Climate control studios in new york. Im kendis gibson. Im hoping youre staying warm. Im Adrienne Bankert in for diane. From upstate new york in oswego. Blinding snow and wind. And to make marys worse, temperatures there are dipping into the Single Digits this morning. The folks up there are quite used to it. Morning lows zero in chicago and new york city. Its not much better. Everywhere in between and its minus 35, can you believe that, up there in caribou, maine. I dont think i could handle that the problems on the west coast, rain and snow sweeping off the pacific. Mudslides are a concern. Parts of the sierras could get four to six feet of snow and Angelica Spanos has details. Reporter whiteout conditions and blinding snow cripples drivers in upstate new york. Its brutal but its you get used to it eventually but, yeah, its real cold out. Reporter a dangerous windchill and gusty winds below zero in parts of the region. In vermont, the cold will draw skiers and boarders to the slopes this weekend. On days like today its some challenging working conditions, but theyre taking lots of breaks and layering up. Reporter brave to be in the snow in early december some say fighting the cold is all in the clothing. Theres the old norwegian saying, theres no sup thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Reporter Public Safety officials from the midwest to new england warned to limit time outside. The bonechilling air has new yorkers moving even faster. Furry hoods, puffy coats and snow boots are on full display. Ive heard its a good plan to put on layers so im layered up. I mean like i look like one of those sandwiches that, you know, got three pieces of bread and you got the lettuce and the tomatoes. You got to stay layered up and you got to move real point b. Reporter even the west coast is dealing with weather woes. Heavy rain coming in overnight. California residents bracing for flash floods and debris flow across the state. Angelica spanos, abc news, new york. Boy, as you can see from all of that, todays National Forecast is keeping many weather folks busy. Quite a few problems. Can be slick and slippery. Lets get details interest accuweathers justin povick. Good morning, justin. Kendis and adrienne, thanks, good morning to you. Tracking snow, sleet, freezing rain, virtually every time of frozen precipitation for today over the upper midwest and back into the great lakes. Notice where it goes later on, toward the windy city of chago. Icy roads possible. Bigtime flight delays will be a possibility, as well. All makes its move into the northeast and potentially even some icing into the southeast as we head in toward friday night with several inches of snow north of i80. Kendis, adrienne, back to you. Thank u. Take action after u. S. Intelligence officials claim russian president Vladimir Putin was directly linked to hacking aimed at influencing the president ial election. We can expect to hear from him this afternoon. For now he tells npr he made it clear the russian interference will be addressed and said hes already put putin on notice. I think theres no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing, some of it may be explicit and publicized. Some of it may not be. But mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this because i spoke to him directly about it. The president is awaiting a final report on the cyberattacks from the intelligence community. Hes ordered an investigation to be cpl office. And the president will hold his year end News Conference this afternoon at 2 15 eastern time and you did watch it live right here on abc. President elect donald trump continued his defense of the kremlin on twitter questioning why the white house waited until after Hillary Clinton lost to complain about the lacking. However, we should point out the Obama Administration did bring up the investigation one month before the election with a statement 17 intelligence agencies saying only russias seniormost officials could have authorize eyed the hacks. New reaction from Hillary Clinton saying putin was motivated by a longtime grudge against her. During a speech to donors in new york the former secretary of state said putin was upset because she had suggested russias 2011 parliamentary elections were not free and fair. The Democratic National committee and Clintons Campaign chairman were the main targets of the hacks. Discuss the hacking claims as he held a thank you rally in pennsylvania last night. But donald trump did slam White House Press secretary josh earnest calling him foolish. Earnest has criticized imhitting he should stop attacking the u. S. Intelligence agency and suggested he knew russia was trying to interfere with the election. Trump fired back. You know, having the right press secretary is so important. Because he is so bad the way he delivers a message. He can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. He could say, ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated isis and it wouldnt sound good, okay. All right. I have a feeling they wont be saying it but i know we will be saying it. But one note, trump did praise president obama as positive and even cut off some boos in the crowd that were dec outgoing president. Breaking overnight a suspect is now in custody after an armed standoff north of seattle. That standoff started after a Police Officer was shot. The officer we are told is in serious but stable condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say he was responding to a call in mt. Vernon. The alleged shooter then barricaded himself inside a home while firing at other officers. A second officer had a minor injury and they believe he had taken hostages in the home. Part of the neighborhood was evacuated and a nearby pledge placed on lockdown. Overseas now and it could take several more days for rebels as well as civilians to evacuate wartorn aleppo as a shaky ceasefire holes on for now. An estimated 50,000 people have fled the oppositions final holdout. This is in syrias bloody fiveyear civil war. President Bashar Al Assad you see him smiling there calling it historic the event thats taken comparable he says to the birth of christ. A u. N. Official calls it a black chapter in the history of international affairs. Well, still ahead, if you plan to shop today you may want to do it online. Details on Free Shipping friday. And breaking overnight an explosion leveling a home. Two people inside escaping with their lives. What were learning may have caused it. Plus, the faa is warning about a trendy new christmas display. Breaking overnight a massive explosion destroys a house in suburban chicago. A father and daughter inside the home were burned. A cloud of smoke and flames could be seen for miles. That gas leak had been reported in the neighborhood and workers were going door to door evacuating residents when the blast happened. One of the victims critically injured. Also in that area a huge scare for passengers on a flight from the chicago area to florida. The allegiant janet air jet had to turn back after a bird strike shortly after taking off from Rockford Illinois for punto gordo. One of the engines were damaged badly. Some of the passengers began screaming but it landed safely and no one hurt. A bird strike forced a Southwest Airlines flight to make an Emergency Landing shortly after it took off. This time at chicagos midway airport. The 737 was heading for las vegas. It returned to midway and landed without any injuries, as well. Bird strikes are an increasing problem. A growing danger to airplanes on the ground is coming from an unexpected source. Festive holiday lights. Theyre reporting a strike in laser strikes targeting airplane cockpits as a result of christmas light displays on the ground. Across the country laser light and similar brands are flying off store shelves. Now the faa is warns them about the new projectors saying they could cause harm to pilots or aircrafts. Theres a danger that you could injure the crew. Star showers parent companying telling abc news in a statement, the product complies with faa and fda guidelines. As an extra caution, the instructions recommends the user not project the laser lights at or within the flight path of an aircraft and to avoid direct eye contact. The faa advising homeowners to use caution when setting up projectors and make sure theyre aimed at buildings not towards the sky. And this Christmas Season pilots on two commercial flights reported being hit with laser light displays. Well have more on the faas new warning coming up on good morning america. Facebook is taking a new step in cracking down on socalled fake news. The social media giant is teaming up with professional journalists to fact check its also making it easier for users to report what they consider to be fake news. Now, Fact Checkers partnering with facebook include the associated press, the Washington Post and right here, abc news. Nothing fake about this one. Today is Free Shipping day with more than 1,000 retailers taking part including target, best buy, toys r us and jcpenney. All participating retailers guarantee delivery by Christmas Eve which is really important. It is a crucial element of the shopping season. Yeah. Postage season. When we come back new details overnight about the water crisis in another american city. The blame game beginning. Who the mayor says is at fault. And remembering a broadcasting legend. How nba players and many others are paying tribute to broadcaster craig sager. T this. Hashtag stuffy nose. Hashtag no sleep. Hashtag mouthbreather. Just put on a breathe right strip. It instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. Shut your mouth and breathe right. And let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home. Cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. Which means your floors are always clean. You and roomba, from irobot. Better. Together. Gahmom washed our clothes. Idly losing credibility as handymen. One wash with tide pods and were right back where we started. We look like catalogue models who trusts a clean handyman anyway . Yeah turns out it was just dirt thats gross they had built up a respectable, dingy character over the past couple washes. We earned that dinge look how good we look we cant look this good dinge is the dirt the bargain detergent cant get to. Tide pods can. Its got to be tide. We asked woman to smell two body washethey both smell good. Rite. I like b better. I prefer b. B. I would like to smell like this every day. But what was body wash a . Ohhhh i love bath and bodyworks. I have this in my bathroom. And what was the one they preferred . Ohhhh. This is suave. Really . Thats quite a bit of smelling good. Suave three fragrances preferred over bath and body works. Nasa now has eight new mini satellites circling the earth right now. They were loaded on to a rocket released from the underside of a jetliner. That is cool stuff. They are part of 157 million system that will measure surface winds in hurricanes. Wow. Back here on earth a look at this mornings road conditions. Watch out for flooding in southern california. Heavy snow from the rockies all the way across to the northeast coast were feeling it and wet roads from the gulf coast up to tennessee. Okay, if youre flying bets are youll probably be delayed because a whole lot of cities are on the list including Salt Lake City there. The penalty phase will begin january 3rd for the man convicted in the Charleston Church massacre. A South Carolina jury yesterday took only two hours to convict dylann roof on all 33 counts. In last years mass murder of nine parishioners at a historic black church. The same jury will decide whether the 22yearold white supremacist should be executed. Roof intends to handle his own defense during the sentencing phase. Well, deep into the holiday baking season more than 300,000 residents texas, have been told to the to use their tap water indefinitely. A chemical used to emulsify asphalt leaked into the water supply and residents are being told to only use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing and that boiling or freezing it will not make it safe. Ah, how frustrating. Well, the College Holiday bowl between minnesota and Washington State could be in jeopardy. Minnesota players threatening a boycott now over the indefinite suspension of ten of their teammates accused of sexual assault. The incident happened back in september. The players involved telling police it was consensual. No charges were filed. No arrests were made. A longtime fixture on nba broadcasts has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Sideline reporter craig sager died yesterday from a rare form of leukemia and spent 26 seasons on National Broadcasts for turner sports. 65yearold leaves behind his wife stacy and five children. The illinois native made a name for himself with his colorful wardrobe. As such the Milwaukee Bucks were among the teams that paid tribute to sagers sartorial style with last last night. They took the floor wearing warmup shirts outlined with polka dots. What a sweet story, what a sweet man, really changing the broadcasting world with that. Time now for sports including thursday night football. Our friends from espn with the highlights. Good morning, america. While you are getting up we have not yet gone to bed. Exactly. Special africa. Hes kevin. Im nicole. Big night in the nfl. Nfc west champion, they are Seattle Seahawks heading back to the postseason for the fifth straight year. Thats john fossil making his interim head coaching debut after jeff fisher was fired by the rams earlier in the week. Thats russell wilson. He can throw the deep ball. Led. They get the rock back. Jared goff, this is him scrambling and he is leveled by a sherman tank. You got Richard Sherman unhappy about playing on the short rest like you saw Roger Goodell and goffs helmet. 243, seahawks win. Kings warrior, they like to share taking on the knicks leading with 31 assists per game entering thursday. More sharing is caring. There was a point where they were 26 buckets, 26 assists. Ian clark would get selfish at one point. Some pretty passing. It was a good game for the warriors, 10390. You know, College Bowl Season starts on saturday. It will never end. Have a good morning. All right. Good morning to you. Well, up next in the pulse, rogue one is hitting theaters and no spoilers, we promise. But we do have some of the first reviews. Tom bradys Scavenger Hunt whippi whos the genius who puts a girl in heels on a subway grate . Miss monroe, eat a snickers. Why . You get a little cranky when youre hungry. Better . Much better. This scene will never make the cut. And there are some people should give undeyouashouldnt. Oliday. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. No. Should. No way. Should. No. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. It is friday. It is pulse time. Yes. Adrienne agetting down to it. One of the most anticipated openings of the holiday season. Yes, it is. Rogue one a star wars story opened nationwide last night. Its a standalone film in the star wars universe from disney, our parent company. Many fans dressing up as their favorite star wars characters as they do whenever you go see a film in hollywood and youre a super, super juiced geeked out fan. Others chilled out literally spending days outdoors in washington, d. C. To see the movie. It was cold. It was the top trending subject on twitter all night. Most of the reviews positive saying its a must see for fans. Peter travis was a fan of it as well. Absolutely. New England PatriotsQuarterback Tom Brady has s presents for a few obsessed fans but you have to find them. Did he buy them at a store . No, apparently not. Hidden three pairs of uggs around boston and leaving clues where to find them. The uggs may make you say ug. All are used and he posted do they smell and hes like, oh, yeah. They want to smell brady feet. Brady toes. His new cologne. Next, some new details on that big teddy bear news weve been following out of los angeles. We have an update to the story thats gone viral about the fault of a giant stuffed teddy bear posted by the tsa on its Instagram Account after its confiscated the big guy from its owner. It was reportedly apparently staged by youtube prankster. Really . Gosh. But the moral of the story remains the same. The tsa is still reminders travelers to common they can reasonably expect to carry on to planes. Also, yeah, anyways, i dont want to even say it. I dont want to offend teddy bear lovers. A keurig for wine . Introducing the devine. It doesnt make the wine but can aerate earth and quickly cool it to perfection inschedule of a k cup they come in single serve tubes. Nice. But there is nothing happy about the temperatures outside your door right now. Freeze warnings in effect across the area. To put it another way its colder in the district, than it is in anchorage, alaska this morning. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen for late tonight into saturday morning for western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late in the war on terror this morning mass, desperate on in aleppo, syria this morning. For many, a seat on a bus is a ticket to survival. A group of 47 orphans posted a video this week begging for help to get out of the city. The red cross says evacuations could take several days. The city has been retaken by government forces, after a bloody campaign with rebel fighters. Meanwhile turkish government officials are now blasting a deal to accept thousands of Syrian Refugees. The nations president says the deal with the European Union should have paid turkey more than 3billion dollars in aid, and granted turkish citizens visafree travel in the eu. But so far the travel passes have not been issued. As more Syrian Refugees arrive turkey Officials Say the clock is ticking. Domestic violence is the leading motive for murder in prince georges county. Now maryland is creating a task force to stop it. This comes 10 months after the brutal murder of a woman and her baby allegedly at the hands of the babys father. The task force is victims, neshante and chloe. I want awareness to come from it education to come from it i want to be able to save someone. The task force met thursday with the goal of making recommendations to the governor and legislature and hoping to stop the next killing tied to a domestic dispute. Covering metro the Agency Unveils its new rail hours and not everyone is liking it. Starting next july metro will close at 1 am on fridays and saturdays. Itll be open until 11 pm on sundays and 11 30 monday through thursday. Latenight hours have been an ongoing debate. Metro wants more time for crews to make repairs but customers and businesses want safe Transportation Options late at night. Its xx and were just getting started. Unbearable cold gripping states across the country. The winter blast bringing snow and several states. Our stormwatch 7 weather team is tracking the system and we will break down its impact hour by hour. Complete coverage coming up. Good morning washington. Winter storm watch for late tonight into saturday morning for western md and the eastern panhandle of wv. Cold today wintry mix overnight then to all rain saturday midmorning 60 by sunday morning; 30s by the evening refreeze likely sunday night into monday morning warmer by Christmas Today cold. Increasing clouds. Highs 2733 winds s 5 mph tonight cloudy with light snow, sleet, and freezing rain developing. Roads may be slick, mainly north. Lows 2127 winds s 510 mph saturday Early Morning freezing rain to all rain. Rain tapers off shortly after noon. Turning windy. Highs 4856 winds sw 1015 g 30mph late back to our big