south carolina remains south carolina strong, because of the leadership of our governor. it is no question that when president-elect trump saw the resume and watched on national and international tv the leadership of governor haley, he chose her to be our next ambassador to the united nations. please help me welcome, our governor, my governor, nikki haley. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. this is just a surreal night, on a lot of different levels. first of all, when i heard about this award, i thought, really? i mean, it is just one of those that i couldn't even comprehend or imagine. and then to go and, you have to understand, as the wife of a combat veteran, to even hear john mccain talk about you is like overwhelming, because we can't ever thank you enough for your service. and i am forever in your debt. i don't know where newt is, or if he is still here. but i have to tell you, when he was running for president a few years back, that will go down as one of the best dinners that michael and i had was with newt and his wife,

south carolina remains south carolina strong because of the leadership of our governor. it is no question that when president-elect trump saw the resume and watched on national and international tv, the leadership of governor haley, he chose her to be our next ambassador to the united nations. please help me welcome our governor, my governor nikki haley. [applause] governor nikki haley: thank you very much. this is just a surreal night on a lot of different levels. i have to tell you, when i heard about this award, i thought really? i mean, it was just one of those that i could not even comprehend or imagine. and then to go and you have to understand as the wife of a combat veteran, to even hear john mccain talk about you is like overwhelming. because we cannot ever thank you enough for your service and i am forever in your debt. one of the best dinners michael and i had was with newt and his wife. the man is a great dinner companion because he can talk and talk and talk but it is really cool things he talks about. i want to thank him. that was really neat to hear him ta

went we are not in south carolina at all. work outsideon't of south carolina, got it. our governor is a native who started working at 13 years old, keeping the books in our family business. she learned very quickly the importance of hard work. one of the reasons why i know that she is a person who deserves the award, tonight is because she embodies leadership. not only is she a clemson graduate, when you think about the success we have seen in south carolina, think about this, 46 counties and we have created in,000 jobs all 46 counties in south carolina. [applause] that is one of the reasons why it is always a great day in south carolina. they can about some of the jobs that have been created in expanded under her leadership. the bmws of the world, the michelin's of the world, the mercedes-benz of the world. the boeings of the world. volvo, the first plant in the country, south carolina. there is a reason why south carolina is the number two growing state in the country per capita, it is called good leadership. some of us would focus on many of the positive things unde

great dan south carolina, everyone says " it's a great dan south carolina." no one really thinks it is a d.c., but i have the privilege of introducing my governor, one of the greatest leaders in america to you. i thought about some things that would be funny to say. but if you knew me you would realize it is best for me to not tell any jokes, i did think about the one joke i thought would be funny that you would not find funny. fan.a gamecock in here?ock fans i can tell by the silence that i am the only fan. at six and six, there is not much to celebrate. our governor went to clemson. i think she is responsible for gamecock tigers going to the playoffs. we are not in south carolina at all. these jokes don't work outside of south carolina, got it. our governor is a native who started working at 13 years old, keeping the books in our family -- in her family business. she learned very quickly the importance of hard work. one of the reasons why i know that she is a person who deserves the award, tonight is because she embodies leadership. not only is she a clemso

great day in south carolina, everybody says, it is a great day in south carolina! d.c.,ct that we are in nobody thinks it is that great of a day in d.c., but i have the privilege of introducing my governor and one of the greatest leaders in america to you. i thought about some things that would be funny to say and if you know my humor, he would realize it is best for me not to sing or tell jokes. think, governor, about the wenzhou breath that would be funny that you would not find funny. i'm a gamecock fan. any gamecock fans in here? [laughter] >> i can tell by the silence there is only one. she does not want to be identified as a gamecock fan either. 6-6 is not much to celebrate. our governor went to clemson. i think she is personally responsible for the success of the clemson tigers going off to the blackouts. woo, woo! good deal. i see we are not in south carolina, at all. [applause] >> yeah. my pastor has told me, i have the right to be wrong. is is wonderful. in front of all you nice people. governor, our started working at 13 years old, keeping the books in h

a great day in south carolina, everyone says it's a great day in south carolina. the fact that we're in d.c., no one thinks it's that great of a day in d.c. i have the privilege of introducing my governor, one of the greatest leaders in america to you. i thought about some things that would be funny to say and if you know my humor you'd realize it's best for me not to sing or tell jokes, so i will do neeither. i did think, governor, about the one joke that i thought would be funny that you would not find funny. i'm a gamecock fan. any gamecock fans in here? i can tell by the silence there's only one and she's in the front row. she doesn't want to be identified as a gamecock fan either. at 6-6 there's not much to celebrate. our governor went to clemson and i think she is personally responsible for the success of the clemson tigers going off to the playoffs. i see we're not in south carolina at all. anyway, jokes don't work outside of south carolina, son. got it. yep. my pastor was telling me i have the right to be wrong. this is wonderful in front of all you nice p

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. >>> breaking news out of charleston, south carolina. we'll continue to monitor this as the jury was in deliberations beginning at 1:00 p.m. we'll bring you the news as it happens there. thank you for your time. don't go anywhere, the best of the best is coming up next. chris jansing is picking things up. >> thank you thomas roberts. good evening, i am pick things up for kate snow. direct access with information telling nbc news vladimir putin became personally involved in the covert campaign. trump's team is expressing doubts. the latest of our exclusive investigation. alarming new details of this afternoon and what is the largest date breach in u.s. history. cyber breach of yahoo in 2013 may have exposed -- in syria. a city absolutely decimated by war. buses and balanambulances are lg as we speak, carrying the wounded away. >> now, we just heard from secretary of state john kerry who called the attack on aleppo continued and relent less and unexcusable. my colleague, hans nicolls is joining me. it is clear he thinks it is nothing short

hurricane destruction devestating south carolina. we have boots on the ground in our farm journal report. if you're in the mood for a holiday pie, andrew mccrea will fix your craving. and one viewer thinks john had an agenda with a recent customer support. now for the headlines...the trump transition team names two key players to the next adminstration that seem to garner support from agriculture. donald trump nominating oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt to be head of the environmental protection agency. pruitt has been a vocal critic of e-p-a during the obama years. he filed suit against the agency for its 'waters of the u-s rule'. environmentalist groups are objecting. but ys it's aware of pruitts stance...but remain hopeful. <"moving forward, what's important is when he was ag of ok, he had to advocate for the interests of the ok residents nad ok industries. he is now the head of ht eepa and advocates for all 50 states. his job is to now impolement the policies and visions that's now outlines by mr. trump,"> score says dialog

randolph who is president of the south carolina naacp who is been fighting issues in south carolina for a long time. this is a very shakespearean moment. he was guilty. we know he was guilty. he confessed to being guilty. now he has been found guilty. relief for a certain the families. but the irony of it, we have come through this campaign, this trumpism with all of this over racism and othering, you know, at the same time we are conducting damon roof. we have a candidate who is now president-elect who began his movement on birtherism and demeaning and announcing the very birthright of our president. we have policies being proposed. we have jeff sessions who attempted to prosecute civil rights leaders for participating in registering people to vote who is against voting rights and civil rights who will now be possibly be attorney general. we have all right -- i call it alt-wrong, in the heart of the oval office. we haven't seen it that blatant since 1915 when birth of a nation was played in the oval office about woodrow wilson. washe way, damon roof captured in shelby, the hometown of

in this case it's the÷ú state o south carolina district, which south carolina district, inquisition, that means taken, in the woods near williamym gardner. it always starts with that. they have to take place where the body lies. you're not suppose to move them. in this case, this inquest is # william gardner. you always get a date, the fourth day of january and the year of our lord 1817. you get a -- in this case it5s the justice of the kwau rum, i won't get into what that is. you get a dead guy, it's the body of÷ú alexander mcgee. he escaped from his family. this is an era in which they would routinely treat people with problems at home so that it essentially locks their loved one up and escapes. >> no like mental -- >> right. right. >> movement for pen ten tri, fa simts with the death and blind insane, other kind of improvement, but not in 1817, you had to take care of it at ko home. in this case, as i said, he escaped and died. so that's just the cover sheet and it's mostly boilerplate legally, it does give you some data. what i'm saying, that's just one of the pages and a typic

and that is what i do each and every day in south carolina. you talk to any of the young democrats in south carolina, my president and my 90, i've spent so much time with her. right now i'm writing about actually with the republican friend called climbing the hill, how to build a career in congress to make a difference. because that's what young people want to do. they want to make a difference. they want to be a part of this. they want to build their future. it's important we do that. we have invested so much in young people in south carolina. my third vice chair is under the age of 35. that's what i'm proposing that we create and under 35 dnc vice chair position because i believe that young voters need to be at the table. in addition, in south carolina we have the fellowship geared toward young people, training them to run for office not just to be the field staff but to run for office as well. one of my candidates who ran against mr. benghazi himself, trey doughty, was 26, and he went toe to toe and we trained in and we help them on debate

i win south carolina? i told them you need to talk to black women. you need to talk to black women who are my moms age, middle age african-american women. the personable when the primary is a person who can galvanize them and win their hearts and minds. so african-americans are very, very important but we also are the folks into groups that are also very important in terms of our coalition. the people of color that are in our group, that are in our party. we have to do a better job. again, from staffing to the people we use as vendors. i tweeted this the other day, you cannot have vendors create ads for african-american communities and that other people who are writing the ads or grabbing the ads are actually african-american. -- drafting. and for people of color across the board. you know where i am on that. >> thanks for raising the issue about african-americans as a critical vote for our whole country and our whole party. let me just tell you, i remember years ago when you had your african-american cauc

marlie hall, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. on this 75th anniversary of pearl harbor, a wisconsin native who survived the attack talks about the 24-hundred americans who made the ultmiate sacrifice that day. lou conter, pearl harbor attack survivor:"came home got married, had children, grand children, great grand children, and lived a big life. they lost theirs immediately and ones that should be called the " heroes."lou conter is a northern wisconsin native. he was among the survivors who gathered yesterday in hawaii to recount their experiences that morning.conter...now 95 years old - was a quartermaster on the uss arizona battleship when the bombs hit.on that ship alone ,nearly 12-hundred men died - and of the 335 survivors, only five are left. lou conter, pearl harbor fire for two days and had to let it cool down for 6, i forget 7 days, and then we dove on the ship for 8-9 days under where the officer's quarters are and turret number 3 and 4 to bring bodies out." out."some 4-thousand people are expected to attend a commemor

south carolina is going through. there is a lot of pain being felt. when you have unemployment that is still in the teens. i am in the fight with you. mr. buckley: our problem, in any one of our communities, not just in the rural areas is that we show up to the election and somehow expect to be miraculously connected to the voters. they are smarter than that. the dnc has a new tool. it is called the building fund. we can take dollars that don't count against anything else. let's raise the money in the building fund. i want to work with every state party. there should be a field office. i like to call it a community center in every congressional district across the country. i found in new hampshire, we had 27 regional offices, more than half were not paid by anyone coming out of office. they were the local people raising and helping with it. it was a partnership between the state party in the local people making sure they had a office. we rented them early and developed them all across the state because they become co

thank you, governor haley for your work in south carolina. thank you, god, for providing leaders who care about the truth and the goodness that this country and this world can part of. we're grateful that you are here, governor haley, every year for the kemp leadership award we try to do something a little bit personal. when my father passed away in 2009, my siblings and i went through many of the wonderful awards that he had been given at dinners not unlike this. and there were some really nice things, but they weren't personal. so we try to come up with something every year. this year, i don't know if you can see this. governor haley has already seen it so i'm not holding it back from her. but this is a picture of my father, the iron lady margaret thatcher, prime minister of great britain, and the u.s. ambassador to the united ations jean kirkpatrick. there is an inscription on it that says, to jack kemp all good wishes margaret thatcher. the inscription on it reads the 2016 jack kemp award presented to governor nikki haley, december 7, 201

[cheering] president-elect trump: florida, south carolina. before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. and remember georgette? georgia? r georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. donald trump has won the state of u

slaying of nine black church members in south carolina. guilty of all crimes. this is just coming in. the verdict has just been read inside the courtroom and the detail wed'll get from jonathan serrie who has been there. there was no question whether he would be found guilty or not guilty. the defense offered nothing to say he did not do this. he left a victim happied without killing her so she could tell the story and during questions from authorities he said he didn't know how many people he killed. he knew he just kept shooting and win of the cops told him there are nine people deed he goes, that's -- i couldn't be there warrant even that many in the. and police moved to him, no, nine were dead ex-he chuckle educationally. a sickening thing to hear himself motivations are hardly worth expressing, without mary but the slaughtered people, african-american men and women, in a very historical church in south carolina, created-hoped to create a race war he said but instead brought the community together by all conditions. the governor steppe

and we're also live in south carolina. live in south carolina as the death penalty trial begins for dylann roof, the 22-year-old self-radicalized racist charged with killing nine worshipers after singing and praying with them in the church basement last year in charleston. but we start, we start with donald trump's exclusive live interview this morning, answering questions, beginning with how close he is to making a call on his pick for secretary of state. >> i think fairly close. i think next week will be the time that i announce it. i have some other big announcements coming up today and actually tomorrow. but we've had -- we've been met with, you know, really very good reviews of the people i've chosen. i think -- i think that general malt tis is going to be terrific. he's going to be absolutely terrific. it's a little bit outside the box. he's a tough cookie. we need a tough cookie. >> right. >> he's smart. he's brilliant actually. as a tactician, he's brilliant. i really look forward to it. he's also a very high quali

carolina if a certain distinguished gentleman from south carolina steps down? >> host: he asked that. >> guest: let me answer by saying this, whatever is next for me it will include and embrace all the experiences i have had 7 1/2 plus 11 years on state commissions. i'm very comfortable in this space. i am excited about connecting communities and serving. i'm excited about the technology and can bring. whatever is next for me i will embrace it. i insure you see continuity when it comes to community and no matter what my title will be, it will be definitely in line with mignon clyburn with title of commissioner. i felt -- did that answer your question. >> i would note, peter, that was a very good political answer. i think you have a future. >> thank you. >> host: commissioner mignon clyburn, democratic commissioner on fcc thanks for being on "the communicators". >> guest: it's been i my pleasure. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable

charleston south carolina church massacre, his trial now in the hands of the jury. hour two and already they have a question. the panel of 10 women and two men has apparently just asked to rewatch this defendant's videotaped confession this confession is up to two hours in length but the jurors wanted to rewatch the part where he's asked how many people he thinks he shot. here's that part. >> if i told you nine people died last night. how would that make you feel? >> i wouldn't believe you. >> it was nine. >> there wasn't even nine people there. >> there was just a little bit over nine. but it's hard when you're looking at the tables. >> you said when you went in there you said six, eight, you weren't certain. >> are you guys lying to me? >> we're not. >> it's complicated because they were all like under the table. >> it's not like i was going around shooting people that were already dead. it's just when i shot a magazine i just went bop bop bop bop, see what i'm saying. >> so when you started shooting you say you were shooting because maybe they didn't see where it

a live look at that courtroom in south carolina. your take, ari. >> this is certainly dramatic and i will stop talking the moment we see the clerk return with any news from the foreperson. but in plain english, what you have here is the suggestion, according to written notes submitted to the judge, that this jury was very close to voting for some kind of guilty verdict. we don't know on what charge. but the clear implication, as we have been reporting with this just moments ago happening is that there was a ready movement on this jury to go forward with some kind of guilty verdict and that this one juror is not able to join. what you see observe in th-- ofn in that situation, the 12 jurors are alone in that room and there is no oversight. there is no court reporter or transcript and no judge. whatever is transpiring between the 12 people which we don't know has resulted in what we just learned that essentially the foreperson leading them is submitting to the judge that there is a deadlock and that it's all based on one person and so

. >>> well, south carolina prosecutors plan to retry a former charleston police officer charged in the shooting death of a mistrial was declared yesterday in the case of former patrolman michael slager in a trial that was dominated by graphic video. don champion has our report. >> i'm not sad. >> reporter: walter scott's mother stood strong monday after a mistrial against the indication of a former north charlton police officer who killed her son. >> god is my friend. he is a just star. and injustice will not prevail. >> reporter: michael slager was fired from the department and charged with murder after the april 2015 shooting. witness video shocked the nation. shows scott getting shot five times as he ran away from slager. during the trial, slager testified he feared for his life. >> i'm on flight on the ground. mr. scott was coming after me. >> reporter: a mistrial after a juror sent the judge a letter saying, quote, in good conscious, he could thought >> i'm not angry with the juror. i'm disappointed in the juror that he was sworn and took an oath that he would make a decision. >>

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in a church in charleston, south carolina. bill burr has more. in custody in connection with last month's wildfires in and around gatlinburg, tennessee. authorities announced the arrests yesterday. the suspects face aggravated arson charges. additional charges are being considered, and the case could be transferred to adult court. 14 people died, and more than 130 were injured, when fast moving flames swept through the area. an update on last month's shooting university police officer collin rose.. the man initially arrested was released from jail yesterday. all charges against deangelo davis have been dropped, and he's no longer a suspect. he was cleared after surveillance video revealed, he was in a store at the time of the shooting. police are now stepping up their investigation, looking for the real killer. a man is in custody after a security breach at san francisco international airport. the man jumped over security dividers yesterday, leading police on a chase. at one point he feet.. from the airport's upper level, to the lower level.. and

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nancy mace became the first woman to graduate from the citadel in south carolina. this is over one hour. [applause] >> good morning y'all. i am super excited to be here this morning. i want to thank rebecca for the invitation to be here. i have never visited the reagan library. to be in the halls of a hero from when i was a child growing up in the 1980's, it is a real honor. it is rare that i am in a room full of women. typically in business meetings and a client setting or in the boardroom, i am the only woman, or one of very few. i have been in areas of business where there are few women. that is my life story i suppose.

eleven years on my state public utility commission in south carolina. if you know anything about south carolina with the state that does not have the political balance on its commission. i was either one of one or one of seven, or two of seven depending on where things -- is not a very uncomfortable around commonplace for me. what i feel and what i hope will have going forward is the need to address the communication need of this nation. there is is a lot of work to do when it comes to broadband coverage. mobile broadband is something i care about in particular. really connecting communities and really bridget in the divide. those are the things i care about. i trusted those were not have partisan. >> do you plan on serving out your term? or or would you like to be renominated. >> i plan on commune completing my term which ends on the 30th of june. this part of the process is something that i do not necessarily have that much of a say in, tradition would have it that particular post, one of the features usually one that the minority leader has a say in.

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time was the farm land in horry county, some of south carolina's finest. bambi bennett's grand dad opened a big spread and created a legacy for the generations to come. >> that barn used to be tobacco barn and my grand daddy built this. >> it was tobacco property? >> he did farming and tobacco. >> bambi's roots here are as deep as the old oak tree draped in spanish moss that still stands tall if the front yard. they say land is worth dying for because it's the only thing that lasts. and truer words might never have been spoken. in this case, a beautiful piece of land turned out to be nothing but trouble. this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable violence. bambi, her given name, was a fun, feisty good-old girl, country through and through. >> i was at my grandparent's a lot growing up and we gardened and had a big yard, a huge yard. >> you are a country girl? >> uh-huh. >> but she endured her share of heartache even as a tender age. her parents divorced when she was just 6. mom remarried. then a few years later ca

the gentleman from south carolina. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds a quorum is not present and make the point of order a quorum is not present that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by gentleman from washington, mr. kilmer. mr. kilmer: please join me in the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, sadly this weekend marks the 10-year anniversary of the death of marine lieutenant colonel joseph mccloud, a former military fellow in my office. an american hero. he served in the office in 2003 pro

as you know, i spent 11 years on my state public utility commission in south carolina. if you know anything about south carolina, it is a state that does not have the political balance on its commission. i was either one of one or one of sevenor two depending on things. it is not an uncommon place for me. what i feel and what i hope we will have going forward is the need to really address the communications of this nation. there is a lot of work to do when it comes to broadband coverage, mobile coverage is something i care about in particular. really connecting communities and really bridging these digital divides. those are the things that i care about and i trust that those will not have partisan leanings. host peter slen: do you plan on serving out your term? ms. clyburn: i plan on completing my term which is on the 30th of june. as you know, this part of the i do nots something necessarily have that much of a say in. as tradition would have it, that particular post -- one of the features is one where the minority leader has a say in. i read some things in the paper

in south carolina-- church shooter dylann roof says he won't call witnesses or present evidence during the sentencing phase of his trial. he'll just make an opening statement. roof plans to represent himself. he was convicted last week of killing nine black worshippers inside a church in charleston, south carolina. he faces a possible death sentence. the judge told roof he's allowed to change his mind about serving as his own counsel, up until the start of the proceedings. they begin january third. happening now.. the search is intensifying for a missing montgomery county man. john donohoe left his parents' home in bethesda on december 13th, and hasn't been seen since. police are starting to notice signs that are unusual. and they're asking anyone with information to contact them. officer rick gooddale says on december 22nd, a woman charged about 700 dollars worth of items to donohoe's credit shows her entering a store, making a purchase, and then leaving. donohoe's 20-11 chevy equinox is still missing. we now know who the biggest box office draw of 20-16 is.. it's scarlett johansson!

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in the birmingham bowl, south florida facing south carolina and the south carolina quarterback quinton flowers absolutely brilliant, running for 105 yards, three touchdowns, passed for two more, including this 25 yarder in the first play of overtime. wow, that score would prove to be the difference. south florida beats south carolina 46-39. >>> now, for the funniest moment of the night we stay at alabama, but we head to auburn. down 11 with 2:00 to go, auburn t.j. dunham decided to crash georgia's huddle. check it out. he's completely welcomed by the unsuspecting bulldogs who had no idea a tiger was on the prowl, but the move didn't pay off, auburn falls to georgia 96-86. >>> our congratulations to serena williams, who announced her engagement to the reddit cofounder posted, of course, on reddit. the star posted a cartoon proposing along with a poem describing his proposal. we wish all the best to the happy couple. he said four words, will you marry me. are we guessing? still ahead, how members of congress are reacting to president obama's new sanctions against russia. plus, it's been

you know look at the president-elect's cabinet picks, almost all of them except for south carolina governor nikki hay, all of them generals, military ties, or full time llionaires or billionaires. >> there's a theme going on. >> a little bit of one. you want to see how it works out. should note another position just named today, not quite as high level, the ambassador to china, iowa governor terry br d branstad. >> peter, donald trump, "time" person of the year. the article highlights the criticism for the president-elect, including his stance on russia and that's one thing we know that he has been firm about throughout the campaign season and even post-election, his stance on vladimir putin. >> it focuses on his repeated refusal to acknowledge the u.s. intelligence community's assertion that vladimir putin's agencies were responsible for the hacking at the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign e-mails released by wikileaks and became such a source of conflict. here is part of what donald trump said when he spoke to "time." he said i don't believe it. i don't believe they,

heavy wind brought down trees, snapped power lines and closed roads in south carolina. in just over a day, more than a dozen confirmed tornadoes hit louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and alabama. at least five people are dead. dozens more are hurt. mark strassmann is in rosalie (rose-uh-lee), alabama, where residents are learning the extent of the destruction. ( connor hughes) "there is so much that needs to be done that hughes - like many here in jackson county- has returned to what's left of his home. he's struggling to scrape up the essentials of life. (connor hughes/storm victim i am just trying to locate some bowls so i can get something to drink hundreds of structures were leveled and thousands of people are without power. jim smith lost his business when the twister hit. (jim smith/storm victim) my business is gone, it's no big deal. i'll uh i'll get it all together and re-start." "it's coming right at us! look at this" (fort walton video) (mark strassmann, cbs news, rosalie, alabama) you can see the path of destruction and the severe weather system began here in

it's a really exciting time for us in south carolina. i think we can replicate that on a national level sg. >> how do you make change when so much of the old guard is still in place and house minority leader just re-elected. that sort of thing. how do you overcome old dogs or bring people around to this new generation you're hoping to see get involved. >> part of that is to transform the philosophy for the party. we have to stop being a party going around begging for votes every two or four years and become a party that is in the community. a party that is in the neighborhoods working to help address the day-to-day issues that people are feeling. that's how you bring younger talent into the party. young people want to serve. they want to change things. we just can't do the same old things that we've done year after year after year. those are the types of things and types of new ideas and invasion i innovations i want to bring to democrats party. >> republicans will control more than 30. governor's mansion. they'll have control of legisla

in south carolina, they're dealing wiht heavy damage from a possible tornado late in the day. it toppled trees on homes and left behind rubble in its wake. snow is possible tomorrow in the metro area and before it falls there are some under the radar laws you'll need to get down. have good snow tires. the law requires you must have one of three things to drive on colorado roads when it's in effect- 1. mud and/or snow tires 2. 4x4 or all wheel drive with tires at least an 1/8 of an inch thick 3. or good old fashioned chains ditch safety effort before cdot closes the highway. it mandates everyone use chains on the road. it's rare but cdot did implement it during our blizzards this past march so it doesn't hurt to carry a pair of chains in your trunk. if you choose not to follow these laws-- it could cost you signs for dementia patients. what the key to improving mood could be coming up. and.... our human family and friends won't be the only ones getting gifts this year. how much money the experts say you're likely to shell out for you in a message ahead of today's annual world a

we have been doing this in south carolina. we lost a political fellowship where we are training 250 young people to be the next generation of candidates, county chairs, the next generation of political operatives. young people need a place at the table. --need a creative vice chair create a vice chair position for this young people under the age of 35. we have allowed republicans to catch up with us in technology. we need to foster a wave of political technological innovation. in my first month as chair, for the first time, i will call together a strategy retreat and call together the groups of the and dmo because they have never sat down at the same table to strategize about message and direction. we have to fight to save our democracy. we have to fight against political gerrymandering. we have to fight against of water suppression and we have to do it in a nonelection year. we need to do a 24/7, my friends. we have to get big money out of politics and cultivate small dollar donors and our actions our words that if we say div

south carolina representative, nick mulvaney. and the u.s. confirming china is planning to return tunder water drone. coming after trump weighed in calling it unprecedented. start with the president-elect in alabama. the big rally before the holidays there. the final stop before he is headed to florida for the next few weeks. cnn national correspondent ryan nobles is in mobile, what are we expecting today? >> this crowd starting to fill in, we're a good three hours away before the rally is scheduled to start. we're anticipating the president-elect to continue telling his supports thank you for supporting him in this recent election. and it's appropriate that he decided to come here to mobile, alabama to close out this tour. it was back in 2015, in august of 2015, where trump came to this very college football stadium and put on a rally that brought out 30,000 people. at the time, many people wondered why trump chose to come to alabama, it was a long way away from the alabama primary, it showed he was starting to build passionate support, amon