>> all right, thank you. >>> president obama had plenty to say with george stephanopoulos. he says he may have misread the trump supporters. >> the bubble is the bubble. and i think we've done a pretty good job staying in touch with the american people. but at a certain point, you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground. because you're not on the ground. and -- >> you didn't think donald trump could win. >> case in point. so that tells me that there's a utility in the democracy refreshing itself on an ongoing basis. >> the president with our george stephanopoulos. >>> final splash in seaworld, san diego. the park's last killer whale performance after years of controversy. here is kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, the final show. >> it's a bittersweet moment. >> reporter: it comes just two days after the largest killer whale in captivity died in seaworld orlando. he was featured in the film "black fish," questioning seaworld's treatment of whales and their practices may have made them more aggressive. 36-year-old tilikum was kept mostly isolated after kil

>>> starting right >>> starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. russian roulette. vladimir putin bets big on donald trump. refusing to retaliate against new u.s. sanctions and with russian diplomats moving out, donald trump is moving on. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. >> but will trump's own party follow his l his it is a threat to the fundamentals of democracy. >> with three weeks to go, what will the new president do on day one? incoming trump press secretary sean spicer is here. plus -- >> make america great again. >> new year's revolution. 2016 broke all the rules. so what's next? our powerhouse round table looks ahead to 2017. and predictions from a pair of high powered insiders. >> when you look mr. speaker, at the trump presidency, what do you fear the most? >> from abc news, it's "this week." here now chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> good morning. and welcome to the new year. breaking overnight. a nightclub massacre in turkey. a gunman opened fire inside add crowded nightclub in istanbul killing at least 39

thursday, friday, saturday, topping out between 51 and 53. >> this week with george stephanopoulos isup next on 6abc. >> he'll have the latest on the confrontation between president-elect donald trump and john lewis, here's george with the preview. >> reporter: good morning, five days to go before the inauguration of donald trump we have a packed show starting with the confrontation between president-elect and john lewis donald trump taking to twitter creating a firestorm. we'll get to that. we'll see if bernie sanders believes he is not legitimate. real with of staff and we'll have that coming up on this week. >> a good show in store. >>> "action news" continues at noon. here's the stories we're working on for you, a story of strife and breaking barriers have jumped off the pages on to the stage. details in 6abc loves the arts. >>> plus, parents are shocked when they see what their nanny did to their 2-year-old son and why she said she did it. >> for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. we'll he you back here at noon. >> announcer: starting right

inside story at 11:30 a.m. >> this week with george stephanopoulos is next.s" continues at noon with breaking news, prosecutors announced more charges against the mother suspected in the killing of her montgomery county teen. >>> a truck rammed into a group of people in jerusalem. we'll have the latest on the fatal attack. >> reporter: you might wants to think twice before moving close to a highway how attractive can impact your mental health. >>> for chris sowers, alicia vitarelli, and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day. >> announcer: starting right now on a special edition of "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> i'm busier than i expected. >> i would say. >> announcer: president obama, the exit interview. >> you didn't think donald trump could win. >> case in point. >> announcer: with just two weeks left in the oval office. the president puts russia on notice. >> the bottom line this time, vladimir putin got what he wanted. >> the russians intended to meddle. and they meddled. >> announcer: defends his legacy. >> is obam

president obama had plenty to say with george stephanopoulos. he says he may have misread the trump supporters. >> the bubble is the bubble. we did a good job staying in touch with the american people. but at some point, you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground. because you're not on the ground. and -- >> you didn't think donald trump could win. >> case in point. so that tells me that there's a utility in the democracy refreshing itself on an on going basis. >> p stephanopoulos. president trump takes office in 12 days. >>> moving on now to seaworld and the final place in san diego. the long running show ended after years of controversy and attendan attendance. coming days of the death of the whale in "black fish". >>> there's much more ahead here as we continue on "world news" this sunday. the violent showdown with inmates inside a jail. the tense moments all caught on camera. >>> takinging uber to court. a woman paralyzed and warning the safety of the car service. just who is behind the wheel? >>> enter it's one way to celebra

we want to bring in abc news chief anchor george stephanopoulos who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. and, george, we're going to talk about russia in just a second, but let's go back to congressman lewis. and trump's apologists and defenders are basically saying that lewis started this because he questioned trump's legitimacy. is that fair? >> it's true. a lot of democrats are saying is it really smart to question the legitimacy? to do what republicans have done in the past like donald trump when he questioned the legitimacy of president obama? the other question, though is was it proportionate, factual and wise, trump's response, and i think it falls short. he wasn't right about the district. he wasn't right about john lewis' history. and as cokie pointed out in the earlier piece, this is a point in time now where donald trump needs to be reaching out to those who opposed him. >> sure. >> but during the campaign, this is a guy who tangled with a gold star family, with a war hero, john mccain, with a prominent judge of mexican extraction. >> and he won. >> and he won no

this week with george stephanopoulos is next. "action news" continues at noon.ere's some of the stories we're working on for you, we'll have more on the forecast and more on all of the other news of the day and what is happening for the first week of 2017. now for chris sowers gray hall, and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great morning, chris and i will will see you right back here at noon. >>> starting right >>> starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. russian roulette. vladimir putin bets big on donald trump. refusing to retaliate against new u.s. sanctions and with russian diplomats moving out, donald trump is moving on. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. >> but will trump's own party follow his l his it is a threat to the fundamentals of democracy. >> with three weeks to go, what will the new president do on day one? incoming trump press secretary sean spicer is here. plus -- >> make america great again. >> new year's revolution. 2016 broke all the rules. so what's next? our powerhouse round tab l

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the president has been giving a series of exit interviews including 60 minutes, george stephanopoulos gave his farewell address. it was received well. >> i thought it was interesting in that you saw obama from 2004 and 2008, the optimistic obama, idealistic. there was some of that in this farewell address but this was more obama, the realist who i thought was giving a sense that he believes that american democracy itself is under assault. trumpcessarily by donald but by the deep political divisions, deep rish -- racial divisions, why a growing trend towards isolationism. and about fake news towards the end. >> absolutely. george stephanopoulos asked him what the one sentence was that historians would use after him being the first african-american president. he thought about it and he said -- he cared deeply about american democracy which seemed kind of like a throwaway line but when you go in and listen to what he said at the farewell address, it is my sense that he really has a belief that there is a fundamental challenge right now to the essence of what this country is all about. in

more politics ahead on this week with george stephanopoulos. i'm mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> you can watch this week with george stephanopoulos right here on 6abc. today george will talk to counselor to the president kellyanne conway, this weekend is on after "action news." >> if you're making a trip to the post office this weekend you'll need a bit more money and now cost more to mail a letter. price of a forever stamp jumped back to 49 up from 47 cents. the price is going backup, because the drop has exacerbated its losses. it did not change for a postcard or heavier letters. >>> spicy foods can be a fountain of youth. eating hot red chilly peppers lead to a longer life and lower risk of death. it can be linked to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke and obesity and increase flood flow and help with digestion, we'll be right back. staycation? no way. i need a real vay-cation. one measly week to bury my work phone in the sand while sipping some crazy concoction. is that too much to ask? hey we hear you. that's why we created aarp t

. >>> president obama sits down for a final interview with abc's george stephanopoulos.resident obama will discuss the promises he made during his eight years in office and the mark they will leave on the country's history. this week with george stephanopoulos airs at 8:00 this morning followed by our abc 7 morning news at 9:00. >>> developing news now. efforts to save a los gatos woman and her son from drowning in an icy pond were delayed because rescuers did not have a boat. that happened in kansas about 45 miles north of wichita. authorities identified the drowning victims of 44-year-old poly classen and her 8-year-old son, trent. the two and the boy's father all fell into what they believed was a frozen pound. after the boat was found, the dad was the only survivor. >> they said they were from california and i know they don't get weather like this, but unfortunately, no awareness was just a bad deal. >> the ice on the pond appeared to be less than an inch thick. >>> people back east are probably wishing for weather like ours, and they are dealing with heavy snow and

meanwhile, as barack obama gets ready to leave the oval office, he sat down with george stephanopoulos. george will be dedicated an entire episode of "this week" later to the interview. george is here. >> good morning. we spent friday afternoon in the oval office for an hour as the president looked back on his legacy. these are busy times right now. we sat down just moments after the intelligence community releas t concluding that vladimir putin ordered the interference in our elections. one of the things we talked about was how, earlier in the day, president-elect trump had called all of the focus on russian hacking a political witch hunt. >> we have seen a lot of commentary lately. where there are republicans or pundits, cable commentators, who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin than fellow americans because the fellow americans are democrats. that cannot be. >> does that include the president-elect? >> uh, well, what i will say is that -- and i said this right after the election. we have to remind ourselves we're on the same team. vladimir putin is not on our team. >> th

." >> a reminder, george stephanopoulos has a big show on "this week." speak with kellyanne conway. about the first days of the trump administration. and senate minority leader chuck schumer. senator john mccain will weigh in. on the week ahead. jon karl will weigh in. all coming up later this morning on "this week," right here on abc. >> we'll be watching. breaking weather news. more than 40 million americans in a threat zone right now. tornadoes ripping through the south. possibly more to come. we start with rob. >> yet another morning of sad news from the weather department. at least two more fatalities across southern georgia. this line of storms doing damage. several more long-track tornadoes this morning. maybe more to come. another batch of rain behind it. heading into mississippi. hattiesburg hit hard yesterday. we find adrienne bankert there this morning. adrienne? >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, rob. you can see behind me, this church took a hit. the roof is gone. we saw parishioners taking out bibles and hymnals. they'll have to find so

george stephanopoulos. >> good evening. it's an american tradition dating back to our first president, but george washington never actually delivered his speech. it was just published in the newspapers. more recent presidents have spoken from the oval office. president obama doing it his own way before his home town of chicago. we're on scene at mccormick place where the president celebrated his re-election in 2012. good evening, tom. >> george, good evening to you. president obama said he wanted the speech here because this is where it all started for him. where he went from a community organizer to the highest office in the land. this crowd is fired. you. they've been dancing, they've been shouting. there's an estimated 20,000 people here many waiting for hours in freezing temperatures. >> the president did not get the outcome he wanted in november. right now enjoying some of the highest approval ratings of his presidency. his aides say that the speech tonight is going to be a call to action hearkening back to his days as

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, and welcome to our coverage of president obama's farewell to the nation in these final days of his second term. it's an american tradition dating back to our first president, but george washington never delivered his speech. just published it in the newspapers. more have spoken from the oval office for east room of the white house. president obama doing it his own way from his hometown of chicago before a crowd of thousands. you see them right there. our tom llamas is on the scene where the president celebrated his re-election in 2012. good evening, tom. >> reporter: george, good evening to you. president obama said he wanted the speech here because this is where it all started for him. where he went from a community organizer to the highest office in the world. this crowd is fired up. they have been dancing and shouting. there are 20,000 people here. an estimated 20,000 people here. many of them waiting for hours in freezing temperatures just to get a ticket. >> the president did not get the outcome he wanted in november. right now

i provided a 70 minute interview yesterday with george stephanopoulos.hey had a terrible line, hardly heard him. i could barely make out what he was saying. at 70 minute interview. abc news will put out a clip or two about it and come up with a headline. meet the press was even worse than that. >> sean: chuck todd called the inaugural speech insulting. >> i said it's not his job to give us his opinion. it scared people because oh, we have to go after she went after somebody in the media. i told him it is not his job. i knew you for 20 some years. it's not his job. as his opinion. on "meet the press," the president called me after that performance yesterday. he was glowing about it. vice president pence, said that the president called him and said did you see kellyanne? it suits their purpose that they don't want to -- to quote jack nicholson from a few good men, you can't handle the truth. when you are laughing at me, the highest ranking woman in the west wing, you are laughing at me on live television, and you are ridiculing me laying out facts that you

george stephanopoulos asked him sentence that one historians would use after him being the first african-americandent. he thought about it and he said -- he cared deeply about american democracy which seemed kind of like a throwaway line , but when you go and hear what he does, what he says at the farewell address, it is my sense that he really has a belief that there is a fundamental challenge right now to the essence of what this country is all about. in many ways, it was a very foreboding message. charlie: i was interested as well. he has touched on this in interviews. is the idea of why the democratic party is in such bad shape in 2017. when he came in, majority in both houses and now the majority is against the democrats. the control of both houses. his argument from his own perspective was -- i was too busy governing and i did not pay attention. jonathan: and the decimation of the democratic party extends beyond the federal offices to the statehouses, state governors. and i can tell you that many democrats that i have spoken to , and i assume you guys as well, did not find his explanation f

we want to bring in abc news chief anchor george stephanopoulos. the host of "this week" later this morning. we're going to talk about russia in a second. let's go back to congressman lewis. and trump's apologists and defenders say lewi it's true. a lot of democrats are saying is it really smart to question the legitimacy? to do what republicans did in the past, like donald trump, to question the legitimacy of president obama? was it proportionate, and wise? i think it falls short. he wasn't right about the district. not about john lewis' history. and as cokie pointed out in materialier piece, this is a point in time now where donald trump needs to be reaching out to those who opposed him. >> sure. >> during the campaign this is a guy that tangled with a gold star family. with a war hero, john mccain. with a prominent judge of mexican extraction. >> and he won. >> he won nonetheless. is there any reason to think this one will be any different? >> the question is, what does he want to do as president? will he have the power to do that? look at the p

." >> a reminder, george stephanopoulos has a big show on "this week." speak with kellyanne conway. about the first days of the trump administration. and senate minority leader chuck schumer. senator john mccain will weigh in. on the week ahead. jon karl will weigh in. all coming up later this morning on "this week," right here on abc. >> we'll be watching. >>> we do move on to the breaking weather news. we're told multiple deaths are reported in georgia after tornados touched down there and rob has been tracking it. >> a sad situation. after another night of deadly tornados across southern georgia and three counties. 11 people losing their lives and over 20 injuries as they came in the dead of night. on the heels of what happened in mississippi just the night before, four fatalities there as tornados ripped through that area in the middle of the night and ef-3 tornado, over 136 miles an hour. widespread damage across that town. tornado watches for south georgia and the florida panhandle and northern parts of florida as it makes its way down to the south

abc chief anchor george stephanopoulos discussed the matter with president obama. >> bottom line this vladimir putin got what he wanted. >> well, look, i think that what is true is that the russians intended to meddle and they meddled. i'll be honest with you, george, one thing i am concerned about is the degree to which we've seen a lot of commentary lately where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence than vladimir putin than fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. that cannot be. >> does that include the president-elect? >> well, what i will say is that and i said this right after the election, we had to remind ourselves we're on the same team. vladimir putin is not on our team. >> reporter: before the classified briefing, trump repeatedly cast doubt on the russian hacking story. afterward he released a statement that didn't even mention putin. trump did china and others are consistently trying to hack a variety of american institutions, but rejected any assertion this might have influenced the election results.

and he said something interesting in the interview with george stephanopoulos know lust, george asked him what is the one sentence that historians will use after you were the first african american president to describe you. and he thought bit, he paused and he said he cares deeply about american democracy which seemed like kind of a throw away line but then when you go and hear what he does in the fare well address my sense is he really has a belief that there's a fundamental challenge right now to the essence of what this country is all about. ways it's a very foreboding lesson. >> rose: he touched on this on interviews because he was asked about it but the idea where the democratic party's in such bad shape in 2017 when he came in with majority of both houses and now the majority in both houses against the democrats, republicans controlling both houses. his argument from his own perspective is i was too busy governing 2450e89s -- that's ws doing and i didn't pay attention to politics. >> and the democratic party is beyond, it's the state offices the governors. and i can tell you th

george stephanopoulos asks what he hopes to be his biggest legacy. >> maybe it will be president obama believed deeply in this democracy and the american people. >> you can see the president's farewell speech from chicago live on 6abc beginning at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. our website 6abc.com will live stream the president's address. >> there's much more ahead on "action news" at 12:0 p.m. caught on camera an alleged jewel thief carries out his crime and it takes place on one of philadelphia's famous street. >>> we'll have much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> philadelphia police are searching for a suspect who stole a diamond ring from a center city jewelry store last month on 800 block of sansom street. the suspect was shown a white gold diamond ring, he put it in his pocket and walked out of the store. when the employee confronted him, he threatened to kill the employee. fun the suspect give the police a call. >>> limited has closed all 250 stores nationwide. the move cost 4,000 workers their job. the retailer is feeling the impact of online shopping and fast fashion c

"this week with george stephanopoulos" >> announcer: starting right now on "this week with george stephanopoulosrst week firestorm. protests around the country after trump limits entry to the u.s. [ chanting ] president trump not backing down. >> we're totally prepared. it's working out very nicely. we'll have a very, very strict ban, and we'll have extreme vetting. >> announcer: federal courts intervening overnight. >> we believe this executive order is clearly unlawful. >> announcer: will trump's order survive? we have all the breaking details plus -- >> the american people will not pay for the wall. >> announcer: after a wild week one, we cover it all and go straight to the new power brokers.

but on abc's "this week with george stephanopoulos" on sunday top aide kellyanne conway said trump will not be releasing his returns. she says it's because people don't care about them. a recent abc news "wall street journal" poll found 73% of americans want to see those returns. >> okay, we're going to switch gears and talk about something people care about. the super bowl match-up. it's already set. new england versus atlanta. the pats demolished the pittsburgh steelers, 36-17. patriots fans celebrating their ninth super bowl appearance. there they go. wow. nice dance moves. you can join the cheerleaders. this is their second visit to the super bowl in three years. >> quarterback matt ryan made sure his falcons are going to the big game. atlanta clobbered the green bay ouch. for the packers for the second appearance for the falcons ever. check out falcons owner arthur blank. the billionaire on the dance floor with the team and we will, of course, have the highlights for you later in sports. still ahead, a popular beer making -- beermaker pulling its brew off the shelves. the concerns

>> announcer: starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> i won. i mean, i became president. >> announcer: the president-elect not pulling punches. >> does anybody in this room really believe that? give me a break. >> announcer: feuding with a sil rights icon. >> i don't plan to attend the inauguration. >> i think it was disgraceful. disgraceful. >> announcer: and sparring with the media. >> i'm not going to give you a question. >>> plus, as his cabinet picks get grild on the hill. >> none of this is classified, mr. tillerson. >> don and eric are going to be running the company. >> announcer: does it go far enough? questions ahead for trump's priebus. highs oversight committee chair, represent i have jason chafe fets. and what's the opposition's next move? we're one on one with senator bernie sanders. from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, just five days now before donald trump becomes president of the united states. after the most intense week yet of this transition. it began with an early

in his exit interview with george stephanopoulos, his insisted his legacy isn't all lost. >> my hope is that the president-elect, members of congress from both parties look at where have we objectively made progress, where things are working better. don't undo things just because i did them. >> reporter: a few things he accomplished can't be taken away. ♪ at last >> reporter: first and foremost, just being america's first black president, he made history just by winning the election. the farther we get from his honeymoon, it's easy to forget that. >> i grew up in the '70s. people thought that in your lifetime, we would never see an african american as president. i have a daughter who's 13. i don't think she remembers anything but having an african american as our president. >> reporter: christian champagne was a high school junior when he first met the president. >> he came and it was one of the greatest moments of my life. >> reporter: obama paid a visit to becoming a man, a non-profit support group, helping to bridge the opportunity gap for young man in chicago's public schools. in

here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. what an extraordinary start to this new presidency. the day after his inauguration, president trump met with massive protests. hundreds of thousands in the capital for the women's march on washington. hundreds of thousands more in new york. chicago. los angeles. cities across the country and around the world. from paris to sydney, australia. the president ignored the protests. on his first full day in office, he used his bully pulpit to deny reality and declare war on the press. >> i have run aing war with the media. ey feud with the intelligence commit. i want you the know. the reason you're the number one stop, it's exactly the opposite. exactly. >> reports of a feud were based on trump's own staples. during the transition, he accused the intelligence community of a political witch hunt. questioned their quote intelligence. he suggested the cia director leaked damaging material on him. and compared the agency to the nazis. >> i think it's a disgrace. that is something that nazi germ

. >> this week with george stephanopoulos is up next. "action news" continues at noon.e's some of the stories we're working on for you, a cake controversy at the inaugural ball why the cake looked like the one barack obama had at his ball in 2013. >> an iconic troupe is coming to philadelphia. details on why they never formed the same show twice. >>> for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. we'll do a facebook live chat after this. see you soon. are 0 123450 >>> starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> i, donald john trump. do solemnly swear. >> donald trump takes the oath. >> this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. >> stark promises. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. >> and gets to work. >> we're going to start winning again and you're going to be leading the charge. >>> and -- >> not my president. >> after massive protests. can he unite a divided america? >> the -- is not america. we are america. >> tough questions ahead for counsellor to the president, kellya

now reporting george stephanopoulos. >> and those ceremonies have begun here in washington, d.c.esident-elect right now at the lincoln memorial at the make america great again welcome celebration. let's listen. >> thank you. so this journey began 18 months ago. i had something to do with it, but you had much more to do with it than i did. i'm the messenger. i'm just the messenger. and we were tired, and i love you. beli believe me. i love you. we all got tired of seeing what was happening, and we wanted change, but we wanted real change. and i look so forward to tomorrow. we're going to see something that is going to be so amazing. so many people have poured into washington, d.c. this started out tonight being a small, little concert, and then we had the idea, maybe we'll do it in front of the lincoln memorial. i don't know if it's ever been done before, but if it has, very seldom, and the people came by the thousands and thousands, and here we are tonight. all the way back. all the way back. so it's a movement that began. it's a movement that started. and it's a movement like we

would release those tax returns once an irs audit was completed, but on abc's "this week with george stephanopoulos" on sunday, top aide kellyanne conway said trump will not be releasing his returns. she says it's because people don't care about them. a recent abc news/"wall street journal" poll found 74% of americans want to see those returns. >>> switching gears now and the super bowl match-ups now set. new england versus atlanta. take a look. the pats demolished the pittsburgh steelers, 36-17. patriots fans celebrating their ninth super bowl appearance. their second in three years. >> ninth appearance and quarterback matt ryan made sure his falcons are going to the big game. atlanta clobbering the green bay packers, 44-21, ouch, for the packers, for their second appearance ever. check out falcons owner arthur blank. the 74-year-old billionaire on the dance floor with the team. we'll have, of course, a full wrap-up, the highlights in sports. >> arthur blank, of course, is the owner of home depot, and so he was landing some moves. >> jamming out. >>> still ahead, a popular beer making -- beermaker

in his kper inter -- exit interview with george stephanopoulos, obama insisted his legacy isn't all lost. >> my hope is that the president-elect and members of the congress from both parties look at where have we objectively made progress where things are working better. don't undo things just because i did them. >> reporter: a few things can't be taken away, first and foremost, just being america's first black history. president. he made history just by winning the election. the farther we get from his honeymoon, it's easy to forget that. obama himself acknowledged the racial divide still looms large. >> after my election there was talk of a post racial america. and such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic. >> reporter: another accomplishment, the history books are sure to include killing america's number one enemy. the critics would say you have to balance that against the fact that obama underestimated the threat posed by isis. his legacy judged by what he accomplished tends to be mixed. he fulfilled his campaign promis the bush years on american foreign policy to str

you can see the real thing this friday, abc's coverage with george stephanopoulos and team beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next to winter weather alerts in 12 states. a weekend of dangerous weather, at least nine dead. in nebraska, a fiery collision on interstate 80. the drivers fortunately will be okay. in oklahoma, an ice storm brought down this tree, smashing the truck below. here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, a dangerous sheet of ice coating the heartland. this semi bursting into flames after careening into another truck on i-80 in nebraska. and in kansas, this highway trooper swerving to avoid control. slick conditions in kansas city, too. this car sliding at least 100 feet down the roadway. other cars hitting that same patch of black ice. car accidents killing at least nine since friday. icy tree limbs snapping, knocking out power lines. >> oh. the power just went out. >> reporter: the ice up to half an inch thick. enough to cripple neighborhoods like this one in oklahoma. we pulled over. we wanted to show you just how icy it is. i have to hold on to the car han