Jlaw strikes back. For weeks, her costar, chris pratt, pranks her by cropping her out of the social media photos. See what the actress finally did for sweet revenge. Its wednesday, december 14th. From abc news, this is world news now. Youd never do that to me, right . Never crop you out at all. However, did it many times. We say good morning on this wednesday morning, we are filled with love with two weeks to go until christmas. We start with the cold, we want to warm up, especially the folks in the north right now. Thats right. So chicago in the center of the nation expected to plunge into the Single Digits overnight, the coldest december air in years for the windy city. The dangerous weather deadly in upstate new york, a 12yearold boy pulled from a snow bank died, the second child managed to survive. The boys were buried when a dumped snow on them as they were playing. A driver in the meantime in minnesota rescued after her car landed in this icy pond. Take a look at the temperatures. Well into record territory. With more on this, alex perez in frozen chicago. Reporter that arctic blast turning roads outside chicago to ice rinks. Outside minneapolis, one woman lucky to be alive after she goes off the road into a frozen pond. One person rushing over with a wood palette, the driver using a fire exting winner to smash the window and pulled to safety. Bands of snow moving through ohio and indiana leaving more accidents in the wake. Back in chicago, rail workers light fires to keep switches warm. Riders bundling up. Three layers, the sweatshirt, and work clothes. Reporter colder air on the way, a medical suspect frostbite patients burn themselves because they stick numb hands in front of a heat source not realizes its hot. Reporter chicago is worse. The High Temperature felt like 9 degrees. Today, it will feel like 9 below 0. Alex per residencies, abc news, chicago. He looks really cold there. Man. The cold weather is moving towards the east coast as well. With more on that, accuweathers paul williams. Kendis, diane, this arctic air will not back down. In fact, for wednesday, were expecting the real feel or feel like 40 below near bismarck, 30 below near minneapolis, and thats bad enough. The problem is the icy air gives us a second shot of lake effect snow wednesday into thursday. We could see snow locally two feet in areas. Dark blue in portions of michigan going into ohio, pennsylvania, and even going into portions of new york. This colds front is approaching we already have more than our fair share of cold air yiegt now, but theres the second punch of arctic air, and so the coldest air of the season will slide through wednesday night and overtake the east coast thursday. Diane, kendis. All right. Thanks to paul there. President elect donald trump took a break from another day of marathon meetings to thank supporters in wisconsin. For the first time, trump appeared in public with House Speaker paul ryan who repeatedly criticized as you recall in the campaign. While some people booed at the mention of ryans name, but trump calmed the crowd and praised ryan. Hes like a fine wine. Every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. Now, if he goes against me, im not going to say that, okay . Hes a great guy. If only hed be more honest. So trump also uses the rally to praise his pick for secretary of state, calling Rex Tillerson one leaders of our time. Tillerson is facing political opposition over his close relationship with vladimir putin, but trump sees it as an asset. Earlier in the day, trump played host to kanye west and personally escorted the rapper down to the lobby of trump tower. Trump called him a friend and good man. West said he wanted to take a picture. He later tweeted that he was there to discuss multicultural issues. West was recently hospitalized after a series of bizarre rants and a cancelled tour. A teen is facing charges after entering trump tower with a bag of weapons including a knife and fireworks. Authorities say 19yearold Alexander Wang was stopped by secret service aepgts at a Security Check point monday. Pli they say hes a trump supporter. Nerves rattled with military planes circling new york city. It was a Training Exercise to bolster security where the president elec there was a rescue and c13 or. New details about horrors taking place in aleppo and growing humanitarian crisis there. Unconfirmed reports this morning of executionstyle killings in the final hours of the battle. U. N. Says at least 8 it 2 people were shot including dozens of women and children. Another report claims that more than 50,000 are threatened with field executions. Syrias ambassador to the u. N. Denied the executions but noted it was their right to target terrorists. Back at home to a possible mistrial in the high profile murder for hire case in florida. Jurors in the trial tell the judge they cant reach a verdict. Lets get the details now. Reporter deadlocked. We, the jury, feel we cannot reach a unanimous decision. Reporter the jury in that dramatic murder for hire trial telling the court they cannot agree on a verdict after beginning deliberations. Prosecutors say she undercover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. The state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by the police. Is your husband michael . Okay. Sorry to tell you, maam, hes been killed. Reporter jurors saw this video, she in a car with a phoney killer for hire. While she did not testify, she says she was just acting as part of a Reality Tv Show maintaining her innocence in an interview with abc. Reporter did you want your husband dead . No, absolutely not. Reporter did you hire a hitman to kill your husband . No. Reporter in 2011, she was convicted of solicitation to commit first degree murder, sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that was overturned on appeal. For now, the judge sent home to rest and will ask them to continue deliberating in the morning. Abc news, new york. Asian markets mostly higher this morning as investors look to two major milestones in the days ahead. The dow is approaching 20,000. It closed yesterday at 19,911, and they are expected to have an interest hike today at the conclusion of the meeting, only the second hike in the last ten years. Looks like were closer to having cars that talk to each other. Federal highway officials are moving on plans to install short range communication radios into all new vehicles. The wifilike technology could avoid crashes by sending information like positions and speed to other vehicles. The holiday table may be short of a key ingredient this year. The makers of reddiwip say theres a shortage of the product. Signs about the shortage have started showing up in Grocery Stores around the country. Well, it was here for a time for e of the deal called crime time. He was known as the beast when he was on wwe. Now hes the guy who stopped a wouldbe armed robber in a south florida gas station. He said after refuse iing the suspects demands, he flashed a gun. He said he was going to rob the place. Well, thats when he decided to take action. I grabbed him by the back of the head and run him into the store door, and i get him outside, and grabbed him, throw him up and get him to the ground. Did what came natural. I was not trying to be a hero. I was hoping to see him take a leap from the counter, flying elbow. From the counter. Back from the wwe days. Hes in los angeles now where hes starting an acting career. He still has a wrestling career there. He says hes to have an audition he did. All right. That guy learned a lesson. Coming up, waiting for a holiday clidelivery, we may kno where your package is. What we found out this morning about this mail truck fire, where it happened, and what to do if your package was on that truck. Remembers a giant in the world of television comedy. What we found out this morning about the death of actor, song writer, and composer, alan thicke who died suddenly yet afternoon at the age of 69. Youre watching world news now. World news now weather brought to you by United Health care. Care. But it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, call today to request a free decision guide. With these types of plans, youll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. Plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. 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Here at home, a consumer alert about a brand thats a kitchen staple in millio recalling 8 million food processers from back of 20 years due to reports of razor sharp metal finding their way into food. Reporter the urgent warning as millions of americans prepare to do some holiday cooking. Conair, the maker recalling 8 million food processers. The concern . These riveted blades, specifically with four rivets and a beige Plastic Center hub. The company says over time, the blades can crack, sending small metal pieces into your food. There are dozens of incidents of cuts to the mouth and broken teeth because of the products. Reporter conair says 69 reports of people finding metal in their food. These are in millions of americans homes, incoming my own, and they are dangerous products. Reporter the recall including 22 models sold over the last 20 years. You can find that model on the bottom of your machine. The company is offering a free replacement blade. Abc news, new york. All right. When we come back, fellow celebrities remember a tv giant, alan thicke. How jlaw got back at her costar, chris pratt. The skinnys next. World news now starting the skinny off with a sad note this morning. Yeah. And it really is a surprising one as well. Act actor, song writer, and composer, alan thicke passed away at the age of 69. He suffered a heart attack playing hockey with one of his sons yesterday. Thicke appeared on fuller house recently, but best known as the lovable tv dad, dr. Jason sever on growing pains. I have a great title for the column, how about between your ears. Sounds kind of crowded. How about something punchy like, shrink wrap. No, seriously, how do you like mine . Oh, well, its time for your bath. He composed several songs, the facts of life, different strokes, and wheel of fortune. How . He wrote it. Wheel of fortune. Okay. Yeah. Still talented, very talented. Of course thickes son, robin, tells the los angeles times, his father was, quote, the greatest man i ever met. Social media lighting up with tributes. Actress paula patton married to robin for ten years, tweeted out about the preciousness of life. And fuller house costar shared a photo of the two of them saying her heart hurts. The oilers shared this photo of thicke, an avid fan, on the ice with hall of famer wayne gretsky. Oh. So many people will be remembering him later on today as well. Uhhuh. Next on to a much liter note, and ups the battle with chris pratt. Shes been the butt of his pranks, cropping her out of the phot photos. But she finally got some sweet revenge monday night on jimmy kimmel marching out of the studio on to hollywood boulevard, hailed a bus, grabbed a can of spray paint, and showed that chris pratt a thing or two. Did a good job covering his giant face, not only blacking out the face with it, but gave him red difl eyes to cap it off at the end as well. She said she felt better after. The two of them have a great rivalry going. Great to watch in interviews as well. The producers interesting spelling there. Like that . Yeah. The producers the fast and furious, fate of the furious, the new sequel, should be record with the new trailer. Universal sunday launch of the trailer became the largest debut ever setting a global record of 139 million views in just 24 hours. I think i found my time. Then this should be interesting. You want to play like that . Fate of the furious, the eighth title, zooms into theaters april 14th. Finally, rumored match in heaven is red carpet official. The olympic gold medallist stepped out together for the Sports Illustrated sports person of the year ceremony at the Barclays Center in brooklyn. Four months after you might remember he asked her out on a date via a video going viral on social media. So cool. 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Reporter his pianist finds his jazz dream going south fast. Youre fired. Its christmas. Reporter the chemistry with stone is a major plus for lalalands writer and director. You put them on screen together, and they create magic that is, like, its the best special effect. Its beautiful music, i have to say. We met in a bar by my house, and when i walked home, the music theme was in my inbox. Wow, he has a chance of making Something Special here. Reporter audiences are likely to agree as the boy from cornwall, ontario, now a father of two young daughters by long time love eva mendez discovered returning to canada. I saw it in toronto, a very unique experience. Maybe im not good enough. Yes, you are. Maybe im not. Im a fan of this genera of mus music, and it seemed that ship had sailed, so it was amazing to have the opportunity to make Something Like this. Reporter im Chris Connelly in los angeles. We debated on set, but who is hotter . Ryan reynolds or ryan gosling. I dont know. What . Thats all you got . I dont know . I got nothing. We have a poll on our twitter page. The soccer fan making news in america this morning, Donald Trumps highprofile meetings with titans of the Tech Industry and kanye west. This as the president elect fills out his cabinet and gets set for some bruising confirmation fights. Arctic blast that has millions of americans saying, its too cold too soon. All of this with the official start of winter still a week away. The forecast coming up. Alan thicke gone too soon. The entertain enand famous sitcom star has passed away after suffering a heart attack. We have emotional reaction coming in. A former pro wrestler with a takedown coming to the rescue when a wouldbe robber tries to steal at a gas station. He says hes no hero