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 closen 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 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 of ukraine which lead to cancellation of arkic oil deal with russia. Close ties are already raising questions about ability to get senate confirmation. 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 al s boy scotts of america. And key to changing equality for allowing gay youth to participate. 64 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 will 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 hear, 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 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 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 election to donald trump. Transition team in a remarkable statement not buying the cias analysis. These are the same people that said sue dam hue sane has weapons of destruction. Vladimir putin has praised trump and denied any role not 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 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. Some republicans are concerned too. Theres no doubt in my mind that they hacked swoo thack ed 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. 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 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 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 snowfalling 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. With this second round of snow moving east ward. So the snow will fill in aacrocross the upper midwest on most of michigan will see snow, cleveland and buffalo more snow later in the day on sunday. And try 20 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 you are snow amounts. Wide spreed 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 felt out before they do. Nbc matt bradley has the very latest. Reporter syrias government tightening noose around east aleppo. Strangling the civilians left inside. The rest are fleeing. Fighting age men, escaping can seem like its something from the pan to the fire. Sent 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 mayse 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 sgll Government Forces say they capd syrias largest city. 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. 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. Initial reports said about 20 officers were wounded. One report says more than 12 people were 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. Played the taped interrogation during what has been a highly emotional trial. 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 my n my nis kul 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 ah there was nobody out there. 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