11/15 Evening News

>> WE CALL ON PRESIDENT- ELECT TRUMP TO EXCLUDE THE PROPONENTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND HATRED FROM THE RANKS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT INCLUDES IMMEDIATELY FIRING STEVE BANNON AS HIS CHIEF STRATEGIST .>> Reporter: BUT HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN SAID MR. TRUMP HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HIS OWN TEAM AND REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO CRITICIZE BANNON .>> THIS IS A PERSON WHO HELPED HIM WIN AN INCREDIBLE VICTORY IN AN INCREDIBLE CAMPAIGN .>> Reporter: HE AND HIS G. O. P. COLLEAGUES ARE UNITING AROUND MR. TRUMP, SOME EVEN DONNED " MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" HATS AT THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS. LOUISIANA'S STEVE SCALISE .>> INSIDE THE TAG YOU SEE, " MADE IN THE U. S. A ." THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE THINGS MADE IN THE U. S. A. WHEN THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION COMES IN .>> Reporter: PRIVATELY, SOME REPUBLICANS EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT BANNON'S HIGH- LEVEL ROLE, BUT THEY ARE WARY OF GETTING CROSS- WISE WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT- ELECT, ESPECIALLY, SCOTT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS OF HIRES HE'S GOING TO BE MAKING ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT .>> Pelley: NANCY CORDES ON CAPITOL HILL. NANCY, THANK YOU. WELL, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HIRES IS A WELL- KNOWN CRITIC OF CLIMATE SCIENCE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT FOSSIL FUELS ARE WARMING THE PLANET. HIS ASSIGNMENT-- STAFFING THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY. HERE'S CHIP REID .>> A LOT OF IT'S A HOAX. IT'S A HOAX .>> Reporter: PRESIDENT- ELECT DONALD TRUMP HAS LEFT LITTLE DOUBT WHERE HE STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. HE WANTS A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE PRODUCTION OF COAL AND OIL, WHICH HE SAYS WILL CREATE JOBS, AND HIS E. P. A. TRANSITION TEAM IS BEING LED BY MYRON EBELL, A LEADING CLIMATE CHANGE SKEPTIC. EBELL, WHO IS NOT A SCIENTIST, DISAGREES WITH THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS WHO SAY THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE WARMING PLANET IS THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS .>> WE BELIEVED THAT THE SO- CALLED GLOBAL WARMING CONSENSUS WAS NOT BASED ON SCIENCE BUT WAS A POLITICAL CONSENSUS .>> Reporter: BOB DEANS IS WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL .>> THREE FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE AND MIAMI IS VENICE, NEW ORLEANS IS GOING, THE EVERGLADES ARE UNDER WATER. AND THREE FEET OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE IS AT THE LOWER END OF WHAT SCIENTISTS EXPECT BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY .>> Reporter: MR. TRUMP WANTS TO CANCEL THE PARIS ACCORDS, AN AGREEMENT REACHED LAST NEAR BY 190 NATIONS, INCLUDING THE U. S ., WHICH COMMITS THEM TO REDUCE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS .>> HISTORY MAY WELL JUDGE IT AS A TURNING POINT FOR OUR PLANET .>> Reporter: EBELL, WHO DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR A COMMENT, ALSO WANTS TO REPEAL PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN, REGULATIONS INTENDED TO TURN THE NATION AWAY FROM COLD AND TOWARD WIND AND SOLAR POWER. BUT DEANS SAYS HE IS FAR FROM GIVING UP. YOU'RE STILL HOPING HE WILL MODERATE HIS VIEWS FROM FR WHAT HE SAYS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL .>> VERY MUCH SO .>> Reporter: WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE DOESN'T ?>> IF HE DOESN'T, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT .>> Reporter: WORLD LEADERS ARE NOW MEETING IN MOROCCO TO DISCUSS ENFORCEMENT OF THE PARIS ACCORDS, AND THERE IS DEEP CONCERN THAT IF MR. TRUMP DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT, OTHER WORLD LEADERS MIGHT DECIDE TO DO THE SAME. AND SCOTT TODAY THE KING OF MOROCCO SAID, " WHAT'S AT STAKE IS THE VERY EXISTENCE OF MAN .">> Pelley: CHIP REID FOR US TONIGHT. CHIP, THANK YOU. THE PRESIDENT- ELECT'S DAUGHTER, IVANKA TRUMP, IS TAKING HEAT TODAY FOR SELLING ICE ON " 60 MINUTES ." SHE WORE A DIAMOND AND GOLD BRACELET DURING LESLEY STAHL'S INTERVIEW, AND THE NEXT DAY HER COMPANY SENT AN E- MAIL TO FASHION WRITERS TOUTING THE SEEN- ON- TV BRACELET, WHICH SELLS FOR MORE THAN $ 10, 000. YOU MAY RECALL OUR STORY LAST NIGHT ON THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR TRUMP BUSINESSES .�� IN OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY, A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT. FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AND THE TERMINAL WAS LOCKED DOWN. OUR TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT KRIS VAN CLEAVE IS FOLLOWS THIS. WHAT'S THE LATEST ?>> Reporter: THE DECEASED IS MICHAEL WINCHESTER. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL AT THE WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT A LITTLE BEFORE 1: 00 THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS SEARCHED THE PARKING GARAGE, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE LOCKED DOWN THE AIRPORT, STOPPING ALL FLIGHTS AND ASKING THE PEOPLE INSIDE TO SHELTER IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT, BUT SAY THE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN A RED PICK- UP TRUCK IN THE AIRPORT PARKING GARAGE. WE KNOW OFFICERS ARE REVIEWING SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO AND HAVE REOPENED THE TERMINAL. WILL ROGERS HANDLES ABOUT 7, 000 TO 8, 000 PASSENGERS DAILY AND IS SERVED BY SEVERAL MAJOR AIRLINES. ROUGHLY 30 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED AND SOME PASSENGERS WERE STUCK ON PLANES. THE CITY CLOSED THE AIRPORT AS POLICE SEARCHED FOR THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. WITH THAT SEARCH OVER, THE AIRPORT HAS REOPENED. SCOTT, WINCHESTER'S SON JAMES PLACE FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS' FOOTBALL TEAM .>> Pelley: KRIS VAN ARE BEING URGED TO WEAR PROTECTIVE MASKS WHEN THEY'RE OUTDOORS. THERE IS A THICK HAZE IN THE SOUTH FROM 31 LARGE FIRES. MARK STRASSMANN IS ON THE FIRE LINE .>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE FLANK OF ONE WILDFIRE, THE ROCK MOUNTAIN FIRE, FIVE MILES INTO THE WOODS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES IN STATE HAVE ALREADY BURNED 25, 000 ACRES .>> I'LL TRY TO WORK ON GETTING THEM TURNS AROUND HERE .>> Reporter: CHAD COLLUM SUPERVISES 20 FIREFIGHTERS FROM MONTANA. IF FLAMES JUMP THIS ROAD, COLLUM'S TEAM KNOWS THIS FIRE WILL PLUNGE INTO A NEW WILDERNESS .>> YOU GET A LITTLE WIND SHIFT OR A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE, AND THE FIRE BEHAVIOR JUST RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY, AND IT CAN ESCALATE VERY QUICKLY .>> Reporter: YOU'RE WORKING AGAINST A DROUGHT, LOW HUMIDITY, AND LOTS OF LEAVES WHICH BECOME LIKE FUEL .>> WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH OUR LINE AND PRETTY MUCH CLEAN IT EVERY DAY AS THE NEW LEAVES CONTINUE TO FALL .>> Reporter: FROM SPACE, YOU CAN SEE SMOKE FROM FIRES BURNING IN SEVEN STATES, BURNING MORE THAN 100, 000 ACRES. 5, 000 FIREFIGHTERS, MANY WITH MORE EXPERTISE FROM WESTERN STATES, ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. NEAR LAKE LAURA, NORTH CAROLINA, THE PARTY ROCK FIRE HAS CHARRED MORE THAN 4500 ACRES AND FRIGHTENED EVACUEES LIKE THERESA WHEELER .>> YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME OR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT OR COME HOME TO. YOUR FEAR IS THAT YOU'LL LOSE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE .>> Reporter: ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO PREVENT THIS WILDFIRE FROM SPREADING DEEPER INTO THE WILDERNESS AND INTO NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT WOULD HELP IS RAIN, BUT METEOROLOGISTS WORKING WITH THESE FIREFIGHTERS SAY THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE FORECAST UNTIL CHRISTMAS. SCOTT .>> Pelley: MARK STRASSMANN, THANKS. COMING UP NEXT ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS, FROM TRASH TO TREASURE. KITCHEN WASTE IS NOW POWERING NAVY JETS. AND LATER, FROM MAN TO MANNEQUIN-- THE FREEZE IS ON .>> Pelley: SOME OF AMERICA'S BEST FIGHTER JETS CAN SOAR WITHOUT USING A DROP OF OIL FOR FUEL. DON DAHLER HAS A LOOK AT THE NAVY'S GREAT GREEN FLEET .>> Reporter: THIS EA- 18 GROWLER CAN GO OVER 1, 100 MILES AN HOUR. IT COSTS $ 68 MILLION. AND IT'S FLYING ON 100 % BIOFUEL MADE FROM THINGS LIKE KITCHEN GREASE AND PLANT SEEDS. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, RAY MABUS. THE ENGINE DOESN'T FUNCTION ANY DIFFERENTLY WITH BIOFUELS .>> IT MAY BURN A LITTLE CLEANER, BUT, NO. OTHERWISE, THE ENGINE DOESN'T NOTICE A DIFFERENCE .>> Reporter: IN 2009, MABUS COMMITTED THE NAVY TO 50 % USAGE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS BY THE YEAR 2020. WHY HAS THIS BEEN SUCH A PRIORITY WITH YOU ?>> WELL, IT'S TO MAKE US BETTER WAR FIGHTERS. ENERGY IS A AS A ENERGY IS A AS A VULNERABILITY. ENERGY CAN BE CAN USED AS A WEAPON. WHEN I CAME IN MARIJUANAS WERE LOSING-- A MARINE KILLED OR WOUNDED FOR EVERY 50 CONVOYS OF FUEL BEING BROUGHT INTO AFGHANISTAN. THAT'S TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY .>> Reporter: UNTIL RECENTLY, PETROLEUM HAD TO BE ADDED TO BIOFUEL FOR IT TO PACK ENOUGH PUNCH TO BE FEESABLE, BUT A PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA COMPANY, ARA, WAS WORKING ON A PROCESS TO MAKE STERILE WATER IN REMOTE AREAS WHEN THEY STUMBLED ON A WAY TO MAKE BIOFUELS IDENTICAL TO PETROLEUM .>> FROM THIS MATERIAL, WE MAKE JET DIESEL .>> Reporter: CHUCK REDD IS THE COMPANY'S VICE PRESIDENT OF FIELD DEVELOPMENT .>> IT'S A MATERIAL THAT HAS ALL THE SAME MOLECULES AS PETROLEUM CRUDE BUT FROM A RENEWABLE FEED STOCK .>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE FEED STOCKS IS ETHIOPIAN MUSTARD SEEDS THAT CAN BE GROWN IN ARID GROUND AND CAN BE USED BY FARMERS AS A ROTATION CROP. ARA'S PROCESS CAN USE WASTE GREASE FROM WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND KITCHENS. ARA'S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT GLEN McDONALD SAW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIS COMPANY AND THE WORLD .>> I HOPE THAT ONE DAY ALL DIESEL VEHICLES ARE OPERATED WITH OUR FUEL. I HOPE ALL COMMERCIAL JETS ARE OPERATED WITH OUR FUEL .>> Reporter: AS FOR THE U. S. NAVY, THAT GOAL IS WELL UNDER WAY. ALTERNATIVE FUELS NOW POWER 30 % OF NAVAL SHIPS AND 50 % OF ITS BASES. DON DAHLER, CBS NEWS, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA .>> Pelley: UP NEXT, FAMILIES BROUGHT CLOSER TOGETHER BY STUDENT DEBT .>> Pelley: COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE DROWNING IN DEBT. IN FACT, IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED, AND NOW TOPS $ 30, 000. JILL SCHLESINGER HAS TONIGHT'S " EYE ON MONEY .">> Reporter: LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS IN VERONA, NEW JERSEY, IS NOT WHAT 23- YEAR- OLD ANTHONY DECANDIA ENVISIONED AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE LAST YEAR. BUT THEN AGAIN, HE DIDN'T ENVISION BEING $ 80, 000 IN STUDENT DEBT, EITHER .>> OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE MY FAMILY. I LOVE THE FREE FOOD, AND I LOVE MY DOG, BUT I'M JUST READY TO MOVE ON AND LIVE ON MY OWN. AND IT'S JUST TOUGH BECAUSE WITH THESE LOANS AND ALL THIS DEBT US MILLENNIALS HAVE, WE CAN'T .>> Reporter: DECANDIA'S STORY IS ONE OF MORE THAN 75 MILLION OTHER MILLENNIALS, JUGGLING DEBT AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

�� FOR THE FIRST TIME, MORE MILLENNIALS ARE LIVING WITH PARENTS THAN WITH SPOUSES OR PARTNERS. AND SINCE THE RECESSION, YOUNG ADULTS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO BUY HOMES. 27- YEAR- OLD CRYSTAL WHITE JUST GOT ENGAGED. SHE AND HER FIANCE RENT A SMALL APARTMENT IN L. A. PLANS FAIR WEDDING AND BUYING A HOUSE ARE ON HIATUS AS THEY CHIP AWAY AT THEIR COMBINED STUDENT LOANS THAT TOP $ 100, 000 .>> THINGS HAVE, AT LEAST BEEN DELAYED BY TWO TO THREE YEARS FROM WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE .>> Reporter: WHITE, A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, HAS BEEN MEETING HER STUDENT LOAN OBLIGATIONS AND PAYING OFF CREDIT CARDS EACH MONTH .>> I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO NO LONGER VIEW MILLENNIALS AS JUST WHINING KIDS. WE'RE ADULTS. WE'RE PROFESSIONALS, AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET WHERE OUR PARENTS WERE AND TO DO BETTER THAN OUR PARENTS BECAUSE I-- YOU KNOW, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE DREAM, RIGHT ?>> Pelley: SO, JILL, IF PEOPLE LIKE CRYSTAL WHITE ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, HOPING THE CAR DOESN'T BREAK DOWN, HOW CAN CAN THEY SAVE ?>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. SHE IS SETTING ASIDE 2 % OF HER INCOME TO GO INTO RETIREMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO-- PICK SOME SMALL AMOUNT, GET INTO THE HABIT OF SAVING, AND AS YOUR BUDGET ALLOWS, YOU INCREASE IT SLOWLY BUT YOU'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE .>> Pelley: AND THE MAGIC INGREDIENT IS TIME. START EARLY .>> Reporter: INDEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH .>> THANKS .>> Reporter: AT THE VATICAN TODAY ARCHBISHOP CUPICH GAVE POPE FRANCIS A CUBS HAT SO HE, TOO, COULD CELEBRATE THEIR WORLD SERIES WIN. LATER THIS WEEK, THE POPE WILL GIVE THE ARCHBISHOP A CARDINAL'S HAT AS HE ELEVATES CUPICH TO CARDINAL-- A CUBS / CARDINALS DOUBLE HEADER. NOW, CAN YOU HOLD ON FOR A FEW SECONDS? THEN YOU, TOO, CAN JOIN THE LATEST FAD. WE'LL SHOW YOU AS SOON AS WE COME BACK. DON'T MOVE .>> Pelley: FINALLY TONIGHT, THE LATEST POP CULTURE PHENOMENON HAS GIVEN US PAUSE, SO WE DID. HERE'S MICHELLE MILLER .�� �� ��>> Reporter: THE RULES ARE SIMPLE-- GET A GROUP TOGETHER, STRIKE A POSE, THEN STAY STILL AS THE CAMERA WEAVES THROUGH A SCENE FROZEN IN TIME, LIKE WALKING THROUGH A PICTURE .�� THAT GIRL IS A REAL CROWD PLEASER ��>> Reporter: WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY BUT IT ALL STARTED AROUND HALLOWEEN WITH THESE STUDENT AT A JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, USING THE HASHTAG MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE. THEN OTHER SCHOOLS JOINED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, LUNCH ROOMS, AND PEP RALLIES. MANY ARE SET TO RAP DUO RAE SREMMURD'S SONG " BLACK BEATLES ."�� THAT GIRL IS A REAL CROWD PLEASER ��>> Reporter: ONE OF THE REAL BEATLES, PAUL McCARTNEY, DID HIS VERSION, TWEETING, " LOVE THOSE BLACK BEATLES �� NOW IT'S JUST EXPLODED. HERE'S LAST WEEKEND'S GARTH BROOKS CONCERT. AND PRO TEAMS ARE IN ON THE GAME, TOO, LIKE THE N. F. L. 'S NEW YORK GIANTS, AND THE N. B. A. 'S CLEVELAND CAVALIERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE FIRST LADY. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON AND HER STAFF PAUSED ON ELECTION DAY LAST WEEK, AND FUNNY MAN KEVIN HART AND BEYONCE HAVEN'T DROPPED THE BALL. THESE PRESCHOOLERS FROM EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, BEAT THAT VIDEO BY EIGHT MILLION VIEWS. WHO DID IT THE BEST ?>> ME !>> ME !>> Reporter: ANOTHER YOU CAN COME OVER HERE. AND THEY DIDN'T MIND A LITTLE COACHING TO HELP BOOST THOSE NUMBERS. ANOTHER YOU READY? FREEZE! AND HERE AT CBS, WE MAY BE ALL ABOUT HARD NEWS, BUT WE'RE NOT AS STIFF AS YOU THINK. MICHELLE MILLER, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK .( CHEERS )( LAUGHTER )>> Pelley: JUST KIDDING. AND THAT'S THE CBS EVENING NEWS FOR TONIGHT. FOR ALL OF US AT CBS NEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, GOOD NIGHT.