Ethan missed a probation appointment. He plead guilty to killing four people in a drunk driving accident but didnt get prison time after saying he was too rich to know the difference. The former secretary of states server contained intelligence even more classified than previously thought. Dozens of emails were at the quote president ial secret and top secret sap level. Even beyond top secret less people had access to that kind of information. El lex headquarters. Donald trump reeling in a ringing endorsement from former alaskan government sarah palin. We are live with more. Good morning kristin. Good morning, heather. Yesterday was a bad day for ted cruz. First the republican governor of iowa said cruz must be defeated. Then his biggest rival donald trump picked up a highly coveted conservative endorsement right when they need it most. Sarah palin has endorsed donald trump. She still carries enormous wait against tea party supporters. Yesterday at a rally she urged them to jump on the trump train. No more pus see footing around. Our troops deserve the best. You ready for a commanderinchief who will let our warriors do their job and kick isis ass . Are you ready to stump for trump . I am here to support the next president of the United States donald trump. Trump says hes greatly honored to endorse have her endorsement. Trump says we are still friends. Hes focusing his eye on the establishment. It is no surprise the establishment is in full panic mode. We said from the beginning the Washington Cartel was going to panic more and more. As on conservatives unite around our campaign you will see the Washington Cartel firing every shot they can. Every cannon they can. As for the democrats Hillary Clintons lead is continuing to decrease especially in new hampshire. Bernie sanders pulled 27 points ahead of her. 60 to 33. That is a 17 point jump in one month. No doubt those numbers are making Clintons Campaign increasingly nervous. Surprising a lot of people. Kristin fisher live. Thank you, kristin. Political analysts like brit hume seem to agree sarah palins endorsement should hurt cruz more than it will help trump. The person it effects more than donald trump is ted cruz. He is running as the consistent conservative. Sarah palin as a reputation to be a true blue conservative. The doubts raised about donald trump is whether he is a conservative. Thats part of what cruz is saying with him. Now comes sarah palin who injury tans the afeks and loyalties of a certain amount of american conservatives to vouch for him, to vouch for trump. That hurts cruz particularly in iowa not enormously. Endorsements doesnt matter that much any more. In their margins it makes a difference. He is also saying if cruz doesnt win iowa he may be out of the race. Sad news ben carson cancelling Campaign Events of the day after a member of his staff is killed in a car wreck. 25yearold braid den joplin was in a van with three other staffers when it slid on icy road it was then hit by another vehicle. Jocelyn was rushed to the hospital where he then died. Carson traveled to omaha to meet with his family. Driver fatigue may be to blame for a deadly Greyhound Bus crash. Two People Killed 8 others injured when it plowed through safety barrels and flipped on to his side. He admitted getting coffee 30 miles south of the crash site. Last american held captive in iran make their way home. We are learning shocking new details about the prisoner swap and why it may not have been a swap so much at all. Kathy ibanez is live for us. Here to stay. 7 iranians free from custody returned home. Former inmates declined a flight to switzerland for the swap this weekend. 6 have iranian dual citizenship. Many former prisoners have families living in the United States. All have been convicted of or crashed with crimes. But while the iranian prisoners choose to stay put three americans held captive in iran jumped at the chance to fly back home speaking out for the first time former u. S. Marine says it was a surreal experience to finally be let free. Its like being born again. I feel proud to be an american. I didnt want to let my marine fellow marines down and reputation of the marine corps so i tried my best to keep my head up and with stand all of the pressures that were put upon me. As soon as we got out of iranian airspace the champagne bottles were popped. Congressman dan kill dean has been trying to help free him for years. The American Hero story should serve as an example to others. I told him here today, his story is not just an amazing story unto itself but it is a testament to anybody who ever thinks there is no hope all hper is loss. 4 and a half years later he walks out not just a free man, a kind, thoughtful articulate young man who we can all be proud of. The white house continues to praise the deal with iran. The former prisoners are expected to return to the u. S. After a few more days. Thank you. Now to extreme weather. 50 million americans staying bundled up as a brutal winter storm is brewing. It is expected to drop a foot of snow or more on some northern states over the weekend. Maria molina tracking what we are in for. Good morning. It looks like things are going to get a little interesting across places like the northeast. We are looking at the pot models closely and it is hinting at a major storm. After a long period of time of unsettled weather. But before we get to the end of the workweek we want to talk about today and tomorrow. We have extreme weather before then. Right now the current windchill temperatures across parts of the northeast and into the midwest. Take a look at the values further west. In minneapolis feels like 1 and 6 in pittsburgh and 10 in buffalo. Bundle up in the midwest and parts of the northeast. We are tracking one winter storm bringing snow now across western parts of tennessee and kentucky and indiana. Most snowfall accumulations are staying generally on the light side 36 inches in some areas especially as we get into Higher Elevations out here. Because of that we have Winter Weather advisories winter storm warnings. In southeastern parts of missouri we are looking at some of the warnings in place out there. Then we have a Second System bringing in not only more precipitation but eventually moving across parts of the eastern u. S. And it could be developing out there. Then again into friday and also into saturday. That will be something to watch very closely. It does look like temperatures should remain cold enough. We will keep you updated as the latest information comes out. Lets head over to you and heather. Mariana, thank you for that. Governor rick snyder vowing to release all of the emails from his office relating to the lead contamination this as he takes full responsibility during his state of the state address. We have the latest on that. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder tuesday is at the state of the state address to talk about the ongoing water crisis in flint. The government failed you, federal state and local leaders. Schneidnooi snyder pledging a new response. In schools, daycare facilities and other high risk locations. Including a plan to help families dealing with led exposure in children. Treatment of children with high blood levels including dying no, siric testing. Flints water source was replaced with river water. Elevated led levels were in children corrupted river water made the pipes leak. They returned to the flint system but damaged pipes could still be leaching lead. They are still forced on bottled water and testing kits daily. I have to walk over to get water i live at least 2 and a half miles away. They have lawsuits claiming contaminated water is responsible for legionnaires disease, hair loss and potential developmental problems in children. They knew there were problems but gave false assure rans before taking action. The white house appointed a sglar to oversee federal systems for flint and says the Justice Department investigating. There have been questioned raised about the conduct of state and local officials. So far 5 million federal dollars have been approved for flint but the need is around 55 million. Kirsten mcnairy, fox news. Dont mess with a mom and her kids. Wait until you see what happens when a would be car jacker picks the wrong target. We are now less than two weeks until the iowa caucuses. Want to stay up to speed on elections . 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Saint elijahs is one of the religious Historic Sites destroyed by isis in iraq and syria. Thank you, abby. Nearly half a million foreigners last year over stayed their visas. A large majority of those are still believed to be in the country. They have new data composing of tourists or business travelers. This could be called the year of the gun. More than 23 million background checks for the gun virus in 2016. That number is up. It is at an alltime high tracking back in 1998. It is now time to brew on this. We have heard the debate on guns in college campuses. They are proposing a plan that would allow them to have gun ons campus. Students should have some form of defense since state law for bids them from carrying defense. Is this a good idea to keep them safe or does it send a dangerous precedence . Send an email at foxfriendsfirst foxnews. Com. The time now is 17 after the top of the hour. A dangerous weapon found at el chapos hideout. 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Is that is what is going to let you make America Great again. Who this move impacts the most. It all worked out the right way. Jamie foxx why he is being hailed a hero. This is no movie role. Fox friends first continues right now. Good morning to you. To you as well. I am heather childers. I am abby hunts man. We are back with a fox news alert. The executioner executed. Confirming in the magazine jihadi john is dead. He targeted a car he was riding in last year. The ruthless butcher appeared in several beheading videos including the execution of american Steven Sotloff and james foley. The magazine praising the terror attack in San Bernardino saying the killers proved they were ready to sacrifice what was dearest to them for the sake of responding to allah. The terror group also warning it is here to stay. Warning enemies to quote get you to the sounds of explosions and the image of carnage. More u. S. Troops could soon be on their way to iraq. Defense secretary ash carter announcing the possibility siting recent success and taking back ramadi from isis fighters. The u. S. Troops could be joined by military members from several countries including britain and france. Sad news for the families of 12 marines missing off the coast of hawaii the search has been suspended. The coast guard is calling it a recovery and salvage mission. Officials have been scouring the waters since tuesday thats when two choppers collided during a training mission. A memorial in the Marine Corps Base is planned for friday. On the campaign trail donald trump reeling in a ringing endorsement from former Alaska Governor sarah palin. Kristin fisher has more. Yesterday was a tough day for ted cruz on the same day he got picked over by a darling of the tea party he took a big hit from the wellknown well respected member of the establishment. The governor said ted cruz must be defeated. He called him the biggest opponent of Renewable Fuels and says he is heavily financed by big oil. Not something cruz wants to hear from the governor of a state when they will caucus in fourdays. Sarah palin endorses donald trump in a spirited speech at a rally in iowa. Listen. Know that the United States military deserves a commanderinchief who loves our country passionately and will never apologize for this country, no more pus see footing around. Our troops deserve the best. You ready for a commanderinchief who will let our warriors do their job and go kick isis ass. Are you ready to stump for trump . I am here to support the next president of the United States donald trump. Trump says hes honored to have palins support especially because she supported ted cruz during his last campaign. Dont worry palin and i are still friends but he is blasting trump accusing him of being a deal maker who would come to washington and compromise the conservative cause. Donald trump yesterday said the problem with me is that i wouldnt go to washington make a