as you say those officers turn their backs on the mayor bill deblasio at the last funeral. what is being done to mend the relationship between the city and the police force? >> well, bill deblasio is a mayor that campaigned, he's married to a black woman his son is half black and when eric garner was killed, you remember "i can't breathe" he said over and over again he had been tackled by cops. the mayor refused to suggest an indictment and it didn't go to trial. mayor bill deblasio was very outspoken that his own son had to be coached by him to deal with an aggressive police force here. that didn't set well with the police tors. the issue of michael brown there not being an indictment against the police officer involved in that. a young black boy in cleveland was shot and there was no indictment. this is a growing nationwide upon that now is here has sort of crystallized here in new york. >> courtney keely, thank you. >>> burma, myanmar as it's officially named has been celebratingcelebrating an anniversary first since 1965. >> a ceremony is watched by the prime minister,

. >>> bill deblasio, police officers again turned their backs on him. him. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> fleeing syria just got harder for people trying to escape the deadly civil war there. millions of syrians fled since the war first began in 2011. in all the united nations say more than three million have left. turkey and lebanon have both taken over 1

police officers feel mayor bill deblasio supported recent police protests. police commissioner william bratton urged officers not to turn their backs on the mayor sunday saying a hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance, but again when the mayor spoke -- >> and let us work together to attain peace. >> reporter: -- many of new st turned their backs. new york city is mourning along with the families of these officers. a massive memorial has taken over the street corner where they were shot and it continues to go. both officers were posthumously honored to the rank of detective. >> detective liu witnessed 9/11 and saw the possibility of service. >> reporter: detectives ramos and liu were both laid to rest in the same cemetery in queens. wendy gillette for cbs news, new york. >>> coming up tonight on wusa9 former virginia governor bob mcdonnell due in court for sentencing this week. we're going toker that from a law professor from george -- to hear from a law professor from george mason university in our studio. >> also a dramatic fireworks explosion caug

. >> reporter: including police and mayor bill deblasio who have clashed in recent weeks. officers soluted him as he arrived to the wake with nypd commissioner bill bratton who issued a memorandum 20 rank and file members this week saying a hero's funeral is about grieving shall not grievance. last week hubs of officers turn their backs to the the mayor at the funeral for officer rafael ramos liu's partner. both were killed in their police cruiser by a gunman who then killed himself. liu work in the eighty-fourth precinct, its members walk in the wake as one to say good bye to their brother in blue. >> that was wija change reporting. officer liu's funeral is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. it will include a chinese ceremony led by buddhist monks. >>> if you are driving the pennsylvania turnpike get ready to pay more. coming up next we will tell but a toll hike taking effect today. >>> bizarre rescue, no, it wasn't santa claus fire fighters work to free a naked woman, trapped inside a chimney. we will be right back. >>> the soul survivor of the plane crash, takes action to save her

. >> reporter: including police and mayor bill deblasio who clashed in recent weeks. the officers soluted him arriving the two wake with nypd commissioner bill bratton who issued a memo to rank and file members saying a hero's funeral is about grieving not grievance. last week hundreds of officers turned their backs the two mayor in the funeral for officer rafael ramos liu's partner both were killed in their police cruiser by a gunman who then killed himself. live. ui worked in the eighty-fourth precinct. the its members walked in the wake as one to say good bye to their brother in blue. >> that was wija reporting. officer liu funeral will include a chinese ceremony led by buddha monks. >>> for the second day fierce heat from a slow burning blaze is keeping fire fighters and other investigators from searching the holden vehicle will decks of the the greek ferry for more bodies. at least 11 people died december 28th a aboard nor man atlantic on a voyage between greece and italy. authorities feared more bodies might be inside the reek will deck where that fire began. >>>

. >> reporter: including police and mayor bill deblasio who has clashed in recent weeks, officers soluted him as he a arrived to the wake to nypd commissioner bill bratton who issued a memo to rank and file members this week saying a hero's funeral business grieving not grievance. the last week hundreds of officers turn their backs to the mayor and funeral for officer rafael ramos, liu's partner both were killed in their cruiser by a gun man who then killed himself. liu work in the eighty-fourth precinct its members walk in the wake as within to say good bye to their brother in blue. >> that was wija change reporting. the officer liu's funeral will include a chinese ceremony led by buddhist monks. >>> 7:08. health care worker exposed to the ebola virus will be receiving care in an american hospital, we will tell you where. >>> plus changes this morning on one major roadway why it will now cost you more to travel through our area. >>> and a hrouda wakening for a pennsylvania family, wait until you hear what came crashing into their home. >>> hey are you ready for weather roller coaster we'

mayor bill deblasio is urging people to go home get off of the roads. as of 11:00 tonight, traffic is only open to emergency vehicles. there is 6,000 miles worth of streets. they have 2300 vehicles in this city they want blows and they want them to work. 11:00 is the witching hour. that's when they think the bans of the blizzard will be the most intense overnight and we can see anywhere from one to two inches to two to four inches of snow per hour flp is just no way if there are cars on the road that the blows can get in there and do the work they need to do. no private cars after 11:00. the the subway and bus systems are shut down. that is so everyone in new york city can be safe in this storm. >> we have dylan dryer in boston. >> it is pretty much shut down. there is not a lot on the roads but the plows and the salt trucks. so far we have less than half an inch of snow but it has not really reached this area yaet. if you look in front of us the snow has been blowing around it's a very light, fine snow right now. it is starting to cover some of the str

new york city mayor bill deblasio joined the commissioner for that news conference. roxana saberi is here with that information. >> he and the police commissioner ended up fielding questions about the virtual work stoppage and the tensions between the nypd and the mayor. a day after more officers turned their backs to protest mayor ibm deblasio at the funeral of a fellow officer he and the police commissioner expressed their disappointment. >> they were disrespectful to the families who had losted their loved ones. i can't understand why anyone would do such a thing in a context like that. >> i just don't understand it. i'm sorry i just do not understand that. what was the need in the middle of that ceremony to engage in a political action? i don't get it. >> tensions between the mayor and nypd have been running high. many officers bill deblasio sided with protesters, after the grand jury decided not oindict a white officer in the death of eric garner. the mayor has often said he has warned his biracial son about the dangers of police encounters. the mayor tried to d

thousands are expected to attend when new york city mayor bill deblasio and police commissioner billratton arrived officers saluted both of them. liu's partner rafael ramos was laid to rest last week. >>> rain didn't dampen. umbrellas in one hand, signs in another families of all races walked from calvary church to clark park to show solidarity for the cause. >>> "eyewitness news" on the campus of drexel university where hundreds of philadelphia students and their parents set their sights on going college. philadelphia futures hosted the blast off to college and beyond. it focused on the journey to and through college with the end goal of graduation. >> takes a community to get our students to enter college. this is a great time to connect with staff mentors with our parents with their peers and really come together for a shared goal of college graduation. >> they are the first in their family to the a tend college. we wish them the best. >>> a brave young girl the lone survivor of a plane crash. what she did to get the help she needed. >>> plus one driver was stunned to find out he

some police officers turned their back on mayor bill deblasio as he gave a eulogy.y accuse him of not backing the police during a wave of antipolice protesters. >>> the families of 43 missing students in mexico say they'll search themselves. they blame the government for not investigating the missing students. >> translator: we're going to go and look for all of them. we're not going to take government into account anymore because it doesn't do anything for us. they are just telling us that we circulate give up. how are we going to give up? would president enrique pena nieto give up if it was his son? >> russia once known as a science superpower and a hub for discovery and innovation, russia might have sent the first man into space but the golden age has lapsed in recent years and many experts have left the country. in our first part of a two part story rory challenge takes a look at the brain drain. >> boris is used to this, he is already aware of the challenges faced by russian scientists, are challenges that go beyond wrapping up warm. >> resources and budget loc

some members of the are police department and fire department turned their backs on mayor bill deblasio. many felt the mayor had chosen the side of the protesters. >> his greatest joy came in helping others, helping support, devoting himself to something greater than him. >> william bratton had urged members of the nypd from engaging in what he is felt was spines of respect. >> we take comfort in the buddha's words that even when death comes the lessons of goodness do not perish and always cops we celebrate that of his life and that of are detective ramos. >> there were public moments but also private moments. later his casket was closed to prayers and closed to the public as family minutes adhered in, stood solemnly by offering a final salute as helicopters flew in formation overhead. the nypd flag was lifted off officer liu'su's casket and folded. a solemn processional that then proceeded towards cypress hills cemetery. ending two weeks of mourning. courtney kealy, al jazeera. >> two policemen have been killed in an attack in the north of saudi. a report they were killed after their p

but you know it's been a rough few weeks for relations between mayor bill deblasio the socialist sasquatch-- will have laugh -- (laughter) -- and the new york police department turning their backs on the mayor because they feel the mayor does not respect them. at least good news. >> the number of murders in the city dropped to a record low last year. 328 people were reported killed in 2014. that's the lowest number since at least 1963. the city is seeing lower numbers in almost every major crime category. >> jon: burglary, down! assault, down! remember the giant ape used to be on the skyscraper? gone! the only thing we have to deal with now is the occasional koala raucous which is the more adorable problems our city has. wave a little eucalyptus they come right over. as we reached cruising the police switched engines off. >> the police reduced enforcement as a possible protest against the mayor. felonies down 60%. parking violations down 93% and traffic citations down 92%. >> the police commissioner acknowledged there has been a slowdown in summonses and arrests. >> jon: sounds so negative

new york city mayor bill deblasio says the act will ensure that the fallen officers are never forgotten. >>> and court records show the head of security for the baltimore ravens has been charged with a sex offense. he's 48-year-old darren sanders. the records say the charge involves an incident from december 14th, but there are no other details and prosecutors aren't saying anything. sanders' attorney called the charge totally fabricated. the ravens say sanders will not join the team to pittsburgh saturday. >>> their marriage seemed like a fairytale, 95-year-old eddie harrellson and 96-year-old edith hill fell in love in their 90s, but the couple was separated earlier this month in a family dispute over edith's care. she was moved to florida and now eddie died from the flu without a chance to see edith again. >> they were always so talkative to the people and we got so many congratulations. there was so much esteem that they had about this marriage and about their future, things that they were -- their bucket list, so to speak. >> rebecca wright said eddie seemed to lose the will to liv

new york city marry bill deblasio. >> we are facing one of the largest snow storms in the history of this city. projections for this storm are that it would easily be as much as two feet of snow, potentially pushing on closer to three feet of snow. so my message to all new yorkers is: prepare for something worse than we have seen before. >>reporter: along cape cod homeowners are boarding up windows, hoping this impending stomp doesn't reach historic levels. storm isn't this only concern. hurricane force winds could bring down power lines. the ports of new york and new jersey have more than 200 piece of snow equipment at its airports including melters and thousands of tons of salt and sand for airport parking lots. from baltimore to bangor, maine people are stocking up on supplies. this was a scene at a costco in new york city today and at yonkers, are new york. >> it isn't too easy to come by. >> on the heels of significant snowfall this year, dumped as much as 9 inches on saturday, same area expected to get pounded once again. new york's governor issued a statement telling drivers t

mayor bill deblasio says the subway will stop at 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.vehicles will be allowed to be on the streets. but why go out anyway? at this store in brooklyn the shelves are already bear. new york airports only had limited operations today and tomorrow united and other airlines won't be flying out of there at all. connecticut's governor imposed a travel ban starting tonight and warned residents they may have to hunker down for days. the entire state is under a blizzard warning with predictions of up to 30-inches of snow and fierce winds that could create high snow drifts and high waves along the coastal areas. >>> and in massachusetts residents were again stocking up for two to 3 feet of snow and near hurricane force winds on cape cod. a statewide travel ban goes into effect at midnight and schools are closed and 500 national guard troops are on stand by. but despite the weather boston still went ahead today with its sendoff for the patriots who are headed to the super bowl. >>> looking a little bit closer to our neck of the woods we should have

. >> the conversation that mayor bill deblasio had mentioned a conversation he had to have with his biracial son. an officer sitting here last week had that same dilemma yes i'm a police officer and i had to have that conversation too. >> i have a 13-year-old he is a very innocent child. he wouldn't even understand an interaction with the police. he's taking photos of the child in his father's uniform and he was proud of that but unfortunately, the way that police responded and interact with our young black youth is problematic. >> just a mention of that conversation and perhaps the increaseed legitimization of it, was such a sore spot for police officers in new york and elsewhere in the country. why is that? >> i blame a lot of that on mayor bloomberg actually. you got to remember there was great increase in stop question and frisk. a lot of blacks being stopped. and you have 90 -- out of all those stops 80, 90% he weren't even arrested. 90% of people were stopped for basically no reason. and of course you're going to have tension there. got to remember under giuliani, even though we were c

some police officers at the funeral service turned backs on new york mayor bill deblasio and criticized not backing police force during a resent waive of antipolice protests. trial of one of accused in the 2013 boston marathon bombing opens on monday and prosecutors seeking death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> reporter: 21 and plead not guilty to 20 federal charges including using a weapon of mass destruction and he and his brother are accused of assembling and setting off explosive devices near the fine issue line of a marathon. >> one guy with a leg blown off at a thigh and another with a foot blown off. >> reporter: three days later spotted and allegedly had a gun battle with police alerted by the fatal shooting of a university police officer allegedly committed by dzhokhar tsarnaev and brother captured soon there after. >> why young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? >> reporter: prosecutors say dzhokhar tsarnaev born in kirzistan taking blame for the bomb ings and for u.s. attacks on muslims in afghanistan and eri

this is mayor bill deblasio of new york city informing the media what his preparation plans are.ds in connecticut will close down statewide at 9:00 p.m. >> patriots got out of the boston area just in time. both they and seattle are in arizona. >> they're in seattle for the super bowl. new england is a slight favorite, just a one points favorite oversee yacht for sunday's big game. the patriots arrived in arizona about an hour ago. seahawks got there yesterday. anyone know the proper p.s.i. for commercial airline tires. i'm asking for a friend. before they left new england the pats held a pep rally. tom brady sounded like a politician at a campaign railly. >> we have the best fans in america. we're going to go represent you guys in arizona as best we possibly can as we have all season. thank you guys for all your support. we'll be needing you all next sunday night. [cheers and applause] >> go patriots. >> the sixers are in new orleans tonight lucky them. no michael carter-williams. he has an upper respiratory illness. germs spread quickly. >> it's the same thing we all are getting

. >> reporter: but outside as soon as new york city mayor bill deblasio started to speak, some officersturned their backs on him yet again. officers turned their backs to the mayor at last weekend's funeral for liu's partner, detective rafael ramos. new york police commissioner bill bratton sent a memo to the police force, saying today's service is about grieving not g grievance. there was a noticeable divide. some did not face the mayor as he delivered the eulogy. are retired police officer walter liddy. >> i came into the police force in 1981. we had rocky relationships with the mayor, nothing to what it is now. >> despite the tension, the focus remained on detective liu and his family. his widow, paija chan. >> i love you, i love you. >> reporter: she broke down as officers folded the flag that draped his casket. her final reminder his life of service came to a close. last year 50 officers throughout the country were killed in firearm related incidents. fbi director james comey who was at the funeral, says one of the hardest part of his job is to call the home when one of the officer

new york's mayor bill deblasio and his family were on hand for that celebration. 5:00 another owe five. we want to get back to the breaking news in burlington county. fire fighters battling a three alarmed fire in an abandoned factory in mount holly. >> jan carabao just arrived at the scene and she has been gathering information. what have you learn, jan good morning. >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. this fire is still burning in mount who will think morning and because of that fire officials aren't releasing too much information at this point, of course, the main concern right now is getting the flames under control and you can see, from our spot the orange glow in the night sky the the smoke and emergency crews on the scene. take a look at the video. you cane how big this fire is. what we know at this point is fire started 3:15 this morning in the 200 block of holeman road. fire quickly grew to three alarms and crews have been battling this ever since. this is a commercial building and the address 280 holeman comes back as arrow device i havety company but they moved in 2008

mayor bill deblasio push the ceremony button that event is the famous water ford crystal ball in moles. >>> we all slept through it but it looked beautiful. >> it looks great. >> 4:23. katie, waking up to a cold start. >> difficult wake up to the sound of fire works too which is kind of cool. i said all right i'll give you a a pass on that one for waking me up. we will start off, with sky cam and we are looking very clear. perfect viewing conditions for fire works and they continue right now even though there are not any fire works left in the sky we have a crystal clear sky line right now and it will stay that way all day to day. almost a carbon copy as we wrapped up one year, kick tart a new one with sunshine on both end and a breeze to go with the it here too. storm scan three remaining quiet and empty a at this hour. we have nothing more than a few cloud off to the northwest. if we can zoom it out here. yesterday cloud were closer to us but even now, a lot of that has just far removed from the delaware valley. with high pressure generally just locked in place we will keep that suns

t new york city mayor bill deblasio. >> we are facing most likely one of the largest snow storms in history of this city. the projections for this snow storm is that it would easily be as much as two feet of snow potentially pushing on to closer to three feet of snow. a so my message to all new yorkers is prepare for something worse than we have seen before. >> reporter: along cape cod, homeowners are boarding up windows, hoping this impending storm doesn't reach historic levels. the snow isn't this only concern. hurricane force wind gusts could bring down power lines. the port authority of new yorkower lin and new jersey have more than 200 pieces of snow equipment atpm its airports including meltersnc and thousands of tons of saltof s and sand for airport parking lots. from baltimore to bangor, maine, people are stocking up on supplies. this was a scene at a costco in new york city today and at stu leonards in yonkers, new york >> bread and eggs aren't too easy to come by. it comes on the heels of first significant snowfall this year dumped as much as nine inches of snow on saturday, the s

ramos, some police officers watching from outside turned their backs to the screen when mayor bill deblasio spoke. many police officers blame the mayor for creating a hostile environment for police. >>> officers from the bay area made the trip to new york to pay their respects to one of their own. they say the officers of officers liu and ramos were a shock and hit close to home. yesterday in new york, the police officers gathered at the funeral home to pay their respects. among them was javier acosta. >> law enforcement, we're one big family. even though i didn't know officer liu and ramos, their lives still touch me personally. >> he says with the help of officers across the country it seems the officers in new york are slowly recovering from the tragedy. >>> and saying goodly to mario cuomo. there is a wake in manhattan for the 3-term governor. he died on new year's day just hours after his son andrew cuomo was inaugurated for a second term as new york governor. one of mario cuomo's speeches came after the democrat convention in san francisco when he challenged ronald reagan's shining ci

here's the new york city mayor, bill deblasio. >> prepare for something worse than we've seen before. >> reporter: new yorkers do not want a repeat of 2010, when 20 inches fell. paralyzing traffic and blocking the path of vital emergency vehicles. the problem with new york city is that there are only so many places you can put that snow. 20-plus inches will certainly shut them down again. >> and people should start preparing in the tri-state, because it's much bigger than new york, correct? >> reporter: yes, up and down the northeast coastline. the advisories stretching through the ohio river valley. and warnings through the new york tri-state area and to the east. rolling across the ohio river. and it goes to the coastline, causing it to rapidly intensify, tomorrow night into tuesday, blizzards and visibility dropping to zero. dangerous conditions. snowfall totals, 12 to 24 inches in the purple area. potentially more than that. this will likely be an historic storm. >>> adding to the chaos in new york, a deadly shooting in a home depot. crowded with shoppers preparing for that storm.

, those word of praise come at a time when tensions are high and reelses are low between mayor bill deblasio and police. after the the recent ambush killings of two other policeman, officers are remaining vigilant. the suspect in last night's cop shooting allegedly made anti police posts on social media. he has been charged with attempted murder. the those two officers were shot in the arm back, and chest but they are expected to recover from those injuries jim. reporting live from the satellite center, kenneth moton for channel six "action news" good thanks, kenneth. >>> they gathered at a park avenue church today to say good bye to former new york governor mario cuomo. cuomo died last thursday at the age of 28 just hours after his son andrew cuomo was sworn in for his second term as governor. today cuomo said that his father at his core was a philosopher, a poet, and a crusader. cuomo came close to running for president in 1988, and 1992. >>> saying age isn't everything a 26 year-old woman took the oath of office today to become mayor of moorestown, new jersey. "action news" reporter sharr

new york city major bill deblasio warned residents to be prepared. >> this literally could be one ofop storms in the history of the city and we need to plan accordingly. >> reporter: certainly does sound like a huge storm. the snow is expected to be heavy and come down fast. two to four inches an hour. visibility will be drastically reduced. this latest storm following another storm that moved up the east coast just yesterday leaving a slushy snowy coating from pennsylvania to new england. >>> and we were going to show you a live look at new york city but i understand we have lost that. they're getting ready there for what is expected to be a pretty big storm coming tomorrow. >> a very tough couple of days here. and mark tamayo is joining us for what is going on. businesses have already announced closures, airlines have already cancelled tuesday flights. there's a lot for them to get ready for. >> let's check in with mark. not unusual for airlines to make that move. >> 31 degrees with winds at 6 miles per hour right now. by this time tomorrow a completely different story. as you can

and bill deblasio travelled to havana for his honeymoon. but no american president from iceeb be hour to george w. bush altered the policy. and then came president obama who promised to transform america. whether or not he succeeded is a judgment call but there is little question now he fundmentally transformed our relations with cub a. when we return, we look closer at the island nation romanticized by many in the world and what are the realities? we go inside of cuba and meet a man willing to put his freedom on the line to speak with us. >> roberto milan, the member of the patriotic committee in cuba knows the limits. two years ago he was arrested and imprisonned for in america muches a exercise in political speech. speaking his mind landed him in prison, he was willing to speak with us. (speaking spanish) >> i am roberto, i was born in cuba. i think my life is in danger by speak to the media. i use the form of communication to notify the world about my situation and it something happens to me everybody knows the truth. ♪ >> the owners of

embattled new york city mayor bill deblasio, and police commissioner bill brat tton are expected to attend. he had just gotten married, and thousands of people are expected to turn out for the wake. governor cuomo is saying he hopes tensions will ease develop the community and the police. >> the garner family went through pain. the ramos family went through pain, and now the liu family is going through pain, but it's time to move on and heal. >> mayor deblasio attended the wake with commissioner william bratton. officers saluted them when they walked in. bratton issued an internal memo urging officers not to turn their backs on them as the officers did at ramos's funeral last saturday. >>> a symposium in san franciscoed to to speak out on police brutality following the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. more than 300 people are expected to attend at the city college of san francisco. they hope to inspire young people into developing programs benefiting poor communities and holding police more accountable. >>> bay area passengers on board a flight from the united arab emirats are reli

. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio and police commissioner bill bratton arrived together and were greeted by absolute from some officers. last week when deblasio eulogized ramos, hundreds of officers watching a big screen outside turned their backs. even before the protest ever eric garner's death and complaints by officers that deblasio didn't lend enough support to police there had been tensions between the police and the mayor. deblasio was elected on the pledge to end the practice known as stop and frisk. some say relations have been further strained by contentious contract negotiations. on friday bratton said they're bound by the tradition, honor and decency that go with the profession. not threatening discipline he said a hero's funeral is about grieving not grievance, hoping to head off a repeat of last week's silent protest that's final farewell to detective liu. john yang, nbc news, new york. >>> this man is siltion behind bars for trying to drive into a deputy's cruiser. the loudoun county sheriff's department says jake degeronimo broke into a woman's home assau

joining us is bill deblasio. >> good morning, everyone.things down. do you regret that and feel good about that? there has been a lot of controversy. >> always controversy. i listen to the weather man. i think the message was clear from the whole community for today. two or three feet. 20 or 30 miles east of new york city, they got twice as much. it was this close and it was the right thing to do to take precautions. >> how difficult is that? you are balancing keeping people safe which is the most paramount, but it's an economic hit. >> you can't put a price on safety. when we heart two feet or more that's one of the top two or storms in the history of the city. better safe than sorry. get ahead of it and by clearing the roads and having the travel ban, it allowed the sanitation department and all of the first responders to do their work without interference. had we had the real thing, that would have been necessary. >> as the mayor of the city of new york you have to deal with a lot of agencies. the state and the state of new jersey and d

lou: agrees dimensions summit in new york city mayor bill deblasio coming and on how to the way to implement the president's executive fiat on amnesty. lou: and other cooperation by local government was lawlessness on the part of the fed. the president is saying to 5 million unlawful for nationals i won't deport you where do they come from? he made them up. they are not from the statutes. that is called regrading the statute and refusing to enforce the law. the president will enforce the law as congress enacted it not as he wishes it to be. lou: he has obligation to enforce law. there is no government willing to make him enforce the law. we have a congress that is absolutely run into an impasse in the judgment of its capability and its imagination to act and the judiciary, the supreme court is doing nothing here. lou: they are almost complete this in allowing the president to doing once. clearing his own war on libya, and end up with our an ambassador to this to the facade, sure rate to condemn racial profiling but only when we condemn it. lou: the thing is the president is playing politics

bill and hillary clinton and new york mayor bill deblasio attended the service. the three time new york governor died thursday at the age of 8 2. in his honor the empire state building is lit up in the state colors, blue and gold. coming up next, long shot. why the opponents of dog racing in florida have an uphill race against the casinos. and the best tech toys on display this week, but could they put your privacy at risk? >> u.s. crude oil has fallen below $48 a barrel. and american workers are starting to feel the pinch. they will layoff 800 workers due to drilling equipment. and prices could affect other businesses. tom achermann reports from bradford pennsylvania. >> outside of the mcdonald's restaurant in bradford, pennsylvania stands an relic from the first well drilled in 1859 this one is still pumping, and so are hundreds more scattered around the town. she's so-called tripper wells can draw up to a couple of barrels a day from the huge pool of crude that lies beneath the surface. >> it will probably go another hundrediers if we're allowed to do it. we d

>> i have known bill deblasio for 25 years.ing the police have to understand is that this issue, they may not like the way the mayor said what he said. they may not like what he said. but this was a central issue. it's a central issue in the race for mayor. exactly. the people of new york who voted or chose to stay home or whatever they did ratified in this also went to the court system. reform is necessary. i understand the cops may not like this process, this election process, the city council process, but reform is coming. they can kick and scream and demonize the mayor all they want. something is going to happen. >> dang you had a lot of jobs as someone who wants to get into politics what is your message as a perspective leader to these officers on the streets in new york city. what would you like to see them do to move this forward? >> well he said a couple tension there, one the public is not on the mayor's side anymore. he may have earned a low election. he won by a landslide. he's not winning now. public opinion is agai

means for your money and coming up right now the situation here in new york city mayor billbill -- bill deblasio police commissioner bill bratton stepping to the microphone for an announcement. watch and listen. >> good afternoon everyone. 2013, we had a debate in this city about the direction we need to go in. i believe that so many new yorkers believe the time that what we had to do was build a different kind of approach, build a different kind of connection between our police and our communities. so that was the way forward. that was the right path, the fair path, the safe path for everybody involved. well we're about to go over with you the results of a full year, the year 2014, and you will see the facts, see the numbers, that make clear that it was possible all along to create a safer city and a fairer city. it was possible to create the kind of cooperation that would reduce crime even when compared to the record previous year that we saw before we came into office, 2014 proves to be the most extraordinary year of all. i've said to some of you, i'd like to repeat it, when i was preparing t

during ramos' furn ral, officers turned their back on bill deblasio. >>> in the week ahead washington nationals outfielder jayson werth will appeal his reckless driving conviction. last month he was sentenced to ten days in jail. back in july a virginia state trooper clocked his porsche going more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway. the judge also suspended his license for six months and hit him with a $1,000 fine. >>> also coming up this week former redskin fred smoot expected to go on trial, accused of domestic assault against his girlfriend valerie jackson at her home in ashburn. since august she's posted instagram pictures showing scratches and marks on her body. she says jackson is upset she broke up with him. >>> today we could learn more about a plane crash that killed four people leaving one sole survivor. they're calling it an unimaginable tragedy. a 7-year-old girl showed up at a stranger's door asking for help. here is nbc's dan sheneman. >> reporter: it was the first sign anything was wrong. a knock at larry wilkins' door friday evening. >> i answered the door. and the

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. >>> all eyes on new york mayor bill deblasio today giving today's first press conference following the murders of two n.y.p.d. officers. the first public appearance science e since scores of police turn their backs on him again today even after n.y.p.d. commissioner bill bradden specifically asked them not to. the mayor has taken dreading the spotlight under the past few weeks as he's come under brutal afact. today's press conference was probably one he looked forward to. today, he got to announce a major victory for the policies that helped kick off an n.y.p.d. backlash. for an often arbitrary reason. and despite all the warnings that changing the policy would result in a skyrocket of crime, the mayor today got to announce that overall crime dropped 4.6% in 2014, the first year of his term. over the last year, the total murders, robberies and burglaries in new york fell to their lowest rates in a decade. all while the number of police stops continue to plum et for the third year in a row. the percentage of arrests using force fell to a ten-year low. while the policy changes origin

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officer liu did not end the tension between rank and file police and some of them at least and mayor bill deblasio. despite an appeal to end the silent protest oust respect to the families. some again turned their backs on the mayors. many believe the mayor does not support the police and they are holding their first news conference or the mayor's first news conference and the first time he is taking questions from the media since two days after the deadly shooting. we'll bring you that live here on msnbc. coming up we remember stuart scott, one of the most original voices well to grace the sports desk. his friends and anchors are joining ahead. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. every year. that's enough plastic bottles to stretch around the earth 230 times. each brita filter can replace 300 of those. clean. clear. brita water. nothing is better. curling up in bed with a favorite book is nice. but i think women would rather curl up with their favorite man. but here's the thing: about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. well, viagra helps guys with

. >> former president bill clinton and hillary clinton and current mayor bill deblasio were among the attendants. new members for congress were sworn in. norcroft of new jersey and ryan costello, a republican from chester county represents the sixth district covering lebanon and montgomery county. >>> health check tonight, lots of people want to make positive changes for the new year and too many fall by the way side, a local author and coach says she can help you succeed and it comes down to planning and small changes ali gorman spoke with the author and joins us from the big board. her book is called your best year yet a catch all new years resolution book to get organizes or lose weight or quit smoking, the book offered tips to keep you motivated. coach kelly visits "action news" to talk new years resolutions and how to have your best year yet and one of the most common mistakes is after ringing in the new year they try to do something all at once. >> lose 35 pounds and clean our house and save all of our money and we forget there are 365 days in the year. in her book she breaks it

mayor bill deblasio push ceremonial button that set the and. >>> and new year, brings in some new laws including a pay raise for workers in new jersey. the minimum wage in the garden state first jumped 13 cents from 8.25 to 8.38 a hour. people who earned minimum wage in delaware will get a raise june 1. >>> also in delaware teens are now banned from using tanning bed in salons. governor jack markell sign the law that makes it illegal for anyone under 18 to use tanning bed with their parent's permission. spray tans are still allowed. salons also have to pose signs. >>> don't be surprised if gas is more expensive in pennsylvania. new year brings a new gas tax that jumped ten sent per gallon at midnight. pennsylvania now has the one of the most expensive gas taxes in the country. that extra money we're told will pay for transportation project. >>> on this new years day we will continue to follow breaking news huge factory fire has been burning for several hours and fire fighters are just now starting to get it under control. we will get live update from the scene when we come back. >>> al

as a major winter storm continues its advance toward new york city mayor bill deblasio advised people they call god for all shall meet their death in the coming tempest. quote the furious pork roth bearing down upon us knows neither mercy nor reason and all will perish cowering in their brittle dwelling, said deblasio, adding that none would find save those favored by providence to pass quietly if their sleep is there that was new york city mayor bill deblasio performing a dramatic reading tuesday of an onion article about his administration's warning on the blizzard. with us now from athens georgia, is a former president, the american meerlt logical society. now the director of georgia's atmospheric science program. professor jay marshall shepard. meteorologist bill kierans joins us as well. >> joe decided to join the weather coverage. >> what happened here? what happened, man? come on? it's like 18 feet. >> i have to make myself feel better for the weather forecast first. let show you quickly, take this wrapping up full. this was the forecast 24 hours before the first snowflakes fel

in new york a large group of officers turned their backs on new york city mayor bill deblasio. on monday deblasio struck back. >> rather than get lost in the daily back-and-forth by the loudest and most disrespectful voices let's talk about a positive vision. let's talk about what the people of this city want us to do together. >> new york police commissioner bill bratton went further. >> the selfishness of that action the selfishness of it, a funeral is not a place for that. come demonstrate outside city hall. come demonstrate outside police headquarters but don't put on your uniform and go to a funeral and engage in a political action. >> meanwhile fears that this political spat could lead to something worse a slow down in policing are increasing. commissioner bratton said monday he will investigate a staggering drop in arrests in new york in the last few weeks. joining us is sergeant del roy burnett, chairman of the d.c. police union. sergeant, good to have you with us. i want to start in new york, mayor deblasio came out praising the low crime statistics and he addressed th

some police officers watching from outside actually turned their backs to the screen when mayor bill deblasio spoke. many police offices blamed the mayor for creating a hostile environment for his support of antipolice protesters. >>> police officers flew to new york to pay respects of one of their own. their deaths were a shock, really hit close to home. area police officers gathered another the brooklyn funeral home to pay their respects. >> law enforcement, we're one big family. even though i didn't know officer liu or officer ramos, their lives still touched me personally. the officer says with the help of officers from all over the country, the officers in new york seem to be slowly recovering from this tragedy. >>> a huge chunk of the u.s. is bracing for very cold weather. experts say a freezing jet stream will roar down from canada later this week in minnesota, the wind chill readings are negative 45. forecasters expect this to cross the two-thirds of the united states including in the south. >>> time is 6:44. let's check in and see what's coming up withmornings on 2. >>> welcome back.