Historic charleston church. Did you shoot them . Yes. What kind of gun did you use . A glock 45. Why he says he opened fire. From phone to paperweight. Samsungs plan for its unreturned galaxy note 7 phones after reports some of them burst into flames. Theyve been recalled. Theyre dangerous. How samsung is flicking the hey, good morning. Lets get straight to our top story, donald trump overnight in snowy grand rapids, michigan, first visit on his on going thank you tour to one of the socalled blue wall street that delivered his campaign. His Transition Team finding itself in a war of words with americas intelligence agencies. Now, these agencies according to concluded that russia was deliberately working to sway the election towards trump through hacking. We got Team Coverage and well start with abcs mary bruce right there at the white house. Mary, good morning to you. Reporter for months the u. S. Government suspected that russia intentionally interfered with the u. S. President ial election. Intentionally hacking into emails from the dnc and those close to hillary clinton. But this morning intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded that rusa to do far more than just meddle. This morning, the Washington Post reporting that a secret cia report found russia in interfered in the u. S. Election to help donald trump win the white house. Individuals connected to the russian government reportedly provides wikileaks with hacked emails as part of a wider russian operation to boost trump and hurt clinton a chances. Russia, if youre listening i 30,000 emails that are missing. Reporter and the New York Times reporting intelligence agencies found russia also hacked the rnc but did not release whatever information they gleaned from the republican networks. Overnight trumps Transition Team was swift to respond questioning the credibility of the cia. In a statement saying these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Intelligence agencies ultimately concluded that russia the hacking. But trump has repeat thely had rugged it off. I mean it could be russia but it also be china and lots of other people and somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pound, okay . You dont know who broke into dnc. U. S. Intelligence agencies believe the russians are behind that leak. Why dont you believe it . I dont know if theyre behind it. Reporter negotiating relations with russia will be a challenge for trumps next Rudy Giuliani once a top contender has taken himself out of the running. I saw that he had so many good candidates available, there was no reason to complicate his life any longer. Reporter in a statement, trump said giuliani is and continues to be a close personal friend. Mitt romney and exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson are still among the contenders but giuliani is making clear he thinks romney should be off the list. My advice would be mitten can make friends and make up, but i dont i would not see him as a candidate for the cabinet. Reporter and this morning trump is already tweeting praising giuliani as one of the finest people he knows. Now, here at the white house theres no comment this morning on russias involvement in the election but president obamas made clear he wants to get to the bottom of it and ordered a full review and warrants a dan and paula. So many questions for that and want to bring in two of our abc news contributors, kernel stephen ganyard, who is in washington and also with us, political analyst matthew dowd who is in austin, texas. Okay, guys, we where do we begin but lets begin with the intelligence reports. Steve, what do you make of these reports that russia was specifically trying to help trump . Is this credible . Paula, i think theres really nothing new in this report that were seeing. Much was put out byhe october. What is new apparently the Intelligence Community has come to some conclusion here that the russians were favoring mr. Trump. I dont think theres any doubt that the russians interfered with u. S. Democracy but the real question is what did it do and how did it influence the outcome of the election. He said these are the same people who said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Does he have an point . Only an american but american who is president elect. He is basically attacking the cia in order to defend Vladimir Putin and russia in this. And keep in mind that russia has been a rival of ours nearly as long as the Army Navy Game in this but for a sitting president elect to attack a u. S. Agency to defend russia is quite an amazing situation. So, steve, if its true that the russians deliberately intervened in this, what can the u. S. Do about it . Well, is out of the barn. They can make go back and determine if there were particular individuals involved. I think weve seen where the u. S. Has indicted chinese hackers by name who have been stealing ip from the United States so they can do this sort of name and shame and the u. S. Also has very sophisticated abilities in terms of o anyone open. The administration knew about this a few months ago and has yet to do anything about it. The real question what does the commander in chief think about this now . Really on his watch. Huge pandoras box. If you counterattack there will be responses and very to respond to the responses and can spiral out of control. Matt, while we have you, lets talk about the news that Rudy Giuliani is out of the running for secretary of state as mary bruce mentioned trump said giuliani is one of the finest people i know, end quote. So who is left in the hunt for this job now . Well, it reminds a little of a seinfeld episode episode with George Costanza saying you cant break up with me, im breaking up with you. I think trump broke up with Rudy Giuliani long before giuliani said take me out of this. Weve seen that in the last few candidates. Mitt romney has fallen way down. If you were going to do him, you would do it weeks ago. Looks like its settling on rex tillman, former chair or head of exxon. He has a very close relationship with russia and Vladimir Putin as well. We learned this trump will stay on as executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice but Newt Gingrich is saying that is a i have nothing to do with apprentice except for the fact that i conceived it with mark b. And have a big stake in it. I will devote vero time. I think, paul lark as we talked and me you and dan talked i dont think the policies will be ultimately problematic but potential conflicts of interest that surround him. He is going to get a monthly while he is president of the United States. Thats going to present a series of issues that hes going to have to deal with in the course of his presidency. Matthew dowd and colonel steve ganyard, our thanks to both of you. We are going to move now to the other big story this morning, thats the heavy snow hitting several states from michigan to new york as a big blast of cold air sweeps across much of this country so lets get it out to reunion who is in new yorks central park with the unenviable duty of being outside. Good morning, cool, crisp, 29 degrees, feels like 21 but its a slap in the face and a large chunk of the country getting a piece of it. Look at the alert, watches, warnings, advisories, northern tier, from snow to frost to freezing rain in the Pacific Northwest and the big story continues to be the cold air diving down to the south, 21 is what it feels like in atlanta, 9 building up that will be diving down next week. If you think this is cold wait next till wednesday or thursday. Going across the warm waters of the great lakes, that is bigtime lakeeffect snow and jamesdown which is where we find abcs Adrienne Bankert this morning. Good morning, adrienne. Reporter good morning to you, rob. You know exactly what this is like standing out in the snow and weve got to tell you as you mentioned heavy snow across the great lakes. Its also been snowing very treacherous conditions and visibility reduced to half a mile making for a long messy and dangerous ride. Overnight it pounded new york, ohio and michigan. There is a lot of snow. Its still snowing. Look at this. Reporter in chautauqua county, new york, 22 inches of snow on the ground and up to two feet expected to fail throughout in cleveland, parking lots filled with abandoned car. This is a mess. Im about to get my abominable snowmanman. Reporter cars sliding off 90 in new york as plows worked to clear the snow. We caught up with one. I never put one in the ditch yet. So i feel pretty confident in my ability to drive in this but its the people around me that square she. Reporter in perrysburg, york, homeowners try to clear out. I dont wait for it to get too deep. The snow coming down at a rate of two inches per hour and its not over yet. I like the snow or i would probably have moved. Theres nothing wrong with this. This is heaven. How can you beat it. Reporter yeah, heaven, at 20 degrees with a windchill in the teens and first major snowstorm ready for more. I hate to hair that. Thank you, adrienne, and rob. We appreciate. We want to move to the breaking news in the fight against isis. Ash carter announced that more american troops are heading over to syria and abcs lama hasan is on that story from our london bureau. Lama, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, dan. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says 200 more additional troops will head to syria, including trainers, disposal units to help the forces fighting isis and recapture its stronghold of raqqah. It comes as the Coalition Carries out its largest air strike to date pounding and destroying 136 tanker trucks near the ancient city of palmyra. The battle for syrias largest with Syrian Government forces backed by russia claiming they control more than 90 of the city and residents fleeing streaming out on foot. More than 8,000 leaving since friday. Just days after abc news tracked the return to the city with images showing buildings leveled and streets destroyed. Paula. Yeah, those images tough to see. We want to move to the dramatic comments as dylann played for the jury. At times he was laughing his his confession and Steve Osunsami has more. Reporter for the first time we hear this accused racist and mass murderer try and explain himself this morning. I was sitting there and i was just thinking about whether i should do it for the. Reporter in this confess recorded by agents from the fbi 22yearold dylann roof acts as if hes talking about a night out on the town. Yes. What kind of gun did you use . A glock 45. Reporter in videos played in court from outside this historic plaque church we see the faces of the nine parishioners roof is accused of killingle. This is the last moments of their life. Cynthia hurd and reverend pinckney left behind two little girl there is why did you have to do it . Well, i had to do it somebody had to do something because black people are killing white people every day. Reporter he says he bought the gun seen here after his 21st birthday. How many times did you reload . All the times. When i think a magazine its like i went pop, pop, pop, pop. He calls himself a white martin case in florida woke him up. For good morning america, Steve Osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Steve, thank you. Just horrifying to listen to and to watch especially to see those victims in their final moments. We have to switch gears and talk about the radical new step taken by samsung as part of their massive recall of those galaxy note 7 phones. Samsung has already recalled the phones after reports that some caught pfeifer. Some, however, holding on to those phones s planning a Software Update that will make the remaining phones inoperable. Gloria rivera has details. Reporter its been a long and costly road for samsung and not over yet. Theyre appearing to throw a hail mary rolling out an update to make sure every last phone that could pose a threat is disabled. Samsung is rolling out a virtual kill switch. The over the air update already agreed to by three of the countrys biggest wireless providers will prevent the note 7 from chaing at all and eliminate their ability to work as noble devices. This is their last ditch effort to get them out of peoples hands. Reporter hoping it will be the last one. Shortly after the companys newest flagship device launched, reports emerged of devices smoking, cracking, even bursting into flames setting off fires in customers pockets, homes and cars. I saw a small red burst and sizzled and burned. Reporter even after they started this worldwide effort some of those new devices too 93 of all recalled note 7s sold in the u. S. Have been returned but according to samsung u. S. Customers are still hanging on to more than 130,000 of those phones. People do need to return these phones. Theyve been recalled and are dangerous. Reporter theyre still offering replacement devices when note 7s are turned in. At least one major carrier, verizon, is pushing back refusing the update says it does not want to let have a replacement without a phone especially in an emergency situation especially during the holiday season. Samsung trying to take matters in their own hands. We have more serious weather to tell you about so lets go back to rob marciano. Hi, rob. Hi, paula. We often talk about when the cold air is in place, a matter of time before moisture gets into it i. The plains and developing across nebraska and traversing the great lakes, snow in chicago, milwaukee, green bay, during the day tomorrow. This is not lakeeffect, buffalo, you get a piece as well. By the time it gets to the northeast warmer air will get into the 95 corridor. The Northern New York and Northern New England will see show and could see 4, 5, 6 inches especially north of interstate 90 so be aware of that. Weekend with temperatures in the teens. Look for highs today in the 20s with dry weather through this afternoon. A winter storm watch goes into effect at 6pm today. If you have travel plans most of today is dry. By this southeast wisconsin. Look for steady snow it is a beautiful albeit brisk morning in central park. If you wouldnt mind im going to slide back inside for the next half hour. I asked paula. She said you do have to stay outside for the rest of the show. I didnt. Sorry. Its actually dan that told you had to be out there to begin with. It was all dans fault to begin with that sent you out in the right here. Well settle in the commercial break. Theres a lot of other news and for that we kick it over to ron claiborne. I think he should stay out there for authenticity. He can come back tomorrow. Good morning, we begin with breaking news, the senate averting a Government Shutdown by passing a spending bill and president obama promptly signed it and democrats have been delaying the vote asking for coal miners and it will keep it going through april. New development in the deadly hot air balloon crash that killed 16 in texas this past summer. Authorities saying that the pilot had taken a cocktail of medications prohibited before takeoff. Skip nichols had at least sen different drugs including oxycodone. He had hit high tension wires. He had been convicted of drunk driving at leastou and officials in oakland, california, have ruled out a faulty refrigerator as the cause of that massive warehouse fire that killed 36. Investigators saying they are still focusing on the Electrical Systems at the warehouse as the possible cause of that fire. And the governor of florida says mosquitoes are no longer infecting people with the zika virus in his state and delivering it free of zika for lastcalled zika sewn has been cleared and the centers for Disease Control lifting its advisory urging pregnant women to stay away but still urging cause. A case of road rage. Two Truck Drivers stropping drank and one driver attack the other trying to pull him from behind the fourwheeler. Third driver also then joined the fight. One of them pulls out a metal pipe. No word on any arrests. Pittsburgh could be forgiven. 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