I always worried about that on the ski lifts. Those videos. And its happened before in the last week. It gave me chills. A good wednesday morning to you all. President elect donald trump clashing with the intelligence community. Trump fired off a skeptical tweet saying the briefinged that been delayed. Julian assange is weighing in. Saying the hacked emails did not come from russia. Janai norman is following the overnight developments from d. C. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The Briefing Centers on allegations that russians hacked the dnc with the intention of affecting the election. President putin, president elect trump, and wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued to deny. The president elect throwing shade. Tweeting the intelligence briefing on socalled russian hacking was delayed until friday. Intelligence Officials Say the briefing was always scheduled for friday. Its the latest in the Election Hacking scandal thats found the president elect alined with the fugitive computer activist. Julian assange saying russia was not the source. We can say and we have said, repeatedly, over the last two months, that our source is not the russian government. And it is not state party. Reporter but Officials Say those emails were, in fact, given to wikileaks by the russians. Whether asanction is involved or reporter first, behind closed doors themselves but gutting the office of congressional ethics. Then trump tweeting, with all that congress has to work on do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority . A lastminute meeting and unanimous decision to delay, heavily inyou influenced by those tweets. Yes, it animated the press. Reporter and trump announced hell hold his first News Conference in months next week on january 11th. At the same time, were learning bill and Hillary Clinton will join george w. Bush at the inauguration. Thank you. And trump also turned up the pressure on the auto industry. Threatening General Motors with a big border tax on its imported cars. Trump says gm is making the chevy bringing it back. Only a small number of hatch backs are brought back to the u. S. And ford skaps plans for a mexico factory. They decided to shift some money into a u. S. Plant instead. It follows an earlier warning from trump that ford would face a 35 tariff. We didnt have direct negotiations. Did you feel pressure from president elect trump to make this decision . We look at a lot of different factors. One of the factors were looking at is our view is there will be a more positive Business Environment under president elect trump. They attributed the decision change to the drop in small cars. The naacp wants senator Jeff Sessions out of the running to be attorney general. The group led a daylong sittin at his office. It was broadcast live on social media. Senator sessions was in washington, d. C. , during that sitin. Another major story this morning is the weather. It is pouring in Northern California right now. With the first of three powerful storms this week. As much as a foot of rain is expected by weeks end. Causing some flash flooding and urter erosion on the coast. This is the radar. That storm sweeping off the Pacific Ocean and dumping rain on the bay area. Theyre cleaning up in the meantime in the deep south after severe storms spawned at least a dozen tornadoes. The storms are blamed for six deaths, building damage, and count let downed trees and powerlines. In the north, the big freeze is on. Single digits from iowa to illinois. Wind chills will make it even colder. Breaking overnight in turkey, the country saying it has identified the gunman that attacked the nightclub on new years morning in istanbul. Authorities are searching for him. This morning, they did detain five suspected isis militants. The country is extending the state of emergency there until april. The final farewell to can Debbie Reynolds and carrie fisher. A joint memorial is set tomorrow at the Beverly Hills compound the pair shared. Their burial will be held on friday. Theyll be laid to rest among friends, including liberace and bette davis. A spike infully cases. And an officer on leave after this video showing this student slammed to the what the police chief is now saying. You see a dresser fall on a toddler. Luckily, though, his twin brother is there to save the day. This morning, hear what their parents want everyone to know. Fire fighters near kansas city, missouri, are waiting until daybreak to go into a lawn care business overtaken by a fire. There are no known injuries or fatalities. A stunning new video is under review showing a male Safety Officer slamming a female student to the floor in north carolina. Witnesses say the girl in pink was breaking up a fight involving her the video shows the officer grab her and then throw her to the ground. Police are asking the public to remain calm. We ask the community and all members involved to be patient while we investigate this matter. The girls mother says the teen suffered a concussion. She also says shes pulling her daughter out of that school. The officer has been placed on paid leave. Authorities in oklahoma say a dangerous gang member is in custody after he allegedly shot an officer. Police dash cam video shows the officer approach a pickup truck when shots are heard. Brian suter lapd was hit in the leg and a major artery was pierced. A Good Samaritan stopped to help before other officers got to the scene. Suter sland said to be okay. The Credit Report you paid for may not be the same one lenders were using to make a decision. The a federal agency says that amounts to false advertising. Two of three a in fines. 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The storm damage along the gulf coast including erosion like here in jackson, the road is just about washed away. Very dangerous situation. Other roads in the area are still underwater. Except for the leftover problems like that one, roads in the south shoul be fine. Watch out for slippery roads from the northwest interior to kansas and nebraska. Drivers may run into snow in the upper not east. If youre flying, airport delays likely in san francisco, salt lake city, denver, and new york city. Authorities across new england are on the lookout for an escaped prison inmate. Hes been on the loose since saturday. He made his way out of a privately run prison in rhode island. Details from linsey davis. Reporter federal authorities are on a roundtheclock hunt for this man. James morales. He broke out of this maximum security ward at a federal yearsve. Our immediate priority has been to get James Morales after the street. Reporter he faces charges for Sexual Assault on a child and for stealing 16 guns from a u. S. Army reserve center. Police released this wanted poster showing morales has multiple distinct tattoos. He climbed a basketball hoop to get to a roof top and cut through a fence. Now to an American Airlines jet which is undergoing what is described as a thorough maintenance inspection after the third fumerelated incident in months. Eight flight attendants were treated in orlando for headaches. There were odor issues in the cabin. Dont wait any longer to get your in several southern states, in iowa, and a few other places. Theres also been a flurelated death reported in southern california. It takes about two weeks for the flu to take effect. Experts say the dazele vaccine doesnt work very well. For the second time in less than two weeks, a child was saved while dangling from a ski lift. This happened on monday with the snow coming down at utahs Sundance Mountain resort. A similar incident took place there before christmas. If this case, the young boys backpack got stuck in the chair. They were able to drag him back on to the chair. Those patrol members are becoming familiar at that. A followup from yesterday about the Twin Brothers in utah. Nannycam cam churing them in the bedroom. The dresser crashes down trapping one of the boys underneath. His brother couldnt move for a little bit but hes able to push out. Now were hearing from the boys mother for the first time. Shes asking parents to anchor furniture to the wall. It will take your five to ten minutes. Bolt them down. Do it today. She calls her family, quote, completely lucky that neither of the boys was seriously hurt by the dresser. Very lucky indeed. Good advice to anchor furniture to the wall always. Lets change gears and get to sports highlights. Good morning, america. Max and the coach here with you. College hoops taking center stage on tuesday night. How about the Sunflower State showdown. Kstate, dont sleep on them this year. Tied at 88. They would have a chance to take the lead. Straight away. Dean wade. Out of bounds to kansas. Watch this. Your eyes are not deceiving you. They count it. They would review it. But only for to make sure he got it off. Big 12 office says, hey, its a judgment call. Four steps. K. U. Wins. Bob huggins. West virginia. Taking on texas tech in lubbock. The red raiders looking for the response. Look at naim stevenson. Sweet, lefthanded stroke. No timeouts for west virginia. Theyre going. Carter. No good. Tuck this away for texas tech. When they start to look at their resume come march. Big win. A lot of teams playing pretty well there in the big 12. Thats going to do it for us. Hes max. Im the coach. Enjoy your wednesday. All right, thanks, fellas. Up next in the pulse ts House Speaker paul ryan getting a lesson on what exactly is the dab. Carey for if first time speaking out about the new years performance. As after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me . So i asked my doctor. And he recommended eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Both made me turn around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. If you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily onger than usual for bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Plus had less major bleeding. Both made eliquis the right treatment for me. Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. Time to check the pulse starting with a moment of confusion. So this is a dab. Its popular with the kids. House Speaker Paul Ryan was leading the swearingin sarps when the son of wronger marshall threw him for a loop by dabbing for the photo. Ryan had no idea what was going on. He thought the kid was sneezing. Then made him put down his arm. You all right . You going to sneeze . Is that it . Yeah. You all right . Clearly so ryan later wrote on twitter, just finished swearing in photos. Nearly 300 members. Countless cute kids. Still dont get what dabbing is, though. Marshall then tweeted, just so you know, speaker ryan, hes grounded. Oh. You gotta appreciate the kid trying to own that moment. Trying to get his moment. Nobody else is looking. You all right . You really should get that checked out. Were you sneezing . Is your deodorant all right . Sit the whole sneeze thing, right . Over on the senate side. Things got awkward for Vice President joe biden as he swore in his last crop of lawmakers. He tried to land a bipartisan smooch on the baby. The baby gave him the slip. He left him with a mouthful of air. She was actually doing the dab as well. She looked up at him like, and mariah carey speaking out for the first time after the new years eve mishap. She tells center tanment weekly she worked with clark himself early in her career and he would be as mortified as she was about the technical safinaf. We have to feel some sympathy this morning for the white bear of white bear mitsubishi in minnesota. Heres why. The white bear had really hard time stage on his feet recently while filming a Television Commercial on the ice with the dealership rep and the mascot of the university of minnesota hockey team. Check him out. And white bear mitsubishi is a proud that was the last one. He couldnt quite get up. Talk about a rough dayton set. Its great marketing ploy even if it is a prank. Eventually, the guy helped the white bear to his feet. The gopher mascot just kind of skated air way. Theyre up in minnesota. You would think they would know neven that big costume how the skate on ice. Poor guy. I dont think hes wearing skates. Maybe that was his first mistake. Morning washington this january 4th. We are halfway through the first week of 2017. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen am fog sun warmth return this afternoon cold blast tomorrow through early next week snow showers thursday after 8pm through friday Morning Light accumulati am commute today am fog. Becoming partly cloudy after noon. Mild and breezy. Highs 5156 winds nw 515 g 30 mph tonight clear to partly cloudy. Cold. Lows 2429 winds nw 510 mph thursday cloudy and cold. Pm snow possible. Highs 3540 winds light and variable breaking overnight a fire at a popular dc restaurant. Night. Firefighters responded to the dstreet location of rasika. Dc fire crews say it was a small fire that started from a water heater. The fire did not spread and was quickly put out. The first family is moving out of the white hous in a little more than two weeks. Now we are learning more about their next address and what it will mean for their new neighbors. President and Michelle Obama will be moving into an 82hundred square foot home in kalorama, after the inauguration. Work is underway there now. The home is being outfitted with a secret service hut along with other security equipment. Neighbors told abc7 they have received briefings from security officials. No more unannounced visitors and they will have to tell security beforehand. Will be getting another new family with ties to the white house. The washingtonian reports ivanka trump and husband Jared Kushner will also be moving into a home in the northwest dc neighborhood. The home was sold two weeks ago, for 5point5 million dollars. Ivanka trump wold be living less than two blocks away from the future home of the obamas. A big lifestyle change for grammyaward winning singer janet jackson. Shes now a mom. The singers publicist says the 50year old has welcomed her first child along with her husband. They have named their new son, eissa. The singer cancelled several tour date last year after a doctor put her on bed rest. Both mom and baby are said to be healthy and resting. Well, this is one story that could have ended a lot worse. A texas rapper is now thanking police after he accidentally creates a very tense situation. Musician tru keezy and his business associate, young groovy were trying to shoot a music video for their song go out and get it. So on new years day without getting any clearance, they were out to a real bank, with real guns, while wearing black the real Police Showed up. No one was hurt. And after questioning the men, the police let them go without charges. The musicians say they will make sure to get a permit for their next deo. Its xx and were just getting started. Good morning washington. Am fog sun warmth return this afternoon cold blast tomorrow through early next week snow showers thursday after 8pm through friday Morning Light accumulations possible; impacts to friday am commute today am fog. Becoming partly cloudy after noon. Mild and breezy. Highs 5156 winds nw 515 g 30 mph tonight clear to partly cloudy. Cold. Lows 2429 winds nw 510 mph thursday cloudy and cold. Pm snow possible. Highs 3540 winds light and variable