we will now turn it over, back to brooke baldwin. brooke? >> all right, i'll take it.ack here live in las vegas. we got thrown a little technical surf ba curveball. i was introducing our next guests. kaleigh mcanany, dan pfeiffe. are. i want you to say the top two things you're looking at. >> i think executive resolve, stre strength and capacity. 78% think there's going to be another terrorist attack soon so i want a candidate in contrast to our current president that emanates strength and is not afraid to call islamic terrorism by name. secondly i want a president with the judgment call, ability and foresight to know when to go into a place and not go into a place. donald trump was able to say we shouldn't have gone into iraq. saddam hussein was a threat way before he was so executive and judgment are the two things. >> dan. >> i'd like to see how marco rubio is going to handle immigration reform and i'm going to see what senator cruz does today to sort of see whether he can build on the momentum his campaign has. >> crystal? >> i want to see the interaction between c

i'm brooke baldwin. vegas, but it's heating up inside the debate hall come tomorrow night. 26 hours, 16 minutes, 20 seconds, we're watching we're waiting. cnn senior political reporter nia henderson is joining me. it's a a windy las vegas. we wanted to play a little political game. we remember in high school the senior superlatives. so we wanted to go through some of these candidates. for example, who would be most likely to succeed. if everyone on that stage tomorrow night. >> i think it's going to be ted cruz, who is probably the best just pure debater on that stage. here's a guy who is arguing cases before the supreme court. and actually was a a champion debater. so i think he's going to know not only how to take incoming but also turn it around. that's the trick when somebody comes after you. can you take the blow, absorb it and turn it into an upper cut. >> he's done it in previous debates. rubio has accomplished his goals for each debate he's participated in which is sort of getting his biography o

i'm brooke baldwin. see you back on monday. jim sciutto starts right now. >>> thank you, brooke. oil is tanking and the dow takes a dive. "the lead" starts right now. >>> republicans readying for battle with donald trump and now dr. ben carson, both threatening to bolt the gop. what could be left of the party after the convention? >>> he has a big for a lifetime on a court that impacts every one of us but did justice antonin scalia suggest some black students belong in slower colleges? we now have the audiotape. plus, isis missile quest. fire power that could bring down a passenger plane. i become the first reporter on the ground of a super secret u.s. rocket facility and get my hands on weapons that isis desperately wants.

i'm brooke baldwin.day we expect to see the first criminal charges now filed in the deadliest terror attack here in the united states since 9/11. the san bernardino shooting. the man likely to be charged has told officials he did not know about the plot that would kill 14 people. but prosecutors say this man enrique marquez did admit to providing some of the weapons used in the mass murder. marquez was a friend of the husband. they were killed in that police shootout hours after they opened fire in that center in san bernardino. also this, cnn has just learned they were buried two days ago, though no word on where. let me get straight to evan perez and with us here is defense attorney randy cellen. you have more news on the charges. >> that's right. we expect that the charges for enrique marquez will center on the firearms that he says he bought for syed rizwan farook. he says syed rizwan farook he asked hum to get them because he didn't want to draw attention. these firearms were bought in 2011 and 2012

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i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with breaking news. here we have one day after tornadoes in these monster storms devastated large sections of the country, one town right now actually on the verge of going ushd water. union, missouri, the pictures tell you everything you need to know. they are now warning folks to get out. the access roads will be flooded in a water of hours. not if, but when. the floods there are covering homes, cars, restaurants, businesses, but the race is on to get these people out before it's too late. joining me by phone is seeing some of this flooding. we also have tom sather. i'm going to ping-pong between the two of you. lauren, to you first. i saw your picture. i think we can show it. this is insanity all of this water. tell me where you are and what you're seeing. >> reporter: i'm in downtown st. charles right now. frontier park is completely under water. there's a pavilion that is absolutely surrounded. ducks are swim wrg my feet were two weeks ago. it's just mounds of water. they have all these walkways tha

i'm brooke baldwin here in washington. thank you so much for being with me. dge early to my friend jake tapper. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke, an emergency message overseas, "the lead" now. a terror alert for americans in a major european city while here at home new details about the terrorist couple who dropped off their baby before murdering 14 innocent people in san bernardino. the fbi now looking at how they may have missed a link to a group of terrorist plotters who were arrested more than three years ago. >>> also, new proof that donald trump may very well be able to archie bunker his way to the presidential nomination. more polls show his numbers soaring even after or maybe because his plan to ban every muslim from coming to the u.s.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. a paris-style terrorist attack here in the u.s.? a former top intelligence official tells us it's only a matter of time. "the lead" starts right now. taking the fight to isis. president obama announces he's sending more u.s. special forces into iraq. but what about the its sis threat here to the homeland? former head of the defense intelligence agency's here with some alarming candor. >>> chicago's mayor fired chicago's top cop, saying trust in the force has been eroding saying it took 400 days to release the

thank you for being with me, i'm brooke baldwin.e of this murder, that even the fbi is calling not your average investigation. this depraved husband and wife duo, these killers drop off their baby, drive to a holiday party and murder 14 people. and now it a appears the man behind this bloody massacre may have been radicalized communicating with terror suspects on the fbi's radar. what we know is this. 14 innocent lives were stolen. 14 people whose names we do not yet know and some whose bodies still lie where they were shot and killed. 14 people who just showed up to work, wanted to kbo to a holiday party with their colleagues and would never go home. as freorensic teams comb throug their home, a center that services the developmentally challenged in this community, police are now telling us these details as far as what they're finding. >> the suspects when they entered fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. we did locate the one pipe bomb that was combined into one that had a remote car device that

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i'm brooke baldwin. you just saw the animation roll, breaking news. news that impacts virtually every single one of you. the near-certain hike of interest rates that the federal reserve is expected to announce at any moment. any moment now we'll get news from the fed. think about it. the last time the fed raised the rates, the iphone had not come out yet. that's just a little perspective for all of us. june 26, 2006, was the last hike. the iphone was released one year three days later. but while the iphone has definitely gone through a lot of change, you can see from this graphic here, the ups, the downs, the ups, the downs, this is called the federal funds rate, what it's seen since 2006. a sign of the tough times the economy has gone through. so why does the rate hike matter so much? overall, it will make borrowing more expensive. actually, we're just getting the news being handed to christine romans. you ready to roll? just handed a piece of paper here, we're getting the quick skinny from the fed. wha

>>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin.t criminal charges have been filed in the deadliest terror attack since 9/11 on u.s. soil when 14 people were murdered earlier this month in san bernardino, california. >> the i'm sore now. >> enrique marquez, this was totally unrelated local news story. this is the guy accused of supplying two of the rifles use the in that mass murder. he's now charged with federal weapons violations as well as conspireing to commit terror in 2011 and 2012 and immigration fraud for an alleged sham marriage. the 24-year-old used to live next door to one of the san bernardino shooters, the husband of the duo. a federal criminal affidavit reveals how they were planning to use the guns and details are extraordinary chilling. one plot involved setting off a pipe bomb on state route 91 as cars were stopped. the male husband involved in the killings would travel the lane shooting trapped drivers while marquez would fire from a a hillside ready to attack first responders and police arriving on the scene. the

one more reason this is our season. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we have a frantic manhunt for terror suspects on there's and tey are linked to the attacks in paris. we're talking specifically today about geneva, switzerland. you can see the map, geneva not too far at all from paris and right now the city in switzerland is on high alert as security

i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with breaking news. here we have one day after tornadoes in these monster storms devastated large sections of the country, one town right now actually on the verge of going ushd water. union, missouri, the pictures tell you everything you need to know. they are now warning folks to get out. the access roads will be flooded in a water of hours. not if, but when. the floods there are covering homes, cars, restaurants, businesses, but the race is on to get these people out before it's too late. joining me by phone is seeing some of this flooding. we also haveom

i'm brooke baldwin. let's begin with breaking news. any moment now, live from cleveland.ou'll see as we're waiting to hear from this prosecutor here in the case of ta mere rice. you know the story. this was novembers ago. he was waving a fwun in a park and ultimately police officers went to call it in and shot him. so what we're waiting for, by the way there's a lot to this story, we're waiting to hear the prosecutor potentially revealing the grand jury's decision as to whether or not the officers in this case will be indicted. i have sitting with me here

"newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> thank you so much, i'm brooke baldwin.eing with me on this friday. breaking news here on cnn as we are waiting any minute now we could be seening the san bernardino sheriffs office giving a media briefing momentarily. we're learning more details abts the depraved husband and wife duo who left their baby behind and massacred those 14 people at a holiday party in southern california. today here this is what's crucial. a link between these two killers and the most brutal terror kbrogroup on earth, u.s.ist.

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. >>> top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in today for my friend brooke baldwin. we begin with new details about the san bernardino killers and

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. a paris-style terrorist attack here in the u.s.? a former top intelligence official tells us it's only a matter of time. "the lead" starts right now. taking the fight to isis. president obama announces he's sending more u.s. special forces into iraq. but what about the its sis threat here to the homeland? former head of the defense intelligence agency's here with some alarming candor. >>> chicago's mayor fired chicago's top cop, saying trust in the force has been eroding saying it took 400 days to release the tape of the murder of laquan mcdonald shot 16 times. >>> plus, putting his rubber stamp on the race, ted cruz says there's no republican war against birth control. proof? condom vending machines. good afternoon, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. dramatic, new mission in the u.s.-led war against isis. ash carter making the announcement hours ago, send elite troops to battle isis jihadys in iraq, rescuing hostages, ga

i'm brooke baldwin, "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. after a year filled with isis horrors, the president yet again tries to calm a nation. "the lead" starts right now. for the fourth time in two weeks president obama addressing fears of a terrorist attack at home and concerns that he is not handling the threat well. did he reassure the american public this time? bernie sanders supporters accusing the democratic national committee of being in the tank for hillary clinton. his campaign now threatening to take the democratic party to court after the dnc cut them off from the life blood of their campaign. plus, in virginia an entire county's schools shut down. but it wasn't a terror threat. it was a homework assignment. good afternoon everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we have some breaking news in our money lead at the top of the hour. the dow dropping 370 points today amid massive trading. the big board showing a loss of more than 2%. factors at work here include investors worrying there could be four interest rate hikes n

. >>> top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this thursday.'s the news now. today we do expect to see the first criminal charges filed in the deadliest r terror attack in the united states since 9/11. the san bernardino shooting now 15 days ago the man likely to be charged has told officials he did not know. he says he did not know about the plot that would claim the lives of these 14 people leaving another 21 wounded. prosecutors say enrique marquez did admit to vuding some of the weapons used in the massacre. he was a friend of the male gunman.

i'm brooke baldwin. this new extraordinarily savage execution video has just been released by isis and the implications for this killing could be bigger than anything we've seen thus far in the war. the victim this time is a russian, an apparent spy, or at least that is according to the unmasked, as you see him standing above the victim here, isis jihadist who delivers a message in russian directly to the people of russia and specifically the president of russia slid myrrh pvladimir put promising to kill your sons for each son you killed here, before

. >>> top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin.with words that are moving like wild fire. not around just this country, but around the world igniting fury from london to egypt. a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. those words from a statement donald trump put out last night. the leading candidate for the republican nomination for president calling in to cnn today and doubling down on his proposal. again, it is a a total ban on muslims entering the country. at least, he says, until representatives can figure out what is going on. that is his quote. it may well be his most shocking declaration of the campaign to date. the candidate claims that he is not -- that not heeding this it call will have deadly consequences. here he is in his words. >> you're going to have many more world trade centers. >> i don't e see the point of scaring people with the possible when the reality is we haven't had. >> when you look at what's going on in the middle east. they are chopping off heads, they are looking to come o

he told cnn's brooke baldwin he called for help and no one came. >> my son was laying there and he wase, no one at all assisted him at any time while he was there. at which point i looked back and saw ms. jones there and once again yelled, screamed as loud as i can, someone get an ambulance, someone get some help for my son. i called the feliz department because i -- police department, because i wanted someone to try to help him. i was not tranld. i never once thought that once he entered into staircase that his life would be ended by someone who didn't know what to do. >>> police say legrier had a baseball bat and was combative. the officer in the shooting has been placed on administrative duty. the city's mayor has also ordered changes inning the way officers are trained. an actor from the hit tv show "glee" has been arrested for alleged possession of child pornography. mark salling was taken into custody in california on tuesday. the 33-year-old was a main character for the first four seasons of "glee." he's not responded to cnn's request for comment. >>> ethan couch, known as the a

i'm brooke baldwin here in washington. thank you so much for being with me. we're going to send it off just a smidge early to my friend jake tapper. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke, an emergency message overseas, "the lead" now. a terror alert for americans in a major european city while here at home new details about the terrorist couple who dropped off their baby before murdering 14 innocent people in san bernardino. the fbi now looking at how they may have missed a link to a group of terrorist plotters who were arrested more than three years ago. >>> also, new proof that donald trump may very well be able to archie bunker his way to the presidential nomination. more polls show his numbers soaring even after or maybe because his plan to ban every muslim from coming to the u.s. >>> plus, he's charged with desertion. the search for him had an impact on the lives and in some cases deaths of his fellow soldiers. but bowe bergdahl is now breaking his silence and comparing himself to a movie action hero. what do his platoon mates say? >>> good afternoon

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news on many fronts in our national lead. the fbi is now officially investigating the san bernardino massacre as a terrorist attack. this latest development comes after the news that broke on cnn this morning that law enforcement officials have uncovered writings on facebook by the female terrorist pledging support to isis leadership. also this afternoon, after it was cleared by law enforcement, the landlord allowed cnn inside the terrorist couple's apartment. it's no longer according to the fbi an active crime scene. it was an extraordinary place to visit. we will bring you into that scene. but moments ago fbi director james comey spoke about the investigation. >> our investigation to date, and again it's only two days old, so far we have no indication that these killers are part of an organized larger group or form part of a cell. there's no indication that they are part of a network. >> we are also learning much, much more about the liv

that's what my colleague brooke baldwin said here on cnn wednesday as the earliest news started tricklinging out of san bernardino. she meant semi-automatic weapons, innocent victims, lockdown, shoot-out, rampage. and politicians immediately suited up in their usual jers six and resorted to the same old playbooks. republicans again said it was time to pray. the new york daily news wrote a controversial cover saying god wouldn't fix this. democrats again made calls for gun control. the in "the new york times" tried something different, putting an editorial on the front page of the newspaper, calling for outlaw of civilian ownership of weapons capable of mass killing. but will it make any difference? more telling was the most top lar feet of the week by far is when i quoted a blog that has comment sessions on each story since it can used use the same ones each time there's a mass shooting in the usa. the attack was carried out by supporters yet when we learned in the midst of the attack that the female shooter had posted a tribute on facebook to the leader of the isis, that simply rebooted the

. >>> thank you you, brooke baldwin. mississippi river on the bring of swal loiilowing entire towns. "the lead" starts now. potentially historic flood emergency. cars floating away, more than a dozen killed as towns in the midwest brace for water higher than they've seen in maybe forever. >>> so much for that trump being a clinton plant conspiracy theory. the two sides seemingly at war after donald trump goes after bill clinton's past again. is the affair fair game? >>> plus -- >> i love you guys. >> the chilling 911 calls as boy scouts rush to save their scout master from a bear mauling. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin "the lead" with breaking news. state of emergency, evacuations under way and deadly flooding across the midwest. massive floods, sweeping across the missouri, have claimed the lives of at least 13 people, including 4 international soldiers. and the worst may still be. coming. the mississippi, missouri, and the meramec rivers all rising after days of drenching rains. forecasters warn t

i'm brooke baldwin. see you back on monday. in the meantime, "the lead" with jim sciutto starts right now. >>> thank you, brooke. oil is tanking and the dow takes a dive. "the lead" starts right now. >>> republicans readying for battle with donald trump and now dr. ben carson, both threatening to bolt the gop. what could be left of the party after the convention? >>> he has a big for a lifetime on a court that impacts every one of us but did justice antonin scalia suggest some black students belong in slower colleges? we now have the audiotape. plus, isis missile quest. fire power that could bring down a passenger plane. i become the first reporter on the ground of a super secret u.s. rocket facility and get my hands on weapons that isis desperately wants. >>> and breaking news now as we begin with our money lead. a very rough day on wall street. the dow jones plunging more than 300 points. oil prices now at their lowest level in years. our christina alesci is covering the markets for us. christina, today really the latest in a

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. today is a big one. we begin with a bomb shell, involving one of america's most famous dads, bill cosby is charged with sexual assault. this is a felony. he is due in court in pennsylvania minutes from now. let me back up. at least 50 women have accused him of allegations ranging from drugging them to sexual assault. but there is huge because it is the very first time the 78-year-old

i'm brooke baldwin. special live coverage continues now with my colleague jake tapper. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we have breaking news off the top in today's national lead. a big decision just coming in from baltimore this hour where a judge moments ago declared a mistrial after a third day of jury deliberations in the first freddie gray trial. william porter was the first of six officers to go on trial. freddie gray of course died back in april after he was dragged into a police van, shackled and never put into a seat belt, according to police. cell phone video of freddie gray's arrest sparked days of protests and destructive riot. cnn's jean casarez joins me now live in baltimore. jean, what can you tell us right now? obviously police are bracing preparing for the worst, hoping for the best. >> reporter: that's right. i would say the pulse of this community right now is anxious. and overhead we have helicopters, we have just people hustling and bustling,

>>> thank you, brooke baldwin. from america's dad to sex assault suspect, "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news, bill cosby facing charges of sexual assault, something 40 years in the making for so many women who never had their day in court. >>> raging river, storms killing dozens. millions trying to escape as historic flooding pushes water over levees and to the rooftops in the midwest. >>> terror alert. one city completely canceling new year's celebrations as three major cities here in the u.s. beef up security to keep you safe as you sip that champagne at midnight. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in again today for jake tapper. we begin today with breaking news. here is bill cosby's mugshot. the man once known as america's dad now officially charged with a sexual assault. cosby walking into court this afternoon to face charges that he sexually assaulted a temple university employee at his home outside philadelphia back in 2004. dozens of women, more than 50 total in fact dating back decades

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. let's go to washington with "the lead." >>> the commander in chief tries again to calm a jittery nation. "the lead" starts right now. after san bernardino with fear of lone wolves rising, president obama goes to mission control for hunting terrorists and tells americans to have a happy holiday season, but keep your eyes open. is this the battle for second place? ted cruz and marco rubio take their fight to the campaign trail as trump gets an unexpected, perhaps unwanted endorsement from russia with love. plus, maybe it's not all bad luck after all. a provocative new study finds that 90% of cancer could be caused by our lifestyles and our environment. so do genetics play any role? >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in today for jake tapper. we begin today with our national lead. president obama visiting the national counterterrorism center for the first time in six years trying to reassure nervous americans. he also highlighted the steps that u.s. authorities are taking to prot

. >>> i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin. today radicalize d and reaching out for terror group to call their own investigators. piecing together the lives of the husband and wife terrorists who left their baby, their 6-month-old and slaughtered 14 people at a holiday gathering in san bernardino, california. we're now waiting for the fbi to update us on the investigation. a live press conference expected in just about one hour's time. we'll bring that to you as soon as it begins. this happens as new picture surfaces of the two of them together, the first showing the killers together. cnn has now learned that the

i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news now, this new extraordinarily savage execution video has just been released by isis and the implications for this killing could be bigger than anything we've seen thus far in the war. the victim this time is a russian, an apparent spy, or at least that is according to the unmasked, as you see him standing above the victim here, isis jihadist who delivers a message in russian directly to the people of russia and specifically the president of russia slid myrrh pvladimir put promising to kill your sons for each son you killed here, before beheading the kneeling man with a hunting knife. joining me now is cnn's ian lee, who is tandi istanding by for u istanbul. obviously we can't show it, ian, but tell me what more you know about the video. >> brooke, it's a brutal video. the runs about eight minutes of the the majority of it you have this man sitting in a chair talking about or confessing, rather, what his alleged crimes are against isis. he says that he was recruited by ru

. >>> i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin. today radicalize d and reaching out for terror group to call their own investigators. piecing together the lives of the husband and wife terrorists who left their baby, their 6-month-old and slaughtered 14 people at a holiday gathering in san bernardino, california. we're now waiting for the fbi to update us on the investigation. a live press conference expected in just about one hour's time. we'll bring that to you as soon as it begins. this happens as new picture surfaces of the two of them together, the first showing the killers together. cnn has now learned that the husband syed rizwan farook had recently looked into contacting al qaeda affiliates overseas. his father over the weekend telling a newspaper that he knew his son had had come to support the isis goal of creating a caliphate or islamic state and was fixated on his hatred for israel. but despite all of this, there's a new theory e emerging that it was his wife who was the true architect of the radicalization. pamela brow

i'm don lemon in for brooke baldwin. we're going to begin with major political developments that is first on cnn. republicans have a dozen main candidates to choose from. lind is see graham ending his run for president. . since announcing his campaign in june, the senator from south carolina has not been able to breakthrough in the polls hovering around 1%. he declared his dropping out in an interview with our very own kate baldwin. >> my campaign i will suspend my campaign. i won't suspend my desire to help the country. i will go back to iraq and afghanistan to get an update. the one thing i feel good about is is i did it with a smile on my face, i talked about things that are important to me and somebody better fix one day. >> why are you getting out of the race? >> i have hit a wall here. my campaign has come to a point where i need to think about getting out and helping somebody else. here's what i predict. i think the nominee of our party is going to adopt my plan when it comes time to articulate how to destroy isil

thank you for being with me in today for brooke baldwin. was it a step too far?saying until the united states and our government officials can, quote, figure out what the hell is going on, he wants a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. this was not just a remark he made. this was in a prepared statement e-mailed to everyone in the media. a policy proposal and today he called in to cnn and doubled down on that. >> you're going to have many more world trade centers if you dent solve it. and probably beyond the world trade center. >> i don't see the point of scaring people with the possible when the reality is we haven't had it. >> you look at what's going on in the middle east. they are chopping off heads. they are looking to come over to other places too. and they want the jihad. it's very simple. >> what do you mean? you can't throw out notions without any kind of checking of them. this is what got you wound up on the philadelphia front page like hitler. >> take a look at that front page. the controversial cover has him there. it sa

. >>> top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in today for my friend brooke baldwin. we begin with new details about the san bernardino killers and their path to jihad. the head of the fbi just saying today, these two were radicalized before they met, before they even started dating online, and at a hearing this morning fbi director james comey also told senators he believes that the wife was radicalized before she came to the united states. he says investigators are looking at the couple's marriage license right now. >> is there any evidence that this marriage was arranged by a terrorist organization or terrorist operative? or was it just a meeting on the internet? >> i don't know the answer to that yet. >> do you agree with me that if it was arranged by a terrorist operative or organization that is a game-changer? >> it would be a very, very important thing to know. that's why we're working so hard to understand it. >> that's the biggest focus i think of how it would change the game, that they could actually arrange a marriage of two like-minded individuals, use the

that's what my colleague brooke baldwin said here on cnn wednesday as the earliest news started tricklingingshe meant semi-automatic weapons, innocent victims, lockdown, shoot-out, rampage. and politicians immediately suited up in their usual jers six and resorted to the same old playbooks. republicans again said it was time to pray. the new york daily news wrote a

brook baldwin has a look at the top ten trending stories of the last year. >>> social media's role innews is undeniable, but sometimes hash tags start a moving. here are the top trending hash tags for 2015. number ten, guacamole with peas. people jumped on twitter, not showing love, even the president of the united states jumped in. i have to tell you, i did a taste test. it was kind of delicious. >> really good, huh? >> number nine, a little girl's body washed ashore in the boston harbor. the massachusetts state police tried to get help in identifying this baby doe. more than 50 million people viewed this composite image of this little girl. after 85 days, she was identified as bella bond. >> this child, whose name means beauty, was murdered. >> her mother was charged as an accessory to murder and her boyfriend, charged with murder. ahmed mohamed was charged at police because teachers thought his clock was a bomb. #i stand with ahm hered. a tweet by president obama himself invited ahmed to the white house. number seven, welcome kate rica jenner. >> formerly bruce jenner. >> the reali