garrett haake. >> reporter: the hassles of holiday travel. the run aring, but at dulles today, one airline found a simple formula to turn frustration into faces like hers [ laughter ] four feet, furry tail, and wet noses. >> i think my heart is melting. >> this is fantastic. >> reporter: meet the comfort dogs of united paw. deployed to keep passengers calm as they sit and stay in terminal c and d. >> it gets rid of all the holiday travel stress. >> i will take her with me. >> reporter: united tested the program out with dogs like barney when they realized they stumbled upon something as popular as free first-class upgreats. more dogs in more airports. >> reporter: handlers and their trained therapy dogs volunteer, from daisy, the 10-year-old great dane to minnie. >> she is very much a people's dog, and in her mind they are all here to see her. >> reporter: it was based on actual science including the power of man's best friend. >> they were really nice. >> reporter: providing the departure from the typical trials of travel, courtesy of a few

reporting live garrett haake, wusa 9. >> a lot on stage there, garrett, thank you. the candidates won't debate again until january 14th in south carolina. the hash tag #gopdebate was the number one trend tonight. >> we have been tracking your reaction all night long. ben carson's controversial opening remarks got a lot of attention. carson called for a moment of silence, and liz said a moment of silence during an introduction is low. san bernardino victims are not to be used to further political career. antonio said the gop debate is as equally entertaining as it is horrifying. and sarah tweeted words like destroy, eliminate, and hunt should never be used when speaking about humanity regardless of party. >>> today hillary clinton said the american people cannot give in to fear as she talked about her strategy for homeland security and preventing a domestic terrorist attack. clinton says the political debate has been anything but serious. >> shallow slogans don't add up to a strategy. [ applause ] promising to carpet bomb until the desert glows doesn't make you sound

garrett haake wusa9. >>> the remains of six service members killed in afghanistan on monday are back on u.s. soil. normally it takes place at dover air force base, but today it was moved to new castle in delaware because of the bad weather. two of those includes a man and woman with local ties. peter taub was set to return in may, just in time for the birth of his second child, and azrianna vorderbruggen leaves behind her wife and her 4-year- old son. she was one of the first openly gay service members since don't ask, don't tell was repealed in 2011. >>> in prince george's county, standing room only to remember a college student who was called deray. he died in a car crash last week. family and friends packed the church. >> it speaks to his character and the imprint i had left in everyone's mind and soul that he was just that amazing of a person. >> deray died when a car driven by james colero crossed the center line, and prosecutors said he could be charged with vehicular homicide. >>> a man has been arrested after being shot at by an officer. police were responding to the reports

garrett haake broke the news tonight. >> reporter: the hospital had placed the two officers involved in the incident on administrative leave while they conducted their own investigation, and a spokesperson tells me while the investigation continues, the two officers no longer work here. >> reporter: jim mcbride only had on a hospital gown when he struggled with the two police officers outside of the hospital in late september. the officers took mcbride to the ground, and according to documents obtained by the washington post, broke his neck. the pd is still investigating, butt hospital moved independently. the two officers are no longer on the special 56-person force here. the hospital spokesperson declined to go into detail about the "personnel matter." across town tonight, a vigil put on by the friends and family of alonso smith hope to keep his death while in the custody of special officers at the marlboro apartments in the headlines. >> as long as i have breath in my body, i will never give up for justice for my son. >> reporter: one night in early november. the 27-year-old speci

garrett haake, usa nine.>>> another search handing in frustration today in the nearly 2 year-long hunt for alicia rudd. police found no sign of her in a massive empty lot in northeast. bruce leshan and is live. -- is live. does the search go anywhere from here?>> -- >> reporter: this is the lot where they failed to find anything. they have another location in mind. the chief is not saying where, because she does not want people tramping across it before investigators have a chance to check it methodically. dozens of police recruits searched the 15 acre site where walmart had once considered building a store. cadaver dogs sniffed the ground for any set of alicia rudd. she was just eight years old when last seen alive on this grainy surveillance tape.>> often children are not taken far . >> reporter: she had been with the janitor at the home -- homeless shelter where she lived. police suspect he killed his wife and then himself. >> this is the first step in probably what will be additional searches. >> reporter: the national center for missing and exploited children hit on this location

and reporting live, garrett haake. and they are already plotting the general election run against democrat hillary clinton. after accusations of sexism from the clinton camp, trump is threatening to revive the debate over former president's impeachment and other sex scandals. and for sexism and he said that the past is fair game. >> it is fair game, he continues to be very troubled because of all of the things that he is talking to me about. >> so far hillary clinton has yet to respond. >>> we're learning more about the deaths of two teens. authorities say that the 17- year-old fatally stabbed her boyfriend before killing herself. investigators found their bodies recovered in the minivan in october. >>> a cleveland police officer will not face any charges in the shooting death of rice. >> the 12-year police officer was holding the pellet gun when they were holding the pellet gun when he was killed. >> reporter: an ohio grand jury decided not to return the indictment. >> based on the evidence they heard and the law that

garrett haake, wusa 9 news. >> thank you. >>> also breaking tonight d.c. police made a second arrest in the murder of a american university grad. the suspect a 19-year-old and police charged him with second degree murder while armed. investigators say the 23-year- old was hit by stray bullets dung a gun battle last august. days after the shooting the first suspect turned himself in. the 19-year-old also faces a charge of second degree murder while armed. >>> and we will have the latest on both of these developing stories on the air and on the phone. download our free wusa 9 news app now, breaking news, live coverage and updates. >>> tonight an agency in morning. a police department lost one of their own. an officer died after being hit by car during a traffic stop. officers lining the streets and motorcycles led the car carrying the body of the officer from the hospital to the medical examiner in baltimore. he was hit last thursday after poling over a car for a -- pulling over a car for a traffic stop. police believe the driver was driving drunk. the offic

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garrett haake, wusa 9. >> garrett, thank you. >>> the man who launched the investigation against gray, he defended his office's record on public corruption, and he said he was proud of the investigation. >> new tonight, -- >> hands up, don't shoot! >> protesters in chicago say they won't let up until the mayor resigns, and all day demonstrators blocked traffic along some of chicago's main roads and demanded the mayor resign over the handling over the laquan mcdonald case. that's the black teen shot to death last year by a white police officer. today emanuel went before the city council. >>> the police officer in the freddie gray case took the stand today. >> reporter: officer porter said he didn't see any signs something was wrong. he explained that's why he didn't call for medical help for freddie gray. porter is one of six police officers charged in connection with gray's death, caused by spinal cord injuries while in police custody last april. porter wasn't the arresting officer, but he was present at five of the six stops that the police van made as it was transporting gray. using

we asked garrett haake to dive into the issue. what did you learn? >> reporter: lesli, one day before the attack, researchers from george washington university published this report on how isis recruit in the united states, and the author said tonight that by far the future danger for future terrorist attacks is within u.s. borders with or without outside help. >> the vast majority of people arrests were u.s. citizens. we are more likely to see a home grown prom. >> reporter: the program -- problem. >>> the program on extremism investigating all the recent incidents. >> they were black, white, rich, young, poor. it didn't no one profile. >> reporter: isis first recruits people naive about their faith, and then they ar travel agents. >> logistical support, phone numbers to call when you get to turkey to get across the border. >> they are encouraging people to do what they can when they can. we saw that in the garland shooting last spring. >> reporter: just like in california, one shooter pledged allegiance to isis online just before shooting. it's lik

. >> reporter: garrett haake, wusa9. >> public commentary will end this month, and they will make a final decision if they will allow the plan in the spring. >>> the state has rested its case in the manslaughter trial of a baltimore police officer. prosecutors are arguing that officer william porter failed in his duty to ensure the safety of freddie gray. gray died while in police custody. porter was the driver of the police van in which gray was found unresponsive and paralyzed from a broken neck. he had been in the back of the van for 45 minutes, handcuffed and shackled for most of the ride. the defense will begin its case in the morning. >>> tonight the investigators in spotsylvania are trying to track down a missing teenager. the 19-year-old was supposed to take metro to reagan to catch a flight, but she never arrived at her location. her luggage was found in a drainage ditch yesterday. the disappearance is ent says suspicious. >> we don't know if there's foul play or if she ran away with someone or if she is missing and doesn't want to be found. >> reporter: the sheriff's office is u

haake. >> man is accused of shooting drug lines near the police station. >> donovan began to kick and punch the officer when the police officer spotted the man shoot up the drugs. he's being held without bail tonight. >>> a sad reminder that the war in afghanistan goes on. six u.s. troops dead after a suicide bombing. the service members were killed whennen attacker rammed a motorcycle armed with explosives into a patrol near bagram airfield. a u.s. service member who served with the national guard is among the dead. >>> an accomplice of the san bernardino shooters will remain behind bars. enrique marquez plotted terrorism attacks that were never carried out. and he bought the guns used earlier this month in the shooting. >>> some are lobbying the virginia high school league to find another venue in the wake of recent comments. >> if a president, the man who represents the university at the school, i can not fathom what his students believe and what could happen to my own observators came there i would not feel comfortable sending freshmen there for that backlash. >> i can not underst

garrett haake with the story you will see only on 9 tonight. >> if they knew what they had, it would be the jackpot. >> reporter: it just figures the one time eric, an engineer leaves his backpack overnight, thieves would take off with it. >> i had my two work laptops with a lot of my design files on there, and then three extremely expensive cameras that i use for projects at work. >> reporter: eric knew how hard it can be for police to catch grinches like these without videos or fingerprints to help. >> i felt hopeless. i sat outside in the rain, contemplating my life. what do i do at this point? >> a neighbor suggested he search the app offer up connecting local buyers and sellers. >> sure enough that morning, someone posted the exact camera stolen out of my car. >> reporter: what are the nods. >> highly unlikely. probably actually impossible. >> reporter: eric alerted police, and then he, his wife, and several friends started a bidding war, driving up the figure to a price that the thieves couldn't resist. eric and his wife agreed to meet them in this rite aid parking lot, but the

our new cbs news battleground tracker shows that haak is 5 1/4 points behind bernie sanders in the state of of new hampshire on prepare kay can side with 2%. kid trusses follows with 14. marco rubio at 1 and chris christie moved up into fourth place with 11%. the rest of the field is in single digits. during the iowa, it's senator ted cruz who some has taken the lead with 40% support. marco rubio at 12 and ben carson plummeted down to 6%. rest of the field 2% or below. friday we traveled to iowa and met up with marco rubio, we asked him abut his escalating battle ted cruz. senator, what street this debate between you and senator cruz about on immigration? >> well, ted was much -- in fact was supporter legalizing people that were in this country illegally, he was during the debate he was after the debate. he made it clear multiple occasions that he was against citizenship but open to legalization. and then for weeks now on campaign trail he's refuses to answer that question until the other night where he said that he did not intend to legalize people. again trying to find himself some wig

tom haaks is on the show tonight! tom hanks! [ cheers and applause ] jessica chastain in the house. [ cheers and applause ] pentatonix. that's the show you want. [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh. thank you so much for being here. here's what everybody is talking about. now that the dust has settled on the democratic debate, it looks like hillary clinton is going to remain the democratic front-runner. and over on the republican side donald trump is still in the lead. and now trump is saying that he should be given secret service [ light laughter ] as opposed to his current security, having gary busey follow him around with nunchucks. [ laughter and applause ] whatever boss. what do you need, boss? and after getting only nine minutes, nine minutes to speak during the democratic debate on tuesday night, lincoln chafee seemed excited to be interviewed by wolf blitzer yesterday and get his message out. he even tweeted about it. look, he put "getting ready to talk with wolf blitzer on cnn." yeah, he seems pretty pumped up. he's lik

if it is connected to the internet, you can get into the scary situation with haaking. >> just assumeis not completely safe. >> exactly. >> jan, thanks. switching gears now, louisianna family says the whoever board caught fire after it was plugged in to charge and nearly burned their house down. jessica bought the 300-dollar whoever board for her 12 year old son. she said sparks began flying out of it before it burst into flames. >> both wheels it was like a fireworks, like you just lit fireworks, i seen sparks flying and before i could yell the house on fire mid i had part of the board just poof. into flames. >> the state fire marshall is now investigating, the maker of the whoever board has not yet responded to those allegations. >>> well, a mid the mayhem of the holiday season, today we celebrate giving tuesday. a day dedicated to giving back. and before you write that check, cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger says there are steps to take to ensure that you maximize your dollars, and ensure that they go to your desired organizations, jim, good morning to you. >> so hearing