What to know now:
1. Giuliani for State: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is said to be the front-runner for the position of Secretary of State in Donald Trump's administration, according to reports from The Associated Press. Giuliani was a vocal supporter of Trump, often appearing on Sunday news shows to discuss Trump's campaign. Giuliani is one of several names that have been floated for the position.
2. Harris convicted: A Georgia father has been convicted of deliberately leaving his son for hours in a hot car to die. Justin Ross Harris was convicted Monday in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. Harris claimed he forgot to drop his son off at day care and left the boy in the car as he went in to work. Prosecutors say Harris went through a fast-food drive-thru with the child minutes before he parked his SUV in his work parking lot and could not have forgotten the boy was in the vehicle.
3. Ifill dies: Reporter Gwen Ifill, who covered seven presidential campaigns, hosted vice-presidential debates and was the anchor of the PBS "NewsHour," has died. In her career, Ifill worked for the Baltimore Evening Sun, The Washington Post, The New York Times and NBC before she was named a moderator of PBS's "Washington Week in Review" in 1999. She and Judy Woodruff would come together in 2013 to host "NewsHour." Ifill was 61.
4. Obama's press conference: President Barack Obama said in a press conference Monday that while he still has reservations about Donald Trump's temperament, the fact that Trump was able to "tap into … the anxieties but also the enthusiasm of his voters," was "impressive." Obama, who was set to leave on his last overseas trip as a sitting president, told reporters that Trump would have to work to curb his temperament in certain instances. "There are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them," Obama said.
5. Hillary's phone call: Hillary Clinton made a call to Democratic leaders in Congress Monday, telling them not to be "discouraged or divided." Clinton's call came after one by President Obama who told the group they could "mope for a week and half, maybe two," but then had to get to work. According to a Democrat who was on the call from Clinton, the former secretary of State said of her loss, "Heartbreaks don't heal overnight and this one won't."
And one more
A driver who attacked a Florida sheriff's deputy Monday morning was shot and killed by a passerby who stopped to help when he saw the man beating the officer. The incident began when deputy, Dean Bardes attempted to make a traffic stop near Bradenton, Fla., The driver fled, eventually stopping on an interstate exit ramp. The man, who has not yet been identified, got out of the car and began to assault Bardes. Another driver got out of his car, drew a weapon, and told the suspect to stop hitting the officer. When the man continued the assault, the passerby fired at him, hitting him three times. According to Bardes the suspect was armed.
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