karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> espn is reporting that temple has hired jeff collins to take over for matt rhule. his departure followed back to back winning seasons and a college championship. we'll bring you the latest on "action news" beginning at 4:00. >> still to come, they can be found on millions of homes and many holiday wish lists but there is a recall on these popular food processors. >>> and why the airline says a woman had to be physically removed from her flight. >>> and david murphy has the forecast from accuweather. >> rachel: ho ho ho, everybody. >> this chef is going through one huge holiday heap. >> put some eggnothing -- eggnog in there. >> rachel: then, we'll play a little christmas song charades. i saw >>> pro government forces in syria have kill said dozens of civilians according to reports from the human rights office. those troops are entering the former strong hold of aleppo. at least 37,000 people have fled the city and hundreds are still in hiding and in extreme danger. >>> there is a warning for a popular kitchen product that can br

karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the philadelphia flyers are on a winning streak that this town has not seen in decades, they won 10 games in a row for the first time in 41 years. the flyers longest win can streak since a 13 day run back in 1985. they will try to keep it going when they visit the stars in dallas on saturday. >>> something to cheer about. all right. much more to come on "action news" at noon. a school bus driver charged in a crash that killed several children faces a judge. >> and authorities have discovered traces of explosives on it's viction tims of a plane crash in the mediterranean sea. david murphy has the forecast and much more when "action news" continues. mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. again! so i can lift even the most demanding weight. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now verified non gmo and gluten free. it's just a cough.our cough, sfx: woman coughing you'd see how often you cough all day. and so would everyone else. robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that

we get the latest from karen travers. >> reporter: good afternoon the cabinet continues to fill out and last night he gave a public defense of his pick for secretary of state. but there are a lot of questions from democrats and republicans. silicon valley comes to trump tower today. donald trump hosting a tech summit bringing together leaders from the top companies and maybe the holiday spirit brings people together. last night in wisconsin, their first rally today house speaker, paul ryan, with a first gift for donald trump, a green bay packers jersey. >> honestly he is like a fine wine. every day goes by and i get to appreciate his genius more and more. >> despite the cheering clouds he faces heat for his cabinet pick and last night he launched a defense of his pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson, who has a long relationship with russian president, vladimir putin. >> rex is friendly with many of the leaders we don't get along with. i like what this is all about. >> trump announcing wednesday he picked former texas governor torks rick perry to lead the department of energy, an a

karen travers, abc news, washington. joyce: in a statement today, president barack obama said "john always had the right stuff, inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to mars and beyond." and this, from house speaker paul ryan, "on behalf of the house, i extend my deepest sympathies to annie and the entire glenn family, may his memory live on every time we look up at the stars." breaking news, milwaukee county election officials have finished their recount. the county will tabulate and tomorrow. according to the latest information from that commission, 48 of the 72 counties in wisconsin are now finished. there are no reports of significant changes in vote totals so far. turning to weatherwatch 12 first , the cold, then the snow. let's check in with chief meteorologist mark baden. mark: your friday morning will be a tough one to take. give it a month or so, and this will not feel all that bad, a passing flurryr 20 and 25 degrees, now let's focus on the weekend, because we do have a

abc's karen travers in washington. karen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. it seemed a bit surprising that out of nowhere donald trump went after one of america's biggest companies, but after some digging yesterday, that tweet and his public comments about aircraft giant boeing seemed to be a response to the company's ceo. joining donald trump on his victory lap, his choice to lead the pentagon, retired marine general james mattis. >> the american people are character and integrity will now be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. >> reporter: earlier tuesday trump blasted american aircraft manufacturing giant boeing. first on twitter, boeing is building a brand-new 747 air force one for future presidents but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order. and later at trump tower. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. >> reporter: the attacks seemed to come out of the blue except trump's tweet came about an hour after boeing's

karen travers live in washington for us. karen, thanks. >> hard to believe we're talking 2020 right now even as a joke. >> i know, i know. hasn't even been sworn in yet. >> yeah, all right. >>> let's go back to 2016 and the controversy with the transition team, the son of donald trump's national security adviser, well, he's now been forced off of the transition team because of a fake news story. michael flynn jr. is accused of pushing the so-called pizzagate conspiracy theory in a series of tweets. >> now, that's the same false story that prompted a gunman to open fire in a washington, d.c. pizzeria. trump's spokeman says flynn jr. had been helping his father with some duties, but that's no longer the case. >>> the other big story we're following this morning, the snow. it's now tapering off in the northern plains this morning after yesterday's blizzard but it's now snowing in boulder and other parts of colorado. the snowplows, as you can see there, are out, and the streets are very slick. the weather is also blamed for sever

abc's karen travers reports. >> reporter: joining donald trump on his victory lap his choice to leadhe pentagon james mattis. >> the american people are fortunate that a man of this character and integrity will now be the civilian leader a top the department of defense. >> reporter: earlier tuesday trump blasted american aircraft manufacturing giant boeing first on twitter. boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future presidents but costs are out of control more than $4 billion. cancel order. and later at trump tower. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. >> reporter: the attack seemed to come out of the blue except trump's tweet came about an hour after boeing ceo was quoted criticizing the president-elect's rhetoric on trade in china. for now there's no $4 billion deal but boeing has been tapped to produce two new planes to replace the aging aircraft. the pentagon projects the cost for the new plane could be upwards of $3 billion and is it too soon to talk about 2020? vice president joe biden getting a lot of questions after in

we get the latest from karen travers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ryan and mara. there have been some public displays of division in donald trump's inner circle. top transition aides say this expanding of the cabinet search is because so many qualified people say they want to serve in his administration. big cabinet announcements are expected this week from president-elect donald trump. >> it will be a team that makes america strong and prosperous again. week didn't seem to seal the deal for mitt romney. abc news has learned that trump is broadening his search for secretary of state and is now considering as many as nine candidates. in addition to romney, rudy giuliani. senator bob corker and david petraeus. former ambassador john an obama appointee is now in the mix, as well as the tournament ceo of exxon-mobil and a retired navy admiral that hillary clinton considered to be her vp. >> we have a president-elect who wants to look at the best and brightest of america. regardless of past disputes we may have had. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges, the relat

here is abc's karen travers. karen: as a statesman, fighter had a knack for being at the right place, at the right time, with the right stuff. >> i guess i have looked at my whole life as being sort of service to my country. karen: the son of a plumber and school teacher he was born and raised in ohio where he met and married his childhood sweetheart annie. in 1942, he quit college for the military. as a highly decorated marine pilot who flew dozens of missions in the paving in world warii. was baseball legend ted williams. after years as a test pilot, glenn was selected in 1959 to be one of the original seven mercury astronauts. he became the first american to orbit the earth. he made three orbits and landed safely. appearance before kansas ticker tape parade followed he became an american hero. >> i'm glad to see the pride accomplishments are not a thing of the past. karen: in 1964 he left the space program for politics. after two failed u.s. senate bids he won a seat in 1974 and became a capitol hill fixture, s

reporting live, karen travers, abc7 news. alison: okay, karen. thank you very much. when it comes to the question of whether russia hacked our election, not even our intelligence agencies agree on this. you want to hear what we learn when we spoke to obama's former head of the defense intelligence agency. his name is david shed. that is coming up this week on "full measure." larry: this morning edgar the charges after carrying guns in the comet ping pong. he was going there to get to the botment to of a fake news report of sex trafficking ring. and magiano's also received threats after white nationalist group held dinner there last month and now clarendon ballroom is finding itself targeted as well. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in arlington with a look at the impact. jeff? jeff: in the campaign, hillary clinton referred to some of the trump supporters as deplorables. some of them are embraillinging the name and holding a deploraball before the inauguration. they wanted to have it here but there are different opinions on why it won't happen. >>

abc's karen travers has more. joining donald trump on his victory lap...his choice to lead the pentagon...retired marine general james mattis. the american people are fortunate that a man of this character and integrity will now be the civilian leader atop the department of defense. aircraft manufacturing giant boeing. first on twitter - "boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future presidents, but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel order! and later at trump tower: i think it's ridiculous. boeing is doing a little bit of a number. the attack seemed to come out of the blue?except about an hour after boeing's ceo was quoted criticizing the president elect's rhetoric on trade and china. for now there's no four billion dollar deal. but boeing has been tapped to produce two new planes to replace the aging aircraft. the pentagon projects the cost for the new planes could be upwards of 3 billion dollars. and is it too soon to talk about 2020? vice president joe biden getting a lot of qu

karen travers has the latest on the trump transition. karen: the lobby of trump tower buzzing with star power. donald trump coming downstairs for a morning photo op with kanye west. and bill gates stopped by. >> we had a good conversation about innovation. how it can help in health, education, impact of the foreign aid and the energy innovation. karen: he also sat down with ray lewis and jim brown who admittedded he didn't vote for trump but wants to work with him to help the african-american communities. >> it couldn't have been the better meeting. the graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic. karen: this comes as trump announced rex tillerson will be the secretary of state. as the head of one of the most valuable oil companies he has brokered major deals. now the spotlight is on tillerson's deep ties to russian president vladimir putin. they are seen here sharing a champagne toast. >> our company has invested a lot of money in russian. >> some are expressing concern about the potential conflict of interest. >>

karen travers live from d.c. with more on that. aren -- >> tonight donald trump is in wisconsin for a rally another stop his post election thank you tour, but today as trump tower a steady stream of notable guests stopping by to meet with the president-elect. are they legitimate meeting but perhaps a way to distract from the criticism he is facing over his cabinet picks. president-elect donald trump coming downstairs for a morning photo-op with kanye west. >> a good man. >> and microsoft founder bill gates. >> we had a good conversation about innovation and how to help in health and innovation and impact on foreign aid and energy, and a wide ranging conversation about the power of innovation. >> trump sat down with former nfl star, ray lewis and football legend, jim brown, who admits he did not vote for trump but wants to work with him to help african-american communities. >> the reception we got was fantastic. >> the tour of celebrities comes as donald trump announced rex tillerson as his pick to secretary of state. he doesn't brin

karen travers has the latest on the trump transition. n: sitting down with leaders from the top companies. >> to be there for you. you call my people. you call me. it doesn't make any difference. there is no formal chain of command. karen: silicon valley is not exactly friendly campaign for trump. in july, 140 tech executives and entrepreneurs wrote in an open letter that trump would be a disaster for innovation. due to the views on immigration and the global economy. none of today's attendees signed that letter. trump announcing wednesday he picked former texas governor rick perry to lead the department of energy, an organization he once said he -- an agency he once said he would eliminate. and he offered interior secretary job to ryan zinke, a retired navy seal. both selections have been criticized by environmental and clean energy groups. but the pick for secretary of state that is drawing bipartisan potential conflicts of interest. last night trump launched a public defense of his choice of rex tillerson who has had a long relationshi

reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> another of the vips to visit the president-elect was a local face, delaware senator, chris couns met with mr. trump in new york. senator couns was there to invite the incoming president to the national prayer breakfast. he is the cochair of that event. we caught up with the senator after the meeting and you can hear about that on inside story this weekend. that airs sunday morning at 11:30 on 6 abc. >>> it is for a check of the accuweather forecast and we said it once, say it again. get ready to freeze. >> plainly put right? >> we'll be blunt about it. adam joseph where would we be at the freezing point. >> a good 60 hours here coming up dress in layers and dress martially and it shouldn't bother you much if you get to point a to point b from the car to the building, sky 6 hd in center city the clouds are back after some sunshine earlier today as the front is beginning to approach from the north and west. kind of a gloomy chilly looking sky and in fact, winds 9 miles per hour in philadelphia and

as karen travers tells us, calls on capitol hill for an investigation are growing. karen: growing calls for thorough investigation in russia's hacking in the presidential campaign. mitch mcconnell was blunt. >> the russians are not our friend. it defies belief that the republicans are willing to ignore the russian tactics. karen: he wouldn't comment on what the motives may be but he drew a line between the kremlin interference and donald trump. >> he didn't need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious cyber activity. >> over the weekend on twitter and fox news, trump slamming a "washington post" report that russia interfered in the election to give him an advantage. >> i think it's ridiculous. it's just another excuse. i don't believe it. >> trump has never believed the russian government was behind the hacking despite 17 known u.s. intelligence agencies concluding that the russian government directed the hacking. a spokesman for the kremlin today saying the charge "has nothing to do with reality." this public showdown between the president-el

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abc news reporter karen travers has more. >> reporter: president obama forcefully defended the u.s.nse to russia's election interference. >> we handled tlt way it should have been mannedled. we allowed law enforcement and the intelligence community to do its job without political influence. >> reporter: his traditional year end press conference dominated by questions about russia's cyber attack including why didn't the oenema administration make a bigger deal about it or retaliate before election day? >> i wanted to make sure that everybody understood we were playing this thing straight. >> reporter: president said he confronted russian president put put this past september. >> when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out or there would be serious consequences if he didn't. >> reporter: president barack obama said after that the u.s. didn't see any further tampering. putin has yet to publicly address the issue, but u.s. officials say they have solid evidence the russia

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> and mr.mp may be forced to dump his financial interests in his new weeksy hotel. democrats believe he'd be in breach of his lease to use the government-owned building because there's a clause that says no elected official shall be admitted to the lease. the general services administration says it won't make a decision on this until after mr. trump is in the white house. >>> syrian rebels say a crease fire deal for the evacuation of fighters and civilians from eastern aleppo is back on hours after it collapsed. the announcement comes of a syria government forces swept into former rebel-held areas today. the scene was described as a complete breakdown. humanity. the u.n. says it has information that some 82 civilians, including women and children were executed by pro-government forces during their advance. >>> the city of paris is just solidarity with those facing danger in eastern aleppo by switching off the lights at the eiffel tower. the famous landmark has been used before to express solida

abc's karen travers takes us there. >> it's a trump tower tech summit. the president elect sitting down with leaders from some of america's top companies. >> we're going to be there for you. call my people, call me we have no formal chain of command silicon valley is not exactly friendly terin back in july, a group of more than 140 tech executives and entrepreneurs wrote in an open letter that trump would be quote a disaster for innovation due to his views on immigration and the global economy. none of today's attendees signed that letter. >> there is nobody like the people in this room. >> trump announcing wednesday he's picked former texas governor rick perry to lead the department of energy an agency , he once said he would eliminate. and he's offered the interior secretary job to congressman ryan zinke of montana, a retired navy seal who has pushed for criticized by environmental and clean energy groups. but it's his pick for secretary of state that's drawing bipartisan concerns over potential conflicts of interest. last night, trump launched a publi

. >> his short list for secretary we get the latest from karen travers. >> reporter: there have been public displays of division in donald trump's irn circle. top transition aides say this expanding of the cabinet search is because so many qualified people say they want to serve many his administration. big cabinet announcements expected this week. again. >> reporter: 2459 dinner last week didn't seem to seal the deal with mitt romney. president-elect trump is now considering as many as nine candidates. romney, rudy giuliani, senator bob corker and david petraeus. john huntsman, an obey ma appointee is now in the mix, as well as the current ceo of exxon mobile and a retired navy admiral that hillary clinton >> we have a president-elect who wants to look at the best and brightest of america. regardless of past disputes we may have had. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges, the relations with chin nap. trump's decision to take a phone call from the president of taiwan angering chinese officials. >> it's mystifying to me that president obama can reach out to a murdering dictator i

karen travers has the details. transition says it has cut ties with the son of incoming national security adviser michael flynn. after sunday's shooting at comet ping pong, michael flynn junior sent a tweet embracing the discredited conspiracy theory about sex trafficking. the presidential transition requested a security clearance for the younger flynn who was serving as his father's chief of staff. new this morning, the owner of comet ping pong is pizzeria reopened yesterday, after a bizarre incident. on sunday, a gunman fired an assault rifle inside the restaurant. edgar welch drove there from his home in north carolina, apparently to investigate the online conspiracy theory known as "pizzagate." it claimed hillary clinton was running a child sex ring at comet ping pong. when the restaurant reopened yesterday, there was a long line of customers. welch allegedly fired three shots sunday, before he surrendered. he has a detention hearing tomorrow, in d.c. superior court. a united medical center worker is arrested a

karen travers, abc 7 news. jummy: now to a developing story in syria. the evacuation of thousands of was haltedaleppo after gunfire interrupted -- asked erupted. was helped broker the evacuation deal, still hopes they can resume. closer to home, the public is getting a chance to say goodbye to astronaut john glenn as his body is lying in state at the ohio statehouse. this is a live look at the viewing taking place. the memorial service for john glenn will be held tomorrow. vice president joe biden is expected to speak at the service. he died last week at the age of 95. he was the first american to orbit the earth. coming up on "abc 7 news at noon ," new information in the mystery of the murder of jonbenet ramsey. we will take you live to new york city for details. also, christmas lights are nice to look at, but some of them may be a danger to pilots. a warning from the faa. jamie: construction. outbound bw parkway, 10 miles per hour is what you drop down to, also some volume northbound on kenilworth avenue. from theinly seeing it 11th street bridge, clo

karen travers in washington. >>> we're getting word now that mr. has offered montana representative ryan zinke the job of interior secretary, according to two people with knowledge of the offer. still unclear whether the 55-year-old former navy s.e.a.l. has saepd the post. >> all military action in eastern aleppo has ended and the syrian government that is re-established control over the former rebel held area. other reports out of syria say the assad government has reached a cease-fire and evacuation agreement with rebel forces. the reporter covering the situation says civilians and rubbles will get safe passage out of the area. >> most of the them are going to go either to the north or to the west on buses and in return for that what's going to happen is the syrian government is going to get control of that entire area, and with that there will no longer be a foothold for the opposition forces inside aleppo. the syrian government will have full control >> while some people have already startled leaving eastern aleppo, reports say the organized ev

karen travers is following the story and live at the bureau in washington with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. this russian election interference sparked several fierce battles, the white house versus the kremlin and now the white house versus trump transition team and now president obama is facing who should be held accountable for this and how to do it. >> president obama with a warning for russia. u.s. retaliation is coming. >> i think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time of place of our own choosing some of it may be explicit and publicized and some of it may not be. the president telling npr he confronted vladimir putin at a summit this past september. >> he is well aware because i spoke to him directly about it. >> the u.s. says they have solid evidence that the president ordered and directed the cyber attack. >> that is not say lightly that is something they say when they have a smoking gun. >> putin himself will be a target foo the hacking. >> we need to show that t

. >> abc's karen travers looks back. >> this is the night for donald trump. he's now going to be the 45th president of the united states. >> a stunning election hillary clinton unable to shatter the glass ceiling. >> this is not the outcome we wanted or worked hard trump's rival struggling to knock him down. >> he's going to make america orange. >> trump locked it up. hillary clinton had a tough primary slog, battling bernie sanders for months. but in season of bomb shells. >> check not find a case bringing criminal charges. >> clinton was ahead in most national polls and in battle ground friday stands out. the washington post reporting this video. >> just kissing them. do anything. >> wikileaks published a batch of e-mails from the then, this. trump seemed to head into the final stretch but the team so confident they were pumping champagne. then, november 8th, trump pulled off with someone his team didn't think was possible. busting through the blue wall, winning pennsylvania, and michigan to win the white house. democrats were stunned. >> this loss hurts. f

. >> abc's karen travers looks back. >> this is the night for donald trump. he's now going to be the 45th president of the united states. >> a stunning election upset. hillary clinton unable to shatter the glass ceiling. >> this is not the outcome we wanted or worked hard for trump's rival struggling to knock him down. >> he's going to make america orange. >> trump locked it up. hillary clinton had a tough primary slog, battling bernie sanders for months. but in july, it was an election season of bomb shells. >> check not find a case bringing criminal charges. >> clinton was ahead in most national polls and in battle ground states. friday stands out. the washington post reporting this video. >> just kissing them. do anything. >> wikileaks published a batch of e-mails from the campaign. then, this. trump seemed to head into the final stretch but the team so confident they were pumping champagne. then, november 8th, trump pulled off with someone his team didn't think was possible. busting through the blue wall, winning pennsylvania, and michigan to win the whit

senator for abc's karen travers looks back at his extraordinary life. >> as a statesman, fighter pilot, and astronaut, john glenn had a knack for being at the right place at the right time, with the right stuff. >> i guess i've looked at my whole life as being of service to my country. >> the son of a plumber and schoolteacher, glenn was born and raised in ohio, where he met and married his childhood sweetheart, annie. in 1942, he quit college for the military, and as a highly-decorated marine pilot, flew dozens of missions in the flew dozens of missions in the pacific during world war two. in the korean war, his co-pilot was baseball legend ted williams. >> as the as cannot prepares for spaceflight. >> -- as the astronaut repairs for spaceflight. >> after years as a test pilot, glenn was selected in 1959 to be one of nasa's original seven mercury astronauts. he became the first american to orbit the earth. >> oh, that view is tremendous. >> despite technical problems aboard friendship 7, glenn made three orbits and landed safely.

karen travers is live with the details. >> donald trump is indicating that he is not convinced that russia play aid role in the hacking. and this despite the concrucials of more than a dozen u.s. intelligence agencies. a top senator says that donald trump should impose crippling sanctions on russia as punishment. >> we are here to differ -- >> a group of demonstrators at trump towers delivering a petition to take care of conflicts of interest before he is sworn in. today was suppose to be the day donald trump held a press conference. >> he was suppose to lay out how he separates himself from his business interest to put things in hans of his sons and other executives and that was canceled and trump tweeted thursday, the media tries to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my business so complex when actually it isn't. >> but that is how a trump adviser frames it. >> is makes more clear how convoluted these are. >> u.s. and form intelligence officials tell abc news that russian president vladimir putin was directly involved in the dnc hacking. they stopped short of confirming th

karen travers has a look back at glen's famous career that took him from the skies to the senate. >>ohn glenn had a knack for being at the right place at the right time with the right stuff. >> i guess i have looked at my whole life with being in service to my country. the son of a plumber and school teacher glen was born in ohio. where he met and married his sweetheart. a highly flew missions in world war ii c 1959 to buna test pilot of the original seven mercury astronauts and the firsthe eart >> the view is in 1964 glen left the space program for politics, he won a senate bit in 1974. share of political disappoints including a democratic nomination in 1984. and he left the senate but not th >> and lift off of discovery of the crew of six astronaut

reporting live from washington karen travers channel6 "action news. hank you. >>> world news tonight will have much more on the hacking investigation involving rush san the u.s. election. you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> time to get a check of the roads on this friday afternoon. >> matt pelman with the low down on the slow downton night matt. >> and there's plenty of slow down going on out there right now but at least things are dry for now rick and sharrie so that's helping us out. however it's a friday afternoon so you know it's going to be busy. on the schuylkill there was an accident westbound near gulph mills. that's off to the side and it's actually eastbound that's a little bit heavier if you're headed into the 76ers game on 76 tonight stop-and-go traffic from 202 the whole way into belmont. slow again then from montgomery in toward south street. still have that water main break to watch out for and a lot of ice as a result in manayunk along dawson and terrace. crash on 95 northbound by bridge street is gone

karen travers, abc news, abchington. you.aren, thank you.leigh, north carolina. nearly two dozen protesters have been arrested at the state's for assing a republican-dominated general limitingcalled a surprise session taking extraordinary steps passing a flurry of bills vmed at limiting the power of yearsate's incoming governor. roy cooper vowed to fight back against republican initiatives of several years including a recent law limiting lgbt rights. >>> the other big story this morning, and it is the severe weather that is impacting most postedcountry. winter weather alerts are posted this morning for 30 states from california all the way to maine. northern california's been lashed by heavy rain and winds, flooding roads as well as farmland. as well as , thousands of eugene, oregon residents without north, thr what's considered eugene, oregonstorm in decades sringing down trees and wires. storm in decernight blizzard warning for upstate new york and ernight blizzast coast seeing low temperatures as well as coast winds today. temperatures as

karen travers has more. >> reporter: donald trump back on the post election victory tour with a rally tuesday night in wisconsin. it was his first public appearance at a rally with house speaker paul ryan. >> speaker paul ryan. i really have come to -- oh, no, i come to appreciate him. >> reporter: the lobby of trump tower tuesday buzzing with star power. president-elect donald trump coming downstairs for a morning photo opportunity with kanye west. >> he's a good man. >> reporter: and microsoft founder bill gates. trump sat down with former nfl star, ray louis, and football legend jim brown. the celebrities comes on the day he announced rex tillerson as secretary of state. he doesn't bring military or government experience to foggy bottom, but as head of the most valuable traded oil companies, he's brokered major international deals. now the spotlight on his deep ties to russian president putin, the two seen sharing a champagne toast. >> i've invested a lot of money >> reporter: some republican senators publicly expressing concerns about tillerson's potential conflicts of interest. >

karen travers reports. >> reporter: donald trump says he doesn't believe it. defeat in the history of politics in this country. >> reporter: 17 u.s. intelligence agencies say russian government hackers compromised the computers at the dnc. the white house added the voice saying the russians tried to elect trump. >> you didn't need a security clearance to figure out who benefitted from ma russian cyber activity. >> reporter: white house press secretary josh earnest went further suggesting trump shares guilt. >> he called russia to hack hillary clinton. he had a good sense on whose side activity came down on. >> reporter: that was a record in the statement about hillary clinton's notorious e-mails. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: trump is having none of it. >> i think it's relick douse. gets him off to the rocky start with the intelligence agencies he'll soon command. a senior intelligence official tells abc news, he's disparaging and insulting every analyst in the intelligence communit