Very intriguing meeting on monday here at trump tower with former Vice President al gore. We know according to gore he was supposed to sit down with ivanka trump to talk about Climate Change. The meeting afterwards got expanded to include president elect trump. Here is al gore after that meeting. The bulk of the time was with president elect trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation. To be continued. Im just going to leave it at that. Reporter that is an intriguing stay tuned from al gore. Gore later on saying it was a shared attempt to find common ground. They have not always seen eye to eye. Thank you, sunlen. The meetings with Senate Democrats have leaders concerned. Leaning now on West Virginia joe manchin and Heidi Heitkamp. It could make the republicans more powerful in the senate. That means the democrats lose a seat or two. Senator manchin is not ruling out a job with the Trump Administration. He has to make sure he is doing the best he can for his state, but says no specifics have been discussed so far with the trump transition. It was very encouraging talk. We talked about West Virginia and the country as a whole. It was a productive talk. I was appreciative of that. Would you take department of energy if offered . We have not talked about anything. There will be something later this week or some time when we might meet. Is it possible for president elect trump to tax u. S. Companies that move jobs to mexico . The short answer is yes. Tariffs are used for products, not companies. Donald trump could ask congress to do it or if he wants to avoid congress, he has to first announce an investigation into the company for dumping Cheaper Products in the u. S. Markets. The department of commerce would have to investigate. Trumps pick wilbur ross would likely approve this. Then the International Trade commission would prove that the company is causing harm by flooding goods into u. S. Shores. That has never happened to a specific company. If trump did get that approval, he could slap the company with a tariff on all goods coming into the u. S. Bottom line, putting tariffs on companies, yes, it is possible. It wont be easy. A difficult thing to do. Lets talk about that and more. I want to bring in political analyst and best selling author Ellis Henican and greg valliere. Lets talk about the next election. Its never too early. Go, joe, go he was up at the senate and when reporters caught up with him, they had this exchange. List listen. Will you run again . Yeah. Im going to run in 2020. For what . For president. [ laughter ] no, what the hell, man . Anyway. Were going to run with that, sir. You dropped that. Thats okay. Thats okay. I enjoyed every minute of my time in the senate. To be clear, were you kidding about running for president in 2020 . Im not committing not to run. Im not committing to anything. I learned a long time ago. All right, ellis, is he opening the door . Two things to say. He would be 78 years old. That is not what it used to be. Does anyone really think joe biden could not gotten an extra point in pennsylvania, michigan, ohio or florida . He has to be kicking himself. He has to say oh, man. This is more about 2016 than 2020. You cast your gaze against the fermament. Greg, let me go to you and ask you this. It is too early to really say what president elect trump will do as far as china. On the campaign trail, he put pressure on china. He had tweets over the weekend. His call with taiwan. Clearly he is ramping up rhetoric with china. Listen, trump is a disrupter. China hasnt done the u. S. Any favors. He talks about lets talk about tariffs. Taxes u. S. Goods higher than the u. S. Taxes chinas goods coming in here. Does he have a leg to stand on or is he putting the u. S. At risk of a trade war here. A couple points. He will game china like i games everybody. He has to satisfy his constituents in the rustbelt. Pennsylvania and ohio who voted for him. He has to do that. I think relations will be rocky with china economically. Frankly, i would worry more about iran. U. S. iran relations will be awful. We have a lot of posturing right now. Last time i checked, he hasnt been inaugurated. He is doing all this and 49 days to go. The markets seem to like parts of trump more than they said they would leading up to election day. When it comes to tariffs and trade, where is the Tipping Point where the markets would start to be concerned he would begin some trade war and they find detrimental . I think two things the markets would worry about. If china retaliates. Okay. We will raise tariffs as well. That could escalate. Number two would be a public fight with janet yellen. Those are the things the markets would worry about. Do you see that possible . A public fight with yellen . He was critical of her during the campaign. She should be ashamed of herself for creating bubbles. She will raise rates on december 14th. With the fed raising rates, we will see. He may get a little testy with her. The safe bet should never than placed in the same sentence. Ellis, some of the peting meet is taking is a concern for the democrats in the senate. What do you think the calculation is if they decide to work in the Trump Administration . The one for the dems is easy. Do not go. They have long political futures. They are both in states where it is clearly not a political advantage to be a democrat. In West Virginia, it is a detriment. In north dakota, the same is true. I dont know. It has to depend on the calculation of their futures connected to the Democratic Party and alienate their senators. Lets go to the cabinet picks. Al gore walking into trump tower. He is not going to be in the cabinet. Was this just for the cameras . Is donald trump softening . Is he throwing an olive branch . Ill give you one word. Ivanka. I think this is all about ivanka. Donald trump is on record calling Climate Change a hoax. Ivanka pushed the child care plan that had people scratching their heads. This may be her new pet issue. I think it is daddy, please meet. I dont know were there yet. Greg, it shows enormous power you have. People will come meet with you. Even people not in power and people critical. Why . Because you are going to be the most powerful person on earth for the next four years whether they like it or not. I would go further. Some people will make fools of themselves to curry favor with them or get a cabinet position. They will change previous stances. They will bow down and make abj abject apologies. Greg valliere with a not cynical view. Thank you. See you in 20 minutes. Up next, new developments in the oakland warehouse fire. Why investigators had the building on the radar long before the flames. 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Thanks mom heightened security in los angeles this morning after authorities received a tip about a possible bombing plot targ targeting the universal train station. The fbi said it came from the tip line operated by an unidentified foreign government. The threat considered specification and imminent. They are still trying to determine its credibility. Commuters in los angeles are expected to see an increase in unformed police and k9 units. And investigators are sifting through the wreckage of the Oakland Building fire that killed at least 36 people. Officials are still trying to determine what caused the warehouse turned art space to go up in flames. Prosecutors say it is still too early to speculate on any criminal charges, they promise to leave no stone unturned. We get more from cnns dan simon. Reporter john and alison, it is a mind boggling number of victims. Many have been identified, but some require scientific methods of identification. I want to show you the make vis shift memorial to see what people have put to honor those died. Why people wanted to live in the warehouse. This is what the mayor had to say about the investigation. The permitted use of that building was a warehouse. It was not legally permitted as a living space, residence or event space. Reporter still no theory yet about the cause, but investigators think they know where the fire started so hopefully that will lead to clues. As for the residents. One person told me she viewed this almost like a church. A way for people to come together to draw inspiration for the art projects. Of course, that is a big part of the investigation. Why people were living in the warehouse. The main focus is on the victims and possible recovery of additional bodies. John and alison. Dan, thank you. Prosecutors in South Carolina are promising to retry former Police OfficerMichael Slager for the murder of walter scott after the judge declared a mistrial. The jury was unable to come to unanimous decision after deliberating for 22 hours over four days. Lets get the latest from nick valencia in charleston. Reporter after days of deliberati deliberation, it was monday afternoon the jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous decision in the murder of walter scott. For those in support of the scott family, this was a surprise. Some expected a mistrial. We got indication of one lone juror who could not convict slager of firstdegree murder. On monday, we learned that a majority of the jurors were undecided. There was enough reasonable doubt cast in the case by the state for the jury pool to be deadlocked. It is the makeup of the jury pool that considered by some to take exception. 11 of the jurors were white. Six of them white men. Five white women. One africanamerican. The foreman in the jury pool. It was on monday afternoon at a press conference that the scott family did not focus on that. 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Cnns Muhammad Lila is tracking the latest from istanbul. Muhammad, they are trying to win over the hearts of the syrian people, but russia voted against the temporary ceasefire to bring in muchneeded aid. How does that jive with what is going on . Reporter and how is this for mixed messages. A threat from the foreign minister to the rebels saying the rebels that dont leave eastern aleppo peacefully will be quote eliminated. That comes on the heels of the u. S. And russia trying to work out a deal where the rebels in the eastern part of aleppo will be given free passage to leave. The public show of the humanitarian aid they are tli g delivering and inviting the media. Russia is furious a Medical Clinic was bombed yesterday. Russia says that was a preplanned attack. The rebels had the coordinates of the facility. According to cnns team on the ground as well as the syrian army, more than half of the rebel part of aleppo has been retain by forces. There is a fear that all of eastern aleppo could fall in the coming days. The question is what will happen if the rebels refuse to leave . If we take russias word for it, it could be a nasty situation and bloodbath. That is something the u. N. And other relief agencies on the ground are desperately trying to avoid. Muhammad lila, thank you. A controversy west bank outpost bill cleared the first hurdle in the israeli pa parliament. It will legalize 50 israeli settlements on palestinian land. Lawmakers voted 6049. Outgoing secretary of state john kerry calls the measure concerning. President obama heading to tampa to deliver his final speech on the administrations Counter Terrorism strategy. He is expected to address and give thanks to active duty members at the air force base this afternoon. That includes members of the special Operation Team during his presidency. What a difference a day makes at trump tower. And who visits. Yesterday, al gore was there. Today . 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Suspense builds as president elect trump searches for secretary of state. A Texas Oil Man makes the trip to trump tower today. Who saw this coming . Former Vice President al gore talking about his surprise meeting with the president elect. Never say never. At least not for joe biden. The Vice President suggests he could run for president in 2020. Could he possibly be serious . Welcome back to early start. Im alison kosik. Im john berman. 30 minutes after the hour. It is 5 30 a. M. Do you know where your next secretary of state is . That is the big question for president elect trump as he heads into the day of big meetings. Exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson is said to be on a growing list of those under consideration for secretary of state. Also paying a visit today is radio host laura ingraham. Then trump stops to fayetteville, North Carolina. This follows big announcements and meetings on monday. Lets get the latest from cnns sunlen serfaty. Reporter good morning, john and alison. President elect trump making Big Decisions with the cabinet. Formally nominating ben carson as secretary of housing and urban development. As he moves to make key decisions on the big cabinet posts, others seem to be taking a step back. Late last week, we knew according to sources that donald trump has settled on the potential for four finalists for the big secretary of state job. Now we know according to sources, donald trump is looking for more candidates expanding the search for secretary the state. Now looking at people like jon huntsman and exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson meeting with donald trump today. Also joe manchin. Democratic senator from West Virginia. He told our sources on capitol hill he is looking to schedule a meeting with trump at some point this week. Donald Trump Holding a very intriguing meeting at trump tower with former Vice President al gore. We know gore was supposed to sit down with ivanka trump to talk about Climate Change. The meeting got expanded to include president elect trump. Here is al gore after that meeting. The bulk of the time was with president elect trump. I found it extremely interesting conversation and to be continued. Im just going to leave it. Reporter that certainly is intriguing stay tuned coming from al gore. Gore later on saying the meeting was a shared attempt to find common ground. The two have not al