we continue to track the strong storm coming on thursday. moderate to heavy rain. a 3 on the scale with wind gusts over 30 miles per hour. mike nicco will have an update starting at 4:30 a.m. that is our report as always, we appreciate your time. i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. for all of us, thanks for joining us. on jimmy kimmel.rahmie mahlik. have a good night. remember, you can weigh in on facebook at wnnfans.com and on twitter @abcwnn. you re watching world news now. g world news now. take delsym, the #1 12-hour uncontrolcough medicine. it helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. which means, you re controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you re joking with beth. even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. and when your days over, your cough is still under control. thanks to the #1 12-hour cough medicine. delsym. the cough controller. and grease in just a minute on dirt and grime mr. clean will clean your w
tmz and later speaking with reporters. just friends, just friends. a good man. we ve been friends for a long time. life. reporter: but the headlines everywhere else? rex tillerson, the exxon ceo trump tapped for secretary of state touting his vast experience at dealing successfully with all types of foreign governments. among them? russia. now accused by american intelligence agencies including the cia of deploying hackers to disrupt the trump, himself, still doesn t believe it. tillerson has a long history with russia s president, vladimir putin, seen here in a champagne toast. known him since 1999, and i have a very close relationship with him. reporter: awarding tillerson the highest award for foreigners, the white house breaking from the transition with this direct shot at trump. throughout his campaign, the pursue warmer relations with russia, so what better way to do that than choose somebody awarded the order of friendship. reporter: russia sees him as a st
tennis player. so even though she didn t make that happen, we say she did pretty well. we say congratulations. huge, well deserved. yep. a soccer fan from afghanistan is back in the news after receiving the thrill of a lifetime. so this photo of the then 5-year-old boy went viral in january. he s wearing a messi jersey made from a plastic bag. well, messi sent him a real jersey saying pick me. this week, it happened. the two met in qatar, and now the 6-year-old superman would not leave messi s side and took part in a pre-match ceremony. see how he bolted there towards him? like, okay, go ahead, and the kid s, like, nope, i m good, i m good right here. stay here all game. it s great to see messi do that. that s something that ronaldo would do. yes, he things for children in need. for himself. no. we love ronaldo and messi, but a beautiful moment. it is, indeed. yeah. see, focus on that part. coming up, major brands sitting out this year s super bowl, and
john glenn. indecent proposal, a bizarre scene at an alabama gas station. police pulling their tasers on a man in front of his girlfriend. i will. turns out it was all an elaborate proposal. she may have said yes, but a lot of other people are saying no. and breaking overnight, actor alan thicke dies suddenly of an apparent heart attack son. the touching tribute to the 69-year-old growing pains star from his family, costars and many fans. today is wednesday, december 14th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this to, the death of alan thicke. i went to bed early and i saw that and it took my breath away. there is something about the guy who had been part of growing pains and he s a frequent guest with us on our show. you cohosted one of the hours on the show. he has a way of making everyone next to him better. look
to a cold start across the region. take a look at satellite and radar, too as we have cloud cover and also some precipitation down to the south. you can see that it s mainly a southern system and bulk of it is going to miss us but we re getting clipped right down in cape may county and southern delaware. parts of cumberland county and atlantic county as well with some snow showers that are going to rotate through during the morning and then be done sometime around lunchtime but a small accumulation is possible down there and you do want to slow it down. winter weather advisory until 1 o clock this afternoon. that s about the extent of the snow showers. light snow and maybe a little bit of sleet mixed in. accumulation probably only about an inch. 21 degrees right now in philadelphia, 24 in millville just 14 in allentown and when you factor in a light breeze it feels like it s 10 in the city and two in allentown and as bad as those numbers are that s an improvement over the l