And a good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with president elect Donald Trumps formal introduction of his choice for defense secretary. Were talking about general james, ad dog as hes called, mattis joining trump last night in fayetteville, north carolina. It is the second stop of his thank you tour and now mr. Trump touched on several of his Campaign Themes at that event. Last nights rally came after trump set off a firestorm after new air force one planes. For the details lets go over to abcs Karen Travers in washington. Karen, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. It seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of americas biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his Public Comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the companys ceo. Joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. The American People are fortunate that a man of this character and integrity will now be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. Reporter earlier tuesday trump blasted american aircraft manufacturing giant boeing. First on twitter, boeing is building a brandnew 747 air force one for future president s but costs are out of control. More than 4 billion. Cancel order. And later at trump tower. I think its ridiculous. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. Reporter the attacks seemed to come out of the blue except trumps tweet came about an hour after boeings ceo was quoted criticizing the president elects rhetoric on trade in china. For now theres no 4 billion deal, but boeing has been tapped to produce two new planes to replace the aging aircraft. The pentagon projects the costs could be upwards of 3 billion. And is it too soon to talk about 2020 . Vice President Joe Biden getting a lot of questions after indicating this week he would consider a run for the white house. And on the late show with Stephen Colbert tuesday night, biden again refused to completely rule out a bid. Never say never. You dont know what is going to happen. I mean, hell, donald trump is going to be 74, ill be 77, in better shape, i mean. Reporter Vice President biden says he doesnt regret his decision not to run. It was the right one for his family but, diane and kendis, he also says that he thinks he is the person best prepared to lead this country right now. Diane, kendis. I think hes having fun teasing the American Public throwing this out there. Karen travers live in washington for us. Karen, thanks. Hard to believe were talking 2020 right now even as a joke. I know, i know. Hasnt even been sworn in yet. Yeah, all right. Lets go back to 2016 and the controversy with the Transition Team, the son of Donald Trumps National Security adviser, well, hes now been forced off of the Transition Team because of a fake news story. Michael flynn jr. Is accused of pushing the socalled pizzagate Conspiracy Theory in a series of tweets. Now, thats the same false story that prompted a gunman to open fire in a washington, d. C. Pizzeria. Trumps spokeman says flynn jr. Had been helping his father with some duties, but thats no longer the case. The other big story were following this morning, the snow. Its now tapering off in the Northern Plains this morning after yesterdays blizzard but its now snowing in boulder and other parts of colorado. The snowplows, as you can see there, are out, and the streets are very slick. The weather is also blamed for several crashes on interstate 70 west of denver, and take a look at some of the lows this morning. Wow, 1 degree in denver. 17 in kansas city and you see that minus 10 up there in great falls. That cold is heading south and east. Well get the forecast now from accuweathers cam tran. Good morning. Good morning, diane and kendis. We are looking at blizzardlike conditions today across the dakotas and northern minnesota. Were talking about blowing snow thats going to be making travel here quite treacherous, and then weve got the coldest air of the season moving across the u. S. This week. By wednesday its going to be well in place across the central plains, thursday in the midwest and then by friday its going to be moving across the northeast where temperatures will be dropping anywhere between 15 to 25 degrees. Diane and kendis, back to you. Cam, thank you. We have breaking news from indonesia where a powerful earthquake has killed at least 97 people. Frantic rescue efforts are now under way to free any survivors from the rubble of dozens of buildings in the aceh province. Four people have been saved so far. The 6. 2 quake struck under the ocean at a depth of about 11 miles. For many its a grim reminder of the 2004 quake and tsunami which killed 230,000 people, most of them in that same province. Keeping our focus overseas and to the middle east. It appears to be just a matter of time before all of syrias second largest city is back in government control. Syrian troops now control about threefourths of aleppo after capturing a major central neighborhood. Now, someone inside an area still held by rebels says their morale has, quote, hit rock bottom. The Syrian Government and its ally russia have rejected a ceasefire. Barack obama is defending his strategy against terrorism at an air force base in florida. He insisted that it is possible to defeat terrorists like isis and still maintain american ideals. The president said proof of his success is that there was no major attack in the u. S. During his time in Office Despite the terrorists best efforts. The fbi says a threat against the los angeles Transit System in l. A. Was likely a hoax. Security was stepped up in the city yesterday after the threat was first made public but investigators now say theres no evidence the threat was credible and that the anonymous caller may have reported false threats before. Theyre still trying to identify that caller. And it was 75 years ago today that Japanese Forces attacked pearl harbor, hawaii, leading the u. S. Into world war ii. President Franklin Roosevelt later calling it, of course, a day that will live in infamy. More than 2,400 americans were killed in that attack and 19 u. S. Ships were either sunk or damaged. A full day of commemorations taking place at pearl harbor today including a special ceremony right there at the uss arizona memorial. Well, still ahead right here for us, a megaretailer expanding paternalal leave for its employees in this country. And a possible break in the oakland warehouse fire. 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Theyve narrowed down the area of origin, and now theyre looking for potential sources of ignition in that area. A potential source of ignition could be a refrigerator, so theyre gathering those electrical potential sources of ignition, and theyre closely examining them. And a local state of emergency has been declared in oakland. It allows the city and local residents and businesses as well to be eligible for possible tate or federal refunds as they recover from the fire. Also in california, a potentially explosive lawsuit against prestigious stanford university. The suit accuses stanford of failing to protect women from being assaulted by the same student who was allowed to graduate. And it comes in the wake of that sensational case, a former swimmer brock turner who served just a few months in jail for assaulting a woman on campus. The university responded here to the new lawsuit saying in part, we will be vigorously defending the lawsuit as we believe that stanford has acted with appropriate diligence and compassion within the constraints of the privacy laws. As of the first of the year ikea will offer parental leave to all its u. S. Employees. That includes full time and parttime workers and includes parents, adoptive parents and foster parents. Ikeas head of u. S. Operations says its an investment in its most important resource, its 14,000 employees. The Supreme Court says samsung should wait before writing a check to apple. In a unanimous ruling, the justices said an Appeals Court incorrectly calculated how much samsung owes apple for infringing on its smartphone patent. The amount was 399 million. Well, the Supreme Court didnt weigh in on the specifics of the case but told a lower court to do the math again. Oh, all right then. So when we come back, a tragedy overseas. 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Also watch out for slippery roads in colorado. Roads will be wet in the northwest and wet also in the Lower Mississippi valley. And if you are flying, airport delays are most likely in denver because of that snow. Some angry moments caught on camera as a white supremacist speaks at a texas university. Protesters met Richard Spencer as he visited texas a m. On tuesday night, hes the man captured on video last month shouting hail trump to a group in washington, d. C. Spencer took audience questions from his opponents but one sequence nearly turned violent. Long live texas. Are you better than me . All right. Lets go, lets go. No, no, no. Okay. No fighting. No, no, no. All right. Yeah. Good. Lets talk to each other. Lets not fight. All right. That woman was trying to ask another audience member a question when her mike was snatched away. Texas a m says it did not invite spencer. That invitation came instead from a former student who had rented out that space. A new orleans man has been arrested for manslaughter in the death of former nfl player joe mcknight during a road rage incident. Ronald gasser is seen the day of the shooting when he was questioned but not charged. The local sheriff defended the way the investigation has been handled, and he quoted from hate filled comments on social media aimed at africanamerican local officials for supporting the departments actions. Its not fair for him to be called you punk [ bleep ] uncle tom [ bleep ]. We saw you sell out to them, you rat [ bleep ] punk. Thats the tone of what were calling our elected leaders for standing up and simply saying let justice prevail and let the process take its course. The sheriff says the incident had nothing to do with race but more about two men engaged in bad behavior. Also in new orleans testimony has begun in the trial of a man accused of gunning down nfl star will smith. Cardell hayes is charged with Second Degree murder, but he says he feared for his life. Smiths widow who was wounded in the shooting took the stand yesterday describing how a simple Traffic Accident quickly spiraled into violence. An american tourist has died after being struck by lightning while camping in australia. New Yorker Sam Beattie is pictured here with his partner michele sega. Now, officials believe the lightning first hit their tent then touched beatties feet killing him instantly. Sega was injured also suffering head and neck injuries. It took three hours for help to arrive at that remote camp area. And a night supposed to be filled with laughter turned into quite a scare as a comedian had to run for cover when shots rang out on the stage. Check it out. I see a lot of bling around. [ gunfire ] toni byrd was doing a set in a bloomfield, new jersey, bar last friday when Police Say Three men on the street started shooting. 30 shots were fired at someone inside the club. Six people were hit. None of them the intended target. All of the victims are expected to be okay. Wow. Well now to some sports and this morning that means hoops. College and Pro Highlights from espn. Good morning, america. Im neil everett in the Los Angeles Sportscenter studio bringing you a couple of basketball highlights. We begin in college at columbus. Ohio state was a 20 plus point favorite, and they just got beat by florida atlantic. Nick rutherford in overtime. Boy, that would have been a good money line to have, whatever money line means. And now lets go to the pros. Chris sale not going to the nationals but john wall still with the wizards. So if youre a washington sports fan, thats good. Wizard wall was great in this game. The wizards were not. Wall had 22 points in the paint. Elfrid payton had 22 points in the first half of his 25. Thats who wall was working on. And, listen, its great to pile up numbers, because you get highlights like this, and wall piled it up. 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We will talk about what is happening with the fire in a second but, first, we will start with a look at our cold forecast. It is chilly. I scraped ice off the windshield. Maybe you will, too, in the deeper valleys. From what is going on with mount dam a. T. M. , it is not is breezy as it was year. That and the clear sky as you can see on live doppler hd is the reason why. We have chilly temperatures. Through the day we will top out in the low 50s. Expect it to be cool all day. Rain will move in this afternoon. We will look at that when we come back. I was chose to having frost on the windshield, just between that and the ice. We are looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza with a lineup in the cash lanes and all green on the traffic flow this morning just a slight delay building from the central valley. We now know the names of nine more victims in oakland and decades of doubts are released tied to the to the warehouse. Oils of 26 people have been released. A long paper trail at the warehouse including numerous complaints again the building and the lot next door. The city declared a local state of emergency so it is eligible for state and federal money as investigators get a better idea of where and how the fire started w10 yet to be searched, the recovery of the will end soon possibly today. It is quiet. We do not see a lot of activity going on, probably suggesting they wrapped up overnight. We help to get it confirmed. They brought in the number because when they are done searching they will board up the building and that will happen soon. They think they found the point where the fire started, and they are looking at the refrigerator calling it potential smoking gun. They hope to finish the surf soon and are commits to the victims families. We are close to being able to tell the families we have completely searched the warehouse and to let you know
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