Secret evidence, and who he believes was involved. Do you feel you know who killed Jonbenet Ramsey . Only on gma this morning. All i want for christmas is you and just nine days till christmas. A holiday decorating danger. The new warning from the government about those popular laser lights. Taking over homes across the country. I wont even wish for snow and we do say good morning, america. And we do have a busy friday morning for you. That big chill spreading from california to maine now. It is cold out there and, robin, lets take a look at rochester, minnesota, this morning at the new snowstorm moving in, and lets take a live look at hamburg, new york. Definitely a wall of ice. Whoa. And it is cold out there this morning. Our team is standing by for all the latest on that. First the breaking news about russian interference in our election. The fbi now investigating Vladimir Putin, and as president obama promises to retaliate, the russian president continues to deny he ordered it. Our tsa correspondent brian ross is here with the details. Good morning, brian. Good morning, george. President obama is now vowing retaliation against the russians for the cyberattack stirring the president ial election as the kremlin demands the u. S. Put up or shut up, present any evidence it has that implicates them. Reporter president obama this morning says he confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacking during the global summit in china this past september, and the president told npr radio, the u. S. Is now prepared to retaliate. I think there is 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, and 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. Reporter putin in japan this morning did not address the issue. But u. S. Officials say they now have solid evidence that putin personally ordered and directed the brazen cyberattack. Thats not something they say lightly. Thats something they say when they do have a smoking gun. Reporter and now Officials Say the onetime kgb colonel and master spy will actually be one of the targets of the fbi investigation into the hacking. Regardless of who is responsible, what we need to show is that there is no free pass, and that we can hold people accountable. Reporter from his skyscraper office in new york, president elect trump has continued to defend russia and putin as he did during and since the campaign. Could also be lots of other people. It could also be someone on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. Reporter but even fellow republicans are now warning the russian hacking could jeopardize the confirmation of trumps choice to be secretary of state. Exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson who has been an unabashed admirer of Vladimir Putin. Trump still has not acknowledged the russians are behind the hacking, but in a tweet message just this morning, he said, are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that the head of the dnc illegally gave hillary the questions to the debate . George. For the First Time Since the election were hearing from Hillary Clinton about this, as well, about putin. Thats right. She spoke overnight to donors in new york city at the plaza hotel saying she believes putin had a grudge against her because of comments she made about russian parliamentary elections when she was secretary of state, although we also know the russians targeted both democrats and republicans. They were just more successful with the democrats. And hearing more from president obama at that press conference at 2 15. President elect trump taking his thank you tour to pennsylvania where he called out the white house on its response to those russian hacking allegations. Abcs mary bruce joins us now from the white house with more. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning. Well, robin, for weeks theyve been cooperating, but now president elect trump is taking aim directly at the white house and its getting kind of ugly. The source of the feud, those allegations that russia may have tried to help trump win the election. Overnight, president elect trump back on the road and going after white house spokesman, josh earnest. Trump speaking to supporters in hershey, pennsylvania, tearing into earnest over his comments on russias alleged interference in the election. Benefitting trumps campaign. But mr. Trump obviously knew that russia was engaged in malicious cyberactivity that was helping him and hurting secretary Clintons Campaign. Reporter a comment thats not sitting well with the president elect who doubts u. S. Intelligence that russia was involved. Although this foolish guy, josh earnest i dont know if he is talking to president obama. You know, having the right press secretary is so important. Because he is so bad the way he delivers a message. Reporter Hillary Clinton meanwhile, also on a thank you tour of sorts, hosting the likes of designer vera wang, vogue editor anna wintour and Harvey Weinstein at that party at the plaza hotel. Attendees telling ab news clinton was proud to stand up to Vladimir Putin as secretary of state. Now, Clintons Campaign chairman john podesta is out with a scathing oped in the washington post, taking aim at the fbi, saying the agency is deeply broken. He wants the Obama Administration to declassify that intelligence on whether russia tried to sway the election for trump. Robin. All right, mary, thanks very much. Looks a little cold in d. C. A little bit cold. A little bit cold everywhere. Much more than 100 million are facing Winter Weather alerts and right to ginger. Those alerts spread from california to maine. 38 states are involved in this, michael, and just to give you some perspective, the Chicago Bears play on sunday. Could be their coldest game ever at home. Thats going to be cold. But we go ahead and start in a very cold place this morning, just south of buffalo, new york, where Winter Weather advisories are popping up for the next storm, and our gio benitez is right there. Reporter ginger, good morning to you. Look at this. Im standing on a sheet of ice. This is what some of the roads were like. Thats why they had to shut them down. Its just too dangerous. And just check this out. We have a wall of icicles here. It is just that cold here and across this country. Overnight, icy roads and blinding snow creating hazardous driving conditions as bonechilling temperatures sweep across this country. A bit nippy out here. So cold here. Reporter Winter Weather alerts posted coast to coast in 38 states. In oregon, everything coated in layers of ice from trees to outdoor lights to the roads. In western pennsylvania, nearly 60 vehicles crashing into each other, shutting down part of this interstate. The Winter Weather is making driving nearly impossible. My car wasnt going to make it. I dont have a lot of tread on my tires. Reporter dozens just giving up altogether abandoning their cars. It was a little too slick, too dangerous. We pulled off and walked up the hill. Reporter but even walking in this bitter cold is difficult. The wind is killing me right now. Its like thats probably the worst part about it. Reporter in the northeast, wind gusts reaching close to 70 Miles Per Hour making it feel much colder than it actually is. Im afraid that ill, like, break into pieces from, like, the cold. Reporter and its really no surprise that all of the water from this lake is just freezing up like this. The windchill right now, ginger, zero degrees here. Zero. That does not feel good, and its not even safe to be out there for long periods of time. We dont want you to do that, and we want to warn you about this because a lot of folks are hitting the roads, starting to get to airplane to make holiday travel. That low is already producing snow in parts of the northern plains. Look at this as it moves through, could see up to ten inches, maybe madison, wisconsin there. Six plus in parts of michigan. This is going to affect you tonight through tomorrow morning. I focus on the northeast. A lot of airports will be busy tonight into tomorrow and this is going to be mostly tomorrow. Looks like 1 to 3 inches new york city, back up into the Higher Elevations in new england. You could see more than a half foot, and then this is what i was talking about for that bears game. Check that out. Whoa. Yes. Sunday morning, the windchill there, 23 below. Look at minneapolis. Nearly 50 below for the windchill. Michael is just shaking his head. No, you know what, in green bay, we did a minus 20 something, never again. If i could have walked in and said, just play this one without me, i would have. It was cold. Theyll do it in chicago on sunday. Has a great name. Frozen tundra. Well, its funny to me they say when the weather gets that bad, ginger, what do they say . Stay inside. Take your animals in. Football players, play. Give us a game. Wow. Thats cold. This hit home for you. Memories. Okay. Well move on to the serious story. The latest now on dylann roof, convicted yesterday on 33 charges for murdering nine people in an africanamerican church. Roof could now face the death penalty, and Steve Osunsami has been covering the trial in charleston, south carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning, to you, george. This morning, dylann roof is a convicted murderer and the headline in the local paper is one that many wanted to see. Justice was delivered. And he heads to the sentencing phase of this trial, which begins in this white house behind me in january. Hate was on trial and it lost. Guilty 33 times. 22yearold dylann roof will pay for the nine lives he stole in the basement of this historic black church. Felecia sanders escaped with her life, but watched roof execute her aunt and son. She says shes upset roof wouldnt even look at her on the witness stand. That goes to show you how cold and callous he is. You slaughtered nine people, and you sit there and dont even look. Reporter prosecutors told jurors that his hate for black people was overwhelming. In this fbi confession, they say he laughed nine times. What kind of gun did you use . [ laughs ] a glock. 45. Reporter the government showed jurors this video roof recorded himself, practicing with the same gun he used at the church. Look closely at the phone book. They say thats how he shot his victims standing over them and shooting till they died. We first met reverend Sharon Risher after the killings. And her aunt was murdered in cold blood. She tells us this morning, that even if roof doesnt get the death penalty, hell have to answer to nine angels. If not, then he will spend the rest of his life with those nine angels coming to him every night, talking about jesus. Thats right. Reporter one of those family members told us it took everything in his power not to leap across the courtroom and put his hands on roof. Roof has decided to represent himself in the next phase of this trial. The judge however, is giving him until january 3rd to change his mind. George. Oh, man. Okay, steve. Thanks very much. Now lets go to amy with other stories. Starting with that standoff in seattle. Thats right. It was a tense scene overnight in mt. Vernon, washington, north of seattle where a Police Officer was shot in the head while responding to a domestic disturbance. The suspect barricaded himself in the home. That standoff lasted seven hours, until police fired gas canisters to take him into custody. The officer who was shot is in serious but stable condition. Also new overnight, an explosion destroying a home near chicago. A man and his daughter suffered serious burns jew till utility workers were going door to door at the time, evacuating people because of a reported gas leak. And overseas, the evacuation of civilians from eastern aleppo has been suspended. Syrian state tv claims rebel fighters shattered a ceasefire deal by attacking a convoy. An estimated 8,000 people are trapped in aleppo following this weeks takeover by serious forces aligned with russia. Russian officials are now claiming that all women and children have been evacuated, but the activists on the ground dispute that and worry more fighting is about to begin. Well, authorities in 20 states are suing several drugmakers claiming they manipulated the price of two popular generic drugs. The Drug Companies including mylan and Teva Pharmaceuticals are accused of scheming to fix prices on a diabetes medication and an antibiotic, but they deny those allegations. Parts of corpus christi, texas, is being allowed to use part of its tap water. Most residents are being warned not to use it for any purpose until further notice. Most residents are being wowarne the water. Even boiling it will not make it safe so you got to go with the bottled water there. And an up close view this morning of a rocket launched by nasa from the underside of a plane over the atlantic. The rocket was carrying eight mini satellites that will circle the earth to measure surface winds at the center of hurricanes. Football players at the university of minnesota are threatening to boycott their upcoming bowl game. They are protesting the schools indefinite suspension of ten of their teammates accused in a case of alleged sexual assault. No criminal evidence was found and no charges were ever filed. And finally, tom brady has launched a Scavenger Hunt for his slippers. The patriots quarterback has hidden three pairs of his uggs around boston. Used uggs. Used i was about to go there. He said they might smell. That might get you to find them. He has been putting clues on social media, and at least he autographed the slippers there. And, of course, brady has been a spokesperson for uggs. One fan, though, get this. In the quest to find his uggs, a fan has already been injured apparently they lost a tooth trying to find them. I dont know the story behind it. He deserves a new pair. But a tooth was lost. He needs a new pair if he went through all that, not a used pair. Agreed. Agreed. All right, guys. We are going to celebrate because he would want us to do that. We are celebrating the life of a Sports Broadcasting legend who was recently inducted into the Sports Broadcasting hall of fame. This was just on tuesday. My dear friend, craig sager. He died after a very brave battle with leukemia. He will be remembered for his sports knowledge, his good humor and as you can see, for that style of his. Jason paul from the clippers. At least for tonight the indianapolis 500. Reporter craig sager called himself a kid from illinois who grew up on the chicago cubs and made sports his lifes work, and the legendary sports broadcaster spent over 40 years making that work shine. I thought you were the good humor ice cream man. Thats a nice suit you got on there. Take this and burn it. Reporter he was just as vibrant as those technicolor suits he loved to wear. Sager didnt let a 2014 leukemia diagnosis dampen his spirit. His huge presence missed on the sidelines while he fought the disease. Craig, we miss you. Reporter but sager returned. This is the first time ive enjoyed doing this ridiculous interview were required to do and its because youre here. Reporter and after 26 nba seasons, he finally worked his very first nba finals game this past june. How in the hell you going 30 plus years without getting a finals game . That dont make no sense, but im happy to see you, man. Reporter just weeks after that, he was honored with the jimmy v. Award for perseverance at the espys. If ive learned anything through all of this, its that each and every day is a canvas that needs to be painted. Reporter overnight, an outpouring of memories across the sports community. Players past and present from lebron james to kobe bryant and his tnt colleagues. We lost a brother and a friend. There will never be another craig sager. Reporter one of the most touching tributes from his son craig jr. Tweeting, we packed a lifetime and then some into these 28 years together. Sager reminding us to always live a brilliant life, one full of color and sometimes dotted with floral prints and plaid. Sager strong. I will live my life full of love and full of fun. Its the only way i know how. And he did just that. He didnt wait to be diagnosed to embrace life and the wonderful tributes, he was loved by everyone. Even the players. Absolutely. And did you see it . The milwaukee bucks, what they did. This is a tribute to him to craig last night, so and he was supposed to be there tuesday with all of us going into the hall of fame, and we were told that he was watching us, and we hope he was, because as amy knows, she was there. It was just filled with love. It was, it was beautiful. What an inspiration just hearing his story and how he lived. Yeah, michael, you pointed out how that swap for him to work the finals. They worked out the swap so he could work his first nba final, and you could see the love from the players with him, and the fans looked for him at the game. He was as popular and as wanted at these games as the players. He was hard to miss. That was a great tribute to him. And were thinking of his wife and his five beautiful children. Yeah. Absolutely. Okay. Now lets go back to ginger. You got more snow in the northeast. Yeah, wanted to time it out. We want everybody to be safe. As they make their travels. My parents are trying to come from michigan. I said, you got to get out sooner. Look at this. Tonight, 9 00 p. M. Made its way into chicago and west michigan. Look at some of the roads that will be impacted as you go through saturday very early morning, it starts to snow along the coast. And then snow will change to rain. And thats what i wanted to show you. Even if you get 1 to 3 inches, it will rain on top of it. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the weekend getaways brought to you by petco. Love how in the break were still talking about craig and those outfits. Yeah. Coming up, that abc news exclusive. 20 years after the murder of Jonbenet Ramsey, one juror speaking out. Why he says th