Yes. Her incredible escape from her 25 minutes of torment. The family of four stranded for days when their van gets stuck surviving on halloween candy. But no cell phone to call for help. How they were finally found. Good morning, america. Happy friday. Were less than a wee thanksgiving and so all eyes on the weather and that first snowfall of the season for millions. Yep, the snowfall in the middle of the country, seeing major weather whiplash. A 60degree swing. Some guys golfing, that to this weather which makes you want to curl up under the sheets and ginger will have more on that. It could affect a lot of thanksgiving travel. A lot of work for donald trump holed up in trump tower. Officials confirmed former president elects National Security adviser. That is a key position for a general with a long career in military intelligence. A general who is also courted controversy inside the government and on the campaign trail. Were set to learn that he met with mitt romney. We have the latest developments in washington. Reporter these are key posts in any administration, but as for mike flynn, he has been with trump from the beginning. Officials confirm that Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn has accepted the offer to be National Security adviser. A controversial figure flynn roused support at the Republican National convention with the infamous lock her up chant against Hillary Clinton. Lock her up. Thats right. Yeah, thats right, lock her up. Reporter and in his book field of fight dmrin writes i morally equivalent. Trump also extending an olive branch to former governor mitt romney, transition sources telling abc news the two will meet this weekend and that romney is under consideration for secretary of state. The meeting coming after months of mug slinging from both sides. Hes blaming the members of the American Public for suckers. All we get is a lousy hat and he gets a ride to the white house. Did you ever see a guy like choked like a dog. He choked like a dog. Reporter thursday afternoon the president elect also sending out a memo about his meeting with alabama senator Jeff Sessions saying while nothing has been finalized he has been unbelievably impressed with him and his phenomenal record. Well, id be honored to be considered and, well, mr. Trump will make those decisions. Reporter but critics immediately pointing to racist behavior. One lawyer he worked with said the senator called him boy and told him to be careful what you say to white folks. Sessions denied the allegation. Away from cameras overnight the president elect also having his first facetoface meeting with a world Leader Meeting with japanese Prime Minister abe who told reporters after the meeting that trump is a leader who i can have great confidence in. And this morning implying hes delivering on his Campaign Promises to keep jobs in america. Tweeting, just got a call from my friend bill ford, chairman of ford who advised me that he will be keeping the lincoln plant in kentucky, no mexico. But ford tells abc news it never planned to relocate the entire plant. Robin. So that is not clear but what is clear is general flynn being the National Security adviser. You have known him for many selection . Reporter he is considered highly skilled when it comes to intelligence gathering. But in this role he will be helping to shape u. S. Foreign policy. The military in all aspects. He will have trumps ear all the time and this does not require congressional approval. Robin. All right, martha, thank you. More on this now from matthew dowd, also john cohen, National Security official in republican and democratic administrations, also worked with general flynn. Let me beg pointed out the general had had Great Successes in iraq and afghanistan. Forced to leave the job as Defense Intelligence agency head early and has courted controversy. Yeah, good morning, george. Yes, general flynn is smart, hes intelligent. Hes experienced. His military and intelligence experience will serve him well in the role of National Security adviser but hes very intense and very forceful. Particularly when hes advocating his ideas and he has others. He will have to be very open, very measured in this new role if hes going to be an effective National Security adviser to the new president. Yeah, the job of National Security adviser generally seemed to be an honest broker among the various cabinets. Let me go to you, matthew dowd. Mitt romney, interesting hell come in for a meeting with donald trump to talk about the possibility of secretary of state. Whether that turns out to be true or not, even talking about it, a little boon for that mitt romney would sit down with donald trump. I think if Hillary Clinton had won their election that mitt romney would have sat down with Hillary Clinton if asked. He loves the country, has to unite. I would be surprised if mitt romney gets an appointment or even takes an appointment but a meeting is good. General flynn, this is a guy unfiltered and very much in the mold of donald trump, shoot from the hip. Im reminded of Donald Trumps bannon of the Kenny Chesney song, all my friends are pirate, thats just who i am. He seems to be assem blink a pirate brigade. Senator sessions. We talked about those allegations of racism that caused him a judgeship 20 years ago and served in the senate 20 years since then. How serious will those be in his confirmation if he is chosen for a job like attorney general . The senate gives great the president. Its his privilege to make the cabinet the way he wants it. In a split senate this could be problematic for president elect trump in this appointment in this, it is a question the country is very concerned about diversity and how appeals are made and what happened in the campaign and again senator sessions could have a real problem getting approval by the senate. And, john, you served in National Security positions during transitions as well and protocol. He met with the japanese Prime Minister yesterday and had dozens of phone calls but not going through the normal process of the state department if that was somewhat unusual and weve seen many unusual things during the course of this campaign in the early stages of this transition. But this is a very important thing to remember, this administration will be taking charge of the government at a time when we are facing significant threat as broad and significant threats at home. Theyll be need to be ready day one to ham a crisis. The minute the oath is that impacts the united states. Thanks very much. Much more on the transition this sunday on this week. Michael. Thank you, george. Now lets turn to phillip mena who drew the short straw in the middle of the first snow of the season in sioux falls, south dakota. Good morning, phillip. Reporter michael, good morning. Yeah, that first major snowstorm of the season has arrived here in sioux falls, giant stockpiles of this rock salt about the size of a threestory building at the used today to help keep those roads safe. Winter is finally here. Up to a foot of snow falling in wyoming and colorado. Much of it touching down at rush hour. The slick roads and Poor Visibility leading to dangerous driving conditions. At least two people died in accidents on i70 near denver. The freeway shuttle down in both di mix of snow and sleet. Massive delays at Denver International airport. We were delayed until 4 00 and then they canceled it and said well have to wait till the morning. Reporter in wyoming, dozens of accidents as drivers fought to stay on the road on interstate 80. The snow started falling here about an hour ago and it is not letting up. Up to ten inches could fall phillip. Stay warm and be safe. Ginger, you have more on where its heading next. Blasting the east. Can you see this out of sturges, south dakota. Roads look like this for so many folks and a lot of people hit the road today and air travel for thanksgiving because they have next week off. A big deal with the storm blowing through. Blizzard warnings or parts of western minneapolis driving along 94 to fargo. That will be travel not advised. Dont do it. Give it 24 hour, aberdeen and inches. Some will get 6 to 12 inches of snow in northern minnesota but even in minneapolis you get the wind gusting to 30, 40 Miles Per Hour and probably west of them you have that blizzard warning, just a real quick look at the cold, the chill is no joke. Feels like 5 in denver. Remember when we were talking 80. Out there golfing and all that. Okay. Whoo. What a difference. Distant memory. Thank you so much. Now to an alarming confrontation with an Arizona Police officer caught on camera. He now says there is more to the story. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Today an arizona patrolman has been placed on administrative leave after yet another Controversial Police encounter, as you said, caught on tape. The video is jarring. An officer punching a woman in the face during an eviction. Hey, you cant hit a girl like that. Look again in slow motion. A direct blow to the face. Punched in the it was just a brutal attack. Reporter but the flagstaff Police Officer jeff bonar who apparently has no history of Excessive Force claims Marisa Morris resisted arrest kicking and kneeing him in the groin before he hit her. Something she denies. The case now under investigation. We became aware of this incident primarily through social media. We immediately became concerned. Reporter overnight authorities releasing clips from the officers body camera but not the entire encounter. Stop. Reporter police now looking into why the officer did not turn his camera on when the exchange started to get heated. I didnt do anything. Reporter the kasem bombic of the overwhelming prevalence of cameras and smartphones placing police under more scrutiny. Its become reflex to pull out their phones and record interactions with police. Like we saw here in alabama last november when College Students reached to are their cam unison and later recorded Police Beating them. Back in the arizona case you can hear the bystander comforting the woman. I got it on camera. Reporter its a complicated case. A classic he said she said and now police under the microscope must make a judgment call as to whether the officer broke the law. Hope they get to the bottom of it. All right, pierre, thank you. Lets turn to dr. Besser and theres a huge mumps outbreak on some College Campuses. Besser, mumps seems like a childhood illness. Right. There is a vaccine for it. Thats right. Why so many outbreaks . This is a big increase, but the vaccine doesnt protect 100 of people. If you get two doses which is what you should get, thats going to protect about 88 of people. If you only get one dose of the vaccine that will protect about 78 of people. So that means on College Campuses a lot of people who are still at risk of the mumps and College Campuses incubators, i have two kids in college. One had mumps, the other one is always sick. Theyre living in crowded quarters and sharing secretions and water bottles. Its a place where diseases tend to spread. What are the symptoms . Telltale sign is that swelling of the cheeks, loss of the jawline because your sal varley glands are inflamed. Fever, body aches, all those viral symptoms and most recover fine, though there are some who will get some swelling of the swelling of the testicles. If youre pregnant it can affect the baby so you want to do what you can to prevent the disease and get two doses of the vaccine and if youre sick stay away from people for five days and try not to share the stuff. You know, campus, there is a lot of the sharing and kissing. Theres risk. A lot of the kissing. Might not stop the kissing. I know. I talk to my kids. Theres no way. Its not going to happen. You know what, youll be answering everybodys questions on tw besser. Hell have the answer for you. What are you going to do. Throw your kids under the bus. Okay. Its on you now. Thanks for that transition. Good morning. Just hours before president obama arrives in peru the secret service has released pictures of its biggest counter fifth cash bust ever. Look at that. 30 million in fake bills linked to a criminal organization in peru along with printing presses. 48 people arrested. Peru, by the way, is the top currency. Nearly 200 square miles have now burned as those wildfires rage across the south. Parts of georgia havent seen rain in two months. Air quality is so bad there, children are being kept inside during School Recess and people with asthma are now being told to close their windows. A dramatic call for help in maryland as a woman was mauled by a bear. She was walking down her daughters driveway when she was attacked. The bear was apparently protecting its cub. The woman survived by playing dead but 911 call. Please come now send someone now. Hes broken my arms and my legs. I cant move. And im bleeding. And im gonna die, please hurry. Oh, my god, here he comes. Please, dear god, no, please dear god, no, hurry, sir. Ah, she suffered a broken arm, she needed 70 stitches but shes is recovering thankfully. Tries to recover from that emissions cheating scandal. The company is paying 15 billion to settle claims in the united states. And finally, if you want to play hooky from work and call in sick, we have the results of an Important Survey for you. A Research Firm found the best time to call in sick is 6 38 a. M. On a tuesday. Thats when your claim of illness will be found most credible not on a monday or a friday because thats too close to the weekend. Problems. Nobody wants those details. And apparently november and december are the most common months to call in sick so just be careful. You just ruined that for everybody. I know, really. Should have told us that off camera. 6 38 is a little late for us. It would like 3 38 for us. Okay, thank you, amy. We move on to that family of four in Washington State found safe and sound after they went missing for days. It all began when their car got survived. Reporter 48 terrifying hours huddled together inside the family van on this remote Washington State logging road came to an end with this 911 call. I found the people in the woods, the mcalisters. Theyre from grays harbor. Theyve been gone a few days and have two babies. 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 on a scenic drive. Stranding them. Got dark on us and so we spent a night on the side of the road after i made a shelter. Reporter he says they survived on leftover halloween candy and rainwater. Had no cell phone and turned the vans engine on and off in shifts to keep warm but preserve their gas. Thursday morning, they heard on the radio that people were out searching for them so jason says white pieces of paper behind seen right there as they hiked off looking for help. 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 dehydrate fwld 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. God is great. And happy to be alive. Reporter for news, seattle. A lot of gratitude there. Rightfully so. Ginger, you got more on the thanksgiving travel. Were about to do our own temperature tumble. Look at new york city, 60s today, snow blowing through north of the city. The tempera o f0 h as a a oo a oo a oo oo a as a a eu oo r7b8g somewhere 12 9d good morning. 81 this afternoon. Well be mild with plenty of sunshine and then the big cooldown. The fronco night. The entire day on saturday, nice, sunny, mild. The difference waking up to temperatures in the 40s and highs on sunday only in the 60s. Like wise on monday and a warming trend toward thanksgiving with highs near 70. Now whos pumped about the cold and snow . 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