. >> more than 5,000 people have lost $30 million so far and abc's neal karlinksky has the story, including a father rushing to protect his son. >> reporter: with tax day looming, shameless phony irs agents are burning up the phone lines. on your name is $3,680. did you do this intentionally or was it by mistake? >> i am not aware of this at all. >> reporter: that is the sound of a call scott alexander recorded after his son fell for a scam to the tune of $500. the fake agent threatening his son with arrest if he didn't pay up. >> go to the walgreens right now, just bring a debit card with you. >> reporter: enraged, scott called back to record the scam and got a similar threat. >> i'm sending the cops to your doorstep right now. >> when they said, hey, we're going to come get you, that's when it just changed in his mind and he had to comply. >> it seemed like it was in a movie. just very unrealistic, but my fear got ahold of me. >> reporter: so we called the fake irs agents for ourselves to give them an audit of our own, but only 24 hours later -- >> please check the number and dial again.

neal karlinksky, abc news, las vegas. >>> mm. >> is this when the pizza gets delivered? >> we always forget to get the pizza delivered. jacko, that was your part. >> the pizza must have gotten lost with the waffles and the chocolate. >> i take it those are on the world news tonight set. >> always remember to tip your pizza man. always. no matter who he is, especially if he's kendis gibson. >> look at that. >> i look kind of -- attention parents: before school this september all kids entering 7th and 12th grades must get the meningococcal vaccine. it protects against serious and sometimes deadly diseases like meningitis. call your health care provider today. >>> making news in america this morning, fight night in florida. another contentious debate between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> excuse me, excuse me. after all -- >> the deadlines battling out, their final pitch before the next big primary day. >>> plus, donald trump looking more confident than ever dancing into a rally. >>> breaking overnight an all-out search for two gunmen after opening fire on a group o

here's abc's neal karlinksky. been missing a big slice of the pie. welcome to the world's largest pizza convention where dough spinning is an art form and serious international saturday night fever with pizza dough. >> check. >> if i'm going to work out, i'm going to spin dough. >> workout spinning dough. >> just as good as running. >> britney saxton from a small town in ohio practices year round for her annual pilgrimage here, like the olympics of pizza. >> normally girls don't win this. i'm beating all these guys that think they're better than i am. >> it turns out being good at eating pizza doesn't qualify you for making it. >> i'm not getting a lot of air. >> especially the spinning part. >> there you go. former champion spinner joe carlucci says american style pizza is exploding in parts of the world that might surprise you. >> when you see korea here, japan, australia, brazil is here they're all here for pizza. >> reporter: every ingredient, imagine is here. dairy free pizza that tastes like real cheese. gluten free with beets on top. they have

here's abc's neal karlinksky. >> hit the jump. hit it. >> reporter: a father and son back country ski outing turning to a heart pounding fight for seconds as 5-year-old ethan goss disappears amidst the trees. he's fallen out of sight in that tree well. >> ethan? winston gaus digs his son out. the boy fighting sef indication. >> here we go. here we go. i got you. >> i need to breath. >> reporter: the video now viewed more than a million tiles online as this father us his close call 0 warn others causing it the most frightening experience he's had as a parent. >> i remember sitting there watching the video with him and my leg was shaking just a bit. it was pretty emotional afterwards. it was a true moment, know, for me to pull him out. experience. >> you never expect something like that to happen to you. but once it does it's kind of shocking. >> reporter: it's hard to see till you're up close. these branches block so much snow. one step down there you sink another six feet at least. a safety video put out by the northwest avalanche

here's abc's neal karlinksky. >> the hunt is on to dissect every moment of these three possible terror suspects' lives a search that will run straight through their cell phones as law enforcement struggles to uncover their digital footprints. investigators faced the same challenge last year in paris uncovering a huge stash of disposable cell phones can activated one day before the attacks. investigators continue to struggle to unravel the iphone used by said farouk. the justice department says it may not need apple at all. and telling a judge an outside party demonstrated to the fbi this past weekend a possible method for unlocking the phone. apple has fought the it to weaken iphone security so investigators can break in. >> we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. >> but it's not just apple. there are a number of encrypted third party messaging apps known to be used by terrorist and law enforcement worldwide is struggling to keep pace. neal karlinksky, abc news, cupertino, california. >>> big mystery who was that third party. >> that is the big

neal karlinksky, abc news, burns, oregoning. > incredible video. >> coming up in our next half hour, a major development in the case of the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch back in the u.s. this morning after weeks on the run in mexico. what kind punishment will he face now? >> first, putting those virtual siri versus core tan nab versus google. the one that came out on top. periscope with a new live streaming feature allowing users to broadcast video in realtime directly to friends via their social network account. as of now, it is only available for iphone users in the u.s. proving to be invaluable to law enforcement. it's called ocular based lie detection technology that uses infrared tracking to monitor eye behavior and the creator says it works more quickly and accurately than traditional methods to determine whether a person is lying during questioning. >> can you use it on your kids. >> you can use it on your hubby. >> okay. now we're talking, huh. >> it's been five years since sci-fi became science reality for most consumers when apple first bundled siri on its i phones.

abc's neal karlinksky has the latest. >> reporter: el nino's fury putting lives at risk. a drone capturing that dramatic moment as part of this hillside outside of san francisco shears off, putting apartment buildings and homes in danger. >> people's houses are now on the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: weeks of heavy storms and high surf pounding the new worry as officials ask roughly 100 homeowners to move out, fearing their apartment building could now be at risk, too. >> we've been losing four or five feet a week in the past couple of weeks here. >> reporter: one of the things they're trying to do to help these people is put boulders in place to gok block some of the waves and erosion but it's just not enough. many people who live in the apartments teetering on the edge are not at all happy aboutut being asked to leave. neal karlinksky, abc news. >> pictures near san francisco. >>> when we come back, the bachelor takes a detour inside a las vegas wedding chapel. our senior bachelor analyst will have a full rundown. >> "the skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news no

abc's neal karlinksky now on deepening mystery. >> reporter: as mysteries go, there aren't many that can match this one for being just as annoying as it is unexplained. [ screeching ] that high pitched sound, wreaking havoc on forest grove, oregon, for weeks, mainly at night, even waking people up. >> it sounds like brakes to me. the cyclical, you know, screeching of, you need to change your brakes. >> reporter: local officials have ruled out a water valve, gas leak or wildlife. >> want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? [ screeching ] >> guys, guys, guys! >> reporter: unlike "dumb and dumber," this sound isn't so funny to people who live here. the fire department doesn't know what it is either. >> welcome "the x-files" back on tv again, so, here we are. >> reporter: the truth is out there, and whatever it is, it sure is loud. and baffling. [ screeching ] neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> you know, yesterday our crew sort of figured it out. and our belief, i mean our crew thought it was something in the water system. >> that that's that loud out there in the winter. >>

neal karlinksky has the latest. >> reporter: a huge convoy of heavily-armed police could be seen streaming into the compound. those last armed occupiers left inside had been sending out videos on youtube, ranting about the federal government. >> just drop the charges and nobody dies. >> police released a video that shows the moment armed rank rancher lavoy finicum is killed by police. sources say finicum sped away from the police traffic stop that led to the arrest of his fellow occupiers, crashing into a snow bank. once out of his truck, they say he was told to put his arms up, but instead, brought them down and could be seen reaching for a gun. now, the standoff that began 26 days ago, when heavily-armed ranchers took over this wildlife refuge, paralyzing a small community, appears to be almost at its end. >> we never wanted bloodshed. we verbalized this many, many times. and we continue to do so. >> reporter: investigators out here are conducting a full investigation into exactly what happened. meanwhile out at the compound, we now have reports of perhaps as few as five milt tants left

neal karlinksky is there with the latest for us. >> reporter: el nino's fury ripping apart a chunk of the coastline. a drone video catches a huge slab falling away. police have yellow tagged an telling residents to get out while they still can. did you sleep with one eye open? >> yeah, alert. time to go. >> reporter: take a look at this. this bluff in the city of pacifica battered by rough surf and pounding rains, leaving homes and businesses in danger of falling. just imagine if this was your balcony. underneath here, and the entire coastline continues to fall away with no end in sight. this home's patio is poking out with little support. pictures from before show the dramatic difference. despite the threat, some residents refusing to leave. >> you guys will have to physically drag me out. >> reporter: despite efforts to shore up the bluff, the people here know the danger is far from over. neal karlinsky, abc, pacifica, california. >> god, it's so scary. also the home values for these people who invested so much and now to see your house falling >> those are million dollar condos and

here's abc's neal karlinksky. people seeking spiritual help flocked to christian prayer center desperate for the power of prayer and the help of pastors like jon karl son. >> people are thinking their problems are going to be solved. >> reporter: the online church came with a fee of between $9 and $35 for prayers. washington state's attorney general says it was all a scam. pastor carlson is outraged too saying his name was used without his permission. in fact, investigators say all kinds of fake religious leaders and testimonials were used to entice people to the tune of $7 million worth of paid prayers between 2011 and 2015. all of it, they say, the brainchild of this man, benjamin ragovie. >> he was asking people to give money under deceptive circumstances. >> he couldn't be reaped for comment. the website says it's closed adding we thank you for all the prayers. >> reporter: the attorney general isn't interested in his he's now agreed to pay back $7.5 million to more than 1507b,000 commerce. >> there's actually a customer protection act that prevent these charitable organizations chur

neal karlinksky, abc news, bend, oregon. >>> to india where the damage is being cleared after a powerful earthquake. the 6.7 quake struck before dawn in a remote part of the northwest near the border we're told with myanmar and bangladesh. so far at least five people are reported to have died most buried under collapsed buildings. more than 100 others have been injured. >>> residents of kentucky, tennessee and other states further south are bracing for miss river flooding. the crest has moved beyond southern missouri and illinois leaving behind this destruction, disruption and death. a 25th fatality confirmed yesterday when the body of a teen was recovered. he and a friend tried to drive through a flooded area last week. >> let's move to the campaign trail now and donald trump is speaking out after he appeared in a terrorist recruiting video. trump says it comes with the territory when the you're the front-runner, and he has to say what he has to say. instead, he's blaming hillary clinton. claiming she created isis when she was secretary of state. trump also blasted bill clinton who camp

neal karlinksky, abc news, burns, oregon. >>> well, the missouri police department agreed to an overhaul following an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager. the plan calls for extensive training, improved procedures for the use of force and recruiting more minority personnel. a federal civil rights lawsuit. >> one upside emerged after wal-mart's announcement it's closing more than 100 stores. prices at those stores, there are falling prices cut by 75%. shoppers in some small towns are furious saying the retail giant forced homegrown businesses outs well. here's abc's steve osunsami. town of oriental, north walmart. >> they don't care about rural america. >> the town depended on us. >> reporter: renee ireland smith took us to what's left of her family's grocery store that was forced to close in october after 45 years, because it couldn't compete with walmart's everyday low prices. she learned just two weeks ago that the walmart here is closing, too. they got here. but now we're broken. >> reporter: her anger is shared across america. 269 stores are closing for business rea