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Opener your world in 90 seconds. All right, everybody, welcome to the dawn of a new unified republican government. Reports of discord among trumps Transition Team. Right now it appears that donald trump is putting loyalty to him ahead of the security of the nation. I think you do what Ronald Reagan did in a very nice way. You put your you put your flag in the ground. The president spoke in greece while on his last foreign trip, reaffirmed americas commitment to democracy. We compete hard in campaigns. But after the election, democracy depends on a peaceful transition of power. The suspect in a deadly shooting at Will Rogers World Airport has been found dead. We do believe this was a premeditated act. Protests against the north dakota pipeline were held across the country. Your generation will look back and say what in gods name were you doing . Two more suspected arsonists arrested in connection with the fires across the southeast. A High School Sophomore in utah in custody. Police say he stabbed five of his classmates. We have no idea what his motives were. The Dayton University Basketball Team chartered a plane and Hillary Clintons airplane showed up. All that. Cbs staffers are on the move 24 7 to bring you the latest news. But they stepped out of character to try out the latest craze. Just kidding. And all that matters. There is surprising news from the Transition Team. Dr. Ben carson said today that hes not interested in serving in the Trump Administration. And just like at the debate, if his name is called, he wont answer. On cbs this morning. A photo of a Young Joe Biden that is blowing up the internet. Is this really the only thing you notice in the country right now . Have a look. Thats joe biden there. I mean i want to start my day with this cup of joe. Honestly. Look at that. Look at that. He makes me proud to be an american, and im not even american. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. President elect Donald Trumps Transition Team is in the middle of a shakeup and sources say it is scrambling to get on track. Advisers were coming and going all day yesterday at trump tower. The Transition Team announced a flurry of changes. The new man in charge, Vice President elect mike pence has removed all lobbyists from the team. A top official who worked with former transition boss Chris Christie also resigned. A cbs news source described it as blowing up the team. But the president elect tweeted last night that the process of choosing his cabinet is very organized. And only he knows who the finalists are. Major garrett is take tracking the names being considered for the top posts in the new Trump Administration. Good morning. Good morning. Revamping a lot. Vice president elect mike pence purged the team of its many registered lobbyists leaving the team short staffed but closer to mr. Trumps drain the swamp campaign promise. Advisers insist, stories of infighting and chaos are overblown but agree at times this has all looked a bit amateurish. President elect donald trump tried to sneak out of trump tower for dinner tuesday. After staff told reporters he was in for the night. His meal captured by fellow diners, instead of the traveling press. Earlier mr. Trump and advisers met with Vice President elect mike pence for more than six hours to get the transition back on track. Discussing cabinet nominations and early legislation. A lot of exciting things for the first 100 days of the coming presidency. Reporter former Goldman Sachs partner and trump loyalist Steve Mnuchin is the frontrunner for treasury secretary. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions is a favorite to serve as attorney general. Also at trump tower onetime campaign rivals ted cruz, and retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg a National Security adviser during the campaign. Joining the National Security Transition Team Frank Gaffney labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as one of the nations most notorious islam phones and last year defended mr. Trumps proposed immigration ban as common sense. Ive been in 80 countries. 150 different foreign trips. Questions are being raised by mr. Trumps leading candidate for secretary of state, Rudy Giuliani, whose private firm reportedly held contracts with the government of qatar. Giuliani has also given paid speeches to an Iranian Opposition group that was once on the state departments list of terrorist organizations. You want to have a diplomat in charge of diplomacy. You dont want a bomb thrower. Reporter after defense hawk john boltons name surfaced as another possible secretary of state republican senator rand paul objected, calling him unfit for the job. I think giuliani and bolton are very similar. Bolton just has a more extensive cheerleading background with regard to war in the middle east. One seat defection means any nomination complicates the process. The president received his first intelligence briefing yesterday meaning if he so desires hell receive the same classified survey of global hot spots as president obama. Pence will receive his first top briefing today before he meets for lunch with Vice President joe biden. Gayle . All right. Thank you very much, major. Angry democrats in congress are slamming the president elect for making steve bannon a senior white house counselor. And Breitbart News where bannon was executive chairman reportedly is getting ready to sue a Major Media Company for claiming that breitbart is a White Nationalist website. Julianna goldman is on capitol hill where the democrats are trying to regain their footing after last weeks election. Julianna, good morning. Good morning. Well with the president elect Transition Team in disarray, democrats are escalating their calls for donald trump to reverse his decision to bring steve bannon into the west wing. With prubsz controlling the white house, and congress, theyre efforts may only go so far. Its sad that we are having a debate about whether a white supremacist should serve as a senior counselor to the president elect. Reporter for the second day on tuesday, democrats railed against Donald Trumps decision to have steve bannon serve as his chief strategist in the white house. People didnt vote for donald trump so that he could bring a white supremacist into the white house. The first thing he should do is rescind his appointment of steve bannon. Reporter bannons breitbart once celebrated the glorious heritage of the confederate flag, and called trump critic bill kristol a renegade jew in an interview earlier this year bannon said breitbart was the platform for the altright. The conservative movement with White Nationalist values. While some republicans are privately saying theyre uncomfortable with the bannon pick, publicly theyre sticking by the president elect. Asked about bannon yesterday, House Speaker paul ryan tried to steer the conversation away from the controversy. The president is going to be judged on his results. This is a person who helped him win an incredible victory and an incredible campaign. Reporter cbs news has learned that bannon has called House Republicans to try and reassure them of his role, and intentions. So far, at least, theres no gop revolt. And even past trump critics like republican congressman charlie dent, are giving trump space to assemble his white house team. Id like to learn more about him. Im not making these selections. Its up to the president elect. Another example, the Republicans United front yesterday, the House Republicans unanimously renominated paul ryan to serve as House Speaker, despite his tense relationship with trump during the campaign. Charlie, meanwhile, democrats have delayed their leadership elections and move to give nancy pelosi more time to get enough votes to make sure she can stay as House Minority leader. Julianna, thanks. The secret service and the new York Police Department are coordinating unprecedented security plans for trump tower here in manhattan. The building is home to president elect donald trump and his business. It also features hundreds of apartments and stores. Protesters have gathered outside the manhattan skyscraper since mr. Trumps election. On fifth avenue concrude barricades are lining the block. Demarco, good morning. Good morning. You can see the barrier. This is new york citys fifth avenue. One of the busiest and most famous streets in the country. And if the president elect decides to split his time between the white house and his penthouse protection could be a challenge. Not just now, but throughout his presidency. The nypd and secret service are working to protect all 68 stories of trump tower. On the ground, barricades, Police Officers, and secret Service Agents line the building. From above, an faa mandated nofly zone for planes traveling under 3,000 feet is in effect. I think its a unique situation. Obviously it is a public building. Reporter former secret Service Director says the skyscrapers size, location and accessibility are creating new obstacles for Law Enforcement officials. You cannot shut down trump towers. Youve got to accommodate the citizens, and the people who are in and around that building. Reporter the buildings main entrance is on new yorks citys iconic fifth avenue nestled between high end stores popular with tourists and window shoppers tiffanys Flagship Store located on the same block as trump tower told cbs news they canceled their holiday window spectacular until postelection related activities. The first floors are retail space and offices including the Trump Organization headquarters. The top 39 stories are condominiums. For the last two weeks its been splutly crazy. Reporter trump supporter george lamb baradei lives on the 63rd floor below the president elect. He says things are slowly calming down. Its a little bit better than two or three days ago. Reporter the impact of the security effort stretch beyond the buildings perimeter to neighboring businesses. The restaurants manager says the heightened security is cutting into their sales. Nypd is telling us this is going to be the case until at least january. After that they dont know whats going to happen. Reporter the meetings between the nypd and secret service are still ongoing but still unclear at this hour just how long heavy security will remain outside trump tower. Norah . Probably through his presidency. Demarco, thank you. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad says president elect trump could be a natural ally in the countrys civil war. Assad says hell take a wait and see approach to the president elect. The Obama Administration has been trying to oust assad while russia has backed his regime. A wave of new airstrikes yesterday hit residential neighborhoods in aleppo. Dozens of civilians were reported killed or wounded in rebelheld areas. President obamas on his way to berlin right now, after a visit to greece where he tried to calm european nerves this morning about Donald Trumps election you may have noticed the next american president and i could not be more different. We are we have very different points of view. But american democracy is bigger than any one person. And thats why we have thats why we have a tradition. Of the outgoing president welcoming the new one in,ing as i did last week. Margaret brennan is in athens. Margaret, good morning. Good morning. Well, in that speech to the greek people president obama said america can still be counted on. Despite the u. S. Election and upheaval here in europe. A sightseeing trip to the acropolis gave president obama a break from his main mission on this trip, assuring european leaders that donald trump wont abandon them. With an antiamerican protest in the streets, mr. Obama praised greece as the birth place of democracy. But he warned there is a dark side to protect the populist movement led by mr. Trump. We are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism, or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them. Fast moving economic and social changes have alienated people, he said, and leaders like mr. Trump have successfully tapd into that angle. Psychologically, people are less certain of of their national identities. Or their place in the world. Reporter another controversial topic during the president s trip, Donald Trumps position on Climate Change. So obamas talking about all of this with the Global Warming, and a lot of its a hoax. Its a hoax. Reporter Donald Trumps Climate Change denial alarms european leaders. So, too, did his choice of well known skeptic of Global Warming Transition Team. At a global Climate Change conference in morocco french president hollande said trump cannot pull out of a deal to cut Green House Gas emissions calling it irreversible. The United States, he said, the largest economic power in the world, the second largest Greenhouse Gas emitter, must respect the commitment it has undertaken. And president obama is likely to hear similar concerns tomorrow in germany. That is a key u. S. Ally, charlie, whose chief diplomat just called donald trump a creature of hate. Just emphasizes how awkward this conversation will be for president obama as he tries to cool nerves about Vladimir Putin and trumps friendly outreach to russia. Thanks margaret. Margaret brennan in athens. Oklahomas biggest airport is open this morning after deadly shooting caused chaos. Will rogers World Airport was shut down for hours yesterday while police searched for a gunman who shot and killed a Southwest Airlines employee. The suspect was later found dead. Don dahler is at will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City with details of the apparent ambush. Don, good morning. Good morning. As you can see, operations have returned to normal here today. The victim was well known in his community. A former Football Player for the university of oklahoma. Whose son now plays in the National Football league. Place are now trying to figure out why the gunman opened fire. Police swarmed Will Rogers World Airport tuesday afternoon going car to car searching for the gunman who shot 52yearold Southwest Airlines employee Michael Winchester. Police are identifying the gunman as lloyd bowie who was apparently lying in wait shooting winchester while he was walking between a crowded terminal and the airport employee parking area. Winchester was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Certainly, we dont have a whole lot of information but for now ground stop. All airport traffic was suspended for hours. Police found lloyd bowie in his pickup truck on the second floor of this parking structure. Suspect was located, deceased with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The victim Michael Winchester was a former punter for the university of oklahoma where his son james played before joining the kansas city chiefs. The team tweeted, our love and support is with james and the entire winchester family. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you. We do believe that this was a premeditated act. Against the victim. This was not random. Hundreds of passengers were trapped here in this terminal for three hours yesterday before they got the allclear. Norah, police have not yet speculated on a possible motive. Wow, don, thank you so much. Police in utah are trying to determine what triggered a straighta student to go on a stabbing spree inside his high school. The 16yearold is accused of stabbing five students in a boys locker room yesterday south of salt lake city. The sophomore who was home schooled before this year also stabbed himself. Everyone is expected to survive. The suspects harnt parents released a handwritten apology to the victims said the a