tantalizing headline. >> let's move now to a traffic stop in texas that ended with a tasing, the tasingreat grandmother. >> and without the full story, it seems this video will be damaging to the officer. his own dashboard cam catches him yelling at and shoving an elderly woman half his size. but watch the video again. this time listening to more of the conversation. it may change your opinion of the officer's decision. >> you came around the curve, coming up the hill and you accelerated. >> first the deputy tries to get winkfein to sign her ticket, agreeing that she'd show up for court. >> i'm not going the sign it. take me to jail. 72-year-old woman. >> step on it. >> 72-year-old woman. >> and when he asks her to step out of the car, he says she puts both of them in an unsafe position. >> give me [ bleep ] thing and i'll sign it. >> give it to me now! >> oh, oh, oh. you're going to shove me? >> his police department is defending his actions saying what he's actually doing is trying to get himself and kathryn winkfein away from a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway. >> she chose t

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do not tase him! >> z is tased at close range, just above his heart and a second time on his back. >> ahh! >> no reason! >> you are assaulting me! this is assault! >> i couldn't scream or yell or anything. like, it was like breath was being taken away from me. >> no! i'm not backing up. no. why are you touching me? >> quit walking away! >> z is tased a third time at a distance and pulls the taser's electrified barbs out of his chest. >> he realized i had pulled the barbs out. he looks at his back-up officer as to say, what are you going to do? this guy is not falling. >> after being tased a fourth time -- >> i understand -- >> why are you shooting him with the taser? >> z falls to the ground. >> all we were asking for was his i.d. >> the police report states z pushes an officer in the chest and injures another officer in the hand with a handcuff. the charges, battery and resisting a law enforcement officer. z pleads no contest. the plea avoids prison time but ends z's chances for a job he always dream

fighting, even someone getting tased all part of the black friday madness all over the country. good evening. i'm allen martin. >> i'm elizabeth cook. most of the bay area was a mad house as shoppers headed to the mall. this is valley fair mall in san jose. many shoppers told us it was worth it to get up early, but not everyone was civil. this is in pennsylvania where a woman used a taser on another woman during an all out brawl inside a mall outside philadelphia, no word on whether anyone was arrested. >>> in texas more trampling over $78 tvs at a wal-mart. some pushing turned to shoving and police pinned at least one woman down. the customer who bought the video said he was in buying cough drops when he pulled out his phone and captured that commotion. >>> a standoff at a southern

. >> we're about to tase you. >> don't hurt me. >> they're about to tase you. >> he would not listen. warned him numerous times if he did not cooperate, he was going to be tased. again, he did not care, refused. at which point i administered a drive with my taser to his stun. >> acosta's stun gun delivers 50,000 volts of electricity to his body, but the powerful jolt does not subdue him. >> when i tased him, he dislodged his leg from the door frame. he kicked me in the face, which time i backed and reengaged him and did another drive send. >> put it end. >> that swift kick fractures acosta's nose. though the second zap doesn't quiet him, he removes his leg from the door and officers take off for county jail. but he doesn't stay still for long. >> he's banging his head numerous times. worried about him injuring himself, damaging the patrol car. he'd be calm for a moment then escalate. be calm and then he'll escalate again. just screaming. he didn't do anything wrong. >> i didn't do anything. >> calling for his mom. >> i want my mom! >> crying. fits of rage. back to screaming again. >>

danny baker agreed to get tased if it would raise $5,000. flowing in, including a very big $25,000 gift. >> i give thanks to all of the donations. we really appreciate it. i think that's just an example of how small town communities, people stick together. >> the crowd loved it and it's obvious that they love their chief. oh, there he goes down. people contributed what they could as they passed by the donation buckets. and things are now looking up for the town and they will be able to buy a brand-new vehicle. they only had one apparently. >>> two days to go before a self-imposed deadline to get the obamacare website working. another delay happens. we'll explain coming up. >>> the united states joining forces with another country to go through military practice despite new air space rules in china. we'll explain. >>> and in the midst of a disaster, one four-legged friend is coming to the rescue. how this pup is helping out one small illinois town. >> welcome back. the time is 8:40. many big box and department stores such as wal-mart, macy's

the department of justice found a pattern of officers firing multiple cycles of their tase are unnecessarily and failing to wait in between cycles to give their suspect a chance to yield. >> he did communicate effectively several times. >> i'm glad they used tasers instead of a gun. >> police were able to get skates under control. he was charged with menacing and disorderly conduct. >> where would the show be without an awesome racoon rescue. >> you know how i feel about racoons. >> this one managed to get itself stuck between two beams in this home. the owner realized the racoon had made its way in somehow, thought the racoon had left so the homeowner patched up the hole. the racoon was still inside and this is the wildlife control rescue team here rescuing the little guy. now, they were able to wrap the cord around the belly of the raccoon just to control him because they do have to go in with the saw and they didn't want him to be stuck enside the house. >> he's not hungry. >> i believe he's hungry. >> there they are with the old saw coming back in. >> that would scare at racoon to death.

. >> reporter: so much so he's willing to get tased for it.nny baker has done it before. >> if you get hurt i'm going to kill you. >> [laughter] >> twice. >> if i get killed you'll never speak to me again are you? >> and he would do anything. >> i grew up in this town. this is my hometown. my dad died when i was nine years old. he was a buzz day man here in town. after he died, hi didn't have one parent. i had 2000, okay? this is my way of repaying the town. >> so chief baker worked out a deal with a friend in town he would get tased if together they could raise $5,000. >> wrote a check for $50, i got another envelope with another $50 in it. >> they need the money for police cruisers. this is the only squad car they have that runs. the others have nearly 200,000 miles on them, but the money is now flowing in, including a $25,000 gift confirmed today. things are looking up now for the pd. this is what they plan to buy as their next vehicle. >> are you ready for this guy? are you ready for this? >> don't do that. >> as ready as i'm going to get.

. >> see why that tactic can get you tased. >> plus the buzzword for your shot of a flat screen tv. a shot of whipped cream that didn't go down well. >>> and video of what not to say here in the girlfriend. >> i'll finish off here in the kitchen. >> are you sure you can handle it? >> yeah, i'll do what i always do. >> if only that big red x can disappear before you say it. >> it's time for hard core health care. some of this video may be tough to watch. we've got a guy laying in what looks like a tattoo shop. he's got a razor blade in hand. and watch what he picks up. >> oh! >> that's a bullet. that this guy pulled out of his right side. that's the story behind that bullet. back in may of 2011, this man was shot in his left side at point blank range. that bullet collapsed his lung, pierced his stomach, diaphragm, liver and spleen and was lodged in his ribs for the last two years. instead of going back to the hospital to have this procedure done, he chose to do it himself. keep in mind he was shot in the left side, the bullet came out in the right side. they stitch him up with with d

>> okay, that's a husband tasing his wife. >> bad idea!a bet over monday night's bears/packers game. seriously, he was doing that -- now, she was laughing, at the time, but by the third time, apparently it ticked her off and she got revenge. she called the cop and she sent him to jail. i know you want to know more about that. here's terry sater. >> reporter: this is the small town wisconsin tavern where a bears/packers romance between a husband and wife got flagged after monday night football. >> they had a bet between the two of them. the loser was supposed to get tased by the winner. >> reporter: and the bear, john grant, won, so his wife lost. >> reporter: the criminal complaint says at some point, the couple stepped outside the bar here to smoke cigarettes. they ended up in the alley and the wife told police, that's when the husband used the taser to shock her twice on her ba backside and once on the thigh. >> they kind of laughed it off, but then the wife got tased one more time and she got mad. >> i had no inkling whatsoever that the

and this is one of the reasons that the mayor asked the transportation task force to tase a look at what other options are available above and beyond what's already been identified because clearly there is not enough money to meet the needs of both the eastern neighborhoods and the other growth areas as well as the basic system. >> okay. i think we've got someone who is going to chime in here. >> monique is talking about the future and i will talk about the past. i'm john brewer with mta. the question you are asking is 5 years ago is what our plans and what sources we looked at and how we executed on that plan 5 years ago. i think adam got to some of that to each extent. each area develops and certain amount of impact fees which is what we did with the mta and other transit improvement and the others of the sales tax which supports many projects and you as towards the board enforce those dollars in the eastern neighborhood and planning and design are sources that we use to move those types of projects forward. there is the o bad grants that are released throughout the city. we are recent

. >> see why that little tactic can get you tased. >>> plus, want a new flat screen tv. we've got the buzz word for your chance to win. >> remember starbucks guy. well, now, brody ryan has written a song. ♪ >>> hear the story behind 15 seconds of fame and what's up with the girl that started it all. >> that's not me. i play it up that way. i'm going to always seek the truth. >>> guys, it is time for a little hard core health care. some of this video may be a little tough to watch. i will warn you there. they have this guy laying in what looks like a tattoo shop. he has a razor blade in his hand and he is making a pretty deepen significance. >> wait for it. >> did you see that, what that was? the worst part. watch what he picks up. >> let me see it. >> yes. that's a bullet that this guy pulled out of his right thigh. back in may of 2011, this man was shot in his left thigh at point blank range that. heart, pierced his die agraham and spleen and was lodged in his ribs for two years. instead of going back to the hospital to have this procedure done, he chose to do it himsel

and he had to be subdued, and they eventually tased him.want to look in to and see was it the right thing to do at that time? >> just awful. hln legal analyst joey jackson joins me now. joey, were police in the right to stop this man? to tase this man? >> it's an awful scenario, brooke. no question about it. but what the police are going to say if it gets litigated and if it does, wiser minds than mine will address whether or not that was proper or not, but from a legal point of view, i think the police did have grounds to stop him. here's why. the police are in a business of protecting and serving, of course, but you don't want to create a scenario where as you saw just on the tape that you played, you have another fatality. so as a result of that, what the police are going to say is that they erred on the side of caution. while certainly there's a moral imperative and you want to do everything you can to protect another life, you don't want another one lost. that's where the law, i think, will seek to protect them here. >> let's just turn

. >>> if you were not ready for tase rain, you really paid the price. we caught these people trying to run through a downpour in san jose this afternoon. no umbrellas. then there are those who charge right through the weather and including these girls puddles no problem at all. >> also a break in the clouds gave mother nature a chance to show off some color. cameras also caught this rainbow over cupertino. but hold on! san jose's got everybody beat. this video just into the -- no jokes about the double rainbow. and the guy on youtube. but it's a double rainbow! the big storm moving out of the south bay. >> gorgeous. >>> mobile weather giving us a glimpse at the gloomy weather over the sausalito harbor. it's not the downpour we're seeing earlier. but the gray skies have stuck around at least for now. our chief meteorologist paul deanno with how long we'll be seeing this wet weather. paul? >> we can count the minutes i think when it comes to rain on the radar. we have had two solid days of rain the most rain since november, december. really wet out there.

. >> if you get tased in the ass your effects do jiggle a little bit. >> tas is code. >> brooke, doesn't this love room sound a little creepy and yet perhaps another front for perhaps the muslim brotherhood? >> it is funny you say that. i was thinking this is a great laundering mechanism for prostitution. i don't even know if it is legal. from a woman's perspective it is very scary. no woman should use this site and go into a stranger's apartment it is scary. >> it should be called bone room. >> that is very crass. but you will get away with it. >> oh handsome guy leaves comments. >> we won't sensor him and they won't bleep that out. >> you can say whatever you want. >> andy, you wept out your -- rent out your bedroom, but only to fat guys who play harmonica. it is a weird fetish, but there are hundreds of them. >> that's what i do and who i rent the room to is not your concern. >> when you show up late for work because you have big bruises on your back i worry. >> i realized it was something more like what bill would say. >> the good thing about this, i am positive not a single psycho p

>> check out this cell phone video, a prank turned to ugly when an wisconsin man was arrested for tasing wife. the couple had met at a profootball game. the wife was told who was a green bay packers fan agreed to let him use the stun gun if the team won after watching the bears win the couple stepped outside to settle up, the wife did not think it was so funny afterwards, the police were call in and they arrested her husband after she denied consenting being shocked but then the police saw that she agreed to it but the husband was charged for the weapon. >>> disturbing concerns about alleged sexual misconduct. >>> the winds have shifted around and we are seeing fog in the bay. that means cooler temperatures for tomorrow. i will have your sunday forecast coming up. [ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccino, and latte. ♪ tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ penélope cruz ] nespresso. what else?

. >> so much so that he's willing to get tased for it.f danny baker has done it before. >> if you get hurt, i'm going to kill you. >> twice. >> if i get killed you're never going to speak to me again are you. >> and he would do anything for knightstown. >> it's my hometown. my dad died when i was 9 years old. he was a businessman here in town. after he died, i didn't have one parent, i had 2,000. okay? this is my way of repaying the town. >> so chief baker worked out a deal with a friend in town that he would get tased if together they could raise $5,000. >> there's a check for $50. i got another envelope here with another $50 in it. >> they need the money for police cruisers. this is the only squad car they have that runs. the others have nearly 200,000 miles on them. but the money is now flowing in, including a $25,000 gift confirmed today. things are looking up now for knights knightstown pd. this is what they plan to buy as their next vehicle. >> are you ready for this, guys? are you ready for this? >> don't do that. >> ready as i'm g

they say officers tased the boy's father several times and put him in handcuffs. this morning the child's aunt is angry over the way police handled the situation. >> it's just heartless. how could you be so -- how could they be so heartless, and while they all just stood around and waited for the fire department. what kind of police officer wouldn't try to save a 3-year- old burning in a house. >> there is some evidence that the fire originated in an electrical outlet in the parents' room. the cause of the fire is still a mystery. >> so what does one pumpkin farmer in colorado do with the oversized gourds he grows. we can tell you he does not make pumpkin pie. look at this. >> gary grandy likes to drop pumpkins from several feet, from many feet up in the air and watch them smash when they hit the ground. pumpkins big and small are tugged, pulled and released. it's hard for spectators to contain their excitement. he says pumpkin growing is a hobby for him and he likes to grow legends and watch them smash once the season is done. >> i love the camera hovering over t

. >>> an investigation tonight into a police tasing incident. a witness caught it all on camera. passenger in a car where a driver was suspected of hitting five parked cars saturday night. day was lenting officers. and well the officer is on administrative leave, which is just standard procedure and the suspect was arrested for obstruction of justice. >>> convicted mobster received two life sentences today, plus five years. the leader of boston's notorious gang showed no emotions in the courtroom after learning his punishment. the judge told the 84-year-old that the crime was unfathomable. >>> still ahead. we're going to put sony's playstation to the test before it goes on sale tomorrow. >>> all right a little better day and not as cold tonight. let me show you temperatures as you still need a jacket if you're headed out. 50 downtown. still 52 in leesburg andmanassas. we'll talk about the milder air rolling over the weekend and if we need to give up a chance of showers for the milder air. >>> don't forget we're always on wusa9.com and the wusa9 app. stay wi >>> the apology is for

they say officers tased the boy's father several times and then put him in handcuffs. the child's aunt does not think police handled the situation correctly. >> it's just heartless. how could you be so -- how could they with so heartless and while they all just stood around and waited for the fire department. what kind of police officer wouldn't try to save a 3-year- old burning in a house. >> there is some evidence that suggests the fire originated in an electrical outlet in the room that the parents were sleeping in. the investigation into the fire is ongoing. >> convicted child sex abuser jerry sandusky is taking his appeal to pennsylvania's highest court. lawyers for the former penn state assistant football coach say the trial judge should have pointed out to jurors how long it took for the victims to come forward. sandusky's petition includes many of the same arguments that were rejected by a mid level superior court last month. penn state reached a $60 million settlement with 26 young men who say sandusky abused them. >>> one person is injured after a powerful ex

they shot me with a bean bag and tased me with a taser and set the dog on me. when it was all said and done, you know, i'm like, i mean -- i'm like, man, you guys -- i don't know how you did it, but you guys are good. i got to give you that. if i had made it this time, i just wanted to be somebody else. and just be a citizen. i figured that if i had stole a few years now, as much time as possible, who knows. if i could go out and live a citizen's life, one more chance, that if i did get caught later on down the line, i would have been able to look back on my life and see i had a little bit of life to live. that i'd lived a little bit of life. that was my plan. not much of a plan, obviously, but if they wouldn't have caught me at that moment in time, who knows, i might have been living in l.a. you know what i mean? with blond hair. you know. >> coming up -- >> who knows how many people have been here drawing on the cell, not knowing what's coming next. not knowing where their life is going. >> jimmy maxwell settles in. and just down the hall -- >> i never meant

. >> you need to [ bleep ] -- >> you're going to tase a 72-year-old woman! >> but what will he do? desperately trying to make it to the hospital. detained by an unsympathetic cop. >> you ran a red light. >> my mother is dying!

and furthermore, steven ross said he's assembled a it is tase of people who are going to advise him includingcurtis martin giving him some insight. it's scary from the top to bottom how this situation was handled. bill: there's been talk that martin will release a video statement. >> yeah. that's what fox sports reported on sunday night. think about what tiger woods did when he first came out after the scandal. bill: press conference. >> it wasn't as much where there's back and forth with reporters, it was a statement in front of reporters on video, i think that's what we're going to be looking for. richie incognito sat on sunday, a 40 minute chat. he pretty much told his side of the story. i think america wants to hear from jonathan martin. bill: what did you think of incognito's performance? >> i thought he handled himself well, i think there's so many more layers to this. he came out here, i thought jay did a fine job asking him the questions that had to be asked. incognito came off like a football player, like, hey, this is what we do. we, you know, we're buddies, this is boys being boys

baker made a joke before being tased. >> i'm not responsible for anything that comes out of my mouth one donor gave the police department $25,000. see, i told you it was successful. thanksgivukkah, the convergence of thanksgiving and first day of hanukkah. hasn't happened in 2,500 years. the first candle was lit last night on the national hanukkah menorah at the white house. with more on thanksgivukkah. >> only in america, the land of brangelina, the spork, that thing where peanut butter and jelly are in the same jar, we now have a combined holiday. >> now introducing the menurkey. >> that's right, menorah in the shape of a turkey for two holidays that are appearing for one night only. >> according to some it's once in a millennium. >> new word. thanksgivukkah. >> what do you do on thanksgivukkah? you build a new tradition. a canorah. hundreds of canned goods will go to local food banks. >> the two holidays are similar in the concept of giving thanks to god. >> reporter: that's triple thanks for carol friedman. her family is also celebrating a birthday, which, all together now -- >>

. >> policeman tased one of the sons. >> tried to hit one of the sons. >> hit with baton and fired away >> perfect. >> we'll do that. top of the hour. see you then. te balanced nutritn of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... jenna: "happening now," back to our top story today as we continue to watch the recovery efforts in the middled of our country. we saw 40, maybe as high as 60, count is still unknown, tornadoes touch down in the middle of the country. on screen left, manhattan, illinois. screen right is washington illinois. these are two of the areas hardest hit. now only 24 hours after the storms hit. we're looking at at least eight people who died in these storms. many others are left without any sort of shelter and without their homes and many other injuries and one of our big stories. live images on the screen. we'll keep you posted as we hear more. jon: as you can see parts of midwest are a mess on earth but we're minutes away from an unmaned rocket launch to

between phases and what the current situation is pair rell stacking of all -- parallel stacking of all tases. do -- phases? do you agree -- i apologize, sir. >> that's fine. it would create significant challenges to the program office. >> has there been parallel stacking? >> it would be a significant challenge to do that. >> ms. bauer? >> i would agree with that statement. >> mr. amsler. >> >> degree. >> okay. how about integrated operations is and testing is ideal? i think we all agree with that s. what's happened is insufficient time and scope of end-to-end testing. would you all agree with those statements, yes or no? >> i guess in the context you put it, you're saying is there limited end-to-end testing, and given the fact you have a hard date, i would surmise they had limited time to do end-to-end testing. it doesn't mean you couldn't have done it, it just means there's limited time. >> ms. bauer? >> i would have no insight into what the increments were with regards to schedule, but you could create milestones and achieve ideally just about any goal if you create the milestones and achi

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