The cost of looking away

December 14, 2016 View this email in your browser Help for Aleppo has been held up, a TV favorite passes and you'll never guess who was at Trump Tower yesterday. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. By AJ Willingham 1. Aleppo As Aleppo falls to the Syrian regime, a temporary ceasefire and evacuation plan for the city has not worked out so far. The evacuation efforts have been delayed. According to monitoring groups, no one had left the city even hours after the evacuation was supposed to happen. The new ceasefire has reportedly been broken already, as reports of executions continue to manifest. 2. Alan Thicke  The beloved sitcom actor died yesterday at 69. He was probably best known as Jason Seaver, the dad from "Growing Pains." Here's a tribute to that role. Thicke was also a music great who penned some of the era's most recognizable theme songs.  3. Trump transition Trump was definitely feeling the love Tuesday as Kanye West, Bill Gates and football legend Jim Brown all paid visits to the PEOTUS at Trump Tower in NYC. Later, the love fest continued in Wisconsin, where Trump held a "thank you" rally and praised longtime political nemesis Paul Ryan.  4. Rex Tillerson Trump's pick for secretary of state is fairly controversial. Critics say Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, isn't exactly a "drain the swamp" pick. He also has close ties to Russia and Putin, which could be a problem. Republican leaders' reactions have varied: Senator John McCain voiced his reservations about the choice, but Senator Rand Paul says he's keeping an "open mind."  5. Police-involved shooting A 73-year-old unarmed Bakersfield man was shot and killed by police on Monday. The man was reportedly carrying a crucifix which may have been mistaken for a gun. A neighbor claims the man was acting strangely. His family said the man had previously shown signs of early dementia. The officer who shot him has been placed on administrative leave.  Share Tweet Forward Breakfast Browse People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. 'The Voice' has crowned a winner Congratulations to SPOILER ALERT. We hear Mr. Alert is very talented.  WV county official gets job back after racist Michelle Obama post  What she originally said is too mean to reprint in a nice email like this. Who makes those giant bows in car commercials? If you thought they were CGI, you're delightfully wrong.  NFL teams may drop breast cancer awareness campaigns If they did, it would be so they could focus on other types of cancers.  New species of spider named for the sorting hat from 'Harry Potter' OMG it's so floppy and CUTE!  And finally ... The journey of 128,000 dominoes WHEW. Dominoes are INTENSE. (Click to view) Thanks for reading Five Things! We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Follow this link for daily coverage of the dramatic election season, savvy market insights, an insider's look into the media, and more. Read more stories on CNN.com » Paid Content CNN Five Things shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Copyright © 2016 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN newsletters. Our mailing address is: Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences