watching.gigot. happy new year, we hope to see you right here in 2015. it is a somber saturday of remembrance and reflection here in new york city. tens of thousands, including fellow law enforcement officers from across the country mourn the loss and offer tribute to fallen nypd officer rafael ramos killed in the line of duty one week ago today. hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> vice president joe biden just one of the many dignitaries addressing thousands of officers and family and friends of officer ramos executed in cold blood along with officer liu while sitting in their patrol

car in a brooklyn street. >> covering this from the beginning and live in queens new york with the emotional tribute to officer ramos, his family and fellow officers all sworn to protect us. hi, brian. >> reporter: hi, eric today's ceremony, you can say nothing more but it was spent for a hero -- 20,000 plus nypd officers and others around the country filling the streets here outside of the christ tabernacle. the violence out here was deafening at times only introducing -- outside as they listen to -- listening to the national anthem really a somber ceremony. his casket was carried for the final time outside of that

church saluting as hundreds of motorcyclists and honor guard led the way for the hearse and family. helicopters flew over the ceremony in the missing fan forlation. inside the church joe biden spoke directly to ramos' son and his widow reiterating they are not alone during this trying time. >> justin and jaden, know that although your father is gone, you have inherited an entire family, the men and women of new york police department will always be there as long as you are alive. they never -- they never never forget. >> police commissioner bill bratton honoring officer ramos by making him an honorary department chaplain of the 84th precinct, ramos was promoted to

detective first grade. >> here we are to remember t. remember when it means to take the job. those of us priflvileged to call ourselves cops, no other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. >> now officer liu's family was in attendance today and mayor bill de blasio did speak along with governor andrew cuomo. hundreds of officers out here did turn their back with deplaz toshio de blasio was speaking. his badge was taken off his body for final time and shield number 6335 five reforever -- forever retired. >> officer liu's funeral still to come, another reminder of the importance of first responders and those sworn to protect us.

>> north korea suffering another internet outage after experiencing one earlier this week. it's blaming the united states for being behind it. this amid the ongoing tension over the hacking scandal involving sony pictures, also insulting president obama with a racist remark and claiming the president is responsible for releasing the interview. will carr has the latest there. >> president obama is quote reckless in his words indeed and followed that up with a derogatory statement about the president as there were reports that the isolated country is having more problems with internet and cell phones. this is not a very tech savvy country as we all know. when they go black like that it has a big impact on the leadership of north korea. they've been very quick to blame the united states for those problems. this obviously comes after president obama pledged to respond to the sony sign cyber

attack. viewers continue to take in "the interview", many theaters have been sold out since the christmas day release. it brought in $1 million at the box office on christmas day and just over 600,000 yesterday and has been showing? just over 300 theaters although initially it was supposed to show in 2,000 to 3,000 theaters. the profits have been less than what was expected. the numbers though don't include online sales, which are harder to track. safe to say the movie revenue is nowhere close to the $44 million it took to produce and tens of millions more spent on promotions but hollywood is keeping a close eye on the movie's success to see if it can be financial viable since it was released online and at the box office at the exact same time. the problem is at this point that this movie has been illegally downloaded hundreds and thousands of times over the past couple of days. >> all right thank you so much.

the continuing story here. we'll have more on this hacking attack and whether north korea is the culprit later on in the show. >> we're now getting word of a two-pronged attack, the first one suspected u.s. drone strikes killed seven militants at two separate compounds today. this as pakistani security forces killed an alleged organizer of last week's school massacre. it is the latest in a massive crackdown on the taliban terrorists and others as pakistan is still mourning deaths of 14 8 students and staff members at that military school in peshawar. >> former florida governor jeb bush paves the way for a potential run at the white house in 2016, e-mails during his time in office are now emerge the american bridge posting dozens of his e-mails this week. the documents shedding light on how he ran his administration in the sunshine state.

peter doocy has those details. >> reporter: jeb bush had been saying he would release e-mails at some point but the american bridge says they didn't want to wait. thanks to the freedom of information act they are now public. we get a good look how jeb bush answered questions a decade ago that are sure to come again including about his brother's role as commander in chief during the iraq war. in 2003, this war will make george w. go down as the worst president in history and you will suffer for that too. jeb bush responded, i respectfully disagreed with you. i think our president is right on track. his speech made our position clear and i'm gratified that 60% of the american public agrees. i truly respect your point of view but don't believe we're on the wrong track. now some republican strategists are saying that this kind of interaction puts points on the board for jeb bush in the likability category.

>> he was intimate with his constituents and respectfully agreed with them and explained why. it shows he can make a strong stand and shows leadership. >> bush also writes about the raid that sent elyan gonzalez back to cuba said it was sicken and abortioning looking to reduce the number of procedures in florida. democrats think there's a lot in here to damage his ability to win a primary. >> the biggest problem he's going to have, which we've seen again and again is with conservatives and we see that in e-mails and issue of abortion and immigration and see that in the issue of education. i mean he has got a real problem on the right flank. >> something that we are here talking about it bush in one e-mail declined an interview request from barbara walters in 2000, saying he's not a fan of

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of the headlines, iran's army testing a so-called suicide drone for the first time as part of a massive ongoing military drill, the aircraft was reportedly designed to plunge into ground targets and aerial. an officer says there was a fallout with people loyal to the leader killed in an air strike. snow stranding thousands of drivers overnight and leaving more than 30,000 others without power in the u.k. no fun here. people in switzerland and germany getting hit pretty hard seeing nearly 16 inches of snow. forecasters expect the wintry weather to continue in the next few days. eric? >> look at that. hillary clinton she's widely expected to announce her white house bid sometime next year. democrats are looking at her to

address issues. those all popular issues for possible liberal challenger such as elizabeth warren. warren insists she is not running but her presence has moved the dialogue to the left. how will hillary respond? former adviser to hillary's 2008 presidential campaign brad likeman, assistant to george w. bush join us now. richard and brad, good to see you. 1992, richard it's the economy stupid but hillary has to do than remind us of her husband's record. what do you think she'll do? >> i think you said it in the intro, i can guarantee or my belief that elizabeth warren will not challenge her. it's actually not much daylight between where elizabeth warren is and hillary clinton is. they are both committed to addressing income inequality through education and research and development and

infrastructure and spending and expanding opportunities for the middle class. both for financial protection reforms and both for addressing minimum wage. and again, hillary has managed very cleverry to kind of have a foot in both camps. she's very much kind of been protective of business opportunities. she worked across the aisle when she was in the senate. and yet from a standpoint of issues, there's really no daylight that the move on crowd can identify this between her and elizabeth warren. i'm quite skeptical. >> do you think there's no daylight between moved on.org folks and hillary what does that mean? >> there's a huge rip in the democratic party richard is being kind. there are people in the democratic party who believe as they did in 2007 and 2008 that hillary is inevitable. back then she was vested by

community organizer who created such havoc in the primaries up until almost the convention. the reason you're not hearing about democrats, everyone is beating up on hillary and democrats right now who want to run, they don't believe in inevitability. they believe you have to earn the selection before you get to the election. i think hillary needs to run to the left obviously because of her dismal record on not only the economy but also on foreign policy the world is a much dangerous place now than it was under the bush administration. and so i think hillary that's a lot of ground to make up in her base. and i think you're going to see a lot of other democrats coming forward real shortly to take her on. >> this time last -- in 2006 leading up two years before the 2008 election. guess who was at 12%? barack obama. guess who's at 12% now?

elizabeth warren. does that show there is a possibility, even if she doesn't run, that hillary clinton is not inevitable. >> she was not at 61 or 69% where she is today because there was not just barack obama but there was john edwards and other formidable candidates in 2006 and 2007 running against her. think about who it is on the left that you would kind of look to for leadership. howard dean al franken, they both endorsed hillary clinton's nomination for the democratic candidacy. this is i understand in this network there is nothing better than to see a fight that would weaken hillary clinton taken on by elizabeth warren -- >> i don't think it's fair to say this network -- that's not fair at all. >> there were people across the spectrum in a certain side of the spectrum who want to see hillary weakened and convinced themselves that elizabeth warren would take that on.

it's not going to happen because they really haven't seen a candidate like hillary clinton nationally, not just her experience but the record she brings in terms of her strength and the world respect that she has. incidentally brad you look at poll, the u.s. is held in higher regard today than it was during the bush administration -- >> please, entire world under this administration has gone to pot, whether it's russia whether it's china -- >> russia has gone to pot, you're right. >> this world is a much more dangerous place under barack obama. no question about it. >> richard? >> all i can say again, there was a pugh poll and country by country, starting with angola to the end to zambia and you'll see that the numbers show that the u.s. is held in higher regard because the u.s. is not taking a cowboy approach to things -- >> others say -- others say

that's not -- >> which is why we didn't go into ukraine with goouns blazing -- >> we surrendered to our allies and nato. what did we do in the middle east? we surrendered and withdrew our troops and basically let isis take over iraq. this is the kind of foreign policy we have under democratic administration. >> that will have to be the last word and we'll see how it goes. happy holidays to you both. >> happy holidays. >> north korea continues to deny any involvement in the sony hacking attack and some cyber experts say the north denial might actually be true. who could really be responsible for all of this? >> and more than 1,000 public school employees in massachusetts are getting a big surprise after looking at their bank accounts on pay day.

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evidence cited by the fbi which claims there is a direct link to north korea, the malicious cyber activity looks similar to this one and tools used in the attack, some cyber experts say it is cyber experts say this is flimsy and inconclusive. what do you think? >> everybody is going to have an opinion about this. you don't look at one thing, but you look at the totality of the circumstances. you look at the trade craft, how it was done, who was the target. the other thing you have to look at too is the fact that the fbi and the president have come out and directly named north korea not just as kind of being involved but being responsible for this. and the fact that the intelligence community is involved in this it means there's a lot of sensitivities. because the same intel assets are also monitoring the nuclear activities of north korea. when you put it in totality i think there's a strong case that north korea is behind this. >> and you know, there are other theories out there. for one, possible disgruntled former employees at sony.

sony had a massive layoff earlier this year. a lot in the systems administrator field. what are the chances that this was an inside job or helping others? >> there's a good chance that some of the information may have been leaked or somebody could have been compromised on the inside, but to think a single employee inside sony could have launched an attack of this magnitude, it took a lot of planning and logistical support and if they were laid off, then the question becomes how do they still have access back into the system? so not matter which way you look at it, it was exploited. we had banks like jpmorgan and the nsa. so for everyone to think that sony was a jewel of security that isn't exactly the story either. >> unfortunately, you know the world we live in we see this all the time as you mentioned. taking a look at the other possibilities, we said at the top here you know, kind of a who done it at this point. >> a good mystery novel. >> it really is. you know, this attack could it have been formed and funded by

an entirely different set of cyber criminals different actors that we're not thinking about here that we need to discuss an look at? you're the expert. i know that you have looked at other cases like this. sony is said to have enemies in other places as well. >> sure. you know, could it have been, sure. there's a possibility. you look at probabilities. what's the probability that they may have done this? you know there could have been a guard, but nobody has never heard of guardian of peace before. unlike unknown or the one that took down sony playstation or exbox. it could have been a combination of people and they're using -- they're misleading folks that's always possible. this is cyberspace. but at the end of the day, i stilt go back -- i still go back that the fbi put their stamp on it. those are bold moves if you're not sure that north korea is behind it. >> fbi investigators have much

more information on this. they have said that there's more to come. do you know -- what's the time line of when we could find that out? >> you know it's going to be at a time and place of their choosing. i hate to say that because you're dealing with sources and methods and the disclosure inadvertently can lead to the compromise of something we're monitoring. it's going to be deliberate to make sure that the sources are protected, that if the information is released it won't compromise the source or the investigation. probably in a time line like this, two to three months before you get something definitive i would say. >> morgan wright always a pleasure. well republicans are making some big plans for next year on the hill. we'll tell you what they plan. what they could achieve, when we come back.

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neville. >> hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn. topping the news this hour there was a massive show of honor and remembrance. tens of thousands of police officers from across the country turn out to pay respects to one of their own. as new york city says good-bye to one of its finest, assassinated in cold blood in the line of duty. and new immigration legislation is already in the works as republicans prepare to take the reins in congress. we'll take a look. plus, did you know that thousands of u.s. army deserters just walk away from their commitment to our country? and now a surprising new report says that very few are punished for it. but first, we start with tears. amid a sea of blue as tens of thousands pay a final farewell to one of new york city's finest. the funeral held today at the christ tabernacle church in queens for police officer rafael ramos. ♪

as you know, the 40-year-old father of two was one of the two police officers killed in that horrible brazen ambush one week ago today. by that gunman who was motivated by those anti-police protests across the country. but this morning it was an emotional service of tribute, respects and thanks. brian ennis is at the church. hello, brian. >> reporter: hi eric. known as ralph by the loved ones and friends officer rafael ramos is described as selfless compassionate. someone with a disarming smile. someone who volunteers at the very church where his funeral took place today and today no other way of putting it but a sea of blue. nearly 20,000 officers from around the country, an overflow crowd filling up the streets watching the two-hour funeral service on the big screen and on the speakers. literally, 12 helicopters flew overhead in the missing man formation as nypd pallbearers

carried out his casket. taps playing in the background and bagpipers and hundreds of motorcyclists leading the way for ramos one final time. inside the church vice president joe biden spoke directly to ramos' kids, justin and jayden and his widow, saying they're not alone during this trying time. >> i'm sure i speak for the entire nation when i say to you that -- that our hearts ache for you. i know from personal experience that there is little anyone can say or do at this moment to ease the pain, that sense of loss, that sense of loneliness. >> reporter: police commissioner bill bratton also speaking today, honoring officer ramos by making him an honorary

department chaplain of the 84th precinct. he was studying to become a mass mass -- pastor. he and his partner, wenjian liu, were promoted to detective first grade. >> we are here because your dad was assassinated. it's a different word than murdered. which is awful enough. it speaks of the prominence of the person killed. it makes the crime intentional and symbolic. your dad was assassinated because he represented something. >> reporter: represented something, yeah, no doubt a deal. the flag was handed to his sons as well as the badge number, his shield number 6335 was given forever to be retired. >> absolutely, deeply meaningful. so important. amid the continuing anti-police protests, today we saw a tremendous amount of support for our law enforcement officers.

>> that's exactly right. there has been a lot of press obviously of the hundreds of police officers that did turn their back while mayor de blasio spoke at today's funeral outside here in the streets. but by and large it was about reiterating support for the nypd. governor cuomo specifically commemorating the police officers calling them the finest police force in the nation and commemorating them for how they handled the weeks of protest leading up to these events. >> the nypd protected the right of freedom of speech, even though they themselves were the target of false and abusive chants and tirades by some. what a beautiful testament to their professionalism. >> reporter: cuomo reiterating what biden had said earlier that these police officers and their families are really a different breed. they spend every day knowing

their loved ones are going into the streets, not knowing whether they come back and they do it selflessly and with pride. it's more nan just a job. biden said that the assassin not only targeted those two fine officers, but the city and the soul of this entire nation. i can tell you it felt like the entire nation was here, supporting officer ramos his family and officer wenjian liu. eric? >> that's why we call new york's finest. brian, thank you so much. and another police funeral, this one in florida today for an officer shot and then run over by a fugitive. trying to avoid arrest. hundreds of officers attended this morning's service and the streets were lined with people paying their respects to charles kondek. he was killed last week while responding to a noise complaint. he was a 17-year veteran of the force but started his career with the nypd.

now to other national news, president obama is on a two-week vacation in hawaii, but when he gets back to washington he'll face tax reform obamacare and now. now the big question for next year will the president and the gop be able to work together perhaps on some of and these -- on some of these issues? dan springer is now live in honolulu with the very latest. hi, dan. >> reporter: yeah, hi, eric. the republican congress and the president will be under pressure to show the american people they can work together and get things done together. this last year was the least product hiv of congress since the 1940s. gridlock was the rule and approval rates were in the tank. mitch mcconnell will be the senate majority leader. he and president obama met at the white house and both were talking about finding areas of agreement. but then just a couple of weeks later, mr. obama picked a major fight over immigration. with an executive action that gives amnesty to up to 5 million illegal immigrants. the president said he did it

because congress had failed to come up with any immigration reform. as much as that may have poisoned the well for the start of 2015 there are some areas where the two sides seem to mostly agree. one is paul ryan who is looking to cut the corporate tax rate and starting with the state of the union address, mr. obama is expected to talk about reconciliation. >> this country is really torn right now over the events of the last four months or so. and i think that's going to be one area that i would suspect that he's going to try and address because that's certainly something that i think is on the minds of plenty of americans. >> reporter: a couple other issues that will take front and center stage in 2015. the keystone xl pipe line and the republicans want to make some changes to obamacare.

will the president allow those changes to be made? will any of them get to his desk? all remain to be seen in the coming months. eric? >> i guess that's why he's on vacation not trying to think about that. thank you. well, you know one looming divide between the republicans and the president is the hot button issue of immigration reform. coming up in about ten minutes from now we'll look at the republican proposals. what they are, what they mean and what they could accomplish for our country. laura? the army set to decide whether sergeant bowe bergdahl should be court-martialed. he left his outpost and then he was released by the taliban in a controversial swap. and the army rarely prosecutes desertions. >> reporter: laura, the bowe bergdahl case had drawn the attention to the case of desertions. what happens to the soldiers who leave their units? more than 20000 soldiers have

deserted from 2006 to 2014. keep in mind those numbers are less than 1% of the number of active duty soldiers each year. but between 2001 and today, the army has only prosecuted about 1,900 deserterers. that's because usually soldiers desert for family reasons and not to go over to the enemy. >> i they can be -- they can be released with a less than perfect discharge and they go on their way. the soldiers leave the service, and the military is able to muster them out without putting them on trial and putting them through the agony of a court-martial proceedings. >> reporter: whether bergdahl will face a court-martial is up to mark milley. one former lawyer said in general they're looked at harshly because they have other

people who are looking at that soldier and saying, i don't want to go either. so obviously, there has to be an example made. sergeant bergdahl was released by the taliban earlier this year in exchange for five top taliban commanders being held at gitmo. laura? >> all right molly henneberg from washington. laura, there's snow, at least winding down over the central rockies. a winter storm dumped more than two feet of snow in northern colorado. it can cause some travel headaches. janice dean is our snow buddy in the fox center. >> thank you eric. meanwhile here in the northeast it feels like spring time. 55 here in new york. crazy. but that is going to change. let's take a look at it. we have our first cold front diving across the central u.s. you can see where we have 20s and 30s and right along that that's where we see the snow.

the windchills it is cold out there in minneapolis. feels like 14. 21 it feels like in rapid city. feels like 33 in dallas. we are seeing that snow along that cold front. ahead of it is warm air. so it's mainly a rain event. we can see several inches of rain along the gulf coast as well as some embedded thunderstorms that could produce some severe weather. so keeping an eye on that. again, several inches of rain here. you can see where we have flood advisories, flood watches and warnings. behind this, the next weather maker as we head into the end of 2014. here is the northwest, heavy rain and some mountain snow, over a foot of snow as we get into the northwest mountains and then the rockies. the intermountain west and this is going to spread out across the plains states and look at all the snow. so the good news is if you're a skier, you are loving this across the rockies. things are going to be very snowy as we head into the new

year. sunday morning look at that cold air drop southward. monday, tuesday and wednesday new year's eve, it will be cold for a lot of us here. especially across new york city where we have the big ball drop on wednesday night. eric we'll keep an eye on that really cold across the northern plains. back to you. >> all right. it will be cold in times square, but it's weird when it's the same temperature in new york as it is in l.a. on christmas. >> it is warmer in new york than it is in parts of texas. crazy. >> all right. cold is coming. thanks so much. >> got it. >> laura? the gop is set to take over congress in the new year. and one big item on their agenda, immigration reform. the changes republicans will likely try to make in 2015. plus, just how many people in colorado are smoking pot? since it became legal there. the numbers are in and the findings may surprise you.

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may have been infected with listeria. the cdc said 29 people have become infected. of those who got sick, nine were pregnant and three were children. and colorado is the state with the second highest percentage of regular marijuana users. that is according to a new study which found out about one out of eight folks older than 12 years old had smoked pot in the last month. republicans are planning a variety of legislative proposals on immigration when the new gop led congress takes over next month. republican leaders already making clear that tighter security measures at our borders should be the first on to do list. others say dismantling the controversial action that will grant legal status to upwards of 5 million illegals should be priority number one. what will they do? the national reporter from the "washington post" joins us right

now. the president's executive order is very controversial republicans are going after that. but the gop has some plans of their own. >> well, you know, everything has to be looked at through a political filter and republicans are looking ahead to 2016. immigration is a dicey issue for them. it is really difficult. nobody wants the first primary to be for the republicans to be standing up there and for them to ask how many of you would overturn obama's executive action? what happens then is what ever the answer is going to get them in trouble with primary voters or with general election voters. obama won 71% of the latino vote in 2012 and that's a vote that republicans will need if they want to put a president in the white house. >> well, the gop now has what, they have several bills. one has to do with border security tightening the security on the southern border. more visas for low skilled and high skilled workers and 350,000 visas for construction and restaurant workers. do you think any of this will pass and if it does, what will the president do? >> so it's not dissimilar to

some of the things we saw in the comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the senate in 2013. which had 14 republicans vote for it and the president wanted to sign. but that bill also had a pathway to citizenship for many of the undocumented immigrants living in this country. so i think the president is going to be unlikely to sign anything that doesn't also include a pathway to citizenship and the republicans taking a piecemeal approach and especially if they decide to dismantle his executive action, the president might veto. >> do you see him ever relenting on the pathway to citizenship? let's say you have a legal status that does not grant you an automatic or a way to become a citizen, but while you still work here potentially pay taxes, you know, you just don't vote? >> sure. i mean, the advocacy groups in the latino groups are steadfast on there being a pathway to citizenship. they have the ear of the president and the ear of many democrats right now. i don't see him relenting on

that. of course, anything could happen maybe him and mitch mcconnell and the republicans that are in charge in congress will be able to sit down and hash something out. i think if the republicans go after his executive action that's a poisoning of the well on the other side. they said that the president poisoned the well granting executive action in the first place. if they go ahead and try to dismantle it or do a piecemeal approach without also trying to bring democrats on board on some of the other priorities, we could see the whole thing fall apart again. >> oh, man, they already said that the president would veto any potential dismantling of the executive order. so if the republicans -- are the republicans going to lob stuff up there that the president will veto or do you think that finally anything substantive will actually get passed? >> it's tough to say with this congress, eric but right now when we first get back in january they're looking at the homeland security spending bill which is something that is going to expire in february and they're hoping to use that as a negotiating tool to get the executive action dismantled.

again, the president is not going to stand for that. and if they did decide to not fund homeland security, the president could say, well everyone in homeland security is essential and keep them working anyway. the republicans don't have a lot of leverage to work with. this could go through the courts but i think if any of the tactics are taken it's not going to be helpful to getting anything larger done. >> sometimes it's good to be on vacation. that the president doesn't have to think of this stuff. thank you. good to see you. >> thank you, eric. after a scandal-filled 2014 the irs has been left reeling from the recently passed budget bill that cut nearly $350 million in funding that staffers warn could delay tax returns. now new evidence of how deeply the irs was involved in the targeting of conservative groups. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more.

>> reporter: it wasn't just about lois lerner. so says the report on the irs targeting of conservative group. there were eight leaders who could have stopped the harassment of groups seeking tax exempt status. >> it was in fact all the way to the top of the commissioner level this was allowed to continue. i think that gives a good reason for the next congress to continue the investigation until they have looked at all documents and put in the reforms to make sure this never happens again. >> reporter: an agent was e-mailed in 2013 -- quote, i think there's a number of ways to deny them. let me talk to sharon light tomorrow about it and get some ideas from her as well. this sounds like a bad org. and then from stephen miller to chief of staff, when he considered telling a subcommittee about the irs targeting of conservatives

seeking 501 c 4 status. quote, i'm beginning to wonder if i should do the hearing and use it to put a stake in politics. >> i think with the ever-changing story it's obviously he was misleading the ways and means committee. he had information he was considering putting out that would have enlightened the american people before the election and he withheld it. >> elijah cummings is critical of the way that the report is handled. it is revealing that the republicans are yet again leaking cherry picked excerpts of documentations to support their preconceived political narrative. meanwhile, the budget was cut in the government funding package congress passed. agency leadership is warning there may be a delay in processing tax refunds and other services. >> there's going to be a price to pay as there already are for the revenue that we're going to gain from irs enforcement is going to go down.

the ability of taxpayers to get the assistance they need is going to be more difficult things like that. >> critics say that the agency should work on its efficient. >> i all that happened is the budget is budget for the irs. perhaps they should try something like become more productive like the rest of the world does. >> reporter: before the scandal the irs had a positive rating of 20% with the public. now after the fact it's likely to remain an easy target. somewhere to cut at budget time. in washington, mike emanuel, fox news. well coming up, we'll look at this story. a tweet that was posted by one of eric garner's daughters on christmas day. it's upsetting a lot of police officers. we'll have what she tweeted and why this is causing a controversy. plus, it is an emotional day of tribute and respect. new york city honoring the first of the two police officers so savagely ambushed by that anti-police mad man one week ago. officer rafael ramos, remembered and honored by thousands at his funeral.

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well, it's the bottom of the hour now. now time for the top of the news. tens of thousands mourning the loss of one of new york city's finest. the funeral was held this morning in queens, new york, for officer rafael ramos. he was one of the two police officers killed in the horrible ambush last weekend. funeral plans for the other officer gunned down last week wenjian liu, his funeral plans have not been announced. state run media in syria is admitting that they're willing to take part in the peace talks with russia next month. it is unclear if any opposition groups will agree to take part in those talks. and the turkish man who shot pope john paul ii in the failed assassination attempt in 1991, well, take a look. he was seen laying flowers at the tomb in the basilica. he received a life sentence for

shooting in the square, but he was freed in 2000 after the pontiff forgave him and lobbied italian authorities to release him. one of eric garner's daughters has tweeted the address of a police officer who was present during the choke hold death of her father. this is angering some new york city officers who are still reeling from the execution style killing of the cops in brooklyn. could she face criminal or civil charges for her action? bob massi and mercedes cohen, thank you for being here today. you know, this is stun -- this has stunned so many people. many people believe this was a menacing move. one nypd source saying her tweet was disgusting and poses grave danger to this officer whose address is now out there. but the question of course are there any legal ramifications of what she did. bob, i want to start with you. taking a look at this case, are there any legal ramifications on

this? >> what we hope is there's never any, because if so then laura, what we're faced with is potentially she could have been the cause of any act against his family or the police officer themselves. in other words whether it's a civil or a criminal case you have to prove this connection of what we call causation. did this tweet cause damage to the family? at this point, no i don't believe civilly there's any action whatsoever. but god forbid if somebody would do that and they could link this to be a cause not easy, then surely she could be implicated. >> on the criminal side of this, something that god forbid were to happen to this officer at the hands of someone who wanted revenge for the garner family what about a criminal charge or what about cyber harassment? >> well, those are really good points but frankly, there has to be aside from causation, you also have to show some sort of complicity. yes, she put out the information, but it was public information to boot. the defense is going to say,

wait a minute, this is public information. if someone wanted this address they could get it. trying to link this to the criminal act is not possible. because there's just too many attenuating circumstances and because it's public knowledge to begin with those individuals out there that want to do harm to this police officer can certainly do so. >> well, you know, she also tweeted out there were also other family members linked to the link she put out on her twitter account. bob, on the civil side of this, could eric garner be held liable, did she violate the officer's rights? take a look at emotional distress. >> that's a real stretch. i don't think you'll get that far but i think the commentary and i think we would all agree this is the danger of the legal side of social media and the availability of information and the no longer really invasion of privacy because of how free agent is given. in situations like this when we

see this horrific act that happened and how many lives it's destroyed and the emotions that will never be the same for these families, we have to look at this and see how do we -- what can be done? in the area of social media, to sort of regress a little bit and sort of look at this in a different fashion because i'm afraid as this continues to expand the legal ramifications are going to happen down the road. it's a concern i think for all of us. >> yeah, mercedes, what's the take away from this, free speech versus public safety? of course such a hot topic right now? what should people know before getting on social media and tweeting out such information? >> really be very responsible. and the bottom line is this. even though you think this is an innocent act maybe that innocent act can lead those who are already have an altered state or have mental illness to go forward and do something as a result. but it really boils down to if you have your private information, try to make sure that private information remains private. remove your addresses.

keep your -- you know, caller i.d. should be on private. lots of ways you can protect yourself and those are certainly -- lessons to be learned if that public information is out there, someone can retweet it or it can lead to harm. >> bob, no doubt this woman probably did not tweet out a link to his address so that people can send him a christmas card or a fruit basket. this was -- she said this man was there when my father was arrested and died. >> and that's -- yeah, that's the problem, laura. that the act was reckless on her part. and it's -- you cannot -- you have to know that her state of mind is such that wanting the people to know where this guy is, maybe, maybe, you don't want to be judgmental. and this is hoping that something could happen. but again, exactly what mercedes said, the lack of responsibility today in the social media area, in the law we are in, and these are the first things you go look

for when that's a civil or a criminal case, what's out there? you must act responsible, if you make a statement, whether innocent or intended the consequence you could be held responsible for. that's what we have to take away from this. >> all right. thank you so much for being mere. we'll keep a close eye on this story as it develops. thank you. >> thank you, laura. >> happy new year guys. >> you too. well you know, laura not really a happy new year for those in the boston area, because a school department made a massive payroll mistake yesterday. nearly 1,300 employees of the plymouth public school system, well, they woke up to find out that instead of seeing their salary deposited in their bank account, the money was actually taken out. yep, withdrawn by the school system. well, the school system says a human error caused this snafu. officials are working to fix the problem, but turns out that some banks can't make any corrections until monday. >> yikes. >> how would you like that? >> i don't like that. sony playstation and

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sony's playstation service went down on christmas day. a hacking group called lizard squad claimed responsibility. meanwhile, microsoft said theirs is mostly restored. besides the breach at sony pictures hackers stole information on 77 million playstation users back in 2011. well, some new developments in the fight against a radical islamic terrorists of isis. the u.s. led coalition carrying out 12 air strikes today against the terror group in iraq and syria. this as we're told the targets destroyed included some buildings, fighter positions and vehicles. meanwhile, a monitoring group claims that isis is losing ground around kobani. that's the key town along the turkish border. we're told kurdish fighters now control more than 60% of the territory around there. so the big question today -- could those gains be repeated?

we have a former spokesman for four ambassadors to the united nations and a fox news contributor from california. rick, always good to see you. i mean, it seems that kobani could be a turning point. do you think the coalition victory there could eventually pave the way for a wider defeat of isis in the region? >> we have to hope we can defeat isis. right now we're working on a deficit as you know. it took us a long time to get focused on the growth of isis. we only started air strikes in late september so you have to remember that. the only way that air strikes are going to work is if we have specific intelligence. it seems like lately what we have had is air strikes without the intelligence. so we're hitting isis, but like a balloon they're going to pop up in another area. we have seen this lack of intelligence be a major problem for the united states. if you remember, just last month, u.s. special operations forces tried to rescue hostages

in yemen and when the u.s. special forces got there we found out that the hostage takers -- the terrorists had picked up and moved on and we didn't even know it. the same thing happened in syria in august. so we're working on a deficit. we are having problems with specific intelligence, and yet, we have the democrats who keep attacking intelligence gathering. so this is a real serious problem for the obama administration. >> well, how do we fix this? we don't have forces on the ground. you don't have the rebel trained forces, 5,000 a year. this will take a year to get 5,000 deployed out there, so how can we fix this? >> well, again, we're working on a deficit because we have just really ignored the isis problem and this growing radical islamist problem. that's i think the story of 2014, the growing problem we have ignored. we can fix it, we are the best at this. what we have to do is first have the will to do it. we have to have an administration that says we're going to take the hit from the

public who don't want to see us gather intelligence and do those difficult things to try to find the terrorists. >> first of all, i think the public would -- i don't want to interrupt -- >> because they're going to push the obama administration into doing more. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but i think the american public does want the intelligence, does want something done about the radical islamic terrorists. are you talking about troops on the ground? >> i think you're right, they do want that to be done but they also keep telling the president at least the polls are showing that they want the troops home. and the president keeps playing politics with this. you know, he's trying to keep this 2008 campaign promise to bring all the troops home. and by doing that, by having the campaign promise really overshadow a national security

criteria, you are really making americans unsafe. so what we need to do is a better job of communicating to the american public that yes, we all want the troops home. but there are things that we have to do like intelligence gathering which require u.s. troops on the ground. that is what it's going to take to defeat isis and this growing radical islamic terrorist problem. >> finally we can eventually -- we can defeat the radical islamic terrorists. you have the increasing number of foreign fighters, you see the disaffected young men who are attracted to this twisted philosophy. "new york times" today has an amazing front page story about a 14-year-old boy who loves to watch jackie khan movie, he was recruited as a suicide bomber. he claims that his -- the terrorists threatened to rape and kill his mother so he joined them and had a change of heart.

how do we change this mind set? can we change this mind set and this philosophy to make us all safe? >> yeah, we have to change this. this is a growing serious problems of individuals being radicalized. they can be radicalized in our own u.s. cities. the thing that we have to do is we have to start from the top. the president needs to be able to say the word, radical islamists. we have to be able to know what we're fighting. we cannot hide from this. it doesn't mean that all followers of islam are radicals. it means that there are radical islamists that are trying to kill us. we need to point that out. we need to have policies that go after them. and we need to not be afraid to call things terrorists. it's not -- you know, not just vandalism. it's not workplace violence. we have to call these problems out and then fund them and all go after it. whether or not there are campaign promises that somehow look like, you know, they're up

against the reality of terrorism, we need to have a president who says you know what, i thought that i wanted to bring all the troops home. that really was my goal. but when i got an intelligence briefing and realized the danger i can't do that. because it will make americans unsafe. he needs to be honest, he needs to come forward and admit that he cannot keep this campaign promise. >> you know, it will be -- i think like 25 years next year finally, the commemoration of the first radical islamic attack here in the united states. long before 9/11. that was the shooting of of al saeed nosar. >> it's been growing ever since. >> yeah. laura? spend less, save more. it's a popular new year's resolution. it is easier said than done. we'll give you tips you can use to keep your finances under control and your money in the bank.

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expected to bring lots of snow. we're watching a winter storm that could bring over a foot of heavy snow in the northwest mountains. this is the scene in denver. take a look at that. people saw a white christmas there with the third highest snowfall in denver since 1882. meanwhile, there is extreme cold hitting great britain making many of the roads impassable. okay. the gifts have all been open, right? but there's one thing that we dread opening after the holidays and that would be the credit card bill. what can you do to make sure you're not saddled with debt? scott, thank you so much for being here. give us some top advice to how we can get this right? >> it's true.

around this time of year we resolve to save time but a lot of us don't do that. logon to your bank online and pay yourself first. transfer a certain amount of money, itddeally, 10% of your monthly income, and have it transferred to your savings account. this will help you to build up your savings. >> another piece of advice we get is to get a financial playbook, otherwise known as a budget but that's very hard to do, again, for a lot of people. you think this year i'm really going to do it and then you're going to the grocery stores and other stores. how can we do that? >> budgets are tedious. there's nothing special about them. budget for a few months and see how you do. simply track your expenses, from the major big-ticket items to the magazine at the store once a week. those things will help you see

where your money is going. you can't save money if you don't know where it's going each month. >> if i look that i spent too much at starbucks, is that where you look and say, this is where i can curtail or pull it back and maybe bring a sack lunch? >> exactly. you look at the lean item of your budget and say, where can i cut down? should i be spending money here or perhaps i should be cutting back in these areas. >> and the credit report. to get a free credit report take a look at it. even if i'm not going to buy a house or apply for a loan, check. >> you get one free credit report. we have a couple days left in 2014. you'll want to use that freebie up for 2014. check your credit report. what we are looking for are errors ideally, accounts that are on your credit report that you haven't opened, credit card debt that is not yours. believe it or not, this happens and your score could be

negatively impacted on accounts that you never even opened. >> i did that this year and found something i shouldn't have been and i've been trying to get it off of my report and i'm having trouble. what's the advice to get that cleared up? >> well it's a process. you certainly want to have the proper documentation in place to prove that that account is not yours and you want to write letters to each of the three credit bureaus. if you think that it's fraudulent, you can put a fraud alert on your credit report for up to 90 days and that can ultimately show the creditors that, hey, perhaps this is a red flag that you want to take another look at. >> okay. 2015 around the corner. how can somebody with no financial discipline really get into it this year and do it right? what's your best advice? >> start with retirement. you may have a 401(k) plan from your employer that you like but also open up a roth i.r.a. account. they are relaxing the income requirements that you need to

open one of these accounts. if you're single, you can open up one if you make under $131,000 a year. that's $2,000 a year more than 2014. if you're married, it's 193,000. again, 2,000 more than 2014. this is money in your account that you've already paid taxes on. that's the benefit of a roth i.r.a. >> of course, we can find you online as well? >> yes. >> thank you so much, scott. >> thank you. >> eric? >> we'll still be in the red. >> like rudolph nose. but i do shop at amazon and now they have new sign-ups 10 million people for the prime service. it costs $99 a year and offers two-day shipping along with other perks. the company will expand the program next year because of its popularity. apparently 60% of amazon shoppers use a mobile device and did it on cyber-monday and might

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