Debbie reynolds. Plus, secretary of state john kerry voices frustration over israels settlement policy as Donald Trump TellsBenjamin Netanyahu to stay strong. And a Texas International guard helicopter crashes, killing two servicemen. Now an investigation is under way to figure out what caused that chopper to go down. Good morning. It is thursday, december 29th. Im chris jansing. So hard to believe, but a day after Carrie Fisher died, her mother Debbie Reynolds has passed away as well. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez looks back at the actress life from teen superstar to hollywood gossip, she was a performer to the last. Reporter Debbie Reynolds son confirms she has passed away at 84, a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Fans had gathered on the hollywood walk of fame to mourn fishers loss when reynolds was rushed to the hospital with breathing problems. According to Law Enforcement sources, she had been at her sons home in Beverly Hills when someone called 911 around 1 00 p. M. Engine 108. Reporter reynolds career spanned nearly seven decades, including some of the most iconic films of the 20th century. She was hollywood royalty, the first wife of pop mega star eddie fisher, who divorced reynolds to marry her best friend, elizabeth taylor. I dont choose well. I dont blame anybody but myself, but i just seem to have very poor taste in men. Reporter singing in the rain made her famous back in 1952. Casting the 19yearold alongside song and dance veterans gene kelly and donald oconnor. Theyve been dancing 30 years. I was dancing for three months. So i was hysterical. Reporter decades later, her daughter would become princess leia. Hours after fishers death, reynolds thanked fans for their support and condolences. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop, she wrote on facebook. Reynolds is being remembered by fans as being unsinkable and a hard act to follow. Reynolds had a colorful twitter account, by the way, including the bio. Ive made a lot of movies the past 60 years. My two children are the lights of my life. I was married a few times. You may have heard about that. And last month, she tweeted, why all the fuss about carries admitting she had an affair with Harrison Ford . I have to admit i slept with her father. Debbie reynolds is gone at 84. Secretary of state john kerry has offered a dire warning to israel over their refusal to stop building settlements in East Jerusalem. In a speech, kerry laid out a twostate solution that president obama and others have been pushing for, often tearing into longtime u. S. Ally israel over the continued construction. Ahead of that address, president elect trump tweeted out his support for israel, saying, quote, we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the u. S. , but not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this, referencing last weeks u. N. Resolution. He continued, stay strong, israel, january 20th is fast approaching. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu retweeted a portion of trumps message, writing himself, quote, president elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clearcut support for israel. In what was likely his final public address as secretary of state, kerry defended the u. S. s decision to not block that resolution. He also rejected criticism that the u. S. Was abandoned israel. Regrettably, some seem to believe that the u. S. Friendship means the u. S. Must accept any policy regardless of our own interests, our own positions, our own words, our own principles. Even after urging again and again that the policy must change. Friends need to tell each other the hard truths. And friendships require mutual respect. But here is a fundamental reality. If the choice is one state, israel can either be jewish or democratic, it cannot be both. And it wont ever really be at peace. Following the speech, Prime Minister netanyahu released a statement on his Facebook Page that read in part, quote, in a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians, secretary kerry paid lib service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. Israel hopes that the Outgoing Obama Administration will prevent any more damage being done to israel at the u. N. In its waning days. And donald trump had this to say at maralago late last night. I think the speech really speaks for itself. It speaks for itself. He said friends need to set friends straight. We have different views. We have to have peace. But were going to see what happens after january 20th, right. I think youre going to be very impressed. I think there are limits to what the administration can undertake at this point in time. We understand that. But im not going to get into a debate with the president elect on twitter or whatever. Its just not im not going to do that. Well, congressional leaders are also weighing in on secretary kerrys speech. Incoming Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer released a statement that read in part, quote, while he may not have intended it, i fear secretary kerry in his speech and action at the u. N. Has emboldened exthem trices on both sides. President obama has clashed with president elect trump over israel, and the president saying he would have defeated trump if he had run for a third time. So at 9 07 a. M. Yesterday, trump tweeted, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and roadblocks. Thought it was going to be a smooth transition, not. The white house had no comment on the president elects tweet. But a little more than six hours later, trump spoke to reporters outside his florida estate and had changed his mind from that morning. Mr. President , you tweeted this morning that the transition of power wasnt going smoothly as it relates to president obama. Can you elaborate on that a little bit . Is it going smoothly . Oh, i think very, very smoothly. Very good. Not long after, the white house put out a statement saying that president obama had phoned trump that morning from hawaii. Quote, todays call, like the others since the election, was positive and focused on continuing a smooth and effective transition. The president and president elect committed to staying in touch over the next several weeks and agreed their respective teams would continue to Work Together to effectuate a smooth transition of power on january 20th. Shortly after 8 00 last night, president elect trump reappeared before the cameras alongside, yes, boxing promoter don king, and he talked about the call as well as his relationship with president obama. Well, our staffs are getting along very well, and im getting along very well with him, other than a couple statements that i responded to. And we talked about it and smiled about it. And nobodys ever going to know because were never going to be going against each other in that way. Also last night, the president elect touted plans to bring thousands of new jobs to the u. S. According to trump, both sprint and one web, which is a satellite internet startup, will create together about roughly 8,000 jobs. We just had some very good news. Because of whats happening and the spirit and the hope, i was just called by the head people at sprint. Theyre going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States. Theyre taking them from other countries. Theyre bringing them back to the United States. Also, one web, a new company, is going to be hiring 3,000 people. So thats very exciting. So we have a combination of sprint for 5,000 jobs and thats coming from all over the world. Theyre coming back into the United States, which is a nice change. Also, one web, 3,000 jobs. Thats a new company. We appreciate it. So hes talking about from earlier this month when he announced a plan with softbank ceo to invest 50 billion in the u. S. , aiming to create 50,000 jobs. Now, a sprint spokesperson tells nbc news the 5,000 jobs it announced are part of the 50,000 jobs that were announced a few weeks ago, but those jobs will be funded by sprint. The president elect is apparently considering a Public Private option for the department of veterans affairs. That plan would potentially allow military veterans to choose whether they want to get care from a va hospital or a private doctor. One senior transition official told reporters that the Public Private idea is, quote, one of the options on the table, that nothing has been formalized yet. Trump reportedly discussed the options with several Hospital Executives yesterday, including Cleveland Clinic ceo toby cosgrove, whos rumored to be under consideration for va secretary. Two soldiers are dead after a Texas Army National guard Apache Helicopter they were flying in crashed. It happened yesterday during a routine training flight. A coast guard official said the helicopters was based at nearby ellington airport. Right now not clear what caused that crash. John benet ramsey older brother now suing cbs over a Television Series that implied he killed his sister. Bourke ramsey says his reputation was destroyed after the sixpart series the case of Jonbenet Ramsey aired back in september. The lawsuit says that cbs, the shows production company, and featured experts planned a, quote, shammed investigation, with a preconceived story line that burke killed his sister and covered it up with his parents. A prosecutor cleared the Ramsey Family back in 2008 based on dna evidence. Burke previously sued a forensic pathologist featured in the series who claimed he bludgeoned his sister to death. In september, cbs said it, quote, stands by the broadcast and will do so in court. Still ahead, Charleston Church gunman dylann roof sticking with his plan to represent himself in the death sentencing phase of his penalty trial. Plus, a powerful winter storm could dump up to two feet of heavy, wet snow in new england today. Well get a check of the weather coming up next. Sweeet. Wow. There it is. This holiday season, people have a lot to say about the chevy red tag sales event. This thing is a beast. Steel or aluminum . Steel. Why . Science. Its gonna hold up over aluminum, big time. You can get special holiday pricing and when you find your red tag, you get thousands more cash back. Thats two deals in one. Two deals sound better than one. Thats a forsure thing for me. During the red tag sales event, get two deals in one. Find your tag for an average total value over ninetysix hundred dollars on Chevy Silverado all stars. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Welcome back. Dylann roof has told a federal judge he will not present any evidence or call any witnesses during his sentencing. Roof was convicted earlier this month on 33 federal charges for the june 2015 shooting rampage at a charleston, south carolina, church that left nine africanamerican con gre gants dead. The judge also says roof made it clear he wants no details about his Mental Health revealed. Roof, who faces the death penalty, is representing himself during the sentencing phase, which is set to begin next week. The Chicago Police department is fast tracking a program to equip every officer with a body camera. Originally, the city had planned to have every officer wearing a bo body cam by the end of 2018. Now the plan will go into effect a year ahead of schedule. The news comes as chicagos murder rate has been surging. Police say more than 750 people have been slain in the city in 2016, a 58 increase over last year. Chinese Customs Officials have seized more than 3. 4 tons of illegally trafficked pangolin scales hidden in a shipment of timber in shanghai. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world. All eight species face extinction. The scales are made from the same material as human fingernails, and theyre used in Traditional Medicine in china and vietnam. Officials say they found more than 100 bags of the scales, estimated to be from at least 5,000 animals. Days before leaving office, president obama continues to try to cement his environmental legacy. Yesterday he created two new National Monuments, one in a sacred tribal site in southeast utah, a second in golden butte in southern nevada. The president has used his executive power to create National Monuments 29 different times, expanding protections for over 550 million acres of federal land and water. Environmental groups praise the conservation efforts, but some worry they might lead to more land disputes and armed protests. Now lets get a check on your weather with bonnie. Good morning. Good morning, chris. Were getting ready for a big snowstorm in new england. You can see some of the moisture come into upstate new york in terms of snow and down through the mountains of west virginia. Lets look at where the advisories are posted. A winter storm warning. This will go into effect 9 00. We are now looking at the advisory you see here for winter weather. Thats now in effect as of the 5 00 a. M. Hour. Were looking at the threat for very heavy snow in a certain part of new england. First, watch as the front moves to the east. Well get plenty of rain in midatlantic. Eventually low pressure will develop off the coastline. When it does, its interesting because if the low was further out into the atlantic, wed see more of a snow event for places like new york and into southern connecticut, but thats not what were going to see. Itll be more of a rain event here. Then when you start heading north of poughkeepsie, it will be snow. Some of it will be very, very heavy at times. Eventually as that low pushes to the northeast. Now, later on tonight, this is when its going to really ramp up in this region into vermont, New Hampshire, and maine. New hampshire and maine really the bulls eye for this storm. Boston, you may get a wintry mix, but eventually that will turn over to rain. Behind the system, lakeeffect snow because of the cold air wrapping around behind the low as it exits. Thatll come over the warmer waters of the great lakes. As that air comes over the colder land, it just dumps snow. We could see really heavy snow bands. Take a look at the wind forecast. Theyll really crank up tonight. Even though were not looking at a snow event for long island, well see those fierce winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. Also strong winds of nantucket, south of boston. Looking at temperatures across the country, were still looking at colder conditions into the northeast. Definitely milder conditions in the south. Still looking at those incredible numbers. Dallas, your high today is 58. Thats a lot cooler than it was yesterday, but still above normal. Well stay cold in the Northern Tier of the country. All eyes are really on this storm system because its really the first noreaster were seeing so far of the season, chris. So keeping a close watch on that. Also, just to let you know, temperatures are still above normal in florida, where we have highs in the mid80s in miami. 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