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Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 12th.

President-elect Donald Trump's administration is starting to take shape, but he's still got

some key decisions to make.

Sources say he's picked South Dakota Governor Christy Noem as his Homeland Security Secretary

and is likely to choose Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State, as

well as Congressman Mike Waltz as his new national security advisor.

And CNN's Elena Treen says there's still one player who seems to be heavily involved

in Trump's plans, but who isn't expected to formally take on a role, Elon Musk. He has been at Mar-a-Lago virtually every single day since Donald Trump won the election.

And I'm also told that he's been not only calling up Trump allies and lawmakers, but they

are calling him as they seek to exert as much influence as they can in this process, really hoping that Musk

will help them paint a better picture of them to the president-elect.

We're expecting a decision today on whether Trump's hush-money conviction will be tossed out.

The president-elect was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election

by covering up hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The judge overseeing

the case is considering Trump's motion to have it dismissed, based on the Supreme Court's ruling

that a president has immunity from prosecution for official acts committed

while in office. If the judge grants that motion, the charges would be dismissed and Trump

wouldn't be sentenced. If he doesn't, Trump's lawyers are expected to ask for the sentencing to be

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