making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, a terror attack happening now. gunmen storming a university open fire on students and professors. the details just in. big endorsement. sarah palin returning to the national stage throwing her support behind donald trump. plus, more bad news for hillary clinton. the newest polls showing bernie sander@ftat winter now squalling right now in the central plains with another massive storm waiting in the wings. confidence growing for huge snow amounts on the east coast. and real-life hero.

a man from a burning truck and overnight the embrace with the grateful father. 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, 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

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 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

"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 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,

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

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 "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.

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

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 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

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

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

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okay, so it's officially tax time and while the irs is taking some new steps to make sure that it isn't scammed taxpayers may not be so lucky. >> crooks are calling people on the phone demanding they pay back taxes threatening them if they don't pay up immediately. mary bruce has the latest. >> reporter: listen to this call. >> before there is an arrest warrant issued, i want you or your attorney to give us a call back. >> reporter: from someone claiming to be an irs agent telling you to pay up or else. >> within the next hour they will be at your doorstep to handcuff you and put you behind bars. >> reporter: the government launching a new campaign warning you to be on high alert for scammers as tax season begins. melissa dagan says she was conned out of more than $15,000. >> i would like, what can i do to fix this? there is no way i can be arrested. >> reporter: 35,000 victims losing more than $26 million, the number of these calls tripling in the last year to nearly 1 million. even the treasury department's top investigator received a call.

telling them their day is coming. you called the wrong guy. >> reporter: how do you know it's fake. it's not the irs if. >> if you don't pay money immediately you'll be arrested. >> reporter: the real irs never threatens. they always send a letter first. these scammers are changing their game as people become more aware but what hasn't changed these threatening alls, ifyou receive one, report it. but first just hang up. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >> they've got a tactic where they use spoofing and have caller i.d. where it looks like they're calling from the irs. remember, they always contact you initially by mail, never via phone calls. >> here's the thing about this, these scams are also -- they can e-mail you or use official irs letterhead in the e-mails or on the mail. >> makes it seem like it's them. >> exactly. >> also a reminder tax season is approaching. don't be an april fool, folks.

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