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. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. you know, that public parade of all those potential candidates is now over. and it seems those one-time front-runners, rudy giuliani, mitt romney, have now been bested. senior transition sources tell abc news that president-elect donald trump will announce rex tillerson as secretary of state today. >> it is certainly surprising. usually you look in the secretary of state for someone who has some level of diplomatic experience. >> reporter: as ceo of exxonmobil, tillerson has had extensive interaction with russia, receiving the order of friendship award and seen here drinking champagne with vladimir putin. all of this comes in the wake of increasingly bipartisan calls for russia to be held to account for election related hacking. >> the russians are not our friends. i hope that those who are going to be in positions of responsibility in the new administration share my view. >> reporter: the top senate republican even breaking rank with the president-elect. mr. trump and his allies near

good morning. >> good morning, diane and kendis. we are looking at blizzard-like conditions across the dakotas and northern minnesota. talking about blowing snow that's going to be making travel quite treacherous and then we've got the coldest air of the week. by wednesday it's going to be well in place across the central plains, thursday in the midwest then by friday it's going to be moving across the northeast where temperatures will be dropping anywhere between 15 to 25 degrees. diane and kendis, back to you. >> cam, thank you. >>> we have breaking news from indo indonesia. an earthquake killed at least 97 people. frantic rescue efforts are under way to free survivors from the rubble of dozens of buildings in the it was 11 miles. a grim reminder of the 2004 quake and tsunami that killed 230,000 people. most of them in that same province. >>> keeping our focus overseas. it does appear to be just a matter of time before all after syria's second largest city is back in government control. syrian troops now control about three-fourth

. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. it seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of america's biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his public comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the company's ceo. joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. >> the american people are fortunate that a man of this character and integrity will now be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. >> reporter: earlier tuesday trump blasted american aircraft manufacturing giant boeing. first on twitter, boeing is building a brand-new 747 air force one for future presidents but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order. and later at trump tower. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. >> reporter: the attacks seemed to come out of the blue except trump's tweet came about an hour after boeing's ceo was quoted criticizing the pres

diane: police have not made any arrests in this case. they have increased patrols at three schools nearby. ben: the bucks in teen accused of stabbing his mother to that went before a judge today -- a brockton teen accused of stabbing his mother to death when before a judge today. rhondella richardson has more. mother, was trying to get her toom downstas. when he came down, he grabbed the kitchen knife and court papers say he said "leave me alone with your food." they struggled over the knife. 44-year-old monument and a was head and neck. her sunday and lenny's is charged with her murder. -- her son frantz was charged with her murder. >> grandmother said he was sick. the hospital released him and said he was fine. rhondella: port papers said he would not eat and was acting strange and his mother drove him to to haiti with an aunt. the family situation tense. the grandmother who witnessed the attack ran to the neighbor for help. >> he looked like a zombie. he really did. he was hunched over. his arms were just straight down. when he got ou

diane, kendis. >> our thanks to paul. we will turn our focus to breaking news from aleppo where another cease-fire agreement appears to be faltering at least within the last few moments. the evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians has apparently daaled government buses are on the scene but none have departed the war ravaged city. hundreds in need of medical attention. thousands of others are leaving on their own in search of safety. and amnesty international says reports of execution-style killings are taking place as war crimes. >>> in japan in the meantime, a close call for five marines on board this osprey. they were rescued after the aircraft went down in the waters off okinawa monday night. the cause of the accident is under investigation. the mishap is the second in less than a week in the waters off japan. >>> and family and friends mourning the sudden death of intertanker and '80s tv dad alan thicke. >> he spent seven seasons portraying dr. jason seaver on "growing pains." he died after suffering a heart attack

abc7 cameras were there when diane rhymes signed off from the last live show. coming up, find out which celebrities called in to surprise her today. >> the bells are ringing in i'm chris papst and why it needs to be renovated and how much kimberly: in spring it's bloom and a popular place to watch fireworks over the city on the fourth of july. today the in in it's in need of major repairs. chris papst ms. or on how much d -- has more on what it will cost. chris: $5.8 million. $4 million of that is paid by the taxpayers. the paint is chipping off. we are getting rust. over here you can see that this gate not allowing people to walk up to the top. this has been closed for years. between two of arlington's most famous sight, the marine corps memorial and the li lies a less familiar monumented. this 127-foot tall bell tower was a gift from the netherlands' government to thank the united states for liberating the country in world war ii. it's going off right now. but now it needs a $5.8 million restoration. a national park service committed $4 million for the struct

kendis, diane. >> lana zak live in washington for us. thank you. >>> lana mentioned russia's election-related hacking now at the center of a firestorm between the president-elect and u.s. intelligence committee. >> he says he won't need the daily briefing and since elected he's only had four of them. some consider that a slap in the face to the agency. >> i think it would be devastating to hear that the incoming president doesn't value the intelligence that will come out of the agency. >> reporter: some former intelligence officials worry about the possibility of mutual distrust setting in between the cia and president-elect which could lead to fears that anything the cia tells the trump the russians. >>> donald trump's attorneys are battling over the rules for an upcoming deposition. trump will testify next month a few weeks before inauguration in a lawsuit tied to his new hotel in washington, d.c. the deposition will take place in trump tower. >>> the morning's other big story that frigid weather getting ready to take over nearly half

we haven't seen diane since she started rubbing elbows with the sta here. we haven't seen diane since she started rubbing elbows with the stars. >> well, you know. she's having her people call our people. >> she was here and she's like, i'll be off this friday, having tea and crumpets. >> she's definitely enjoying herself and we're happy for her. we'll see that interview with natalie portman later on, but we begin with donald trump, thanking supporters and celebrating his successful run to the white hou election rally in cincinnati, ohio. hours after touting his jobs deal in indiana, he highlighted his agenda, boasted about his midwest wins and, of course, blasted the media. then he announced another cabinet pick. more now from abc's kenneth moton. >> donald trump's victory lap, a thank you to battleground ohio for giving him a decisive victory. >> i love you, ohio. this is a great place. great people, i have so many friends. thank you. >> reporter: this rally in cincinnati, trump's first stop on his thank you tour as the secretary of defense, retired marin

there's diane selling the ugly sweaters jeremy likes to sing about. we say ugly is in the eye of the beholder. john, abc news. ♪ ♪ hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you peco. the future is on. >> archbishop wood is adding another state football trophy to its program. fire trucks escorted them back home last night. the team won four state titles in the last six years. the latest came with a victory over harrisburg high. several victors are moving on to college programs. >> jeff, time for sports today? >> how about the flyers? what a run. eight straight for the first time in 14 years. tomorrow in detroit, looking to secure their nine game winning streak. macessen imason achieved a one . braeden shen does the rest. two goals 90 seconds apart to give the

here in ashburn, diane roberts, wusa 9 sports. >>> some big news coming out of the acquired adam eaton from the chicago white sox, traded three prospects. >> he better be good. >> that's the news at 6:00. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: the deadly wildfire was arson. police charge two juveniles in the tennessee fire that left 14 people dead and wrecked hundreds of homes. also tonight, the president-elect fills morepo rsts,ecruiting from the military arena and the ring. dylann roof goes on trial for the charleston church massacre. >> his eyes say evil to me. >> pelley: and a hero returns to pearl harbor 75 years later. >> i remember every moment like i

. >> and i'm diane macedo. start under a heightened security alert. >> they're investigating a threat against the universal city red line station, an area popular with tourists. an anonymous tip was phoned in from overseas about some sort of detonation that was to happen today at that station. it's left many commuters shaken. >> it's scary. never know like -- usually there's never a problem on the train. >> i know i won't be on the train tomorrow. i feel like it is a dangerous situation and threats aren't ta it after the fact. >> los angeles mayor eric garcetti doesn't believe the threat is credible and advises people to go about their day and plans to ride it today as a show of support. >>> overnight we learned the name of the ten more victims in that oakland warehouse fire from the bay area. >> just a few hours ago thousands gathered a few miles away for a vigil to remember the dead. that number is now up to 36 as three more bodies were pulled they'll find more victims but they do say they can't be sure until

accuweather's paul williams has the details. >> good morning, diane, kendis. fresh set of cold and a fresh set of snow for the northwest covering oregon, idaho, going into montana. then we're looking for cold over the weekend the same part of the country with that cold air overtaking the northwest. and a dip in the jet stream opening the door for that. but cold air and blizzard conditions expected on the other side of the country here in the northeast, blizzard conditions where you see the darkest of blue. we could see 12 to 18 inches of snow, major travel delays increasing winds between 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds, also we're likely to see snow showers pushing through the great lakes region, particularly coming off of lake superior, off of lake michigan into southern portions of michigan, northern indiana as well. kendis, diane. >> all right, our thanks to paul. >>> we're going to get to some breaking news right now from the dallas area where a police officer has been shot. officials in weatherford say officer chris bumpas was conducting a traffic stop in th

kendis and diane. >> yeah, it is expected that they'll expel some american diplomats as well, janai, thank you. >>> we're now less than 48 hours from the start of the new year and big celebration at the crossroads of the world. >> what will be party central saturday night. for about a million people expected to fill times square to ring in 2017. >> and there is a lot going on to ensure they're all safe. the nypd says officials were very mindful of the terror attacks in niece and berlin. it includes barriers made up of 65 dump trucks and 100 other large vehicles >> they're start gathering as early as 8:00 in the morning and won't be allowed to bring any large bags and each will be searched multiple times and hopefully they'll stay dry because it'll be raining at midnight in times square. >> yes. >> some of the country will actually ring in the new year with a lot of snow on the ground. in check out the radar. there's some lake-effect snow for the great lakes. you can see the tail end of the powerful storm covering maine. more than a foot of snow is expected there before it's all over.

. >> and i'm diane macedo. we begin with breaking news in los angeles as transit stations there start the morning under a heightened security alert. >> the lapd and the fbi are investigating a threat against the universal city red line station, an area popular with tourists. now, officials say an anonymous tip was phoned in from overseas about some sort of detonation that was to happen today at that station. it's left many commuters shaken. >> it's scary. you never know like -- usually there's never a problem on the train. >> i know i won't be on the train tomorrow. i feel like it is a very dangerous situation and there's threats every day that aren't taken seriously and we hear about it after the fact. >> los angeles mayor eric garcetti says he does not believe the threat is credible and advises angelinos to go about their normal day and even plans to ride it today as a show of support. >>> overnight we learned the names of ten more victims in that oakland warehouse fire all in their 20s and 30s and all from t

diane macedo, ace job on "pop news." we'll see you back here tomorrow and see you back here tomorrow. thanks for watching. bernard. thousands expected to fill union square for the annual santa con today. organizers of the event say it is still going on, despite many reports saying it has been canceled or postponed. the event is free, but people can donate a toy to san francisco firefighter toy drive. they'll meet at noon at union square, rain or shine. >>> happening today, bikers will hop on their motorcycles to deliver thousands of gifts for kids. part of the 27th annual harley club holiday toy run to give gifts to kids at the san mateo medical center. this is video from a previous event. more than 75 motorcycles and passengers are expected to take part in today's run. >>> also happening today, the south bay for the first of winter fest. san jose earthquakes will be ten tons of snow to play in. the stadium will be transformed into a winter wonderland for the snow globe. gently used is suggested for a donation. it runs f

bob, the second ranking tomblican to tom price, from california, diane black from tennessee, and build from texas. those are the four i hear have interest in the position. have asked a couple of republicans what they thought, and they said it is hard to separate those four but they think probably todd and diane would have the best chance of those four. but i know nothing. i'm just relying on what republicans tell me. we know our guest will serve as the republican committee ranking member. joining us for our newsmaker program, thank you for your time. rep. yarmuth: my pleasure. thank you for having me on. host: we will continue, said with billy house and paul krawzak. what did you hear about what he talked about with facing democrats now, especially with republican congress and donald trump as president, especially when it comes to public matters? democrats are ready to oppose what republicans offer. certainly oppose the repeal to the affordable care act. like, if they are going to try and replace the affordable care act with the tom price plan, we will be against that. it sounds like d

diane macedo, great job and see you back here tomorrow. thanks for watching. >> this is a good morning washington up date. >> here is a look at our temperatures. take a good look. in the 20's from hagerstown to frederick. 31 in the metro. it is very cold out there. through this afternoon, add in the extra layer. highs today 30's. we will have plenty of sunshine, it might be deceiving, making you think it is warmer than it is. are heading to holiday parties today or into sunday, the chill sticks with us. a few degrees higher tomorrow afternoon. an increase in cloud is coming our way. quiet conditions in our area now. we watch thest, as clouds roll in into late tonight and here comes the wet weather. some snow is going to continue to the north, plain layne into the morning commute of monday. we could end up with a few delays. we noticed the darker shades of green and yellow. moderate rainfall, going to be helping out the drought, but could cause a few problems. in exchange arriving on wednesday. some snow falling late wednesday night. mainly

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diane, kendis? >> all right. thank you. many people believe reynolds died of a broken heart saying the stress was too much for his mom. >> we go to the medical unit for a look at science behind it, dan, good morning. is it possible to actually die of a broken heart? >> setting aside debbie's situation for now, because it's hard to tell exactly what role that might have played, but we know that losing a child is about the most stressful event any parent can go through. certainly, there are physiological effects to this emotional stress. you have certain increases of high blood pressure. you have other things happening in the body. now, most of the research done so far has to do with chronic, long-term stress and effect that can have on the heart and the cardiovascular system, but what's clear is that, obviously, debbie reynolds was affected by her daughter's death, and the timing of this is actually quite coincidental. >> it appears she died from a stroke. what physical effects does that have, then? what brings along a strok

kendis and diane. >> all right, janai. many standing by to learn more about that carrier deal and keeping an eye out for more cabinet positions. thanks, janai. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi managed to job despite deeply disappointing election results elected by two-thirds of the vote. her challenger tim ryan argued that younger voters would provide fresh ideas for success. now, 76-year-old pelosi has led house democrats since 2002 and insists democrats will rebound. >>> despite rain and extra tight security holiday revelers swarmed into midtown manhattan for the annual tree lighting ceremony. >> thousands gathered in rockefeller center to watch as the 94-foot-tall norway spruce came alive, 50,000 colored lights on it. once the holl days are over it will be milled into lumber and donated to habitat for humanity. >>> still ahead, how lack of sleep is costing this country billions of dollars. >>> and the deadly plane crash in colombia. hear what the pilot said moments before it went down and see new video showing the

diane ravitch, it all comes down to what is best for children. what are the records on these different schools and what will it mean who is secretary of education -- how will she compare, for example, to arne duncan, also a supporter of charter schools? >> i have to say, somewhat echoing a little bit of cornel west that the obama administration and education lay the groundwork for trump and betsy devos because they were big supporters of charter schools. i have been arguing for years ththat charter schools are the first step toward full privatization. amy: you did not always think that. you were a big proponent of charter schools. >> the charter school idea started in 1988. it was just an idea then. in 1992, the first -- 1990, the first charters open wisconsin, the first one. they began slowly to spread. at the time i thought, it is an interesting experiment. , whater, head of the aft of the original proponents. in 1988, he said, this is a great idea, we should try y thi. by 1993, he said, charters are no different from vouchers because they both

diane macedo, great job and see you back here tomorrow. thanks for watching. >>> good morning, stan verrett here, "sportscenter" from los angeles. rockets and thunder, had the marquee match-up friday night. russell westbrook, six straight triple doubles. westbrook to andre robberson. and then gets steven adams in on the party, as well. rebounds at the half. eric gordon no good. westbrook grabs the ball and the nba record for consecutive triple-doubles is nine held by wilt chamberlain but the rocks get the win. 102-99 houston. >>> lebron james and the cavaliers taking on the heat. first quarter heat down three off the miss. kristen thompson ahead for james. he's going to do the nobody cuts him off and the cavaliers up by five, james had 27 in this game. kevin love, 28 and 15 while dealing with back spasms and then james again he moves into ninth place on the nba's all-time scoring police. they win big, 114-85 and closing in on moses malone, so that's probably going to come this [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, whi

>> what is going on here diane? is. >> where are you? >> what's going on is at 4:00 in the morning i was delirious. i'm stand right just behind be side the studio but it surrounds you in what looks like storm troopers. only every time you raise your would see my reflection and start laughing and immediately the goggles would fall. >> it gives you a new identity and talk takes away your dignity. >> pretty much. >> if you don't know how to do snapchat forget about it. >> they put these things on you as you're snapchating and giving you a "star wars" experience. highly recommend. >> you going to try it? >> i will. >> another reveal as well, first lady michelle obama is season with the help of some disney channel stars. take a look. >> hey, guys. >> hi. >> you know, a great way to make your holiday memory even more special. >> more special than this moment right here? >> well, you can donate a new unwrapped toy to toys for tots and help make amazing holiday memories for kids across this country even better than a white house selfie. >> the t

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diane. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with the united states demanding that china return an underwater drone it seized in the south china sea. american officials say a navy research ship was conducting routine operations on thursday using the drone to collect ocean data when a chinese navy ship nearby sent out a small boat to take the drone. the crew ignored requests to return the drone. this incident happened in international waters. >>> breaking overnight, a new agreement between the syrian government and anti-government rebels that could allow evacuation of the embattled city of aleppo to resume. some 8,000 people made it out before a previous deal broke down. thousands including 47 orphans are still desperately trying to escape a furious attack on the rebels in aleppo by the syrian forces. >>> and we're just learning of a strong earthquake, magnitude 7.9 very strong off the coast of the south pacific nation of papua new guinea. a tsunami warning has been issued. no word about damag

diane sikes on the 7th district court of appeals. her ex-husband charlie sikes is a conservative talk radio host in milwaukee who opposed donald trump. shannon. >> the watch is on. we wait for that.t.t.t.t. . >>> it's hard to believe but we are just about one week away from christmas and you know what would make a perfect gift for anyone on your list, megyn's new book, "settle for more." as several twitter and amazon users have suggested, elena gave it five stars and said really enjoyed this beak. now that i've read the book i plan to give it as a christmas present to the younger members of my family. life is long and complicated and hers is especially interesting. castle gave it five stars on amazon and added, good read. nothing but respect for megyn kelly. very empowering. it was better than i thought it would be. absolutely sending it as christmas gifts to all of the strong women in my life. amanda stoud said, couldn't wait for christmas so gifted myself with #"settle for more" as celebration of finals >>> welcome to "redeye." hel

. >> diane, kendis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. we're tracking a big system along the west coast. heavy soaking rains potentialalfully flooding here along the i-5 and feet of snow are going to be nearly impassable. snow will spread out over the plains states. substantial amounts approaching a foot into the upper midwest and eventually slick travel takes aim at the northeast. diane and kendis, back to you. >> all right, our thanks to justin and breaking news now this morning, president obama in a stunning reversal declining to sign legislation to renew sanctions against iran. but the bill does become law even without the president's signature. the obama administration was concerned the renewal would undermine the iran nuclear deal and they pointed out that iran would not be affected by the sanctions as long as it continues to honor the agreement. donald trump has been critical of the nuclear deal but it's not clear if he'll actually back out of it. >>> the president-elect heads to hershey, pennsylvania, tonight to personally thank t

diane sykes is on the 7th circuit court in chicago. she's a big supporter of the second amendment rights. but some point to her age, 59, as a liability when it comes to a lifetime appointment. and while he's not officially on any list, another name being floated you may recall him being called liein ted a few timeses, senator ted cruz who once clerked for justice sandra day o'conner. mr. trump will have a republican majority in the senate, but democrats will likely mount a battle. some saying they will give trump's nominee the so-called garland tactic. so out of all of those names, what can you tell us? >> well, they're all, they're all very intelligent and very accomplished and, of course, they're all conservative. obviously, had hillary won, we'd be looking at very intelligent and very accomplished nominees as well or potential nominees but from a different philosophical viewpoint. sykes, i think, would be a great choice. i think she'd be an excellent choice. one of the things people don't consider is in addition to their judicial ph

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. >> good morning, diane, kendis. by late week things are going to go right side up to upside down as my grandmother used to say. snow showers are going to become a big problem in the northeast with actually blizzard conditions nearly two feet of snow. lake effect snow coming off the lakes with a shot of cold air coming straight out of canada and drop the temperatures dramatically throughout the ohio valley region but bracing for more thunderstorms and another set of storms and showers will make some flood potential storms in the southwest. kendis, diane. >> all right, our thanks to paul. want to get to breaking news overnight from the california area. a pair of strong earthquakes felt across a large area for that matter. the 5.7 earthquakes were centered near the california/nevada border but according to social media posts they were felt in fresno, sacramento and lake tahoe. we are getting reports so far of no initial damage reports, some minor rock slides reported in areas but no injuries as well. >>> breaking news

diane o diane olick explains for us tonight. >> reporter: it helps save energy, it protects you, lets you manage your home while you are away. it is in a word smart, but smart home technology is still not really on the average homebuyer's wish list. >> it's not something that my buyers are asking for. >> reporter: real estate agent theresea taylor says it is not that they don't like it. it is that they don't know enough about it. >> i think if they knew the benefits about how it could save them money it would be a more attractive feature and, you know, start -- instead of being at the bottom of the list of things people want, it probably would move up to the middle. >> reporter: in 201,680 million smart home devices were delivered worldwide, a 64% increase from 2015 according to a new report from ihs market. that's your nest, your august smart door locks, ring smart doorbells, and a big chunk was personal home assistance like google home and amazon's alexa. but analysts say 2017 will be the year of the smart home because the companies behind the technology will be smarter about educat

so there's diane selling those ugly sweaters. >> you just can't get worse than this. >> reporter: just like jeremy likes to sing about. though we say ugly is in the eye of the beholder. john donvan, abc news. >> i say the uglier the better. "gma" and "this week" in the morning. i'm cecilia vega. [captioning made possible by wisn-tv] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: now on wisn 12 news. adrienne: here it comes. a winter storm warning right now for most of us. the snow is moving in, just starting to , sometime tomorrow. we're already getting some snow closings. you can see them across the bottom of your screen. i'm in the weather watch 12 weather center with meteorologist lindsey slater. what is the latest? lindsey: it is starting to move in. the darker colors indicate some of the heavier pockets. most of us are getting the light snow, but this will not be the only time we see this.

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