We do say good friday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im Mara Schiavocampo in for diane macedo. We begin with donald trump possibly welcoming a former foe to his cabinet. Were talking about mitt romney, of course, who has been a fierce critic of donald trump in the past, and now hes in the running to be trumps top diplomat. Also retired general Michael Flynn, now emerging as the frontrunner to be Trumps National security adviser. Abcs janai norman is tracking all the latest developments. Janai, good morning. Reporter good morning, mara. Some big name republicans have been taking up time on the president elects schedule as donald trump makes the deepest dive weve seen yet into Foreign Policy meeting with japans 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 Trumps personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. Mitt romneys 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 call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. Reporter as trumps team works to get key players in place, abc news is learning Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn whos been a contender for National Security adviser in the new Trump Administration has reportedly emerged as frontrunner for the job. Its going really well. I mean, its a great transition. Reporter trump also working to keep Campaign Promises about jobs tweeting about working hard 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 wont be playing a part in trumps administration. The former House Speaker was a highprofile surrogate for trump during the campaign, but now he tells the Washington Post he wont serve in trumps cabinet in any position. Kendis and mara. All right, janai norman live in washington. Thanks so much for that. And these are busy times for donald trump meeting with japans prime minister. It took place at trump tower and it was trumps first meeting with a foreign leader since being elected. Afterwards shinzo abe called trump a, quote, trustworthy leader. Trumps 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. Troops there. Vice president elect mike pence spent most of his day Holding Meetings on capitol hill. Pence served six terms in the house which led House Democratic leader nancy pelosi to say hell 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 to seek reelection in two years. Well, this mornings 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. Lets get details now from accuweathers justin povick. Justin, good morning. Mara and kendis, thanks. Good morning to you. Big snowstorm working its way north and east over the plains 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 doubledigit 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 thats been fueling dozens of wildfires. More than 190 square miles have burned in the past week alone. One official says hes 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, its 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 6yearold boy from the rubble of his own home after one of those attacks. Well, president obama is wrapping up the final european trip of his administration. This morning hes in berlin where hes 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 hell 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 congressmans son. The clues left in his room as the secret service and fbi join in that search. And information just in about that. Well have it for you. Plus, you thought bathrooms had a lot of germs. 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Federal investigators now say the barrier separating visitors from gorillas at the cincinnati zoo was not up to par the day a toddler fell into the exhibit. The little boy was not injured in last mays incident, but zoo officials were forced to kill an endangered silverback gorilla. Investigators concluded that the 38yearold barrier had become ineffective. Breaking Business News now. Volkswagen workers are paying the price for the companys emissions cheating scandal. The auto giant has Just Announced that its cutting 30,000 jobs as it struggles to recover from that scandal. Most of those jobs are in germany. Vw has already agreed to a settlement for the 500,000 americans who own diesels equipped with software that cheated on emissions tests. The tsa says its ready for the Holiday Travel crush. Despite those long security lines at airports nationwide just a few months ago, the tsa expects this will be the busiest thanksgiving it has seen in its 15year history. It has added several thousand new officers and dozens of canine teams. Well, one American Made history overnight. Astronaut Peggy Whitson is on her way to the International Space station along with russian and french astronauts. When they arrive tomorrow theyll bring the station crew back up to its full complement of six. At 56, whitson is now the oldest woman to travel in space and when she arrives, shell take command of the space station making her the first woman to be in charge there two times. Good for her. Happy birthday and congrats. Shell celebrate her 57th birthday there. When we come back, a Police Officer on leave after hes caught on camera punching a woman in the face during an arrest. Why the officer says he did it. Plus, a familys survival story. Lost in the wilderness for days, how they were finally found. To smell two body washes and pick their favorite i prefer b. 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 . Thats 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 sundays paper. Yesterdays 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 i70 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 youre flying, airport delays most likely in 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. Abcs Neal Karlinsky has details on how they survived. Reporter jason and Melissa Mcalister along with their 2yearold and 8monthold 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 theyre dehydrated . Yeah, a little bit, but they look pretty good really. Reporter this morning the family of four is waking up at home healthy and thankful. Everybody is good. Gods 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. 26yearold Joseph Comunale was last seen alive last weekend while partying at a luxury manhattan apartment. Now, police say thats 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 comunales 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. 21yearold 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. Hes being interviewed right now in houston. John conyers is the longest 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. Theyre promising full transparency in this investigation. A new warning about drug and alcohol addiction. Its taking a far worse toll than most people think. 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 covered in bacteria. Most of them came from human 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. Lets hope theyre cleaner in chicago and other cities. Yes. Speaking of other cities, los angeles, well, they went back to the future when they returned to Southern California this season talking about the rams. Well, now theyre looking ahead to their new home. Yesterday the club broke ground on a 2. 6 billion stadium complex. Its at the site of the old Hollywood Park horse racing track in inglewood. The 80,000seat stadium is set to open in 2019. And speaking of football, the upsets of College Footballs higher ranked teams continues. Yeah, it was quite a game. We get the highlights now from our guys at espn. Good morning, america. Im john buccigross. This is john anderson. Were 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. Theres 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 70. They never trailed. 240. Bonner takes a backward pass. Its chance allen. Its a 310 lead. Teams that have trailed at the half by 31 points or more alltime are 1430. 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, 3610. Panthers saints, cam newton not a high percentage. Just 14 of 33 but a nice pass ted ginn jr. Called out of bounds originally, but upon further review, thats good. Luke kuechly left the game after this hit. Concussion. Obviously shaken up and scared on the field. He missed games last year due to concussion. 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