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ByJoshBoak,Brian Slodysko and Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON In per- suading Carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in Indi- ana, President-elect Don- ald Trump is claiming vic- tory on behalf of factory workers whose positions were bound for Mexico. But the scant details that have emerged so far raise doubts about the extent of the victory. At Carrier's Indianapo- lis plant, the deal spares about 800 union workers whose jobs were going to be outsourced to Mexico, according to federal offi- cials who were briefed by the heating and air con- ditioning company. This suggests that hundreds will still lose their jobs at the factory, where roughly 1,400 workers were slated to be laid off. Also, neither Trump nor Carrier has yet to say what the workers might have to give up or precisely what threats or incentives were used to get the manufac- turer to change its mind. "There's excitement with most people, but there's a lot of skepticism and worry because we don't know the details," said TJ Bray, 32, who has worked for Carrier for 14 years and installs in- sulation in furnaces. "There's a few that are worried. And there's still a few that don't even believe this is real. They think it's a play, a set-up or a scam." Sen. Joe Donnelly, an In- diana Democrat, said he, too, has lingering ques- tions about what the an- nouncement could mean for the workers. "Who is going to be re- tained? What is the struc- ture there will be for the retention? What is going to be put in place?" Donnelly said. "Are these the same jobs at the same wage? I would sure like to know as soon as I can." Fuller answers could emerge Thursday, when Trump and Vice Presi- dent-elect Mike Pence, who is ending his tenure as In- diana governor, are to ap- pear with Carrier officials in Indiana. On the campaign trail, Trump threatened to im- pose sharp tariffs on any company that shifted its factories to Mexico. And his advisers have since pro- moted lower corporate tax rates as a means of keep- ing jobs in the U.S. Trump may have had some leverage because United Technologies, Car- rier's parent company, also owns Pratt & Whitney, a big supplier of fighter jet engines that relies in part on U.S. military contracts. Carrier said in a state- ment that more than 1,000 jobs were saved, though that figure includes head- quarters and engineering staff that were likely to stay in Indiana. The company attributed its decision to the incom- ing Trump administra- tion and financial incen- tives provided by Indiana, which is something of a re- versal, since earlier offers from the state had failed to sway Carrier from decamp- ing to Mexico. "Today's announcement is possible because the in- coming Trump-Pence ad- ministration has empha- sized to us its commitment to support the business community and create an improved, more competi- tive U.S. business climate," the company said. In February, United Technologies said it would close its Carrier air condi- tioning and heating plant in Indianapolis and move its manufacturing to Mex- ico. The plant's workers would have been laid off over three years starting in 2017. Whatever deal Trump struck with Carrier does not appear to have sal- vaged jobs at a separate branch of United Technol- ogies in Huntington, In- diana, that makes micro- processor-based controls for the heating, air condi- tioning and refrigeration industries. That branch will move manufacturing operations to a new plant in Mexico, costing the city 700 jobs by 2018. Huntington Mayor Brooks Fetters suggested that local officials lack the political clout to preserve those jobs. "At a local level, there was not much that any- body was going to do to make global, publicly traded companies make a decision other than what they made for the benefit of their shareholders," Fet- ters said. Donnelly said he wor- ries about other factory job losses threatening his state. Bearing maker Rexnord, which has a fac- tory near the Carrier plant in Indianapolis, plans to lay off about 350 workers. And electronics manufac- turer CTS plans to elimi- nate more than 200 jobs at its Elkhart plant, he said. PRESIDENT ELECT AsTrumpclaimstohavesavedCarrierjobs,detailshazy By Jay Reeves The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Tor- nadoes that dropped out of the night sky killed five people in two states and in- jured at least a dozen more early Wednesday, adding to a seemingly biblical on- slaught of drought, flood and fire plaguing the South. The storms tore through just as firefighters began to get control of wildfires that killed seven and wiped out more than 150 homes and businessesaroundtheresort town of Gatlinburg, Tennes- see.InAlabama,theweather system dumped more than 2 inches of rain in areas that hadbeenparchedbymonths of choking drought. At least 10 confirmed twisters damaged homes, splinteredbarnsandtoppled trees in parts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, the National Weather Service said. Tomb- stones were even knocked over in the cemetery behind the badly damaged Rosalie Baptist Church, near where three people died in north- eastern Alabama. "It looks like the rapture happened up there," said church member Steve Hall, referring to the end-times belief of many Christians. "Are we thinking the Lord is trying to get our atten- tion?" said the pastor, Roger Little. The National Weather Service was assessing dam- age from multiple possi- ble tornadoes across the re- gion. At least five hit Ala- bama,andthreemorestruck southernTennessee,andone each was confirmed in Lou- isiana and Mississippi, fore- casters said. A possible tornado was spotted on the ground Wednesday a few miles from Atlanta, and flights were briefly delayed at the city's main airport, but no major damage occurred. Three people were killed and one person critically in- jured in a mobile home af- ter an apparent twister hit tiny Rosalie, about 115 miles northeast of Birmingham, said Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen. A suspected tornado was responsible for the death of ahusbandandwifeinsouth- ernTennessee'sPolkCounty, while an unknown number of others were injured, said Tennessee Emergency Man- agement Agency spokesman DeanFlener.Nodetailswere immediately available. Shirley Knight, whose familyownsasmallpropane business in Rosalie, said the storm crashed in on them in the middle of the night. 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