i'm poppy harlow.get to ryan young on the streets of chicago in the heart of the protest that is ama amassing. ryan, can you hear me? >> reporter: i certainly can. we were inside the mayor's press conference. we heard about everything that was going on here. we ran outside, saw about 100 students run into the thompson center here and officers barricade the door. so we're going to step outside and show you kind of what's going on right now. this is the door they blocked. as you can see, police officers are keeping a line here where they're wanting to make sure nobody else comes into the building. we're getting closer to the protesters. the protests we've seen today are a lot younger. they look like they're high school students. they're being led by several people who are walking through the streets blocking traffic. but just in the last two, three minutes they all ran to these doors right here. we saw pushing and shoving of officers as they tried to get into this building. they had a short protest on th

>> reporter: that's right, poppy.ump was really making the broader point that he thinks the government needs to better monitor the families of suspected terrorists that could be in the united states, and he really went after the mother and the sister of the shooter more strongly than he has in the past, really insinuating that things that the sister said he thinks shows that she knew the plans and intentions of the shooters ahead of time. here's what he told the crowd here moments ago. >> they've got all sorts of bombs, pipe bombs, all sorts of crap all over the apartment. oh, i didn't see. i watched the sister of the guy last night on television, right, and i'm pretty good at this stuff, and i watched her, she had the veil, the whole thing, she's talking about the brother. first of all, her brother was killed a few days ago, she's talking like -- in fact, i think she said i think i have to go now, my time's up. right? so matter of fact. i thought she was lying so much. i'm good at this. i thought she was a total liar

appreciate your time. >> thanks, poppy. bye-bye. >> the sanders campaign, they say the dnc capitulated after their campaign threatened to sue in federal court to regain access to their own voter data. the dnc sees it very differently, accusing the sanders camp of rum acknowledging around into clinton's files. we will talk to a sanders supporter about it all next. ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season's best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx. get this low-mileage lease from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. count on being slammed this hwith orders. we're getting slammed with orders. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. totally slammed! introducing real-time delivery notifications. one more reason this is our season. just serve classy snacks and bew a gracious host,iday party. no matter who shows up. do you like nuts? >>> the last thing democrats wanted before tonight's

is grown. >> how many families do you know who are growing poppy? >> reporter: i've been invited by the indigenous group nause local rebels control drug trafficking here and they've threatened jorge and his family we wondered if these farmers had any idea how their crops were states. >> i have photos from a family that we've been spending time with. >> reporter: like justin bemis, a world away in vermont. >> this is your first time seeing someone who uses heroin? >> reporter: jorge says he's trying to convince his community to grow legal crops but he needs the government's support for help. >> how are you, doc? >> reporter: spring 2015, justin got the call and entered dr. mark logan's treatment program. >> how's it going? >> things have been well. >> he's been participating in therapy groups, frequent urine drug screens, frequent check-ins. by all appearances he seems to be doing very well. i'm concerned about that long-term and looking for warning signs. you know, eye contact is one of the biggest ones. >> when you're asking that question, do you h

the dea and colombia national special minute to the poppy-growing region of colombia. after a short hike down the slope, there it was. >> wow. >> reporter: fields of poppy. hidden within the crops. >> this is really where the heroin trade begins. with this poppy field, 8,000 feet in the mountains. >> reporter: 3,000 miles away from vermont. it's hard to believe justin bemis' heroin could have come from here. >> you can't go back anywhere else. this is where it begins. >> reporter: jay bergman was in charge of the dea's south our interview. he's worked in colombia for the last 15 years. >> can you blame them? they're making a lot more money with these poppy plants than they would with berries. >> i can blame them because there's lots of people that aren't. there's lots of people understanding the harm effect that say, i'm not doing it. even though it might be profitable. >> reporter: we travel to the state of alca where most of >> how many families do you know who are growing poppy? >> reporter: i've been invited by the indigenous group nause local rebels control drug y

>> that's right, poppy. deborah davis is the reporter who put together the documentary for al gentleman jeer jazeera. she is not alleging he used performance enhancing drugs. take a listen to what she said. >> you're not even alleging that peyton manning took the substances. >> the only allegation in the program from charlie sly is that growth hormone was sent repeatedly to ashley manning in florida. >> it sounds like your documentary doesn't have any evidence against peyton manning. >> again, davis says they aren't making any allegations against peyton manning, but he still was included in an hour-long documentary about doping in sfo sports. manning has vehemently denied taking any human growth hormone. charlie sly has recounted what he said, but davis believes what he was saying. >> andy schulz, thank you very much. >>> the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning, thank you for being with me. moments ago the chicago police officer who shot and killed teenager lequan mcdonald arrived in c

>> reporter: yeah, poppy. that's what we have seen so far.here were several people out here today who actually witnessed what happened. this all started with an attempted bank robbery reported at 10:30 this morning. police say the man had handed over a note to the teller demanding money and also claiming to have a bomb. when police arrived on the scene, that man was found at a nearby barbershop where police say he grabbed a straight edged razor. the man who recorded that disturbing shooting described for us what he said he saw happen next. take a listen. >> he came outside on. he was basically yelling gestures out to the police officers and the officers were, you know, like giving him directions, please put down the weapon. calm down. we're trying to help you. that lasted about five minutes. right after five minutes, they decided to go ahead and shoot him. the cops didn't want to kill him or shoot him. they didn't ask him to die. but he put himself in that situation. obviously now we know he was trying to rob a bank. it led all the way to tha

poppy? >> athena, can you walk us through what they did access. didn't that sanders staffer search things like voters that have a 60 or higher, meaning they're more likely to be committed to hillary clinton? >> exactly. so we -- my colleague at cnn spoke with two sources, two senior democrats who were familiar with the program, with this whole data program. and with the investigation. and they say that several sanders campaign staffers may have been able to access based on the searches they can tell were conducted turnout projections in key voting states of iowa and new hampshire. also, information in other voting states like nevada, south carolina, and about ten other states that voted in march. march, of course, being an important month for primaries. those states included florida and colorado. and you mentioned that voter enthusiasm and voter support. the clinton campaign scores the voters that come into contact with. whether through phone banking or door knocking to try to determine whic

>> well, it really is, poppy.n trying to get the message out for a couple of years now working with businesses, law enforcement. and schools. the top three things that you can do is to first thing exit that area. as soon as you hear the gun shots and we heard comments like we thought it was a drill or active shooter drill. you can't think like that. you have got to be mentality prepared. you hear the gun shots or explosions, you have got to exit as quickly as you can and get as far away from that as possible. if you can't exit, then you have got to find cover and cover in an office building can be behind a copier, a vending machine. turning over a table or behind tables and chairs. cover will protect offfrom the bullets. >> but what about the fact that in a lot of mass shootings it is very rare to have two shooters, but in san bernardino that's what there was, two shooters armed with these assault rifles. how do you know you're not running into a second shooter? >> it's extremely rare there's two shooters. this is

poppy? >> wow. it is amazing because apparently she made no effort to hide the feelings on the postings. let's talk about what is the most important, the victims. you are standing in front of one of the memorials there for the vict victims. can you walk us through and what people are saying as they pay their respects? >> reporter: we have seen a constant stream of community members come and pay tribute to the victims here. many left behind items lifting up the community, candles, flowers, balloons, american flags. really trying to show expressions of being united and encouragement. we also are seeing a lot of spirituality out here. a lot of signs like this that say prayers go to all family who is lost all. i have been talking to some of the people who have been stopping by who may or may not have known any of the victims at all but say this is our community. we never expected this to happen here. and they are deeply affected. a woman with tears coming down her face and you can see this is part of th

>> good to see you again, poppy.look at the overall numbers, you have to say that president obama currently would be a drag on hillary clinton. normally when a party holds a white house and there's somebody fresh from that party running from the office, you need the incumbent to be about 50% or higher to give you any help, and president obama has been mired in the mid 40s for a long time now. you know, his disapproval rate is 8 points higher than his approval rate, so overall, poppy, he's a drag, but the obama team is very smart in how they use him. they will be able to take him into certain states where he can rally the faithful because there is a question of whether there's going to be this enthusiasm gap for hillary clinton. well, she had people coming out and vote. he can rally people, he can rally the young and minorities and help get those numbers up. he is a superb fundraiser, as we all know, and he has so much at stake in this election personally. his whole legacy is on the line, so you have to believe he's g

i'm poppy harlow. thank you so much for being with us. we begin with that little clock you see in the corner of your screen, the last republican presidential debate of the year is less than 48 hours away. and will air right here on cnn. we now know what the lineup will be for tuesday's showdown at the venetian on the las vegas strip. nine candidates making the main stage with donald trump center stage. he is, of course, the front-runner flanked by his newest, closest rival ted cruz and also to his other side dr. ben carson. two major polls show cruz is mounting a major challenge to trump in the early, critical state of iowa, beating trump 31% to 21% in a politics poll. trump is still on top but cruz is biting at his heels. cruz at 22% in a brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. we have the best political team in television covering the story. that is where we find my friend and colleague, john berman. >> reporter: hi, poppy. so much to talk about. the last debate, the last republican debate of 2015 with the race changing so much r

>> reporter: we just don't know, poppy. that's why they're taking so much time to make sure they really scour this lake, because they had a tip that the shooters were in this area on the day of the shooting. now, we have been in contact with fbi officials today who do confirm they've found a number of items here in the lake behind me. but they won't say specifically what items they've pulled or whether they can confirm if those items are indeed a part of this case. they aren't taking any chances, and of course some of the items they may be pulling require further investigation to determine whether they are truly clues. the official telling me, as you can imagine, this being a public lake, they're finding all kinds of stuff in this lake. we've been watching divers go up and down throughout the day. we do know that they are using metal detectors, combing the lake in a grid search, mostly focusing their search right now in the regions surrounding this bridge that you see that comes across, a pedestrian bridge. also on the othe

i'm poppy harlow for my friend carol costello. in just a few hours president obama will hold his year end news conference. weigh heavily will be the nation's deepening concerns over terrorism. also the president travels today to san bernardino california, the sight of the terrorist attacks and will meet with the families of those killed in the shooting rampage just two weeks ago. the attacks at least inspired by isis, investigators are now charged the killer's former neighbor enrique marquez s. he says he unwillingly supplied some of the assault rifles used in the attacks. you have been been digging into this. now he's got three major counts against him. >> he does. and one of the things really interesting about this case is the material support for terrorism charge. really focuses on a 2012 not palat that -- plot that marquez and farook never carried out. they have been cooperating the fbi and marquez for over a week providing all sorts of information. one of the things they had was to attack a library or cafeteria at the communi

>> poppy, i think just the opposite.these people are committed as they lose ground, they're going to get more desperate. they're going to blame the united states. and i think they're going to try to make more attempts. even the president said the isil threat is not going away. the more desperate they get, the more likely they're going to try to strike here. >> kimberly, i'm interested in if you -- let's just address that, do you agree with bob, the more we choke them off in syria and iraq, the graver danger it puts us in here, just because they blame it all on america? >> think what's going to happen is the more they get pushed in syria, they will migrate. they've already started that process building up in libya and other parts of africa and the middle east. so the threat will change and migrate, not disappear. and pentagon planners are already looking at this and watching this evolution. that's why they talked about building up some of the u.s. special operations bases overseas to also bolster them with intelligence to

poppy?in terms of this in the broader picture, what does, if they are able to retake ramadi, what does that mean for retaking fallujah? >> poppy, i think it's optimistic. the islamic state is not a true military force. it is -- it's a guerilla force, and with these air strikes and with new tactics against a city like this, and as kimberly said, they are pretty much going to have to destroy the city to take it back, it's a good sign. i think they can march up to mosul and eventually take it, but the problem is, that the iraqi army remains a shia army largely. the militias, yes, they are out of it, but most of the sunni residents of ramadi have fled to jordan, at least the tribal chiefs, and the same way when they took tikrit six months ago and fallujah would be the same thing. iraq is very much divided politically between shiite and sunni. that's the second battle we're going to have to fight, is make this government more representative. and so far it isn't. >> kimberly, bob brings up a very

>> reporter: poppy, that's the next question. i have to tell you, they did fire the top gary mccarthy out of this. when people want to see real action, they want to see the community involved with the police department and picking the new chief and changing some of the operations here as the police department but obviously this is really almost too soon for a police department that is reeling from another incident to deal with something else like this. >> ryan young, reporting for us live from chicago, thank you. >>> coming up next, i'm going to speak one on one with the nephew of bettie jones, who was shot and killed accidently by police yesterday. we're also going to talk about the crisis facing chicago, next. yes, we are twins. when i went on to ancestry, i just put in the name of my parents and my grandparents. i was getting all these leaves and i was going back generation after generation. you start to see documents and you see signatures of people that you've never met. i mean, you don't know these people, but you feel like

poppy? >> victor, thank you very much outside of that home that they lived in before they carried out this horrific attack. brooke, back to you in new york. >> thank you, standby, we'll be talking to you momentarily. i will speak with an eyewitness who was working across the street around this time yesterday from that center. heard the gunshots ringing out. we'll talk to him. so much more in the next two hours. live from san bernardino, keep it here. you're watching cnn's special live coverage. ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season's best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx. get this low-mileage lease from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or ni

>> that's a great question, poppy. donald trump has started to do it already and it's a big issue in iowa. ethanol. trump has come out in support, of course, of corn-based fuel called ethanol. every republican and democratic candidate who goes to iowa, eventually winds up supporting it. because it's a big deal in the  local industry there. cruz is against it. trump is a big supporter of federal subsidies for ethanol. that's the first issue. and, you know, i think he might go -- i think the second issue is on nsa reform. we've seen marco rubio and cruz split on this. cruz supported the reforms they made to the telephone metadata program. rubio didn't. i have not heard where trump is on that issue. it's an important issue in terms of national security, which trump has been talking about a lot. those are two spots to watch. >> all right. but let's remember that it was not long ago that trump signed this pledge not to run as an independent. he did it very publicly. >> yeah. >> and in recent days, he appears to be leaving

poppy? >> live for us in miami beach, thank you very much. as soon as we have more information on this shooting or nor video angles, dash cam video, we'll bring it to you, of course. as we just saw there, police departments around the nation often do have these assault style rifles like the ar-15. it is the weapon that is frequently used also by shooters in mass vicious attacks like what we saw in san bernardino, california. families now in agony wondering how they can carry on without their loved ones. i was in san bernardino this week covering the deadly rampage. the ar-15s were found on the shooters after they were killed in the shootout with police, also ar-15 style guns were used in aurora, colorado, and newtown, connecticut. with me now to talk about the business behind them, they are incredibly popular. not only are their sales soaring, gun sales across the board. >> totally across the board, not only are the ar-15s popular, but they are also available. if you look at the major national gun retailers like cabela's, bass pro, those guys

>>-- poppy trade at the moment? >> actually, not. think, but there is a different groups that are in control. taliban is one of them, the d.a.e.s.h. is trying to grab some ground in helmand which is linked to poppy growing. a corrupt government official also benefitting from the traffic of drugs that are produced and then processed to a certain extent in different districts in helmand. so we could say there are a number of different parties involved in that production. so it's very difficult to say if there is only one party who has control of an entire drug business in helmand >>> when you think of how much money is made from growing pop eaus, i mean-- poppies, it certainly adds fuel to the insurgency, doesn't it? >> it absolutely does. it is a huge amount of money. that is why helmand has always been april place where-- a place where conflict continued in this part of the afghanistan for over a decade. with the gap, with the fact that the international forces left helmand, there is a better opportunity for taliban to have more acce

in this province people are relying on poppy cultivation and their income mainly comes from poppy. if government gets control of those, government will stop them to grow poppy. that is one main reason. the other reason is corruption in the government. people, like residents don't want corruption in their area. taliban are offering them better justice system. also if you talk with the residents of helmand province, they're telling you that government offering democracy. this something new. they want a good income which is poppy offers them, a good justice system, that's what the taliban offer them. that's why the majority of people, it's easy to say the majority of the people in the province of helmand are supporting taliban, especially in the countryside. that's why taliban are able to hold a big part of this province >>> so it sounds like what you're saying that they want what most people want is actually just stability. >> reporter: well, they want the stupidity, but they're-- stability, but they're not sure if the government can offer this stability because anywhere where the go

. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. this is an effort to show the president has commander in chief, reassuring americans about the fears that they're experiencing right now, in the heart of the holiday season. and i did talk to a senior administration official earlier today who said the president will use this oval office address tonight. as you said, poppy, it's a rare form for the president, to pledge to use any tool possible to keep america safe and destroy isis. he sees this as an opportunity to speak directly to the american people. obviously all those people watching football games this afternoon and this evening, that's a huge television audience. and the president wants talk about a moment, this official said, that is understandably upsetting for nearly every american. after paris and california, the address is about giving president time in front of a big audience to convey what he regards, according to this official, as his unmistakable commitment to the american people to keep us safe, and the threat that is

i'm poppy harlow live for you in new york this sunday evening. we are just three hours away now from a very rare event, an event so rare it has only happened two other times during president obama's term. here's a live look at the white house where at 8:00 p.m. eastern the president will speak directly to the american people from the oval office. cnn will have special coverage giping at 7:00 p.m. eastern. here's what we expect. the president will update the american public both on the on going terror threat and how he plans to keep this country safe. and the timing of this address is critical, just four days after the isis inspired mass shooting in san bernardino, california, and just three days, three weeks, i should say, after the terror attacks in paris. a recent "washington post"/abc news poll found that after those attacks in paris, only 40% of americans approved of president obama's handling of terrorism. that is a record low. joining me now to discuss the significance of tonight, what we might hear from the president, cnn presidential hist

poppy? >> sara, thank you very much for that. >>> also, a brand new terror warning about possible attacks before new year's eve. it has europe on edge. that's for sure. police in vienna today telling cnn an unnamed friendly intelligence service warned several european p european cities of possible attacks involving explosives or guns. the warnings listed the names of several of the possible attackers. so far though the investigation into those names has not turned up anything concrete. also, important to note this warning does not specify which european cities might be the target. right now you know security is ramping up across europe. police this vienna, other key cities watching public venues and high traffic areas. they're on the lookout for any possible big bags or suitcases. let's talk more about this threat. former cia operate ter bob bare is with me. this is a vague, vague warning p and there's not even a specificity mentioned in it. can you talk about to me about the value of issuin

poppy? >> absolutely. and i do think it's interesting we didn't hear him once today, donald trump, bring up ted cruz. >> that's right. i think it was most notable we did not hear anything about ted cruz coming from donald trump at this rally today. you know, of course, there has been a battle brewing this week between the two of them and donald trump unleashed the flood gates as you were talking about moments ago in des moines, going after him in very specific topics that will resinate with iowa caucus goers. he did that on purpose, obviously, knowing the message about evangelicals, listen to messages about ethanol subsidies, but today he had nothing to say about ted cruz. early in the day, though, he was on fox news talking about this little battle. here's what he had to say. >> you know, we've had a very good relationship, but i'm sure it will end, because, you know, he's got to come after me at some point. i'm leading by a lot, as you know, so at some point he's going to come after me, but i like him. i

poppy? >> all right.lavandera live in dallas, thank you very much for that. >>> i want to discuss further the legal implications here. cnn legal analyst danny cevallos and phillip holloway. when you look at the fact that ethan couch was tried in juvenile court, obviously most americans outraged that he didn't get any time in jail for killing four people, severely injuring two others. could he now be tried as an adult? >> no. technically, all he's done is violate probation. >> isn't that breaking the law? >> it's breaking a probation order. and remember, he's not in adult court. he's in juvenile court. and unless and until he is transferred, which in texas, you can be transferred to adult court, but he is still in juvenile court. while you are still in juvenile court, there is a maximum amount of punishment that can be given by the judge. in this case, it's about 120 days. he maxs out -- >> he's 18 years old. >> well, he maxs out at 19 in the juvenile system. however if he were an adult, if he were transfe

. >>> finally, a scary on-air moment for cnn anchor poppy harlow. watch as she starts slurring her words during a segment. >> bad news for the obama administration. quite a -- quite a turn around in -- she passed out while live on the air this morning. harlow announced she was pregnant last month. after the break she explains. >> i got a little hot and i passed out for a moment. i am fine. we're going to take a quick break, we'll be right back. >> i was watching and it was very scary. poppy is a good friend of mine from my cnn days and she did tell me she is home from the hospital and the baby is totally fine. we are so glad to hear that. by the way, poppy's having a baby girl. >>> time for our look back at the stars we lost in 2015 and the special time that they spent with "e.t." we begin with the most tragic loss this year, the death of bobby christina. >> when news broke that she had been found unresponsive in a bathtub, we all thought, please, not again, not like her mother, whitney houston. i immediately flew to atlanta where her loved ones hel

i'm poppy harlow.ct a lot of fireworks tonight between hillary clinton and bernie sanders at the democratic debate. the past 48 hours have been among the most volatile yet between the two. sanders campaign was accused of improperly accessing clinton's voter data due to a software glitch. the democratic software committee immediately shut sander's camp completely out of all voter information, including their own. that led to a federal lawsuit almost being filed last night by the sander's camp. now the dnc has restored sander's access to the voter rolls. but why the dnc reverse course? that depends on who you ask. cnn's alena jones, live with us from new hampshire. that is where the debate is tonight. no question, this will be addressed in it the debate. i don't think it will dominate the debate. can you walk us through why is it so critical that this clinton data, this proprietary data, was tapped? >> this voter database that the dnc maintains is used by all of the campaigns. even though all of the camp

. >>> 5:00 eastern, 2:00 pacific i'm poppy harlow. we have breaking news on deadly weather in the south, dozens of families losing everything two days after christmas. 11 people are confirm d dead and 15 others injured as deadly twisters devour hundreds of homes, blowing entire neighborhoods to pieces, treasured belongings and photographs of loved ones scattered across miles and miles of debris. a man who lost his home talked about why he still feels grateful. >> it's the grace of god how he works. i'm really grateful, my wife works not far from here. if i didn't call her she and my kids would be here right now so -- a lot of thanks. >> i looked at the twister. >> okay, describe it for me. >> well, it was just a dark funnel and it was just a big roar, it was really scary. i don't scare that easy but i was scared. >> rescue crews are going door to door searching for survivors, anyone possibly trapped in the rubble, just a short time ago the governor of texas warned of a new danger likely coming in just days. >> there will be an ongoing

>>> top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in new york. we begin this hour on the campaign trail with donald trump. the republican presidential front-runner interrupted by protesters four times today during a campaign rally in south carolina. >> close to doing something and then -- >> the protests erupting after trump briefly mentioned his plan to ban muslims from traveling to the united states temporarily. one thing trump did not talk about at that rally, an apparent end to what has been described by a "washington post" column as his political bromance with texas senator ted cruz. cnn has more. >> reporter: trump still comfortably on top of the republican field has a new rival nipping at his heels. for the first time, ted cruz signalled his plan in a closed door fundraiser to take on trump and carson. >> i believe gravity will bring both campaigns down. i think the lion's share of their supporters come to us. >> reporter: a recording of cruz given to "the new york times" offers a behind the scenes look at his strategy to try what's eluded

now people livelihood is growing poppies.nd afghan government tried to introduce new project, at familiar projects so that the people could grow alternate to poppy. but people feel that the poppy is the only way of living. and making the living. so afghan government would go to irradicate and people would push back the government so that's why taliban got the support from people and their farms have been protected from being irradicated. >> let's leave it there, thanks, abdul, a live for us in kabul. >>> the united nations security council has given its full support to a new national unity government in libya. the 15 nation council hopes the backing will not only weaken isil but also curb mass migration to usual. kristen saloomey reports. >> reporter: the u.n. security council threw its support behind libya's fledglings government of national accord. four years after the death of muammar qaddafi helped plunge the country in to chaos it was welcomed by libya's ambassador to the u.n. who said the new government is a necessary c

poppy responds, taser drawn. >> stop, now! on the ground, now!rabs for it. poppy fires at givens with a tase of up to 50,000 volts. but givens isn't done. poppy goes for his firearm. as givens rises, his weapon in hand. >> drop it! >> poppy fires twice and givens goes down. incredibly, he's only wounded. givens is convicted of attempted aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and sentenced to 11 months, 29 days. >> get out! on the ground! [ sirens ] >> more and more, police are relying on tasers. >> it's an excellent tool. it keeps us from having to fight somebody hands on. >> detective jared mathern should know. he along with two other officers are with the homer, louisiana, police force. they were uninvited guests who brought tasers to a wedding that went very, very wrong. instead of a toast, the groom got a tase, and the bridal party got a shower of mace. >> what is going through my mind, is oh, my god, i'm just got married, it's supposed to be the happiest day in my life, and i'm getting tased and the best man's his way to jail, too,