was senator biden.d know then how much they would subsequently do together to alter the course of history and ultimately saved so many lives by getting the brady bill passed. during the effort to pass the brady bill, we relied heavily on senator biden, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee to help shepherd the bill through the senate. he was always there for us, as was his tremendously dedicated staff. we were in constant communication and we knew that joe biden always had our back. later, when jim and sarah moved to rehobeth beach, delaware, they became constituents of senator biden and the strong bond between the bradys and the bidens endured. the bear and the vice president have a lot in common. speaking truths and telling it like it is. when jim first testified before the senate judiciary committee in 1989, he not only talked about what it was like to be in his wheels, but he said there were too many cowardly lion's walking the halls of congress. you bet there were. our next speaker was nev

was senator biden. neither could know then how much they would subsequently do together to alter the course of history and ultimately saved so many lives by getting the brady bill passed. during the effort to pass the brady bill, we relied heavily on senator biden, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, to help shepherd the bill through the senate. he was always there for us, as was his tremendously dedicated staff. we were in constant communication and we knew that joe biden always had our back. later, when jim and sarah moved to rehobeth beach, delaware, they became constituents of senator biden and the strong bond between the bradys and the bidens endured. the bear and the vice president have a lot in common. speaking truths and telling it like it is. when jim first testified before the senate judiciary committee in 1989, he not only talked about what it was like to be in his wheels, but he said there were too many cowardly lion's walking the halls of congress. you bet there were. our next s

2007, we loved joe biden. i mean, we are obama people. we voted for him. i would like to see him get a shot, the other fellow, i think it is awful, i cannot think of his name and i do not have my computer right now, but the fellow who is very young, he is mayor of new jersey, i think he has just become a center -- host: senator cory booker? caller: yes! oh, i want to see him, if not this election, the next one. i think he is our next president obama. but i would love to see a biden-cory booker ticket. host: all right. what do you do in danville, mary? caller: nothing. i am home on social security with a book that may come out from a small publisher. i have been a reporter in my life. living on social security. host: all right. happy holidays to you. caller: you, too. be blessed. just int's go back to washington. you are on the air, and we are all listening. caller: good day. how are you doing? love that c-span. host: we are all listening. caller: i think what we need is a realist. we do not need all of these s

or should we say joe biden versus ed brooke, okay?> guest: okay. >> host: we have to skip over unfortunately a lot in your book and a lot of history including the racial riots that scared america and frighten everybody and go to the kerner convention report in which they were to african-americans and they were ed brooke and roy wilkins who was the executive director of the naacp, my other mentor. something about the kerner commission report that was appointed by lbj that suggested that there was something about the explanation. roy wilkins summaries along an extensive report where he said white americans had to learn that racial justice cannot be defined as being kind to their black cooks. i thought that was devastating incitement of white racism in america but also said rory wilkins wasn't the portrayed by many blacks. they regarded rory wilkins as not black enough as an uncle tom. ambra who was criticized. he was appointed by black voters and white voters obviously. he was a senator for mostly white massachusetts and he was criticiz

we have to get ed brook and joe biden.e biden rode the bus all the way to the united states senate. >> guest: that's right. you had to parallel busing struggles going on and one was the struggle going on in boston when judge garrity had ruled busing had to occur in that way and then you also had on capitol hill for many years beginning in the early 1970s after the supreme court had ruled in the case of swan versus charlotte-mecklenburg the supreme court ruled in the early 70's that school systems could use busing to integrate their schools. there was all sorts of anti-busing sentiment on the floor of the house of representatives and the u.s. senate. house members would enter one anti-busing bill after another saying it's illegal to bus a child passed school. anyway they could get an anti-busing bill on the books they would do it. these bills often passed the house but for a time period they were often stalled in the senate where people like ed brook could filibuster them were people like philip hart or ted kennedy or other

and it can't be some symbolic one like offering up joe biden. that's not going to get it done. >> new york is a microcosm for the rest of the nation. it is driving the news cycle this story. hopefully it doesn't spread, but it's a big risk that it will. sheriff clarke. thank you. >> merry christmas, thank you. >> merry christmas to you too. joining us with more reaction is former nypd commissioner bernard carrick. thanks for joining me this evening. just want to ask you flat out, i live in new york city, i see what's happening on the streets, i see the tension between the mayor and the cops. i've heard you say before you haven't seen it this bad in decades. has bill de blasio lost control of new york city? >> i think he's lost -- he's lost the respect of the men and women that serve the city. i think he's lost respect of the men and women that protect the communities that he says they go out and target. i can't say these lost control, but it's close to it. as i said over the past few days, i have never seen a rift like this between the mayor and

and police advocates do say that just sending vice president biden does make a statement because bidenood relationship with law enforcement dating back to his time in the senate for his work on the crime bill and also for securing funding for some police units. meanwhile, president obama has met with some young activists who want to see immediate change in race relations. president obama has discussed that tension recently in the fact that some of these young activists don't trust law enforcement. listen to president obama discuss that in a recent interview with cnn. >> there's no reason for folks to be patient. i'm impatient. that's why in the wake of what happened in ferguson and what happened in new york we've initiated task force that in 90 days are going to be providing specific recommendations. on the other hand, i think an unwillingness to acknowledge that progress has been made cuts off the possibility of further progress. if critics want to suggest that america is inherently and irreducibly racist, then why bother even working on it. i've seen change in my own life, so has thi

sometimes it's biden dogs or biden ice cream or really biden anything.on any given week but it is always something unusual and occasionally something worth talking about so this is a new segment called "our broken internet." first up this week with the royal eye roll. on her first trip to new york city, princess kate gave her another reason to call her princess of the world. that's what i call her. when an employee of the charity ordered her royal highness to keep wrapping and the princess responded like this. >> play it again. clearly, this is the best royal jif of all times. the second thing that broke the internet, is joe biden. buzzfeed asked us to caption this shot of our favorites, hello darkness, my old friend. barack promised that i'd get to pardon the turkey this year. and ain't no sunshine when he's gone. but the big story that quite literally broke the internet this week was the sony hacking scandal in which thousands of illegally hacked e-mails exposed real talk. angelina jolie was described as a minimally talented spoiled brat. michael fasbe

joe biden will attend the funeral at the request of the president. live from brooklyn this morning leah and molly back to you. >>> the time now 5:19. a little bit after the hour. image you are looking at a plain window and seeing this. >> we all looked out the window, half of the wing had fallen off the plane. >> how a piece of a plane ended up in a worker's hand. >> too buzz sgree to see santa this christmas? how you can get to the north pole with a click of the mouse. a oo in the middest a busy travel day a fender bender on the tarmac of laguardia airport. look how a chunk of the wing got clipped off. it waudz getting ready for takeoff when it collided with an american airlines plane waiting for a gate. they are investigating how this happened. >> in nay taifity scene has to go. trying to pull the plug on one man's creepy christmas display. it featured zombies instead of wise men and a baby jesus. neighbors complained and now officials say it must remove it by friday because it violates a zoning code. if he doesn't he faces a $1,000 fine. a heartwa

s with people like vice president joe biden.balral occasions, leaders met with vice president biden on issues surrounding the extension of justice in indian country, most notably the violence against women act, where vice president biden led the movement in the united states to help protect women against rape and domestic violence. [applause] last year with the support of tribal leaders and advocates, vice president biden helped to --s a much-needed revision provision to advance protections of an american women. while this is only the beginning, we must continue to protect our women and children .rom a long legacy of abuse vice president biden, you are correct when you say no means no . no more abuse. our late healer kenneth moses stated, "we must lock arms together if we are going to truly change anything." dear honorable tribal leaders and listing with guests, it is with great honor that i introduce to you the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> i love it, thanks. deborah, thank you very much. deborah

and did boehner make a mistake teaming up with obama, biden and reid? head over to facebook and give us your answer. my answer's pretty obvious straight ahead. >>> this is a fox news alert. just a short time ago on capitol hill the house narrowly passed a budget bill to avoid a government shutdown. earlier today, president obama and vice president biden hit the phones in a last-ditch effort to drum up democratic votes for boehner's spending bill. the president even dispatched his chief of staff to capitol hill, but some members of the president's party, well, they were not having this. watch this. >> we are fighting anybody who's lobbying to tell people to vote for this bill. if the president is lobbying, we do not like it. and we're saying to our members don't be intimidated by anybody. >> wow. does that mean president obama's losing his political power on capitol hill? standing by is the man who's been covering the story all night, fox news senior producer for capitol hill chad per gragr. you are in charge of updating all of us on comings and goings a

jon: sorry joe biden. i bet he hears that a lot., we can not serve you without a shirt, sorry joe biden. this meter does not take chuckie cheese tokens. sorry, joe biden. it sounds like standard budget stuff. there. >> this would do away with the ban on incandescent light bulbs. >> stopping the district of columbia from legalizing marijuana. >> jon: that sounds like a girlfriend or boyfriend thing. those sound like laws. what other non budgetary items are in the budget? >> farmers will not have to obtain methane omission permits. >> longer hours for truckers. >> a program called white potatoes of fresh vegetables. >> jon: in the budget now you make up words? the army can call bullets ingestible iron supplements. how did that random stuff end up in the budget. >> a lost law makers use this opportunity a must pass pw *eug bill to slip in special interest provisions they probably couldn't get passed on their own. some came in, in the middle of the night when not a lot of people are looking. >> jon: what? they just wait until nobody is

when obama gives a speech and biden is there, we like to see exactly how long it takes for biden to doeird. [ laughter ] and steal the spotlight. last time it was two seconds. see how long it takes this time. >> um, it is. [ laughter ] >> 4.17 seconds. >> that was not a record. but pretty funny. make sure you are around here tomorrow night. we will have former vice president dick cheney live on set here on "special report" to get his first take to the report on cia interrogation methods. you will not want to miss this. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. >>> call it the stupidity of the american voter or whatever, but basically, that was really, really critical to getting this thing to pass. >> americans are too stupid to understand. >> it's a very clever, you know, basic exploitation of the lack of economic understanding of the american voter. >> but i would rather have this law than not. >> it was painful. aka jonathan gruber, mr. smarty pants who thinks the rest of us

joe biden. so elizabeth warren does not have widespread appeal -- >> or recognition. >> yeah. >> even if she gets recognition, this is a champion of welfare distribution, she's taken on -- she is a far-left advocate. academics in ivy league schools will love her, people on the far left will love her, middle of the road -- >> nicole, you work on wall street every day. the street loves hillary clinton. is that going to hurt some of te hillary clinton, i think a lot of guys on the street are leaning to the other side. that being said, you have elizabeth warren, the new darling, right? you have hillary, whose biggest asset is bill clinton, and she still has benghazi and health care and all that. i think it'd be exciting if they get in there and push elizabeth warren forward and battle -- >> fight it out. >> meanwhile -- >> bring it on! >> meanwhile, lest you don't think we're fair and balanced -- [laughter] another sign former florida governor jeb bush is serious about a 2016 run for president. he's

we heard remarks from vice president biden and secretary sylvia burwell and sally jewell. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the special assistant to the president for native american affairs. [applause] good morning, everyone. welcome to the white house tribal nations conference. today is a very special day for all of us as we reflect on the sixth conference. it is just as important today as it was in 2009 in building the administration's policy agenda and setting the direction for the next year. year after year we have them together to renew, and is

and biden. you've met them. >> jimmy: yep. >> and biden is awesome. he gets in real close and talks to you like this and really, we've got to do it! we've got to fight crime! i'm like, i know! i'm so strong! so he goes around. he does this like half circle. he gets up to my stepfather -- >> jimmy: wait. energetic, yeah. >> my step father is an optometrist in oklahoma. he is wearing a little bow tie with the declaration of independence on it. he can't wait to just tell him about his tie. and so biden get in, he's like, nice to meet you. let me tell ya something. us men, we've got to get up. we've got to stand up! and my stepdad's like -- my tie. my tie. >> jimmy: the tie says something. >> and then biden starts talking to other people. he is was like really revved up. and if you're my stepdad, and you're over here. he starts talking, so he goes over here. and i'm going to tell you something. let me tell you something. let me tell you something. he then holds his hand for maybe a minute and a half. and i'm watching. and it's so intense. so later my step

vice president biden assured me that they would be on top of it. i was told after the phone call that the president did not bring it up. very disappointed. can i ask you, mrs. tahmooressi, how have the mexican authorities treated you as you search for information regarding your son and his location? have they been forthcoming or have they left you in the dark in the process? >> well, the judicial process is one that is done in secrecy, in a sense. because i attend all of andrew's hearings. supposedly, it is to be open to the public, but each and every hearing i attend, the presiding judge asked that i sit out in the hallway because there is not enough space in the courtroom. i have not been given any information forthcoming from mexico officials other than a fact sheet that did come out some time ago. yet, i have some questions about their facts. >> i was mystified when he told me that the judge would not allow you, the mother, to come in and sit in the hearing. ve to sitlly hal outside? >> correct. and it is interesting, it is always a hearing roo

that, we've got to get to ed brooke and joe biden. >> guest: so you had joe biden rode the bus. >> hosto the united states senate. >> guest: that's right. you had to parallel busing struggles going on, and one was a struggle going on in boston when judge garrity had ruled busing had to occur in that way. and then you also had on capitol hill for many years beginning in the early 1970s after the supreme court had ruled in the case of, the supreme court ruled in the early '70s at school systems could use busing to integrate their school, well, there's all sorts of anti-busing sentiments on the floor of the house of representatives end on the u.s. senate, and house members would enter one anti-busing bill after another saying it's illegal to bust a child passed the closest school. anyway, they could get an anti-busing bill on the books, they would do it. these bills often passed the house but for a country they were often stalled in the senate where people like ed brooke would filibuster them, or people like philip park for ted kennedy or other liberal senators could stop, right. and they

vice president biden and dr. jill biden are there. >> and these are photos that the church is streaming here live. these are pictures of ramos and his wife. he is a father of two young ones, justin and jaden. one is a sophomore in college. the other one is now 13 years old. and just very moving. very touching to see all the family photos. a lot of people talk about how important his family has been to him throughout the years. and just beautiful. this is what they are broadcasting to all of us. we're just seeing this for the first time as you are. >> i want to read part of the official statement from the church. they lovingly call him raf. it says raf was definitely a family man and always talked about his kids and how well they were doing. he loved his family and church. he had an infectious and disarming smile. and it goes on on their website, which to be honest has crashed several times because there are so many people going to read these statements. and there is a link on the website to watch this ceremony li

joe biden's oh, so cool memorable holiday card. and a hip-hop plot to overflow thr cuba. ring ring!gresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. >>> coming up on 20 minutes past the hour, time for your friday edition of scramble politics. it is a bold move that could open a door for legal pot sales in every state. the justice department is now allowing native american tribes to grow and sell pot on reservations, even in states where it is illegal to do so. all 326 federally recognized reservations who want to get in on the action can do so as long as they abide by government guidelines. >>> in the associated press, u.s. co-opted cuba's hip-hop scene to spark change. a u.s. agency tried for about two years to infiltrate the cuban hip-hop scene. the idea was to use the music as a way to create a network of young people looking for change. the operation was unsuccessful. >>> in massachusetts

you guys, today is vice president joe biden's birthday. [ cheers and applause ] vice president joe biden'sy. biden started the day with a dance party, and a big piece of cake, and then he remembered it was his birthday. [ laughter ] that's right, it's joe biden's birthday. he blew out the first 70 candles on his cake, and then shot out the last two with his finger guns. biden style. [ laughter and applause ] this is a little scary. a man was arrested outside the white house yesterday carrying a rifle, ammunition, and a knife. police believe the man was disturbed, because you'd have to be crazy to be outside right now. [ laughter ] to go outside in this weather. [ laughter ] it was revealed today that bono broke his arm in six places and fractured his hand and shoulder blade in a bike accident in central park this week. but that's the kind of thing that can happen when you live your life too close to the edge. [ laughter and applause ] some international news. today, police in israel seized dozens of weapons that had been disguised as christmas decorations. israeli police became suspicious

while inside the church vice president joe biden spoke directly to ramos' kids, reiterating they are not alone during this trying time. >> justin and jaden, know that although your father is gone, you have inherited an entire family, the men and women of the new york police department will always be there as long as you are alive. they never -- they never never forget. >> police commissioner bill bratton also speaking honoring officer ramos by making him an honorary department chaplain. he and his partener liu were promoted to detective first grade. >> here we are to remember, remember what it means to take the job, those of us who are privileged to call ourselves cops. no other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. >> officer liu's family was here in solidarity and commissioner bratton said both officers will be partners for all time now, jul julie. >> strong support for nypd in today's speeches as well. just such touching words coming from so many different places. >> reporter: that's exactly right. we have to mention though that outside there were hundreds of

vice president joe biden spoke to the crowd about the dangers police officer face every day. >> i'vepoken at too many funerals for too many peace officers, too many funerals for brave women and men who kept us safe and watched their families grieve. and i've observed one thing that unfortunately it's only when a tragedy like this occurs that all their friends, neighbors and people who didn't even know them become aware of and reminded of the sacrifices they make every single solitary day to make our lives better. give you a live look to the left of your screen at that somber processional, it's an extraordinary sight. that sea of people lining the route there as officer ramos is taken to his final resting place in brooklyn at that cemetery. mayor bill de blasio spoke of the impact the killings have had on the people of new york. >> our hearts are aching today. we feel it physically. we feel it deeply. new york city has lost a hero, a remarkable man because of the depth of his commitment to all around him. on behalf of all 8.4 million new yorkers, on behalf of all of us, i extend my co

. >> vice president, joe biden, will attend the services for officer ramos. we will have coverage throughout the morning. >>> denver is in the grip of single digit temperatures at this hour and it comes a day after a christmas snowstorm there. the blast is expected to blast through new year's day. alex wallace is here with the forecast. >> good saturday to you, alex. as we return home looks like it will be nice for our saturday in the northeast, and a good bit of sunshine expected, and temperatures in the 50s. but we have a cold front moving towards the east and moisture being pulled out ahead of it as the cold front incountered that, and that forms the clouds and eventually the rain. we will see that today in a good chunk of the mississippi valley. further easter, carolinas, florida, good travel times. atlanta sees the rain, and portions of the carolinas as well. if you can get out and do the traveling today, your saturday, the best bet, because sunday the showers begin to move its way in. and in the northwest, we could be watching areas from the cascades al

partnerships with people like the vice presidential biden.ral occasions, tribal leaders vice presidential biden on issues surrounding the justice and indian country. most notably the violence against women act. where the vice presidential biden led the movement in the united states to help protect women against rape and domestic violence. [applause] last year with the work and support of tribal leaders and advocates a vice presidential biden helped pass a much-needed provision to advance protection of native american women. while this is only a beginning we must continue to protect our women and children found a long legacy of abuse. vice president joe biden coming you are correct when you say no means no. no more of these. our late kenneth moses stated we must walk arms together if we are going to truly change anything. honorable tribal leaders and distinguished guests, it is a great honor that i introduce to you the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] thank you very much. she's been a friend for a long time. the secre

of the elizabeth warren, joe biden, biden, run, joe, run, biden is beating elizabeth warren at 14%.ren caters to a very far left base. that will not have wide appeal. hillary clinton is sitting back. i know. that i realize a lot of -- let her run out there do what she has to do. i will sit back. hillary clinton knows every time she opens her mouth the numbers fall. she finally learned, let me sit back. let elizabeth warren keep talking, cater to the small population on the left. everyone else will realize they are too radical and no one else will be left and they will have to turn to me and no one on the right will be a challenge. >> dagen, is she pretty radical for general election run? this womans can raided around harvard claiming to be native-american. no one fact checked it. she is a little cookie, can we admit. >> one poll and that is wall street reform and finance. we haven't found out what she thinks, what shoe he would do on whole host of issues. i'm thankful for one thing, kim kardashian, her sizzle starts to fade she poses completely naked in a magazine. we know hillary c

the funeral is today in queens where president joe biden. . the bidejoe biden-the life of te vision bricks on the rock of unity. they all join the same family. the family of new york is a police officer said in a patrol car with his brother officer members of the force of officers from over 50 different countries who speak 64 different languages who protect the city with people literally from every country on the globe nothing will ever defeat or divide our new york family. 911 could not do a. >> reporter: you're looking at live picture on the funeral web logic a short break it will be right back. . >> reporter: it is a call on out there. force a lot of people got a new star for a jacket for christmas we're talking about really cool tempers out there so make the coffee and talk this morning, although some locations downtown san francisco did this city not too bad tempers ran on the low '40's some of the protective balance of acid rock below the freezing mark. the numbers surprised if you encounter some patchy fog. and you get out early saturda

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joe biden spoke at the emotional service. his partner liu have not been announced. >>> the internet in north korea was down again today. the regime denying a role in the hack attack against sony pictures. >>> a group releasing jeb bush's e-mails from his years as governor. bush was planning on releasing them anyway as he considers a 2016 presidential run. earlier, we asked if you thought the e-mails would either help or hurt his chances for president. gerald writes probably not help much. his involvement in the recount during the gore versus bush 43 is still an embarrassment. jeb bush e-mail will help him with actual transparency, something we haven't had in years. they would normally help a candidate, but he's dealing with right wing whack jobs. you can tweet me. we'll keep the conversation going after the show. >>> americans are feeling optimistic going into the new year according to an associated press poll. 48% of people say they think 2015 will be a better year than 2014. the word used to describe this year, nah. i never

vice president joe biden and bill de blasio are expected to speak. this morning, former president, george h.w. bush is making progress, but still in a houston hospital. he says mr. bush remains in high spirits. he was hospitalized tuesday night for shortness of breath. he suffers from parkinson's disease. now, back to bulls and bears. >>> as the president's executive action for illegals is pushing forward, the price tag is running up. they are spending nearly $50 million to hire and house 1,000 new federal workers to process the expected 5 million immigration cases. gary b. you say this is just the beginning? >> brenda, it's happened quicker than we forecast. we talked about this on the show just a few weeks ago. in fact, to a person on the panel, we said oh my gosh, this is going to be another government sinkhole where more and more money, if they estimate 50 billion, it will be 500 billion. you watch, this is going to grow to the size of the state departme department, the department of commerce, any other idiotic agency. we don't need it. in washin

. >>> vice president joe biden will attend the funeral for raphael ram office. ramos and his partner. the white house said biden will attend saturday's funeral at the request of president obama. >>> rocker bon jovi showed his support for the new york police department wearing a nypd shirt on stage. he told the crowd that he was showing solidarity for his brothers in the nypd and all those who protect and serve every day. >>> it's the bay area's largest homeless camp cleared out. the new problem that caused the eviction across san jose. >>> the donation by gay and lesbian people of blood and why it's still a slap on the face. >>> fog is an issue as you drive. we're not expecting much of a morning commute on this day before christmas. >>> the sunny weather is moving out of town for christmas, we're tracking shower chances for today. we'll have a look at the incoming system and a look at the christmas forecast. happy holidays from the big bang theory. . >>> welcome back. it is now 4:43, police now have a possible motive in the tragic death of a teacher who was shot

biden has beg on every national security issue over the past decade. on may 6, 2013, mr. blinken discussed a number of the administration's achievements -- achievements -- including, one, ending the war in iraq responsibleably, two, setting a clear strategy and date for the withdrawal from afghanistan, three, decimating al qaeda senior leadership, and, 401(k)'s repairing our alliances and restoring america's standing in the world. that i is as orwellian as any statement i've ever heard. the conditions are a far cry from the so-called achievements that mr. blinken describes. in his capacity as an assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor, mr. blinken has been a functionary and an agent of a u.s. foreign policy that has made the world much less safe today. let's just review a couple -- some of the elements in particular and mr. blinken's role in conceptualizing and furthering it. u.s. foreign policy is in a shambles. it's, as best, a strategic and, at worst, anti-strategic. it lacks any concept of how to obtain our foreign policy goals. this has led to

inside the church joe biden spoke directly to ramos' son and his widow reiterating they are not alone during this trying time. >> justin and jaden, know that although your father is gone, you have inherited an entire family, the men and women of new york police department will always be there as long as you are alive. they never -- they never never forget. >> police commissioner bill bratton honoring officer ramos by making him an honorary department chaplain of the 84th precinct, ramos was promoted to detective first grade. >> here we are to remember t. remember when it means to take the job. those of us priflvileged to call ourselves cops, no other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. >> now officer liu's family was in attendance today and mayor bill de blasio did speak along with governor andrew cuomo. hundreds of officers out here did turn their back with deplaz toshio de blasio was speaking. his badge was taken off his body for final time and shield number 6335 five reforever -- forever retired. >> officer liu's funeral still to come, another reminder of th

vice president biden assured me that they would be on top of it. i was told after the phone call that the president did not bring it up. very disappointed. can i ask you, mrs. tahmooressi, how have the mexican authorities treated you as you search for information regarding your son and his location? have they been forthcoming or have they left you in the dark in the process? >> well, the judicial process is one that is done in secrecy, in a sense. because i attend all of andrew's hearings. supposedly, it is to be open to the public, but each and every hearing i attend, the presiding judge asked that i sit out in the hallway because there is not enough space in the courtroom. i have not been given any information forthcoming from mexico officials other than a fact sheet that did come out some time ago. yet, i have some questions about their facts. >> i was mystified when he told me that the judge would not allow you, the mother, to come in and sit in the hearing. ve to sitlly hal outside? >> correct. and it is interesting, it is always a hearing roo

obama and biden feverishly working the phones, and the clock is ticking.game. rich edson is live in d.c. with the latest breaking news. >> reporter: good evening, charles. and this bill is in trouble. as you mentioned, president obama, vice president joe biden making phone calls to democratic lawmakers, democrats right now in the house are having a caucus meet, but there's a split in the party. house minority leader nancy pelosi telling her colleagues to vote against it. she says this bill has a wall street provision in

the service was attended by several dignitaries including vice president joe biden.ews correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: a heartbreaking exchange outside christ tabernacle church in queens saturday morning. the widow officer rafael ramos accepted the u.s. flag that was draped over his coffin. >> ♪ >> reporter: inside family fellow officers and politicians including vice president joe biden honored the officer who was is that so naderd in his police car along with his partner officer wenjan liu one week ago. >> when an assassins bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and it touched the soul of the entire nation. (applause). >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio got a plight reception in the church. >> new york city has lost a hero. >> reporter: but outside hundreds of police officers turned their backs when the mayor spoke. siding with union officials who say deblasio helped foster an antipolice climate that may have contributed to the shootings. as many as 25,000 police officers from around the country create add sea of blue fo

you mentioned bill de blasio speak, vip joe biden speaking. hi casket. you mentioned the bagpipes. his hearst will travel to the final resting spode with officers on the side. helicopters will also fly over in the missing man formation in honor of officer raphael ramos. again this is part of the traditional ser myowe expected. as you want. vice president joe biden will be expected to make remarks. >> the church itself, which we are looking at with the wreath above the doors and people walking in and out, such a big part of his life. obviously is not big enough to hold even a fraction of the people who are there. how will they know what's going on inside? i know yesterday they had some monitors set up. is something happen similarly today? >> about 850 people can fit inside that church. yesterday there were giant television screens set up. today you don't see that. today what you see is just speakers outside. perhaps they'll be able to play the audio, but we don't see television screens like we saw yesterday. there would be a live web stream of

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. >> reporter: vice president biden will attend ramos' funeral on saturday along with as many as 25,000 officers estimated by the nypd to pay their respects today and tomorrow. these men coming from utah on a free flight offered by jetblue to police departments nationwide. >> anything we can do to get back out there and support them, we have to. we have to. because we know they'd do the same for us. >> reporter: amid the sadness, the nypd says it has received dozens of threats. six people arrested, these weapons found in one suspect's home. >> something that you may have taken for granted a week or two ago, you know, you may get special attention this time. just heightened awareness. >> reporter: tensions between police and minority communities have fueled protests around the country. and here in new york mayor bill de blasio has been criticized by some for supporting the demonstrators. officers turned their backs when he arrived at the hospital after the shooting. and today a group of retired officers flew a banner over the city expressing that same sentiment. in response the mayor's o

adult in the room, someone they can go to to get things done, in a lot of ways that vice president biden has been the point person. >> mcmcconnell i spent a lot of time with him this summer writing about him, this is someone who is probably in his last term. he's in his 70s. this is his chance to create a legacy for himself. yes, he's a partisan. as you mentioned, he's also a dealmaker. he wants to get something done with this president in the final two years. it might not be a big deal, entitlements on tax reform but he wants to create a legacy for himself before he retires. >> we talk about the obama/mcconnell relationship -- the mcconnell/boehner relationship. john boehner is the country's top ranking republican. but as mcconnell as the new leader in town, almost more important as to whether this works? >> i would argue, yes. one of the things i've seen on capitol hill since the election, i've been there almost every day, there's a new dynamic in republican power. the house majority led by speaker boehner used to be calling the shots day in and day out. now you have mcconnell with --

vice president joe biden travels to new york saturday for his funeral. meanwhile, the nypd arrested six people thursday for making threats against police. don champion has our report. >> reporter: the unimaginable pain was evident on the faces of the family of officer rafael ramos, carrying blue roses they visited a growing memorial in brooklyn, new york, christmas nice. thanking those who protect and service just as ramos had done when he was killed at the same spot last weekend. this woman raised her voice in song to pay tribute to the father of two. ramos and his partner, officer wenjian liu were shot and killed saturday by a man police say was mentally disturbed and intent on killing police officers. >> as much as they hurt, we hurt with them. >> reporter: in glendale queens, blue ribbons are on display for blocks along myrtle avenue to christ as tabernacle church where ramos' family will start to say good-bye. more than 20 thousand members of law enforcement from across the u.s. and canada will come to new york city over the coming days to pay respe

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vice president biden made phone calls to leaders in colombia and mexico. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> back in the u.s., police and canine units are searching for a gunman who shot a meteorologist outside our nbc central texas affiliate kcen. law enforcement says patrick crawford was in his car after 9:00 in the morning, confronted by an unidentified man who pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and fired his weapon several times. remarkably the weatherman survived. he was able to drive away and flag down a construction worker for help. police are looking for the shooter. crawford, meanwhile, is expected to be okay. but his co-workers were shaken up. >> to be holed up in that room and not able to do anything about it i think was the toughest part. >> all of us are trying to be journalists, but it is kind of hard to be journalists when one of your colleagues is in the hospital in surgery. >>> a south carolina judge tossed out a 14-year-old's murder conviction 70 years after his execution. george stinn was convicted for the beating deaths of two young