i said his comment was. >> pelley: uh-huh.e there's a great deal of daylight between those two definitions. but he definitely called you ineffective and disloyal. have you patched it up? >> ryan: yeah, we have. we're fine. we're not looking back. that's behind us. we're way beyond that. now we're talking about, how do we fix this country's problems. >> pelley: you know, i'm curious, though. how did you patch it up? who apologized to whom? ( laughs ) how did that conversation go? >> ryan: we went fine. it was-- pretty much the day after the election, or maybe two days after the election, and we basically decided to let bygones be g-- bygones, and let's move forward and fix this country's problems. and it was over and done with. and ever since then, we've had nothing but extremely productive conversations. >> pelley: paul ryan has led the majority in the house just over a year. he took the job, reluctantly, when his predecessor gave up on trying to pull the fractured party together. ryan is 46, from wisconsin and an expert on th

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the trump-pence administration takes office in 50 days, and we're about to hear from two key players. we have interviews with vice president-elect mike pence and the speaker of the house, pri. paul ryan. but first, donald trump made his first public appearance since he was elected more than three weeks ago, at a furnace manufacturer in indiana, that had planned to send more than 2,000 jobs to mexico. mr. trump's intervention and tax incentives from the state have persuaded the carrier corpitation to send over 1300 jobs south of the border, saving 800. major garrett has the story. >> they say it's not presidential to call up these massive leaders of business. i think it's very presidential. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump called the c.e.o. of carrier's parent company, united technologies, directly to discuss keeping the jobs in indiana. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. nosgoing to happen. >> reporter: during the campaign, trump threatened to slap import tariffs on comp

captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: the president-elect already on the job. with the deal that saved hundreds of them. >> companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. >> pelley: also to vice president-elect on donald trump shifting positions on immigration and prosecuting hillary clinton. did he just say those things to get elected? a so-called magical treatment for the anxiety and depression that come with cancer. >> from that moment, the fear of gone. >> pelley: and a new over-the-top light show at niagra falls. >> pelley: the trump-pence administration takes office in 50 days, and we're about to hear from two key players. we have interviews with vice president-elect mike pence and the speaker of the house, pri. paul ryan. but first, donald trump made his first public appearance since he was elected more than three weeks ago, at a furnace manufacturer in indiana, that had planned to send more than 2,000 jobs to mr. trump's intervention and tax incentives from the state have persuaded the carrier corpitation to send over 1

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don't waste another minut this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: u.s. intelligence is working against a deadline of january 20th, the day president obama leaves office, to complete the investigation he ordered of attempts by foreign hackers to influence the election. one focus is the russian break-in at the democratic national committee. we know a lot more about that tonight thanks to jeff pegues. >> reporter: investigators believe the attack began in july the presidential election. thousands of e-mails were sent to hundreds of organizations. ultimately the hackers known as cozy bear and tied to russian intelligence burrowed into the computers of the democratic national committee, and they stole documents and e-mails that would later come back to haunt democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. adam hodge is with the d.n.c. >> this is unprecedented. the entire democratic party with one goal, and that was to help donald trump. >> reporter: the u.s. intelligence communitys split on whether the hacks were intended to help mr. trump, but since at le

officials expect to start next few days. >> pelley: demarco morgan, thanks. in medellin, colombia, they were supposed to play a soccer championship last night. but instead, the stadium was packed for a memorial for the brazilian team whose plane crashed on monday. 71 were killed, including most of the players. six people survived. the club's home stadium in brazil was also filled last night for a mass in honor of the victims. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," a molecule in mushrooms relieves depression in cancer patients. and later, shedding new light on i thought my bladder leakage meant my social life was over. wearing depend underwear has allowed me to fully engage in my life and i'm meeting people. unlike the bargain brand, depend fit-flex underwear reconnect with the life you've been missing. get a free sample at depend.com. i'm terrible at golf. reconnect with the life you've been missing. he is. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. f

scott pelley is next there n >> pelley: echoes of the cold war. fears of a new arms race today as donald trump and vladimir putin call for expanding their nuclear arsenals. also tonight, what is excessive force? ( screaming ) (bleep). >> pelley: a mother calls police, but she and her daughters are arrested. the world's most vicious war is revealed through the eyes of a seven-year-old from aleppo. >> . >> reporter: what's it like? >> bad. >> so the picture is in my head. my task is to get it out. >> pelley: and the photographer who shines a light on humanity. >> i am your uncle. i am your brother, i am your neighbor. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the latest tweet from the president-elect could signal a reversal of nearly five decades of u.s. nuclear policy. since 1963, presidents, both republican and democrat, have agreed with russia to limit nuclear weapon development. most recently, in 2010, president obama signed a deal to cut the number of missile launchers in half and limit deployed wa

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, donald trump served notice to china with a phone call that beijing is likely to see as a grave offense. mr. trump spoke with the president of taiwan, the island nation that rebelled against the communist mainland after world war ii. reunionification is not just beijing policy. it is an obsession. and mr. trump's phone call may be seen as support for taiwan independence, a raw nerve for china's leadership. here's chief white house correspondent major garrett. >> reporter: now u.s. president-elect has spoken with the twi juanese head of state since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979. and president tsai ing-wen congratulated president-elect trump on his victory. china considers taiwan part of its territory, and since 1972, the u.s. government has recognized this so-called one-china policy. bonnie glazer is an expert on u.s.-china relations. >> so the notion that the united states, and the incoming profit u.s., might be supporting a pro-independence agenda will be very, very worrisome to china

scott pelley, take care tamly, we will see you captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: murder driven by hate. the white gunman who killed nine african-americans at a bible study is convicted of hate crimes. he could get the death penalty. also tonight, cbs news has learned alarming details of a lightning strike by russian hackers at the heart of the u.s. military. they're down to the homestretch. it's the crunch before christmas for package deliverers. >> we're really geared up here. >> pelley: an steve hartman lets us in on the secret of secret santa. >> reporter: you've no doubt seen the happy endings, but almost no one knows the humble beginnings. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: dylann roof alone decided who would live or die when he opened fire on a group of african americans who had invited him into their bible study. he killed nine of the 12. now a jury, nine whites, three blacks, will decide whether he lives after convicting him today of all 33 charges in a federal hate crimes trial. mark strassmann is at the courthouse in charleston, south carolina.

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.n glenn, the last of the mercury 7 astronauts, the first american to orbit the earth, died late today. he was 95. back in 1962, america was losing the space race. the soviets had already sent a man into orbit, and just six months after that, they detonated the world's largest atom bomb. the pressure and excitement were sky high that february day when glenn, america's knight in shining spacesuit, compressed himself into "friendship 7." school children held their breath watching black and white tvs, grand central terminal stopped in its tracks, eyes glued to a big screen, and president kennedy waited to exhale at the white house. >> 3, 2, 1, 0, ignition. >> pelley: minutes later, glenn reported, "zero-g, and "i feel fine." it would be his signature catch phrase for the rest of his life, a life of many orbits, remembered now by nancy cordes. >> reporter: from the cosmos to capitol hill and then back again-- >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: john glenn was an astronaut, a politician, a

we're way beyond that. >> pelley: did you believe he could be nominated, really? >> yeah, no, i didn't see this one coming. he knows that. donald trump's a very-- he was a very ubconventional candidate. he's going to be an unconventional president. what i like about it, like i said, in my almost daily conversations is he's just a "get things done" kind of guy. >> pelley: have you told him being president is not being c.e.o. of the united states, that the congress is going to have a say? >> oh, we've talked about that extensively. we've talked about the constitution, article one of the constitution, the separation of powers. actually, that under president obama's watch, he stripped a lot of power away from the constitution, away from the legislative branch of government, and we want to reset the balance of power so that people and the constitution are rightfully restored. >> pelley: the speaker of the house on his plans for sweeping tax reform and immigration enforcement. that's this sunday on "60 minutes." ryan's home state of wisconsin today began recounting vote

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. as a manhunt spreads across europe tonight, president-elect trump says the berlin christmas market attack proves that he is right about cracking down on muslim immigration to america. german police say the suspect is an immigrant from tunisia with a connection to isis. and julianna goldman begins our coverage. >> what's going on is terrible. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump emerged from his mar-a-lago club to briefly address this week's terrorist attack in berlin, his first public comments since a truck plowed into a christmas market killing 12. >> reporter: asked whether he's re-evaluating his plans to ban immigration to the u.s. from certain muslim countries and establish a muslim registry here at home... >> and i used the term "extreme vetting"." >> reporter: ...mr. trump defended his controversial campaign proposals. >> reporter: even before german authorities declared monday's attack terrorism and isis tatemed responsibility, mr. trump released a statement saying: langua

>> pelley: running for their lives. cbs news is inside aleppo as assad's noose tightens and the innocent flee. >> reporter: these families have been walking for well over eight hours. they don't really care where they're going, they tell >> pelley: also tonight, once once-leading contender rudy giuliani is out of the running for secretary of state. jurors hear a killer confess to a massacre. >> roof: i went to that church in charleston, and i did it. >> pelley: and steve hartman with a war correspondent for a war that ended more than 70 years ago. >> there are really super hero world war ii vet out there, and captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the words are chilling. today, in a charleston courtroom, a jury heard dylann roof admit his hatred of african americans and confess to shooting nine worshipers to death in a historic black church. the victims had invited him tow join their bible study. roof is charged with a federal hate crime, and mark strassmann >> reporter:

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: night is about to fall in oakland, california, and for a third night, recovery teams are searching for the victims of a fire at a warehouse that was beings used illegally as a dance club. this is a live picture. and this is our first look inside the warehouse before fire as police inspectors checked it back in october. we don't know why action was not taken then on the complaints filed by residents. today the death toll rose to 36, but it is likely more victims are buried under the collapsed roof. we are only beginning to learn who they were. some were foreigners. our david begnaud begins our coverage. was already in flames. nancy o'malley is the alameda county district attorney. >> the range of charges could be murder all the way to involuntary manslaughter, and until we know what the evidence shows us, there may be other charges if the evidence presents that. >> reporter: 75% of the building has now been searched. for the last 48 hours, recovery workers have used buckets to separate personal possessions and building materials f

'n' roll hall of fame. ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is ourrn edition. and we'll begin tonight with breaking news. north of mexico city, many are reported dead and wounded tonight after this. you are watching the leveling of a crowded market selling fireworks for christmas and new year's celebrations. michelle miller is following this. michelle. >> reporter: scott, the multiple explosions began mid-afternoon in the famous open-air san pablito fireworks market in tultepec, about 90 minuteas tultepec, about 90 minutes north of mexico city. government officials say there are at least two dozen dead and 70 injured. nose numbers could go up. there were an estimated 2,000 people in the market at the time, stocking up for christmas and new year aircraft which many mexicans traditionally celebrate with fireworks and rockets. and there are also reports that nearby homes have suffered damage. rescue workers have asked people to stay at least three miles from the site as they continue to hose down the market. but, scott, with 300 vending booths, there ar

gets it right. >> pelley: mr. trump said he was "a smart person" and therefore he didn't need to receive the presidential intelligence brief every day. what do you think of that? >> i think information is power, and information doesn't always translate into knowledge, but at least you have the basic facts in front of you. i think it's important that the president be aware of what's taking place on the global basis every day and not every week. >> pelley: so your advice to the president-elect would be what? >> listen more. read more. and you have an intelligence community which is among the finest in the world, and listen to what their analysis is and their recommendations to you are. >> pelley: one of the complaints that he appears to have is that the president's daily brief has a lot of redundant information day after day. >> well, the president can say, simplify this because i know all of the other material, but i want it in five and not ten pages. he can do that, but i think to ignore the daily briefing is not

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.ann roof alone decided who would live or die when he opened fire on a group of african americans who had invited him into their bible study. he killed nine of the 12. now a jury, nine whites, three blacks, will decide whether he lives after convicting him today of all 33 charges in a federal hate crimes trial. mark strassmann is at the courthouse in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: dylann roof's jury took two hours to find him guilty of gunning down nine bible studiers in a church because they were black. >> oh, my goodness, i could go on and on about tywanza. >> reporter: felicia sanders survived the attack. her son tywanza was killed right in front of her. during her testimony, she called out roof for refusing to look at her. >> that goes to show you how cold and callous he is. you slaughtered nine people and you sit there and don't even look? >> reporter: this morning in closing arguments, federal prosecutor nathan williams called roof "a man of immense hatred," who committe

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today president-elect donald trump named the c.e.o. of exxon-mobil, rex tillerson, to be secretary of state. the senior member of the cabinet. tillerson was chosen because he's made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with vladimir putin of russia. the lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. also today, mr. trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. major garrett begins our coverage. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven will leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. >> reporter: rex tillerson's move from exxon-mobil c.e.o. to secretary of state nominee began with a meeting last month between vice president-elect mike pence and former secretary of stat

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, the president-elect took off on bhoeg, saying that the company's bill for a new fleet of presidential aircraft is sky high. the next generation of air force ones is not due until the next decade, but donald trump called for the contract to be scrapped in an early-morning tweet that triggered turbue street. cord corld now on mr. trump's plain talk and what's behind it. >> reporter: mr. trump's tweet shortly before the opening bell caused boeing stock to plunge before recovering throughout the day. boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one, he wrote. "costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order: >> i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. money but not that much money. >> reporter: the two planes that currently serve as air force one are more than 25 years old. they are the last 747-200 series passenger jets still in use in the united states. the air force contracted with boeing last year to begin designing two or three replacements, slated for comp

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the latest tweet from the president-elect could signal a reversal of nearly five decades of u.s. nuclear policy. since 1963, presidents, both republican and democrat, have agreed with russia to limit nuclear weapon development. most recently, in 2010, president obama signed a deal to cut the number of missile launchers in half and limit deployed warheads on both sides. but today, donald trump suggested that policy may not be his policy. here's julianna goldman. >> reporter: in just 140 characters, president-elect donald trump signaled a major shift in u.s. foreign policy, tweeting: transition officials transition officials didn't say what prompted the tweet, but it came the same day that russian president, vladimir putin, said moscow needs to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces. >> i think the tweet was ambiguous, and it was hard to figure out what exactly he meant. u. reporter: former u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burns. r in nuclear diplomacy and in dip

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.ay, president obama made it clear, he believes vladimir putin ordered a plot to break into democratic party computers with the intent of throwing the election to donald trump. mr. obama said he warned putin during this summit meeting in september that russia must not attempt to hack into any systems for counting votes. and mr. obama said there is no evidence that they did that. but in a news conference, the president said the russians did hack into the democratic national committee and the emails of hillary clinton's campaign chairman. he suggested that mr. trump and republicans aided the russian plot by embracing the embarrassing leaks that dominated the media before election day. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: president obama left little doubt he believed vladimir putin was involved with the russian hacking, and he confronted him about it two months before the election. >> in early september, when i saw presi

>> pelley: breaking news tonight. many are dead after a thunderous disaster at a fireworks market in one of the world's biggest cities. also tonight, the christmas market killer is on the loose. isis claims responsibility. and there's a warning for americans. >> we are all valuable terrorist targets today. >> pelley: the tower sends a passenger jet straight toward a mountain. >> pelley: and... ♪ ♪ yes, they're going to the rock 'n' hrollofall e. fam captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we begin with breaking news tonight. north of mexico city, many are reported dead and wounded tonight after this. you are watching the leveling of a crowded market selling fireworking for christmas and new year's celebrations. michelle miller ising in for us. michelle. >> reporter: scott, the multiple explosions began midafternoon in the famous

.>>> scott pelley is next. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: air force none. president-elect says cancel the order for new presidential planes. they're too expensive. >> we want boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money. >> pelley: also tonight, the killer of former n.f.l. player joe mcknight is charged with manslaughter, announced at a bizarre news conference. >> reporter: sheriff, can you explain why you felt the need to read some of those foul comments? >> pelley: getting less than seven hours' sleep sharply increases a driver's risk of an accident. and, a most-fitting tribute to the fallen heroes of the u.s.s. "arizona." >> every single time i watch that explosion i felt a little pang in my heart. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today, the president-elect took off on boeing, saying that the company's bill for a new fleet of presidential aircraft is sky high. the next generation of "air force ones" is not due until the next decade, but donald trump called for the contract to be scrapped

captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: the deadly wildfire was arson. police charge two juveniles in the tennessee fire that left 14 people dead and wrecked hundreds of homes. also tonight, the president-elect fills more military arena and the wrestling ring. dylann roof goes on trial for the charleston church massacre. >> his eyes say evil to me. >> pelley: and a hero returns to pearl harbor 75 years later. >> i remember every moment like it happened yesterday. >> my grandfather is not only a this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today the investigators of that tennessee fire said the fire that swept through the great smoky mountains last week was arson. two juveniles are charged. 14 people were killed in and around gatlinburg. more than 145 were hurt. 17,000 acres burned. demarco morgan has thebr >> oh, god. >> reporter: the two juveniles arrested this morning for allegedly starting the fire are tennessee residents, and that's about all officials were able to say about them because they are minors. james dunn is the sevier count

. >> looks like >> pelley: also tonight, wicked weather creates massive pileups, blizzard conditions, and arctic chill across much of the country. and. >> i thought they were just water vapor. >> pelley: the nation's top doctor sounds the alarm on e-cigarettes. is a new generation getting hooked on nicotine. >> bottom line, is there is no safe use of tobacco products for kids, and those include this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: john glenn, the last of the mercury 7 astronauts, the first american to orbit the earth, died late today. he was 95. back in 1962, america was losing the space race. the soviets had already sent a man into orbit, and just six months after that, they detonated the world's largest atom bomb. so the pressure and excitement were sky high when glenn, america's knight in shining spacesuit, compressed himself into "friendship 7." school children held their breath watching black and white tvs, grand central terminal stopped in its tracks, eyes glued to a big screen, and president kennedy waited to exhale at the white house. >> 3, 2, 1, 0, ign