The shape of things to come

Monday, November 14, 2016 View this email in your browser Happy Monday. We hope you took some time this weekend to relax and decompress. Now, back to it. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. By AJ WIllingham 1. Presidential transition The Donald Trump White House is starting to take shape. Reince Priebus will be his Chief of Staff and Steven Bannon his chief strategist. Also, Trump softened on some of his harshest promises: Obamacare? Eh, parts of it are okay. The wall? Some of it may be a fence. Oh, and no deportation force.  2. Presidential backlash The first weekend of a Trump America brought even more protests nationwide. One person was shot and 71 arrested in Portland, but otherwise they have been peaceful. Sadly, the racist attacks continue, prompting Donald Trump to tell his supporters to "stop it."  3. South Korea  South Korea's having presidential drama of its own. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to rail against Park Geun-hye. They want her gone because she shared classified information with a confidante who a) doesn't have security clearance, and b) may be using her access to Park to make money. 4. Colombia Let's try this again, shall we? Colombia's government has signed a revised peace deal with FARC. You may remember that voters shut down the previous deal because they wanted the rebel group punished for its crimes.  The new deal requires FARC to pay reparations to victims.  5. New Zealand  A huge quake struck New Zealand this morning, killing at least 2 and leaving damage the country's president said may cost billions to repair. There was a small tsunami, too, but the region has since been given the all-clear. A quake in 2011 killed 185 there, so citizens were rightly freaked out today.  Share Tweet Forward Breakfast Browse People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. Two entertainment greats, gone  Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is dead at 82. Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Leon Russell is dead at 74. We get it, 2016. You can stop now.  Still want to move to another country, Americans?  Seems extreme, but here are the best international cities for American expats.  Bikers rescue a stranded Bruce Springsteen  Motorcycles, the Boss and a little kindness. We definitely needed all of this.  Here are the dirtiest things on a plane Aaand we definitely needed none of this.  New Zealand builds tiny underpass for tiny penguins  These creatures are so small and precious and now they can cross under roads safely and maybe mankind is good after all. And finally ... You know they'd go there.   SNL does election night. It's only, like, the most popular thing on Youtube right now. (Click to view) Thanks for reading Five Things! We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Follow this link for daily coverage of the dramatic election season, savvy market insights, an insider's look into the media, and more. Read more stories on CNN.com » Paid Content CNN Five Things shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Copyright © 2016 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN newsletters. Our mailing address is: Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences