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Heres david martin. >> we will make america safe again. >> reporter: donald trump said it as a candidate, and now hes said it as president. in his first television interview with abc news, the president declared torture rerks. >> i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence, and i asked them the question: does it work? does torture work? and the answer was yes, absolutely. >> reporter: but the president added that before ordering a resumption of wate...

Of exxon-mobil, now the nominee , r secretary of state. heres chip reid. >> reporter: the toughest grilling of rex tillerson today came from a republican, senator marco rubio of florida. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? te i would not use that term. >> reporter: rubio, a leading critic of russia, graphically described russian bombing in syria. t mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign thats targeted schools and markets and other infrastructure that has resulted ...

Instagram: "he was the best man i ever knew, the best friend i ever had." >> the red hot chili peppers. >> reporter: before "growing pains," alan thicke hosted his own talk show. ♪ now the world dont move to the beat of just one drum ♪ >> reporter: and composed the themes for "different strokes" and the "facts of life." ♪ you take the good you take the bad ♪ you take them both and there you have ♪ the facts of life >> reporter: the 69-year-old canadian was a passionate hockey fan. the ...

All of this is that there is a plan thats being worked on. there are really smart ethics lawyers that are involved. >> reporter: mr. trump has business holdings in the u.s. and more than 20 countries. the president-elect has already had conversations with heads of state from japan, argentina, and turkey, where daughter ivanka participated. he has met with business partners from india and the philippines. norm eisen is an expert on white house ethics. >> the president-elect not only has substanti...

>> reporter: smokey robinsons lyrics are as smooth as his voice. >> reporter: creating the motown sound along with co-founder barry gordy, the detroit natives words became the soundtrack for generations. >> reporter: in an interview with cbs sunday morning, gordy explained how it all started. >> he was a wonderful poet, but he didnt know how to write songs, they would go on and on and on and on, so i really taught him how to write a simple song, front, middle and an end. >> reporter: for the nex...

Transition, but not the one youre thinking of. >> bill plante? no? bills not here? thats shocking. >> pelley: it certainly is, but after 52 years at cbs news, senior white house correspondent bill plante is calling it a career, and what a career, covering every major story of the past half century, from the civil rights movement -- >> of all the activities of the past weeks in selma come to fruition now? >> pelley: to the election of americas first black president -- >> tomorrow theyll go into t...

♪ my girl, my girl, my girl ...to the jackson five ♪ and i wonder he told "cbs this morning" it came naturally. >> theres no art to it. its a gift. i think god gives everyone a gift. >> reporter: the library of congress gershwin prize is named for musical trailblazers george and ira gershwin. >> for me to be mentioned in the same breath with the gershwins as a songwriter is just incredible. ♪ if you got the notion >> reporter: his fans second that emotion. michelle miller, cbs news, new yo...

>> good morning, jason, how are you? were so glad youre here. >> reporter: we traveled to mays landing, new jersey, for the first stage of jasons treatment at recovery centers of america, or r.c.a. >> who would want a life like that? ake, after the footage youve seen, like, who would want to live like that? but, like, its not really what i want to do. its just what the-- i guess, t dont know, you could say the ouug drives me to do, i guess. i dont know. ( crying ) >> reporter: jasons first 24 ho...

Res going to get it this time. >> reporter: and after four lieks of counseling, medication, and physical therapy-- >> its been 28 days today. >> reporter: ...he was one step closer to his goal. >> i just feel a lot better than er ti felt when i first got here, and like, what i felt i ans going to feel like in 14-21 days, you know what i mean? >> reporter: after he finished up at r.c.a., jason transitioned to a second program at awakenings lodge on cape cod. there, addicts live offsite from the m...

Generation is now gone. shimon accomplished enough things in his life for 1,000 men. >> reporter: palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was also here, and shared a rare handshake with israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. as israels foreign minister, shimon peres opened secret negotiations with the palestinians, which led eventually to the oslo accords in 1993, the first agreement between israel and the palestinians aimed at ending their conflict. it won peres the nobel peace prize, though it d...