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hey, good wednesday morning to you. we begin with the breaking news. a university under attack stormed by armed militants happening right now in pakistan. >> yeah, major development. the dead include students, university staff and at least one professor with at least 80 people shot. officials do tell us that four terrorists have been killed so far. all of the buildings and rooftops at the bacha khan university have now been taken over by the army there which is now clearing the university block by block. a similar attack in nearby peshawar in 2014 killed 150 people. most of them there children. we're going to continue to monitor this operation taking place in pakistan. but back here on the home front, the surging poll numbers and big name endorsements are rocking the campaigns of both democrats and republicans. >> in iowa last night conservative superstar sarah palin last night endorsed

donald trump with her signature sass and slammed president obama and came down hard on the republican establishment for attacking their own front-runner. abc's megan hughes joins us from washington with the latest. megan, good morning. >> reporter: kendis, reena, good morning. sarah palin will be hitting the trail in iowa again today with a town hall this morning and a rally this afternoon as she stumps with trump. >> are you ready to make america great again? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: could conservative heavyweight sarah palin's endorsement put donald trump over the top in iowa? >> he is beholden to no one but we the people. how refreshing. he's going rogue left and right, man. that's why he's doing so well. >> reporter: the tea party favorite rambled, rhymed, hit the media and threw in some of her favorite phrases. >> it's time to drill, baby, drill down and hold these folks accountable. >> reporter: not everyone is so enthusiastic. "the new york daily news" 48 headline this morning, "i'm with stupid." the partnership of the former reality star also bad news for ted cruz who palin backed when he ran for senate.

>> regardless of what sarah decides to do in 2016, i will always remain a big, big fan of sarah palin. >> reporter: the conservative endorsement also puts a dent in the attacks on trump's new york values from cruz and rush limbaugh. >> there are a lot of conservatives who think that he is a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> well, i am a real conservative and rush has been terrific to me. >> reporter: on the democratic side clinton has been racking up her own big endorsements with progressive groups like the human rights campaign and planned parenthood but a new poll shows vermont senator bernie sanders with a 27-point lead in new hampshire. >> the inevitable candidate does not look quite so inevitable as she did 8 1/2 months ago. >> reporter: hillary clinton still has a double-digit lead nationally. her campaign is already fund-raising off the palin/trump endorsement saying in an e-mail, quote, make sure this is nothing more than a bad "snl" skit. kendis, reena. >> that's a good way of putting it. megan hughes live in washington.

thanks so much, megan. >> speaking of hillary clinton she's playing down what could be another e-mail controversy. an inspector general for the intelligence community sent a letter to lawmakers saying some e-mails on her home server were deemed even more highly classified than top secret. clinton's campaign says this finding doesn't change the fact that the e-mails were not classified at the time they were sent or received. republican ben carson and his staff are mourning the death of a campaign volunteer. 25-year-old braden joplin died in a car accident yesterday in western iowa. three others with joplin were injured when their car turned over on an icy road then was hit by another vehicle. carson suspended campaigning and remembered joplin as one of the brightest young people he's ever met. the governor of michigan is speaking out about the water crisis in flint. rick snyder devoted much of his state of the state address to the disaster. he blamed government failure for the lead contamination which left water in flint undrinkable. the water source was switched in 2014 to save money. snyder resolved to fix the problem.

>> i'm increasing the support from the michigan national guard starting tomorrow to ensure that every home we need to visit in flint gets visited as soon as possible. i'm sorry most of all that i let you down. you deserve better. >> amid growing criticism and demands that he step down, snyder says he'll release his e-mails on the water crisis later today. after some time to adjust the americans released are beginning to speak about their captivity. "washington post" reporter jason rezaian is not ready to speak but his congressman says he's still in good spirits. amir hekmati met with reporters and said his training as a marine helped him get through the 4 1/2 years. >> i didn't want to let my marines, fellow marines down, so i tried my best to keep my head up and withstand all the

pressures that were put upon me, some of which were very inhumane and unjust. >> meanwhile, the white house says former fbi agent robert levinson who was not released may no longer be in iran. that country says it will look for him and the white house says it will hold iran to that promise. levinson disappeared nearly nine years ago while on an unauthorized cia mission. well, next door in iraq isis claiming another archaeological victim. satellite photos obtained by the associated press confirm the oldest christian monastery in iraq has been destroyed. st. elijah's just a field of rubble right now. it was 1400 years old. the monastery is the latest of more than 100 religious and historic sites destroyed by isis. in the meantime, that group isis acknowledging the death of the terrorist known as jihadi john. a eulogy of the british born militant has appeared in an isis magazine. u.s. officials said last year that they believed he was killed in a drone strike in syria. well now to the winter storms marching across the u.s.

the first you can see on radar in the center of the plains, the widespread area of snow from chicago to nashville, a few inches expected there. a much more serious situation still developing closer to the west coast. a large system moving east, it's expected to develop more over the rockies and into the mid-atlantic. major american cities in the crosshairs, baltimore, d.c., philadelphia, new york, possibly seeing significant snowfall this weekend. we will be tracking all of it. >> and folks need to prepare already for that. >> they do. still ahead, what pregnant women should eat to boost their baby's brain power. plus, a growing concern, a mosquito-borne disease affecting unborn babies. the cdc urging testing as cases emerge in the u.s. and this is caught on camera. a driver refusing to be the victim of a carjacking, fighting back, how it ends.

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well, these are certainly fighting moments for a brave mom in florida. watch as two would-be carjackers run toward an suv at a gas station. the first driver locks her door then they try to steal that red car but the driver yanks them out. her two kids are in the backseat. the two men and a woman were arrested a short time later. well, a memorial will be held friday for the 12 marines who disappeared last week off the coast of hawaii. the coast guard called off the search for survivors overnight after an intense five-day effort to find the 12 marines. they were on board two helicopters that are believed to have collided during nighttime training exercises. a major business headline this morning. low fuel prices are helping the airlines in a big way. for delta spending less on fuel contributed to making nearly a billion dollars in profits last year. delta's stock was up because it expects to save 3 billion this year on fuel. but revenue is down and one reason might be this. more than 40% of americans didn't take any vacation days

last year. that's quite a bit. the same survey found one in every six workers took fewer than five days off. one reason, fewer workers are receiving paid vacation time. well, if you love those french fries, everyone loves chocolate, so mcdonald's figured combine the two. it's called the mcchoco potato. you've got two different dipping sauces, there's a dark one, there's a white one. there's just one problem. >> what? >> for you chocoholics, it's only available in japan starting a week from today. >> they had the black bun, the green bun. >> i didn't know you were into the bun. >> we get nothing. >> all right. when we come back, star power, george clooney now weighing in on the oscar controversy. plus, real-life hero jamie foxx pulling a man from a fiery wreck, and now he's talking about it. ♪

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what has been put out there in social media. two pregnant women in illinois have been found to be infected with the zika virus. health officials say the expect apartment mothers had recently visited countries where the virus is located. the cdc recently issued a warning about the virus which can cause severe birth defects in children. it is spread through mosquito bites and found in certain caribbean and latin-american countries. despite previous warnings that pregnant women should avoid certain fish, scientists now say eating some seafood may boost brain developments in their babies. researchers in spain found that three to four servings of fish a week led to higher i.q. scores and decreases in the autistic spectrum and were surprised to find the results especially strong from fatty fish like tuna. >> george clooney says hollywood is moving in the wrong direction and that african-americans have

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> 4:30 club, glad you are waking up with us i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. it is dry. that is a change. meteorologist mike nicco has the weather. >> if january last january and now rain every day this january. good news. live doppler hd showing it is dry. patchy fog. a little bit around the ferry building as we look down the embarcadero. off to a cooler start, hazy sunshine and high clouds at noon and mid-to-upper 50s and 60 in most areas and dry ending to the day. coolness during the evening hours so dress warmer. sue? >> in the san mateo bring, no fog, traffic is flowing

to foster city. a couple of areas to watch out for with road work, and the orange on the traffic map is representing areas of fog so heads up. we have road work southbound 680 to the 580 interchange with lanes closed for another 30 points or so. we will check back with more road work on the fog in a few minutes. >> developing news, the investigation into the cause of the deadly bus crash in san jose focusing on driver fatigue. it claimed the lives of two women whose families are dealing with the unimaginable loss. matt keller is open highway 101 with latest. matt? >> yes, this morning, drivers here in south san jose will notice the yellow barrels northbound 101 at the connection to the 85 car pool lane. c.h.p. said the driver of the greyhound bus admitted he was fatigued at the time of the accident but did not indicate he fell asleep. the driver was identified as 58

hospital with nine others all with various injuries. he met with the representative from the d.a. and is cooperating with the investigation. authorities do not think drugs or alcohol were involved. a passenger was in the because when it crashed on the way him to san jose from las vegas. he was asleep weapon the crash happened. >> reacted instantly, and into a barrel position, and i felt safe and secure and we rolled five times. >> abc7 has listened this greyhound bus has been inexpected throw times and no mechanical defects were of found. they require all drivers to rest for nine hours in ten shift while the c.h.p. investigates, the ntsb will run a parallel session. >> a 61-year-old s