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Woodruff as the picture of the cabinet president elect trump wants is filled in, were seeing more figures who reflect deep ties to washington or wall street. It contrasts with his campaign, during which he disparaged the Power Centers as corrupt and out of touch with ordinary americans. Lisa desjardins has our report. Reporter two fronts for the transition of power today in washington, Vice President elect mike pence worked on alliances wth Republican Leaders on capitol hill. As, in new york, team trump offered more cabinet nominees for congress to consider, including the highestranking yet financier Steven Mnuchin for treasury secretary. I couldnt be more excited about the opportunity to work with him in the administration. And our number is going to be the economy, get back to 3 4 growth, we believe thats very sustainable and focus on things for the american worker, thats absolutely our priority. Reporter mnuchins resume is full of wall street experience, including 17 years at Goldman Sachs. He has no government experience. During the election, he headed up fundraising operations for the trump campaign, and had a hand in shaping candidate trumps message on taxes. If confirmed, hed be tasked with turning that rhetoric into reality. Alongside him this morning on cnbc, billionaire investor wilbur ross, who is mr. Trumps pick to be the commerce secretary, and a point person on trade policy. The real trick is going to be, increase american exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and nontariff barriers to american exports. Reporter ross is known for turning around troubled companies, where he cuts costs and sometimes worker benefits, to boost profits. He also owned the sago coal mine in west virginia, where a collapse killed 12 miners in 2006. He said it was the worst week of my entire life. Mr. Trump also picked out a deputy for ross chicago cubs coowner todd ricketts, a prominent republican donor who, at one point in the campaign, spoke out against candidate trump. Mr. Trump made other jobs news today, too. Overnight, there was word that he had cut adeal with the air conditioner maker carrier to keep 1,000 jobs in indiana. That is most, but not all, of the jobs the company said it would eliminate. Also today, there were questions about mr. Trumps own business future when hes president. On twitter, he said he would take himself completely out of business operations, and indicated he will explain how in a News Conference in two weeks. Also still unknown wholl be mr. Trumps secretary of state. The president elect met a second time with one candidate, mitt romney, last night in new york. Afterwards, mr. Trumps former critic had warm words. These discussions ive had with him have been enlightening, and interesting, and engaging. Ive enjoyed them very, very much. Reporter all this, as Green Party Candidate jill stein officially filed a handrecount request in michigan the third of three states she pledged to verify. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Woodruff well have more on president elect trumps picks, right after our news summary. Sreenivasan in the days other news, the North CarolinaPolice Officer who fatally shot a black man in september will not face criminal charges. The shooting of keith lamont scott, whose family at first insisted he was not armed, sparked days of protests across charlotte. Today, the county prosecutor said there was evidence scott was holding a gun, and ignored repeated requests to drop it. The central issue is whether officer vinson was lawful in using deadly force against mr. Scott. Anyone is justified in using deadly force, if he reasonably believed, and in fact, believed he or someone else was in imminent danger of Great Bodily Injury or death. Sreenivasan scotts family insisted todays decision will not end their inquiry. Woodruff the death toll from the wildfires that swept through tennessees Great Smoky Mountains rose to seven today. Dozens of people have been injured, and more than 700 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Heavy rain brought some relief today, but at points, more than 200 firefighters were still battling the flames. Woodruff officials are still investigating what started the fires, but they believe they were likely caused by humans. Sreenivasan powerful storms soaked the tinderdry south overnight, spawning tornadoes that left five people dead. The twisters tore through northeastern alabama, damaging buildings and killing three people. Across the border in southern tennessee, two others died, and dozens more were injured. Some roads in the south were drenched with up to two feet of water, after two months without rain. Woodruff there is word today that the pilot of the plane that slammed into colombias Andes Mountains told air Traffic Controllers that he ran out of fuel, moments before the crash. That is according to a leaked recording of the flights final minutes. All but six of the 77 people on board died. Most were members of a brazilian soccer team. Sreenivasan in syria, opposition activists claimed nearly 50 civilians were killed by Regime Forces today, as they fled rebelheld eastern aleppo. Most of the victims were women and children. Activists estimate more than 50,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in the past four days. Woodruff the director of the c. I. A. Has decried president elect Donald Trumps plan to scrap the nuclear deal with iran. In a bbc interview, john brennan said i think it would be disastrous. I think it would be the height of folly, if the next administration were to tear up that agreement. Brennan argued such a move would open the door for other countries to pursue nuclear weapons. Sreenivasan the United NationsSecurity Council slapped new sanctions on north korea today, in response to its fifth, and largest, nuclear test in september. The Council Unanimously approved the resolution, which will slash north koreas biggest export, coal, by at least 62 . It also bans the regime from exporting metals like copper, nickel, and silver. Woodruff democrats in the u. S. House of representatives reelected californias nancy pelosi as their leader today. The congresswoman has led the party in the house since 2002. Pelosi survived a challenge from ohio representative tim ryan, in a 134 to 63 vote. Her win came in spite of disenchantment from some in her caucus after a disappointing showing in this months elections. We have a responsibility, and we embrace the opportunity that is presented. We know how to win elections, weve done it in the past, we will do it again. Woodruff maryland congressman steny hoyer was also reelected as House Democratic whip. Sreenivasan the oil cartel opec is decreasing Oil Production for the first time in eight years. Member nations agreed to a deal that will cut production by more than a Million Barrels a day, from its current daily output of over 33 Million Barrels. Its all part of an effort to boost lagging oil prices. Woodruff that news sent Energy Stocks soaring on wall street today, but markets ended the day mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained two points to close at 19,123. The nasdaq tumbled 56 points, and the s p 500 slipped nearly six. Woodruff still to come on the newshour the men who will shape trumps economic agenda; on the ground in a rapidly changing cuba; Madeleine Albright and Stephen Hadley on trumps foreign policy, and much more. Woodruff the president elect began fleshing out his Economic Team today, by announcing his choices to run the departments of treasury and commerce. In doing so, the candidate who campaigned with a heavy dose of populism, elevated individuals mainly known for thier connections to wall street and high finance. David wessel of the Brookings Institution, and a contributing columnist to the wall street journal, joins me now. And welcome back to the program. Thank you. Woodruff so, david, fill out this pick cure a little bit more of who lets start with steve manuchin, the pick to head the treasure department. What more do we know about it . Its just wonderfully ironickic donald trump who railed against the elite, lambasted Hillary Clinton for giving paid speeches to Goldman Sachs, turned to a guy who was not only Goldman Sachs 17 years but is a son of a Goldman Sachs lifer and has a son at Goldman Sachs. It seems to be an antipopulous move to pick rich financ financr these jobs. Woodruff a statement was put out saying this is someone who made money at Goldman Sachs and bought a bank in california. Tell us about that. Some of the drnlings Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders thinks anybody who worked for a bank shouldnt be the treasure secretary. Other people feel having experience on wall street might be a good thing for treasure secretary. I think the reason mr. Minuchin is controversial is not only he came from Goldman Sachs, which has been the center of criticism, but made a lot of money buying the bank in california, selling it, making a bundle and in between got grief because the bank was accused of being aggressive on foreclosures. So looked like he was a guy who profited off the financial crisis that caused so much harm elsewhere. Woodruff is that true . No. He profited because he bought a bank that was in trouble cheap, fixed it up and sold it. So to that extent, he made money. He comes from the Mortgage Business but was in the at goldman in the worst of the abuses. Woodruff so in terms of accusations he was aggressively pushing foreclosures. I dont know the detail. Hes accused of that. There were a lot of protests. Clearly, the bank foreclosed on a lot of people. Lots of banks did that. Whether his bank did more than other people, i dont know. Woodruff the Commerce Department, wilbur ross is the pick to be secretary of commerce. So i think commerce is interesting but much less important than treasure in general. What makes wilbur ross so important is he was close to President Trump for the whole campaign. Steve manuchin joined late, six months before the election, beeted on trump and won. Wilbur ross has been influential in talking about and to donald trump and seems to have strong feelings as does donald trump about trade, and the Commerce Department does have some responsibilities for trade and tariffs which donald trump threatened to raise if our trading partners dont play ball. Woodruff wilbur ross, billionaire, made his money how . By buying companies that were in bad shape, fixing them up, laying off workers, selling them and making money, some overseas, some here. Hes made a lot of money doing business in china which is kind of ironic distrump people seem to look at china as the enemy now. Woodruff and you say talking about trade. Number two at commerce, donald trump named t named todd ricket, coowner of the chicago cubs. I guess that means donald trump will get good seats at wrigley field. He went to loyola, not harvard. His money comes from trade in the finance business. He owns a bike shop. His family was very much against donald trump and then jumped on the bandwagon and got in it. These are all card carrying capitalists, from the elite of the American Business community, theyre not who you would have expected a populist run against the elites president to appoint. On the other hand, they do have some experience, and having somebody who knows something about business and finance in these jobs can be a plus. Woodruff finally, david wessel, i want to ask you about the deal President Trump talked about today with the carrier corporation, the air conditioningmaking company, subsidiary of United Technologies. They announced months ago they were going to ship 2100 jobs out of United States to mexico from indiana. Donald trump immediately during the Campaign Said im going to do something about that. Donald trump clearly leaned on them. Carrier like any company with a Consumer Brand and this is owned by United Technologies with a lot of defense contracts didnt wanted to be cross woiz with the United States. The state of indiana clearly put money open the table, they saved a thousand jobs. Ironically, in independence a naps, another Company Called rex nord which makes ball bearings, theyre moving a plant to mexico, laying off 300 people and donald trump doesnt seem to be able to save their jobs. I think its hugely symbolically significant. He manages to say to his constituents, i did something, i accomplished something, and i think it puts the Business Community on warning that this is not a conventional republican. He is going to try to muscle companies that havent been muscled before. Woodruff can he go individually from company to company whos thinking of shipping jobs out of state . We create 180,000 jobs a month, we have 12 Million People in manufacturing, this is a drop in the bucket. No, he cant do that. Every company will threaten to move to new mexico and he will put money on the table to keep them . No, but i think it puts businesses on notice this president is willing to use the bully pulpit to embarrass them and, secondly, suggests he and some of his advisors may be more willing to restrict the freedom of companies to close plants and move than has been the case in the previous democratic and republican administrations. Woodruff david wessel, Brookings Institution and wall street journal, thank you. Youre welcome. Sreenivasan the ashes of the late cuban dictator fidel castro began a long procession across the island nation today, from havana to santiago, where castro declared victory in the revolution he led in 1959. His funeral will be held there sunday, ending nine days of mourning since his death last friday. Newshour special correspondent Nick Schifrin is in havana reporting for us this week, and joins me now. Lets talk about the route, nick. Why is it so significant . The same route he took in 1959 only in reverse. Its really that trip that cemented fidel castro as an heroic figure in cuba, almost a destined savior of the company, thats the image he tried to portray. Came in on a boat, descended from the mountains, won over battles and people with his speeches. Tried to portray himself as a messiah for the country. Along the route today, that image of him really survives. Sreenivasan there arent a lot of freedoms to speak out against the government but what are people along the route saying . People along the route are using the same exact words, my leader, my father. Even critics of fidel castro say those sentiments are genuine after so many decades of his rule. I talked to one family, three generations. The uncle used to be a castro body guard, the grandmother told me castro gave her more opportunities. An aunt told me he really she really he really believed in human rights. And a granddaughter, said the revolution, the ideal should go on and there shouldnt be drastic change in cuba even though the father of the revolution has now died. Died. Sreenivasan did you hear voices of disseptember . Few and far between. One dissenter says there is no free speech and no freedom of multiple parties. What that means, hari, is that the criticism of the government remains rare and that the opposition remains fractured. I asked him whether there is any chance of change now that fidel castro is dead. He said most likely not. Thats because fidels younger brother rauul has been running the country since 2008 as president. 2018 is the date rauul castro promises to step down. Hell step down but remain head of the party, meaning more status quo, or it is possible, this dissident said, rauul could step down and there could be an Opposition Leader who emerges. Sreenivasan when you talk to people on the route, theyre aware youre an american. Did the conversation walk into the territory of the new president elect . I think there have been changes over the last few years and more americans have been here so theyre more youd to us. Certainly there is some fear of president elec