this morning, don't need manmade snow. >> no. no. they could be getting the real thing for sure and that's where you're going to be seeing most of your wintry mix this morning. in other parts of our area, a lot of rain. who am i to give the details. >> let's go check in with bill henley, the expert. >> great to see the real stuff in the pocono mountains. this is just rain in philadelphia. south philadelphia, there is lincoln financial, you can see the streets are damp this morning. it is only going to be rain in philadelphia. in fact, most of the area is going to see rain to start with. it's really not going to last even in the pocono mountains, there's not much of t coming do. plainfield, light snow,g toe mod drying out and clearing out during the day. you can see it's already tapering off in allentown. most of the area, we start off with rain in allentown and just in the last hour mixing in. minimal accumulation if any. if there is any accumiobe o colder surfaces like cars and sidewalks, possibly the grass. even there it's not very

let alone manmade climate change. why do you think there is this shift in what we've heard from donald trump over the years? >> i don't think i or, indeed, anyone else can explain the rad dad shifts in donald trump's thinking in year to year, month to month, hour to hour. what we can do is simply say he has appointed someone to run epa who does not believe in climate change. and that is extremely dangerous. the danger goes further, right, scott pruitt has fought basic protections for clean air. repeatedly suing epa when epa tries to protect clean air for people in cities across the country. scott pruitt has fought those tooth and nail. and that is extremely dangerous. >> we saw the president-elect just this week on monday. he met with former vice president al gore. big advocate. one of the biggest advocates on climate change. what do you make of that meeting, considering this nomination we're seeing? >> i think it was pure window dressing. i think donald trump had no intention of acting in a positive way on climate. i

they called manmade climate change a hoax. gore walked away without taking anymore questions from reports. >>> biden is look forward to the race in 2020. the v.p. said he would run. when ask if he was joking he said i'm not committing not to run. i'm not kmigt committing. i learned a long time ago fate has a long way of intervening. >>> a north jersey police officer caught on camera slapping a man dressed as a bunny. this video shows the man bloeg an air horn after walking into the police headquarters last night. officers say he continued to blow the horn repeatedly. he was turning himself in on an arre arrest warrant. two officers came out to confront him. >> why are you doing that? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? >> you see an officer slap the man in the face. >>> a south carolina family says they believe they will get justice after a judge declared a mistrial in the case of a former south carolina officer. the jury said yesterday they were unable to come to a unanimous decision. former north charleston officer was with

that is not true. 98% of scientists say that climate change is manmade." so you have a man who's coming into the energy department who's a climate change denier -- >> but voters heard this and they voted -- >> i know. but i'm telling you people should be concerned about this and should rebel against this. and let me make an economic point if the moral point doesn't fly. there is going to be a huge energy industry throughout the world that's going to address climate change. it would be foolish for the united states not to be a part of that, and the energy department is part of where it's developed. >> jeffrey, as a trump supporter what is the message you think trump is sending by whether it's pruitt -- >> right. >> -- the epa -- >> that he was elected to change policy and he's going to do it. one of the key things here, anderson that's not talked about often enough, i have a column coming out tomorrow for "conservative review." the pendleton civil service reform act of 1883 was put in to get rid of the, quote unquote, spoils system and professionalize the c

police saythe 52-year-old manmade a phone call and sent an email to the vta around 10 a.m. this morning and planned to blow up one of the agency's vehicles. all vta vehicles were stopped and searched as a precaution. >>> right now, alameda county sheriff's investigators are trying to solve a mysterious homicide case. a woman who was killed before her house was set on fire. deputies are on the scene on grove way in castro valley. maria medina joins us where she spoke with a neighbor of the victim. >> reporter: michelle, neighbors are of course in shock and as you can see behind me, investigators remain on scene here 32 hours after arriving. the question is, who did it and why? >> it just doesn't make any sense. it really doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: across the street for the last day and a half, scott parsons watched investigators take over his neighbor's home. >> my questions of course are why. >> reporter: yesterday, firefighters battling a blaze inside stumbled on the body of the widow who lived there for decades. even after her husband passed away earlier this ye

they flew that long range nuclear bomber, you know, they have militarized or they're militarizing that manmade -- >> so you'd be afraid to take them on? >> no, you have to. the longer we wait, the more powerful they become. i'm glad donald trump has an opportunity now to put some action behind words. >> but the question is what he does. >> what he could do. listen, our leverage in the middle of the chinese sea, south china sea, is not very good. and not only that -- >> but these are presumably international waters. they claim they're their waters and they're not. >> i understand that. are we going to war over it? >> so you too would fold. >> here's what i would do, i would implore donald trump to be more like nixon and less like himself. and nixon was tough with everybody, but it was all behind the scenes. and there's ways of negotiating this. here's the bottom line, he gets into a trade war, we're not going to have a real war with them, but he gets into some trade war where they start doing sanctions against us, start dumping our treasuries. >> then we respond tit for tat. >> our markets will

is this purely nature, or are there m manmade, ththerefore controllable, factors at work? a warmer, moister environment can intensify storms, creating heavier precipitation. and this scientists say is why human activities may account, at least in part, for the rise in extreme weather we're expereriencing. >> the debate is settled. climate change is a fact. and when our children's children look us inin the eye and ask ife did all w we could to leave them a a safer, more stable world wih new sources of energy, i want us to be able to say yes, we did. [applause] >> as the obama adadministratitn rerenews its commitmentnt to ac, the debate over climate change remains polarized. climate scientist michael mann is a central figure in that debate. he was one of the scientists behind the development of the controversial hockey stick chart, which showed how temperature in the late twentieth century was exceptionally warm compared to the previous 900 years. this triggered a tax on dr. mann and the science behind his work, all documented in his book "the hockey stick and the climate wa

sharyl: windell curole manages the area's manmade levee system, including this lock. it shelters the town north, but puts unlucky leeville outside the hurricane protection system. windell: as we look to the south, these people are not on the flood protection. sharyl: but there's a twist this story. curole and many local experts say there are other factors besides climate change to blame for louisiana's shrinking land -- one of the biggest causes -- oil companies. >> since 1930, we've lost probably the size of delaware since 1930. remarkable land loss. sharyl: for decades, the louisiana fishermen have co-existed with the oil industry. but it turns out the oil company canals, dredged for shipping and pipelines, washed away protective marshland and brought the water ever closer to residents' doorsteps. chris brunet and his family are among the 60 or so tribal residents who live in the remaining homes on isle de jean charles raised on stilts to try to stay above water. how high have you seen the water get here? chris: on about four foot, about as high as this and this is

. >> and bizarre armoured truck heist how a manmade off with a busy street. your news starts right now? >>> we begin tonight with weather. strong downpours moving through the area tonight. thanks for joining us everybody i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins. >> the rain and whipping winds have already done damage. let's get to sue palka first for update on the rough weather and what you can expect tomorrow morning sue. >> hi there, shawn, tony. it looks like everything will settle down tomorrow morning and interestingly these heavy downpours with strong and gusty area did create damage. you will be hearing more about this in a moment. and we got a report at 6:1 gusts near 50 miles an hour that did roof damage in the 400 block of cedar street taking off roves close to tacoma park. very isolated. most saw gusts between 30 and 40 miles an hour and now heavy rain pushed away from the area and although there could be one batch later tonight. you can see the showers over on the other side of the bay. and while we but this in motion you can see that it has been vi s

they flew that long range nuclear bomber, you know, they have militarized or they're militarizing that manmade -- >> so you'd be afraid to take them on? >> no, youave to. the longer we wait, the more powerful they become. i'm glad donald trump has an opportunity now to put some action behind words. >> but the question is what he does. >> what he could do. listen, our leverage in the middle of the chinese sea, south china sea, is not very good. and not only that -- >> but these are presumably international waters. they claim they're their waters and they're not. >> i understand that. are we going to war over it? >> so you too would fold. >> here's what i would do, i would implore donald trump to be more like nixon and less like himself. and nixon was tough with everybody, but it was all behind the scenes. and there's ways of negotiating this. here's the bottom line, he gets into a trade war, we're not going to have a real war with them, but he gets into some trade war where they start doing sanctions against us, start dumping our treasuries. >> then we respond tit for tat. >> our markets will g

the jolly old manmade his arrival by water skiing across the potomac. he had a few helpers who skied their way to the shore as we. gosh. i love seeing that every year. because it is christmas eve, santa didn't have a whole lot of time to hang around. but he took some time to take some pictures with people before heading back to the north pole. and the jolly man in red stopped at the maryland spca to see which animals were naughty and which were nice. each was nice. he gave the fur babies a special gift. if you are up for the commitment, they have a bunch of pets waiting to make your days merry and bright. >>> turning now to president- elect trump's transition, he says he will dissolve his charitable foundation to resolve any conflicts of interest before he takes office. that foundation has been a subject of intense criticism over how it collects and dispenses money. in the at the statement today, the president-elect says it has done good will pursue philanthropy in other ways as president. >>> hail to the redskins. washington gave their fading playoff h

out at this wonderful, amazing view where the ocean does rise to meet the sky, you're focused on a manmade industrial installation and i don't like it. >> reporter: it cost $300 million to build this project, all coming from private investment. though deepwater wind is also getting a federal tax credit. but there is uncertainty about how much the energy generated from the wind farm will cost the ratepayers who'll use that energy. the company that's buying and distributing the electricity, national grid, will pay deepwater wind a price for the wind farm's renewable energy that's higher than today's market prices from traditional sources. national grid says that's because "renewable energy can be more expensive than traditional as part of the deal, national grid will be paying deepwater wind annual cost increases of 3.5% every year, for the next 20 years. critics say that could result in higher electricity bills for all one million rhode island residents. al lubrano, who owns a home on block island, used to run a manufacturing tech company on the mainland. >> this is going to be much more ex

trump has called manmade climate change a hoax, and today gore says their meeting was productive. >> it was a sincere search for areas of common ground, and i had a meeting beforehand with ivanka trump, and the bulk of the time was with the president- conversation, and to be continued. i'm just going to leave it at that. >> earlier today trump announced that he has appointed former rival, dr. ben carson for secretary of housing and urban development. senate confirmation is required. >>> virginia senator tim kaine is back on work on capitol hill. as hillary clinton's running mate, he was hoping to be the next vice president, but now he's preparing to work with the incoming trump administration. he planned a careful review of the men and she's gearing up to fight republicans who want to appeal and replace obamacare. >> it hurts a lot of individuals. people will see their premiums go up, coverage go down, and insurers will exit the market it will hurt a lot of people. >> as for losing the election, he said he takes pride in the fact that the democratic ticket won the state of virginia a

the matter of his confirmation will be litigated around the question of manmade global warmings which is, as we know, ceased a long time ago in american politics to function as an economics issue but more of a religious or social issue. democrats and liberals feel very deeply about climate change, it is a core part of their world view, it ties it all together. and for republicans and conservatives, they still see it in economic terms; how much regulation versus how much economic growth. pruitt is definitely far on that side. he is a clear skeptic of not necessarily there's manmade global warming to some degree, but whether or not -- how many trillions ought to be expended on america's behalf to deal with that. it will be a rancorous fight on capitol hill, that is a certainty. stuart: it's likely, isn't it, that democrat senators will have to define their position on global warming, where do they stand. that's going to come out in this debate about scott pruitt. >> well, their -- it is an article of faith, a matter of unquestionable in the democratic party that manmade global warming i

along with the holographic simulations of sea level in museum squares and the world's largest manmade rainbow. >> perfectly sits the historical under 25-year-old arch. every night it pops up for 10 or 15 minutes and it transforms the station into rain owe statibow . >> artists, innovators and hollande celebrated wily wonka of early improvements. >> one we are building now is this small free tower, it sucks up polluted air and purified 35 cubic. >> this is rather than smoke. >> is it really? >> this is the stuff that we are sucking up from the sky. >> no kidding. it is incredibly disgusting. we looked at this bag of stuff and realized that 42% of this is made out of carbon. and carbon under high pressure, you get diamonds. so we decided to make small free jewelry, small free rings. by sharing aring, you donated a thousand cubic liter of clean air to the city. [ laughs ] >> that's amazing. >> how would you character the dutch's point of view. is there something about this space and this light and these people giving us these modern ideas? >> yeah, i think the desire to cultivate the lef

there should be no need for the manmade features. they are trying to determine if the seizure of the drones was retribution on the comments made by donald trump. trump took a phone call from the president of taiwan upsetting the chinese government. >>> santa clara sheriff office arrested six people. they released these pictures of the items investigators recovered. they are seeing an increase in package thefts. they are accused of stealing thousands of dollars of packages. james maybin was one of those arrested. he and accomplish broke into a storage facility to steal panels. the packages were recovered and returned to the u.p. s store to be delivered. amanda and marcus cruz were arrested, they had various stolen packages with items including women's clothing and construction equipment. >>> clerical workers will go on strike next month. they've had several rallies saying their wages leave them juggling how to pay for food and rent. the system wide strike is in support of a five day strike at ucla. the elects and -- electricians and p

. >> there should be no need for further reclamation and no need for these manmade features. >> defense officials say they're trying to determine the seizure of the drone was rest contribution for a series of comments made by president elect donald trump. this weekend mr. trump criticized china on its trade and military activity. the president elect took a phone call of the president of taiwan breaking diplomatic protocol and upsetting the chinese government. >>> one of the suspects, a 44 year-old repeat felon was taken into custody after an hour long standoff in a home in mount vernon. police arrested two other people but haven't said how they're connected to the investigation. the wounded officer shot in the back of the head last night and in critical condition today. >>> facebook facing scrutiny in germany for handling of hate speech. the government is considering holding facebook liable for hate speech posted by users unless the company immediately deletes such post. under german law such posts are against the law and they could fine facebook up to half a million dollars for each po

the other manmade it out safely. the man who died is only being described as about 60 years old. his name will be released after his family is notified. >>> two adults and two children got in trouble about 500-yards offshore in the richardson bay got caught. paddle boards were used to get them to safety. >> we were unfamiliar with the tide and they got caught in it. >> well, the kayakers were all okay saying they were a little bit muddy and cold. >>> a man got stuck waist deep in the mud. here's more on what happened and how the child was ruse keyed. >> -- rescued. >> i was trying to stay warm, but i had to stay calm. >> reporter: cold, wet and half way covered in mud, erik said he told himself not to panic. before this, his friend was stuck and he helped. >> i helped him to get him out and i tried to do the same thing to my legs, but it didn't work. >> reporter: he said his friends ran to get help. a police officer arrived first, but the mud was too deep. the fire department was called in. it took about 30 minutes to get him out. >> i am so sad to learn this happened. i am glad

investigators believe the fire was manmade but they don't know accidental. >>> julie: this morning dolly parton and twit and her facebook saying the foundation will donate $1,000 a month to every family who's lost a home in wildfires. parton was grown and grew up in the area and 1 that has been the hardest >> car smashes into trees and hear the officers screamed to get the driver out and driver was stuck. >> driver door was closed and crumbles in like this from hitting the tree. >> police had to break open the tailgate to get the driver out of the car and seconds driver was freed and car went up in flames. >> gene: terrorist influence may have inspired monday's attacks. abdul razak ali artan refugee and slashed people with a butcher knife and may have been inspired by isis and american born cleric and top leader in al-qaeda before he was killed. >> julie: rhode island mosque was sent threatening letter. letter was addressed to the children of satan and called muslims vile and filthy people. official of the islamic center say threats made in the letter families and communities. >> preside

. >> and bizarre armoured truck heist how a manmade off with a busy street. your news starts right now? >>> we begin tonight with weather. strong downpours moving through the area tonight. thanks for joining us everybody i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins. >> the rain and whipping winds have already done damage. let's get to sue palka first for update on the rough weather and what you can expect tomorrow morning sue. >> hi there, shawn, tony. it looks like everything will settle down tomorrow morning and interestingly these heavy downpours with strong and gusty

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to how fast we will win it and that's crucial because we're adding another 110 million tons today of manmade global warming pollution and it's building up and i won't give you the parade of horribles. you know them very well. but it's a very serious threat to the future of our civilization. it sounds apocalyptic and people say i don't want to think about that but we have an obligation to our kids, our grandkids, ourselves because we're seeing the severity of these extreme weather events, the sea level rising, et cetera, et cetera. and here's the most exciting part, chris. the cost of renewable energy and efficiency with the tools in business that all of us have now, it's actually bringing emissions down. we can win this and create jobs and opportunity in the process. and one other thing. you're right, paris was a big deal. but since paris -- paris was designed in part to send a powerful signal to business industry civil society. the good news since then, you saw it in morocco earlier a few weeks ago, you saw it at the c-40, the big cities conference in mexico last week. that signal has been

donald trump long called manmade climate change a hoax and something created by china, which isn't true. this meeting may be another indication that the president-elect might be willing to change his position on climate change. or it may mean nothing. gore was originally scheduled to meet with just trump's oldest daughter, ivanka, she is decided to take up the issue of global warming we're not sure what she is going to do about immigrant. by the way the "new york post" report newspaper reports ivanka drum and her husband are considering moving to washington. analysts say the two do play major roles in the trump administration6zbsleç even thoue >> al gore, one of the most prominent voices, i guess you would say, against man-made global warming, or global climate change, trump meeting with him was a real surprise enwe didn't know that was happening. >> it was billed as just a meeting with ivanka and her interest in climate change was highlighted. he said he spent more time with trump than ivanka alone and, whichized as a positive meeting. i think the president-elect is loving this parade

. >> her fans two are year-old, teens, a 96 year-old manmade a dream come true, one of her oldest fans a world war two veteran. look at that. >> this is taylor walking in and you heard a local fan, he is town there a little ball cap on sitting next to his wife, so exited to see her. his name is cyrus. he has 20 grandchildren. they had all friend coming over because taylor swift was there watch this she takes it a step further, she plays music for them. she breaks out guitar plays a little bit. there is picture of them together. really cute. you figure this guy when he was growing up, it was andrews sisters and now it is taylor swift. >> as we mentioned he did it to bond with his 20 grandchildren and he wanted to hear what they were listening to he heard taylor swift. saute already swift. he was kind of into this. so put two and two together and she surprised them. >> i think that is fabulous. >> that keeps you young, we were talking about secret of happiness. >> yes. >> reason to wake up in the morning. >>> i'm excited about this. she's such a cutie. >> we have, every once in a while,

this is manmade snow in the mountains. it's not coming down anywhere near us. horace: it's still snow. it's still cold. when it gets this cold it's time to think about making good use of it. michelle: it's just about that time of year. will we stay dry through the weekend? alison: stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast for the weekend. hey, doug. doug: t cold enough in the mountains and the higher elevations to keep the snow guns cranking. the real snow live at the weather bug camera on the cam pulse of frostburg state university. 23 there now. 15-degree wind chills. dusting of snow. see how the students are running around in circle to get off campus. it is cold out there. all across the area the winds continue to be 12 to 15 miles per hour. these are sustained winds, not the gusts. the gusts are higher. when you combine these winds like outside. it feels like 18 in winchester. 23 in hagerstown. 26 in leesburg. 33 degrees degrees in annapolis. it's cold and clear and breezy. the wind chills will be down in the upper teens to low 2

hatched in rodderdale along with that simulation of sea level in museum square and the world's largest manmade rainbow. >> perfectly fits the historical under 25-year-old arch. every night it pops up and transforms the station into rainbow station. >> wow. all of these are the brain children of don ruskart. artist, innovator, and willie wonka of home improvement. some of his invexes are whimsy. others are to save us from ourselves. >> this is a smoke free tower. it sucks up air and purifies it. playgrounds that are 75 more clean than the rest of the city. and this is the stuff we are sucking up from the sky. >> no kidding. >> it's disgusting. we looked at this bag an stuff and realized that 42% of this is made out of carbon, and carbon under high pressure, you get -- >> diamonds. >> so we decided to make smoke free ring. by getting a ring, you donate money to the city. >> that's amazing. how would you character rise the dutch point of view? is there something about this space, this light, these people that gave us both the masters and these modern ideas in. >> yeah, but i think the desire to c

they have made it a manmade aircraft carrier. they are arming it. and there are other locations, as we know, that they have done out there and they now own the south china sea. i don't know how we're going to turn that back but it's got to be turned back. >> general, let me ask you -- >> because it's a huge threat. >> you say it's a huge threat. look at what happened recently. they took our drone. our drone was minding its own business, they took it, they did say they would give it back and donald trump said, nah, keep it. what is it that we need to do with china both from a military perspective and from a diplomacy perspective? how do you react, for example, to what donald trump said to them regarding the drone? >> well, the fact is, president-elect trump is probably right. but we need to rebuild our military and economic strength and he's going to do both and the fact is, chinese have no regard for the obama administration. look what they did when they landed in china and they wouldn't even put steps up to the front cabin of air force one. they ma

here, and you can't help but wonder as you fly over places like the middle east that we have so many manmade problems in that area for centuries, why we can't get together on this beautiful home we call earth and really solve some of these problems here. >> as they say in the movies, 32 years ago, godspeed. >> you saw in that one uniform, he was the first american to orbit the earth, and of course, now he's the oldest american to ever have been up in space when he went up in the space shuttle there. by the way, just moments ago hillary clinton spoke about glenn in the unveiling of harry re reid's portrait on capitol hill. >> senator john glenn, a friend to many of us and a great american hero, passed away today. i know the tributes will be flowing. i'm sure the congressional record will be filled with pages of appreciation and recognition of this extraordinary american's life. >> president-elect donald trump tweeted about john glenn saying this. today we lost a great pioneer of air and space in john glenn. he was a hero and inspired generations of future explorers. he will be missed. john gl

. >> keep in mind, these are the same waters where, you know, that chain of disputed manmade islands exist. china reportedly installed heavy weaponry there just this week. cnn's matt rivers is live in beijing with more. we just read part of that statement there, matt. are you hearing anything more this hour? >> reporter: these kind of close up encounters between the chinese and u.s. navies are rare, and the fact that china actually seized u.s. military equipment is even rarer, still. and in that statement that you just mentioned they also say the reason why they took the device was to prevent it from harming navigational and safety of passing ships. the fact is this move made by the chinese navy makes the relationship between china and the united states that much more tense. an unarmed military research ship was 15 miles off the filipino coast where the navy says it was conducting research using two underwater drones called ocean gliders. the research was legal under international law. it was set to bring them back on board when officials say a chinese naval ship launched a small boa

>> unfortunately, they believe that it was manmade, natalie. >> that makes it much even worse, doesn't it? >> absolutely. >> derrick, thank you. >>> well, the effort to end modern day slavery, some high school students have joined in, racing to save the lives of trafficking victims. we'll have their story and their effort for you coming next here on cnn news room. ♪ hundreds of high school students in hong kong have pushed themselves to exhaustion, running a 24-hour endurance race to save the lives of human trafficking victims. cnn's parent company turner was a sponsor of the event. alexandra field with the cnn freedom project shows us how the students did. >> ready, set. whew! >> reporter: some of these teenagers are athletes, runners and swimmers used to competition, but few have faced a challenge like this. for 24 hours teams of eight from hong kong-based schools will run continuous relay lapse, a bold mission to raise awareness of modern day slavery, and money to fight human trafficking. >> it's really like important for each other, for all of us to motivate one another. >> and j

. >>> up next, how this manmade the discovery of a giant alligator and >> not a lot of movement on stocks. we see the dow jones is down by about 16 points. the nasdaq and s&p down as well. ahead of an announcement on interest rates at noon. >>> get ready for more security at disneyland. it will be added on the disney property to get people screened earlier than right before the gate. many will be checked before boarding trams at the parking lot or exiting hotels. if you're not even planning to go to the park and just want to visit downtown disney, you will be screened as well. the changes were made to keep visitors from having to go through bag checks and metal detectors multiple times. >>> the latest star wars movie rogue one is expected to be a big hit at the box office this weekend. >> they are requesting a call sign. >> it's rogue. rogue one. >> box office analysts expect rogue one that starts the rollout today to do smaller business overall than the last installment, bringing in about $300 million this weekend. rogue one comes a year after the main cast of the original 1977 film reun

but, chris, the flip side of that you could say listen i believe in global warming, i believe it's manmade, i believe that america is the worst actor and so what i'm going to do is look at the rust belt, i'm going to look at states like wisconsin, michigan, ohio and pennsylvania, and what i need to do is put all of these blue collar workers out of a job. and make sure that the job they do have they don't make enough money to pay their electrical bills and their gas bills. they can't pay for their food. and so what, they'll have more government promise to help more people who can't provide for themselves. what i'm telling you is we need to have smart policies that are clean policies but also are moving america along as we develop new technologies so you're not having energy costs skyrocket. as you know manufacturing in america uses a lot of energy. and if you can take reduced energy costs, making america more competitive it means more jobs but also the ability to pay better wages. which are all issues that the we care about. but one of the problems with democrats is they'll say we want to i

states is part of a global community, international community vowing to do whatever they can do to keep manmade emissions down so as not to enhance global warming. where is scott pruitt on those? >> well, i can't say where our next epa head is on those. if we look, the united states is so far ahead of most of the world, especially, you know, where 80% of the people live. and that's the problem. we're starting from a different point. if you look at our air and our water and compare that to what you see in china and some other, you know, countries that are, in fact, causing problems around the world, that's the real issue. it was not that we're starting from the same place. but driving up our costs would put more and more workers in the united states out of work. and we're all about bringing the jobs back. >> there it is. that's exactly the crux of the argument. because environmentalists and people who are certain, they say, of the science of global warming feel that scott pruitt's loyalties lie with the fossil fuel industry. and not with the environment. >> they lie with the workers of the unite

the transfer taking near scarborough hundreds of islands from manmade islands. those islands along with possible change in america's tie ann want policy ad adding to on going tensions with the chinese government. >> chinese ripped a drone out of the water. president-elect trump said this is unprecedented act tollly inn appropriate. didn't quite use those words but that's concerning s inch wal he said. >> the obama administration is calling for both sides to cool off. but also reasserting america's right to operate in the south china sea regardless of china's territorial claims. >> this is a situation that we had concern with as how this played out. this was an underwater vehicle doing something that we've done before. >> this is a vehicle that should never have left us possession. >> reporter: same ship that took the do end is expected to give it back it's not immediately clear if that drone ever left the chinese hip. at the pentagon lucas tomlinson, fox news. >> north carolina's newly elected democratic governor says tomorrow state lawmakers plan to hold a spec

saying he's not a big believer in a manmade influence and recently he said that, you know, he would stay with the paris pakts on climate xachange. here's what rex tillerson said on climate change not long ago. >> there's no question the climate is changing and we have never -- that's never been up for debate. i think the real question that's driving a lot of policy is, to what extent are human activities and industrial activities and our consumption of activity contributing to that change. >> you know, after we saw the potential nomination or the pending nomination of scott pruitt the head of the epa, how does a rex tillerson fit into what we're learning about a trump approach to the climate change and the environment. >> what's interesting about the answer he gave, that's kind of the code word used by the opposition, the code language used there, on this issue. right. if you're in the energy sector, in the traditional fossil fuel sector, that's kind of the way you talk about this issue as opposed to environmentalists, democrats, more liberal folks, would talk about this issue. it's kind

images appear to show china has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on all seven of its new manmade islands in the south china sea. >> and the rnc has a new chair. president-elect trump announcing michigan gop chairman rona romney mcdaniel will be his choice to head up the republican national committee. she's mitt romney's niece. >> tonight is opening night for star wars rogue one. people have been doing what they do for these kinds of movies, lining up for days to be the first to see the latest installment from the star wars universe. the spin-off film getting mostly positive reviews. it is expected to gross well over $150 million this weekend alone. back to the big news of the morning, nbc news has been told by top intelligence officials that russian president vladimir putin led the covert effort to interfere in the presidential election himself. peter alexander live outside trump tower. what is the trump camp saying about all this? >> reporter: not so much from the trump transition team, but donald trump tweeted in the last hour. he wrote the following, he said, if russia or some

manmade snow and mother nature made snow looking at sky scan three. we are seeing this is poconos it is definitely cold enough to get those snow machines going and we will check with our weather watchers and see is what going on right now. they are commenting on this cold as we all are as soon as we step outside and check out these current conditions. temperatures in the teens and 20's, and that is still the evening, yeah. we have a long way to go overnight tonight. we will check with cherry hill where it is 19 degrees at cbs-3 weather watcher lynn's house. she says mostly clear conditions. her comment is the win is painful explanation point. i think we all feel that high wind gusts to 41 miles an hurry to day. philly international, we will go north and west of the city where it is 16 degrees right now at eileen's house with clear skies in gilbertsville and she says throw another blanket on the bed. stay inside if you can. i think that is some good advice, get netflix going, fire going, that is where you want to be this evening with these cold tempera

commission on civil rights, the department of meland security, who think that people who deny manmade climate change are committing basically a law against nature, they are violating a law against nature. and we see now where there are people -- you just put in your search engine religious beliefs, mental disorders and you will have all kinds of investigations come up, because there are people in this government like those in the u.s. commission on civil rights that those who claim to be christians that that phobia, not lamo undering that a true christian is basing their truths in jesus christ who is love inkaren ate. we have government first who believe that religious are a problem. and if you are a veteran and you believe in the strict interpretation of the words on the pages of the constitution, that makes you a bigger threat. so when we're talking about terms that we have seen change over the years, we have seen the diagnose gnostic statisticic manual have massive change? why? sometimes it's because of medicine who has made great discoveries in improvements and sometimes because o

investigators believe it was manmade donald trump's transition team rejected calls for all nominees to release his tax returns. he still hasn't released his. the move comes as the president-elect works to fill his cabinet posts. >> reporter: it was back to transition business at trump tower friday, a parade of officials in the lobby and even the street performer the naked cowboy was spotted and also on the is list former secretary robert gates. >> a wide-ranging conversation. >> reporter: and gates also endorsed retired general james mattis known for his tough and military tactics. >> they say he's the closest thing to general george patton that we have, and it's about time. >> made the surprise announcement at a raucous rally in ohio. >> this campaign proved that the old rules no longer apply. snoomt trump toulted a deal to save carrier air conditioning jobs from going to mexico with millions in state incentives but parent company united technology is sending 1,300 jobs south of the border. the speaker-elect promising to build a dream team keep jobs in the u.s. his. economic post bill

. >> and keep in mind, these are the same waters where there's that chain of disputed manmade islands. china reportedly installing heavy weaponry on those islands. cnn's matt rivers is live in beijing with more. matt, what are you hearing this hour from china? >> reporter: well, what we're hearing from china isn't much. the government just putting out that one line that you read there. so really not much officially from the chinese government. but one expert told us that when we spoke a little bit earlier, that this is clearly an escalation in what is already a very tense situation in the south china sea, and it comes during a three-week period in which u.s./china relations are going through some very troubling times. the "usns bowditch," an unarmed u.s. military research ship was just off the coast sunday where the navy says it was conducting research using underwater drones called ocean gliders. they say it was legal under international law. it was set to bring them back on board when officials say a chinese naval ship trailing the "bowditch" launched a small boat which swooped in a

tensions in the south china sea with new reports that china has installed weapons on those disputed manmade islands. as for the stolen drone, u.s. officials say it was "simply measuring ocean conditions." matt is live in beijing this morning. matt, we were wondering when we would hear from china on this matter. we understand you are getting word they're responding now. what are they saying? and good morning. >> reporter: we just got the e-mail from the ministry of foreign affairs a couple minutes ago and it was a quick line just saying china and the united states are handling the incident properly through military channels, so not much of a response there. but in a state-run newspaper here called "the global times" in which the government often puts out its viewpoints, that paper cited a military source, as they called it, saying they do expect this incident to be resolved smoothly. but what happened here was on thursday, according to the navy, the "usns bowditch," an unarmed military ship, was using two underwater drones 50 miles off the coast of the philippines. what happened is as they w

create some competition which opens a new front to get into some of the security questions around the manmade islands that they're involved in. >> he doesn't want that. if that dies, then we have to start over with china. >> that dies and china should basically send him a thank you card. it will be maybe one of the first things they say to the ambassador. thanks a whole lot for not competing with us in asia. we have a free hand, we are going to strengthen ourselves. now, let's talk. >> he said he will negotiate his own deals. selena, what do you see in the fact that this is not off the cuff. his eyes were fixed in one direction. apparently that's where the teleprompter was. this was a sculpted message. how is this a the kind of follow through on what he promised during the campaign? >> you know, he talked a lot about in the campaign about currency manipulation and steel dumping. things that impact, you know, sort of middle america and they feel that impacts manufacturing. and, so, he's consistent on that. i mean, there's no subtly with him. he negotiateats what he's goingo do when he either t

. >> it will happen at some point, we will be seeing natural snow, part of the region but we have manmade stuff, flying here up in the poconos, all ski resorts taking advantage of this good pattern in here. cold, dry is what you want, to manufacture snow. snow guns looking good there putting down a good base, big boulder and jack frost, boulder is open, frost is not but they will reopen real soon with these ideal snow headaching conditions. make two to 4 inches of snow in the poconos later on tonight. it is cold enough to support that snow. seventeen in mount pocono. dew point temperatures very low so that is what you want to get that snow, that snow gun is really working. twenty-six in allentown and reading. thirty in philadelphia struggling to get near freezing. is there milder air to the south and west, st. louis at 43. freezing in lexington right now. storm system that will eventually bring some milder air in here but ahead of it it will be a little snow and freezing rain for the area but still a lot of cold air coming back into canada for second half of the week. check this out, 46,

that same year the soviet union stunned the world with sputnik, the first manmade satellite. more soviet successes followed. while initial u.s. unmanned launches met with repeated failure. the soviets also leaped ahead in man flight with cosmonaut yuri gegarian making first orbital flight ever in april 1961. glenn was still training at that point. one of the first astronaut on mercury 7, he spoke of them at cape canaveral in 2012. >> that was a real theme was put together back in those days. while we were competitors, boy were we competitors to get the different flights, never was anything any more tight than the brotherhood we had that supported each one of those flights. >> sreenivasan: glenn's moment came in early 1962 when he crammed his silver-suited frame into the tiny friendship 7 capsule. >> e used to joke about the spacecraft. we said, you didn't get into it, you actually put it on. it was more like putting on clothes, it was that small. because the whole thing, if you spread your arms out like, that you were touching both sides of the spacecraft. >> sreenivasan: peo

manmade islands there that the u.s. believes they're militarizing, putting long landing strips on them. now, to be fair, i should say the u.s., of course, also flies planes and sails ships around these waters to express its desire to keep them open airspace, open waterways. i was on one of those spy planes last year. china pushing back against u.s. military power in the region. >> and the thing is, though, jim, this all comes in the context of no one has ever talked to china like this before. china doesn't have a strategy to deal with this, either. >> you're right. i mean, this is unprecedented in recent memory, because this has been the policy of america, at least one-china, for many decades. and republican and democratic administrations. so now you have a new president who we see on so many fronts, domestic and foreign policy, willing to shake things up. but i'll tell you, erin, of the things to shake up with china, and, of course, there's some benefit here for improving the relationship with taiwan. it's a democracy,

there was hundreds of sur73s to air missiles and sparking concerns that they will be put on the manmade islands. we have a senior fellow in the program on national security in the foreign policy research institute. thank you for being here today. na vid, the new information sounds troubling with foreign leaders saying the movementes are creating an environment of tension and mistrust. what do you make of what is going on? >> laura, it is in line with what china said. they have stated over and over. they believe that the large swath of the chinay sea is their terititorial waters and projecting in the indian ocean. it is not a surprise. the chinese, we see the activities and one can say it is aggressive and worrisome. but it not a worry to be on a shooting war within china. it is their claim. they want this territory. >> in terms of what we are seeing on the satellite, they are not replacing old systems over there. this is new, right? >> that's right. this is the consistent steady march forward of the south china sea by china. sailing an aircraft carrier. for us it is antiqua ted. they on