News and whats driving it. Cup of kindness. Stop by the coffee truck that draws people from far and wide and hear why the coffee is only part of it. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news, World Headquarters in new york, this is nbcs nightly news with jose diaz. Good evening, president elect donald trump is once again turned to the world of business to fill an all important cabinet position in his administration. The role is secretary of state. Nbc news learned that trump apparently chosen rex tillerson, chairman and ceo of exxon mobile who has spent entire career with International Oil and gas giant. The two met this morning at trump tower. We get more tonight from correspondent who was first to report the choice of tillerson earlier today. Reporter tillerson has worked at exxon mobile for 41 years. Much of it spent building a relationship with the kremlin. He was named president of the oil companys operations in russia. Exxon mobile won access to prized arctic Oil Resources in 2011 after tillerson took the ceo job. In 2013, he was awarded the order of friendship by Vladimir Putin. Tillerson was also an outspoken opponent of u. S. Sanctions against russia over ukraine which lead to cancellation of arctic oil deal with russia. Close ties are already raising questions about ability to get senate confirmation. An issue john mccain raised today. I believe Vladimir Putin is a thug and the bully and a murderer and i believe the relationship between mr. Tillerson and Vladimir Putin needs to be examined. Reporter during his time at the Worlds LargestPublic Energy company, tillerson acknowledged the Science Behind climate change, supporting a carbon tax while also expressing support for the paris climate agreement. Tillerson also served at president of the boy scotts of america. And key to changing equality for allowing gay youth to participate. 64 year old executive has never served in government position, but exxon mobile has operations in most of the worlds countries. Joining me live is andrea mitchell. You broke the news earlier today. How do you think its going to play out . Reporter theres a lot of reaction already. Environmentalist, Many Democrats on the Foreign Relations committee already raising questions and some republicans, john mccain, you saw in the piece, raising questions about whether he is too close to Vladimir Putin and russia to be independent. This could be a tough confirmation. That said, donald trump today raised the issue himself in an interview with fox news and said hes much more than a business executive. And if the lift gets too heavy, if theres a political fire storm here, he has not yet been officially nominated. We know theres an intention too. Thats our reporting, but he could always back off and choose someone else. Thank you very much. On another front of trump transition pushed back hard over reports the cia has concluded that russia actually intervened in the u. S. President ial election to help trump win. We get more on this tonight from nbc casey hunt. Reporter donald trump staying neutral in annual army navy showdown. The president elect is all be going to war with the Intelligence Community. Nbc news has confirmed what the Washington Post reported late friday. The cia believes the russian government tried to help elect donald trump. Releasing hacked Democratic Campaign emails. Theyre starting to piece together the sequence of events and players here and drawing specific connections from emails to russian intelligence services. Thats where they are on the issue now. Russia was not only interfering, but trying to deliver this election to donald trump. Transition team in a remarkable statement not buying the cias analysis. Saying, quote, these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Vladimir putin has praised trump and denied any role in the election. Brief tells news that the latest is based on interpretation from human communication. Computer forensics. The New York Times reports the russian government successfully hacked the Republican National committee, but only released the democratic data. The rnc disputes that. Theres zero evidence theres zero evidence that anything that may have been attempted had any effect on the outcome. Reporter the Obama Administration ordering a review they want to release before the inauguration. Congress demanding hearings. Some republicans are concerned too. Theres no doubt in my mind that they hacked into the dnc and emails. This is not about the democratic party. This is about america as a whole. Reporter warning that shouldnt trump patriotism. Graham will have a chance to make his case against putin in hearings next year. In the meantime, in the meantime democrats are asking Intelligence Community officials to turn over more information to congress as they make those inquiries. Donald trump is going to have to figure out a relationship in the meantime with an Intelligence Community thats going to start serving him as their Main Customer starting in january. Thank you. Much more on all of this and the trump transition tomorrow morning on meet the press. Reince priebus the Incoming White House chief of staff will be among chuck todds guests. Something affecting tens of millions of people this weekend and beyond. A bitter blast of Winter Weather stretching all along the northern part of the country. Some of the coldest temperatures of the season and two to three feet of snow in some areas. Following it all and has our report. Reporter residents in the midwest desperately digging their way out of almost three feet of snow. Yesterday i did my driveway three times. Reporter in parts of ohio, landing a onetwo punch. Freezing temperatures and white out conditions. The older i get the more i hate this weather. A nightmare for commuters. Tens of millions under a Winter Weather advisory. With more than 30 inches of snow falling near cleveland and buffalo. Another six inches expected off the great lakes. That storm system coming from the west, where in portland, an entire neighborhood was left in the dark after this tree snapped bringing down a power line. Others trapped on a dark train for hours when another high voltage line ripped. First responders escorting them to safety. Cities and towns across the Northern Plains feeling well below zero this morning. Still not enough to stop these tailgaters in north dakota or shoppers in chicago. I get excited. I love it. Some say the worst is yet to come. Well, i keep saying were going be in for a whole world of hurt because weve had wonderful weather up until the beginning, middle of december. Now here we are. Its going be negative ten next week and were in trouble. Reporter 36 Million People across the country now under a Winter Weather advisory. This while residents here in the midwest brace for what experts say could be a colder winter than weve seen in years. Jose . Thank you for more on the Severe Weather to come. Lets get the latest from meteorologist dylan drier. Good evening. We are waiting for next storm system to produce significant snowfall across the northwest. Some areas in the Higher Elevations could see more than two feet of snow. We also have Winter Weather advisories and storm watches moving back into the midwest. And into the great lakes region. With this second round of snow moving east ward. So the snow will fill in across the upper midwest on sunday. Moving through the great lakes. Most of michigan will see snow, cleveland and buffalo more snow later in the day on sunday. And try to move to northeast on monday morning. Could be slippery before it changes over to rain later in the morning on monday. Highest elevations in the northwest. Thats where were going to see most of our 1. 52 inch snow amounts. Widespread 36 inches through the great lakes with higher amounts off the great lakes. Then were looking at the siberian express. Cold air originates from siberia pouring down into the continental United States and especially by the time we get into thursday, thats when were looking at the coldest air to settle in. Some areas not getting out of single digits. Thank you very much. Overseas an increasingly desperate situation in the city of aleppo tonight. Government forces move to take control and tens of thousands try to get out before they do. Nbcs matt bradley has the very latest. Reporter syrias government is tightening its noose around east aleppo. Strangling the 100,000 civilians left inside. The rest are fleeing. Fighting age men, escaping can seem like its something from the pan to the fire. Hundreds of mens and boys disappeared when they reached government held west aleppo this week. What is the worry among human rights workers once aleppo falls completely. You have a huge number of people who may be exposed to reprisals of many kinds. Meanwhile a flurry of negotiations to end the slaughter that has once again achieved little. Secretary kerry urging syria and russia to protect the innocent. They need to provide guarantees and allow guarantees to be put in place that make certain that people are not marching into a massacre Government Forces say they captured over 90 of what was once syrias largest city. Are determined to reach a military victory and tip the balance in president assads favor. At a high cost, nearly 6 years of war and 400,000 dead. Its a civil war complicated by the ongoing fight against isis in the region in which u. S. Troops are increasingly involved. Today announced 200 special operations troops will join the 300 soldiers already fighting isis in syria. Another continue accident war that donald trump stands to inherit. Nbc news, london. It was a terrifying night in neighboring turkey. Deadly attack in istanbul. Two explosions took place outside a soccer stadium after fans went home. One was believed to be a car bomb in an area where special forces police were stationed. One official says 15 people were killed. 69 were wounded. In south carolina, federal authorities have released video of the chilling confession of dylann roof, the man charged with killing nine people at historically black church last year. Prosecutors played the taped interrogation during what has been a highly emotional trial. We get more tonight from gabe gutierrez. I do consider myself a white supremacist. He chuckled as he recalled the horror at the church last year. We all know im guilty. Now for the first time a look at what prosecutors showed jurors on the third day of federal trial where hes accused of 33 counts, including hate crimes. What i did is so miniscule to what theyre doing to white people every day. This is video of him entering the building. When the bloodshed was over, he quietly walked out. Gun in hand. I was in absolute awe there was nobody out there. Police arrested him during a traffic stop the next day and seemed surprised when he was told nine Church Members had died. You were under the assumption you killed four or five people, but youre numbers are doubled. It was nine. The fbi agents asked what he would tell the families of the victims. I couldnt look at them. The defense team is not disputing the facts of the case. Their goal is to avoid the death penalty. On the witness stand he said after confession he told the then 21yearold his plan to start a race war did not work and the people of charleston were coming together. His last words to roof, you failed. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news. Still ahead tonight, newest battleground on abortion and strict new rules lawmakers in one state have approved. Also, well go inside the world of fake news with a man who earns a living by not telling the truth. Why is this kind of thing gaining traction . Anticipation of a Trump Administration have some conservatives seeing an opening to the landmark decision in roe versus wade. Reporter the battleground over abortion rights is now ohio. Six week abortion ban will allow abortion all together. Lives are literally on the chopping blocks. Reporter this week passed one of the strictest abortion bills in the the nation. Under whats called the heart beat bill, could be banned after a fetal heart beat is detected. That can happen as soon as six weeks. With no exception for rape or incest. Ruled states cant ban a abortions unless the fetus is viable outside the womb. Generally 24 weeks. The impetus for the bill, the election of donald trump. You think this will survive a constitutional challenge now. Better chance than before. Made this. Thats because trump made this pledge im pro life. The judges will be pro life. Right now there is only one court vacancy. The most President Trump will do is replace one antiroe justice with another. There still arent five votes on the court to overrule row versus wade. If that were overturned, many states would. Statement from office only promises to closely examine the bill. Kasich has ten days to veto it. As well as a second bill passed this week in ohio that would ban abortions at 20 weeks. Again, without exception for rape or incest. If he does nothing t bill if he does nothing, the bill becomes law. We are back in a moment with a look inside the unsettling world of fake news. This years noble prize winners, most of them accepted their prize today. President of colombia received Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war. Others were handed out in stockholm sweden, including to bob dylan for literature. Singer patti smith sang a song after accepting his award. The business of fake news came under more scrutiny after false stories about what was going on at a pizza restaurant in washington, d. C. Authorities say those reports prompted a man to attack the restaurant. The incident led us to take a look at the fake news phenomena, its impact and whats behind it. Reporter with fake news making real News Headlines this week, secretary clinton calling it an epidemic, the pizza attack in washington. The question is why do so many people turn to phony news sources. One answer can be found in newsrooms like ours across the country. Americans trusted Mainstream Media sources is at an all time low. Do you trust the Mainstream Media . No. How can you tell when things are slanted and when theyre not. You cant, but then i watch the mock news. Are you Getting Better information from last week tonight or us at nbc news. Last week tonight does more in Depth Research and sometimes actually teaching me something. Do you trust me . Yes. You do . Because i have glasses. Distrust in media has emboldened fake news creators. This is your biggest election clicker. Fib agent found dead in apparent murder suicide. The motive blind the killing is still being investigated, but police say brown is a highly respected agent with the fbi. Is any of that true. Not a single thing. Totally fiction. In the days before the election over 500,000 people shared the post. He says he voted for clinton. 1. 6 Million People saw it on his website. How much money did this post make you. Likely around 8,000. Is it worth it . This is one i would take back. To add to that, google closed all the accounts running on the site. Even that money is gone. Gone. Do you feel like the work that you did from this computer affected the results of the election in any way. I do not. Its something im glad youre here talking about it, but you should have been talking about it years ago. Whats the role of the fake news. I like to think it helps keep the real media honest. Thats a claim that cant be fact checked. A fraying bond between the state and american people, thats something the numbers say is true. Nbc news, los angeles. And up next, why so many are going so far just for a cup of coffee. Kwlp its a daily ritual, stopping for a good cup of coffee. While most of us look for a place convenient, in one georgia community, people from all over are driving well out of their way for what might be called a world brew. Reporter they are the sights and sounds of mourning in america. Inside this coffee truck in a small georgia town, a melting pot of the world. We need to get together o so i can start remembering my arabic. The workers are from syria, myanmar, ethiopia and congo. Not just java, its jobs on the menu for recent refugees and immigrants. Im doing well, how about you. He came from syria last year. We are like family. Its not customers and business. Refuge coffee, nonprofit was the idea of kitty murray. Refugees come to the u. S. And theres so many ways they could not feel welcome, and what we do makes them feel welcome. And clarkston outside of atlanta was perfectly suited. A Resettlement Community of 13,000 people. 54 nationalities. The year long job comes with english classes at a technical college. I need specific adjectives. And mentoring for whatever they want to do next. Yes, i would like to be a pharmacist here. At the truck, diversity bringing people together. Its just wonderful to get to know them. Get to know where theyre from and hear some of their stories. You can get a cup of coffee just about anywhere. Whats brewing here is much harder to find. I just loved coming here and supporting such a great cause. How is the coffee. Amazing. So good. A small towns refuge, serving citizens of the world. Nbc news, clarkston, georgia. And thats nbcs nightly news for this saturday. Im jose diaz reporting from new york. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Good night. Weather alert. Dangerous conditions on the roads. And Power Outages. Causing a lot of problems around the bay area. Right now its 6 00, dangerous conditions on the roads, also Power Outages causing a lot of problems around the bay area. Good evening to you, thank you for joining us, im peggy bunker. And im terry mcsweeney. Today, its been a very dangerous day on the roads. Lets start with meteorologist rob mayeda. And from San Francisco, seeing clear skies, actually the fog over San Francisco with the lights over the crane are seeing the clouds from north bay and belvedere. You can see rain totals around the north bay, two and a half inches of rain around mill valley, more than an inch in San Francisco, trivalley, more than an inch and a half. Over the past 24 hours, an inch in many spots in san jose. This is where the last of the weather spots are bringing us rain right now in downtown san jose. Doppler radar fired up here from San Bernardino mountain, showing you the rain. Off to the south of san jose, we saw downpours moving through the bay area. In the next