dallas. the city's mayor calling the event heart breaking. this all comes on the heels of the incident in louisiana and minnesota where black men were shot and killed by police officers. according to the national law enforcement fund this is the deadliest day for law enforcement since 9/11 a tax n washington i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, back to you. >>> coming up in a few moment we will have a live report on local protests spark by this week's deadly police involve shootings. >>> but first lets get to meteorologist david murphy and matt pull hand in for karen rodgers, good morning. >> we have one more day of our excessive heat here, tomorrow will be warm and humid but won't be as obsessive. we will still look at september rally with portion of the region until 6:00 o'clock tonight, heat index will get up to 100 this afternoon in urban enters. satellite shows we will see sun early, there is a a line of showers and thunderstorms coming through and during the afternoon and opening hours we will be looking for those, drenching thunderstorms are

in the city of dallas the city in the state parallel work to respond. we must summon the ability to respond to the challenges in way that will make dallas and texas even stronger. texas is a tough state. but just because we've overcome so many challenges in the past we will overcome this challenge with the future been even better than the past. thank you mayor for the role that you had played, thank you for chief brown who could not be with us. thank you to the men and women who stand behind me beside me, and with me as we work our way forward. we would be happy to take a few questions. >> [inaudible conversations] >> shock and disbelief and then urgency to return to texas to do everything i could. as soon as i heard about it i was on the phone constantly speaking to the mayor, speaking to my staff assuring that first and foremost the state of texas was going to get on the ground in dallas texas any and all resources that could assist them without interfering with what local law enforcement was does. others are assisting in this process. after the immedi

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these were the city of dallas officers and dart officers. >> and talk a little bit about, you said obviously these were dart officers and city officers. can you give us a sense of what the policing culture was like. the person who is now deceased, he'll never be able to be questioned about this. the indications are he had animus about police officers and white police officers. can you talk about what the community-policing relationship is like, to your knowledge, in dallas? >> statistically, it's a good relationship. but we have a racial division in this country and our county of 2.5 million people is not immune from that. we have racial divisions and issues with that like any other community. but we do regularly see protests happen in the downtown area of dallas. it's a pretty progressive community here in dallas county. and our officers intermingle with the protesters and these things are done peacefully all the time. unfortunately in this situation, mr. johnson targeted officers and killed and injured people. >> and do you have a personal concern, sir, that an incident like this, that has

and this is a massive crime scene within the city of dallas. the city of dallas has cameras all around downtown, so you know they're going to be processing that information. but when you also think about hundreds of people who were there when these shots rang out, they have photos, they have videos, they have images, eye witnesses to what took place. dallas police will be not only processing that crime scene, the large crime scene, but talking to people who were directly there, who were eye witnesses to what happened. we did watch overnight at dallas police headquarters. they actually loaded up a bus of eye-witnesses to what occurred, and sent them to dpd headquarters to begin interviewing them and asking them questions. we're going to hope to start a -- talk to some of them later today and figure out exactly what they saw and what they were able to convey to police. but there is still a lot we don't know here, a lot we don't know about this shooter, and we're still not clear if there was anyone else involved. we have heard dallas police chief s

let's go to martin savidge outside dallas city hall. city is still in mourning, very much so, totally understandably. >> reporter: they are. you know, it's interesting mayor mike rawlings as well as the chief of police david brown are two city officials that many people in dallas believe came to the floor and were there in time of crisis and they continue to both move around this city and move around this tragedy almost being in multiple places at the same time. they continue to try to one, reassure the city it is safe and reassure the population here and then also, two, to try to comfort the mayor has been working on that effort because he knows on top of this tragedy, there is also the sense of fear of perhaps retaliation from one side or another that this could be a dividing moment. he wants to make it a unifying moment. in fact, yesterday at the vigil, there was a pledge that everyone was asked to take and that was to say this will never happen again in the city of dallas. meanwhile, the investigation moves forward and that's very ev

these were the city of dallas officers and d.a.r.t. officers. >> and talk a little bit about -- you said, you know, obviously these were d.a.r.t. officers and they were city officers. can you give us sort of a sense of what the policing culture was like? the person who is now deceased, so he'll never be able to be questioned about this. the indications are that he had animus against police officers and, quote, white police officers. can you talk a little bit about what the kind of police community relationship is like to your knowledge in dallas? >> statistically, it's a good relationship. but, you know, we have racial division in this country, and our county of 2.5 million people is not immune from that. we have, you know, racial divisions and issues with that like any other community. but we do regularly see protests happen in the downtown area of dallas, it's a pretty progressive community here in dallas county. and our officers intermingle with the protesters, and these things are done peacefully all the time. unfortunately in this

as an investigator i am thinking why did these individuals select the city of dallas? at goes to what i was saying earlier, that this was planned anyway, they saw this as the opportunity in the city of dallas to jump on board and police officers starting to congregate at the end the protest and that is when they decided to shoot the police officers, killing 5, six fighting for their lives. warner: it is so tragic and you mentioned other cities including chicago, atlanta, dc just to name a few. going forward americans are concerned about the men and women in blue who are there to protect and serve and keep the community safe. now what? >> police are going to continue to do that. we need the support of the community. we don't want the community to wave flags but just support us and give us an opportunity to correct these mistakes some officers make. nicole: can you comment on how social media impact the way we view what is going on and how the police prevented the attack? >> we use social media now more than ever before in confronting intelligence investigations in order

these were the city of dallas officers and dart officers. >> talk a little bit about -- you said obviously these were dart officers and they were city officers. can you give sort of a sense of what the police and culture was like? the person who is now deceased, he'll never be able to be questioned about this. the indications are that he had animus against police officers and, quote, white police officers. can you talk a little bit about what the police community relationship is like to your knowledge in dallas? >> it's -- statistically, it's a good relationship, but, you know, we have a racial division in this country. and our county of 2.5 million people is not immune from that. we have racial divisions and the issues with that, like any other community. but we do regularly see protests happen in the downtown area of dallas. it's a pretty progressive community here in dallas county. and our officers intermingle with the protests and these things are done peacefully all the time. unfortunately, in this situation, mr. johnson targeted officers and killed an injured people. >> and do you ha

and how does the city of dallas move forward. we'll ask the city's mayor make rawlings when he joins us live in a few minutes. here in dallas as the investigation continues into thursday's mass shooting, we are learning more details about the shooter's disturbing behavior leading up to and during that shooting. nbc's tammy lietd ner joins me now in dallas and it is almost unbelievable in adding horror on to horror. >> the details come oulgt today are really astounding and one of the big things is michael johnson wrote in his own blood the initials r.b. in the parking garage. investigates are trying to figure this pertinent to the shooting. police chief earlier today described michael johnson as delusional. the entire time he was involved in the standoff he was taunting the police officers. and singing and laughing at them. and at a point where they didn't think the negotiations could go any further that is when they sent in the robot with the explosive device. and he really thought that michael johnson wanted to kill other people.

city still on edge. we have breaking developments outside dallas. there had been an expanding security presence after authorities received a threat earlier today gns law enforcement personnel throughout the city. a s.w.a.t. team has searched a parking garage next to the police headquarters, but there is late word tonight that no suspect has been found. kristen. >> gabe, thank you for tracking those breaking developments. and we're also learning more tonight about those killed. the five police officers gunned down as they were guarding a peaceful protest. we get more on that tonight from joe fryer. >> officer patrick zamarripa didn't just die serving his community, he lived serving it. his mom and dad have no shortage of pride. >> he was a good kid. wasn't fair his life was taken. >> from a young age zamarripa knew he wanted to be a cop. before he joined the dallas police force he joined the navy. >> in iraq, came back without a scratch and lost his life in the homeland by one of his own. >> when his family heard news of the shooting thursday night th

what will happen to the city of dallas? >> well, the city of dallas will provide counseling to all of their police officers. the order of police -- >> let me get back to you in just a moment. kdfw is now reporting the other suspect who had been in negotiations with police in dallas, we now understand that he has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. that being said, rod, that means had he took himself out. and police will now be able to move forward with their investigation to find out what was on his body. what kind of weapons he had. but what about the threat that he gave about possible explosives? >> well, that is an excellent question. and the police, along with the atf, which is alcohol, tobacco and firearm, trust me they have already started to search many areas down there, any areas that could have been associated with the individuals now. as was reported earlier, there were two individuals taken alive. one was a guy, one a female, and the investigators have already started to question these people, finding out wh

those are the dallas city council members. we're continuing to watch those demonstrations around the country tonight. let's take a look at the scene in st. paul where protesters have amasses oned on a why. we'll be right back. >>> we have been keeping our eye on that situation unfolding just a short time ago at the dallas police department headquarters. an unidentified person racing past police officers into a parking garage across from hq. joining me now from dpd headquarters is nbc news correspondent tammy leiner. tammy, how is the situation there now? >> things have calmed down, changed a lot from when it started when they got a call of a suspicious person in a parking garage. it's about 100 yards to the east of me. it's actually behind the dallas police department. we learned that this parking garage is owned by ibm and leased to the police department. that's where they park all their squad cars, their personal vehicles, their undercover vehicles. and so there was a report that there was a suspicious person in there. so po

. >>> on this saturday night, tragedy in dallas. as a city and nation honor and mourn those killed in the line of duty, new insights about the shooter and his background. including his military service and what may have led him to target the police. >>> call for unity, president obama says the dallas shooter was a demented individual not representative of americans. and says the country is not as divided as some have suggested, despite continuing protests, and vigils after the police shootings of two black men. >>> and the kindness of strangers, in a community shattered by violence, coming together to aid and comfort each other and those who serve now dealing with unimaginable loss. nightly news begins now. . >>> and good evening, we begin tonight with a country in mourning, new details about the sniper responsible for killing five police officers in dallas. nbc news learned the shooter, a former soldier may have been sent home from afghanistan amid troubling allegations. he also showed interest in the black power movement. protesters take to

the same time, i offered him a flag of the state of, excuse me, the city of dallas, and he'll take that back and austin will fly that in honor of this. before we do that, though, i wanted to deliver a little bit of news that i think is relevant and everybody wants to hear. and as many of you know, police released the confirmation that the deceased suspect was identified as micah johnson, black male, 25 years old. we have been working this case throughout the night, and throughout the day, and we believe given the facts, that we have today, that mr. johnson now deceased was alone shooter in this incident happen by piecing together what with a happening at the time after we talk to all of the, and interviewed all of the officers, there was confusion with everybody running around but this was a mobile shooter that had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and he did that, he did his damage, but we did damage to him, as well. happen we believe now that the city dead, and we can move onto healing, part of the healing is to get the support of our great state, i've had m

four police officers killed. 11 officers, some of them dallas area rapid transit, others dallas city police officers were woun >> the dallas morning news calls this an ambush. about 100 officers there protecting protesters. the way this played out, did it seem like they were targeted? >> reporter: absolutely. if you consider these people, the shooters were up in high positions up in perches within parking garages and other high buildings shooting down into a crowd, able to pick off precisely the targets that they wanted to, and those being targets in police uniforms. they could have been shooting at civilians. instead they seemed precisely to be trying to pick off police officers and having success at it. >> that's jim ryan for us in dallas. jim, thank you so much. we understand the dallas police department are holding a press conference. we're going to check in on that. >> reporter: we have some of those notes for you. right on corner of lamar and ross. th dallas, a wonderful community, a mix of new and old. and now the scene of terror. the dallas morning news calling this an ambush.

jay: alison, the dallas strong candlelight vigil was held in the city. police officials and fellow officers talked was him and the tragedies that night. the president of the dallas police association said to the victims' colleagues, your fallen brothers by following in their footsteps, and to the victims your lovede said, " ones will not be forgotten and their sacrifices will long be remembered." >> and to our country, i pray that we can pause and take a step act. when everything is negative and full of hate and anger, there can be no solutions. we must listen to each other rather than talk against one another. let thenot cowardly, heat-phil asked divide our city or country. jay: president obama will be in dallas, where he will meet with family members of the fallen and attend a ceremony honoring the fallen officers. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: jay, thank you. the gun man behind the massacre that killed five police officers. investigators are saying that micah johnson's rampage could have been much worse. they say that johnson sang and laughed at the r

dallas' identity. what happened from here, how did this city change? >> dallas was crazy before it happened, and the assassination empowered legitimacy to more moderate elements. i think dallas achieved a lot of self control and grew up a lot after the assassination, and one hopes that this horrible event will have that same kind of cathartic effect. >> sreenivasan: a gadfly to city government, schutze says the violent situation downtown last week could have been worse. >> the forces of anger and injustice and resentment are out there, and they could ignite and this could have ignited it, and we were just lucky that it didn't. and i mean lucky again, that we have a smart police chief and an effective mayor, but still lucky. >> sreenivasan: mayor mike rawlings, whose police department has set a national example for reforms, knows police must do more to improve community relations, as evidenced by the gruesome video from st. paul, minnesota. that helped spark the dallas protests. the video from just a couple of days ago, the woman reached out to social me

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and we have always shown our trademark resilience, which is needed now as much as ever, and the city of dallas, as the city and the state in parallel work to respond. we must summon the ability to respond to this challenge in a way that will make dallas and texas even stronger. texas is a tough state but just like we have overcome so many challenges in the past, we will overcome this challenge with the future being even better than the past. so thank you, mayor, for the role that you have played. thanks again to chief brown, who could not be with us. thanks to these men and women who stand behind me, beside me and with me as we work our way forward. with that, we will be happy to take a few questions. julie? [ inaudible question ] >> shock, disbelief and an urgency to return to texas to do everything i could. what i did is as soon as i heard about it, i was on the phone constantly speaking to the mayor, speaking to my staff, assuring that first and foremost, the state of texas was going to get on the ground in dallas, texas, any and all resources that could assist them without interfering with

apart of louisiana and minnesota, it prompted a kind of lives sparked of protests in cities across the country. in dallas, again, as was the case many in so many cities tonight including new york where there was an arrest and hundreds of thousands of people are mo moving peacefully through the streets. in the middle of that, the shots rang out and civilians got tramp led on and noetticed the targetf the gunfire, people that are falling around them are police officers. a nightmare in dallas and 1:17 a.m., we don't have a resolution to tell you about. this is still an active search for a sniper suspect or more likely suspects, the briefing from the police department painted a picture of almost a kill zone where it was designed to be from a high angle, almost across fire situation where people in this case, the targeted was police officers were bound to be hit and indeed sadly they were. we are joined now by yet another guest, phillip motif, he's the center of police center. thank you very much for coming on the air tonight. i know one of the things you want to talk about is the success story after a lot of

beginning the dialogue. >> a helpful discussion. >>> around more than 1,000 people gathered at dallas cityt service to remember the fallen officers. many shared memories at the emotional tribute. gayle king is at dallas police department headquarters. gayle, good morning. >> good morning to you, charlie, it's five days later and people here still say they're still numb but they say they will get through. the nation in dallas is moving forward. dallas police chief david brown's advice for young black men is to become part of the solution. and yesterday, he shared his own reasons for joining the force. >> i got a full ride scholarship to uti. i came back home for the summer, around '80, '81, '82, that time frame. the crack cocaine epidemic hit dallas pretty hard. my friends that stayed here became involved in that. and it broke my heart. and it changed what i wanted to do. in college. and i actually left college my first semester of my senior year to apply for the dallas police department to do something about what i was seeing in my neighborhood. my first beat was my olds neighborhood. and

it was productive. >>> and more than 1,000 people gathered at dallas city hall last night for a candlefive fallen officers. many shared memories at the emotional tribute. gayle king is at dallas police headquarters. gayle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. it's five days later and people here say they're still numb. but they also say we will get through this. the days after the shooting dallas and the nation are now working to move forward and improve relationships between police and the communities that they serve. dallas police chief david brown's advice for young black men is to become part of the solution. and yesterday he shared his own reasons for joining the force. >> i got a full ride scholarship to u.t. austin. and this was 1979. come back home for the summers. around '80, '81, '82, that decade, crack cocaine epidemic hit dallas pretty hard. my friends who stayed here became involved in that. and it broke my heart. and it changed what i wanted to do. in college. and i actually left college my first semester my senior to come back and apply to the dallas

, where you go , go to dallas city this is a city which must come together, must lock arms. as we get more on this tragic incident, we will bring it to you. let's get to bloomberg first word with rosalind chin. >> taiwan has closed financial markets as a typhoon sweeps across the island. the first typhoon has sustained winds of 200 kilometers per hour gusting to 250. taiwan's airlines have canceled flights. the philippines have suspended .raffic in 14 cities china has reported a big jump in car sales in june. it rose to 1.7 million units. britain's decision to lead the eu has an immediate impact on the u.k. high street, that is -- it sayso the firm like for like sales fell 3.6% last month. the west june results fell more than a decade. -- more than in a decade. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . manus: let's get breaking news coming in across the bloomberg. cfo -- sorry, pierre francois leaves the group. this is th

on behalf of the dallas citizens and our great dallas city council, we want to say thank you.itation. some of you have traveled from across our state and some from across our country. i want to recognize my fellow mayors from out of state for being here on such short notice. oklahoma city mayor mick cornett. new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. columbia mayor steven benjamin. louisville mayor gregg fisher. thank you. thank you also to my friend, ft. worth mayor betsy price, to our state's first lady, cecilia abbott, and daughter, audrey abbott, who are here on behalf of governor gregg abbott. the governor jay nixon of missouriernor susannah martinez of new mexico. and to our congress men and women. you represent elected officials and your citizens across the country who have reached out to me in recent days and who weren't able to make it here today, whose cities and states have also been scarred by violence. congresswoman johnson, senator co cornyn, senator cruz, these men and women are here with us because they know we have a common disease, this absurd violence on our streets.

but dallas is a strong city and the community is strong. i don't believe that the individual that committed this crime is indicative of the people in north texas and in particular in dallas, and so for that reason the city is really rallying around the dallas police department. i think last night not just in dallas but in ft. worth, you saw the glow of blue on all the buildings downtown. >> it was cool. >> it's something to really make you proud of the people in the community and how they've really rallied around us. >> this process, you've been through it a lot more than i have, but this process usually begins in earnest once the attention of the nation and especially the attention of the community moves on to other matters, and that's normally when people who are healing need help. >> yeah, absolutely. if no one has seen a police funeral, it's very impactful. it's almost unimaginable the raw emotion that takes place not just in the service but in the processions that lead to those. right now there's planning because we have multiple -- fiv

dallas. >> today our focus is on the victims and their families. they are heartbroken. the entire city of dallas is grieving. police across america, a tight-knit family, feels this loss to their core. what's it like to be in good hands? like finding new ways to be taken care of. home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh... but with added touches you can't get everywhere else, like claim free rewards... or safe driving bonus checks. even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee! in means protection plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. it's good to be in, good hands. >>> bottom of the hour now, top of the news from dallas. we're learning more about the victims of the deadly ambush that happened here. five officers, of course, died in the attack. they ranged in age from 32 to 55. among them, an iraq war veteran, a former army ranger and a former semi pro football player. seven other officers and two civilians also hurt in the shootings. william has the details for us. william, dallas has really rallied around the families of these officers, i understand. >> you know, ever

hundreds gathered at the dallas city hall to pay respects. a picture of each fallen officer was shown in front of the crowd as a moment of silence was held. police leaders called for peace and unity among officers and the community. >>> also tomorrow in dallas, the president is expected to pay his respects. mr. obama is set to attend an inner faith memorial service for the five late officers. president george w. bush and laura bush will also join the president for the trip. this week will be a tough one for the city of dallas as funerals for the five officers begin on wednesday. >>> meanwhile, protests demanding police reforms are now continuing across the country including tonight in the east bay. this is where hundreds turned out for a black lives matter rally at uc berkeley. this rally comes in the wake of last week's deadly police shootings in baton rouge and st. paul. there were similar rallies in oakland and san francisco over the weekend. >> take you outside. a live look at oracle arena. two weeks interest tomorrow night, team usa will

this as hundreds gather to hold a candle light vigil in dallas to honor the victims. >> reporter: with the city still heart broken and many on edge, support if dallas police keeps pouring in. >> brent thompson was my friend and i loved him. >> reporter: hundreds paying respets to the five officers killed and nine others injured. those in uniform putting their lives on the line to protect others. this tribute just blocks away from where m out his killing spree in cold blood firing rounds and taunting officers admitting his hatred for cops. >> this person had some delusion. this person also was very committed to killing officers. >> reporter: an emotional turning point for dallas police, now focusing on laying their own to rest while investigators sift through 170 hours of body cam video, 300 witness interviews and johnson's personal ars nell to get answers. >> this wasn't an ethical dilemma for me. i'd do it again. >> reporter: president obama once again will be standing behind a pulpit, his remarks on the heels of two caught on camera police shootings sparking debates about race, justice and th

today feels like a different day than the days before this tragedy because you're here, because dallas is a cityorter: sara sidner, cnn, dallas. >>> coming up live in the newsroom, president obama speaking candidly about race and the violence we've witnessed this week across america. and his own legacy on race relations. that's coming up right at the top of this hour. ♪ ♪ [engine revving] want to know what makes us, us? by the time other people start doing what we've been doing, we've already moved on. the lexus gs 350 f sport, with better overall handling performance than the bmw 535i m sport. ♪ [so i use quickbooks and run mye entire business from the cloud. i keep an eye on sales and expenses from anywhere. even down here in the dark i can still see we're having a great month. and celebrate accordingly. i run on quickbooks.that's how i own it. >>> lastly this hour, i want to show you just some of the messages people have been leaving outside the dallas police headquarters where this memorial you see there has been growing, balloons, flowers, and notes like this. ♪ >>> you are live in the cnn

this is a deep wound in the city of dallas and also in america. >> it is certainly a deep wound. and yes words matter, and we -- our leaders have to be very careful about what they say and when they say it because just one word to one group can tip off that group. and to go in somewhere like dallas here, and killing many, and the thing about it is, you've said it, and i think our viewers need to understand this, police officers just don't wake up in the morning and say, we're going to go out and kill black people, we're going to go out and kill white people? incidents happen, and the incidents, maybe black people and white people are killed. but it is not always where someone is just saying, we want to do this. and the mass majority of law enforcement, and there are thousands and thousands throughout our nation that serve and protect, they put on that uniform every day and every night, and they go out there and they are serving and protecting us while we're awake, and serving and protecting us, while we are sleeping. but the thing about it is, we've now got five dead officers. an

that we support them, not only with an officer realm but as a community and as a city. >> whoever i've talked to in dallas black or white i've only heard praise for the police chief and what he's done and how he's brought community policing into your neighborhoods. this is a city that is known for the progress that has been made but personally when you heard what happened in baton rouge and when you heard what happened in st. paul, what did you think? >> here we go again. we've had too many of these incidents that have occurred that have gone unprosecuted and so here we go again and what can we do to prevent another incident like this happening, dallas or anywhere else in the country. you know, what ks as must be taken, what process needs to be changed in terms of these investigations? do we need independent investigators who can investigate these cases and come back with a finding that will provide justice for so many of these families who have lost their loved ones. >> what can we do? >> i think it starts with the training. again, piggybacking off councilman thomas, it does deal with training, it deals

alive look at the dallas city hall plaza. one of the officers addressing the crowd. called dallas strong candlelight vigil started about half an hour ago. the police association is hosting this event. >>> shortly after he killed five officers, they say that micah johhson sang and laughed at the least. he said more than with explosives. and he left one message written in his own blood as the city of dallas prepares to bury those killed. we're hearing from the gunman's family. diane gallagher on the rampage they did not see coming.>> five officers were killed. nine officers were wounded. as a result of gunfire or fragmentation of bullets. >> reporter: the gunfire coming from one man, micah johhson. they say that johnson has several weapons and war of several -- bulletproof vest. >> he lied to us and played games, laughing at us. singing, asking how many did he get ? that he wanted to kill more. >> reporter: but the parents said that the man who killed the least wanted to be a police officer.>> he said the military did not live up to his expectation. >> reporter: they st

dallas police issuing an all clear after searching for a suspicious person in a parking garage next to the city headquarters. a dallas police spokeswoman said earlier today that the department had tightened security after receiving an anonymous threat against law enforcement across the country. joining me now live from dallas is detective rod wheeler. all right, can you hear me? >> yes, i can, judge. >> okay. good. all right. the mood in dallas now is what? is anybody out on the streets? what are people saying? what's going on now? >> well, for a saturday night, after a busy, busy week here in the city of dallas, texas, it's actually quite a few people on the street tonight. now, as i mentioned to you earlier, the dallas police department, judge, they still have about a two and a half block radius marked off with police crime tape, and what are they doing right now with that part of the investigation. according to the law enforcement officials, it's going to take them at least two, maybe even three more days before they can release that scene which is the buildings behind me here. why? because

let's bring in dallas city councilman adam mchugh. py to have you here, because i'd love you to give me perspective on what it has been like there in dallas over these past few days. >> well, it's been hard. it's been a situation that you never want to have happen in your city. and you know, immediately, our hearts go out to all the families of these officers and the officers that were harmed, but also the rest of our police department that is struggling with what's going on right now. >> i know that there are those who knew people that were killed, and that includes you, councilman. i understand that you knew michael smith. what can you tell us about him? what kind of person he was, the kind of police officer he was. >> i did. i actually knew him less from his work as a police officer on the streets, where for over ten years i've worked with many of our amazing police officers. but i knew michael from church. he is the -- he served in a security role at watermark church here in dallas and was just an amazing part of that body. and it'

dallas. they have torn this city apart. they really unified it in a way also in grieving. here's stephanie elam. >> reporter: tonight, new details emerging about what is now the deadliest attack on police officers since 9/11. five dallas police officers killed. seven officers and two civilians wounded during a peaceful black lives matter protest. one of many occurring nationwide. following the shooting deaths of black men in louisiana and minnesota at the hands of police this week. >> we got a guy with a long rifle. we don't know where the hell he's at. >> slow down. he's in the damn building right there. >> assist, officers, shots fired. code three. officer down. >> reporter: during the search of the suspect's home, police found bomb making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. the chilling moments captured on cell phone video as the shooter engaged with police. >> this was a well-planned, well-thought out, evil tragedy by these suspects. >> he said he was upset about the recent police shootings. the suspect said he was up

all we want is to engage in the city of dallas and unify the city of dallas. that's all we want. >> and, i guess another way to put it is because names matter, the last thing folks wanted was for castillo and sterling to be linked with something like this after what we all witnessed and been through. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and if i can and i need to say it, the person who law enforcement had as a point of interest, i don't know him personally, i saw that he was armed. however, when those shots rang out, i was standing right there, his brother instructed him to disarm himself and take his wife out and give it to the offic officer -- it was an hispanic officer. i watched him. i thought this hispanic officer catches his name down. >> there is no way that guy they had is a point of interest could have done this. he marched with us the whole time. i witnessed him getting his wife to a dallas police department officer, a hispanic one. the story that his brother gave is very much true. i was standing right there. >> i had to let that. >> jarvis thank you for sayi

dallas. extraordinary events taking place. the coordinated attacks have been described as an ambush by the city's mayor. barack obama called the crimes vicious and calculated. he spoke with the dallas mayor to extend his condolences and two offers or. -- and to offer support. >> i focus is on the victims and their families. that's our focus. the entire city of dallas is grieving. feel thisoss america loss to their core and we are grieving with them. would ask all americans to say a prayer for these officers and their families to keep them in a nation,hts and as let's remember to express our profound gratitude to our men and women in blue. >> the u.s. president speaking following the attacks, speaking in poland where he is attending a nato summit. surely has more on how the events unfolded. -- shirley. >> the dallas protests again like all marches against police brutality. demonstrators denounced violence against black americans. but when the protesters end of the rally and started heading home, the situation turned into chaos. gunshots were heard half a mile from city hall. one or more snipers targeted p

dallas p.d. s.w.a.t., and all the cities around there that have s.w.a.t. teams, those tactical officers all interact constantly. negotiators work together. they're friends. they know each other. they train together. so there was always great relationships with dallas police department. it just hits you so deep to see this happen to anybody, any department, to lose this number of officers. unfortunately, we did experience this ourselves, and i was in that shoot-out in waco, texas, when we lost four of our heroes and many wounded. and, you know, it was devastating to atf to lose that many guys. i mean it was just -- it just knocks you back. and this is -- dallas is going to have a tough time. i mean this is just really a tough time. and you got some people wounded, too. so they're going to -- they're focusing their energy on these shooters, the killers. just watching what patrol did here, those are the officers who were on the beat there. you talked about, brian, in front of the demonstration. you know, they went right to the parking garage. they were under t

jakes is an influential political figure of the city of dallas. voice often heard far beyond the city itself. victor blackwell is joining me now. he has incredible influence and sway among many groups, but particularly within the african-american community. you had a chance to sit down and talk with him. tell us how this came about and why he felt it was important at this time. >> reporter: yes, suzanne, we sat right there in the pews of the potter house. the 30,000 member mega church here in dallas. actually, my producer, i have to give him credit for suggesting that we have this conversation because, as you said, his voice reverberates here around the city and really around the world. and when we're dealing with issues that not only impact the city of dallas but the nation and the national conversation that we're having, it just made sense to have that conversation. again, 30,000 members of that church. so in addition to questions of faith, members go to him with questions about race relations, police relations, relations inside the community and

the history of the assassination always overshadowed dallas as a city. and i talked with lawrence about the little known fact that the first time that lee harvey oswald was confronted at gunpoint by dallas police was inside the book depository. that's because the motorcycle officer heard the shots and saw the pigeons off the roof as he was riding facing the book depository would have made that l-turn, he saw the pigeons fly and he road his motor up. so dallas has had that sorted history. but that was a police force, j.d. tippett, a dallas policeman killed by lee harvey oswald. a solid case against oswald for killing tippett. so they've recovered. it's a great police force and they did everything they could that day. they've recovered and to have this happen to them is just heartbreaking to see this happen. and also the d.a.r.t. police, as you brought up and lawrence brought up, the transit police. you know, we've changed so much in america. transit police, university police, college police, facilities police. they're sometimes now the first line. that's w

the entire city of dallas is grieving. police across america are a tight-knit family and feel this loss to their corps. and we are grieving with them. i'd ask all americans to say a prayer for these officers and their families and keep them in their -- in your thoughts and, as a nation, let's remember to express our profound gratitude to our men and women in blue, not just today, but every day. with that, i want to thank presidents tusk and yonker for our work today in warsaw. >> president obama is speaking and reacting for the first time to those fatal shootings in dallas. really trying to calm americans back home, saying federal assistance will be given to leader in dallas and was horrified and called the motivation of the killers of those five policemen twisted, saying there is no justification for any kind of violence, particularly against the police, as they work trying to oversee what was meant to be a peaceful protest. so the president also trying to qualify the remarks he made ,,, carefully sweeping the city for an

officers, to see that type of unity at the top of the command and control for the dallas police department and for the city of dallas. in his remarks, the mayor of dallas said that eventually, right now we've got to get on the friction and the tension between the police officers and the community and solve this. here is what he said. >> this city will be better and see better days because of the lives that were lost last night. god bless dallas. god bless texas. >> reporter: the police chief adding about this attack, it appeared to be well-planned. and they're still trying to get all the details. their investigation continues, of course, on the number of shooters involved here. that continues here at baylor university medical center. we're still waiting for updates on how the injured officers and civilians are doing. >> when the updates come, we'll come back to rich edson, rich, thank you so much. craig miller is the former police chief of the city of dallas and in addition has worked the deaths of police officers more than you want to think about, i'm guessing, over the years. >> my time here in dallas pd

dallas. i am ari melber and here at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. ew information about the man who opened fire murdering five dallas officers in cold blood. investigators revealing what he left behind at the scene and his potentially deadly plans for further

and we've always shown our trademark resilience, which is needed now as much as ever, in the city of dallas as the city and the state in parallel work to respond. we must summon the ability to respond to this challenge in a way that makes dallas and texas even stronger. texas is a tough state. but just like we have overcome so many challenges in the past, we will overcome this challenge with the future being even better than the past. so thank you, mayor, for the role that you have pled. thanks again to chief brown, who could not be with us. thanks to these men and women who stand behind me, beside me and with me as we work our way forward. with that, we'll be happy to take a few questions. julie? >> governor abbott, [ inaudible ] found out what was happening here in dallas? >> shock and disbelief and an urgency to return to texas to do everything i could. what i did was, as soon as i heard about it, i was on the phone constantly, speaking to the mayor, speaking to my staff, assuring that first and foremost, the state of texas was going to get on the ground in dallas, texas, any and all res

dallas, mike rawlings. [applause] at age:58 p.m. five days ago the soul of the cityfficers were ambushed and the days that followed research a massive crime scene and we pay tribute of a growing police headquarters and prayed together at thanksgiving square and we lit candles to honor the lives of our five he heros. we realize our pain is your pa pain. michael smith, brent thompson on behalf of the dallas citizens and our great dallas city council. we want to say thank you for accepting our invitation. some of you travel across the state and the country. i want to recognize our fellow mayors for being here in such short notice. the mayor mitch landrieu, columbia mayor stephen benjamin, greg fisher thank you. thank you also to my friend betsy price and two cecelia abbott and a daughter here on behalf of governor greg abbott, to the governor of missouri and governor martinez of new mexico and to the congressma congressmn you represent officials and citizens across the country that have reached out to me in recent days who are not able to make it here today whose cities

this is a devastating time for the city of dallas. it's a devastating time for us as activists and organizers. we cannot bring about justice through violence. we cannot bring about love through violence. if we continue to turn to violence, we are going to continue to see heart ache and devastation. we know that the eyes of our nation and perhaps even the world are upon dallas at this very moment. this is a city of love. this is a city where people learn to stand up for each other. and our work from here on out will be what it has always been, teaching people to love each other. and pursue justice for the rest of their days. i'm going to be open to taking questio questions. yep. no questions. >> let's switch quickly to washington, attorney general loretta lynch. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you all for being here today. last night, at least five police officers were shot and killed, several more were injured. along with two civilians. as they sought to protect a peaceful protest in dallas, texas. our thoughts and our prayers and