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In more than 10 years. Well take a closer look at how the community is coping with the disaster, right after the news summary. Team trump has added another cabinet nominee dr. Ben carson will be the nominee to preside over the department of housing and urban development. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage of todays transition news. Reporter early in the g. O. P. Primaries, at one point in the primary, ben carson was once Donald Trumps closest competition. Now hes the his pick as housing chief. Its a good house. The house looks beautiful. Reporter the two became allies after carson left the race, and in september, with carson showed the nominee trump the detroit home where he was raised by a single mom. Last month carson said that background would inform his work, should he become housing and urban Development Secretary well, i know that i grew up, in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there, and have dealt with a lot of patients, from that area, and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities, and we have to get reporter carson, of course, is known as a former neurosurgeon. He has no government experience but has commented on housing policy before, including criticism of an obamaera requirement that cities report racial bias in public housing. And, hes slammed public assistance programs in general. Im interested in getting rid of dependency, and i want us to find a way to allow people to excel in our society, and as reporter today, president elect trump called carson a brilliant mind. Passionate about strengthening communities. But the democratic minority leader in the house, nancy pelosi, called him a disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice. Also today, a surprise face at trump tower former Vice President al gore. He was scheduled to discuss Climate Change with ivanka trump but her newlyelected father joined in the bulk of the time was with the president elect donald trump. I found it an extremely interesting conversation, and to be continued. Reporter contrast that with tomorrow, when the president elect trump is scheduled to meet with rex tillerson. C. E. O. Of exxonmobil, has been a target of Climate Change activists over the year. Reporter in the meantime, some changes for the president elects family. Cnn reports that ivanka trump and her husband, jared kushner, both members of the transition team, are planning to move to washington. And thats where Green Party Nominee jill stein was today, opposing mr. Trump and speaking in favor of recounts in key states. Overnight, a judge ordered steins michigan recount to start today. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Woodruff there was also more fallout from the president elects phone call with the president of taiwan. The white house reaffirmed u. S. Support for the one china policy that says taiwan is part of china. In the days other news, a South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in a Dramatic Police killing, after the jury deadlocked. North charleston officer Michael Slager was charged with murdering an unarmed black man. Walter scott was shot as he ran from a traffic stop, in an incident captured on cellphone video. His brother today urged calm we are not going to tear up this city. We are going to, we are going to keep it just the way it is. And we are going to believe in peaceful protest, because it didnt turn out the way we feel but we feel like our voices need to be heard. Woodruff prosecutors said theyll try slager again. He also faces federal civil rights charges. In italy, Prime Minister matteo renzi handed in his resignation today, the latest victim of a populist wave across europe. Renzi met with the countrys president , a day after voters soundly rejected constitutional reforms. Earlier, he said has no regrets. translated we have not been convincing, i am sorry. But we are leaving without remorse. Because, as i said clearly from the beginning, if no wins, my experience of government ends here. Woodruff sundays outcome boosted antiestablishment and antiimmigrant parties in italy. Meanwhile, moderate leaders across europe welcomed the outcome of austrias president ial vote. A leftleaning candidate, Alexander Van der bellen, won sundays election. He campaigned heavily to maintain stronger ties with europe. His farright opponent talked of leaving the e. U. And barring migrants. Russia and china today vetoed a u. N. Security council resolution, calling for a seven day truce in the syrian city of aleppo. Eleven nations supported the measure. The u. S. Deputy ambassador spoke after the vote. We had a chance not to end, but to briefly stop the ongoing butchery in eastern aleppo. We have failed because of a cynical act. With a wave of their hands, russia, china and venezuela showed that they dont want the suffering in eastern aleppo to end. Woodruff fierce fighting continues in aleppo, with Government Forces closing in on rebel sections. The war in syria is driving a record United Nations appeal for humanitarian aid. The world body asked today for more than 22 billion for 2017. Roughly a third would go to help displaced people inside syria and those whove fled to other lands. Back in this country, north carolinas Republican Governor Pat Mccrory conceded defeat in his reelection bid, after a month of counting absentee and provisional ballots. Democratic state attorney general roy cooper won by just over 10,000 votes, out of 4. 7 million cast. And, on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained nearly 46 points to close at 19,216. The nasdaq rose 53 points, and the s p 500 added 12. Still to come on the newshour voices from oakland on the warehouse fire. Tony blairs efforts to encourage centrist Politics Around the world. Global implications as the trump team breaks from tradition, and much more. Woodruff as rescue workers in oakland are continuing the woodruff prosecutors said murder charges are possible if the case but did not indicate who could be charge. As rescue workers continue the task of recovering bodies and investigating past concerns about the warehouse that was consumed by fire, members of the citys Artistic Community are grieving and searching for a way forward. Special correspondent Joanne Jennings reports from california. Reporter 24yearold seung lee had never been to an art Warehouse Party before. So, when the freelance writer arrived at ghost ship, around 11 00 p. M. On friday night, he was immediately drawn into the scene. It was all antique furnitures and lumber. It was almost like being in the forest, and it was really there were corridors on the first floor where you could sneak into little hideaways where people could lounge in chairs. I thought this would be a good place to hang out on a friday night. Reporter since there was no bar at the venue, lee and his friends decided to make a run to a nearby liquor store. I left and could not have taken more than seven minutes to go down and come back. Through the front window, i saw thick black smoke coming out, and on the side, i saw a huge flame on the back of the second floor. And that was the fire. I think, what did i do to deserve this side of the coin and not the other . Thats the hardest part, kind of processing that if i stayed three minutes longer, if i checked out the scene a little longer, if i didnt want liquor at the time, if i didnt go, all those whatifs are there. Ive been in buildings like that. Ive been at parties like that and it just crushes you to think about all these young people that were in there on friday night. Reporter nick miller is editor of the east bay express, oaklands alternative paper. Weve discovered that on november 13, the Code Enforcement department had documented numerous complaints, at least 10. Reporter while safety violations at ghost ship were unusually egregious, miller estimates there are dozens of underground art warehouses in oakland. More than hundreds, potentially. Theres no proper plumbing. Theres no smoke alarm or sprinkler system. Reporter as the death toll continues to mount, the loss is felt throughout oaklands vast, yet tight knit Artistic Community. As soon as the fire happened, it was obviously a dialogue about who was there and which members of our community are accounted for and not accounted for and immediately thinking about what can be done for the victims and the victims families. Reporter lara edge, an industrial art entrepreneur, works out of American Steel the sprawling six acre property provides work space for a collective of artists and entrepreneurs working on anything from large scale burning man style industrial art, to fashion, and architecture. And whats really needed right now is not blame but a way to work with city officials and not risk losing tenancy or being evicted by wanting to come forward and talk about safety upgrades that need to be made. Were not living in spaces that are dangerous because were negligent people. It costs a lot of money to do these upgrades and also raising the red flag means a potential for being booted. Reporter oaklands rapid gentrification has hit the citys artists particularly hard. During the first cycle of the tech boom years ago, artists got pushed out of San Francisco into oakland. Now oaklands increasingly unaffordable and there are many reporter the 200 artists who work out of American Steel studios were faced with the very real possibility of eviction when the property was put on the market in 2014. Last month, a new owner purchased the compound, and promised to preserve it for artists. But with one condition safety upgrades had to be made and theyre primarily related to fire. This building is not sprinkled and it has a steel ceiling, there were gates that didnt have manned doors or easy egresses and so all these changes had to be made before the new owners would buy the building. Given everything that happened with the fire, im thankful that we did that and we do have proper exits now. Reporter thankful to have an thankful that this kind of fire is unlikely to happen. For the pbs newshour, im Joanne Jennings in oakland, california. Woodruff this year has marked a rise in partisan divides the world over. But former british Prime Minister, tony blair, is on a mission to spur citizens across the globe to move toward the middle. I spoke with him earlier this evening and began by asking about building an agenda for what he calls the Center Ground. What it means is, as you can see, from here and europe at the moment, from britain, theres a huge wave of antiestablishment feeling, there are enormous amounts of anger, and its collapsing governments and movements across the world right now. My view is were entering into a situation of enormous instability, insecurity, fragility, and because i happen to believe that the best policy Solutions Lie in the Center Ground, that i want to see how does the center revitalize itself, how does it develop the policy agenda for the future, and how do we link up people who have the same basic ideas and attachments to the same basic values across the world. Woodruff so when youre talking about creating new Political Parties in the middle . No, its really about linking up people who look at whats happening in the world, know world needs change and not the status quo, dont want the stb to just manage the status quo, but articulate change and developing a policy agenda thats going to alhow us to address the concerns of people left behind by globalization and, you know, communities that are fragmented and allows us, also, to address it in a way which provides answers and not just anger. I mean, what we see in the United States is both Political Parties pretty fiercely jealously guard their own territory. Yeah. Reporter the republicans dont want to give up any ground, the democrats dont want to give up any ground. Is there room left for something in the middle . Well, theres a necessity, i think. The trouble for todays politics and is exactly the same on the other side of the atlantic, is people, and this is partly, as a result of social media interacting with conventional media and people divide into groups where they talk to each other but dont talk across the divide, yet most of the challenges we face in the world today are challenges that are to do with trade, technology and how you make sure people are properly educated, reform your healthcare system, these are challenges that we all share in common and they require Practical Solutions. I mean, they may be radical and in many circumstances should be, but need to be practical, evidencebased and capable of not just exploiting peoples anger or riding their anger, but saying this is something thats going to improve your life. I mean, weve taken a situation in the u. K. Because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so britain now is out of europe. I hope well still ultimately change our mind about that. Woodruff you nope it will be reversed . I think as people see what it really means and as we see the alternative offer on the table, then i think people may think again. But i cant tell that at the moment. The likelihood is we proceed with brexit. This is a huge desays thats going to isolate us as a country the very point in time the world is moving closer together. Ive always been in the Center Ground in my case the centerleft in politics. Ingt right now there is an urnlings where about an urgency about it. You look, for example, what happened in italy. In austria, people say its great because the more moderate person won. Someone with a neonazi battleground got almost 46 of the vote. Woodruff right. So this is serious. Woodruff but what were looking at in europe is a move away from what was the Traditional Center of politics to the right. Why isnt that why isnt the right ascendent . It may be ascendent in political terms but the question is whether they have answers to the problems people face. If youre living in a community thats become fragmented, left behind, not proper investment in it, so on, in the end, the answer is to make sure that we go and we help those communities, we educate the people, we build the infrastructure and support for the people. Its not in the end stopping a process of globalization that isnt ultimately a policy of government. Its drive i by people, technology, migration and the way the worlds changed. The risk we have is that we close down in the face of this and then, of course, all the history demonstrates, you end up becoming protectionest, isolationist and have bigger problems. Woodruff i want so ask you about that. Weve just elected in the United States donald trump who would argue hes somewhere in the center. Hes not far right and certainly not far left and i want to ask you about his Foreign Policy moves. He made a phone call with the president of taiwan which is raising questions about the u. S. Relationship with china. He had friendly phone calls with the Prime Minister of pakistan. Do you have any observations to make about his early moves and what he said about Foreign Policy . No. I mean, the reason for that is i think what in this period of time, i would virtually discount everything. Lets wait and see what actually happens. Woodruff do you have concerns, though . I mean, he talked in the campaign about whether n. A. T. O. Is necessary. I think its really important that we n. A. T. O. s got a vital role to play. Its very important we protect n. A. T. O. But im one of these people that, once youve had your election and youve elected your candidate, lets see what actually happens. Theres no point and certainly not for me as an outsider giving a running commentary on the president elect. Woodruff but as somebody w