JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://getbootstrap.com/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<div class="wrapper">
    
  <div class="input-group">
      <span data-bind="text: item_name"></span>
    <input type="hidden" value="" data-bind="value: item_id" />
    <input class="form-control" type="search" data-bind="value: item_name, autoComplete: items" />     
      
    <span class="input-group-btn">
      <button class="btn" data-bind="click: addItem, enable: function(){ item_name().length > 0;}">Add</button>
    </span>
  </div>

  <ul class="list-group" data-bind="template: { name: 'item-template', data: $root.items}">
    <li class="list-group-item">
      <span id="123" data-bind="text: item_name, attr: {'id': item_id}">Americanino</span>
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" data-bind="click: $parent.removeItem"></span>
    </li>      
      
    <li class="list-group-item">
      <span id="223" data-bind="text: item_name, attr: {'id': item_id}">Asos</span>
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" data-bind="click: $parent.removeItem"></span>
    </li>            
  </ul>    

  <script type="text/html" id="item-template">
    <!--ko foreach: $data-->    
      <li class="list-group-item">
        <span id="" data-bind="text: item_name, attr: {'id': item_id}"></span>
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" data-bind="click: $root.removeItem"></span>
      </li>            
    <!-- /ko -->
  </script>  
</div>

CSS

.wrapper {
    width: 300px;
}

.input-group {
    margin-bottom: 20px;        
}

.glyphicon {
    float: right;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #5577CC;
}

JavaScript

// Retrieved from DB
var search_data = [
    {"id":"7186","name":"Bose"},
    {"id":"1069","name":"BOSS Black"},
    {"id":"1070","name":"BOSS Green"},
    {"id":"1071","name":"BOSS Hugo Boss"},
    {"id":"1072","name":"BOSS Orange"},
    {"id":"1074","name":"Boston Brothers"},
    {"id":"7678","name":"Bosweel"}
];

ko.bindingHandlers.autoComplete = {
    init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor, viewModel, bindingContext) {
        var selectedObservableArrayInViewModel = valueAccessor();
        var self = viewModel;
        
        $(element).autocomplete({
            minLength: 2,
            source: function (request, response) {
                /*$.ajax({
                    source: search_data,
                    data: { term: request.term },
                    type: "POST",
                    dataType: "json",
                    success: function (data) {
                        response(data);
                    }
                });*/
                response(search_data);
            },
            select: function(e, ui){
                var item = ui.item;
                self.item_name(item.name);
                self.item_id(item.id);
                self.addItem();
                return false;
            }
        }).data( "uiAutocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
            return jQuery( "<li></li>" )
            .data( "ui-autocomplete", item )
            .append( "<a>"+ item.name + "</a>" )
            .appendTo( ul );
        }
        
    },
    update: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor, viewModel, bindingContext) {
        // This will be called once when the binding is first applied to an element,
        // and again whenever the associated observable changes value.
        // Update the DOM element based on the supplied values here.
    }
};

function item(id, name){
    var self = this;
    self.item_id = ko.observable(id);
    self.item_name = ko.observable(name);   ...