Take a look at this. A hippo in hot pursuit of a boat on have farah exploding out of the water inches away from a hungry, hungry hippo. And good morning, america. Boy, that looked like a sub coming out of the water. Welcome back to the big game. What an event it turned out to be. What Biggest CollegeFootball Game ever. Pose watched Cable Television show in history. More than 33 million watched that game on espn. Buckeye nation is i dont think theyve cleaned up all the confetti there. You loved the stadium too. Oh my gosh you were watching the big screen. The big screen is as wide as a Basketball Court is long. Was it hard to decide where to watch . You go in there and doing this. I could be at home. But north texas did a great job in putting on that event. To the news. The latest on that terror attack in paris. New claim of responsibility from al qaeda overnight. Abcs brian ross here with all the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter the new claim of responsibility says al qaeda ordered, planned and financed the operation which is called the blessed battle of paris. U. S. Intelligence analysts are still studying the tape which was posted overnight and features a senior al qaeda leader who praises the two kouachi brothers as heroes of islam. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] we claim responsibility, he says for this operation as a vengeance for the message of allah and claims al qaeda chose the target laid the plan financed the operation and appointed its leader. And he claims the now dead american radical cleric Anwar Al Awlaki was responsible for choosing the gunmen and said the actions of the third gunman Amedy Coulibaly coincide the with athe attack on Charlie Hebdo. With pictures of the 9 11 attack he says these wounds have not healed and wont be it in paris, new york or washington. The al qaeda claim of responsibility is consistent with what the two kouachi brothers shouted as they left the magazine a week ago today. New video shows how they made their initial escape opening fire on the First Police Car to confront them. The police car retreats clearing the way on the narrow streets of paris for the gunmen to escape and go on to kill others. In its claim this morning al qaeda offers no hard proof, no pictures in yemen, no martyrdom videos but clearly a time to come a week after the assault as new magazines hit the street. The french are showing no fear in the face of terrorism. That new issue of Charlie Hebdo selling out across the country this morning with people waiting hours to buy it. Abcs terry moran is in paris with more on that side of the story. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, robin. Here on the famous champselysees you cant buy a copy of Charlie Hebdo. You cant buy a copy anywhere in france as you pointed out. 700,000 sold out in a few hours. Getting one has become a declaration of defiance against terror but the magazine once again spiking tension with the Muslim Community here and around the world while french authorities continue to pursue every lead into the terror underground. Before dawn this morning, people lining up at shops and news kiosks waiting for drivers loaded up copies of Charlie Hebdo and it seemed to be a privilege for them. Distributing Charlie Hebdo says jaung batiste, it warms my heart because we say to ourselves he is still here. He has never left. The lines were so long they announced they will print 5 million copies of this issue. It usually prints 60,000. At a press conference the Charlie Hebdo staff spoke out. Traumatized still. Were just cartoonists who like to draw little characters like when we were kids luz who drew the cover was. The terrorists were kids so at one stage they lost their sense of humor. But Muslim Leaders here in france and around the world blasted the new issue as a provocation and one said an act of war. France is practically on a where footing, 10,000 troops deployed. The antisi mitt tick comedian arrested for incitement after his Facebook Post supported the attackers. In an extraordinary moment in the National Assembly politicians rising singing the French National anthem. Frances roused into action no question bit. Considering a crackdown, those legislators right now debating whether or not french should have some version of a patriot act which is a very controversial idea here. George. Okay terry, thanks very much. We turn to that strange plot to poison the speaker of the house second in line for the presidency. A bartender from John Boehners country club in his home state has been arrested for threatening to murder him. Pierre thomas in washington with the latest. Reporter good morning. The suspect appears to be mentally ill but the fbi believes he was a serious threat to the speaker of the house. Authorities say michael hoyt believes hes jesus christ and that Speaker John Boehner is the devil. The 44yearold was a bartender at this country club near boehners hometown in ohio for the last 5 1 2 years after he was fired last october, hoyt dialed 911. He hung up but when Police Responded to his home he gave a chilling account. He allegedly told them he was going to kill boehner because boehner was mean to him at the country club. Hoyt later admitted to the fbi he had been thinking about poisoning boehners drinks but was fired before he could do so. He also claimed to police he contemplated shooting boehner with his semiautomatic beretta pistol. The day before calling 911 he sent hoyt an email allegedly, if i had any intention of hurting mr. Boehner i could have poisoned his wine many many times. His wife responded. What is this about . Contacted by the fbi he says he recalled him but did not remember any confrontation. Hes been charged with threaten threatening to murder the speaker of the house and is receiving psychiatric evaluations. Close call for the man second in line for the presidency. Serving drinks with bad intentions, robin. All right, pierre and now to that deadly train tragedy where you are in washington learning more this morning about the woman who died on that smokefilled train and there are new questions about why it took so long to get passengers to safety. Abcs david kerley is in washington with the latest on that. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, robin. Still a lot of questions this morning that were not getting answers from district officials about. Did the firefighters respond quickly enough . Did they know riders were at risk leading all of us to wonder what would you do in a similar situation . This morning, we know the identity of the woman who died as this dramatic scene unfolded near d. C. s lenfant station. Karen glover was a computer consultant who leaves behind two sons and three grandchildren. We need a medic. Make a hole. Reporter but why did this happen . As the lights went dark and cars filled with smoke. Please stay calm. Reporter the conductor says hes waiting for a train to clear so he can back up to the platform. Please do not open the doors. If you open the doors the train will not move. Reporter but the train never moves and outraged passengers say they had to wait 45 minutes or longer for evacuation. This is the crap we were breathing. For an hour. For an hour reporter but even 24 hours after these traumatic minutes waiting for rescue d. C. s mayor who undoubtedly talked with the fire chief and rail officials declined to answer questions about the response the evacuation was it quick enough . We dont know what time the train actually went down so thats one key piece of information that we dont know. Reporter federal investigators want to know too. They will be looking at the local response. One possibility, that electrified third rail. You cant go into a tunnel until thats shut down. Thats correct. Reporter despite the long wait for evacuation firefighters who train for trained fires say the safest place is often on the railcar. You dont know whats causing the root of the incident. Is the train on fire . Is there a problem just inside the tunnel . If you exit that train, you may be going into a worse situation. It seems counterintuitive but the First Responders say you should shelter in place. A lot of question, a lot of answers. This investigation now in the hands of the National Transportation safety board, george. Okay david, thanks. We stay in washington. Some tough news for those expecting a tax refund this year much abc news obtained an email from the head of the irs saying budget cuts will delay those refund checks and increase Identity Theft and jon karl reports from the white house. Good morning, jon. Reporter its going to be quite a tax season. In this email sent to all irs employees and obtained by abc news the commissioner warns that because of the budget cuts among the things hes going to have to do delay sending refund checks to taxpayers. The delay will be about a week or so. Also the irs help line is going to become much less helpful. Only half those who call will get through to somebody. There will be 46,000 fewer audits and on top of all that measures the irs has been planning to put in to protect against Identity Theft will be delayed as the commissioner writes we have no choice but to do less with less. Jon, fewer audits means less revenue to the treasury to the government. Any chance this can get fixed this year or is it a lost cause this year . Reporter i suppose they could go to congress to get emergency funding but even though this costs taxpayers money the budget cut, dont look for congress to be sending more to the irs. That is not at the top of the agenda right now. Jon karl thanks very much. Now to amy with todays other top stories. Good morning, everyone. We begin with breaking news from space. Astronauts have been forced to evacuate one section of the International Space station because of a dangerous ammonia leak. The result of a problem with the cooling system apparently but nasa says the crew which includes two americans is not in danger. Each section of the space station has doors that can be closed to keep those fumes from spreading and there are systems in place to clean the air. More details as we get them. And also breaking overnight new images coming in showing what appears to be the fusage of airasia flight 8501. Singapores defense minister saying these images were captured by an underwater robot in the java sea off indonesia. Investigators are already poring over the planes black boxes in hopes of figuring out why the plane crashed. Lawyers for boston joe tsarnaev. Theyre worried comparisons will be made between the terror attacks in france and the boston bombing. Chris christie taking the first step toward a president ial run . A source tells abc that he will set up a Leadership Political Action Committee as early as this month. He called for an american renewal during his state of the state address. More talk that mitt romney could be leaning toward another white house run. He will address a Republican NationalCommittee Meeting friday. One more note on 2016. A Top White House adviser is joining Hillary Clintons team as she inches closer to a possible campaign launch. And police near chicago have released a video frightening scene to warn drivers about the dangers in the snow. Watch as this driver tried but cannot stop on the ice, drove straight into the path of a commuter train. The train slamming on to the passenger side of the car. The driver survived but suffered serious injuries. Police warning everyone to slow down. And finally, talk about hungry hungry hippo. The manager of an african river tour sent us this video. You can see a large animal going underwater. The boat driver rightfully takes off but then he says the hippo just exploded out of the water coming within just a few feet of the back of the boat. The driver gunned the engine getting away in just the nick of time. I looked this up on nat geo. Do you know theyre un unpredictable and the most dangerous mammal in africa. I would have never known that. Thank goodness he gunned it when he did. Seeing is believing. He looked across him. Thats for sure. Thanks for bringing us that. That bitter billion dollar divorce battle. The exwife of an oklahoma oil baron who says her settlement is not nearly enough. She cashed it but not giving up her fight for more of the fortune she says they built together. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is here with that story. Good morning, mara. Reporter good morning. A billion dollars is a lot of money. The amount barely even fitting on the check itself but she says she deserves more and is taking her case all the way to the state supreme court. Its one of the largest divorce settlements in u. S. History. But this morning, the former wife of an oil magnate says its not enough. A judge ordered harold hamm to pay his ex sue an arnall close to 1 billion. Though she initially refused to cash it now a new twist. She has cashed the check but is still appealing the ruling. She claims her exhusband is worth almost 20 billion. In a statement, arnall says the 1 billion settlement is a small portion of the estate that we built. It is her position that she is entitled to more than the percentage she got driving towards 50 . Reporter the couple married 26 years ago without a prenup. At the time his company was worth a relatively small 50 million. Arnall says she cashed the check so shed have access to the money during an appeal. A ruling that will decide if this is her first check or the last. Now, as the Court Considers the issue, hamms attorney claims his worth could be dropping due to falling oil prices. Since the Divorce Trial ended in november oil has reached a fiveyear low and saying once she cashed the check case closed. That might have been one of the motivation for cashing the check his net worth is dropping. She said she needed money to live on because appeals can stretch on for years, so she got the money. All right. Mara thank you very much. She got it. Switching gears to an incredible ocean rescue caught on tape. A man falling overboard from one of the worlds biggest cruise ships floating in the water off the coast of mexico screaming for help when a passenger on another ship hears him. Abcs cecilia vega has the dramatic story. Reporter that tiny speck in the ocean, a 22yearold man gone overboard. Somehow falling from Royal Caribbeans oasis of the seas. I heard what i thought to be a strangesounding bird. I noticed that it was a young man screaming help me. Reporter passengers on another cruise ship the disney magic traveling the same route spotting the man in the waters off the coast of cozumel, mexico on thursday. Basically started screaming at the top of my lung man overboard. Reporter another disney passenger capturing the dramatic rescue on his ceil phone. The crew took over from that point. Brought the ship to a stop circled around him. Reporter the man was treading water for about 20 minutes before passengers and crew members on board the magic threw him a life vest and ring. The crew launching this lifeboat. Once i started seeing him swimming i knew he was. He gave a thumbs up and like a thank you. Reporter the mans condition unknown this morning. Its not known how he went overboard or where he fell from. But the top deck of Royal Caribbeans owe case cyst of the seas 21 stories high longer than a drop from niagara falls. We are grateful for the other ships assistance Royal Caribbean says. While disney abcs Parent Company confirming the rescue. Unfortunately, it does owe care fairly often throughout the year. Reporter for Good Morning America, cecilia vega abc news, los angeles. Still a lot of questions, so glad hes okay, though. Thank goodness for that. Ginger you are back. Hope you had a great birthday. Look what youre bringing back. Snow sleet, freezing rain. Yes, several several schools delayed or closed this morning from North Carolina up to delaware and south jersey because of this. You see the icicles hanging off that freezing rain not only on the signs but on the roads. Look at the video. Several accidents already reported. This is North Carolina. Now action has moved more into maryland and delaware and right now going into south jersey. So whether you get ice or snow, it is going to be a slick commute if you are in coast cal midatlantic. Youve got those Winter Weather advisory, the freezing rain advisories. Does it not make to it new york city starts to move of to the east. It is going to be plenty cold to keep all that ice and snow. Look at the wind chills this morning, three below for detroit, louisville only at 20, three chicago. Its cold, yeah. Local Weather Forecast coming up in just 30 seconds. First though this mornings southern cities brought to you by mordecai around the world again. Hi yen one, dave murphy with an update from accuweather. Storm tracker 6 live double scan picking up images of snow showers from millville south. The Biggest Issue will be down farther south where you see that bright shade of white. Dornth during the morning looking the potential for accumulation on road surfaces. That wont make to it philadelphia. Here we have an issue with the cold. Temperature if the 20s, wind chills in the Single Digits in some spots. 32 is todays hi