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back with an urgent consumer warning about a phone scam we told you about at the beginning of the year. authorities say it is amping up. whole thing starts as soon as you answer the phone. >> abc's rebecca jarvis reveals the one word they need to start hacking your life. >> reporter: the new government warning of a growing phone scam. >> can you hear me okay? >> teresa thomas got the call at home in minneapolis. >> she was giggling. she said i didn't expect you to pick up, can you hear me? >> seems innocent enough. here's how it works. you pick up the voice on the line asks, can you hear me. when you answer yes, the scammer is recording can use that yes to authorize future charges. teresa was lucky. >> if it sound fishy, hang up. don't provide information of course about you.

experts urging caution, don't answer calls from unknown numbers. take advantage of any free robo call blocking service from your phone carrier. report suspicious numbers to the fcc. one more possible red flag in the scam. the caller on the otherened of the line asks if you want to be added to the do not call registry. the government will never phone you with the question. instead just hang up. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> the key. so when your mom is calling you -- >> mom you have to answer. >> like are you home? >> yes, or hang up. >> coming up, pop star turned reality star, turned dance floor diva. >> how did erika jayne back the larger-than-life personality she is today? that's next. without any harsh chemical residue.

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so she had a mansion, private jet, just about any material possession imaginable. yet she was insecure and unhappy. real housewives star erika girardi until she invented erika jayne. >> reporter: with her bombshell curves and platinum hair, erika jayne is more than just a real housewife of beverly hills. now she is heating up the dance

floor on "dancing with the stars." >> i think that my life could not be any better. you know? it is pretty incredible. ♪ >> reporter: before there was erika jayne, the sexy persona on stage. there was erika girardi, mother and wife to high-powered attorney. >> i have everything that you want, every material object, everything, but inside my core i still wasn't satisfied. >> reporter: this is when about ten years ago, erika jayne was born. a sultry temptress without limitations, empowering women of all ages. >> i just don't see the limitations in life. someone said, "how do you feel about dancing against simone biles she is 25?" i said i don't want to be 25. i am 45. we are valuable. all those old rules they have

been broken. that's old way of thinking. >> reporter: the georgia-born star still considers herself a smalltown girl. and admits she still struggles with insecurities, despite the fame and fortune. >> i think that i suffer from what every woman suffers from which is never being pretty enough, never being thin enough, never being enough, never being smart enough. you can really whip yourself into a frenzy about all the things that you don't have. instead of all the great things that you do have. ♪ ♪ ♪ i want you crazy >> reporter: she says her anxiety gave way when she transformed into erika jayne. >> it wasn't overnight. i became this fearless badass that said i will jump out on faith and do whatever i want. that was a slow process. >> uh-huh. >> but what can i say? it's what i created. i don't know. >> reporter: sharing that signature wit her husband of 20 years, tom girardi.

that they met at a restaurant. she was his waitress. >> did you know i was single? there you go. and he called. >> reporter: of course he called. >> he called. >> tom, 33 years her senior. >> reporter: a lot of people wonder about the age difference? has it ever been a factor for you? >> i think you have to look at two people and how they view the world and huh thow they view li. we have much more in common than not. and we see life the same way. we enjoy each other. >> we are the same. >> uh-huh. >> in terms of how we look at life and everything. we're exactly the same. >> are you proud? >> yeah, so proud of her. proud of her about everything. >> erika jayne is a dreamer. >> i dream big. there is a lot of stuff to do. i like to be busy. and i love to continuously create and set goals. i'm not going to tell you what they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's expensive to be me

>> what would your alter ego be? >> 20-year-old. >> opposite. >> coming up, a fashion trend making a come back. stay with us.

time now for the mix. i'm very excited for this one. because -- fannypacks -- are making a comeback. i was so excited. >> fannybacks are a different thing. >> mixed fannypack and comeback. >> let's celebrate. >> they went away. >> celebrities. didn't know they went out of style. bringing them back. jared leto, leo, kendall jenner, ma kate hudson, rihanna, sarah jessica parker. the list goes on and on. celebrities photographing themselves wearing fannypacks. been trying to do this for years. did not catch on. everyone looked at me weird.

here is the rock in the day. he can be proud of this photo start wearing it again. i don't know about the turtleneck and chain. >> mc hammer jeans? >> look like it. >> happy the fannypack is back. you can carry around, europeans have been doing it for years in new york. with their passports. >> go out to the club. >> go to the club. >> don't worry losing your wallet. gave us an excuse to bring up the rock and his fan knee pack. within of the favorite things ever. >> the gift that keeps on giving. >> okay, a brah at a gym, a brah, his name, calls himself the balance guru. here he is completing this feat of nine sets of dumbbells ve vertically stacked on top of each other. does this amazing, balancing. look at the old guy in the

corner. hitting shots. shots. that's cool. hey, think he can do another one? does he make another one? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> this poor guy goes through the trouble to do the stunt. nobody cares. everyone is too focused on the senior citizen in the background. >> nailing it. one after another. >> sorry, buddy. >> uh-huh. >> speaking of impressive moves. check this out. monster truck rally. monster jam world finals. 18 in las vegas. the mad scientist does unthinkable. the front flip. >> first time. >> in case you don't know how big a deal that its, the front flip has never been done in monster truck history. >> my favorite video of the day. the young girl walking around her neighborhood, toddler, sees this water heater. thinks it is a robot. listen to it. so cute.

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this morning on "world news now" -- the republican congressman under fire after revealed he met in secret at the white house. democrats are outraged. pushing for him to step aside. we'll have the latest. >> breaking overnight, two undercover officers shot in miami. investigators are trying to piece together the scene. the officers raced to the hospital in the back of a pickup truck. >> new this half-hour, why breast-feeding may not make your kids smarter. >> we've been learning about the many benefits. but there is now news about what breast-feeding won't do for your kids. >> things are heating up on and off the dance floor. there were some naughty numbers. some angry actors. one pro is now out with an injury. how long will it take for him to return?

and find out who was the first star eliminated this season on "dancing with the stars." all coming up on this tuesday. >> can't be rashad. >> on this tuesday. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you know i think this may be my favorite season of "dancing with the stars" yet. >> the shirts are off this early. >> nothing with how rashad takes his shirt off or shakes his hips. >> dancing with the stars takes halfway through the season for them to take their shirts off. >> no, give people what they want. >> rashad was like "i'm no dummy." now the congressman who has been part of congress a little while under fire after a top secret

white house meeting now he is in a little bit more trouble. >> and served on the president's transition team cannot objectively run the investigation that he has been in charge of. abc's lana zach gives us an update from washington, d.c. >> i wasn't sneaking out it wasn't at night. >> reporter: representative devin nunes appearing on "the situation room" and defending himself against accusations he is too close to the administration. others have said he snuck around white house ground at night to get classified information. >> at least once a week if not more than that we have to go to read classified intelligence. >> reporter: the day after he met an informant, the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee told reporters there was information allegedly showing intelligence officials may have inadvertently picked up communications of then then president elect trump and his transition team. >> what i read bothers me. and i think it should bother the president himself and his team. >> the president said the

finding some what vindicated his claim that president obama wire tapped him though nunes and james comey have said there is no such evidence. >> iom i somewhat do. >> reporter: the dustup arou intelligence committee. >> chairman nunes is falling more interested in protecting the president than in seeking the truth. >> reporter: seeking truth about russia's alleged meddling in the to the trump campaign. chairman's interest or committees to recuse himself. sounding defiant in the wake of the stunning of the repubca bill. the presidentats will make a de

with me on health care as soon as obamacare folds. not ng we are in very good shape. >> after ackno land, house speaker paul ryan appears to be reversing course. abandon the effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act sessions put so-called sanctuary cities on notice. sessions warned that tf justice funding to cie federal law and protect om deportation. they say undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes are >> turning now to the weather. the south is in for another date of ser large hail. some isolated thunderstorms are like this funnel cloud spotted miles north of there were

during the heavy rain. thst dallas, with possibility of and heavy rain. australia is dealing with extreme weather, cyclone debbie slams into the tropical northeast coast overnight. it has wind gusts as high as 155 miles per hour. the area is very popular with tourists. and tens of thousands of people have already been urged to evacuate before the storm made landfall. now, because it is moving so slowly, officials are worried about how much damage it will do. >> the pentagon is taking a close look at its operations in iraq. amid a rise in civilian deaths. military officials say multiple reviews are under way on march 17th residents say more than 100 civilians were killed. see the blast there. another 150 reportedly died in the strike over the weekend. defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. is always concerned about civilian deaths. >> there is no military force in the world has proven more sensitive to civilian casualties.

we are keenly aware that every battlefield where an enemy hides behind women and children is also a humanitarian field. we go out of our way. >> human rights group, amnesty international says the u.s. isn't taking adequate precautions to prevent civilian deaths. the pentagon is reviewing videos. >> two police officers in miami have been shot conducting an anti-gang operation. both undercover members of a violent crime task force. a miami-dade county police spokesperson says they were ambushed during a surveillance operation at an apartment complex. the wounded officers rushed to a hospital in the back of a pickup truck. they're expected to survive. but the suspects remain at large. >> possible that a candle may have caused a deadly fire in oakland building used as transitional housing. three people confirmed dead in the early morning fire. and another person is missing. four people including two children were injured but are expected to recover. it happened a few miles away from december's ghost ship fire

that killed 36. >> police along florida's gulf coast want to find the pilot who flew a small plane too close to tourist attraction. at treasure island, near st. petersburg, city ordinance prevents takeoffs/landings in the area. unless there is anudtracked nea irish children from 9 mont who weren't. otatricians do still recommend brstll, it happened. all smashed in 35 seconds. in between all of them.ny concu that? concussions?one can sustain? >> had t breast-fed. >> i see. okay. >> letthink i could do it?

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>> m all. er round of severe storms . president trump in tirade overnight criticizing the clintons and calling the russia probe a hoax. this comes as pressure mount force the republicans looking into the election meddling to step aside. we're live in washington. breaking overnight a pickup truck carrying two wounded police officers speeding to a trauma center. the scene right there. new details on the ambush style attack. a powerful cyclone makes landfall this morning. the new video coming in as it smashes australia's coast.