurants ready for me. >> you got it. >>> a lot has been made about switching from reliance on fossil fuels, but the u.s. geological survey has just announced the discovery of the largest oil and gas deposit found on or under american soil. it contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. that is almost three times the amount of petroleum found in north dakota's bakken shale that led to the modern day gold rush in fracking a few years back. npr reports it's nearly three times the amount of

trump, present some of their kerns from the campaign rhetoric, and the fact that mr. abe has already said it's an honor for him to be the first foreign leader in some sense of a competitive dynamic.e there have been reproaches from prime minister modi and others that they would like a chance to talk to the plect as well. >> woodruff: you're saying this is common?is >> i don't the statistics. the key thing is the president-elect can't act.id he can't conduct foreign policy, but he can certainly educate himself and have a chance to meet people. so after he's president, itit won't be a meeting of two strangers. >> woodruff: david rothkopf, what aboutst that? how accustomed are we, should we be to a president-elect havingav these kinds of meetings? >> well, these kind of things happen. president obama met with foreign leaders before he took office. i think what president-elect trump needs to think about a little bit is that his actions have foreign policy consequences whether or not he's meeting with foreign leaders so that, for example, if he sends out a tweet trying to inti

us from tokyoning as we watch trump tower for the arrival of mr. abe later on. we have seen an aggressive move when it comes to gtb -- jtb. spikingsee it is sharply. that is the move we have seen since the election. that brings us back to the story about what abe is trying to do and what kuroda is trying to do. is the market now driving the story? guest is with us. who is in control of the market? guest: boj. it is a big enough player in the market to credibly defend that target. of zero. the interesting thing will be what happens elsewhere. the biggest -- the bigger the selloff becomes, the bigger the trump tantrum gets, questions will be asked. but in control but having to work harder for that control. guest: i probably said this on here, when the boj -- this is the end of qe but as it has turned out to my because we had this bond rout, they could end up buying even more. that the an assumption yield target was going to be part of the boj tapering but in fact, it could be a really large extension of qe. the one thing that supports the boj in the near term i th

mr. shinzo abe, but the government's focus at this point will turn to mr. trump's personnel choices, whether he takes advisors such investorlynn and an wilbur ross, japan-friendly people who might indicate ties can go on more or less as normal. the we have seen is that electorate in japan is concerned about this relationship. we have seen polls that have shown that more than half of people in japan see donald trump as potentially not good for trade ties and not good for japan's national security. rishaad: thank you very much indeed for that. has spokejanet yellen about a rate hike next month, saying the u.s. economy continues to show strength. andtold congress that she the bank will retain their independence under president trump and that she intends to serve her old term. -- her whole term. why did this prompt another selloff? >> it is worth noting that the 2.3% at the at close on thursday is the highest in 2016. single analysts interviewed that thought that 10 year would top 2%, but this was janet yellen's opportunity. ofshe wanted to put any kind tempora

mr. trump's first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader. it comes 5:00 p.m. eastern time, when he sits down with the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. ot only face-to-face with a foreign leader but key ally of the united states and one which he has been outspoken about on issues like tried and how much japan should pay for u.s. protection of military bases over there. we'll see how the meeting goes. the trump transition team says maybe we'll get a still photograph of the two gentlemen together but unlikely to have pros professors allowed in. -- press photographers. that was in difference to the fact they said because president obama is still president. they want to keep that in mind. stuart: that is a fair point i guess. connell mcshane, thank you very much indeed. the knock on donald trump he will start a trade war i guess if meets mr. abe this afternoon. does that calm thinks down a bit? >> it might calm things down however, donald trump has a lot of authority in the area of trade. he does not need to go through congress to get a lot of the things he wants done accomplished. people will have to tread, people who have not been payin

the president-elect today will meet with mr. abe of japan.ry moment of minutia, everybody language, every second -- every body language, every second. no one will be watching more closely than our own martin. what is our team watching today trump?be, martin: the question is what kind of access we are going to have to that meeting? 'sis is the first time trump meeting with a world leader and we do not know what to expect. we do not know. tom: we do not know the press access as well. one of the access is we have is the wisdom of al hunt. my morning must-read from albert hunt, which is always a good and beautiful thing to see. on pennsylvania, the secretary won pittsburgh and philadelphia by the margins expected, but in philadelphia, there were almost 100,000 fewer voters. this is really transient about not what did happen, what did not happen. nobody showed up for the secretary, did they? ,arty: not enough people did especially young people and blacks. pennsylvania is al hunt's home state. he knows it better than probably anybody and he was app

. >> that and sinz abe is the first to meet wp mr. trump for what was described as a very candid discussion. the trump university case. trump's legal team asked for a delay until after the inauguration. justice correspondent pete williams confirms even president trump can be compelled to testify on this and other lawsuits pertaining to matters prior to his election. keep in mind, the trump university legal case was brought by former students who claimed they misrepresented what students will be taught t. federal judge in the case, the same judge who trump because of his ethnic identity. >>> now to a disturbing story out of arizona, where a police officer has been placed on leave after a video was posted on social media, showing him punching a woman in a face during a confrontation. >> that woman was subsequently investigated and an investigation is under way. nbc has more. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the confrontation if flag staff, arizona, when the >> hey. >> you can't hit a girl like that. >> police were responding to an

mr. trump's meeting with prime minister abe. kushner is one of trump's key advisers and played a critical role in his campaign. what is unclear is whether a federal anti-nepotism law prevents kushner from taking a white house job. some say it sds but speaker of the house paul ryan says he is young man who donald trump trusts. i will lead it up to the trump transition team what role he plays. he paid an important role in this campaign and i think that has to be respected. >> kushner is married to trump's daughter ivanka. coming up on "cbs this morning" a closer look at jared kushner and what role he may play in the administration. >>> delay the fraud trawl concerning the defunct trump er trump university misled students on its promise to teach them to be successful in real estate. the trial is scheduled to begin in ten days. lawyers for the president-elect want the trial postponed until after mr. trump takes office. >>> president-elect trump will likely be on the agenda when president obama meets with european leaders today. toda

we'll take brother abe for a little walk. - mr. stennis... my brother has a right to be tried like anybody else. - aw, now, jim, i sure hope you ain't gonna lose the gain you made in this town. as on our side. one of us. we didn't figure wrong, did we? - we just want to give abe a little exercise, sheriff. run him back to the reservation where he belongs. (stennis) - yeah, that's right. (keys jingling) - oh, you have climbed high, brother jim. - they couldn't be stopped. - $500 to deliver you to your brother. you forget i'm not an indian, jim boy. - i'm gonna kill you for this. - the town brethren wouldn't approve of your attitude. - uh, i don't know what's happened to me, but... ever since i've been in this town, i... well, i've never been a party to things like that before. - it has been accurately stated that a man stands "naked, "although locked up in steel, whose conscience is corrupted." - i... i don't understand that, but... mr. stennis had 50 feet of one-inch hemp on his saddle horn. they were headed for some place called w

the fbi announced it would look ab -- abedin's servers. >> i think what mr. comey did was a mistake. i think it was criticized by democrats and republicans. >> right now she's being protected by a rigged system. you can't review 650,000 e-mails in eight days. you cat. >> so clinton's team says she's glad about the developments since notifying congressional districts and investigators, comey has been facing criticism for taking this kind of action so close to the election. >> some criticism maybe trying to influencer it. thank you so much jess comcast clinton is getting campaign support from former vice president al gore today. woulder and jefferson county. the former better woulder and jefferson downty. he'll talk about climate change and how clinton will address it. bill clinton held a rally -- donald trump held a rally saturday night. today he'll campaign in florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, new hampshire. he'll make a stop in michigan also. all in one day. hillary clinton will be in carolina. >>> with nine states voting on marijuana law this is electi

mr. trump through various discussions on various matters. >>> abe added that they should lead efforts to put the tpp into effect. make clear that japan will not renegotiate it. an opposition lawmaker also weighed in on the issue. >> translator: i think it is a common belief that the probability of the u.s. ratifying the tpp and the deal taking effect is now significantly small. >> reporter: it in my frank opinion the situation around the deal has become severe. it doesn't mean the matter is over. it is not over yet. it is important for japan to demonstrate its commitment. if we fail to show our strong will, the tpp will be doomed. >> the prime minister says the 12 participants of the tpp will hold talks in peru on the sidelines of a regional summit that starts on saturday. he says he wants the 12 countries to show had international community their commitment to the free trade agreement. >>> meanwhile, donald trump has picked republican national chairman reince priebus as white house chief of staff. considered a washington insider. u.s. media are reporting the choice of priebus willingnes

mr. trump for this meeting. on the scene where prime minister abe took president-elect trump's hand took place at the very top floorf the trump tower, with chandelier and gold pillars, this is trump's residence. i have been convinced that the president-elect, mr. trump, is definitely a leader that can be trusted. that i can trust. >> very big thank you to our colleague for helping us translate that news conference. so i think, we talked about this earlier. i think trump's personality gives him a chance to have instant rapport with foreign leaders. >> absolutely. it's interesting. most presidents become politicians, presidents, and then worldwide celebrities. this is a worldwide celebrity that became a president. and even world leaders get taken with celebrities. and trump has this way, after he won the iowa primary, he called me to thank me for predicting it. and he was like, you were the one who told me to do this all along. and by the end of the conversation, i'm like, how can i help you? he has that ability. >> the barack obama walks in a room, there's 2 people and 98 who don't, he talks to the two who like him.

mr. trump is a trust worthy leader. >> abe said he touched on a number of issues but gave no further details on the talks. he said that he and donald trump agreed to meet again to have deeper talks. >>> the words of a young boy from fukushima has focused the attention of japan on the problem of bullying. the family moved away from the area during the 2011 nuclear meltdown. but the experiences at his new home led him to thinking about killing himself. >> these are the words of a boy from fukushima. he doesn't want his name used. he survived the 2011 nuclear accident that happened not too far from his home. his family moved to yokohama when he went into the second grade. and that's when the bullying started. kwlasz classmates teased the boy by adding the word germ to his name referring to the radiation around fukushima. >> they called me a germ and i knew it was because of the radiation in fukushima and it made me very sad. and i thought about how people from my region are becoming the target of bullying. >> when he was in fifth grade, he was forced to pay thousands of dollars to his classmate

abe today in new york. the meeting comes after mr. trump suggested during the campaign the u-s should withdraw its troops stationed in japan and south korea. his suggestion stunned both long- standing allies... but a top aide to abe said he's been told by the president-elect's transition team -- not to take his previous remarks literally. while last month only tied for 2016 is still on track to be the hottest year on record. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says the globe averaged 58-point-4 degrees last month -- more than 1-degree warmer than the 20th century average -- but not as warm as octobers in 2014 and 2015. noaa climate scientists still say this year's average is still warmer than 2015 -- and likely to beat last year as the hottest on record. weather weve tied our record high middle 60s early then falling into the 50s by dinner time. a few showers are possible in the afternoon. there is the chance for light rain and snow mix at plus blustery and cold conditions. wind chills saturday and sunday will stay in t

>>> well, president-elect donald trump meets with japanese prime minister shinzo abe in new york today. learneded that mr. trump has statarted making offe for key posts in his admininistration. these are some of f the leading contenders to fillll top positions. retired general michael flynn as nationalecuritity adviviser. giuliani as secretary of state. senator jefeff sessions as attorney general a and steve mnuchin as treasurury secre and also congressman jeff miller for veteran secretary. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we could hear announcements on those posts as soon as today. meanwhile, transition team will unveil their first wave of landing teams. personnel charged with handling the happenedoff to federal team says government officials will have to agree to a five-year lobbying ban after leaving the white house. president-elect donald trump capped another day of high profile meetings at trump tower. many of those seen in the building wednesday are overwhelmingly favorites for key administration posts. among them, alabama senator jeff sessions who sat in o

mr. trump, is a trustworthy leader. >> reporter: then abe headed to lima, peru. he met with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the asian-pacific economic cooperation summit. they discussed economic cooperation as well as a peace treaty. even though it's been more than 70 years, japan and russia still haven't put an official end to world war ii because of issues over four russian-controlled islands. tokyo maintains they're an inherent part of japan. putin is to visit japan next month. the two leaders are expected to try to tackle the issues. officials say there are differences of opinion between the two countries. putin repeated his country's stance that the islands are under legal sovereignty as a result of the war and negotiations are ongoing. >> translator: russia and japan are absolutely natural partners for each other in the region and naturally complement each other. or we could complement each other if our relations were based on a peace treaty, which unfortunately is still missing. both russia and japan want such a treaty to be signed. >>

. >>> president-elect donald trump just met with japan's prime minister shinzo abe who said, "i'm convinced that mr. trump will be a great leader." >>> flash security advisor, retired lieutenant -- national security advisor, retired lieutenant michael flynn. tonight it seems the president is trying to put the past behind him sitting down with former foes and he may offer some of them a job. >> yeah, liz. trump spent the day holed up in his new york city skyscraper with advisors to form his administration. cbs news confirms that donald trump has asked retired lieutenant general michael flynn to be his national security advisor. flynn supported the president- elect during the campaign. he also served as director of the defense intelligence agency. mr. trump's transition team is said to be considering some of the president-elect's former critics to fill other top positions. >>> cbs news has learned mr. trump will meet with mitt romney saturday to seek counsel. >> i think it's good the president-elect is meeting with mitt romney. >> romney could be a potential cabinet pick. earlier this year mr. trump

mr. trump let his own doctors sit in on a meeting with shinzo abe. supposed to help run the family business once mr. trump becomes president. reporters said to give him some time, but even during that meeting, he was asked if he would sell his company to get rid of perceived conflicts of interest. he said "that is a really hard thing to do." rishaad: asian countries are looking towards new trade pacts after the president-elect confirms that he intends to withdraw the nine it states from the tpp. with a trawled the united states from the tpp -- with a draw >> the talks have been going on for three years in the shadow of the tpp. tpp was a trade deal that was going to bring in from the united states side all the regulations to raise standards for labor, environment, intellectual property. what they want to try to do is amaga made existing free trade agreements that have been worked out with other countries. and india, which is one of the reasons why they might have some difficulty getting it through. having a meeting next week and india has some proble

>> reporter: the prime minister of japan, abe, briefly spoke to reporters after his meeting with donald trump thursday. >>(translator): i am convinced that mr. trump is a leader whom i can have great confidence in. >> reporter: the meeting at trump is still just the president-elect. abe said before hand he wanted to build trust with the man who would become the u.s. president. while world leaders wonder when the presidency will look like from the outside, trump's transition team is still trying to figure out what it will look like from within. trump offered the job of national security advisor to retired army lieutenant general michael flynn, a high profile trump surrogate during his campaign. this weekend trump meets with one 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney, who did not speak kindly about trump earlier this year. >> here's what i know, donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: trump senior advisor kellyanne conway indicated the two would be willing to cooperate in the future. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> a man is suing the commerce city police depar

mr. trump now that he has become the next president. that meeting, of course, followed an earlier meeting in the week with japanese prime minister shinzo abe meeting attended also by trump's daughter, ivanka trump. remember, mr. trump and the family said that ivanka and her two brothers would not attend any government meetings or be involved in politics once they took over the company. there was also a report in the "washington post" over the weekend dealing how the new trump hotel in washington, d.c., invited over 100 representatives of foreign embassies to use the hotel when overseas dignitaries are in town. one asian diplomat telling the post it would be, quote, rude to tell the president you're staying at a competing hotel. now political advocacy and not for profit group common cause and more than a dozen other groups signed a letter friday demanding that the trump family put the company into a blind trust run by a truly independent trustee. or, they said, they should sell the company outright. representative kathryn clark, a democrat from massachusetts, introduced a bill this week that would require all presidents, including mr. trump

mr. trump's meeting with prime minister abe. kushner is one of trump's key advisers and played a critical role in his campaign. what is unclear is whether a federal anti-nepotism law prevents kushner from taking a white house job. some say it does, but speaker of the house paul ryan says he is not sure. >> he is obviously a brilliant young man who donald trump i will leave it up to the trump transition team what role he plays. you have to remember, he played an important role in this campaign and i think that has to be respected. >> kushner is married to trump's daughter ivanka. coming up on "cbs this morning" a closer look at jared kushner and what role he may play in the trump administration. >>> today a federal judge will hear arguments in the latest request to delay the fraud trial concerning the defunct trump university. the class action suit alleges trump university misled st on its promise to teach them to be successful in real estate. the trial is scheduled to begin in ten days. lawyers for the president-elect want the t