we do say good friday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm mara schiavocampo in for diane macedo. we begin with donald trump possibly welcoming a former foe to his cabinet. >> we're talking about mitt romney, of course, who has been a fierce critic of donald trump in the past, and now he's in the running to be trump's top diplomat. >> also retired general michael flynn, now emerging as the front-runner to be trump's national security adviser. abc's janai norman is tracking janai, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mara. some big name republicans have been taking up time on the president-elect's schedule as donald trump makes the deepest dive we've seen yet into foreign policy meeting with japan's prime minister. from foes to friends, president-elect trump is making peace with former rival mitt romney, a republican who had some of the harshest criticism of him. >> think of donald trump's bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. >> mitt romney's made a total fool of himself. >> reporter: now an unexpected change. sources tell abc news trump is considering romney for secretary of state. among other candidates, another former rival, south carolina governor nikki haley, who was also vocal about her opposition to the then candidate. >> during anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren we must resist that temptation. >> reporter: as trump's team works to get key players in place, abc news is learning lieutenant general michael flynn who's been a contender for national security adviser in the new trump administration has reportedly emerged as front-runner for the job. >> it's going really well. i mean, it's a great transition. >> reporter: trump also working to keep campaign promises about with the chairman of ford to keep the lincoln plant in kentucky rather than moving it to mexico. turns out the company never planned to move the plant to mexico. and newt gingrich is one person who apparently won't be playing a part in trump's administration. the former house speaker was a high-profile surrogate for trump during the campaign, but now he tells "the washington post" he won't serve in trump's cabinet in any position. kendis and mara. >> all right, janai norman live in washington. and these are busy times for donald trump meeting with japan's prime minister. it took place at trump tower and it was trump's first meeting with a foreign leader since being elected. >> afterwards shinzo abe called trump a, quote, trustworthy leader. trump's daughter, ivanka, and her husband, top trump adviser jared kushner, were involved. in the past trump has suggested that japan should contribute more to the cost of basing u.s. holding meetings on capitol hill. pence served six terms in the house which led house democratic leader nancy pelosi to say he'll be valued by congress because, he, quote, knows the territory. during a meeting with house republicans, pence took a group selfie and he told them they should be ready to work extremely hard. and tim kaine is making himself clear definitively saying he will not be running for president in four years. the former clinton running mate tells the associated press that his place is in the senate and that he plans re-election in two years. well, this morning's other big story, the deadly snowstorm impacting nearly a dozen states. >> the first major snowstorm of the year is now moving from the rockies to the northern plains. some areas could see 6 to 12 inches of snow and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. let's get details now from accuweather's justin povick. justin, good morning. >> mara and kendis, thanks. good morning to you. big snowstorm working its way states and look at our snow accumulations here by the time we get into late tonight. east of fargo along interstate 94, north and west, the twin cities, upwards of double-digit snow accumulation, some areas well over a foot of snow. the other big impact here, damaging winds which could exceed 60 miles per hour into the overnight. mara, kendis, back to you. >> all right, our thanks to justin and the weather problem in the southeast is the drought that's been fueling dozens of wildfires. moreha one official says he's never seen a fall wildfire season like this one. thousands of firefighters are trying to contain the flames which may burn until spring. the air quality is so bad, it's sending people to hospitals. dozens of people have been killed in a third day of air strikes by syrian and russian forces in aleppo. this heartbreaking video showing that it took four hours for rescue workers to pull a 6-year-old boy from the rubble of his own home after one of well, president obama is wrapping up the final european trip of his administration. this morning he's in berlin where he's meeting with chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders. later today the president will travel to peru, the last stop on his final foreign tour where he'll take part in a global summit on trade. well, still ahead, overnight an american woman blasting off making history in space. and the desperate search for a congressman's son. the clues left in his room as the secret service and fbi join in that search. >> and information just in about that. we'll have it for you. plus, you thought bathrooms had a lot of germs. wait until you hear what's found on atms. i know you're my financial advisor, but are you gonna bring up that stock again? well you need to think about selling some of it. i get it. but you know i think you own too much. gotta manage your risk. and you've gotta switch to decaf. an honest opinion, even if you disagree. with 13,000 financial advisors, it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. when you have a cold, you just want powerful relief. only new alka-seltzer plus free of artificial dyes and preservatives liquid gels delivers the powerful cold symptom relief you need without the unnecessary additives you don't. colleen loves helping 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whitson is now the oldest woman to travel in space and when she arrives, she'll take command of the space station making her the first woman to be in charge there two happy birthday and congrats. >> she'll celebrate her 57th birthday there. when we come back, a police officer on leave after he's caught on camera punching a woman in the face during an arrest. why the officer says he did it. plus, a family's survival story. lost in the wilderness for days, we asked women b. i would like to smell like this every day! but what was body wash a? ohhhh, i love bath and body works! and what was the one they preferred? ohhhh... this is suave! really? that's quite a bit of smelling good. suave, three fragrances preferred over bath and body works now twice as much smelling good. buy one get one free with a coupon in sunday's paper. yesterday's snowstorm in the northern rockies caused at least two pileups on interstate 70 and two fatalities. one of the accidents involved more than 20 vehicles and i-70 was closed several times. that storm is now moving east. this morning drivers will have to watch out for slippery roads and whiteout conditions in the northern plains. roads will just be wet from the texas gulf coast up to the eastern lakes and also in the pacific northwest. if you're flying, airport minneapolis, chicago and memphis. turning now to other news, a washington state couple and their two youngest children headed out for a drive on tuesday and then they never came home. >> understandably other family members panicked asking for help to find them. after two long days, they got their wish. the family has been found and everyone is fine. abc's neal karlinsky has details on how they survived. >> reporter: jason and melissa mcalister along with their 2-year-old and 8-month-old daughters vanished on tuesday. this morning jason says the family van got stuck in mud while trying to go around a fallen tree stranding them. >> it got dark on us and so we spent the night on the side of the road after i made a shelter. >> reporter: thursday morning they heard on the radio that people were out searching for them. they ran into a local hunter who called 911. >> yeah, search and rescue has been looking for you guys for a few days. >> and you said they're dehydrated? >> yeah, a little bit, but they family of four is waking up at home healthy and thankful. >> everybody is good. god's great. and happy to be alive. >> reporter: neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> incredible story there. and now to new york city where two men are facing murder charges in connection to the death of another man here in new york. 26-year-old joseph comunale was last seen alive last weekend while partying at a luxury manhattan apartment. now, police say that's where an argument broke out which led to comunale being fatally stabbed. his body found in new jersey on wednesday. now two men are charged with comunale's murder. one of them lives in the apartment where that party took place. >> and we do have breaking news to tell you about in the search for the son of michigan congressman john conyers. 21-year-old carl conyers, a student at the university of houston, was found safe just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. he had been missing since tuesday. he's being interviewed right now in houston. serving member of the house of representatives. turning now to a stunning video which has landed an arizona police officer on administrative leave. take a look at this video. it shows a flagstaff officer punching a woman in the face while arresting her. investigators say the officer claims the woman kicked and kneed him in the groin. flagstaff police authorities say the officer has no history of excessive force. they're promising full transparency in this investigation. a new warning about drug and alcohol addiction. it's taking a far worse toll a new report from the surgeon general says 78 americans die every day from opiate overdoses and 20 million suffer from substance abuse disorders. the study calls for a shift in the way we think treating addiction as a legitimate disease rather than a weakness in character. a health alert now and a new meaning to the term dirty money. a study finds that the keypads on atms in new york city are skin, food and household surfaces. the machines in laundromats and corner stores had the most bacteria and for some reason many atms here in midtown manhattan where our studios are tested higher in food and sugary baked goods. explain that one. >> what does that say? >> they like their doughnuts around here. >> i guess so. let's hope they're cleaner in chicago and other cities. >> yes. speaking of other cities, los angeles, well, they went back to the future when they this season talking about the rams. >> well, now they're looking ahead to their new home. yesterday the club broke ground on a $2.6 billion stadium complex. it's at the site of the old hollywood park horse racing track in inglewood. the 80,000-seat stadium is set to open in 2019. and speaking of football, the upsets of college football's higher ranked teams continues. >> yeah, it was quite a game. we get the highlights now from our guys at espn. this is john anderson. we're in the beautiful studios over at espn. a couple of football games were played last night. you might have been in bed when they ended. there's number five louisville getting ready to play at houston. first quarter, after louisville fumbled the opening kickoff greg ward jr. to duke catalon. houston up 7-0. they never trailed. 24-0. bonner takes a backward pass. it's chance allen. it's a 31-0 lead. half by 31 points or more all-time are 1-430. >> oh, my gosh. >> they were not coming back. lamar jackson, heisman candidate took a hit. three lost fumbles for the cards and they got beat, 36-10. panthers/saints, cam newton not a high percentage. just 14 of 33 but a nice pass ted ginn jr. called out of bounds originally, this hit. concussion. obviously shaken up and scared on the field. he missed games last year due to concussion. you can see the look in his eyes. panthers won it, 23-20. >> that's what we got. good morning, america. all right, so as we saw carolina won nfl's -- thursday's nfl game but panthers quarterback cam newton did not win much support with his pregame footwear. why the heck not. >> it's the wili let's call it. one twitter user calls the tails dead furbys and another said it's a shame '80s hair band men has to die for newton's shoes. >> ah, he's just hating. >> and there's plenty of reason. up next in "the pulse," the best time to call in sick without raising suspicion. and the dress sold for nearly $5 million. who wore it and the moment that made it so famous. you'll find out. ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to work on fine lines and... ...even deep wrinkles. 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