A monday morning, isnt it, just when youre stuck but it is friday. Weve made it to the end of the week. Good morning, everybody. Im kendis gibson. Have to get through friday. Im eva pilgrim in for diane. Widespread snow and temperatures that are downright dangerous. Yeah, lets get to the radar. Snow is hammering the great lakes area. The lakes are still very warm and arctic air is sweeping across the water creating the perfect conditions for historic lakeeffect snow. Here is the scene overnight. Central new york state. People there could see several inches by the time it is all over later today. Now, the snow is causing some problems on the roads. This was the scene along the shores of lake erie as many as 75 vehicles in a pileup on interstate 90 year cleveland. And a major snowmaker is hitting the northwest. This picture tweeted out overnight by the National Weather service in seattle. They say its the first roof in two years. All this Winter Weather coming in with a wave of bitterly cold air, some of the lows this morning, Single Digits and below zero all over the map as you can see there. Lets get to the forecast now from accuweathers justin povick. Good morning, justin. Kendis, eva, thanks and good morning to you, as well. Its a cold day throughout the northeast along with those howling winds, a couple of snow showers just west of 95 but heavy lakeeffect snow bands off lake ontario and lake erie so ther well as interstate 5 towards the west coast. Rain in portland and seattle. Snow continues over the interior. Kendis, eva, back to you. All right, thank you. President elect donald trump is reaching out to more of his loyal supporters gearing up for his third rally of the week. So after thanking voters in iowa and vowing to heal the divided country, trump is now taking his message to michigan meanwhile, hes stocking his cabinet with yet another wealthy businessman and some of his picks are facing an uphill battle in congress. We get more now from abcs janai norman joining us from washington, d. C. Good morning, janai. Reporter good morning, kendis and eva. So donald trump first made a stop in ohio to meet with families and victims of those impacted by attack at Ohio State University last week and then he headed to iowa for the latest stop on his victory tour. In des moines president elect donald trump was back business announcing Governor Terry branstad as his ambassador to china and also announced andrew puzner. They own hardees and carls jr. He is a millionaire. One of nine millionaires and billionaires named to his cabinet so for and vocal opponent of raising the minimum wage to 10 and expanding of americans. In iowa donald trump appealing to middle america, promising to eliminate every single regulation that hurts our farmers, our workers and small business. Regulations, by the way, will be cut down to a fraction of what they are now. Reporter this as democrats are still preparing for a tough nomination fight for some of trumps picks including Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruitt, a Climate Change denier for head of the epa. With control of the epa to the air, our children breathe and the water they drink. Reporter and meanwhile, as we wait to learn about mr. Trumps business interests on december 15th we are learning hell remain an executive producer for celebrity apprentice. A spokeswoman for him says he has a big stake in that tv show that starts a new season next month. Kendis and eva. He takes over 41 days from today in the white house. Harry reid retiring after 30 years in the senate. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle paid tribute to the softspoken 77yearold from nevada. He spoke for over an hour on the senate floor reflecting on pushing through the economic stimulus and the president s Signature Health care bill which he warned republicans against repealing. Hillary clinton was among those paying tribute to reid praising imhad as a fighter as she made her first visit capitol hill since losing the election. She used the occasion to joke about how shes been passing her time. This is not exactly the speech at the capitol i hoped to be giving after the election but after a few weeks of taking selfies in the woods, i thought it would be a good idea to come out. Clinton also addressed the much more serious subject of fake news, made up stories that of. She warned that it had real world consequences and she called on both parties to do something about it. Now to some breaking news overnight from afghanistan, defense secretary ash carter arriving there on a surprise visit. Carters meeting with u. S. Commanders as well as some of the 10,000 american troops who are still there. He will also meet with afghanistans president , this is presumably carters last trip to afghanistan before handing over responsibilities to his successor. There are some reports about fighting in the city of aleppo, syria. Residents and rebels say fighting hasnt let up. Thats despite claims by a russian diplomat that Syrian Government forces suspended their operations last night. Abcs Alex Marquardt has been in aleppo this week. Hes witnessed advances by syrian troops and no halt in that fighting. Reporter the Government Forces have regained most of the territory. But as you can see and hear, the taking place right in its heart. We should point out alex is doing fine. He is safe. A break in the fighting was intended to allow up to 8,000 residents of aleppo to leave the city. Hundreds of people wounded this week in an attack on a hospital are also waiting to be moved out. And glowing tributes are being offered for former astronaut and senator john glenn. He rocketed to fame in 1962 becoming the First American to orbit the earth. Now, later glenn served as a he was part of a Shuttle Mission in 1998 which made him the oldest person ever in space. John always had the right stuff inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to mars and beyond, not just to visit but to say said the president. Donald trump tweeting he was a he will be buried in Arlington National cemetery. The new rules considered about making phone calls on airplanes. Lawyers in the dylann roof trial asking for a mistrial after the Church Shooting suspects mother collapses in court. Plus, a new photo released from the scene. The school bus packed with students hitting several cars. This morning, the driver is a veteran School Bus Driver suspended after his vehicle smashed into at least seven parked cars. This is in st. Paul, minnesota. There were ten Young Students on board. The driver says the bus malfunctioned as he turned the corner. The company says the vehicle was inspected the day before. An update on that deadly shootout in georgia and the allout manhunt that followed. The second officer who was hit by gunfire has died. Surgeons were unable to save officer jody smith after a gunman opened fire on him and his best friend. Officer Nicholas Smarr who died at the scene. The suspect Minquell Lembrick took off after that shootout. Him down inside a home where he had been hiding. They say he took his own life. Four of the biggest retailers in the country are being accused of deceiving their customers. The Los Angeles CityAttorneys Office says jcpenney, sears, kohls and macys falsely advertise high regular prices for merchandise and then offer the goods at sale prices. Thats against california law, of course, unless the products were actually sold for those regular prices at one point. The transportation personal phones during Airline Flights using wifi instead of cellular data. D. O. T. Is soliciting comments and if it adopts the rule it would be up to each airline whether to permit the calls and the airlines could have to tell passengers that calls are allowed when they make their reservations. Well never be able to get away from our phones. Lets hope. The british royals have posed for a new formal photograph. Your eye is drawn to the duchess it always is but you notice there shes the only splash of color in this picture. Take a close look at her tiara. Yeah. Thats one of Princess Dianas favorites. The one she wore at her wedding. So now she has a wedding ring from Princess Diana and now the tiara. She looks stunning. They all look stunning. When we come back the marathon surgery that a prisoner in a sticky situation. The worst jail break attempt ever. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. 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Drum roll please. Its the sing sweepstakes. Its some of this, loads of that. cause you can win 100,000 from post cereal brands. Honey bunches of oats. This is an unusual sight in portland, oregon. Snow, several inches fell in the city yesterday with rain on top of that overnight. Itll be pretty dangerous commute. Icy roads blamed for two 235i9al crashes there. Roads throughout the northwest and Northern California will be wet and youve been warned. Drivers should also be careful around the great lakes, particularly in ohio and new york. If youre flying airport delays are most likely due to weather in san francisco. Well, this morning, new questions emerging over the Police Shooting of a nevada teenager who was threatening classmates with a knife. That 14yearold is in Critical Condition this morning. School officials are praising the officers Quick Response saying he averted what could have been a much more dangerous the boys family says he was merely defending himself against school bullies. Were learning new details from the Death Penalty trial of selfproclaimed white supremacist dylann roof including that his mother suffered a heart attack in the courtroom during opening statements. On day two of that trial, jurors saw graphic images from the scene where roof has admitted shooting nine black people to death. Among those images that we can show you, bullet holes in the walls and stt casings. For the First Time Ever heroin and Prescription Drug overdoses killed more Americans Last year than gun violence. Federal Health Officials say more than 50,000 americans died of opioid abuse in 2015. An increase of 11 in just one year. Gun deaths were also up last year but not as high as fatal overdoses. Two formerly conjoined sisters are recovering from their long separation surgery at a california hospital. Sandoval were born joined from the chest down sharing several organs. A team of 50 has separated them during a 17hour surgery. The girls are in stable condition and could be in intensive care for up to two weeks. Annan mate in brazil still in custody after a complete failure of an escape attempt. There he is, check him out. Stuck in his cells small little food hatch. I dont know how he thought he was going to make it through. Attempt. Rubbing Sunflower Oil all himself in hopes he would slide out. Look at his little purple shorts there. That didnt work out for him so well. He was apparently in some pain. He was crying, begging the guards to actually help him back into his cell. What he did wrong is the key is baby oil. Not Sunflower Oil, lather yourself. Not slippery enough. Okay, lets get some sports now. And important game last night in the nfl. Friends at espn. Good morning, america. Welcome in to sportscenter. Im lisa kerney. He is john anderson. A twoheaded monster atop the afc west. One clearly sticking their neck out. Kansas city and oakland. Good them on the home turf on this one. Slow start for kansas city, no points down 30 and alex smith says, go long. He threw it to kicking at 143. And then theres tyreik hill again. Hes receiving, now hes running and you see a lot of chasing. Theres no catching. Hill, 78 yard, second touchdown of the game, the chiefs win it 2113. Three scores in the Second Period and take over first in the afc west. Hey, hes good. Warriors taking on the jazz. Jazz missing four of their the first. Steph, corner three, making up for his night against the clips where he was 0 hire fer. A foul and warriors went on a run in the first. Kevin durant had a monster game, a doubledouble, 21 points, 11 boards in transition. Ill take that. Dubs win it 10699. As i mentioned theyre good. 526 and tie the record for the most wins in the season. Good morning, america. Well, up next in the pulse, rock star and greatgrandfather, mick jagger celebrating the birth of his own son. Why this weekend is prime time to get dumped or dump hey there, hi. Why do people have eyebrows . You reading why people put milk on cereal . Why does your tummy go grumbily, grumbily, grumbily . Why is it all mimics a stomach grumble no more questions for you ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasnt it . Yeah, happens to more people than you think. Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Good, right . Mmm, yeah. I got your back. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. This tuesday through saturday at kohls only once a year an extra 25 off so you can give a little more this holiday. Its time to get cozy so bundle up for the Tree Lighting spread some Holiday Cheer and give a cozy nights sleep. Kohls. . With congratulations and good luck in order for mick jagger, becoming a dad again at 73. Hes not even going to be there for the tough years. This is baby number 8 for the r Rolling Stones front man. Melanie hamrick and child both doing fine. They have no plans to marry or even live together. Maybe theyll have more kids. So, jaggers other children range in age from 46 to 17 and hes already a problems with your significant other, cancel your plans for this sunday, lock yourself in a windowless room and stay off the internet. And put your phone away. Yes. Dont get on the phone. Statisticians who study facebook say two weeks before christmas is the most common day to get dumped and in case youre wondering thats this sunday. Apparently something the stress of the holidays may be a reason why relationship breakups peak on december 11th. Of trying to get out of paying for a present. Ah. Why you do it. Unsure, get rid of him. Exactly. Recently widowed man has recovered a precious token of his 42year marriage. One he thought was gone forever. The owners of a new jersey Christmas Tree farm found a distinctive ring in their field with an encryption that said to david love nancy and had a wedding date and posted the Information Online and that led to david penner who says he lost the ring at and 18 years ago. Penner calls the discovery a miracle. I lost my wife in september and so, you know, a part of that whole experience is back on my finger. A message from heaven. He never replaced the ring saying there was no need because he and his wife had each other. Whats shaping up to be the party of the year in mexico started with this, parents inviting friends to their daughters 15th birthday party. It went viral. More than 4 million views and get this, over a million rsvps then the memes started. Some working on special vip passes ticket master selling tickets to ruby face and donald