let's go to poppy harlow, standing by outside that place that helps so many people in these communitiesa crime scene, poppy. >> reporter: absolutely, it's sort of surreal to drive by a place that looks like so many other places in america where you would go to work each and every day which is what people were doing yesterday when thaerp attacked. not just the first responders rushed towards this danger. average people ran towards the danger to help the victims. i have one of those men with me. thank you r for being here. come on in. >> thank you for having me. >>. take me back to 24 hours ago. why did you run to help when everyone else ran away? >> i love this city. we came here with a heart to serve our community. it was natural for me to literally when we found out about it in our staff meeting to get into the vehicle and get as close as we could get and walk the rest of the way to get to the scene. we were a part of the first ones that were there after the incident happened to be able to offer prayer and counsel to those. >> even if they are not physically wound, just need to know so

and women of "flash dance" much more live coverage later this hour but for now let's go back to poppy harlow in new york. poppy? >> all right, guys, thank you very much. we'll be back to john in a moment. the republican debate is just two days away, tuesday night, in las vegas. it is the last gop debate of the year and it is only right here on cnn. >>> next up, two significant developments in san bernardino, california, in the ongoing terror investigation there. we have new information about the fbi's search of that lake near the site of the terror attack. also, we are learning more about the disturbing red flags that were missed when it comes to the female shooter. no no no no no, i'm not ready, i'm not ready, i'm not ready intel's best processor is here. so you can take this very real, very terrifying memory and edit it, share it, play it back in amazing 4k quality. that is terrifying! introducing intel's new 6th generation core processor with amazing 4k quality. it's our best processor ever. iand quit a lot,t but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extende

i'm pamela brown in for poppy harlow. >>> we're going to have more about the debate in just a moment.a deadly police shooting is sparking outrage and once again raising questions about a huge police department. the incident involving two los angeles sheriff deputies was captured on this cell phone video right here and it's raising questions about whether the suspect was the victim of a coverup. cnn's nick valencia is sorting out the details. nick, what are you learning? >> reporter: the video was released by the victim's family's attorney. in its raw form, the video was part of the district attorney's investigative file. we have to warn you, the report you're watching to watch is graphic. the video picks up after a foot chase of the suspect following the traffic stop in long beach, california. bl

but first, back to poppy harlow in new york. poppy? >> have fun. you are in your element, my friend. don't lose too much at the craps tables, okay? >> $34 so far. not bad. >> i love that. betting big. you will not want to miss the republican debate. it is just two days away. tuesday night in las vegas. it is the last gop debate of 2015. it is only right here on cnn. >>> coming up next, two major developments in the san bernardino terror investigation. we have new information about the fbi's search of that lake, did they find anything? we'll tell you the results. >>> also, we are learning more about red flags involving the female shooter. red flag that is no one caught. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling

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

let's get to the scene now in redlands where we will find poppy harlow. authorities are on the scene trying to figure out what is happening in that townhouse there. >> at this hour you have atf here, you have fbi, local authority. just to give you perspective. they moved us back a number of times. we are about a half mile from the townhouse in question right here. what is going on? they are attempting to issue a search warrant inside. we don't know who that is for specifically. what we do know is that it is tied in some way to the horrific shooting that took place not far from here this afternoon. what we also know is that they're using a robot. a robot right now, as you know, they have used in situations like this before to go in, check the entirety of the house, see if there are any explosive devices. they are being extraordinarily cautious. they have also evacuated neighbors on either side of the townhouse, we're told and everyone who lives in this neighborhood has been told to shelter in place and be careful, stay in their homes. you cannot get within

poppy harlow where a search warrant is being executed right now. the last we heard, there was a robot going inside of this home. what is the latest? the latest is that the police are being extraordinary cautious. police are moving further and further away from the house in many question. i'm speaking to people who live in the neighborhood. >> a neighbor came up and showed me video of them breaking glass windows to get the robot inside. what led them here was a tip to a name. that name connected to the house here, this is about a ten-mile drive where where the shooting took place this afternoon. what happened is that black suv, while authorities were at the home, trying to figure out what lives there, the black suv slowly drove by. all of a sudden when they saw the authorities, they started speeding by, sped away. that led to the police chasedown that you have described where you have the woman driving and a man shooting out the car with a pipe bomb coming ou of the car. that led to two suspects dead. the question is, does the named person that we k

. >>> 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

. >>> 4:00 eastern, i'm poppy harlow joining you in new york. thank you for being with me. we begin this hour with the latest on the investigation into the san bernardino massacre that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. president obama's national security team meeting with him today, briefing him, telling him again so far there's no indication that this husband and wife shooter team were part of a larger terror network. looking at an image of the female shooter's pakistani identification card, it was issued before 2013. perhaps the best clue so far of what their motive could be, though, is from isis, the terror group in a radio message today saying syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik were isis supporters but stopped short of calling them official members. stephanie elam is live for us in redlands, california, outside where the couple was living, plotting this, raising their 6-month-old daughter at the same time. why is this i.d. card, stephanie, of tashfeen malik, why is that important? >> well, poppy, we're learning a lot more about tashfeen malik and there weren't

. >>> 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

i'm poppy harlow in new york. we begin with severe weather across the nation right now. about 15 million people under the threat of severe possibly deadly weather today large parts of the deep south recovering from tornado damage and now more heavy flooding could also be coming. also, for people in the southern rockies and the southern plains, winter about to hit there in a major way. karen is monitoring it all. she joins me now. we started out today talking about that tornado that had touched down in texas. you've got this dangerous weather across the country. where is the most danger right now? >> right now the most imminent threat is across the south central united states. texas, oklahoma. we're seeing what are referred to as discrete cells. these little isolated supercells that pop up. and in those you can get some rotation. because we've seen very warm, moist, unstable air is. coing up from the south. we have this tornado watch that goes until 8:00 p.m. local time. central time. this means we are looking at the potential for severe weather across this region. as it

i'm poppy harlow. those stories in a moment. first politics. candidates on the trail wasting no time appealing to voters desperate for answers in the wake of another mass shooting. the latest this week in san bernardino, california where i spent time earlier this week in the wake of it. that attack as i said being investigated as a terrorist attack, potentially inspired by isis but most mass shootings turns the country's attention to gun violence. i will have the latest on the gun debate in a moment but first to the politics behind the fight against isis. any note now donald trump is set to speak in iowa where he is drawing sharp contrast with president obama today. cnn national correspondent. let me begin with you. when you look at trump and see these rallies, we see big crowds and see loud protests. what are you seeing in davenport today? >> certainly the crowd here poppy in davenport is ready to see donald trump. many people started lining up hours before this event started at the fair grounds here in davenport. it was interesting to talk to

. >>> i'm poppy harlow, 4:00 p.m. eastern, thank you so much for being with me. we start with politics and a new fight at the top of the presidential race. donald trump taking a swing at his rival, one he has faired until now. >> one guy that's doing pretty good with me in iowa is ted cruz. he's a nice guy. everything i say, he agrees with me, no matter what i say, i was going to do one really wild, but he agrees. and again, i do like ted cruz, but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba. he's got to come a long way, because he's right now for the oil, but i understand it, oil pays him a lot of money, he's got to be for oil, right? >> for most of the year, trump and cruz have had what "the washington post" described as, quote, an odd political bromance, lavishing each other with praise or just saying nothing at all. but their relationship hit a rocky patch this week when cruz questioned trump's judgment during a private fundraising dinner. trump's able to hear the comments thanks to leaked audio. >> i like and respect both donald and ben, but i think in both i

i'm poppy harlow live for you in new york this sunday evening. 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 us

. >>> all right, top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow in new york. 4:00 p.m. eastern, thank you for being with us. several european countries on heightened alert right now after officials in vienna warned of possible terror attacks in the coming days. they included the names of the possible attackers. there is still no concrete evidence, though, of a specific planned attack or location, but the threat still raises questions about the ongoing war on terror. let's turn now to cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. again, this is coming to us from authorities in vienna. they are not specifically naming the countries that are in focus or where the potential attack could take place, but general, to you first, you were commander of all u.s. army troops in europe not long ago. you dealt with situations like this as recently as 2011. when you got these nonspecific terror, potential terror threats, how did you handle them? >> it's tough, poppy. what you have to do is really drive for more information. you always have to fi

i'm poppy harlow. those stories in a moment. first

." >> i'm poppy harlow. thank you for being with us. captured in mexico, the man hunt now over for the so called affluenza teen, ethan couch. nabbed by authorities in a vacation hot spot of puerta vallarta along with his mother. you see the mug shot there. we haven't seen an image of him in quite a long time. officials had been searching for the two of them for several weeks. that's after couch violated his parole. he made head lines for getting just probation after killing four people while driving drunk. couch's defense attorney claimed his family's wealth meant that he didn't understand limits or accountability. that was dubbed the affluenza defense and it got him only parole. let's talk about it with cnn justice correspondent evan perez. and i should say he just got probation, which i think has stunned much of the nation and then he disappeared for weeks on end. now what do we know? >> good morning poppy. the u.s. marshal service was tracking a cell phone tied to ethan couch in recent day asks they alerted authorities where to find

eastern, i'm poppy harlow in new york. we begin with the data dust-up.ting off a political powder keg right before tonight's democratic presidential debate. first, the players, bernie sanders in a battle against a democratic national committee. and against hillary clinton. at issue, a massive data breach that helps campaigns understand why voters vote the way they do. it is critical information. and now, here is what has happened. it may make your head spin a little bit. clinton's campaign accused sanders camp of stealing files with their tu

it happened to cnn's poppy harlow. she's six months pregnant and was talking about the war on teterror wheshe appeared to pass out on air. her words slurring then un unintelligible as the cnn graphic aired. >> bad news for the obama administration. we have this new cnn/orc poll which is quite a -- quite a turnaround in -- >> that's really scary to hear. isn't it? >> it really is even though you know she's okay. the network, by the way, quickly y cut toto aommercl while the twitterverse exploded over the news but harlow was back reassuring viewers that all was okay saying she just got a little hot. >> sometimes when you're pregnant you c can have w blood sugar or feel faint. she did head to the hospital and harlow tweeting that she and her baby girl are just fine. good news. >> good news overall there. >>> so you may have seen the messages on facebook promising to regular people because he's just great, even mentioning the story was on "good morning america." >> but the only problem is it's all a hoax. to be eligible to

talking about today starting with a scare from a news anchor while on the air and happened to cnn's poppy harlow. was talking about the war on terror when she appeared to pass out on air. her words slurly as the cnn graphic aired. >> bad news for the obama administration. we have this new cnn/orc poll which is quite a -- quite a turnaround in -- >> that's really scary to hear. >> it really is even though you know she's okay. the network quickly cut to a commercial while the twitterverse exploded over the news but harlow was back reassuring viewers that all was okay saying she's just got a little hot. >> sometimes when you're pregnant you can have low blood sugar but headed to the hospital and she tweeted she and her baby girl are just fine. >> so you may have seen the messages on facebook promising that, you know, mark zuckerberg is going to give away millions to regular people because he's just great even mentioning it >> but only problem is it's all a hoax. to be eligible to be among the 1,000 winners they say you have to copy and paste the text and post it in your own status. facebook quickly

some fright nipping moments played out for anchor poppy harlow who is six months pregnant, by the wayparently fainted while reporting on a story about america's war on isis. >> bad news for the obama administration. we have this new cnn/orc poll which is quite a -- quite a turnaround in -- >> it's hard to listen to. >> it is. absolutely. the network quickly cut to a commercial while the twitterverse exploded over the news. but harlow was back relatively quickly reassuring viewers. >> for all of you on twitter who are asking if i'm okay, thank you so much. 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. >> late last month, harlow and her husband announced they're expecting their first child. the baby is due this spring. >> all right. >> next to some big real estate news for tom cruise. >> the hollywood heavyweight has reportedly put his english estate on the market. the palatial property is in west sussex, believed to be the house he bought with his third wife katie holmes in 2006. the 14-acre estate boasts six bedroo

i'm poppy harlow in for carol costello. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. and we have historic deadly flooding. more than 16 million americans under flood warnings right now. take a look at this. this is a rescue unfolding live on our air right now. it is all happening in eureka, missouri. if you pan in we see crews trying to get a stranded driver out of a truck that is nearly submerged in flood waters there. you have entire neighborhoods under water this morning. flood waters killing at least 13 in missouri alone. roads completely impassable, the water expected to rise for days. governor jay nixon activating the national guard overnight issuing this warning to residents hours ago. >> we are very concerned about the next 34 hours. we're going too make sure people are safe in that area. you have pacific, eureka and valley park and these are highly populated areas so setting up shelters at francis housing and high school and places like that so that people who do have to leave their home, we're going make sure they are warm and safe. when it goes this high no

cnn's poppy harlow has more now on the minute-by-minute response by police. [ gunshots ] >> confirmed we got a shooter in that car. >> reporter: police zero in on syed rizwan farook and his wife tashfeen malik, who just hours before had brutally shot and killed 14 people at an office event. acting on a tip, officers head to a house in the town of redlands, just ten miles from the scene of the mass shooting. as they approach the home, a black ford suv drives by, slowly at first, then speeding away. >> we are in pursuit of the suspect vehicle eastbound on san bernardino avenue from richardson. we've got shots fired out the back window. >> reporter: one shooter fires at police who are in hot pursuit. the chase headed back to san bernardino. all of it playing out on live television. >> we have units at san bernardino and richardson that are taking fire. >> reporter: the suv comes to a stop, and a full-scale gun battle breaks out. [ gunshots ]

cnn anchor poppy harlow losing her breath, passing out on air live in the middle of a report. we were all talking about this and we can relate to that but so many were concerned was this a medical condition? what was this? the anchor saying she was okay but raises questions and mara schiavocampo is here with much more. hey, mara. >> reporter: good morning. harlow is pregnant and she is fine now but there were several anxious moments there as concerned viewers wondered what had happened. many taking to social media to find out. as it turns out she isn't the only one to have a moment like that on live tv. it was a frightening tv moment seen around the world on monday, cnn anchor poppy harlow reporting live when all of a sudden her words start to slur. >> quite a -- quite a turnaround in -- >> reporter: then heavy breathing as you can hear her gasp for air. >> reporter: with no explanation, the show cuts to commercial break leaving worried viewers to take to social media. did anyone just see and hear what happened on cnn live? >> for all of you on twitter who are asking if i'm ok

i'm poppy harlow. that does it for me today. thank you so much for joining me. s, poppy. even in iowa he's huge. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, first on "the lead" a brand new poll showing the iowa horse race with donald trump towering over all like never before. >>> radicalized for some time, new details from police about the husband and wife terrorists in san bernardino as a new picture surfaces of them coming to america and the investigation into the wife reaches all the way to pakistan. >>> plus, you can see the gunshots. another chicago police shooting, another 400-plus-day wait to see the graphic video. does it show a justifiable killing

and hundreds have gathered for after candle light vigil right here and poppy harlow was there. >> the opening words of the prayer read here tonight, john, we are challenged but we are not hopeless. >> they're reflecting on what this community has gom come through in the last few days. the any yor talking about his phone call with president obama this morning. when you look around, all of these people, young and old, every race and religion represented, they have a different story. they're here all for a different reasoner but they're here and they stand together. a young woman, christina, who i spoke with told me that she lost two friends, two friends murdered yesterday. a third shot in the yesterday but survived. it's amazing one of her friends who was murdered is a father of six. six children. h she says she's here for him, for everyone who perrished for everyone injuried. another young man told me he didn't know anyone who died but he's here because he said he's angry and he said it is hard to find lodge nick this. why did this happen, how could this happen? so many parents have br

back here on american soil, bad news for the obama administration. >> poppy harlow heard slurring her words over an on-air graphic. >> quite a -- quite a turnaround -- >> followed by heavy breathing. and then a cut to black before commercials. speculation from viewers asking what just happened? one viewer sounded like harlow is having a stroke. halow took the anchor desk ten minutes later and for all of you on twitter who asked. i got a little hot and passed out for a moment. i am fine. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> the cnn anchor did not return to the air after the break but headed to see her doctor tweeting an update later from the hospital. our little girl due this spring is doing just fine. was a scare, but we're both okay. thank you all so much. now, of course, messages of concern on social media quickly turned into relief. scott posts thanks for the updates, poppy. glad you're both doing fine and jodi tweets every woman who's ever been pregnant knows this is so frightening. pope, feel good. we're so happy to hear that her and her babe redoing okay. >