hoping that new surveillance video taken in this area will help them piece together a timeline of jack wheeler'ss to determine how and where he may have been killed. wheeler's body was found in a wilmington landfill on new year's eve. the police are now focusing on an area downtown, the last place he was seen alive. this video from december 29th, shows wheeler looking confused and disoriented. police say late friday, they obtained more surveillance video taken in the same area, the next night. after exiting a building on 11th street, it shows wheeler walking through a hotel valet parking area and continuing down the street. he was last seen on camera, at 8:42 p.m. heading into the direction of a high-crime area two blocks away. >> the good thing for police, it at least tightens down the time of where he was. at least at 9:00 at night. >> reporter: police have questioned a wilmington cab driver, whose phone number turned up in wheeler's cell phone. athel scott said he had seen wheeler in that same part of downtown williamington, but didn't know how the defense consultant got his phone number. >>

. >> jack wheeler's life was centered around patriotism and service. lost a great friend and a great engine in efforts to help the country. >> reporter: friends say so sad that a man so concerned about giving honor to fallen comrades apparently was afforded so little dignity in his own death. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> former vice president dick cheney could now be facing a critical medical choice. he has had heart trouble for decades and recently had a device implanted to help it keep pumping. now the "new york times" is reporting that "mr. cheney now faces a crucial decision, whether to seek a full heart transplant." it is a decision he will most likely be forced to make within months. no comment yet from the cheney family. >>> the navy captain who taped those controversial videos has now been reassigned to an onshore desk job. >> owen honors was fired as commander of the "uss enterprise" as a result of the scandal. karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinit

you're looking at some of the last images of jack wheeler, taken on december 29th.aptured on this parking garage surveillance video, he appears disoriented. and is even holding one of his shoes. at one point, he asks for help, then leaves. pacing up and down this hallway, before getting on an elevator. >> i thought he probably had dementia or something. >> reporter: do you have any more video? >> we have additional video that we were able to uncover at the date of december 30th at approximately 8:30 in the evening. in that video, mr. wheeler is seen. and he appears confused. >> reporter: he was last seen alive in this wilmington office building. 12 hours later, his body was discovered in a landfill. some time after the video was taken, he was murdered and stuffed in a dumpster. >> our ultimate hope would be we would possibly catch a killer or somebody that may be involved in his death on one of those videos. >> reporter: before his death, wheeler had been wandering the streets after arriving from washington by train. clearly, something was wrong. but who would want

>> jack wheeler's life was centered around patriotism and service. we've lost a great friend and a great engine in efforts to help the country. >> reporter: friends say, so sad that a man so concerned about giving honor to fallen comrades apparently was afforded so little dignity in his own death. for "good morning america," pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> okay. >>> well, it's time now for the weather with sam champion. >> good morning, george. we're going to start with pictures out of vegas. ktnv. you're there. four inches of snow west of the city, on the strip, not a lot. it happens. you get a little bit of snow almost every year in the area there but the last time they got the measurable snow was 2008, december 17th. last big-time snow. it's incredible. here's what happens with the temperatures there. the idea is that warmer air gets in. vegas at 48 degrees. palm springs at 60. san diego at 63. l.a. comes in about 61 degrees. the milder air is moving across the country. here's the one place where the temperatures are brutal. early morning