bandages on her head and over her arm after the neighbor s pitted bull attacked her viciously tearing into her little head. i cannot imagine what you went through. a big opening here in the head two inches. reporter: the 5-year-old was on her way to school with her father when he says the dog charged this fence. the gate was open. reporter: and you were on the way to school? yes. it bit me in my hand. i tried to protect my daughter. reporter: one of the owners, this man, also attacked by his own dog trying to pull him off of the child. neighbors say his roommate, the primary owner of the pit bull, died three days ago. [ inaudible ] reporter: this man stepped in, too. so did someone driving by on a bus with special needs students. the bus assistant gets off the bus and started punching the dog. said, look, do something. reporter: the officer shot and killed the dog. the child s 8-year-old friend was with her. can t talk. one neighbor says the pit bull turne
these two individuals will take us towards their motivation. reporter: one clue comes from facebook. a facebook official confirms tashfeen malik used an alias and pledged her allegiance to isis just before she and syed farook carried out their attacks. so far, we have no indication that these killers are part of an organized larger group or form part of a cell. none of the family members had any idea this was going to happen. reporter: attorneys for farook s family say he was isolated with few friends and she was a new mom who spoke only to female relatives. she s only been a mother for about six months so the family just knew her as she was caring, she was soft-spoken, very basic information what they have seen of her. she was like a typical housewife. reporter: officials said that while this couple did try to hide from law enforcement, the fbi today said that it is likely going to be able to get electronic information off those phones which had been smashed. n
our country is out of control. jeb bush called donald trump the chaos candidate tonight, but trump and ted cruz played nice, while cruz sparred with marco rubio. frank somerville is off tonight. it is the last republican debate of 2015, and each of the nine candidates tried to score points with voters, laying out what they do about some of the biggest issues facing the nation. jana katsuyama is here to begin our coverage. reporter: new polls out today show that trump is still in the lead. at least one poll in iowa has showed ted cruz has moved in front. tonight, some of the other candidates have somehowed they re not afraid to challenge trump. the nine top candidates faced off in a battle of ideas, focused on national security. front runner donald trump got the first question and defended his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. we re not talking about isolation. we re talking about security. reporter: a quick counter jab from jeb bush who did not shy away from
was a confrontation in a parking lot on campus between two groups of students about 1:20 this morning. it escalated to violence and authorities say freshman steven jones pulled out a handgun, shooting and killing one student and injuring three others. the parking lot at the campus in flagstaff, arizona, is just outside housing for many of the campus sorority fraternities. this is like the safest place, you know. to think something like this would happen to people that, you know, are really a big part of our community, it breaks my heart. reporter: this senior s sorority sisters text d and said they were on lockdown in their rooms after hearing the gunfire. they were so terrified. to not be able to help them and be there is hard to accept. reporter: they were on lockdown at texas southern university in houston after a shooting there. police say one person is dead, another wounded. it happened at a student apartment complex on the edge of campus. authorities are saying
remembering david bowie and his lasting legacy. good morning i m lori stokes. and i m michelle charles in for ken rows sought tow no for ken. the weather and traffic with bill evans. reporter: one thing i notice is the staff is still here so nobody hit the powerball. take a look outside, we have a temperature of 34 degrees. that is the air temperature. 35 around kingston, 32 around middletown. but hey, let s just penalize ourselves with the wind out there, out of the northwest. 25 miles per hour winds up to 35 miles per hour. feels like 20s. up to the north we are looking at 13 monticello, 29 toward coastal connecticut and long island. going to be a cold, windy day today. upper 20s later on today. quite cold by the afternoon, only looking at 35 and 36, and will feel like the teens and low 20s all day. snow is coming tomorrow. how are you doing heather o rourke? i m doing fine. we ll look at our subway status. track work has been completed attica national street. new