ben: breaking ond tr donalp transition to shington post and cnn reporting james mattis is the president-elect's pick to become secretary of defense. mattis led operations in the middle east until he retired four yrs ago. before get theob, congress at least seven years. niole: guests put out on alert afte gunshots were fireand police on the rooms at the eagle enolodgg the on providen highw. diane: offices are tryinto figure out what happenedut year after shots ring out oue this chronolical tell this mor. police say -- econolodge motel this morning. gunshots. they did not find any victims. while police found the gun about a mile away from this location, they say it may or may not be connected to the investigation. we talked to one man staying at the hotel is and he was just getting out of the shower when officers were pointing guns at his face. >> they were trying to come in them in. there is nobody in here. diane: police have not made any arrests in this case. they have increased patrols at three schools nearby. ben: the bucks in teen accused of stabbing his mother to that went before a judge to