Nation he criticized during the campaign and continued to do so on twitter over the weekend. Peter doocy is outside trump tower with the latest from the next leader of the free world sending a pointed message to china and looking for just the right person at foggy bottom. Good evening. Reporter good evening. Today the president elect got a visit from onetime democratic president ial nominee who won the popular vote but lost the election, and it may not be the one you think. Former vicepresident al gore came to trump tower today for a sit down about Climate Change with ivanka trump and possibly more. The bulk of the time was with president elect donald trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation. And to be continued. Im just going to leave it at that. Reporter when the former vp walked out, the next secretary of state again became the topic of conversation. The businessman president may want a businessman representing him abroad. There are a number of people he may not have called. They are coming forth now and expressing interest. Reporter Rex Tillerson is now in the mix as a possible secretary of state. So is former ambassador to china John Huntsman, a rival of another famous republican from utah, mitt romney. In october, huntsman said mr. Trump should withdraw from the race telling the salt lake tribune, the time has come for governor pence to lead the ticket. Two months later, his tone has changed. You know, im honored my name is even in a mix. Reporter others being considered for secretary of state, democratic u. S. Senator joe manchin. And republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher who says being he is vetted and who agrees with mr. Trump about teaming up with moscow to fight terrorism. Russia and the people of russia are good people. They have a chance to work with them to defeat this evil that threatens the planet right now. Reporter the Transition Team today finally announced that dr. Ben carson had accepted an offer to serve as housing and urban development secretary. Mr. Trump says, he is a tough competitor and never gives up. The incoming president is also now promising to stay active on social media because he says, quote, if the press would cover me accurately and honorably, i would have less reason to tweet. Sadly, i dont know if that will ever happen. Over the weekend, mr. Trump used a six tweet burst to warn American Companies that anything built in a new factory abroad is going to have a 35 tax slapped on it when sold in the states. The transition kept moving forward inside trump tower monday. While outside the former Green Party Candidate jill stein held a press conference about the recount effort shes trying to organize in three states where she revealed shes not trying to take the election away from mr. Trump. I think it would be unfair to raise expectations that the outcome is going to change. Thats not our intent. Reporter the president elect is really picking up the pace of his thank you victory tour this week with a stop tomorrow in North Carolina, then thursday in iowa and friday in michigan. He will be trying to fill up arenas while trying to fill out his cabinet. Peter doocy live outside ted trump tower. We are learning about the circumstances that preceded president elect trump conversation with taiwans president. Jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon, it turns out the call was not a spur of the moment decision. Reporter for the first time, china sent two bombers capable of launching Nuclear Weapons to circle taiwan fox news has learned, the november 26 foray was a test for u. S. Allies in the pacific. Japan scrambled eight fighter jets to intercept the bombers. President elect trumps controversial call with the president of taiwan insaysed chinese leaders. Jim jones, president obamas First National security adviser, offered his perspective. That didnt bother me. I think the purists are flapping their wings and saying all kinds of things, why they cant have a fiveminute conversation or whatever it was to say congratulations is doesnt make a lot of sense to me. I didnt it didnt bother me. Reporter a view echoed by one of trumps possible pikz for secretary of state. Nobody in beijing gets to dictate who we talk to. Reporter since the chinese civil war, china and taiwan have been separately ruled. China claims sovereignty over the island. Trump is the first president or president elect to speak with a taiwan leader since the u. S. Broke off relations in 1979 under president jimmy carter when his administration established formal relations with beijing marking the start of the one china policy. Trumps chief of staff pushed back on suggestions the president elect made a mistake. He knew exactly what was happening. We have a lot of problems to solve in this country. Were not going to solve them by just making belief that people dont exist. Reporter trumps response came in a tweet. Interesting how the u. S. Sells taiwan million teary equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call. U. S. Arms sales to taiwan have totaled more than 46 billion since 1990. In december 2015, the United States announced a 1. 83 billion arms Sales Agreement to taiwan the first in four years. The white house was on the defensive today. It has spoken twice to the chinese. Senior officials of the National Security council have been in touch with their chinese counterparts to reiterate our countrys continued commitment to a one china policy. Reporter another point of friction, trade tariffs. China imposed aid 25 tariff on imported cars while the u. S. Charges 2. 5 or less giving china a huge advantage. Jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. Thank you. More on this with the panel. Breaking news right now. A prosecutor in oakland, california, says murder charges are possible in fridays warehouse fire there. Right now, search crews are combing through the wreckage of a building that became a literal hell on earth when it caught fire and trapped dozens of people inside. Death toll now stands at 36 and is expected to go higher. Adam housely is in oakland tonight. Good evening. Reporter good evening. In fact, all charges are on the table she says. A criminal Investigation Team has been on site here since just a few hours after the fire with 25 of the building of the site of the horrible tragedy still yet to be searched. I want to find my brother. I dont know where he is. Reporter under investigation by the city of oakland, firefighters still dont know what started the fire at the artist collective known as the ghost ship. We are no closer to finding a cause. We absolutely believe the number of fire fatalities will increase. Reporter the flames tore through the building late friday into early saturday. Reporter called 911. A minute later, the pourer went out. Had to escape in the dark. Reporter more than 100 people were inside attending a party while others have lived in rooms and campers in a building once used as a car repair shop. Unless we enforce it. We have an attitude, catch me if you can. We allow activities to occur. The owner is trying to make a dollar. Reporter pictures show a massive amount of flammable material and a maze of debris that would block the escape for the many who parished inside. A death trap. Its a death trap. Its a house of horrors. Its a house of horrors now. It was then. Reporter the city of oakland received numerous complaints in recent months about the warehouse. The fire is the worst in oak lands history. One that hit close to home for the men and women working to investigate the fire and respectfully recover the remains. One of our deputies that we work with lost his son in this fire. Were still dealing with that as we continue to deal with the other victims. Reporter a crane has been brought in. They have been using a drone to try and help get the last 25 searched. They do believe they will have that process finished tonight. They believe they will find more victims inside. Once again, the death toll now stands at 36. 22 families have been notified. Reporte horrible story. The fate of the dakota pipeline may be in the hands of the next president. Sunday they denied a permit for the completion of the 4 billion project. Environmentalists and native americans who have been fighting this project are claiming victory. Pipeline supporters are not yet ready to concede defeat. We have more tonight from north dakota. Reporter thousands of protesters at Standing Rock celebrated their victory monday over the access pipeline. Something for me. Ive been praying for every day since i got here. Reporter its 92 complete. The u. S. Army corps of engineers approved all of it except an easement under the missouri river. On sunday it said it would explore alternative routes and order a full review. Mission has been accomplished. We built awareness. A decision has been rendered. Its time to remove the roadblocks. Its time for everybody to go home. And be safe. Reporter 2,000 vets arrived sunday to act as human shields for protesters. The people are being brutalized by our law enforcement. So were out here to put an end to it. Reporter protesters are a mix of native americans who see this as an indian rights issue and environmental activists who oppose any and all oil projects and whose social media success drove this story from obscurity to national news. Its part time the final easement is approved and construction is completed. Reporter the congressional dell gracious supports the pipeline. They say president obama aban n abandoned the rule of law for political friends noting his ties with the tribal chairman whose sister served as a president ial aide. The pipeline can carry 500,000 barrels of oil a day. Some 38,000 oil and Gas Pipelines already crisscross the u. S. Native americans fear a leak could damage their water supply. Its crucial to because of our land. Its being destroyed. If we dont do something about it right now, were going to have nothing left. Reporter the pipeline was built almost entirely on private land. The Standing Rock sioux claim part of it is theirs. Some protesters trespassing now on federal land refuse to leave. I dont believe people will leave here. Until all that is done. This is just the beginning. Reporter president elect trump, he supports the pipeline. He could reinstate the original route as permitted. It will likely be challenged in court. Because of the weather, people are to go home. That looks cold. In north dakota. Thank you. North carolina will get a new governor. This afternoon pat mckcrory conceded the rate. That nearly four weeks after election day comes after appeals dried up and postelect recounts saw coopers lead increasing. The defeat is the first time a sitting North Carolina governor has lost a reelect bid. Today on the markets, the do you gained 46 to close at a record high. The s p 500 was up 13. The nasdaq finished ahead 53. Russia and china have vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution dealing with the city of aleppo. The measure would have demanned a seven daytruce. Two nurses were killed in rebel shelling on a government controlled section of aleppo. Eight civilians killed there. We learned a russian fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after overshooting an aircraft carrier. Its the second loss at that carrier since it arrived off the syrian coast last month. Italy is once again dealing with a political crisis. It could send economic aftershocks around the world. The Prime Minister is quitting after losing a referendum on proposed constitutional reforms there. The white house is downplaying ties to u. S. Politics, some are saying the trump affect post brexit is now hitting europe again. Kevin cork has the story tonight from the white house. Reporter what a difference a few weeks make. Its a strategic interest of ours that we have a successful united europe. Reporter that was president obama standing alongside the italian Prime Minister at the white house. Just six weeks ago. I think he embodied a new generation of europe. Reporter he is stepping down amid the fdefeat of a referendu. Reflective of a mood of distrust by the people of those in power, particularly in the west. Indeed, his resignation is the latest wave in a tsunami of political change washing over europe. One thats seeing the leaders of france and Great Britain ushered from power. Couple that with president elect trumps victory in november and theres a sense among many that theres a broader populist trend at work. Illuminating growing concerns over immigration, globalism and the economy. White house officials today were hesitant to draw any conclusions. There certainly is not an entirely unreasonable tendency to want to loop together the outcome in the uk and even the outcome of the u. S. President ial election with this outcome. But each of these is different. Reporter different as in the outcome of the recent vote in u austria where the far right candidate was soundly defeated. Experts believe to under estimate whats happening across europe would be folly. It was a vote against the establishment and thats a little bit of what you have seen from trump. I think carrying on over into europe. Reporter carryover with political um complications both here and abroad. When you consider that of the major western leaders to begin 2016, only Angela Merkel remains in power and will run for reelection in 2017. As for italy, he will stay on through the 2017 budget process at the request of his countrys president. Kevin cork live on the north lawn. More on this with the panel as well. European countries are not the only ones watching closely as president elect trump prepares to take over. Israel has a huge interest in the soon to be president , of course. David lee miller looks as a loonlong relationship that has gone through tough times recently. Reporter after eight years of a relationship that at times was strained with the Obama Administration, some israelis believe things will improve when donald trump moved into the white house. Theres cautious optimism among israelis regarding trumps Foreign Policy. Most officials in israel right now are breathing a sigh of relief that we have less than 50 days of the Obama Administration left. Reporter boosting confidence in trump, his criticism of the iran deal. As far as president elect trump, i look forward to speaking with him about what to do about this bad deal. Reporter another welcome size, trumps call to relocate the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. Trumps election of nikki haley as u. N. Ambassador is seen as a positive development for israel. She opposes economic boycotts against the jewish state. A journalist sees a trump a administration as a chance to improve relations. A strategic country to use this new administration, new president with so positive attitude towards israel. Reporter despite israeli optimism, there are worries. His election of steve bannon as Senior Adviser raised the ire of some groups because of bannons association with breitbart. Com, a website the Antidefamation League described as a quote, leading source for the extreme views of a vocal minority who pedal bigotry and promote hate. They say we are not aware of in i antisemitic statements by bannon himself. Mattis was warned israels settlement policy is an obstacle to peace. Some israelis are concerned about trumps unconventional style. This person has proved himself to be really unpredictable. I dont understand any leader like that. Reporter there is uncertainty about the u. S. Role in negotiating a final peace settlement. Trump has suggested involvement of an observant jewish man who has no formal experience in diplomatic affairs. Kushner is the president elects son ininlaw. Thank you. Up next, making america safe again from cyberattacks. The president s Commission Ready to brief the incoming administration. They will brief us here next. First, here is what some of our affiliates are covering tonight. The judge in the trial of a Police Officer who fatally shot a motorist declares a mistrail. They were unable to come to a decision on whether he is guilty of murder or manslaughter or not guilt. Atlanta, a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the father who left his son to die in the hot suv two years ago. Ross harris was convicted on all eight counts, including malice murder and felony murder. The jury ruled harris intentionally left his son in the vehicle. Harris maintained it was an accident. This is a live look at honolulu from khon. Its hard to believe, but the big story there tonight, a winter storm. Up to a foot of snow sex pictisd to fall. Summits are close on the big island. The National Park service said people with see the deepening layer of snow. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from tonight were going to take a look at Cyber Security, a president ial commission has come up with several recommendations, many actually to make the governments computers more secure. The president and the president elect have both indicated in recent weeks they see the importance. Our Social Security number still runs on a platform that dates back to the 60s. Our irs systems are archaic. As with the whole host of other agencies that are consistently collecting data on every american. If were going to really secure those in a serious way, then we need to upgrade them. One of the first things i will do is to order a thorough review of our cyber defenses and weaknesses. We have very substantial weaknesses. Including all vital infrastructure. Here to discuss this tonight, sam palmazano, kiersten todd, thank you for being here. Explain this for folks. What is required and what are you try doing . Thank you. Basically what were try doing is make recommendations to the president elect. We have been to see the current president. On whats required to make the internet, the backbone of the information age, more secure, more resilient to protect our economic interests as well as our society, the privacy as well as any other