>> terry moran with us from moscow tonight. terry, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and its official. electors across this country, putting donald trump over the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the president in january. it did not come without some fierily moments today. and here in new york, one elector who cast his vote for hillary clinton speaking out now about the election. her husband, former president bill clinton. abc's cecilia vega at trump tower tonight. >> reporter: a chaotic scene in wisconsin today. >> you don't deserve to be in america. >> reporter: protesters shouting down electors as they cast their votes for donald trump. this woman hauled away by police. >> this is my america! my america! >> reporter: the same in pennsylvania. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> reporter: ohio, too. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: and the electoral college convened in state houses across the country. trump's opponents making a last ditch attempt to keep him from the white house. >> texas now put

>> terry moran with us again tonight. >>> back here at home now, and to growing outrage and a growing reward at this hour, in that road rage manhunt in arkansas. the fbi now joining the search for the gunman who killed a 3-year-old boy. angry that the boy's grandmother was driving too slow. that grandmother not realizing her own grandson had even been shot until she pulled over at the jcpenney store. abc's phillip mena is in little rock. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi and little rock police in an all-out manhunt. searching for the suspect accused of opening fire, killing this 3-year-old boy, acen king, in an apparent case of road rage. bystanders calling 911. you can hear acen's grandmother, kim king-may kcon, trying to describe the horror. >> acen has been shot! oh, my god! >> reporter: it wasn't until she pulled into this jcpenney marking lot that she realized her grandson in the backseat was hit. >> i was at the stop sign and the guy blew the horn at me, and i blew it back and he shot, but i thought that he shot in the air. he shot at the car. >> reporter: inside the police station

that's abc's terry moran live in moscow this morning. hank you. >>> we're going to turn back now to the latest on that truck massacre that took place in berlin. police are now questioning the suspected driver who was picked up less than two miles away from that scene. >> investigators are not saying how the passenger died, but he's been identified as a polish national. the truck was registered in poland and believed to be stolen from a work site there. the truck apparently accelerated before plowing into that popular market. >> just having fun with my friends, and the markets were starting to close, and first we heard glass breaking. we didn't know what was happening, but a lot of people were running away, and a lot of people were crying, shouting, talking on the phone. we knew something was wrong, but we started seeing people with blood on their faces, and there were people fainting and sitting on the floor, and, yeah, we knew something was wrong. we tried to ask people, but nobody knew. >> all just happened so quickly. other witnesses s

terry moran, thank you for reporting. let's bring in martha raddatz who is in washington where she'll be hosting "this week." good morning to you. in terms of proof from our intelligence agencies what kind of proof can these folks provide and can they show their cards without compromising national security with revealing sources and methods and the like? >> whatever proof they have seems to have convinced all 17 intelligence agencies that there is no question it was the russians. some proof is markings that tell them where the hack originated. even time zones, language markings. but the classified intelligence that would link this to senior russian officials and vladimir putin himself could include so called signals intelligence which is sophisticated eavesdropping and that is the kind that won't be revealed because it would compromise sources and methods. >> it feels like we're backed into a corner. with our options for retaliation. president obama has promised some sort of payback. what are the options? at the end of th

abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran from moscow with that video tonight. >> reporter: in the new video filmed by a news crew, you can see the turkish assassin standing behind the russian ambassador, like he's security for the event, then, calmly stepping to the side, waiting for his moment, and then reaching for his gun and opening fire. in the chaos that followed, a brave associated press photographer kept snapping these pictures. people huddled on the floor. the gunman defiant. that photo journalist speaking out now about those terrifying moments. >> it was like a movie, like in theater. >> reporter: and adding a grim new detail. the assassin fired a final kill shot. >> he shot again, from close range on the body of ambassador. >> reporter: the killer, a 22-year-old police officer. he'd called in sick a few hours earlier. tonight, it's the assassin's words -- "don't forget aleppo, don't forget syria." -- that are the key. vladimir putin's war in syria, a massive effort we saw first-hand earlier this year. this is the tip of the spear of russian air power in syria. has led t

leave flowers and notes, and this one says, you had the voice of an angel, so now, go sing with terry moran thank you. >>> length homeowners go to keep thieves away from the porches, but some of it don't try this at home. we'll tell you. >> first, boston college has a bowl victory. the first in nine years, but my eagles got some help, by the way, from maryland, their opponent. we'll have to show you highlights from that game. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" continues after >>> got to love a good pep band. >> a fight song, yeah. >> the cowboys could have coasted through last night's game, no fight song needed. they had home field advantage for the unfortunately, for the lions, they did not. >> no. bryant caught two touchdown passes and threw one as well as dallas demolished detroit 42-21. many fans, like, oh, we got to root for them, actually. bryant took a reverse picture from quarterback dak, looked like he was going to run with it and tossed it. it was the first touchdown pass of his career. >> so cool. >> detroit could still make the playoffs, by the way, if the li

here's terry moran. >> reporter: on the streets of moscow today, sparkling with holiday cheer, few russians seemed to believe the hacking allegations. >> we don't believe this. >> reporter: why not? >> it's stupid. >> reporter: russian media openly mocks the u.s. accusations. >> there you go. that's how you prove it was the russians. >> reporter: and kremlin insiders like andrei klimov, deputy chairman of the russian senate's foreign affairs committee, say clinton, obama and the democrats are just looking for scapegoats with these hacking charges. you reject it? >> absolutely. really, it's american fairy tales, it's american fictions. it's a very convenient explanation. >> reporter: but russians now expect warmer relations with the u.s. under president trump. and they point to his pick of exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson as secretary of state, with his decades of business links to russia and putin, as proof. >> the appointment of rex tillerson as state secretary is regarded in the kremlin like a christmas present. there's glee over the turmoil in america. but they are also bracing now for some

abc's terry moran agrees. >> reporter: think the major implication is that it will hopefully put the fear of god including the united states, including turkey, including russia, including saudi arabia and qatar, so many countries that got involved in the syrian civil war that this kind of terrorism and the kind, frankly, that we see in europe, as well, the spillover from syria has become a global problem. >> the assassin was shot and later died at the hospital. his sister, mother and father were all detained and are now being questioned. >> authorities aren't sure if it's connected but overnight a man fired a shotgun outside the u.s. embassy in ankara and was quickly arrested. no injuries. one report indicated he was attempting to enter the embassy. the u.s. embassy in ankara and two u.s. consulates in turkey are closed today. >>> in switzerland a man dressed in black stormed a mosque in zurich and opened fire wounding three adult men. he then fled and had not been caught yet. though a body was found at a nearby bridge. two of the victims were se zurich police are not yet calling thi

abc's terry moran is in london tonight. ♪ baby ♪ i know you're asking me to stay ♪ >> reporter: georgeel's mega-hit "faith" summons up a flood of emotion. a whole era. ♪ because i got to have faith ♪ i gotta have faith >> reporter: today, the tributes poured in around the world for the '80s pop icon lost far too soon. >> i knew all his hits. yeah, it's very sad news. >> i really cannot believe that i'm standing here and george has passed away. >> he was a songbook to the good times, the bad times. >> reporter: outside his london home, fans gathered, lighting candles, some weeping. michael was found dead at his country home christmas day. police called to the scene, calling the death "unexplained but not suspicious." his manager telling abc news he died of heart failure. pictures taken just a few months ago show his physique had changed. but there are still so many questions about exactly what happened to this 53-year-old. there will be an autopsy. ♪ you put the boom boom into my heart ♪ >> reporter: george michael's music touched so many, from the bubble gum pop he made with wham -- ♪

abc's terry moran reporting tonight from london. >> reporter: tonight, with the memorial growing outside george michael's home, we're getting a fuller picture of the singer's life of stardom and struggle. ♪ baby >> reporter: the pop icon's death this weekend attributed to heart failure, and many now seeing in this september photo of michael, possible evidence of his long health troubles and his battles with drug use. there were multiple drug arrests, including for possession of crack cocaine. in a 2007 interview, he spoke about his struggle. >> i've spent much of the last 15 or 20 years trying to derail my own career, because it never seems to suffer. i suffer like crazy, i suffer all around it. >> reporter: those who knew him were increasingly worried. >> to get better, you have to shape up. you have to stop the drugs. you have to get physically in shape. >> reporter: the lifestyle took a toll. michael nearly died in 2011 from pneumonia. >> i'm incredibly, incredibly fortunate to be here. >> reporter: but we're also learning through social media about michael's extraordinary generosity,

. >> our chief foreign correspondent terry moran is in russia. rry, you have been talking to people inside the kremlin. what are they saying? >> reporter: good morning. talking to russian government officials, people close to putin's inner circle. i have to say they are laughing at us. they think this is a joke. they look at the post-election chaos in the united states, the controversies in the electoral college, the call for congressional hearings, and they are taking sliging dlieking del. there were cheers in the russian parliament on election night. state-dominated media is mocking the americans. you talk to ordinary russians, they don't believe it. they think it's embarrassing for the united states. they can't believe that any hacker, and the russian government is absolutely out now denying they had anything to do with it, but that any hacker could undermine the election. >> what is their take on donald trump? >> reporter: well, that's interesting amy, because they didn't want hillary clinton. it is striking the hatred you feel from russian go

but first abc news chief foreign correspondent terry moran is on the ground with a view from moscow. ng terry. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump's victory came as much of a surprise here in moscow as it did in the united states but no question that people here are generally very happy about. this week vladimir putin showed off his dog to journalists. a loud but obedient. the question some are asking, has putin put a poodle in the white house? is. >> i think it's ridiculous, just another excuse. i either. around moscow and across this vast country russians are watching with amazement and some in the kremlin with delight over the freakout over moscow's role in the u.s. presidential election. implicating vladimir putin in the hack of the e-mails. >> not much happened without vladimir putin. >> president obama said it's clear russia hacked. >> the only explanation of the results which was organized from him and lady clinton. >> deputy chairman of the russian senate's foreign affairs committee and close to the kremlin. >> you reject it? >> absolutely. it's american fairytales and fic

terry moran, abc news, moscow. >>> busy few days overseas including mexico now as dozens are dead asa string of explosions. >> it kill at least 29 people, more than 70 others injured. some suffered severe burns. the explosion sent smoke billowing into the air. it is described as complete devastation. >> caller: looks like a war zone. it reminded me of the images seen in syria or iraq. literally, the entire market had over 300 market stands selling fireworks. they were completely wipe off. >> wow. >> caller: some of the nearby houses surrounding the markets were damaged. it really looks, and if you see some of the videos on social media, it looks like a plane is dropping bombs right on the market. >> unbelievable scene there. at least ten of the injured are said to be children. an investigation is underway what caused the blast. the same market was the scene of nonfatal explosions in 2005 and in 2006. on those occasions, it was leading up to mexican independence day. >>> dramatic video coming in to us overnight of a cargo plane that crashed in colombia killing five crew members. the b

terry moran, abc news, london. >> thank you. >>> length homeowners go to keep thieves away from the porches try this at home. we'll tell you. >> first, boston college has a bowl victory. the first in nine years, but my eagles got some help, by the way, from maryland, their opponent. we'll have to show you highlights from that game. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" continues after this fro [female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant. >>> got to love a good pep band. >> a fight song, yeah. >> the cowboys could have coasted through last night's game, no fight song needed. they had home field advantage for the playoffs, and unfortunately, for the lions, they did not. >> no. bryant caught two touchdown passes and threw one as well as dallas demolished detroit 42-21. many redskins fans were like, oh, we've got to root for them, actually. bryant took a reverse picture from quarterback dak press scott. looked like he was going to run with it and tossed it to witten. it was

abc's terry moran. >> reporter: there they are, the royal family at church service.the palace is calling a heavy cold and she decided to stay indoors. >> she had gone to church. she was felt duty bound coming out of the church to meet the well-wishers. >> reporter: at 90 years old, elizabeth has slowed down a bit but she's still the epitome of duty. she almost never misses a scheduled appearance. the queen and the prince phillip had postponed their visit. prince phillip missed christmas back in 2010 after having a sent the inserted. prince william and kate skipped christmas at sandrighame this year, they instead went to bucklebery with her parents. >> i think william and kate they wanted the middletons, they're grand parents too. >> the third and fourth in line to the throne, they joined their mom and dad to be with the newly engaged pippa middleton, kate's sister, with her fiance. the family will come all together. such a rare thing. amazing to think, for queen elizabeth to miss any engagement. she's an iron lady and on the mend. >> great to hear that. thank you. th

terry moran has the latest, good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, michael. the heists get more and more spectacular here in europe. they are more brazen and looks like they're taking tips from hollywood. but it's all dangerously real. this morning, an for the armed robbers who left this scene on a french roadway monday. cars engulfed in flames after assailants targeted an armored truck, french authorities say, and they made off with over $1 million in loot. a meticulously planned ambush like a scene straight from the movie "heat." but in this real-life heist police say four heavily armed men in multiple cars surrounded the robbers grabbed 154 pounds of gold dust, valued at there are -- setting one of their own cars on fire. french police say that two security guards were locked inside their truck as the flames spread to nearby cars but authorities later rescued them unhurt. the brazen robbery the latest in a string of high-profile and as yet unsolved heists in france. there was the kim kardashian robbery in paris last october. five men escaping on bicycles c

military rushing to the tarmac at this hour and abc's terry moran is in london with the latest on this developing story. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. this is a fast-breaking situation so here's what we know right now. this morning an afriqiyah airways passenger flight inside libya was diverted to the island of malta in the mediterranean and now maltese troops have surrounded that plane which is an airbus 320 and the prime minister of malta tweeted this is, quote, in fact, a potential hijack situation. negotiations are under way. there are as you said 118 passengers on board. and at least two hijackers and the airport has been shut down. emergency security services on the scene. nobody is coming in or out. a local official there has confirmed those two hijackers have threatened to blow up the plane. who they are, what they are demanding is unclear. what is clear this is a hijack and the lives of those 118 people on board are hanging in the balance. >> i know you'll keep us updated. thanks nothing anyone wants to hear as so many are heading to the airports. >> tod

charlotte attending christmas services with their parents, but there was one notable absence, and abc's terry moranchurch service. but this time, minus their leader, the queen. she's got what the palace is calling a heavy cold, and she decided to stay indoors, though officials say she did join the family dinner. >> she had gone to church. she was felt duty bound coming out of the church to meet the well-wishers. i think they wanted to make sure she wasn't hanging around in the cold for too long. >> reporter: at 90 years old, elizabeth has slowed down a bit but she's still the epitome of duty. she almost never misses a scheduled appearance. the queen and the prince phillip had postponed their visit. they instead took the royal hold copter 24 hours later. prince phillip missed christmas back in 2011 after having a stent inserted. prince william and kate skipped christmas at sandringham this year, and instead, went to bucklebury with her parents. think went candy canes in hand. >> i think william and kate they wanted the middletons, they're grand parents too. to be with george and charlotte, and that'

"the sun" newspaper the photos of him and meghan markle, and terry moran joins us from buckingham bpalace. what can you tell us about the pictures and what's going on in these pictures? >> well, michael, good morning and i got to tell you what's t for a night on the town in e ndon. prince harry and meghan markle, american actress girlfriend took in a play and went for a stroll right down piccadilly to astonishment of theatergoers that night and yet they only seem to have eyes for each other, everyone said and also been seen around town, they went christmas tree. now, that's a landmark event in any relationship so they were seen out buying themselves a christmas tree. it's clear that they are very much stuck on each other, and they enjoyed what so many who domestic london who come to london do, and they went to a play last night. >> exactly, a lot of people do that and, you know, he, prince harry, has been very vocal about wanting to protect her privacy but they're still saying, hey, they can go out in public. what is kensington palace saying about this? >> well, right now, robin, we did r

abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is in moscow with the latest on all of that. od morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. there is a real sense of sorrow and a sense of anger here in russia. this is the first russian ambassador killed in the line of duty since the 1920s and one thing is already clear, this assassination is blowback for russian involvement in the syrian civil war. a chilling photo, russian ambassador andrei karlov speaking at a turkish art gallery, his assassin behind him waiting then shots fired. the killer brandishes his weapon. his victim lies dying on the floor. chaos then the gunman shouts the jihadist battle cry. >> allahu akbar. >> reporter: and declares it's all don't forget syria. don't forget aleppo. until these places are safe you will not taste safety either. an outside video was taken as terror unfolds inside, people running for cover and pulling children to safety. three are injured in the shooting. a witness says the assassin shot the ambassador before turning his gun towards them. the turkish interior minister reporting ove

military rushing to the tarmac at this hour, and abc's terry moran is in london with the latest on this developing story. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. what a harrowing day it has been in malta. here's what we know. this morning, a passenger flight inside libya was diverted to the island of malta in the mediterranean. 118 passengers and crew on board. it landed in malta, and it was quickly surrounded by maltese troops. there were hijackers threatening to employblow up on board. just a little while ago, it was over. all the passengers were released safely, and the hijackers were surrounded, surrendered and searched. they were reportedly seeking asylum. >> nothing anyone wants the hear, as so many people heading to the airports today. >> today is the day for holiday travel, and the rush. >>> millions of americans are hitting the roads and skies today, but severe weather across the country is causing some major delays, and our david kerley has the latest from washington's reagan national airport, and david, how is it looking so far? >> reporter: this is what the holi