jason ellis tells me his pet marmoset gizmo is an emotional support animal and he went through the proper channels at the airport but the airline itself wasnt aware take a look at this video of ellis and gizmo going through t-s-a at john glen international airport in columbus ohio. ellis says t-s-a and the ticketing clerks didnt give him any problems. but frontier airlines says that the monkey was concealed in a duffle bag when it was brought on board the flight they say thats why their crew was so surprised and reacted the way they did. we caught up with ellis earlier today...here's what he had to say about the ordeal jason ellis: "my flight was at 9:45 i showed up at 9:20. i rushed through there and it was a little lack of communication on my end and theres. he was in a concealed bag that looks like a handbag. " ellis has had gizmo for 4 years. he's about 6 inches in length and a very well mannered pet. ellis tells me gizmo has helped him cope with a learning says he calms him down when he's overwhelmed. ellis is working on starting a foundation where he plans to use gizmo to help other

jason ellis is on their no-fly list. the airline said it's because he didn't follow proper procedures for flying with this little guy at support animal. gizmo is his name. here's the exclusive followup to a story we've been following this past week. >> reporter: that's gizmo, getting some love from jason ellis. last week, the two made news when jason couldn't prove that his marmoset monkey is an emotional support animal. it happened on a flight on frontier, and because of that, sell him a returned ticket to ohio. >> the guy said show up to the ticket counter and i did and he said you've been black listed. what does that mean? >> reporter: this is security video of jason and gizmo being cleared for the flight. he said he and gizmo are inseparable. >> he gives me the comfort i need. i guess after so lon y you don't have him around you. >> reporter: as an emotional support animal, jason says gizmo calms his anxiety and says the only reason he couldn't prove his creds is because the documents were in his checked luggage. thi

jason ellis brought his monkey onto a plane last week.. causing quite the stir. the airline says they didn't know the monkey was on board.. but as fox's abby theodros explains.. the whole ordeal was a big misunderstanding. here's a look at the monkey that caused quite the stir on a frontier flight jason ellis: it kinda turned into sometthing big...it actually went worldwide. owner jason ellis and gizmo made headlines this week when they made it on board a frontier flight with out the airline knowing. (je: and there's the monkey inside.) gizmo boarded the plane in this duffle bag. je: he was never smuggled onto the plane. he was in a concealed bag it looks likea hand bag. he's never actually hurt anyone. the last four years. he's an emotional support animal that helps the 30 year old cope with his anxiety. je: he's helped me in more ways than i can imagine. just by interaction with other people and helping me out. but really he helps me out because i have a lot of anxiety issues. ellis showed fox5 the certificate the frontier ticketing clerk saw. he says the entir

jason ellis and his therapy monkey "gizmo" were supposed to fly out of mccarron last night.. but he says it was a no go. ellis made headlines when he kept gizmo in his luggage from columbus to las vegas.. he said the airlines gave him a refund for the but then he had to reschedule a flight with southwest this morning. we've reached out to frontier.. and have not heard back yet. "take 5 to care is sponsored by nv energy, subaru of las vegas and henderson hospital." pencils, binders, backpacks are piling up... but we still need more. it's day 2 of the s-o-s drive... to help valley kids get the tools they need to be classroom. this morning... monica jackson is live...at n-v energy on west sahara.. there, she'll be helping collect donations! monica! how's it going there? we are partnering with subaru of las vegas, nv energy and henderson hospital...for our annual supply our students drive. it runs through the 17th - we need backpacks, pencils, notebooks, crayons and so much more. cc to resume shortly in a couple short cc to resume in a couple short weeks... the kiddos will be hea

so the person who has this service animal's name is jason ellis. we got video from him just about an hour and a half ago before he boarded a flight from las vegas to ohio. thinks service animal, his monkey about 8 inches in length is gizmo. that's gizmo on his shoulder. he had a little bit of a stir last week on a flight on frontier to las vegas. he had the paperwork but it was in his checked luggage so he flight from las vegas to ohio. this morning he says frontier wouldn't sell him a ticket. we've been unable to confirm this directly with frontier. it was a problem for him so much so he flew back this morning with gizmo on his shoulder on southwest. reporting from mccarren on this tuesday morning, news 3. >> dana: hang on, craig. i saw him kiss gizmo. did you? >> reporter: i did not kiss gizmo. but, no, do you know what, hey, nothing to say. [ laughing ] >> dana: you did have something to say after you thought about it. >> reporter: i self sensored. >> dana: there you go. good for you. live from the airport. thank you. >>> now we go from mccarren

jason ellis was heading to vegas with this marmoset monkey and the monkey was tucked under his shirt, and when the flight attendant saw it and ask about it, someone on the plane called the airport in las vegas saying i monkey was on the loose, so they met him when the plane landed, and the reason the flight crew was unaware of gizmo was in a misunderstanding.>> my flight was it 9:20 am, and i rushed through, and it was a lack of communication on my end. he is a very concealed the bag that looks like a handbag.>> he eventually showed the paperwork that allowed him to take gizmo on the plane, and frontier airlines has apologized for the inconvenience and offered to refund him for the flight. >>> a spectacular nighttime race. >> the drones racing around the castle ruins, reaching speeds of more than 80 miles an hour and the pilots wearing virtual- reality goggles, and a 60-year- old from great britain was the winner.>> it was amazing, and it has been a great day.>> the czech republic took second place, switzerland third, usa in eighth place.>>> a court has ruled that the band russian ath

an investigation was launched after jason ellis took his four-year-old monkey on frontier airlines plane without notifying the crew. turns out the monkey is a registered emotional support animal. tonight ellis is telling his side of the story. it's our top story tonight. we are joined live from mccarran airport with details. >> he says this was the third time that he's flown with his monkey, taking it on board. he says each time he usually rushing, he said he made a mistake. he said this was just one big misunderstanding. a monkey mystery hitting headlines after a monkey boards a frontier airlines flight. the crew and passengers shocked at the discovery mid flight. >> that's crazy. >> one guy was saying it was really stinking. >> surveillae the moment they went through screening. a flight attendant spotted the animal poking his face out his shirt. he had paperwork to prove it. him. he got lose twice. but it just wasn't that way on the plane. >> he never was lose, never lost anything. he was tied up in his bag sleeping. on takeoff, i put him in my shirt. i just wanted to get my side of th

jason ellis brought his monkey on a flight from columbus, ohio. he said it's a registered support animal. it was in plain view when he went through security. when the airline asked for his paperwork, he couldn't provide it at the time because it was in his checked bag under the plane. they put him on the no fly list because he didn't follow the competition real, but it is rolling into the spotlight. >>> welcome back. it may not be an olympic sport, but the competition is just as fierce. >> roller derby is growing in popularity across the country. here in las vegas the girls are lacing up their skates to get in on the action. >> we have a look at why the sport is so popular. >> las vegas has its own league, the sin city roller before they can hit the track. by day, janelle is perfectly comfortable handling the finances at her medical practice. by night, she trades in her heels for a set of wheels. >> it's my alterego. >> known as mac truck, she's fun and let out a little aggression. >> here it's like you can get on the track and be your true self,

jason ellis said he was on the frontier flight on tuesday.e says airline officials were not aware at first that the monkey was indeed a service animal. the monkey named gizmo has ellis copy company with anxiety. >> he's never actually hurt anybody and doesn't. he's helped me in bigger ways than i can imagine just by interaction with other people and helping me out. he helps me out because i have a lot of anxiety issues. >> ellis says frontier airlines apologized for the inconvenience and they've offered him to refund him for the flight. >>> well tonight in your money amazon is taking one alcoholic order to go whole new level. the online giant will let customers order food as they watch it being made on a cooking show only launching in japan for now. the company will debut a cooking show on its prime video streaming and then with single click you can get that food sent right to your door. it's just latest from amazon pushing its dash buttons which can literally push to reorder household supplies like laundry detergent and food. the cooking sho

jason ellis brought his monkey "gizmo" on a frontier flight. he says he never knew he and his buddy would cause such a ruckus... ellis says it was all a misunderstanding.. . he never smuggled gizmo onto the plane. "he was ne plane. he was in a concealed bag it looks likea hand bag. he's never actually hurt anyone." ellis says "gizmo" is a therapy animal that gives him emotional support to cope with his anxiety issues. he says he was rushing to get through security and forgot to show the ticketing clerk gizmo's certificate. the airline apparently apologized for the inconvenience and offered to refund ellis' flight. coming up at 7 a- m... ellis will join us foundation he's working on where "gizmo" would help others... the way gizmo has helped him. you can even follow gizmo on instagram at "gizmo the monkey." you find a link on our website... fox five vegas dot com two weeks from today... the kiddos will be heading back to school. which means it's time for our annual supply our students drive. today, we will be live at subaru of las vegas collectin

who helps "jason ellis" with anxiety issues... but somehow that information was never passed-on to the flight attendants. "gizmo" the monkey is little... but his presence caused a big ruckus... officials questioned ellis... but later realized it was just a misunderstanding, and let him go. for the record: gizmo ((anchors)) it's now 5:??. time to check thsk it is 5:??: time now to find out what's happening on the roads - with our "skyfox on time traffic". no closed captioning is ((walter)) we're told over and over... lock your car doors... it's the best way to prevent out, even when they ?are locked... we could be vulnerable. (jen when we come back, the high-tech device you probably use... that thieves have figured out how to hack. it could be enough to bring an old-fashioned habit, back ? we buy any car dot com, ? ? any any any any ? trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and

the man is jason ellis heading to vegas with this four-year- old marmoset monkey.gizmo" helps him to cope with anxiety, but the flight attendant saw the monkey tucked under his shirt, and someone called the airport saying that a monkey was on the loose, prompting the airport police to meet alice when the plane landed. and ellis said that the reason that the flight crew did not know about gizmo was a misunderstanding. >> my flight was leaving it 9:20 am and i was rushing through, and he was never smuggled onto the plane. he was in a concealed bag that looks like a handbag.>> he showed the paperwork that allowed him to take gizmo on the plane, and frontier airlines apologize for the inconvenience and offered to refund him for the flight. >>> 5:26 am, and we continue to follow the clayton fire burning in lake county, 3000 acres in four homes have been burned and only 5% contained, the difficult condition the firefighters are dealing with. >>> donald trump focusing on security, hillary clinton looking for help from vice president biden as we have more from the campaign

jason ellis owns gizmo, a monkey who is a service animal frontier airlines say ellis broke animal frontier airlines say ellis broke policy by not informing the airline of the service animal on the aircraft and couldn't provide the proper documents at that time. frontier airlines apologized for the inconvenience and offered to refund the flight, ellis said. ellis is working on a foundation where he plans to use gizmo to help he plans to use . a state fair competition is a state fair competition is going green! we'll show you how the blue ribbon is now being awarded to the best potted pot plant! twitter is teaming up with apple t-v... how the two companies are hoping to revolutionize the way you watch t-v app as part of the n-f-l streaming initiative. the company is said to be in talks with apple to launch the twitter app for which would let twitter users watch the football games on apple's set-top box. twitter is looking to capitalize on a live streaming deal with the n-f-l that was created earlier this year for streaming rights to 10 thursday night games. hundreds of people packed the oreg

jason ellis was the man with the monkey. he was a frontier airline passenger with gizmo, his monkey, a service animal. check out video from last thursday when he was going through a security checkpoint and you can see him with gizmo. about 8 inches long, tiny checkpoint last week. was on a frontier flight from ohio to las vegas. and on that flight did have some ]=6x?>?? he couldn't download electronically because there wasn't wifi. let's go to video. within the past 45 minutes, you can see gizmo on his shoulder, business there. a rather successful one. when he went to go book his return trip on frontier from las vegas back to ohio, he says that he couldn't. that he's been banned from flying on frontier because of that incident that happened last week. he said he had no idea that there was a ban in place until he tried to get back to ohio. >> and i checked in and mr. jason to check in. i called him in. he said you should be okay. just go up to the front counter and they'll check you in. that wasn't the case. i talked to the m

here is jason ellis. he was headed to vegas with his four-year-old monkey with him. the monkey named gizmo helps ellis cope with anxiety. gizmo was tucked under his shirt. when a flight attendant saw the monkey and asked ellis about it, someone on the plane called the airport in las vegas saying that monkey was on the loose. that prompted airport police to meet ellis when the plane landed. ellis says the reason the flight crew didn't know about gizmo, well, it was a misunderstanding. >> my flight was at 9:45. i showed up at 9:20. i rushed through there and it was a little lack of communication on my end, too. it was never smuggled on to the plane. he is in a handbag. >> now, ellis eventually showed authorities he had paperwork allowing him to take gizmo on the plane. frontier airlines is now apologizing for the inconvenience. they have even offered to refund ellis for that flight. >>> all right. now let's check in with mike. >> dave, thank you. students all across the state going back to class this week, and they will be learning something new. it's also controversia

jason ellis says he was on the frontier airlines flight tuesday and says airline officials were not awarethat the monkey was indeed a service animal. the monkey named gizmo actually helps ellis cope with anxiety. >> he's never actually hurt anybody and doesn't. he's helped me in bigger ways than i can imagine just by interaction with other people and helping them out. but really he helps me out because i have a lot of anxiety issues. >> ellis says frontier airlines apologized for the inconvenience and offered to refund ellis for the flight. >>> three-year-old child live threatening situation in a pool luckily the right person was there at the right time to save his life but that hero isn't taking any credit for it. and global super star says she turned down an offer to play the super bowl half time show but the nfl is talking as well and they're stories don't quite sing up. howard? >> now that carson wentz is watching practice, the game got to learn without being on the field and how bad is the pain with his injury? hear from wentz and his coach coming up in sports. what i love about the

now he's actually a service animal who helps jason ellis with anxiety issues but somehow that information was never pass order ton flight attendants. gizmo the monkey is little but his presence caused a big ruckus. imagine what you would think if monkey popped up on a plane. officials questioned ellis but realized just a misunderstanding and they let him go. >> and a kitten in sacramento found its self in tight situio in wood fence. sacramento fire department engine 57 crew performed a rescue. one firefighter held a board another loosened the boards in the fence. how did that cat get like that? oh my. the kitten was freed and taken to the city of sacramento front street animal shelter where she will be made available for adoption. >> ahhh. i wonder what she was going through her head when she went in there. glad she is okay. for lunch it's going sweltering a/c. rain moving into eastern portions of polk county. this shifts bo metro as we head into the. evening commute we a few storms rain chances 40 percent today. up a little tuesday and wednesday. but by the weekend, coast will storms, be

jason ellis was headed to las vegas with his four-year-old monkey. that name was gizmo, the monkey.e helps ellis cope with anxiety. he was tucked in his shirt. someone called the airport in las vegas saying the monkey was on the loose. that prompted airport police to meet ellis when the flight landed and ellis said the reason the flight crew was originally unaware of gizmo was a misunderstanding. >> my flight was at 9:45. i showed up at 9:20. so i rush you had through this. it was a little lack of communication on my end, too. it was never smuggled on to the plane. he has been a very con -- he is in a handbag. >> ellis eventually showed authorities the paperwork that i allowed him to -- that allowed him to take gizmo on board. frontier airlines apologized. >>> 40 drone pilots battled it out in austria this weekend in a spectacular nighttime race. organizers say the tiny -- copters reached 80 miles per hour. a 16-year-old, 16-year-old from great britain was the winner. the u.s.a. team finished in 8 place. >>> the 49ers open their preseason schedule with a 24-13 loss to the houston te

. >>> you might remember jason ellis, he is a local guy with the little monkey that flies with him. that is gizmo right there in his shoulder flying out at mccarran airport this morning. they're headed toward ohi southwest airlines.he said he for seniors like barbara, social security makes a difference every month. but for the wall street types who've given congressman joe heck's campaigns over $500,000, social security could mean billions of dollars in fees. that's what privatizing social security means and why joe heck and wall street support it. under heck's privatization plan, retirement security gets risked on the stock market. and the wall street types supporting joe heck make billions. senate majority pac is responsible >>> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today's take" live from the olympic games in rio de janeiro, br tuesday morning, august 16th, 2016. i'm billy bush along with al and nat live in rio. our morning jam is al's pick. >> summer in the city. i decided to go old school. >> where does it take you? >> back to queens. school. we were ready for the next c