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He was going to punt the ball and, nope, it was wide open, he was running. I got this, i got this and seattle clenched the nfc west with a 2423 win. Okay. Did we mention its cold outside . That brings Christmas Music to my ears, but ill spare you. Nfl fans heading to games this weekend will feel it. Arrowhead stadium in kansas city against tennessee, they call for clear skies and 6 degrees. In chicago, that 6 degree reading would feel like a heat wave. The bears game against the packers is supposed to be 1 below. That would be the coldest game in Soldier Field history. Thats saying a lot. Yeah. Meantime, tom brady signed three pairs of the old uggs. Dudes wear uggs . And hid them in boston. Oh, ugg slippers. I apologize. I was thinking like a chick. Presumably to keep the feet of patriot fans warm. Thats really, really nice. Generous of him. Thats something. Tom bradys uggs. They are signed. Signed uggs from tom brady. Something about that. Okay. Lets change gears completepy. A heartfelt reaction is being posted honoring led inin ining sportscaster craig sager. In a tweet, Vice President biden said he died as he lived with courage, passion, and he died after battling cancer for two years. Heres more from david muir. Reporter the colorful suits, and a colorful broadcasting legend. You know, i didnt recognize you right away. I thought you were the good humor ice cream man. Reporter his career beginning in the early 70s, there on the left, interviewing hank aaron after beatinging the home run record. Covering football, olympic curling, but it was basketball he loved most. Thats a nice suit you got on there. Easter already went by. You take this and burn it. Reporter all in good fun, he was the fun. Ask pops, coaching the spurs. Whats the key . I think they were looking at your suit. Reporter sager would battle leukemia and it was pop who missed him the most. Welcome back. I was in the hospital for month hoping to do this again. Reporter fighting cancer with a smile on his face, earning respect from the giants. How in the hell do we go 30 years without doing a finals game, that dont make no sense. Honored at the espys by the Vice President. The recipient of the award, craig sager. Whatever i might have imagined a terminal diagnosis would do to my spirit, its summoned quite the opposite, the greatest appreciation for life itself. David muir there with the tribute. One more overnight on the basketball court. These are members of the milwaukee bucks. They held a moment of silence in his honor, and with a very colorful outfit. Dwyane wade there, as well, in chicago. Tears. Paying tribute to his suits with colorful uniforms. Dennis rodman said it was sager who saved him from committing suicide. In 1993. Its interesting how this soft, colorful, amazing person touched so many lives. Over the decades. With his battle and with his smile. Coming up in the next half hour, long lines in texas. Residents told not to use the tap water. Details on the chemical leak that has residents outraged. First, cold temperatures mean plenty of you keeping that engine running, but you may invite thieves to drive off. How to stay safe next on world news now. World news now continues after this from our abc stations. Almost 10th avenue there. Wherever it is, i tenth avenue there. Wherever it is, its freezing. Drivers are apparently keeping their cars running. Yes. Trying to warm them up. Its not necessarily a good idea. As abcs Clayton Sandell reports, leaving your car outside is an invitation to get it stolen. Reporter watch these car thieves roll up on a vehicle in denver, seeing its empty, and steal it. Moments later, this guy scouts a car parked, approached, and darts to open the door, but its locked. The homeowner sees whats going on and scares the thief away. Here in this parking lot, you see a thief casually walk and speed up to get into a car. The driver comes outs to stop him, but its too late. Cars left running to warm up on cold mornings, cops called them puffers. Bad guys call it a golden opportunity. Police departments across the country are warning drivers not to leave their running cars unattended. Start up the car, less than 60 seconds. Reporter all it took to steal gregory curls car. Bad enough, but the thieves got away with the keys to his second car. Later that night, they came back to steal that one too. Give me back my car. Reporter you might not realize in many states its illegal to leave a car idling with the keys inside, and depending on your state and coupe, that could mean in your own driveway, but more people seem to be doing it. More than 57,000 cars stolen in 2015 had the keys inside. Weve got people leaving cars running everywhere. Reporter in lakewood, california, we hit the streets in january with Sergeant Dave hoover, within minutes, his officer spot dozens idling in 18 degree weather in front of homes and stores. You know why im bothering you . No. The car is left running unattended while youre inside the store. You cant do that. Reporter the driver hit with a 57 ticket. I was cold. I wanted a warm car on the way to work. Reporter and not far away, rick lawyers car has just been stolen. Pull out, windows frosty, go back inside, and maybe four minutes, come outside, cars gone. Reporter abc news, denver. Good advice. The mix is next. Smoo i tried hard to quit smoking. 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. Can you say thanks nicoderm cq . Every great why needs a great how. But pantene is making my hair practically unbreakable. 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This morning on world news now, extreme Weather Coast to this morning on world news now, extreme Weather Coast to coast, and if you happen to be in one of the regions not slammed by snow or washed out with flash floods, then youre probably bundled up just trying to stay warm. When it ends . In the accuweather forecast. Major new developments as u. S. Intelligence agencies present russian involvement in the u. S. Election. This morning, president obama is speaking out and vowing to retaliate against Vladimir Putin. Those details including the president s promise just ahead. Also this half hour, another city scrambles to deal with toxic water. Corpus christi, texas, residents are outraged after theyve been told not to use the tap water. Were going to have the latest on the developing story. And going right, overnight reactions to the brand new Star Wars Film rogue one. Fans chilling out in the cold for the first look of what could be a historic opening. Is the hype for real . Thats in the skinny on this friday, december 16th. From abc news, this is world news now. Are you going to see it . I cant wait. I have to wait until the crowds are gone, and not saying that as a disney employee, but are you pumped for it . Well see. All right. Takes a lot of work for me to go to the movies because my sleep schedule is all jumbled up. You know what im saying . Its so much easier to watch it on netflix. I feel ya. No offense to the movie theaters. Not hating them, but its one place you want to be this weekend, at least for 100 million americans. Yes. Its nice and warm in a theater near you. We begin with the extreme Winter Weather gripping the entire northern half of the country. In fact, there was a blizzard warning in effect overnight in effect for upstate new york, including my College Champs of ice fishing wow. Be jealous. They expect 6 to 10 inches of lakeeffect snow. Theres high wind warning and windchill warnings. The west coast not spared. Eugene, oregon, saw the worst ie storm in decades with residents walking the dog getting a surprise as ice crashes down from above. Oh, wow. Dicey. More on the wicked weather from abcs geeo benitez. Reporter that arctic blast and blinding snow making driving dangerous for millions out on the roads. Part of interstate 80 shut down in western pennsylvania after a Chain Reaction crash involving nearly 60 vehicles. Luckily, no one was killed. Along the great lakes, whiteout conditions. Meteorologist janessa from our sister station urging viewers to stay home. Youre likely to get into some kind of accident as visibility is very low. Reporter thunder snow in new york. Along with it, high winds xwufting up to 60 miles per hour, delaying flights on both coasts. And the coldest december temperatures in years. In chicago, it felt 19 below. In those temps, frostbite sets in in 30 minutes, and in ohio, a man found dead on his porch, house keys in his hand. Behind that cold, more snow. Nearly a foot on the way for some places from a new storm that paralyzed the pacific northwest. This area will now be seeing more lake effect snow, some more strong winds, and then whats concerning are those low temperatures. Those extremely low temperatures from much of the day here, it felt like it was below zero. Gio benitez, abc news, lakawana, new york. Thats in the buffalo suburbs where you were in the week. How brutal was it . It was pretty cold, three feet of snow, and hes making me feel that cold again. The first hit i did for world news tonight, my toes, i walked around in the hotel barefoot to warm up again because my shoes felt freezing. Little small violin for your whining, sorry. Now youre in the warm studio. The extreme weather is continuing, though. Its affecting the west coast. Heres the impact. Heavy rain in california has many worried about mud slides in areas why wildfires have left the ground bare. Flash floods impacting the northern half of the state, and mud slides are very likely as the rain continues. Thats serious stuff. Upper plains are not escaping the winter blast either. Lets get the details right now from accuweathers justin povick. Kendis and adrienne, thanks. Good morning to you, as well. Fridays weather not looking so nice here throughout the upper midwest. Snow and icy mixture off to the south, and were going to be talking about major travel delays for many cities. Also some slippery roads due to quite a substantial amount of snow. Check it out here. 6 inches possibly for some, could see more than that south of the twin cities, and the whole mess sets into the northeast friday night into saturday. Back to you. All right, of course, more on the weather throughout the morning. Now to president obama who is vowing to take action after that bombshell revelation from u. S. Intelligence officials claiming Vladimir Putin was linked to the preelection hacking campaign. The president will hold a press conference this afternoon, but in an interview, he made it clear that the russian interference will be addressed. I think theres no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action. And we will at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be. Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this because i spoke to him directly about it. Well, the president is right now waiting oafinal report on the attacks from the Cyber Community and ordered them to be completed before he leaves office. President elect donald trump is still not quite buying in that russia was involved. In a rally in pennsylvania last night, he called white house possess secretary foolish for criticizing his response. Trump said president obama was very positive, and he questioned whether ernst was getting his orders from someone else. However, the bulk of trumps speech was spent on recapping his Election Night victory. As president elect trump continues to search for the best way to avoid conflicts of interest, Senate Democrats unveiled a bill aimed at requiring him to sell his businesses and put his assets in a blind trust. Trump postponed a press conference on how he plans to separate the family empire from the white house, but there was a tweet. Heres abcs tom llamas. Reporter president elect donald trump dismissing questions over this image, his children meeting with americas top tech leaders, eric, ivanka and don jr. Working on the transition will also be involved in the family business. Were going to be there for you. Reporter trump fighting on twitter. The media tries to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my business so complex when it actually isnt. It was the day trump was supposed to explain it all. He said so himself, tweeting, ill be holding a major News Conference in new york city with my children on december 15th to discuss the fact that i will be leaving my great business in total. But thats been canceled. His team says because the whole process has been complex. Lawyers and protocol officers at great expense to the trump family, frankly, trying to figure out how best to structure and how best to comply with protocols. Reporter while trump says his sons will run the family business, its looking like his daughter, ivanka, could have a role in the white house, something she once said would not happen. Im going to be a daughter. Theres a lot of things i feel deeply strongly about, but not in a formal administrative capacity. Reporter but now, ivanka, and her husband, jared kushner, seem headed for prominent