Today's Headlines: James Mattis, Outspoken Ex-Marine, Is Trump's Choice as Defense Secretary

[Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Friday, December 2, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Movies] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [James N. Mattis, a retired Marine general, leaving a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump in Bedminster, N.J., last month.] [James Mattis, Outspoken Ex-Marine, Is Trump's Choice as Defense Secretary] By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT The retired general once led the United States Central Command, but his tour was cut short by the Obama administration, which believed he was too hawkish on Iran. [Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan, center, invited President-elect Donald J. Trump to visit his country in a recent call.] [Trump's Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast] By MARK LANDLER The president-elect's unfiltered exchanges prompted the White House to urge him to seek the State Department's expertise in his encounters with foreign leaders. [A demonstrator at a march in Rome on Sunday over a referendum that will be held to overhaul the Constitution.] [With Populist Anger Rising, Italy May Be Next Domino to Fall] By JASON HOROWITZ Italy could be the next domino to fall as populist anger sweeps through Europe and the United States, upending the political establishment. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »] [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox] What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks U.S. [[Graphic] Graphic: The Array of Conflicts of Interest Facing the Trump Presidency] Donald J. Trump's global business empire will create an unprecedented number of conflicts of interest for a United States president, experts say. OPINION | Op-Ed | Jennifer Finney Boylan [Really, You're Blaming Transgender People for Trump?] By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN Don't call my rights a luxury that Democrats can't afford to defend. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I was shot by terrorists, and it feels like the people I worked with are victimizing me all over again." [VALERIE KALLIS-WEBER], 59, a victim of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., last year, on medical treatments that have been denied or delayed under the workers' compensation system that covers her care. Today's Videos [[Video] Video: A Risky Flight From Eastern Aleppo] The civilians of opposition-held eastern Aleppo are fleeing by the thousands after days of near constant bombardment by Syrian and Russian forces. Their flight to areas of humanitarian aid is a risky one. [Trump Speaks at Carrier Plant] The Indianapolis company announced it would keep 1,000 jobs in the state, shelving plans to move them to Mexico. [Natalie Portman in ] [Pablo Larraín Narrates a Scene From 'Jackie'] By MEKADO MURPHY The director discusses a sequence from his film featuring Natalie Portman. World [President François Hollande delivered a televised statement from the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday.] [President François Hollande of France Won't Seek Re-election] By ADAM NOSSITER Mr. Hollande stunned the nation with his decision, even though few observers thought he could recover from his poor approval ratings to win next year's vote. [President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia gave his annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.] [A Subdued Vladimir Putin Calls for 'Mutually Beneficial' Ties With U.S.] By ANDREW HIGGINS The Russian leader lamented rising global "fractures," even in affluent countries, but made no mention of the Kremlin's efforts to stir up disorder. [Workers filling sacks with cocoa beans at an agricultural cooperative in Guiglo, Ivory Coast.] Mont Péko Journal [Ousting Squatter Farmers to Save Forest, Ivory Coast Sets Off New Crisis] By SEAN LYNGAAS Squatters using protected land to grow cocoa have helped strip the country of four-fifths of its woodlands. Now evicted, many of them are struggling to survive. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [Berfalia Martínez is in deportation proceedings and applying for asylum, but somehow her children, 3 years old and 4 months old, have ended up with separate deportation cases open in the Arlington, Va., immigration court. At a recent hearing for the 4-month-old, Damián, the judge could only urge her to make sure Damián ] [Deluged Immigration Courts, Where Cases Stall for Years, Begin to Buckle] By JULIA PRESTON With a backlog of more than 520,000 cases, many have become crippled by delays and bureaucratic breakdowns, creating a major obstacle for the president-elect's deportation plans. [Tracie Thompson was shot nearly a year ago in San Bernardino, Calif., during a terrorist attack that killed 14 of her co-workers. Ms. Thompson has post-traumatic stress disorder, a doctor found, but she has struggled to get the counseling she needs.] ['Victimizing Me All Over Again': San Bernardino Victims Fight for Treatment] By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Nearly a year after being shot in a terrorist attack, employees of San Bernardino County, Calif., are struggling with delayed or denied workers' compensation claims. [In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Texas had enacted unlawful regulations against abortion providers and women seeking to get an abortion.] [Texas Again Places Obstacles in Front of Those Seeking Abortions] By LIZETTE ALVAREZ After losing a Supreme Court case this past summer, the state has shifted its focus to requiring facilities that perform abortions to pay for cremation or burial of fetal remains. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [David H. Petraeus, the former general and C.I.A. director, at Trump Tower in Manhattan earlier this week.] [Secretary of State David Petraeus? Supporters Make Their Case] By MARK LANDLER and JENNIFER STEINHAUER Backers of the former C.I.A. director are urging President-elect Donald J. Trump to overlook his past legal problems and put him in charge at the State Department. [Kimberly S. Bushey, center, clerk of Walworth County in southern Wisconsin, before starting the recount of presidential votes on Thursday at the county government center in Elkhorn.] ['We're Going to Get This Done': Wisconsin Vote Recount Is Underway] By JULIE BOSMAN Wisconsin is recounting the presidential vote at the behest and expense of Jill Stein, of the Green Party, with Michigan and Pennsylvania recounts up in the air. [Kellyanne Conway, Donald J. Trump's campaign manager, and Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, at Harvard University on Thursday.] [Trump and Clinton Aides Clash During Election Forum] By TRIP GABRIEL "I would rather lose than win the way you guys did," Hillary Clinton's director of communications told Donald J. Trump's campaign manager during a raucous debate at Harvard. PODCAST [A Political Guide You Can Trust] The election is over. But the story has just begun. Michael Barbaro, a veteran political reporter, hosts The Run-Up, a weekly podcast that makes sense of American politics and government. [Available on iTunes]. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [Trump Cheered for Carrier Deal Even as Other Jobs Are Trimmed] By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ As critics decried incentives for Carrier in exchange for keeping workers in Indiana, and others called the effort a new path to economic growth, the company announced other cuts. [A Chicago parking system in 1937, an early example of multi-level car storage.] The Upshot [Trump and Carrier: How a Modern Economy Is Like a Parking Garage] By JUSTIN WOLFERS It's a constant state of flux, with jobs being created or lost. The challenge is to have a business climate in which you have more of the former. [Howard Schultz, the C.E.O. of Starbucks, in Milan in 2016. He said he would step down next year.] [Starbucks Chief Howard Schultz to Step Down Next Year] By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Mr. Schultz is planning to leave the company in April, turning the reins over to his handpicked successor, Kevin Johnson. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Technology [A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded during the test firing of its engines at a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 1.] [3 Months After Explosion, SpaceX Plans to Launch Rocket Bearing Satellites] By KENNETH CHANG The launch hinges on approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, which is reviewing SpaceX's investigation of the Sept. 1 launchpad explosion. Tech Tip [Reintroduce Yourself to Microsoft's Cortana] By J. D. BIERSDORFER If the Windows 10 virtual assistant software is calling you by the wrong name, or butchering its pronunciation, here's how to fix it. [Snap started with a new idea, of pictures that can be seen for only a short time, but it has since branched out.] Bits [Daily Report: Snapchat Defies Silicon Valley, and Its Algorithms] By JIM KERSTETTER Can a non-Bay Area internet company besides Amazon become a giant? Investors are betting Snapchat is on its way to finding out. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »] Sports [Tiger Woods watched his tee shot on the third hole on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.] [Tiger Woods Shows Flashes of Old Self, but Finishes Over Par] By KAREN CROUSE In his first competitive round in over a year, Woods birdied four of his first eight holes, then had two double-bogeys and a bogey after the turn to finish one over par. [The American League team after beating the National League in this year's All-Star Game, which gave the A.L. home-field advantage in the World Series.] On Baseball [Baseball Labor Deal Turns All-Star Game Back Into an Exhibition] By TYLER KEPNER The game had been linked to the World Series for the past 14 years, as the winning All-Star team secured home-field advantage for its league, but that fact never gave the game the desired ratings lift. [The Crewe Alexandra Football Club ground in Crewe, Britain. Andy Woodward, 43, a former player at Crewe, has said he was sexually abused by a Crewe coach during the 1980s.] [Claims of Child Sexual Abuse in English Soccer Grow] By KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA The British police said on Thursday that at least 350 people have come forward to report abuse at the hands of soccer coaches. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Left, Emma Watson, and, right, Miles Teller, early contenders for the leads in ] Oscar Hunt [Fates in Filmmaking: Who Were the Wallflowers at the 'La La Land' Dance?] By BROOKS BARNES The twists and turns that can affect a movie's destiny were present in the early genesis of Damien Chazelle's musical. Just ask Emma Watson and Miles Teller. [Michael Lewis] Books of The Times [Review: Michael Lewis on Two Well Matched (but Finally Mismatched) Men] By JENNIFER SENIOR "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds" looks at the groundbreaking collaboration between the psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. [A two-tone 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, with Cuban music wafting from the radio, starts off the ] Exhibition Review [Sure, It's Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too] By WILLIAM GRIMES "¡Cuba!," an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, tries to deliver the country whole - its history, culture, politics and natural environment. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] Movies [Natalie Portman stars as Jacqueline Kennedy in ] ['Jackie': Under the Widow's Weeds, a Myth Marketer] By MANOHLA DARGIS Natalie Portman is perfect in Pablo Larraín's multifaceted portrait of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy as an embodiment of grief and as an architect of brilliant political theater. [A scene from ] [Review: In 'Two Trains Runnin',' the Convergence of Idealism, Brutality and Artistic Genius] By A. O. SCOTT This captivating movie, like the blues itself, is at once a recognition of somber truths and a gesture of protest against them. [Michelle Smith, right, and her mother, Julie, in the documentary ] [Review: 'Best and Most Beautiful Things,' About a Disabled Woman's Place in the World] By NEIL GENZLINGER This documentary follows a young woman who is legally blind and has Asperger's syndrome as she enters adulthood and explores a new identity. New York [The Naked Cowboy performing last month in the lobby at Trump Tower, where Donald Trump was assembling his administration.] [Vending and Venting at Trump Tower] By SARAH MASLIN NIR While President-elect Donald J. Trump interviews candidates for his cabinet in the Midtown Manhattan building, the Naked Cowboy, vendors, protesters and gawkers cluster in the lobby and outside. [Smart Fortwos are replacing scooters that for years have had their own odd place in New York City's fleet of otherwise muscular police vehicles.] [Expanding Smart Car Fleet, New York Police Just Got More 'Adorable'] By RICK ROJAS Since their rollout last year, the tiny, bean-shaped vehicles have drawn the attention, and sometimes the affection, of curious passers-by. [Among other violations, according to New York City's Campaign Finance Board, Anthony D. Weiner used campaign funds to pay for two cellphones during his run for mayor in 2013.] [Anthony Weiner Fined $65,000 for Campaign Finance Violations] By J. DAVID GOODMAN The penalty was levied by New York City's Campaign Finance Board, which said the former congressman violated the rules during his failed mayoral bid in 2013. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Obituaries [Ousmane Sow on the Pont des Arts in Paris in 1999 with his works that were exhibited there.] [Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81] By WILLIAM GRIMES In his art, the Senegal-born Mr. Sow relied on his knowledge of the human anatomy from his years working as a physical therapist. [Mr. Brodax put together a team of writers and animators who, despite constant friction and turmoil and a slender budget of $1 million, created the film ] [Al Brodax, Who Steered the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' to the Screen, Dies at 90] By WILLIAM GRIMES Mr. Brodax, a television producer, sold the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, on the idea of a cartoon series and struck a deal for the animated film, a psychedelic classic. [Dr. Burton J. Lee III, White House doctor for George H.W. Bush, in 1992. He was credited with playing a key role on President Ronald Reagan's commission on AIDS.] [Dr. Burton J. Lee, 86, the First President Bush's Physician, Dies] By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Lee, a cancer specialist in New York, diagnosed Mr. Bush's thyroid condition, treated him when he vomited at a state dinner and earlier served on a presidential AIDS panel. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Carrier Jobs, Saved by Government] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Chalk up a win for President-elect Donald Trump, and the idea of government intervention in the free market. [Demonstrators in Colombia rallied in support of the peace agreement.] Editorial [In Colombia, Turning a Peace Deal Into Reality] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The nation's lawmakers signed off on the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Now comes the hard part. [The protective shelter over the remains of nuclear reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.] Editorial [The Great Arch of Chernobyl] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD A huge steel arch has been moved over the radioactive wreckage of a Chernobyl reactor, a project in which many nations helped to raise funds. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed [Snow and freezing temperatures have not deterred demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline.] Op-Ed | Timothy Egan [Fake Cowboys and Real Indians] By TIMOTHY EGAN As Western standoffs go, the Bundy brothers episode featured comic book cowboys. But for the Standing Rock Sioux, a pipeline is an existential threat. [Donald Trump on Thursday at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis.] Op-Ed | Steven Rattner [Trump's Chaos Theory: A Single Tweet Causes Jobs To Return] By STEVEN RATTNER The president-elect is basking in Carrier's decision to keep 1,000 workers in the U.S., but his economic plan will actually punish the ones who remain. [Trump Tower in the Makati City district of Manila is being developed by Donald J. Trump's business partner Jose E.B. Antonio, who has just been named the Philippines' special trade envoy to the United States.] Op-Ed Contributor [Trump's Business Empire Isn't Just an Ethical Disaster] By RICHARD W. PAINTER It's also a security risk. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] ON THIS DAY On Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." 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