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Astronaut Peggy Whitson rocketing off into the record books. She became the oldest woman to ever go into space. A polar bear and a dog getting along. Cuddled up in northern canada. Stepping up in the pocket. Throwing. And there you go what a catch. And all that matters. My sixth visit to germany. It will not be my last. I have somehow continued to miss oktoberfest. What im trying to say is that im going to get [ bleep ] on cbs this morning. For the australian Prime Minister to get in touch with trump world he had to get the phone number from australian golfer greg norman. Greg norman is a great australian. One of our greatest assets you know. Greg normans nickname is the shark. So in order for the Prime Minister of australia to talk to our next president he had to say, this sounds like a job for this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west, president elect trump has chosen three more top officials for his administration. Sources tell cbs news alabama senator Jeff Sessions will be attorney general. The new cia director will be kansas congressman mike pompeo. Flynn will be National Security adviser. Mr. Trump is expected to announce the appointments later today. Major garrett is in washington. He was the first to report the sessions pick. Major, good morning. Good morning. Jeff sessions, senator from alabama, the first senator to endorse donald trump has been part of the Trump Campaign and part of the conversations about the Supreme Court and other key justice issues since president elect trump became president elect after the november 8th election. And his selection, as attorney signal to conservatives, that hes going to take not only issues of immigration very seriously as he said during the campaign, but also issues of the Supreme Court. When trump had a meeting earlier this week about who to select, who to nominate for that vacant position on the Supreme Court, the only noncampaign, nonfamily attendee to that meeting was senator sessions. A clear signal he was going to be trumps pick for attorney general. And now he, in fact, is. As for the transition itself, the teams today for transition will start meeting w state department, pentagon and Justice Department preparing for the january handoff. Its going really well. Reporter president elect donald trump has chosen retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn as his National Security adviser. A job that coordinates military intelligence and diplomatic policy from the white house. Once a top intelligence adviser to generals in iraq, flynn, a lifelong democrat, spent three decades in the army. He coauthored a paper criticizing the intelligence afghanistan. He retired in 2014, claiming he was fired as director of the Defense Intelligence agency for the stand he took on radical islamism. In the recent past flynn has called islam a cancer. And referred to it as a political ideology based on a religion. He told his twitter followers this february that, fear of muslims is rational. Lets get off the dime and just call it like it is. Which is . Which is islamic reporter flynn told charlie rose in early 2015 that president obamas Political Correctness is one reason why america cant defeat islamic terrorism. Even in the arab world the arab leaders, they will call it like it is. So why is it that the United States, has such a difficult problem. Reporter in washington thursday the head of the transition, Vice President elect mike pence huddled with Top Republicans and democrats, like House Minority leader nancy pelosi and Senate Minority leader chuck schumer. Conversation. Reporter this weekend trump moves transition business to his new jersey golf club. On the docket, a sitdown with 2012 gop nominee mitt romney, who has blasted trump in the past. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. Reporter the president elect has yet to emerge from trump tower to make any announcements but he does have his twitter feed handy and last night he tweeted that he spoke to the chairman of Ford Motor Company lincoln plant it planned to move to mexico here in the United States. Specifically kentucky. Now in a statement, ford said the president elect and congress will make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the u. S. There is one small caveat. Ford had never planned to move the entire factory from kentucky to mexico. Just one of the vehicles it was manufacturing there. And according to the united autoworkers, gayle, there was already a contract to keep all right. Thank you very much, major. General Michael Flynn was in the room yesterday when mr. Trump met with the japanese Prime Minister. After that meeting, shinzo abe called the president elect a trustworthy leader. The meeting lasted nearly 90 minutes longer than expected. It was described as a positive conversation over appetizers in trump tower. It was the president elects first facetoface meeting with a world leader since the election. Mr. Trumps daughter ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner attended the drawing new attention to possible roles for trump family members in the new administration. Our nancy cordes asked House Speaker ryan yesterday about government rules on hiring relatives and how they apply to the president elects soninlaw. Reporter your understanding of nepotism rules do you believe that Jared Kushner should be able to take a job at the white house . I have really no comment about what job he should or should not take. But look he was a very integral part of the campaign. Hes obviously a brilliant young man who donald trump trusts. Trump Transition Team to decide what role he place. Im just asking what your understanding of the nepotism rule is. I dont have a deep understanding of how they work. The federal nepotism law goes back nearly 50 years and it prohibits public officials, including the president , from appointing relatives to the agency they serve in or where they exercise jurisdiction or control. Its unclear if the white house is considered an agency and whether foregoing a salary is a way to circumvent the laws. The nepotism law also allows officials tomp temporarily in the event of emergencies resulting from the natural from natural disasters or similar unforeseen events. Hence, the lawyers are getting busy. In our next half hour were going to take a closer look at Jared Kushner and the role he mate play in his fatherinlaws administration. The u. S. Is at odds with ally jordan over its official explanation for the deaths of three u. S. Service members. Sergeant james moriarty, Kevin Mcenroe and Matthew Lewellen terrorist attack. Now one father is speaking out about his sons death. David martin is at the pentagon with the changing account of the attacks. David, good morning. Good morning. The three soldiers were working for the cia in jordan, training syrian rebels. We spoke to the father of one of them, who says the lone survivor of the attack gave him an account which differs greatly from the story told by the jordanian government. Jim moriarty says his son, Army Sergeant james moriarty, was supposed to be home this week. Following his third tour of duty in jordan. Theres nothing thats happened to me in 70 years that prepared me to listen to talking about my son being dead. Reporter as sergeant moriartys body arrived home, u. S. Officials said a video of the incident in which he and two other american soldiers were not, as was first believed, a tragic accident. I havent gotten a straight answer yet. Reporter u. S. Officials say the Security Camera video shows several american vehicles stopped in broad daylight at the entrance to the Jordanian Air field where the green berets were based. The first was allowed to pass through the gate, but then a guard suddenly opened fire on the second vehicle. Killing both americans inside. The americans in the third and started returning fire. The jordanian guard shot and killed one of them before he was wounded by the other. Moriarty says his son was in that last shootout. The killer clearly knew that he had those four americans caught by surprise. Reporter jordanian officials originally blamed the americans for failing to stop at the gate. But the u. S. Embassy in jordan said in a statement there is procedures. The jordanian government lied to our government, they know what happened. They know who this guy is. They owe us an explanation. Who was it that murdered my son, and why . Reporter the father says the survivor described the shooter as wearing body armor and wielding an ak47 against the americans, armed only with pistols and not wearing any body armor. The fbi the shooter, because he remains in a medically induced coma. Norah . Questions still remain. David, thank you for that reporting. Rescue workers say new airstrikes in Northern Syria this morning killed Seven Members of the same family. Syrian Civil Defense crews told us a 6yearold boy out of a destroyed building yesterday. He was trapped for hours. For four hours in fact after air attacks on his rebelheld neighborhood in aleppo. Rescuers say the boys mother was one of three People Killed president obama just left germany after the european leg of his final trip abroad in office. He is now flying on to south america, in berlin the president met with key allies and discussed security and economic challenges. He also reassured european leaders concerned about the transition of power here in the United States. Margaret brennan is in berlin covering the president s trip. Margaret, good morning. Good morning, well throughout this week, president obama has tried to strike a cautiously upbeat tone about what donald global security. But it is clear that there are some cracks in that optimism. Americas top european allies are all asking president obama what to expect from the next leader of the free world. Donald trumps election a controversial top advisers has raised eyebrows on what mr. Obama has described as the rise of crude nationalism. Im wondering as well if youve advised your successor to be some very worrisome trends, particularly when it comes to making his own potentially powerful staff picks. What i said to him was that what may work in generating enthusiasm, or passion during elections may be different than what will work in terms of unifying the country. European leaders also fear that the president elect, whom Syrias Bashar Al Assad has called an ally, will do little to stop the brutal violence in syria. President obama admitted that he has been unsuccessful. In these final weeks of your presidency, do you believe you have any leverage to stop Bashar Al Assad and Vladimir Putin from continuing to bomb aleppo . It would be naive of me to suggest that theres going to be a sudden 180 degree turn. But ultimately, the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be a recognition by russia, and a willingness to you cannot purchase peoples consent through killing them. President obama urged europe to keep pressure on russia through financial sanctions. Hell cross paths with Vladimir Putin this weekend at the asia pacific summit in peru. Interesting. Well be watching Margaret Brennan in berlin, thank you so much. The seasons first big winter storm is pushing warm weather out of the Northern Plains this morning. Blizzard warnings are up in the dakotas and minnesota. Heavy snow and ice made driving west of denver. Interstate 70 was closed for hours in both directions after a crash involving 20 vex and semi trucks. Two people were hurt, forecasters say parts of minnesota could get up to a foot of snow today. Temperatures will drop more than 30 degrees in some areas from the midwest to the midatlantic. Snow is expected in the northeast by sunday night. Wow. An Arizona Police officers on administrative leave after Flagstaff Police say the recording shows the officer striking the woman in the face as he tried to arrest her. The officer believed she had outstanding warrants. But as cora evans shows us, that was not the case. You cannot arrest me until i know what i have a warrant out. Reporter cell phone video captured wednesday shows Flagstaff Police officer jeff bonner striking Melissa Morris outside her boyfriends home arizona while attempting an arrest. Hey. Hey you cant hit a girl like that. Reporter bonner, whos been with the Department Almost three years, was assisting another officer with an eviction when he noticed youre going to be charges i dont have a warrant. The investigation of warrants were in place for her at that time. He yelled at me that i had a warrant. I said no i do not. And just brutally attacked me failure to appear warrants for dui and resisting arrest but they were resolved before wednesdays incident. Im not going in any car. Reporter officer bonner was wearing a body camera but according to his own police report, he turned it off before approaching morris. We omar issa, her family, the flagstaff community, the officer and department a full and complete investigation. Reporter also in his report bonner says morris appeared to resisted arrest. Kneed him in the groin and leg several times. Bonner also acknowledged striking morris in the head several times. I know what happened. I have to live it every day. I have to feel it. Pretty embarrassing, actually. Made me feel like nothing. Reporter for cbs this morning, carter evans. New york city officials are expected to address safety concerns today surrounding president elect trumps penthouse. Creating quite a traffic nightmare in a very busy manhattan neighborhood. Charlie rose says yes it is. Secret Service Agents and new York City Police are working on how to protect the building and the people inside. Michelle miller is outside trump tower with a look at the complex plans. Good morning to you. Good morning. What a difference a week makes. After the election the front of trump tower here on fifth avenue was lined with heavy duty sanitation trucks filled with sand. Used as a barricade. Considerably tapped down. While you can see there is significant Armed Police Presence the front door here it hasnt prevented the public from accessing some of the stores inside, including that starbucks upstairs. What we can tell you is while there may or may not be any store closures, some of the ground floors may be adorned with blast proof glass very soon. How many days have you been dealing with this . Well, i guess since the election. Reporter the security effort to protect the president elects trump tower home doesnt stop with the barricades. Checkpoints. And officers outside. The entire skyscraper is posted with secret Service Agents. As Law Enforcement officials come up with a longterm plan to protect the building located on ritzy fifth avenue. According to a former secret service agent, t focus most heavily on the floors surrounding trumps 26th floor office and the penthouse he lives in with his family. Penthouse windows will be replaced with bulletproof glass. The elevators below the office and residence will be locked off and key coded. Only certain agents and staff will have access outside. Parking along the perimeter of trump tower will be heavily restricted. Theres also the potential for a restricted traffic lane and delivery lane on fifth avenue. Building staff, and potentially, some residents. Officers will also face increased pressure with the approaching holidays. More than 5 Million People will visit new york this year between thanksgiving and new years. Have you ever seen anything like this before in terms of the barricades . Oh, no. No. But i mean, new yorks always crowded. Reporter well bomb sniffing dogs could also be used in the garage be