officers say the man on your screen, brandon freeman was impersonating a cop in visalia in the san joaquin valley. an off-duty sergeant was driving his personal car and that's when freeman allegedly tried to pull him over with a red light attached to his car. the sergeant then stopped his car, interviewed freeman and arrested him and a passenger in his car. they have both been booked into jail and face multiple chargers. (pam) t-s-a security screeners were very busy during the holiday season. the agency says, it screened more than 42-million passengers going through airports across the country.. a record mark for the t-s-a. security workers also screened nearly 31-million bags during the same period, which goes from december 15-th to january second. the agency also saw a record number of passengers during the thanksgiving holiday... and despite the high traffic... officials say, they still managed to keep the wait time below 20-minutes ... for 97-percent of passengers. (pam) in sports -- gary and his lovely wife alicia join us to read fan emails for the first time in 2018(steve) plus -- ra

w bush foundations, revealed that american patriotism runs deep. natlast month a softball crowd in visalia spontaneously sang the national anthem at the start of a game.the new study found six out of ten americans say living in a democracy is highly important to them.a majority also agreed that it is more important that the majority does not trample on the rights of individuals and small groups.thirty nine percent chose the alternative: it is more important that the will of the majority prevails. the report also uncovered deep concerns about how our democracy is functioning,68 percent say it;s getting weaker, 55 percent say it is weak right nowand fully half the respondents agreed that america is in real danger of losing its democratic government altogether,the big problems threatening democracy: 28 percent said it 's big money influencing elections. slightly fewer then came government paralysis and the news media's lack of reliability, (ken) the poll asked people how to reverse the trend.fully 80 percent supported stronger protections against racialbias in policing and criminal sentencing

the stabbing happened this afternoon near visalia. a man on the bus says the suspect stabbed a woman who was holding her child. police say the suspect was restrained by the bus driver and another passenger. there is not yet word on how severe injuries were. the suspect was arrested. (steve) now to aldon smith...and it's yet another troubling brush with the law for the once star 49ers player. (vicki) this time...smith is accused of domestic abuse...and today...the raiders cut ties with him. grant lodes has is here with the message police have for smith tonight. (grant) message is clear...turn youself in...there's a warrant out for his arrest. san francisco police says they're in talks with his attorney about how a surrender may happen. smith...once a 49ers rising star with a bright smile and bright future...was released today by his current team, the raiders. the latest allegations: smith drank two bottles of tequila, then physically abused and bit his fiance in her apartment on bush street near union square. after the fiance called 91