joy. mona, andrea. breaking news in america this morning, the u.s. military carrying out an anti-terrorism mission in syria, reports of civilians killed and abc confirming the military had to blow up a u.s. helicopter used in the raid. but the pentagon calling the mission successful. the breaking details coming in now. severe weather threatening to paralyze a 2,000-mile stretch of the country. the storm now unleashing up to a foot of snow and dangerous amounts of ice. the latest track and where the threat is right now. a major development in the lawsuit rocking the nfl. the miami dolphins owner responding to allegations he offered to pay his coach to lose and now another nfl coach accusing a different team of tanking games. plus, survival story. three fishermen tossed into the

frigid ocean with no one in sight. how they made it out alive. pure gold. in the middle of a park, the bizarre location for this cube worth millions of dollars. and the four-legged friend who is now a figure skating phenom. good thursday morning, everyone. i'm mona kosar abdi. >> i'm andrea fujii. andrew is off. we begin with breaking news. the pentagon confirms the u.s. military carried out a counterterrorism mission in syria overnight. >> witnesses say at least 13 civilians were killed during the raid in western syria near the turkish border including six children. the operation lasted about two hours, and military officials confirm there was a mechanical problem with one of the helicopters used in the raid. >> that helicopter was deliberately blown up on the ground. and moments ago we spoke with abc's senior pentagon reporter luis martinez.

>> the pentagon is confirming there's been a special operations raid into northwestern syria. they say it's a successful mission and that there no u.s. casualties but not confirming who was the target of this raid, whether it was an al qaeda figure or top isis figure because this is a rebel area that's been a safe haven for islamic extremists over the last couple of years, and this is where the u.s. actually conducted a raid that killed the top isis leader al baghdadi three years ago. >> president biden is expected to address the military operation later this morning. a massive winter storm is set to impact 130 million americans. snow, sleet and ice are wreaking havoc from here in dallas to detroit. thousands of flights are canceled, and millions are bracing for power outages. this morning, treacherous travel for nearly half the nation. states from texas to maine right now in the path of a wicked winter storm. more than 2,200 flights already canceled today, and overnight nearly 30,000 power outages

reported across texas and oklahoma as temperatures plunged into the teens. in texas, store shelves stripped bare. customers rushing to buy essentials. >> because of last year people are pretty much afraid, so they want to stock up on food in case the power goes out. >> reporter: tractor trailers jackknifing on this highway in missouri and careening off of overpasses in india. this car flipping off the road in lubbock, texas, while officials investigate whether icy conditions are to blame for this train derailment in wayne, oklahoma. >> it felt like an earthquake. i come outside, and i saw the cars tumbling off the right-hand side of the track. >> reporter: illinois, missouri, oklahoma and kentucky already declaring emergencies as the deep freeze sets in. >> it's already started in oklahoma and texas. it will make its way into western tennessee and kentucky, southern indiana too and then ohio. then it gets into the northeast and that's where it could become a real wreck for thursday night into friday morning. the tri-state going to be dealing with that icy side of the storm.

>> reporter: and now the extreme conditions could cause home heating prices to rise. natural gas prices rose 10% wednesday due to the expected surge in demand. >> drives it in. goal! >> reporter: but in minnesota the u.s. men's national soccer team used the cold to their advantage as they faced off against honduras in st. paul. game time temperature, 1 degree with the windchill of negative 13. extra harsh for team honduras which left home when it was a balmy 87 degrees. and we'll take a closer look at your forecast in about five minutes. president biden travels to new york today one day after a somber ceremony for a police officer shot and killed on duty. the president will outline his plan to tackle gun violence. here's abc's derricke dennis. >> reporter: for the second time in less than a week, moving images this morning of thousands of police officers lining the streets of new york city paying tribute to one of their own. ♪

27-year-old officer wilbert mora and his partner, jason rivera, were fatally shot after being ambushed during a domestic violence call. [ speaking foreign language ] mora's sister asking, how many wilberts, how much jasons, how many more officers will have to lose their lives for this system to change? president biden travels to new york today to announce new sanctions to target gun violence. they're expected to include increasing federal resources to fight the illegal flow of guns from other parts of the country and calling on congress to fund additional community policing. these mothers who lost children to gun violence have a message for the president. >> get these guns and get them out of our children's hands. get them from coming into our community. >> reporter: gun violence across the country is spiking. at least nine major cities broke homicide records in the last year. little rock, arkansas, just declared violent crime a public health emergency after at least ten people were injured in

shootings this past weekend and in virginia students and staff at bridgewater college remembering two beloved campus police officers shot and killed tuesday. police say the suspect is a former student. his mother says he's mentally ill. gun reform legislation in congress failed back in september. the president is expected to urge lawmakers today to come together to fund more community policing and intervention efforts. derricke dennis, abc news, new york. now to the showdown with russia and word that 3,000 u.s. troops will soon be deployed to eastern europe to help american allies in the region as the crisis over ukraine escalates. abc's faith abubey has the latest. >> reporter: newly leaked confidential government documents published in spanish newspaper "el pais" shows u.s. officials were asking for transparency in exchange for dialing down the pressure

along ukraine's border. u.s. officials rejected russia's demand for assurances that ukraine won't join nato, however, the u.s. is offering russia a chance to inspect each other's missile defense systems in europe. state department spokesperson ned price saying the documents confirm much of what the u.s. has already said publicly. >> if the source of these documents, whoever that source may be, thought that by leaking them, that they would embarrass the united states, that they would drive a wedge between the united states and nato, i think they will find that they were sorely mistaken. >> reporter: this morning the negotiations continue over a diplomatic way forward as president biden orders 3,000 u.s. troops to deploy into eastern europe to support nato allies if needed. 2,000 of the american soldiers were deployed from ft. bragg, north carolina, to poland and germany. another 1,000 based in germany will move to romania. >> we're going to make sure we reassure our nato allies in eastern europe that we're there. >> reporter: in response russia

says the u.s. troop deployment is a, quote, destructive step that fuels military tension. the white house blasting republicans also critical of the deployment order. >> if you are digesting russian misinformation and parroting russian talking points, you are not aligned with long-standing bipartisan american values. >> reporter: meantime, the administration has moved away from saying a russian invasion of ukraine is imminent, instead now saying russian troops could invade at any time. faith abubey, abc news, washington. >> thank you, faith. athletes from several western countries are planning t boycott the opening ceremonies at the olympics tomorrow. the boycott is meant to show solidarity with victims of abuse at the hands of the chinese government. athletes participating in the boycott will remain anonymous until after the games due to fear of retaliation. it comes as the olympic bubble faces new troubles. at least 55 new cases of covid were confirmed yesterday. among those in isolation,

american bobsledder elana meyers taylor. >> the thing we had heard is as long as you make it over and into the bubble, you're fine. and so all the pretesting, we tested negative. came here, next day, negative and then the next day negative and then the next day after that positive, so i was pretty shocked. >> well, taylor hopes to compete february 13th. >> time now for a look at your thursday weather. good morning. this wintry week of weather continues across the lower 48 as snow and ice spread their way from the plains and midwest into the northeast over the next couple of days. a lot of travel headaches will be had. we're going to have severe icing from the ohio valley all the way down into northeast texas. some areas could see ice accumulate to a half inch. power outages are going to be widespread. as we look at the snowfall forecast from st. louis to buffalo more than a foot, lesser amounts for boston and new york city. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren.

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given a dna test from ancest ancestry.com. the gift was meant to help her learn about her family history before a trip overseas. >> how cool we thought it would be to connect with distant relatives in the country i might be visiting. >> reporter: the results revealed a far bigger mystery. it turns out her biological father is a stranger who used the same fertility doctor at the same hospital in 1991. >> learning that your reality isn't what you believed to be is hard to explain. it is sort of waking up in somebody else's life. >> reporter: the harveys are suing the doctor, along with the hospital and are demanding an explanation. >> what happened to my husband's sperm? did the clinic use his sperm in another patient's procedure? and who is the other patient? don't they have a right to know the truth. >> reporter: the doctor who performed the procedure has not responded. but in a statement suma health says in part, we take this

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morning fire in the mission ct t injiend a 49ers fan in a coma, beaten nla before the championship game. what the investigation revealed. reggie: some bart passengers now able to shave a mile from either commute. the brand-new bridge opening to pedestrians for the first time. kumasi: the massive winter storm that could impact 130 million americans. this is a live look at stock vehicles in the chicago area. the snow and ice wreaking havoc on people from dallas to detroit. good morning, everybody. reggie: i was thinking about those folks and i am so grateful that we are not dealing with anything like that here. drew: it is affecting a lot of people, but it caused the wind that we had the past couple of days, thankfully the wind has calmed down. we