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

-opening an art gallery in bedford-stuyvesant was a wonderful experience. and i wanted to share my passion and appreciation for art and play a major part in the revitalization of bedford-stuyvesant. [music playing] -also, keep on the lookout for trendy restaurants and cafes. -the neighborhood is flourishing and i'm so happy to be a part of it. you no longer have to go all the way into the city to, you know, get some good food or a great cocktail. now you can do it just a few doors away from your house. -if business owners are willing to invest in the neighborhood, there might be a reason for it. [music playing] -is there any unique architectural design in the area? here in bedford-stuyvesant, the 19th century brownstones have attracted many buyers to the neighborhood. and speaking of buyers, another sign to look for is how fast things are selling. this was listed and sold in a day. [music playing] -proximity to mass transit and business centers are also factors to consider. [music playing] -and finally, how close is the neighborhood you're considering to ot

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

the scene in the brooklyn neighborhood, bedford-stuyvesant where this shooting and killing took placepolice officers. we know they're rafael ramos and wenjian liu. the 28-year-old gunman, ishmael brinzly who shot them execution style while they were in uniform 3:00 in the afternoon there in the streets of brooklyn and then ran to a nearby subway. he went to the platform there, drew a gun, shot himself in the head. i want to go back to jim cavanaugh. you still there? >> yes, here francis. >> this is unchartered territory when it comes to people who are wanting to make these kind of attacks and in some sense, they have their audience whether they have 50 followers, 500 followers. it seems to be their platform where he said, two police officers dead. something that warning sign that was there, obviously it was a little bit too late but it seems to me that this is a new platform for them to say, hey, this is my intention and this is what i want to do. >> well, it's true, you're right about that. the web gives them a platform but going back in history, each advance in technology whether it

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

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

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

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

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

>> 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

these are families in harlem and 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 8, that's great. 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. you can make an 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 way. >> has president obama done e

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

car in full uniform, both were ambushed and murdered in front of 98 tompkins avenue in the bedford-stuyvesanta of brooklyn, new york city. >> reporter: liu and ramos never hay chance to draw their weapons. they were rushed to the hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. immediately after the shooting nearby officers gave chase, following brinsley into a subway station. ? while on the platform, brinsley shot himself in the head, took his own life. >> reporter: police recovered a silver semi-automatic gun from the shooter which they say was used in the killings. saturday night at the hospital more tense moments. new york mayor bill de blasio shows up to pay his respects and while walking past a row of police officers turn their backs, demonstrating their anger towards a mayor who they say shares part of the blame for the officers' deaths. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. that blood on the hands starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> reporter: for the family of slain officer rafael ramos the focus was not on blame but on grief. late saturday ramos's 13-yea

. >> 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

two police officers that were killed ambush style on the streets of brooklyn new york in the bedford stuyvesanta. this gunman who approached them in their marked vehicle, in their uniforms, shot these two police officers, died from their wounds. we understand that the gunman ran to a nearby subway station, went inside where he killed himself, so frightening all across the board for so many people, people that were there and heard these gunshots in their neighborhood. and of course, now that we're hearing more news, the tensions here between police and protests and that may have been a motive here to avenge the deaths of eric garner and michael brown and to kill in revenge for that, even more chilling. we are awaiting that press conference there. that is at wood hill hospital where these two police officers were taken and where they were pronounced dead after this shooting here. we have repeatedly heard from the families of eric garner during these protests, asking the public to protest peacefully. this is what we have seen so far, days after many protests around the country. we've been seeing t

and then eventually made his way to this neighborhood in bedford stuyvesant. >> we were mentioning the police departments across the country keeping an eye on what's happening here in new york. president obama also promising his administration is keeping a close eye on the developments in new york city. the president made those remarks and calls to nypd commissioner bill bratton and philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey, the co-chairman of his task force on 21st century policing, all of this comes as msnbc has learned from a source close to police unions the obama administration, new york governor cuomo and mayor de blasio have agreed with the police unions not to politicize the situation. nbc's kristin welker is live in hawaii for us with the president. what steps are the administration taking right now? >> reporter: well, richard, senior administration officials are in contact with officials in new york as they continue to monitor the situation there. as you pointed out, president obama did reach out to commissioner ramsey on sunday, offering his condolences and also offeri

>>> sow hea >>> so you heard from the heroes of the bedford-stuyvesant ambulance corps tonight. for more on their work go to bsvac.org. that's it for us tonight. thanks for joining us. i'm don lemon. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. night. "ac 360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm wolf blitzer sitting in for anderson. president obama said the united states would retaliate against north korea at a time of its own choosing for the sony cyberattack. tonight north korea's internet is down. the question is did washington just pull the plug on kim jong un? late new details coming in. stand by for that. but let's begin with the breaking news and a call for unity in a deeply divided new york. new york's mayor bill de blasio asking new yorkers to put aside their differences and put a lid on protests until after two fallen new york police officers are laid to rest. he reaffirmed that call in a statement just moments ago, calling on the city to heal. wenjian liu and rafael ramos were shot and killed execution style by a deranged man vowing

i put a lot of police in harlem, a lot of police in bedford stuyvesant. >> crime went down. >> it went down 65%. and 75% of that 65% saved black lives. but when there are a lot of auto thefts in brooklyn, which i is where auto thefts took place which i happen to know as u.s. attorney, i was arresting mostly italian white kids. and when i was u.s. attorney i was putting mostly italian white mafia guys in jail. so to me -- >> you're angry at this mayor for -- to say you fundamentally misunderstand reality. >> i misunderstand reality. i've been spend manage life fighting crime. i've brought crime down more in this city than any mayor in the history of this city. if i misunderstood reality, crime would still be at, you know, 2,000 murders a year. >> it seems to me that for example if you look at the garner case, the amount of taxes in new york city and state for a pack of cigarettes is six bucks a pack. that's a lot of revenue for new york city, for new york state. they created a black market. so police are literally tasked with going into a convenience store -- >> it isn't the police faul

. >> well, the bedford-stuyvesant ambulance corps heard the call for officer down.y arrived at the scene. there were two police officers terribly wounded sitting in the front seat of a radio car. one ambulance so they had to split up. one young woman and another person from the ambulance corps took officer liu on the passenger side and johnson took the officer ramos on the driver's side. and of their whole account, the thing that stays with me is there was this moment when johnson was pressing on the officer's chest, desperately trying to bring life back into him and the officer was staring up at him. the paramedic was staring down into the officer's eyes and saying, please, just blink, if can you hear me, blink, blink if can you hear me, move, blink. and he just wanted the tiniest sign of life. just the blink of an eye, literally. and it didn't come. >> truly heroic acts. matt lauer had bill bratton on and he asked him candidly about the tense relationship between mario de blasio. he said, some in the nypd have lost confidence in the mayor. actually, we have it now

officer ramos because of the funeral today but wenjian liu volunteered to go with him that die to bedford stuyvesant, volunteered to go there. it's remarkable. i wonder if you think perhaps community members need to learn the stories of those that police them a bit more, to know them? >> that's an interesting point. because we've actually talked about that on several occasions where we're also invited, not only the media, but other community leaders to go in and try out the simulator they have, the firearm simulator so you can get a sense of what it's like to be out on patrol. we're encouraging a lot of our colleagues to join us in that aspect, so they would have a hands-on with regards to being out there and being involved in a police activity so they can see the quick judgments that have to be made. i think once we have that kind of a synergy, people would be a little more cognizant of how it work on the street. >> to you, mel, it's an interesting point. i work with the pois and girls club in brooklyn where i live. the police officers and the firefighters come once a week, i think it's wednesday n

and that's part of what new york city police was doing with this program in bedford-stuyvesant.hey park their cars at various locations in the high crime areas and that's at the request of many of the residents there. that is not the occupying force of law enforcement, trying to oppress our community. that is police officers being asked protect our children so they can walk around safely in our neighborhood. >> we heard from the president, his statement, is that officers put their life and well-being on the line for us every day and deserve that grat suitude and respect every day. >> he said. that victor, he also said a couple months ago at a public speech that everybody knows of instances of people being stopped for the offense of driving while black. that is such an offensive statement to make against police officers. i was a cop six years at the height of being called pigs and disrespect. i didn't know one officer that did that. i certainly didn't. i didn't know of any instance of someone driving while black was the reason they were stopped. >> it may not be the reason they w

. >> reporter: the rookies go out in groups of three or four, on to the streets of bedford-stuyvesant. the crime rate in this community is falling but remains among the highest in the city. on their third day on the job, many of them are still getting to know the community. >> most of these cops are not from brooklyn, you know what i'm saying? so, therefore, it takes them a minute to acclimate themselves to the community. >> adjust to the community. >> adjust to the community. >> [ bleep ]. >> get the feeling not everybody likes us? >> i came from the type of environment where we were on this side of the street and cops were on the other side. now it's time for us to get together as a community. you see, walking around is not everything. what's important for them to do is speak to people, get to know the people that they're going to be protecting. >> it's not about arrests and summonses. it's about interacting and let them know that we're people. we're here to help them out. >> reporter: before the federal ruling, rookie cops were the ones making most of the unjustified stops. the sup

. >> when he talks about his son, let his son walk through bedford-stuyvesant. of a chance getting killed than walking by cops. it is ridiculous. >> more heat from that former detective at the top of our hour. stay with us. >> plus is this a season for scamming? thieves coming right to your front door taking your packages. how you can fight back. next. ♪ it's the purple pill, the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand, available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protection™ the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voiceedge mobile app. it lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. i've never felt so alive. get the future of phone and the phones are free. comcast business. built for business. >>> it might be the given season, but these thieves apparently are look only to take, stealing christmas presents ri

wenjian liu, were shot and killed on december 20th as they sat in their police cruiser in the bedford stuyvesantooklyn. arrangements will not be finalized for wenjian liu until relatives from china arrive in new york. joining us from glendale is adam reese. adam, good morning to you. what have you seen there this morning? >> reporter: good morning to you. the vice president just arrived. he literally walked right by us here, very unusual arrival for a vice president. he is one of 1,000 mourners inside the church and thousands more outside the church. officers coming from ohio and texas and maine and as far away as canada, all to mourn officer rafael ramos. he was called ralph here at the church, christ tabernacle church. he had been a member here for 14 years, an usher every sunday morning helping out with the old and the young. very beloved man here at the church. also at the precinct house, where he was studying to become a chaplain. he had his bible books inside his locker. his commanding officer said he was the first person to always volunteer for extra work. he will be buried tomorrow -- ra

families to try to make some extra bucks for themselves in a high-crime, racially area in bedford steve haven't -- stuyvesanted also. we had homicides and robberies. very bad area. they were working there. to see the environment. the guy was a nut. the guy who killed those cops was a damn nut. but he slipped into the environment. he is listening to the news report about cops -- martha: quoting on his instagram, hashtag eric garner, hashtag michael brown. talking about killing police. thinking about protests other day where people were chanting in the streets. >> i heard it. martha: what do you want? , dead coops. i don't know what world we're living in. i really don't. >> martha, i was in the city during that last week a week ago, that is the chant. when this american accept something like that and then on the bridges, to shut them down i was laid off in 1975 for three days when we had the job problem with the monies in new york city. we were trying to go over the brooklyn bridge as cops laid off. they charged us with a horse. removed us from the bridge. how can you be a person in new york city? you go get u