we are going to make america great again. >> the president-elect donald trump taking the stage in wisconsin, praising paul ryan and defending his pick for secretary of state. silicon valley comes to trump tower. the top names, biggest names in tech meet with the president-elect. and we're following a dire situation on the ground in aleppo, syria an evacuation plan on hold. as activists on the ground report new shelling. welcome back to "early start." i'm george howell. >> i'm christine romans. nice to see you again, george. it's 30 minutes past the hour. let's begin with president-elect donald trump with the next stop on his thank you tour, the battleground state that helped him win this election. he turned a rally in wisconsin into a lovefest, praising one-time adversary, paul ryan, there you go, speaker of the house complimenting trump right