new york ploifr police officers. wenjian liu and rafael ramos gunned down saturday as they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn. in an apparent revenge attack by 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley who came from baltimore to the city. there's been an outpouring of grief including at a growing memorial at the station house where both work. there's been heat the rhetoric exchange between police unions and politicians. as the new york times notes a widening rift between new york city mayor bill de blasio and the police department has been ripped open. one police union said the mayor has bloods on the hands after the way he portrayed police. police officers also turn their backs on mayor de blasio as he and the police commissioner walked through a hospital saturday to address the officer's deaths. an action bratton criticized this morning on the "today"

show. >> i don't know that the apology is necessary. >> msnbc has learned from a source close to the police union that the obama administration, new york governor andrew cuomo, and bill de blasio reached out to the police union not to do interviews and not to politicize the situation. msnbc adam reese joins us live in brooklyn where the memorial for the two officers is growing. adam, let's talk about what will happen in a couple of hours. mayor de blasio is scheduled to police at the athletic league luncheon. what do we know about the remarks and what do we know regarding a police response? >> good morning. i can tell you the reception the

mayor gets, mayor de blasio will speak to the police officers and the reception he gets will be very indicative of relations going forward between the mayor's officer and those officers. which is an important week. back here at the scene of the shooting the memorial is growing. flowers, candles, cards being dropped off by officers from all over this city. paying their respects, grieving together, we're seeing a the lot of emotion and a lot of tears. tamron? >> we're also hearing -- as i noted, adam, as you know nbc news indicates that there have been officials from the administration as well as from the governor's officer and the mayor's officer to police union advising them to the to do television interview. what has been the union's response to that? >> we haven't heard from the union yet. we know ahead of the union head

said over the weekend that the blood of this ambush, this assassination, the blood is on the hands of the mayor, and the bloods lead all the way to the steps at city hall. i guess both sides are hoping that the rhetoric calms down. both sides tone the rhetoric down as we move toward the funerals of these two fallen officers. >> and we're also hearing, adam, from eric garner's mother. she also asking for people to tone down the rhetoric and tone down the extremely high emotions that we're seeing. let's play what she said. >> standing here in sorrow about losing those two police officers. that was definitely not our agenda. we are going in peace. and anyone who is standing with us, we want you to not use eric

garner's name for violence because we're not about that. >> what else have we learned, adam, about these two officers who have been highly praised in their backgrounds and what do we know about their grieving families today? >> well, we heard from officer ramos' family, his aunt lucy spoke yesterday called for calm. he was a two-year veteran. he had two young boys. one of them who spoke out on facebook about the terrible loss of his father officer liu is a seven year veteran. he got married two months ago. he leaves behind a grieving wife. both families mourning in the coming days. they'll have to lay their loved ones to rest. >> all right. adam. thank you very much for the updated information from brooklyn there. here is what we know about the alleged gunman. 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley and how the events unfolded saturday. just before 6:00 a.m. saturday eastern time. detectives say he shot and

wounded his ex-girlfriend in baltimore. she was critically wounded but is expected to survive. police are hoping she can provide critical information about the events that happened next. brinsley then traveled to new york by bus, arriving at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. at some point, investigators believe he posted two threatening instagrams messages one references eric garner and michael brown and said, quote, they take one of ours let's take two of theirs. once in brooklyn, detectives say brinsley had an anonymous ominous warning for two strangers asking them to follow him on instagram and then saying, quote, watch what i'm going to do. police say after shooting officers rafael ramos, and wenjian liu he shot and killed himself. brinsley had been arrested 19 times in georgia and ohio and served two years for weapons possessions. his mother told police he was,

quote, often violent and he tried to commit suicide just last year. joining me now by phone brooklyn burrow president eric adams, who is also a former new york city police officer. thank you so much for joining us. >> caller: thank you so much. >> we've had you on many times. we talked about the relationship between minority communities and the police department. here we are with heated exchange between the mayor and politicians on both the state and national level here. what is your response to how this is playing out and how divided this has become in the last 36 hours. >> well, i think it emphasizes the long standing tension nationally around law enforcement and police issues. i think this is a opportune time we focus on how we accomplish the goal of making sure that no innocent person lose his life in

america for either a minor infraction or no infraction at all like these two officers. that's focus now. talk about solutions. >> you saw the image, eric, your position is a unique one you have been a police officer. you've seen this from both advantage points. you know the real concerns being presented in peaceful ways throughout the country. with that said here when you see officers turn their back on the mayor of new york city and say that he has blood on his hands, some of them referencing to comments he made regarding his son who is biracial and having to have the talk with him about how to handle himself around police, is that, in your estimate, the appropriate reaction from the police to the mayor. >> no, i think the actions of turning one's back on the mayor and turning one's back on what

the mayor represents. that's public safety and city at odds i think is inappropriate to do so. i think we expect more from our unions that had police organizations. and say that the mayor has blood on his hands is inaccurate. the blood is on the hands of the sick person that carried out the sick act. it's on the hands of those who continue the operation of guns in our communities. this is a conversation that has been part of this agenda for years. and the peaceful protests we're talking about real reform. they're not talking about police harm or retribution. they've done it in a peaceful manner here in new york and the american experience. >> let me get you to hang on. i want to bring in new york city councilmen germane williams who represents part of brooklyn. thank you so much for joining us. let me get your reaction to the

deaths of the officers. the families we hear from officer ramos eas' son. when people are in trouble it's the police they call. with that said, there's a real conversation, a substantiative nonviolent conversation to be had about what is happening in some communities. >> obviously what happened is repulsi repulsive. what i hope everyone sees is an officer, one, newlywed. another officer who was a father and a husband. they happen to wear a uniform and took an oath to protect us. they were executed. i don't know what you say to that. that little boy -- they're never coming back. these people are dead from gun violence. they're just gone. the holidays, on christmas time while we celebrating these families will be mourning. that's what we should be remembering today. my hope is for a few days the

politics of law will be pulled back. it's unfortunate it hasn't happened. we should be focus order the loss of life that took place and the travesty. >> we had bill bratton on the "today" show this morning. he talked about the ongoing strain between the mayor and the police department before this execution of these two innocent officers. let's play what he said. >> going on in the nypd at the moment. some 10,000 of our officers have a pension system significantly their benefits. there was a lot of moving currents that created the incoming attention and atmosphere. >> in the wake of the eric garner situation, commissioner, do you feel the mayor of this city, by his actions or his words has increased the threat against police officers? by that, i mean, violent threats against police officers? >> i do not. i don't believe that at all. >> the commissioner also said he

doesn't believe the mayor should apologize for the speech he gave where he everyoreferenced his s talking about safety around some police officers. when you look at the landscape here and you say it's politicized at this point. why has that been the response? i think a lot of people outside new york don't understand how the community did not rally together from all sides and how within a few hours it turned to someone saying the mayor has blood on his hands. >> you have a set of people actually don't want that. they've been pushing against certain things before this execution. before the mayor was elected. people can't forget about the conversation we've tried to have before. >> regarding stop and frisk. >> what they're doing is translating the -- into being anti-police. unfortunately, they have been successful in some ways. that's not accurate. so i keep saying what is it you want them to apologize for?

they can't come up with anything. he said he used the word allegedly. they use a conversation that most people with black or brown children have with their children. because you're not familiar with it doesn't mean that a large swath of america has to have this conversation. >> how do you believe it turned into the notion it's an anti-police rally rather than a projustice rally? how did this happen? >> because the other narrative doesn't work for them. they don't want to be part of the discussion. my hope is that now with this tragedy we can have a civil discourse on this. but, again, getting to the point when we pass the community safety act. i sat down with many, i changed much of the language based on the response they gave me. >> the union feedback. >> the union feedback and they still formed the public what was happening. there's a tide that changed here. the mayor was elected on projustice and making police better. when we talk about making the

health field better, we're not anti-doctor. when we talk about getting better education. you're not necessarily anti-teacher. we have to get to the point where we can have a discussion about better policing. the communities can ask for more police, which they do, i have in my community. they can exist at the same time in their minds say we want a police system that is going to be just. stop trying to tell people they have to change that. they have to choose one or the other. the ramos' family has shown amazing strength. i don't know where they got it from. we should heed their call to pull back some of this rhetoric. >> as well as the garner family. >> absolutely. i don't know where they get the strength from. i'm not sure i would have that kind of strength. it. >> you have said the protests need to be held off until the officers are laid to rest. do you agree? >> i personally believe there should be a day of or two or three mortatorium out of respec for the officers that were executed. i will say that the conversation is very real. so there's a decision that some

of the people who are responsibly protesting have to make. but the conversation has to happen. so what do we do from here? we need to remember the tragedy as we go forward. to speak civilly about what is going on across the country. you can't blame mayor de blasio. he nee >> eric, last thing, we're almost out of time. you offer unique perspective being an officer here. in the past people, for example, movies or video games as motivating factors for people to do evil and take out lives. when you hear some who say the rallies pushed a person who had a history of violence 19 arrests, his mother described him as a violent human being. when they say let's pull away and not who protest. what do you say? >> i think the righteous concerns that -- it needs to

continue but i share with the conne councilmen williams who committed his life around the violence and public safety issue to say let's take a moment to allow the families to grieve. let's embrace the families. the loss of an innocent life is something we could identify with. when the young men are buried we can move on with our righteous push to issue reform in the police department. >> thank you for joining. our thoughts and prayers are with both of those families as well today. thank you very much. coming up the war of words escalates over the sony hacking attack. as north korea issues new threats against the u.s. i'll talk live with former member of the president's commission on cybersecurity. plus, kmats travel chaos. are you traveling? do you have a loved one traveling? you know somebody traveling. well, we all better buckle up. another treacherous set of storms heading our way. millions of people could be impacted. we'll have the latest. join the conversation online.

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we're back following breaking news for you. a former milwaukee police officer who was fatally shot an african-american men in a city park last april will not face criminal charges. the family of 31-year-old hamilton said he had a history of mental illness but never violent. officer christopher manning who was responding to a call about the man sleeping in the park. hamilton resisted being frisked and grabbed for the police officer's paton and hit him. he maintained he shot in self-defense. today the country's top prosecutor agreed with that.

he was, however, fired because the police chief found he instigated the fight by not following procedure before the shooting. now the case has sparked protests in milwaukee and drawn comparisons to the eric garner and michael brown cases. north korea is issuing new threats in the wake of that massive hacking attack on sony pictures in a statement yesterday. north korea warned of strikes against the white house. the pentagon, and quote, the u.s. mainland. it came hours after president obama confirmed that he is considering returning north korea to the state's department list of nations that sponsor terrorism. the president promised a u.s. response to the cyber attack. >> i don't think it was an act of war. i think it was act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. we take it very seriously. we will respond proportionately as i said. >> also, over the weekend sonny

revealed it is planning on releasing the interview. the high profile attorney hired by the company told chuck todd that sony did not get enough help in fighting back against the cyber attack. >>ed in the three weeks where sony fought this issue by itself, nobody -- maybe george clooney and a few other people. none of the second guessers saying what a terrible thing it is. none of them were standing up to help sony then. it's a national security problem. the government has got to lead. >> joining me now tom kellerman, former commissioner on cybersecurity for president obama. tom, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> when you hear him say no one helped sony. what help could have been provided from the government? >> so, from the government i think the fbi did a herculean job in identifying not only who

the attackers were but where they were emanated from. they got support from the government vis-a-vis law enforcement. and the cybersecurity community also helped. my company tried to assist them. this is an unprecedented home invasion that occurred to sony. >> for example, with your company, if you can say. i know, a lot is guarded. what kind of assistance were you able to provide? >> well, most of the security vendors that have been trying to assist sony in the circumstances were analyzing the code itself. trying to figure out who wrote the code, what the code could do to the systems. the code, you have understand was destroying i.t. infrastructure. the burglars were just burglarizing the house but setting it on fire. >> when you say that and you hear the president say this is essentially cyber vandalism and compared to what you said usa "today" my greatest fear it's essentially outlines for terrorists as well as criminals that nation states how to go about destroying the brand of an

organization. destroying, to me, is not vand vising as the president put it. what is the disconnect here, if there is one with the administration and perhaps the severity of this? >> i think the president was trying to tone down the rhetoric. but that being said, this was a three-pronged attack. not only to steal the sensitive information and to destroy the brand rememberation of the executives, but to destroy the infrastructure of sony. the attack is still ongoing. we need to respect the fact that nonstate actor groups and rogue countries now have embraced these cyber arms bizarre and proliferation of cyber weaponry has become very real. >> and, tom, the president said it was not an act of war is what he accurately said there. i apologize for the misquote. with that said, we look at national security concerns from the top advisers and you yourself i'm sure have been a part of the conversation. when we look at the threats facing this country.

some of the major corporations it is cyber terrorism or these cyber attacks maybe china, north korea or any other nation who attempts to break one of our major companies. >> it is going to be the rogue countries iran, north korea, nonstate actor groups like isis have cyber attack capabilities, various criminal groups around the world are empowering themselves. what we need to be concerned in today's world it's hard to distinguish your virtual self-from physical self- >> we're out of time but north korea obviously denies the fingerprints are on this. sony said it may leak population the film online stream it somehow. do you believe it's going to ignite the ordeal? >> i think it will. the sites that choose to release the film will probably significantly targeted by this group. and the sites themselves can be polluted as well. we need to be careful with the

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the storm is likely to impact air travel. let's get the weather forecast from dominica davis. it's like a repeat of the awful storm at thanks giving. >> i know! it's crazy. it really is. we're talking rain mainly and not any snow. which is good news but unfortunately it's not going to do anything if you're flying. we have wind and fog and all that good stuff that keeps planes on the ground. let's take a look at the satellite and radar. we have a couple of disturbances out there. but today and tomorrow are going to be the best of the travel days before christmas. we have an area of concern right through the midwest. some light showers and then off to the northeast. you can see a batch of showers right up i-95 move to the washington area. over the next couple of days we'll see a warming trend. boy, is it going to get pretty warm. temperatures are going to be above normal. not only christmas eve but even right lu christmas day.

here is what we're looking at now for your travel forecast. it is going to be windy and rainy up-and-down the coast. with showers and thunderstorms possibly some severe storms down to the south. lake effect snow light lake effect snow. the main through through the mid west will be the winds and fog as well. it is going to be tough travel from chicago all the way over to d.c. up to boston and even down to the south. temperatures though are going to be in the upper 50s and even low 60s along the east coast. that's certainly not christmas weather. but certainly it will mean no snow for us. >> all right. thank you so much. up next the fight. governor christie wants cuba to return her back to new jersey after convicted of killing a state trooper and escaped. the conviction was wrashlly motivated. what will the president do in response. plus, an update on the greatest. we have an update on mohamed

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coauthor of chris christie, the inside story of his rise to power. bob, thank you so much for joining here. >> thank you. >> let's talk about chris christie's letter and the motivation here in the tone that he's taken in his response here. >>well, there are a lot of people who say the governor is using his position as a sitting governor to hold news conferences and get in the news that ways of people who might be competitors for the presidential nomination can't do. however, in this case, the governor does have law enforcement and the people of new jersey who remember the incident behind it. it's a very sensitive thing in new jersey. >> as we know, she was convicted of opening fire on troopers that pulled her over. in the governor's request describe as strong and polite, but it is safe to say as you pointed out some believe it is politically motivated how far christie will push his hand given to your point at lot of

people lived in new jersey a long time. a lot in the police world their families current officers certainly support his forcefulness. >> i think he'll get a lot of support outside jersey as well. you look into the incident she's charged while the trooper was on the ground shooting him in the head and killing him. she was convicted of murder and she went to prison and then she was broken out and winds up in cuba. there are people who say that the justice system was unfair and that's a minority of people at this particular point. of course, the way to continue that argument is not to keep hiding from the law. you come back. >> this adds to the interesting up-and-down relationship chris christie had with president obama from obviously the famous walk after hurricane sandy to now his potential presidential

aspirations and whether or not he will follow many other republicans who chosen to blame the president from the incident that we saw regarding the assassination of the two officers over the weekend to, obviously, what is happening with cuba. >> it gives him an opportunity to take on the president about something. that's for sure. and i think thoet those people are certainly against killing police officers and he's on the right side of that one as well. >> and how far do we believe he's going to be willing to push this. beyond the letter? >> i don't know how far he can go beyond the letter because he's a governor and foreign policy is left up to the president. >> rhetorically, he could, i mean, i'm not saying legislatively but certainly in putting the pressure on the white house through having officers with him, the family members, other methods of pursuing this. >> right. he hasn't been reluctant to speak his mind, on things, as you know.

i wouldn't be surprised if down the road as cuba continues to be in the news he doesn't keep bringing this up. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. and newly released video shows ray and janay rice in handcuffs even after she was knocked unconscious in that elevator assault. now some women's advocates are asking why was janay in handcuffs. is it a larger problem and how survivors and victims of domestic violence are treated? up next see the video tape and the questions that are being raised. plus this. >> that's shocking. if, you know, especially you have security outside his house. that's shocking. >> right now chicago police are searching for the robbers who they say attacked the son of mayor rahm emmanuel outside the family's home. this is one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation."

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new details about what happened the night ray rice punched his then fiancè janay palmer. the video shows the couple being affection affectional, also, as they were in the elevator. both of them in cuffs. now some domestic abuse experts are criticizing authorities in the way they handled janay rice. craig melvin is here with the latest. >> good morning. most have seen that hard to watch video of the couple in the elevator. over the weekend a new video surfaced. it's putting the couple and the discussion of domestic abuse into the spotlight again. the new video has some calling into question precisely how new jersey authorities responded. a newly released security footage obtained by nbc news you can see rice being directed away from his then fiancè handcuffed. authorities question a crying palmer and get her medical

treatment. after the punch that left her on the floor and unable to get up. they kiss in the elevate while both are handcuffed. the charges against palmer were later dropped. rice entered into intervention program and avoided a potential trial. now some are questioning the way authorities handed jay nay specifically why is a woman knocked unconscious when the security approached the couple handcuffed. and why allow him close enough to kiss him victim. >> it just further solidifies for the victim that help is not available. >> the couple married in march and janay continues to stand firmly by ray. over the weekend they appeared together at charity event. in an exclusive interview with matt she talked about how their incident may serve to educate others. >> there's so many -- i feel

like god choice me and ray for a reason. it was to bring awareness to what people are going through every day. even though it's not what i'm going through every day it's definitely brought, you know, this topic to the forefront. >> with the new video the topic at the forefront once again. rice won reinstatement last month after a successful appeal but no team has signed him in with one game left in the regular season. that looks highly unlikely for this season. >> thank you very much. good news for boxing legend muhammad ali. he was admitted to the hospital this weekend for a case of pneumonia. a family spokesperson said his condition improves. ali suffers from parkinson's disease could be discharged from the hospital soon. a spokes woman for chicago mayor rahm emanuel said his 17-year-old son was robbed and

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>> a lot of people think i have a great idea. why wouldn't the bank? >> banks were not lending. they looked at us. two sister who is had never run a bakery before and a lot of people didn't have faith in our concept. when people don't believe in your vision, it can be disheartening and crushing. a lot of dreams die in a bank parking lot. you can't get to the first step. we didn't let that deter us. when people said no, we found a way to get it to yes. our shifrt shop was small. a small footprint in the beginning and we tested it to see how it went. >> we took baby steps and turned it into a successful cub take place. i love these. listen. i had huge success and everyone

loves cupcakes and you have naysayers who thought it was a fad. how do you keep pushing. >> we baked as little girls growing up and it's part of the dessert landscape. there is ice cream shops and we're part of that landscape. it's special being a specialty boutique bakery. we focus on one thing and do it really well. >> is that the thing? >> for us it is. we started and wanted to do one thing and make it amazing. we just offer cup takes, we have so many different flavors. you can choose from over 100 different flavors. that's the key. innovating new flavors. >> keeping it fresh. with that said, you had other companies that hit the right mark successfully and you expand and expand too soon. how do you balance that? is there such thing? >> there definitely is.

in our industry we take our quality very seriously. we tried to take it very slow and deliberate. while we have locations in d.c. and l.a. and boston and new york and atlanta, we will never have 100. it's very important to be very hands on as business owners and make sure our product quality is the same. customers appreciate that. you can grow your thabs way without having 100. >> we ship all over the country. you can get the same experience. just because you are not in the city. it comes in a pink u.p.s. box at your doorstop. >> kudos for grandmother for inspiring you and you for following the business much even when dreams die in a parking lot. what's your favorite flavor. >> the ginger bread is very popular. >> the cheesecake. >> thank you so much. this does it for this edition of

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>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," reaction and rhetoric. new york city is mourning after two of the city's finest are gunned down. now a divided city in a divided nation. look for a way to unite and a flurry of heated words. >> the issue is really going down partisan lines. this is something that should be bringing us together. >> crime and punishment. the hack against the hollywood studio was not an act of war. the biggest question remains, how to fight back. >> there already dozens of

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