making news in america this morning -- breaking overnight. officers in four cities ambushed. one of them murdered in front of the police head quarters. the search for suspects. the latest on investigations. parts of the northeast getting nearly a foot of snow. it's not over yet. we're tracking more winter weather as the busy holiday travel week gets under way. marathon meetings for the president-elect. a parade of possible cabinet members. nearly two dozen people in two days sitting down with donald trump as he takes to twitter to pick a fight with "snl" as well as "hamilton."

overnight. deputies are using water cannons on the crowd. good good monday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm mara schiavocampo in for diane. investigations are under way after a wave of violence against police officers across the country. officers where wounded in the line of duty in st. sannibel, florida, and a deputy was murdered in texas. >> a growing memorial. signs, balloons, candles. this morning, police officers targeted. manhunt under way in san antonio, where a traffic stop turned deadly. detective benjamin marconi, a

twice in the head through the passenger side window. >> i an officer down in front of head quarters. >> reporter: the 50-year-old father of two rushed to the hospital where he passed away. in st. louis, another ambush. an officer shot twice in the face while hit siting in his patrol car. the unidentified father of three in critical but stable condition. after a city-wide manhunt. police and an officer in gladstone was shot while making a traffic stop. the officer is expected to survive. a suspect was wounded in the incident. and in south florida, an officer was shot this a drive-by while he was conducting a traffic stop on sannibel island. a suspect was take sboon custody after an exchange of gunfire with police. the officer was shot in the

>> san antonio >> san antonio is taking a similar stance. officers will not conduct traffic stops alone until further notice. this morning's other big story. extreme weather making a mess of roads and airports on this busy travel week. >> tricky timing. major storm under way from the midwest to the east. communities like batavia, new york, expecting as hutch as nine >> the strongest areas of snow are over new york. let's get the complete forecast from ak cue watcue accuweather' williams. williams. >> good morning. showers and thunderstorms slowing travel to the mississippi valley region. keep in mind, we're looking for tuesday, wednesday, possibility

doe to duluth. getting dryer throughout prgss of the midwest through the week as you get closer to thanksgiving. mara? kendis? >> all right, paul, thank you. president-elect trump is expected to make more announcements this week. >> he sat down with people for a series of key positions. twitter rant. we get the latest from janai norman. >> reporter: as donald trump met with his top candidates this weekend, he couldn't stay off twitter. from a settled lawsuit to the play "hamilton" to calling "saturday night live" unbiased and not funny. he tweeted about it all. from president-elect to king of twitter. this weekend, we saw both sides of donald trump. >> we're going the to have a great day.

statesmanlike, he lined up 20 meetings if two days. he tweeted sunday, general james mad dog mattis, a contender for secretary of defense was very impressive. is there he is the real deal. >> reporter: the transition team promising to announce more picks soon. national security adviser lieutenant general michael flynn who called islam a cancer. >> is he in line with how president-elect views islam? >> think differently. clearly, there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic. >> reporter: also meeting this weekend, rudy giuliani, mitt romney, and chris christie. >> his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: the president-elect taking to twitter. trump university in friday's $25 million settlement to end the

closed school, writing the only bad thing about winning the presidency is that i did not have time to go through a long but winning trial on trump u. too bad. he followed with three twooess, calling the cast of "hamilton" rude. and calling for an apology. pence, seeming to disagree with his boss. >> i wasn't offended by what was said. >> reporter: and one big announcement from the transition team this weeks word that future first lady melania trump and her son, baron, won't move to the white house in january. they'll stay in new york through the spring to allow the 10-year-old to finish school there. and speaking of president obama, who is back in washington, home from his final overseas trip on board air force one, taking to porters before he left peru, he says he doesn't

donald trump. but he will speak out if the president goes too far. the president was in peru where he met face to face with vladimir putin for a few minutes. he said he expressed concerns but did not bring up allegations of russian influence in the presidential election. still up ahead, gas prices going down. just in time for the busy travel week. why they could fall furthe dakota pipeline protests hitting a boiling point overnight. police and demonstrators clashing. new video from the scene. plus, caught on camera. an out-of-control suv slamming

a c a call for a big cleanup in houston after an suv crashes into a cell phone store. reports say the driver was pulling into a parking space and hit the gas instead of the brake. thankfully, the store was closed at the time. neither of the people in the suv were hurt. crews have finished searching the last of 14 mangled train cars t northern india. the discovery of more pods, the death toll has risen now to 145. the train was about halfway through a 27-hour journey sunday when it slid off the tracks. invest dpaters suspect that poorly maintained tracks caused the zept. a christmas toy catching fire caused toys "r" us to pull the truck from the shelves.

into flames three time on the way home. even setting the bed of their pickup truck on fire. and sabra is pulling hum must from store shelves. one of its processing plants tested positive for listeria. sabra has issued a voluntary recall. it only affects hummus with best dates of january 23rd or earlier. a travelers. dpas prices are not expected to increase but may decrease this holiday season. there's plenty of supply. the national averages for gas buddy.com and aaa are just below $2.14. down a little bit from yesterday. and friday will be monday this week at walmart. the world's largest retailer kicks off his cybermonday deals on friday. at just one minute after

federation, last year more americans shopped online an this stores on plaque friday weekend. don't have to fight the crowds. >> one way to do it. whipping winds causing tricky landings at one airport. and the 55-year-old college player making history on the football field. you should masterpass that, now. hey dude. xxxxl she wants her fruit chews. masterpassed. i masterpassed it. that was fast. because i masterpass we're rapidly losing credibility as handymen. mom washed our clothes.

we look like catalogue models! who trusts a clean handyman anyway? we can't look this good! dinge is the dirt the bargain detergent can't get to. tide pods can. we asked woman to smell two body washes and pick their favorite. they both smell good. 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? really? that's quite a bit of smelling good. suave three fragrances preferred over bath and body works. just press "clean" 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. ?"all you need is love" plays? my friends know me so well.

but what they didn't know was that i had dry, itchy eyes. i used artificial tears from the moment i woke up... ...to the moment i went to bed. so i finally decided to show my eyes some love,... ...some eyelove. eyelove means having a chat with your eye doctor about your dry eyes because if you're using artificial tears often and still have symptoms, it could be chronic dry eye. it's all about eyelove, my friends. here's a lake-effect snow warning right now there this evening in binghamton and central new york. there's already 15 inches of snow outside the office there. half as much snow as the area reeved in all of last winter. that's not the only area drivers will find snow-koferred roads this morning. likely if the higher elevation of the rockies and wet roads further down.

dakotas to nebraska. wet roads likely in the pacific northwest and southern california. if you're flying, weather le days possible in los angeles, boston, new york, and philadelphia. breaking overnight. the clashes with protesters are now being called a rye not yot. this over the pipeline in the area. >> one officer was hit on the head with a rock thrown by protesters. deputies have been using water cannons below-freezing temperatures. they're also using tear fas on demonstrators. the protesters targ 1100-mile pipeline will damage sites that are sacred to american indians. one person was arrested. one of the two suspects heading to court over a brutal murder in manhattan is denying that they did anything wrong.

times after go times after going a party with a group he met at a night club. james rackover says he is not guilt. busy weekend for coast guard crews in new england. thae jumped into action in the waters off of massachusetts. a 72-foot boat called for help yesterday morning after it started sinking in 50-degree water. a rescue swimmer dove from a helicopter a water out of the boat. after he realized the equipment was not working, he got all six off the boat and to safety. and strong winds in western europe made landing at amsterdam's airport quite a chan chan challenge. this plane managed a safe landing, if not a little tricky.

decided to try this again later, or maybe somewhere else. >> probably a wise decision there. time now for sports. week 11 of the nfl will wrap up tonight when the texans face the raiders. >> as for yesterday's highlights, here's our guy at espn. good morning, america. thanksgiving week is here. so may i be the first to wish you a happy thanksgiving. a great slate of games on thursday, that includes the redskins, who playe here's what they did against the packers. rodgers to jared cook. we're close now in the fourth. 29-24. here comes kirk cousins. third and seven. this is a beautiful pass. just gorgeous. down the 1. jamison crowder. and and then, robert kelly would score. back to aaron rodgers. they need two scores.

josh norman punches the ball out. washington recovers. they win. they're 6-3-1. game two of three thanksgiving day games. how about jimmie johnson. wins the championship again. the sefbt of his career. he drove the entire chase with a dale earnhardt and richard petty tribute helmet. he's got time to get number eight and be the number one chamon that's it. i'm john buccigross. have a great day, america. up next in "the pulse." the american music awards. the big winners. the big moments. and red carpet fashion. and a record-breaking basketball shot. you've got see this one to believe it. >> whoo. ? ? happy holidays from crayola.

somebody turn on the a/c? i'm melting here. ?air marker spraayer!!!? chemistry, baby! so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay... i'm okay. the holidays just got more surprising. you can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. aaaaaah! each sold separately. when coughing keeps your family awake. breathe easier with vicks vaporub. soothing cough relief that starts working instantly. ? ? you could spend the next few days weeding through w2s,

or you could push that button. sfx: rocket launching. cockpit sounds. skip the bank, skip the paperwork, and go completely online. securely share your financial info and confidently get an accurate mortgage solution in minutes. lift the burden of getting a home loan with rocket mortgage by quicken loans. (whisper) rocket the things that i consume on a daily basis, a lot of it is very acidic. the enamel on my teeth was actually weakening. wasn't there as much. my teeth didn't look as healthy as others. my dentist said that pronamel would help fight against that erosion that foods and drinks were causing. so it was really important to start using the pronamel. it'll be one less thing you have to worry about. pronamel is now giving me the confidence to know that i'm doing the right thing. so it's nice to know that it's as simple as that.

it is your monday "pulse." we're going to start with one of the biggest nights in the music industry and the hottest stars of that industry. >> the american muse you can awards rock l.a. and the rest of the country. ariana grande nervous and physically shaking. as artist of the the year award. >> zayn malik was honored. sting took home the merit award saying his musical soul is all-american. >> one of the the highlights of the evening. selena gomez winning her first ama award for favorite pop rock female artist. is there she got really choked up. the 24-year-old gave an emotional speech many her first public appearance since taking a

here she is. >> i had to stop. because i had everything. and i was -- absolutely broken inside. and i kept it all together. enough to where i would never let you down. but i kept it too much together to where i let myself down. i don't want to see your bodies on instagram. i want to see what's in here. i'm not trying to get validation -- [ cheers and applause ] -- nor do i need it generating controversy. host gigi hadid doing an impression of melania trump. >> quite controversial. and not that good either. my favorite part of the night didn't have to do with the awards. apple had a drake commercial where he was singing and lip-synching to taylor swift. is there drake is totally lovable. perhaps most important last

the red carpet was read hot. >> chrissy teigen stepped out with a never-ending side split. it was held together, get this, with safety pins. she had a brief wardrobe malfunction as the front of her dress flew open and she revealed she apparently dund like foundations. lady gaga was in white head to toe in this retro '70s pantsuit. >> and aryan fa dprand day a big fan of white pants and apparently very little else. this weekweekend, turning to news, a news, a dad shows you're never too old to grif up on your dreams. >> the oldest person to play

south carolina state's win. he enrolled in school and joined the team in 2012 when his son joe jchlt was still on the quad. >> joe jr. now playslike linebacker for the green bay packers. joe senior says this was one of the happiest days of his life. records are meant to be broken. this is team from australia. they did this at a dam in gentlemen never is a. quite impressive. >> yes, t the record for highest basketball shot. they're from the how ridiculous gang. 594 feet high. there's no pressure there. finding the ring is the first step. that's why i partnered with the diamond experts at zales... to create the vera wang love collection. it's got to be special. modern interpretations of timeless designs... ...bring out the beauty in every bride. it's got to say yes.

people say, let's just get a sandwich or something. "or something"? you don't just graduate from medical school, "or something." and we don't just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and hand-slice avocado. there's nothing "or something" about it. (vo) your love is purely thoughtful, purely natural, purely fancy feast. delicious entr?es, crafted to the last detail. flaked tuna, white-meat chicken, never any by-products or fillers. purely natural tastes purely fancy feast. manolo! you're so cold, come in! what's wrong? it's dry... your scalp? mine gets dry in the winter too. try head and shoulders' dry scalp care

head and shoulders' dry scalp care at progresso, we are now using 100% antibiotic and hormone-free white breast meat chicken in all our chicken soups! behold our greatest opus! for lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads... here or here. today, there's a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. gy once only available in doctors' offices. its wireless remote lets you control the intensity, and helps you get back to things like this or this. and back to being yourself. introducing new aleve direct therapy. find yours in the pain relief aisle. give the gift of lower back pain relief. ? there are 16 fresh-picked oranges squeezed into each bottle of tropicana pure premium.

tropicana. we put the good in morning. good morning on a monday. we've hit our first freezing temperatures literally up at crystal river, 32 degrees at this hour, a little bit better here in the 40s. we've lot the wind so not much of a windchill out there, which is what allowed the temperatures to fall back we hit 70, upper 40s, lower 40s across the rest of hillsborough county, and then getting into upper 30s as well. lakeland right now at 39, and there it is, brooksville at 35. crystal river at 32 degrees, and we're going to continue that for a couple of hours here, lower 40s further to the south. freeze warnings all the way down to marion county, ocala into the upper 20s to low 30s this morning. we don't have any across our area.

southeast we're looking at temperatures in the upper 20s. we have another couple hours here before sunrise, so temperatures always coldest at sunrise. we have a few degrees to drop before we begin somewhat of a recovery for later this afternoon. we'll be still cool for daytime highs and then beginning a warmup. that won't be until tomorrow afternoon. i think another chilly night tonight. this is the coldest morning by far so far this season as we talk about thes the middle and latter part of the week heading into thanksgiving. the reason for that, calm winds now, but eventually we'll get off the atlantic there, becoming partly cloudy by midweek. that also will help us out with temperatures so that we go back almost right around 80 by the middle part of the weekend. we'll probably get there on thanksgiving, the day itself. if you're looking for cool air for thanksgiving, got to go north. upper 60s, low 70s this afternoon.

chilly. we'll add about 10 degrees up to the north, low to mid-40s. it's still cold, but just a little bit better and each and every morning we're going to continue to warm up. by wednesday morning we'll have temperatures in the low 60s for overnight lows. that's going to feel dramatically different. as far as boating, yesterday, terrible. now winds beginning to subside. we're looking at north winds 10 a go of it on the beach, we'll be taking pictures of you because that's going to be something. once again, before thanksgiving temperatures by the time we sit down and enjoy our meals, right around 80 degrees. we'll do that with mostly sunny skies, just a few clouds out there as we continue to warm things up for you into the upper 70s we go. by wednesday doing a bit better, certainly and look at the overnight lows now, much

abc action news starts next. live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. now at 4:30, we're getting our first look at the person of interest in the murder of a san antonio police officer. investigators are certain the officer was targeted. this is one of just several attacks on officers this weekend. good morning, and thank you for joining us on this monday, i'm deiah riley. >> and i'm dan shaffer. we'll start sanibel. a the suspect fled into a neighborhood forcing police to put it on lockdown. officers tracked that suspect down and arrested him after a shootout. jaconi was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released. this is the first time a sanibel police department in their history that an officer was shot. police released this picture of a person of interest