i think politically it would not have happened -- i think certainly bedford forrest is so clearly more culpable and could have been put on trial and could have been executed and would have deserved it. again, we're talking about how you bring the war to an end. one way of bringing the war to an end is to have a soft piece. -- soft peace. everybody at this conference has talked about the catastrophe of the soft peace. if lincoln was president, would it have been better? i do not think the ku klux klan would've been any different if lincoln had not been assassinated. however, one wonders what would've happened to the ku klux klan if nathan bedford forrest had been hanged before he could organize the ku klux klan. one wonders if in fact a harsher peace might not have, in the end, brought about a more lasting and just peace. it is at least something to speculate. one of the models is the reconstruction of germany. after the second world war, the german people had no doubts what the cause was, at least for -- what the cost was, at least for their highest leaders, of war crimes. while wirz i

killed in that ambush style attack in brooklyn, bedford.ng in their armed vehicle, their cruiser in full uniform when a gunman approached them in the window and police officer describing them never able to defend themselves, never able to draw their weapons and possibly never saw the gunmen. two police officers are rafael ramos and winjoen lui. more information about the gunman, the possible motives, especially with extreme antipolice sentiments he made clear on his postings on instagram. we understand he has ties to east flat bush but before travelering to brooklyn, he was in a shooting that seriously injured his exgirlfriend in baltimore, maryland. and after that posting on instagram, take two of theirs and traveling to brooklyn for this attack. police officers believe, also, that was wanted in baltimore and those local authorities sent a flyer to authorities in new york city warning them. but just as the warnings were coming in, the killings were taking place here. we have just received a statement from new york governor andrew cuomo abo

it happened as the two police officers were sitting in their patrol car in the bedford station.e's what we know about this gunman so far. this is information that has not been independently confirmed by nbc news. the motive for this gunman appears to be anger at the police in wake of the recent events of two grand jury's not indicting white police officering in the killing of young black males. even some calls from these protesters to harm police officers. well, officials believe that this gunman shot also and injured his girlfriend in baltimore and then posted an instagram message that said they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. also posting a photo of what appears to be a firearm there and also what appears to be himself as far as he is wearing camouflage on his instagram. he went to brooklyn armed with that 9 millimeter gun which he used to ambush the officers. as of now, police believe he acted alone. we are expecting to hear from new york police commissioner bill bratton also new york mayor bill de blasio. that's taking place at woodville hospital where the two po

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what is the very latest tonight from bedford-stuyvesant? >> reporter: this of course was the scene of that horrific attack that took place on the saturday before christmas in the midst of the holiday season, and now it's become a touchstone for many who have been shocked, who are in grief, who are mourning, and they've been drawn here. you can see the collection of this of things that have been brout. if you look at it, you can't see it real clearly, but if you could, the diversity, it represents the diversity of new york in every way. every makeup, religious makeup, ethnic makeup. and people are drawn here. many people throughout the day have come to add, maybe add flowers, add a shirt, add something, a note. others are just coming here to see that it really happened and to read what others have left behind. so it's a point where people have begun to try to fathom what really happened. >> we heard yesterday from officer ramos's family, martin, and we just heard from officer liu's widow. tell us what she said. >> reporter: yeah. she was spe

one thing i try to do when i spelled -- tell the story of bedford stuyvesant how bedford stuyvesant became basically this ghetto as holly murray called it, the interesting thing is that happen the same year when jackie robinson was playing on the brooklyn dodgers. you can see right in the heart of broken the two northern stories going on at the same time. brooklynites welcoming jackie robinson rooting for him on the one hand i'm on the other being frightened moving into bed sty or a lot of people moved out when they moved to bay ridge, a lot of bay ridge moving to statin island across the water. >> host: white flight. so those were the years when whites were discovering blacks. they were still talking about the black people. they didn't go to school with them and the ones they saw were like jackie robinson and that changed a lot of people's minds. jackie robinson became the symbol that blacks could play baseball and blacks could think and not just athletes because jackie robinson was not just an athlete. he was a scholar and an academic. he went to colleges that were rigorous colleges. tha

he lives in the bedford neighborhood where this went down. and as i understand it, mike, you actually heard it first and then went out on the street to see what was going on, correct? >> caller: yeah, that's right. i live about one block away from where the shootings occurred. and came outside and saw the sort of police response and they have been core doning off the areas, i think four or five square blocks now around the vernon and tompkin area. and they stopped the g train, which runs around here. >> what was it you heard? i mean, did you hear gunfire, and if so, how many shots, or was it the sirens that pulled you out? >> caller: i did not hear gunfire. did i hear the sirens and the response afterwards, as well as the ambulances and the helicopter response. i have been talking to people in the neighborhood, though, and i have to say, it's pretty tense around here. a lot of people are sort of acknowledging the recent verdicts or sort of outcomes of events in missouri, and saying this is essentially reaching a boiling point and tipping over

the two officers, rafael ramos and wenjian liu sitting in the patrol car in the bedford-stuyvesant area of brooklyn with open fire on them. the gunman is ishmael brinsley, who is the man who held the gun, pulled the trigger on these two. police say he ran and shot himself in the head, killed himself there. of course, this attack comes amid tensions between police and protests and his extreme. and police were investigating him in baltimore maryland after they believed he shot and seriously injured his girlfriend and then proceeded to post on instagram that photo and believe he used the words and messages of hate against police officers and then traveled to brooklyn. he had ties to east flat bush there in brooklyn. local authorities in baltimore, maryland, were able to alert authorities in new york city by faxing a wanted flyer there. but the police commissioner said as the warnings were coming in, these killings, these attacks may have been taking place as well. so certainly the tough scenario for them. you're looking live at that neighborhood in brooklyn. piece together with the law enf

. >> joining me live from bedford-stuyvesant brooklyn, adam reese. two questions for you this morning. what more do we know about this horrible violence, and has there been any community reaction? >> good morning, dorian. as the mayor attends mass at st. patrick's cathedral, investigators are here in the neighborhood. we're seeing a heavy police presence as they look for more eyewitnesses into what commissioner bratton is calling a targeted assassination. these officers targeted for their uniform. behind me you can see a makeshift memorial. officers and residents bringing by flowers and candles to mourn the two officers. one, married just two months ago, the other leaving behind two young sons. residents are wondering why somebody would have come from baltimore to invade their neighborhood to kill two police officers. now investigators will be looking at brinsley's social media, his digital footprint, if you will, to find out more what might have motivated him. they've already seen some of his postings, but they're going to be looking for more. last

the one moment that stays with me is that moment when this 28-year-old volunteer from bedford stuyvesantng down into the eyes of ramos praying to see a single blink of the eye. >> and michael, you talk about these people who've had these experiences as emts on the street. they were reduced to tears after this. >> i mean, you know, barron johnson is not, he's a tough guy. he's seen a lot of people hurt, and he's lost people before, but this one really, i think, worked on him. and he was in tears. and he said ms. alexander was even worse. and i saw her later by the scene. and she was just hurt as deep as you could be. >> and michael, the, you tell this story with an incredible closeness, as i read it today, and i wanted people to hear it. i hope they go and read it, because what you're seeing is people who, as soon as they see what they have, they, somewhere inside them, they know this is hopeless. there's a voice in them that's saying this is hopeless, but they don't let that voice win. they stay at it, and they hope for that miracle. >> i think that, you know, the miracle, you could say

it happened in the bedford-sty neighborhood of brooklyn. witnesses say he approached from behind and shot both police officers while they sat inside. police have identified the suspect who shot himself, we are told, in a subway station with police officers chasing after him. we have got our cameras live in new york city at the hospital where the new york mayor and the police commissioner are expected to speak shortly. of course, we will carry that news conference live when it happens. joining us, cnn law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes, former deputy fbi director, and cnn money correspondent, laurie segall. let me start with you, tom. we have heard, of course, the mayor plans to be there, but we already know, due to previous events in new york, there's friction going on between the police department and the mayor. how difficult does it make what is a already horrible situation? >> oh, it's going to be very ugly, as i was mentioning earlier, martin. you have the police benevolent association in new york city saying recently, before this eve

our next guests tonight currently reside in bedford, new hampshire and are often mentioned on this showght, larry and hilary meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: i am so excited to have you guys here. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> seth: i've been a fan of your work for a long, long time. [ laughter ] you both look great. mom, you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> seth: you have. yeah, give it up. [ applause ] now, i want to get to this right away. when we talk about the show, and you watch every show, you have one complaint which is you feel i only tell stories -- i only go after you and i never go after dad. [ laughter ] >> yes. right. there's plenty of places that you can go after him. >> seth: what is an area i can go after him for. >> i think sneezing. >> seth: you think sneezing? [ light laughter ] >> that's ridiculous. >> okay, on average he sneezes five times in a day. >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> the record was 17 -- >> seth: this was in a row. >> no pause. i thought i might have to take him to the hospital. that's not normal. [ laughter ] >> seth: dad, is there t

one thing i try to do what i tell the story of deptford stuyvesant and the story of how bedford stuyvesant became basically this ghetto, the interesting thing that happened in the same years when jackie brockington was playing on the brooklyn dodgers. you can see right in the heart of brooklyn the two northern stories going on at the same time. brooklynites welcoming jackie robinson and rooting for them on the one hand and on the other being frightened of moving into bed sty and a lot of people moved out and this is one a lot of faith whites move to bay ridge and even statin island across the water. >> host: also known as white flight. >> guest: basically. >> host: but those were the years when whites were discovering blacks. they were still talking about the and they never met them and didn't go to school with them. they were distant and they saw jackie robinson. that change a lot of people's minds because jackie robinson became a symbol that blacks could play baseball and blacks had talent and they were not only just athletes because jackie robinson was not just an athlete. he was an aca

people from bedford, new hampshire, tend to like american food. friend mark forgione has a great restaurant in tribeca it's called mark forgione. and he also owns a steak house called american cut, very good. now maybe you're thinking of steaks something in brooklyn. like peter luca's steak house, cash only. i don't think so, seth. [ laughter ] definitely downtown. getting kind of a west village vibe in you. maybe you're thinking of minetta tavern, great black label burger, $26 too expensive. maybe you're thinking of jesse shanker's recette. of course, he has another restaurant on 18th street called the gander. let me go with this. allison, have you been to this restaurant before? >> allison: yes. >> you like it? >> allison: yes. >> i've been there for brunch. >> are you thinking of a restaurant downtown in the west village called morandi, m-o-r-a-n-d-i. and you had the eggs benedict yes or no? yes or no? >> seth: no. >> no, okay. what was the cuisine? >> seth: what was the cuisine? >> what kind of food was it? >> seth: i can answer you now? >> ye

the shooting in front of the bedford-stuyvesant happened in front of a housing department two minutes after nypd received a fax warning that he may be heading to new york. >> every new yorker should too feel they were attacked. our entire city was attacked by his heinous suspect. >> reporter: the officers were on duty from a different precinct assisting in a special initiative to fight crime in the housing project. wendy gillette for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> well, tonight the community gathered to remember the victims of the killing spreely in montgomery county. prayers were said for nicole stone and five members of her family in harleysville tonight. they were killed by nicole's ex-husband bradley stone at three locations in montgomery county on monday. stone was found dead in the woods near his home in pennsburg on tuesday. the cause of his death, it's still under investigation. >>> also police are investigating the death of a suspected home intrude interwissinoming. it happened on the 6100 block of van dyk street this morning. the homeowner says he and his nephew conf

. >> reporter: at this candlelight memorial in bedford-stuyvesant marking the spot where two policemenere gunned down on saturday a moment of silence at 2:47 eastern time. the exact time they lost their lives. >> in memory of officer ramos and officer liu. >> reporter: the silence was also observed at city hall and elsewhere. >> they have families and it's really heartbreaking. >> the pain and suffering they're going through right now is shared by many people. >> reporter: earlier mayor deblasio and his wife paid their respects to officers wenjan liu and ramos here at the makeshift memorial. the mayor has been under fire with rank and file police, many saying he has supported protesters at their expense. deblasio and police commissioner bill bratton have vis said the homes of both officers. the commissioner has defended the mayor saying friction between the nypd and city hall is a tradition. >> can you point out to me one mayor that has not been battling with the police unions in the last 50 years? name one. name one. >> reporter: a steady stream of comrades continuing to pay their res

hundreds swormd the street in bedford section of brooklyn this afternoon. investigators say a man named ismaaiyl brinsley walked up to the car and opened fire. two officers were struck in the head and did not survive. they're identified as rafael ramos and wenjian liu. he issued a warning about the attack citing revenge for police killing black men. he wrote, we take one of ours let's take two of one of theirs. >> today, two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning. no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> brinsley took off running a nearby subway station where he shot himself and he shot his girl nrepd baltimore hours before the ambush in brooklyn. >> tensions remain high for law enforcement officials across the region as thousands across the country protest recent police killings and today it appears the killer may have broadcast up tensions on social media before ambush. kenneth moton is live in the satellite center ton

an execution style shooting in the brooklyn neighborhood of bedford stuyvesant. authorities say at least one officer was shot in the head. ambulance workers rushed the two policemen to a nearby hospital. it was not enough. both officers died. the suspect police say ran into the subway and shot himself. emergency workers tried unsuccessfully to revive him. at the scene, the shock and despair visible on the responding officers' faces. >> the city was poised to make some movements in the right direction in terms of police and community relations. this couldn't come at a worse time. >> reporter: it's been a tough month for new york's police force. thousands have taken to the streets to protest police tactics since a grand jury declined to indict an officer for the choking death of eric garner this summer. while voices have been raised, for the most part the protests have been peaceful. the exception this attack of two officers on the brooklyn bridge last week. tonight, it is not known if there is a connection between the shootings and the protests. a difficult month

no one knew that gates would be the pride for a science motivation project that guided bedford middleool in new castle. a student registered her class for the project with the promise of a live chat with an expert. turns out, the expert will be bill gates himself. i guess he would qualify, if anyone would, as an expert in that category. we're following those stories for you in your community today, guys. >> pretty cool opportunity. chatting live with bill gates. >> yeah. hopefully, those students appreciate who he is and what he's done in his life. so, that's pretty amazing. you're watching nbc 10 news. "nbc 10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> later this morning, investigators will be back on the scene of this house fire on west oak lane that took the life of a philadelphia firefighter. the search is on for clues to what caused this deadly fire, and the community continues to mourn the loss of a dedicated firefighter and mother. >>> we go from rainy and cold to dry and a bit warmer, but don't get used to this weather. more rain is headed our way. we'll get your nbc 10 fi

bedford-stuyresant's crime rate went down. they'll have 20,000 officers, people at the funeral there for the two officers so everybody is going to attend, but it's really across the board. you know, a lot of people are calling, from firemen, to everybody else, saying i'm sorry this particular thing happened. it's really akpos and really it's across america. >> okay. let me stop you there only because we'll take a break because we're going to have this discussion right after it. see you in a minute. my mac is great, ♪ ♪ it's so delightful. ♪ so's my surface, ♪ ♪ it's just as powerfu♪. ♪ can you write with a pen? ♪ you can say that again. ♪ ♪ i really like my surface pro ♪. ♪ hey what's that, is it a kickstand? ♪ ♪ touchscreen too, it's pretty slick, man. ♪ ♪ it comes apart i see. ♪ it's got a usb. ♪ ♪ i think i like your surface pro ♪. no seriously where can i get on♪. >>> standing with us. we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence, because we are not about that. these two police officers lost their life senselessl

he says the two were in their patrol car on a street corner in bedford stuyvesant when 28- year-old ismaaiyl brinsley approached their vehicle. >> he took a shooting stance on the passenger side and fired the weapon, his weapon several times through the front passenger window, striking both officers in the head. >> investigators say that brinsley then ran inside a subway station and shot and killed himself. officials say brinsley has boasted online about plans to shoot police and is suspected of shooting his girlfriend in baltimore just this morning. new york city mayor bill de blasio said the shootings were an attack on all new yorkers. >> when a police officer is murdered, it pairs at the foundation of our society. it is an attack on all of us. it's an attack on everything we hold dear. >> both of those officers leave behind families. officer liu had recently married and officer ramos has a 13-year-old son. >>> there is no official word yet on a motive for today's shootings, but brinsley's online post indicates that he was upset with police in the aftermath of the decision not to charge of

i know nathan bedford forrest advised him against it and other officers had great doubt about it. but i just don't know that he felt he had much choice, in the sense that if you let schofield go, he'll be criticized by people later for that too. i mean, this is sort of a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation for hood. and then you know, after franklin -- let me tell you this. when the battle starts to be honest with you i think what happens and i see it primarily through cheatham who was closer to the batfield. he sent his staff officers in and not a one of them ever came back. once the smoke and the darkness came, those generals had no idea what was transpiring. all they knew was that there was still musketry going for a long period of time. there was obviously a lot of fighting taking place. but they had no idea how ghastly the casualties would be particularly on the confederate side. so the best case for john bell hood, i think, at franklin, is they're there. if i let them go, i've made things worse for myself. at nashville. i've got to inflict as much damage as i

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. >> christopher bedford. it is alarming when you see this story alone, use it as a metaphor for a lot of mainstream media reporting. >> i think a problem with reporting is no not only so many reporters are liberal but they are lazy. they are not going to dig back or investigate, if republican said it is th the -- if the president said it is the republicans and he has the biggest mega-phone, they will go with that. today, they asked is obama going to shout down government, but he said yes, but that will not be headline news, you can be, everyone has opinions. if you think, and if you dig, you should not be afraid of the facts, you should be able to pullback but a lot of reporters are too darn lazy to go that extra step. neil: it does take two to tango, one side alone cannot shut down the government, the other side has to fight you all of the way or all but encourage you to do so. having said that, do you think we'll look at a shut down? we have a couple of crucial weeks december 11 is big one for funding for a

let his son walk through bedford sty sant, this is ridiculous. the crime is in our black neighborhoods. let's stop the crime there. what pisses me off is he's -- with all respect if that was a 6 foot 5 white guy and he did the same thing it -- (indiscernible). >> raging across the country a rally in police headquarters clogging the streets there. in chicago marchers shutting down traffic as they move through the city. on the west coast hundreds more al sharpton calling for a massive march on the federal government. >> right here on fox, a veteran calls oh you tell a fake army ranger at a philadelphia mall on black friday. >> why don't you admit you are phony. you know that's illegal right, what you are doing right now? >> you are phony. i called you out about 10 different things. >> turns out the fake ranger has a history. he was arrested in 2003 for allegedly wearing a police coat and a badge. that uniform actually belonged to a dead officer who was killed in the line of duty. police and military are now looking into weather a crime was committe

in bedford, new york, i'm jim dolan. channel 6 "action news." >> police commissioner, ramsey is calling on his own officers to be carefully and alert following the killing of the two new york police officers. they row leased this statement. this is a horrible act of terror and intentionally murdering a police officer is not the way to solve anything, in fact it destroyed the lives of two families of those across the country. >>> a vigil took place at the place where bradley stone killed his ex-wife. hill's mother, grandmother and three members of her family were killed. brad stone was found dead on tuesday in pennsberg. >>> much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news," the greatest is hospitalized. we have more on what has made mohammed ali sick. >>> a beautiful morning for snow skiers. many are enjoying a blast from old man winter. >>> chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast including the christmas forecast when we come right back. skiers and snow boarders in california were you can

assigned to a crv in the confines of the precinct, while sitting in a marked car, murdered in the bedfo bedford stieff sants area. they were posted at this department as part of a crime reduction policy for the housing developments in that area. officer ramos was in the driver's seat. and officer liu was in the passenger seat. the suspect is ismaaiyl brinsley took a shooting stance, fired the weapon several times through the front passenger window, striking both officers in the head. officer liu and officer ramos never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. they may never actually having seen their assailant. other officers immediately pursued brinsly southbound. brinsly then turned westbound on myrtle avenue and fled into the myrtle avenue and willoughby street, the g train subway station. he proceeded down the stairs, onto the westbound subway platform. while on the platform, brinsly shot himself in the head, took his own life. a silver, semi-automatic firearm was recovered near the suspect's body. officers liu and ramos were transported here to woodhull hospital. despite every effort to

>> and sunday evening a candle light vigil in bedford stuyvesant where the feeling is it's christmas. we've had enough. john terret, al jazeera, brooklyn new york. >> police arnld the cousi aroune pushing back. where the gunman began a shooting spree, officials are slamming president obama and other officials who criticize police tactics. >> i think it's important to remember that we're is iting on, this is is not just a baltimore city problem or a new york problem. this is a powder keg nationwide. >> a police officer was shot while trying to arrest a suspect. recovering from his injuries. and in florida, a policeman was shot, 30 miles northwest of tampa. 17-year-old officer called for help at about 2:00 a.m. initially responded to a noise complaint and was eventually trying to rush the suspect. he was rushed to the hospital died there. previously spent 75 years as an officer with the nypd. >>> the fight against i.s.i.l. has been a heavy battle kurdish forces in iraq. why thing ideas minority was --y thyazidi are minority. >> sinjar towrn at the foot of the mountains. sinjar has been

chris bedford says the democrats' infighting puts republicans' family squabbles to shame.t really does. the media won't tell you this but they have problems on their hands. what's going on? >> hillary is hit from the left consistently. she has the money and the democratic people who kissed her ring but doesn't have the groundswell enthusiasm that some of the ideas that warren and de blasio have put out. that makes her vulnerable. if you remember in 1992 bill clinton lost new hampshire by 10 points in the primary. since he came so much closer than expected. he got the name the comeback kid, if anybody gets close to clinton her balloon of inevitability could collapse and could have the 2008 nightmare with obama happen all over again. >> you are right about perceptions, when they had to face off insurgent, gene mccarthy campaign, jonathan still won. the fact of the matter is with such unexpected performance on the part of mccarthy, he ultimately decided not to run for re-election. we forget that. is hillary clinton in that kind of danger at this point? or is this something th

of new york, both talking about that ambush assassination, really, of two police officers in the bedforderson district of brooklyn, over the weekend. let's bring in our panel to talk more about this, because it certainly is all mixed up in the national implications of race relations. juan williams, columnist with the hill and sinyndicated columnist charles krauthammer. there's been accusations lobbed at bill de blasio and the president for fanning the flames of racism. >> sure. >> what do you u think about all of this? >> the one person of course who's responsible ais this animl who pulled the trigger, he's the one that we hold personally responsible for this. and it's also true, that mayor de blasio, with his anti-cop rhetoric, who has made an occurrence like this much more likely than it otherwise would have been. what we have learned over the years is that when someone like al sharpton injects himself in racially contentious situations, people tend to get killed, whether it's crown heights brooklyn, back in the early 90s, or these anti-cop protests following the ferguson shootings. wh

. >> bedford sisivertsen. mean that's how far we came because of these policies, so what is al sharpton trying to get out of this. most people who know understand, he's never been elected a leader of black people. he's somehow been ordained by a set of organization and everything he touches falls apart. anything he's been involved with has gotten worse, not better. what is the ultimate goal? >> the ultimate goal is to stay relevant and what's relevant is as dangerous as he is, far more dangerous is president obama who has helped elevate reverend al sharpton. also mayor de blasio. these are folks where black folks only matter if taken by whites but if you've got seven thousand black lives being taken by other black people, other black men, somehow they don't have as much value and that is a terrible tragedy. >> or black lives that don't matter if you're in a sub par school system. by the way, audience, you should know, the crowds are starting to build up. it looks like this is going to be really big. obviously

they woke up to find bedford along with 86 of the calgary man the union soldiers helped themselves to the community provisions said they were in the middle of the war, like it or not. yet they were pacifists sympathetic to the union yet also they also reflect the y. and the rest is for the sisters and brothers. meanwhile, nancy recorded what she saw. she and her family were caught in the middle and i think stories like hers are an important part of understanding is a voyeur. i want to go next to a grand house of the single-family home where we will find a well remembered man facing a dilemma. it was on the hilltop mansion that was inherited in the panoramic view of the federal city class of potomac. just days before the outbreak of standing upon the arlington house of course with its colossal columns he gazed upon the unfinished capitol dome. the beautiful feature of the landscape to colonel robert e. lee remarked to the visitor has ceased to charm me as much and i fear the mischief that is brewing. it is april, 1851. having graduated from west point in 1829 have done stints as the ch

hundreds of officers swarmed streets in the bedford section of brooklyn this afternoon. investigators say a man named bringsly walked up to the passenger window of marked patrol car and opened fire. two officers were struck in the head daen not survive. they've been identified as officers rafael ramos and john lieu. brenzly issued a forewarning about the attack on social media citing reconvenientth for black men. he wrote they take one of ours we'll take two of theirs. >> two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning. no provocation they were quite sim play sas nated. targeted for their uniform and responsibility they embraced to keep the people of the city safe. >> he took ooh running a nearby subway station where he shot himselfch the 28-year-old man is accused of shooting his exgirlfriend in baltimore hours before the ambush in brooklyn. police in philadelphia and across the country are mourning loss of brothers in uniform tonight. these murders also put them on high alert. "action news" reporter skep live in the satellite center with more. kenneth. >>

in brooklyn bedford neighborhood neighbors say the officers raphael ramos and lou were helping out aask force when 28-year-old suspect ishmal brincely walk up to their police cruiser and fired multiple shots striking both officers in the head. they did not have a chance to draw their weapon and may not have even seen the attack coming. some investigators believe the shooting was revenge for the deaths of eric garner and mike brown. the mayor says all new yorkers should feel as if they were attacked in this tragedy. >> we depend on our police to protect us against forces of criminality and evil. they are a foundation of our society and when they are atta attacked it is an attack on the very concept of decency. therefore every new yorker should feel they, too, were attacked. our entire city was attacked by this heinous individual. >> and police say brincely ran into a nearby subway station and took his own life with a gunshot wound to the head. police officials say he even shot his girlfriend in baltimore hours before waging this cowardly attack in brooklyn. still so many questions and

i know nathan bedford forrest advised him against it and other officers had great doubt about it. but i just don't know that he felt he had much choice, in the sense that if you let schofield go, he'll be criticized by people later for that, too. i mean, this is sort of a damned if you do, and damned if you don't situation for hood. and then, you know, after franklin -- let me tell you this. when the battle starts, to be honest with you i think what happens and i see it primarily through cheatham who was closer to the batfield. he sent his staff officers in and not a one of them ever came back. once the smoke and the darkness came, those generals had no idea what was transpiring. all they knew was that there was still musketry going for a long period of time. there was obviously a lot of fighting taking place. but they had no idea how ghastly the casualties would be, particularly on the confederate side. so the best case for john bell hood, i think, at franklin, is they're there. if i let them go, i've made things worse for myself. at nashville. i've got to inflict as much damage

ande are families in harlem bedford stuyvesant and crown heights. these are not families with lots of options. so it speaks volumes, i think. >> should there be public support of charter schools? >> of course there should be public support. the money basically should follow the child, it shouldn't follow the school. when you can create more options and give kids and families options, that's the right way to do it. what does it matter to me if the kid can get a good education in ps eight, that's great. if she wants to ghost to success charter, -- if she wants to go to success charter, that is even greater. >> what should the public sector pay for? the facilities, the teachers? >> let's say the average kid in new york cost $20,000. >> what if it is a religious school? >> that raises other issues. in new york we did not push for taking it to the private sector but we did take into public charter schools. argument, there are places in the country where people are taking those additional dollars and going to private schools. in your, we did not go that w

this is in the bedford stevenson neighborhood.ding to police and witnesses, the gunman shot the cops in the head and ran inside a nearby subway station where he fatally shot himself. witnesses were standing, waiting for the train when they heard what appeared to be arguing. one witness said two cops yelled everybody get down. according to the new york post. now, as for the motive, we can say that sources tell fox news that he shot his girlfriend in baltimore and then drove up to new york where he then shot these two nypd cops. we can also look at what's being reported as the suspect's main instagram account which has since been shot down. -- shut down, i'm sorry. on this instagram page, you can read one post that says, i'm putting wings on today. they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. #shoot the police. #rip, eric garner. hubmikebrown. this is reportedly the social media account of the suspect. that account has since been shut down. this shooting comes at a time of increased racial tensions between police and minority co

it happened this afternoon in brooklyn's bedford steve vees son neighbor. go to dave kinchen live in our newsroom. he's been following all the developments coming in on this, dave. >> this is so so sad. here's what we know. two new york city police officers are dead after being shot in what's being called an ambush style attack. let's take to you the scene. investigators say the gunmen walked up on two officers sitting in a patrol car and opened fire this afternoon. this before running to a nearby subway station taking his own life. the shooting happening in a brooklyn neighborhood. police say at least one of the officers was shot in the head. they were rushed to the hospit hospital. one succumb to his injuries. the other recently passed as well. this shooting coming at a very sense time with protests in new york and across the country after police officers were not indicted at the items of eric garner and michael brown in ferguson, missouri. witnesses say they are in shock. >> it's a tragedy for our community over overall. i mean no life is worth being tak

was any community, and it's many communities, but you can put your money down that the people of bedford-stuyvesantld honor these cops. you can put your money on that. because having been cop in brooklyn, we have a certain pride in brooklyn, but there's an absolute bottomless well spring of goodwill for the police in new york city. i was talking to a retired police captain the other night, immediately after hearing the news, the people of bedforuyvesant would rally around the police, no surprise here. >> so many people showing respect. shortly before the police shooting, brinsley put up a quote, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they took one of ours. let's take two of theirs. then the hash tag, rip eric garner and rip michael brown. he shot his girlfriend who currently remains hospitalized. let's listen to the sister of the shooter. >> he was an emotionally troubled young man, and he was suicidal. you have emotional issues and you're constantly going in and out of jail, you know, prison, and clearly something's wrong. he should have been offered help in the system, right, but he wasn't. >> chief de

one thing i try to do what i tell the story come of the of how bedford became basically this ghetto as polly murray called it. it happened in the seniors and jackie robinson was playing on the dodgers. you can see right in the heart of brooklyn's vituperative story is going going on at the same time. brooklynites welcoming jackie robinson and birdied or him on one hand and on the other, you know, have been frightened of moving in or a lot of a lot of people no doubt in this one-day move move to bay ridge. and even to staten island across the water. >> host: a lot of people refer to as white flight. >> guest: basically. >> host: those were the years when whites were discovering blacks. and they never made any. they were destined and not changed a lot of people's minds because jackie robinson became a symbol that blacks could play baseball and had talent. blacks could see. not only just athletes. he was a scholar. he was an academic. he went to the colleges that were weaker is. so that is when a lot of ways, whether conservatives or liberals change their attitudes are adopted a new attit

the bedford stop. >> these are strangers. >> they don't that when i dance in the subway. don't know. >>> but next up, the unusual way a fan is paying homage, i said it right, right, ron? >> yeah. >> you know the music, got to love that, and the whole dysfunctional cast, similar to this one. one guy took things in a new recollection. he re-created the "seinfeld" set inside an aquarium. and his deadpan description is hilarious. >> it's dinner time on the "seinfeld" aquarium set. elaine is eating food. jerry is watching. there's george, he's pretty much always eating. kramer is off spazzing out in the corner. and newman is sitting on the table. >> all i really want to witness is the moment where he thought this was a good idea. that moment where he says you know what i'm going to do next? >> it's not a bad idea. >> yeah. >> you know, if we were the cast of "seinfeld," who would be kramer? >> i was going to be elaine. why do i have to be the dude all the time? come on, one direction. what is happening. >> at least you're not newman. >> we're going to be right back. >> you can

. >> reporter: as the memorial to two murdered nypd officers grows in the bedford-stuyvesant neighborhoodof brooklyn within the city's mayor is calling for a halt to political protest and finger pointing, the focus turning to two grieving families and their fellow officers. >> let's accompany these families on their difficult journey. let's see them through the funerals. then debate can begin again. >> reporter: earlier, the mayor and police commissioner william bratton visited the families of officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. the two were gunned down saturday afternoon, assassinated in the words of police as they sat in their patrol car. ismaaiyl brinsley, driven at least in part by hatred of the police ambushed the officers before killing himself. police say brinsley had been arrested 19 times. his mother told him he was often violent and said he tried to commit suicide last year. but some believe recent nationwide protests over police tactics caused brinsley to act. some new york police unions feel betrayed by de blasio who has criticized the eric garner grand jury decision and po

the shooting in brooklyn's bedford neighborhood happened in front after housing project, just two minutes after the nypd received a fax from baltimore police warning them that brinsley may be headed to new york. >> every new yorker should feel they, too, were attack, our entire city was attacked by this haneous individual. >> the officers were identified as 40 year old rafael ramos, who leaves behind wife and 13 year old son, and 32 year old wenjian liu, on special assignment helping to control crime in housing projects. in brooklyn new york, wendy gillette, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> now, after the initial reports, the philadelphia police department issued a statement saying quote we continuously reiterate officer's safety any time an officer killed in the line of duty. this is a horrible act of terror and intentionally murdering a police officer is not the way to solve anything. >> weeks after the grand jury decisions in ferguson, and new york, we continue to see peaceful demonstrations here in our area. dozen gathered last night at the king of prussia mall inch rupp g shoppers during