Hello, from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, November 15th.

As Donald Trump continues to make some controversial picks for his administration,

the president-elect's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services is raising some concerns.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the country's most outspoken

anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists, and Trump's announcement even led to shares dropping for some

prominent vaccine makers. Meanwhile, the House Ethics Committee canceled a meeting that was

expected to discuss a report into Matt Gates.

Gates is Trump's choice for Attorney General.

The report was due to explore allegations against Gates, including that he may have engaged

in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.

He's denied all wrongdoing, and because he resigned from Congress to start the nomination

process, we don't know

if the findings of the report will ever be made public. And sources say Trump's transition team

is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his picks, using private

companies instead. Frustrations are growing at this year's UN climate conference in Azerbaijan.

Prominent global leaders have written an open letter, calling for the COP summits to have a,

quote, fundamental overhaul. We asked CNN's Angela Dewan for the details. Hi Joe, it's quite something for such

prominent climate leaders to call

into question the whole UN process. For a long time, public opinion has been that these events

are all talk and no action. But we're now seeing that those most invested in the process are also

questioning its credibility. As Urbijan's president, Ilamaliyev, has really made a circus of it.

He opened the talks by saying oil and gas were a gift from God for his country, which is a petro state,

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