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The driver was able to save most of the packages all that. . Hallelujah . You seem like youre in a great mood. What is not to love . If i was wearing that level of soap, i would be happy as well. And all that matters. Donald trump nominated exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state. Rex tillerson was once the president of the boy scouts of america yeah of course, donald trump calls that government experience on cbs this morning. The president elect met at trump tower with kanye west. You can tell it was a high powered meeting because kanye is our next two president s sidebyside like that. Its remarkable and historic announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. . Welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Alex wagner, cohost of cbs this Morning Saturday is with us. A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the sia aleppo as a dayold ceasefire fell apart. They are on the verge of retaking the whole city and attacking each other with gun firing and shelling and United Nations warns of a complete meltdown of humidianity. The rebels are holed up around thousands. Syrian government buses waited this morning to transport tens of thousands of civilians and rebels. This was part of the ceasefire deal. Look at this. Completely empty. Prize, but its come at a horrifying cost. Its hard to believe this is happening in the 21st century. Million people. A center of ancient civilization. Now bludgeoned by a barbaric war. Its people pounded by bombs. After four years of fighting in the city, the Syrian Regime has won back aleppo from the countrys rebels, except for one tiny pocket. But its done it with total disregard for civilian life. Indiscriminately killed its own people and syria has won this victory with the backing of russia and iran, who americas ambassador to the u. N. Addressed yesterday. Are you truly incapable of shame . Is there literally nothing that can shame you . Is there no active bar barrism against civilization and no ut under your skin that creeps you out a little bit . Reporter as Regime Forces tightened the noose some of those still living in rebelheld areas have been posting desperate videos on the n the handful of neighborhoods still held by the rebels. A tragic of epic proportions. Holly williams, thank you. President elect trump will hold a summit today with some of the tech industrys most important names. The guess list includes Sheryl Sandberg and tim cook and jeff bes os bezos and elon musk and most of them wanted Hillary Clinton to be president. Nancy cordes is covering the trump transition. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Mr. Trump called Rex Tillerson one of the greatest Global Business leaders of our time. And he also buried the hatchet at that rally with the man who will be the second most powerful republican in washington, the House Speaker. Honestly, ive never seen a resume like this before. President elect defended his choice of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state. Rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world that we dont get along with, and some people dont like that. They dont want him to be friendly. Thats why im doing the deal with rex, because i like what this is thereabout. Reporter mr. Trump is the first republican nominee to win wisconsin since 1984. In an effort to smooth over a rocky relationship, he thanked a native son, House Speaker paul y every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. Reporter earlier in the day, the president elect met with a series of the rich and famous, including vogue editor in chief and former football stars jim brown and ray lewis and microsoft founder bill gates and and he is mr. Trumps pick for secretary of the interior. He is a former s. E. A. L. Team six commander and western congressman sits on the House Natural Resources Committee and has opposed legislation to sell federal lands to states. We need a president who understands that agriculture makes thisry g countat. Reporter an early trump backer, the congressman questioned the effects of america should first strive for energy independence. The issue is its not a hoax. But its not proven science either. But you dont dismantle americas power in energy on a maybe. Reporter the interior department is responsible for conserving federal land and natural resources, and nearly onethird of montanas land, the state where zinke is the sole state or the federal government. The Trump Transition Team says Rex Tillerson is already a diplomat. Its part of his job as ceo of a huge Global Corporation like exxonmobil. Tillerson has strong ties to more than 50 countries. Margaret brennan is at the white house how critics are focused on russia. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, as chief of americas largest oil company, Rex Tillerson has made access to energy and profits his top priorities. The question now of state, will he approach high stakes Foreign Policy challenges as a dealmaker or a diplomat . Rex will be a fierce advocate for americas interests around the world. Reporter the president elect defended Rex Tillersons business ties with Russias Vladimir Putin and other countries with poor human rights records. But members of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee who will be judging his nomination, worry that tillersons business judgment. Democrat chris kuhn sits othe committee. As secretary of state he has to fight for free press, human o. Senators marco rubio and john mccain exxon is facing at least three lawsuits on pollution and Climate Change. But tillerson has said that Climate Change is real, something mr. Trump has denied. Is there no question climate is changing and we have never thats never been up for debate. Reporter another Sticking Point will be his plans to imply with federal conflict of interest laws that require tillerson to separate from his significant business interests. Including well over 200 million hell now have to divest that according to a former councilman. Congress and the American People need to judge, can we trust mr. Tillerson not to have the appearance of a conflict . Reporter well, exxons board is meeting soon to plan how to unwide his financial stake. Taking the job of secretary of state will come at some financial costs to Rex Tillerson. Thank you, marg. Advir to mitt romney and paul ryan in the 2012 president ial campaign. Good morning. Good morning. Reporter so what are you hearing from republicans in the senate about Rex Tillerson . A lot of questions. So with other nominees you will see statements being issued that basically say we are green lighting this. They actually have to go through the process but its going to be the kind of know where they are going to wind up. One where enough republicans, only takes three republicans, assuming all democrats vote against tillersons nomination, raising serious qutions. On the one hand, they say, look. He has an impeccable resume and ran one of the Ten Largest Companies in the world and an organization whose staff is comparable in size to the sprawling state department. He has the support of key figures in the republican Foreign Policy establishment, baker, gates, rice, hadly. The president should have his prerogative in picking advisers but a question what he has done with russia and iran and other countries reflect pure intis intere business interests or world news. Assad has won in aleppo. Is that about Rex Tillerson or barack obama and the administration in power and had an opportunity to do so . You look what happened. 2011 the assault on civilians began and president obama did nothing and 2013 red line issued and 2015, russia intervention, which took the human catastrophe down to a whole other level, i mean, and this was russia complicit. I think many republicans believe over the years, youve had president george w. Bush, youve had president barack obama and secretary clinton who all approached putin with a bear hug and they dont want another president and secretary of state to do the same thing. Do we expect tillerson to bear hug or be able to talk tough to you knows him, because he has some credible with him . That is the key question. I spoke to one republican senator over the weekend who said when tillerson does his meetings before his confirmation process depends what he says in the meetings. Does he say, you guys, come on. I know how to deal with this guy and ill make the u. S. Does not get rolled. I was doing business deals with him and now the interest of the United States at heart and that will be my focus in dealing with putin and i know how to deal with him and they will give him a pass. If he says, no, no, no. And russia reflect my world view, we need to back off and reduce sanctions and take pressure off putin that is a problem in the confirmation process. Do you think this matters in trumps position as far as the cia is concerned in russian hacks and make his confirmation rocky. The timing is not great. One of his great attributes of being touted as he is a quote of vladimir, tillerson is. Im not sure that is the headline you want given the headlines we are dealing with right now. In our next hour, only on cbs this morning, former secretary of state james baker will join us. Ahead, why he recommended Rex Tillerson to be americas top snow and that is 30 degrees colder than this date last year. With the cold risk of frostbite. Whiteout conditions added to the bitter air. This is brutal. This is more than brutal. Reporter and dangerous. In minnesota, Good Samaritans pulled a woman from her car when she slid off the road onto thin ice. Nearly 150 miles away in duluth, degrees, a cargo ship encased in ice arrived. For millions of americans, the subfreezing temperatures are unavoidable. The bureau of labor statistics says 47 of u. S. Jobs require outdoor work. Thats about 64 million people. Its like being in a freezer. These contractors in minneapolis are spending up to ten hours a day outside in single digit temperatures. Its cool on the cheeks. Cool on the lips. Were dressed in layers out here. The windchill dropped to negative 8 overnight, crews lit tracks on fire to keep them from in 5degree freezing over. Same temperature 20mileperhour winds result in for a high and thursday and thursday and friday could be even colder as this arctic air heads east. Stay warm. Thank you. This morning, we are remembering the life and the career of actor alan thicke. The 69 year old worked on more than 100 tv shows and movies. Josh elliott of our streaming accomplishments on and off the camera. Josh, always great to see you. You too, alex. Good morning to you. Reporter alan thicke wasnt just a memorable tv actor of his time. Before becoming a household name on growing pains he had been host of a short lived latenight show. And the composer televisions most enduring theme songs including different strokes. . You take the good, you take the bad and there you have the facts of life . Reporter the facts of life and the original score for wheel of fortune. Even after growing pains, thicke continued to stay busy on a number of sitcoms and as he might have once taught us, for alan thicke, family was everything. I look at my kids or spend some time with them and see what they accomplished and generally i feel that i must have done some of it right. Robin thicke is alans son. One of his three children. Them. When i look at them, i pat myself on the back. Now early this morning robin thicke posted a brief note to instagram in memory of his dad saying my father passed away today. He was the best man i ever knew. The best friend i ever had. Thank you for your love. Love, your grateful son. I had no idea he wrote the facts of life and those other jingles. He was a talent. He was dad. Josh, thank you. A new report highlights mistakes that opened democratic computers to russian hackers. A massive fraud targeting a military Health Program allegedly made one man 20 million in just nine months. Ahead, new criminal allegations in the government investigation. The news is back in the morning right here on cbs this my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen incredible bladder protection in a pad this thin, i didnt. Think it would work, but it does. 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