Trump tower today. Newly released images showing dylann roof at target practice. Before killing nine people at a black church. Now the lone survivor prepares to testify. . And celebrating one of americas favorite dads. . On the highway . Alan thicke passing away overnight. The star of growing pains known for his humor, wit and love. Not only my son but my best buddy. His final moments and the advice he shared for all dads just days ago as tributes pour in from actors, athletes and his family this morning. And good morning, america. Boy, that news came as such a surprise overnight. Alan thicke, one of americas most famous tv dads has died, suddenly of a heart attack playing hockey with his young son and the tributes are pouring in now. Thats right. He is also the father of pop star robin thicke and robin morning, calling his dad the bst friend i ever had, and saying, lets all rejoice and celebrate the joy he brought to every room he was in. Alan, such a talented guy, not just an actor, but he was also behind some of the biggest tvthemed songs in history, including this one. Do you recognize it . . Take the good take the bad . . The facts of life not. Thats right. He also did diffrent strokes. He was a composer. Now you can see where robin got his talent. I grew up watching him and loving him, and i got to interview him about ten years ago. He was just as kind and warm and funny as you wanted him to be. We will miss him. We have so much more on his life. Alan thicke coming up later on in our broadcast. But first, were going to get to Something Else that everybody else is talking about. That bitter cold. 100 Million People feeling those freezing temperature this is week. Everybody is going, whats going on here . Well get right to it. 24 states on alert and its just going to get worse. Not quite to official winter yet, but dont tell mother nature. From idaho through maine, New Hampshire and vermont we have all of those warnings and advisories. Windchill advisories that are really in place like places like minneapolis where we have aur alex perez at 8 below the windchill. Poor alex. Reporter yeah. Thats right, ginger. It feels like 8 below zero this morning. Take a look behind me. You can see massive icicles. The waterfall here frozen over, and this brutal cold is not going anywhere any time soon. This morning a bitter polar plunge is sweeping across the midwest. Take a look at this. The frigid weather coating this ship in ice as it makes its way off lake superior. In michigan, whiteout conditions, making visibility near zero. In minnesota, after a womans suv plunged into this frozen pond. The heroic rescue captured on this traffic cam showing those Good Samaritans helping her to safety. With even colder air on the way, temperatures 30 degrees below normal. From the Northern Plains to the northeast. Nearly a third of the country will dip below zero this week. Can this be dangerous . Absolutely it can be dangerous so thinking mostly about frostbite and hypothermia. Both of which can be very dangerous to life and limb. Reporter authorities in new york investigating whether a snowplow caused two boys to become trapped in a snowbank as they were building a fort. One of the boys died. The other recovering in the hospital. And Officials Say in this kind of weather, it is very important to keep an emergency kit in your car. Things like a flashlight, a blanket and jumper cables can make all the difference if you are stuck somewhere. Ginger. Alec, such great advice. I know you got to do it. Right now, go do it when you for tomorrow morning, 24 below for a feels like in chicago. Nashville only 4 above zero for a windchill then it slides east, burlington, 22 below, boston, 16 below and new york city, it will feel subzero. It is not going to feel good. This is going to slap you guys in the face. Im going to tell you guys right now. You dont want to be exposed to it. Your skin only takes a half hour to get frostbite. Through the weekend some of the heaviest will fall in some of the places that have already been hit so hard. George. Thank you, ginger. We was right in the teeth of it. Your husband. Hes in chicago. Have fun, honey. Were going to get to the latest in the trump transition. President elect takes his thank you tour to wisconsin and appears with House Speaker paul ryan and gets that packers jersey, and thats after a parade of highprofile all the way to bill gates. Reporter good morning. One headline summed it up best from kanye west to the midwest, president elect Donald Trumps transition is still full of surprises, a big rally last night near milwaukee. Trump coming out strong for his secretary of state pick as he publicly partners with the republican leader he butted heads with throughout the campaign. Overnight in wisconsin, on a christmasthemed political peace treaty. House Speaker Paul Ryan presenting president elect trump with a Green Bay Packers jersey. Speaker paul ryan. I really have come to oh, no, ive come to appreciate him. And, you know, honestly, he is like a fine wine. Every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. Now, if he ever goes against me im not going to say that. Reporter speaker ryan, the man trump once tweeted doesnt know how to win joining the president elect at a rally for the first time. Oh, my gosh. Is this not so cool . Reporter trump bragging trump tower on tuesday. Bill gates, anna wintour, kanye, thats right. I like kanye. Reporter rapper kanye west met with the president elect. The two posing with ivanka for these photos obtained by tmz before appearing in front of reporters in the lobby. Kanye, no comment about your meeting with the president elect . This is the president elect of the United States. You have nothing to say . I just wanted to take a picture right now. You take care of yourself. Ill see you soon. Reporter west later tweeting he wanted to meet with trump to discuss multicultural issues including bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums and violence in chicago. As the transition continues, trump defending his pick for secretary of state. Exxonmobil ceo, Rex Tillerson who has had a long relationship the leaders in the world that we dont get along and some people dont like that. They dont want him to be friendly. Thats why im doing the deal with rex. I like what this is all about. Reporter but the president elect hitting a roadblock with the obama administration. The Current White House rejecting the trump teams request for names of staffers who worked on Climate Change in a statement a spokesperson for the department of energy saying some of the questions asked left many in our workforce unsettled. Will not be provi a transition team. And today the president elect set to host a tech summit at trump tower. So lets see who is invited. First, apple ceo, tim cook. Alphabet ceo, larry coo of facebook, sheryl science, industry, arts and theyre reaching out to him to find ways to help. On that news of Rex Tillerson as the pick for secretary of state a lot of reaction coming in from russia and they seem pretty pleased. Commentators over there, but he is facing tough questions here in his confirmation battle. Reporter so true. This just in from our producer in moscow watching and monitoring the news over there. Commentators in russia on Russian Television are ecstatic saying this could not have been a better pick for the kremlin. Senators like marco rubio are not going to like that news. George. Tom, thanks very much. Lets get m matthew dowd. Our chief political analyst and, matt, lets talk about this right now. Donald trump seems to be aware of questions coming in pulling out big guns to endorse Rex Tillerson, including the former secretary of defense, gates. Condi rice and james baker. Well, yeah, one thing, you got to like a guy born in wichita fall, texas, and went to the university of texas so that starts as a benefit. Gates and condoleezza rice, their firm had a consulting relationship with exxon so its not surprising that that is the case. I am amazed that we watch what weve heard from russia on this. Its like the bond movie from russia with love. He is getting more love from russia and people in russia than he is from the United States senate. Too early to tell whether hes going to be tripped up and all president s, all incoming face at least a couple of tough battles with their picks. Well, yes, george. If you look back at the last five or six president s, each one have faced somebody that didnt get voted through or had to resign. You saw it with barack obama, with tom daschle and george bush with linda chavez and bill clinton as you remember with zoe baird, and you saw it famously with george bush, john tower as secretary of defense. There is an oil field term called a blowout. Its when pressure exceeds capacity to handle and you end up with a disaster. They have so much going on that press conference he was supposed to have tomorrow to deal with his business conflicts and how hes going to handle it. Theyre having a tough time figuring out how to deal with this. Well, i think two things are going to dog the president elect in the first 100 days or year of this. The first is russia and the relationship with russia and everything thats gone on with russia and the election, but i think more importantly is what is his ability to handle the conflict of interest in this and now when he was supposed to have a press Conference Today saying heres how ill handle it, he has refuto these businesses. And in the next few there is going to be question after question after question about is he benefitting from decisions that the white house is making that affect his business . Matthew dowd, thanks very much. All right, now to the battle for aleppo. Dramatic images as a ceasefire between rebels and the Syrian Regime breaks down. Atrocities piling up and abcs Alex Marquardt has the latest from london. Good morning to you, alex. Reporter good morning, amy. Thats right. The reports of heavy shelling in eastern aleppo. None of those evacuations have taken place. This is one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world and one that the next american president will have to deal with on day one. Overnight, long lines of buses waiting to carry trapped civilians to safety and rebels out of aleppo. But they havent moved and despite the ceasefire deal, residents accuse Syrian Forces of shelling this morning. Which you can hear in their desperate pleas. People were very bombed and were very frighten a escalation that is taking place right now. Reporter the Syrian Regime and its allies are trying to root the last rebels out of aleppo, a city divided for four years. Many of those rebels funded, armed and trained by the u. S. Losing aleppo would be a huge blow to the rebel cause and american efforts in syria. As syrian soldiers advanced on they received reports of more than 80 civilians shot in summary executions on the spot. A spokesman calling it a complete meltdown of humanity. Activists and residents posting dramatic farewell tweets and videos. One telling us this morning why he is so afraid to flee. I will get arrested by the regime for my activity, and i will be executed or tortured until death. Reporter this once great ancient city, a shell of its control is so small that its only a matter of time before regime takes over the whole city. That will be their biggest victory in years and one that could dictate the outcome of this war. George. Okay, alex, thanks very much. That situation is just so horrifying right now. Well move on to the latest on dylann roofs murder trial. Prosecutors reveal chilling images of him before and after his attack on an africanamerican church where he shot and killed nine people. Abcs Steve Osunsami has the latest from charleston. To see this admitted racist and accused killer at target practice. Police say 22yearold dylann roof recorded himself at home, using the same hes accused of using in the shootings at this historic black church. Families of the nine hes accused of murdering sat in shock as an fbi agent testified that roof went and staked out their church several times in the months before the killings. Police say a gps device in roofs car say he drove from his in charleston in december of 2014 twice in february the next year, again in april and then twice in may. Police say they also found a list of other black churches in the back of his car. Calvary episcopal was one of them. Yesterday i got a text from one of the parishioners here and her words resonated with me, she said, my, lord, it could have been a lot of things, but we reporter investigators told jurors roof had drawers and closets full of ammunition at his home. Today, we can hear from one of three survivor who is says roof told her he was leaving her alive so that she could tell the story. Jurors can get this case as soon as tomorrow, george. That will be dramatic testimony. Okay, steve, thanks very much. All right. More now on alan thicke. So many around the world are celebrating his life. The 69yearold growing pains star passed away from a heart attack overnight, and abcs chris connie reports his legacy goes way beyond the small screen. . Reporter a family sitcom on abc in the 1980s help the multitalented canadian, alan thicke, forge an enduring connection with audiences in the states. On growing pains. This is my best buddy. Work at home shrink. How impossible doctors can be. Yeah, ive heard. Reporter and spouse to joanna kerns maggie, father to Kirk Camerons mike, tracey golds carol and two younger sibs. We will make sure this is the most boring uneventful night of our life. How do we do that . Come on. I dont know have to tell you how to make a night reporter Young Leonardo featured in the shows last season. Just before growing pains he would be a talk show host on thicke of the night and from the beginning, central to his identity was his life as a musician. Cowriting theme songs to a fistful of shows, including the facts of life, and diffrent strokes. One generation he would be known as the father of robin thicke of the hugely controversial hit single, blurred lines. . Blurred lines . Reporter but it would be growing pains that would remain foremost in the minds of i read a few pl you, joanna, had a crush on thats a rumor i started. He did. How could i not have a crush on him. Reporter alan thicke died on tuesday at the age of 69. A father of three, one of his last tweets, featuring his advice for new dads. Love, then love some more. For Good Morning America, chris connelly, abc news, san francisco. Cant do better than that advice. No. Great skmrks he was loved by so many. Such a sad story. He looked so young and vibrant. We move onto last nights big honor for robin. She was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting hall of fame. There you see it, of course, she was a star at espn before coming to gma full time and look at her. She was radiant last night. Lets listen. I am just so thrilled, and i know that this honor was made possible because of the opportunities that i was given, doesnt matter. Man, woman, black, white, gay, straight. We just want the same opportunities. Robin really was glowing last night. Ginger and i were lucky enough to be there, and see her honored. The it was beautiful to see how she came up. We took a selselfie. We documented how she came up and just in a mans world really in sports and awesome to be a part of that. Congratulations again, robin. Thats why shes not here because there was an after party that ginger and i did not go to. It started at 10 00 last night. No thank you. All right. Ginger, youre back with heavy rain and snow heading to the west. Yes. We have been talking about th two rounds, you can see right here that Atmospheric River is on now the flash flood watches for the end of the week go all the way through burbank so that could be an issue. 30 seconds, but first, cold cities brought to you by kohls. Cities brought to you by kohls. Cities brought to you by kohls. Cities brought to you by kohls. The Single Digits to low teens. Wind between about 0 and 10 now and for much of the day. Sunny, windy and cold with highs near 14. Gusty west winds kick in and have prompted a wind chill advisory for tonight through 10am and coming up that Dalia Dippolito case accused of ordering a hit man to kill her husband. Is the jury now deadlocked . Well talk to dan abrams about that. And then uber alert. New claims employees at the Ride Hailing Company could track you when you leave the car. The new security concerns this morning with we come back. He wec i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me . So i asked my doctor. And he recommended eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. 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