does the nypd see commissioner bratton as a man of diblasio or a man of the nypd? >> you know, i can't talk for the cops but i'll say this. in my opinion the only -- the only good left in the nypd for the cops is bill bratton. and his chief, john miller, they need these guys, they need them there. if they walked out, i think, honestly, i think there would be a mutiny on the city. i think the cops would stop working. i would be scared to death. if i had bill bratton as the commissioner and bratton left i wouldn't work. >> what's going to happen now? bernie, what's going to happen now? >> i think that's really going to depend on the commissioner. he's going to have to do something to ensure the cops that he's going to be there for them regardless of the mayor. i don't think the mayor's going to get any respect from this point forward. when you watch this video and the guys turn their backs on him i get it and understand it. in some ways i don't agree with it but i get it and i understand it. they are -- they've been demoralized, degraded, embarrassed. >> on the brook

does the nypd see commissioner bratton as a man of diblasio or a man of the nypd? >> you know, i can't talk for the cops but i'll say this. in my opinion the only -- the only good left in the nypd for the cops is bill bratton. and his chief, john miller, they need these guys, they need them there. if they walked out, i think, honestly, i think there would be a mutiny on the city. i think the cops would stop working. i would be scared to death. if i had bill bratton as the commissioner and bratton left i wouldn't work. >> what's going to happen now? bernie, what's going to happen now? >> i think that's really going to depend on the commissioner. he's going to have to do something to ensure the cops that he's going to be there for them regardless of the mayor. i don't think the mayor's going to get any respect from this point forward. when you watch this video and the guys turn their backs on him i get it and understand it. in some ways i don't agree with it but i get it and i understand it. they are -- they've been demoralized, degraded, embarrassed. >> on the brook

when mayor diblasio went to the altar to you'llgize i scanned the crowd.ould see blocks and blocks and blocks of officers. i could also see the screen. i did not see that many people because we were looking for that. we did see some officers turn their back last saturday night when mayor diblasio walked into the hospital to check on the officers and found out that they were killed. now, there is a union feud that mayor diblasio that dates back to his campaign in 2013, the benevolent association doesn't agree with his criticism of the stop and frisk program and other criticisms. with recent tensions, they have been stoking the fires as well kind of using this horrible event to accuse mayor diblasio of having blood on his hands. so while today overall, it was peaceful, overall, it was slum and respectfultiously deeply deeply respectful throughout the city streets. what you are hearing on social media like twitter and what's really driving the point home is after a day of respect today, even after officer lu is laid to rest, you are still going to have severe

. >> new york mayor bill diblasio was emotional.e praised the officerses, wenjin liu who got mayor wid two months ago and 40-year-old raph raph raphael ramos. >> although we're still learning the details, it's clear this was an assassination. these officers were shot exhaustion style particularly despicable act which goes at the very heart of our society and our democracy when a police officer is murdered. it tears at the foundation of our society. >> now before the mayor spoke, new york city police officers showed their anger by turning their backs on the mayor over previous comments about the death of eric garner. we're going to have much more on that part of the story. >> this new york shooting suspect certainly had a record. he had earlier shot and seriously wounded a woman believed to have been his ex-girlfriend in baltimore. he had been arrested several times in georgia where he had a home. those charges included shoplifting and property damage, obstructing a police officer. brinsley suggested on social media he planned to kil

but mayor diblasio should have to experience just for one day what new york city would be like without the nypd. that city would collapse into utter chaos. these people are out here cop bashing, trying to score some cheap political points at the expense of our law enforcement officers. >> as the administration has tried, obviously tried to exploit politically tragedy, whether it be the shooting death of michael brown or the choke hold death or alleged choke hold death of eric garner. these are two incidents and in no way am i minimizing them, but two incidents and this president projects that into a national, national crisis, a national problem and calls for the retraining of 35,000 police officers, that will be about 25,000 of those 35,000 who are street cops who will have to go through training, yet the president calls for no response from the community of new york, of ferguson, missouri. the attorney general basically denigrates all of law enforcement and the president, the president is denigrating american society as racist. how do we get beyond it? >> with better and more effectiv

officers turned their backs on diblasio, holding the officers' body. some lawmakers and police representatives say the mayor is responsible for the officer's deaths. >> mr. mayor, you need to have a sit down and you need to get everything corrected from the may your's office down. because this is wrong. we need, we need you to work with the community and the police department. we don't need you to go to one side. the police department need you as well. this is what happens. that's why you got their back yesterday. because of all of this craziness that is going on. >> and the new york police department says it is concerned about more attacks on its officers. right now, the department is investigating a gang member who posted a threatening message to police on facebook. alexander field has more on how the department is trying to pro tkt itself and the may your's rinse to all the criticism he is facing. >> reporter: this is a city still very much on edge. the men and women sworn to protect the team who live here on alert. sources telling cnn extra securit

protests against police continue in new york, despite mayor diblasio's call to put them on hold until after the funerals of officers gunned down. a dozen demonstrators stage add sit in at the grand central terminal. protesting cases in which grand jurist chose not to indict white police officers in the death of unarmed black men. two police officers were shot and killed in brooklyn by a man who prom ills the retaliation, for michael brown and eric garner. the gunman then killed himself . >> until these funerals are pass the let's focus on these families and what they have lost. >> this movement is about the police being held accountable for what has happened. so yes, dow think it is fit that we're still out here. i think we still need to come out and peacefully protest. >> in the bronx, children joined religious and civic leaders to remember officers, rafael ramos and wenjian liu. ramos will be laid to rest this weekend. details for wenjian liu's funeral have not been released. >> meanwhile the superintendent of the upper darby police department wants his officers to be extra cautious

diblasio's words about ramos included praise for the police force. >> and he was so committed to thed it meant so much to him to be a member of the finest police force in many country. >> reporter: ramos died just before he was to become a police chaplain inspiring this from commissioner bran ton. >> i'm appointing him area department chaplain for the 84th precinct. >> people joined hands during the final prayer. more than a few tears flowed as helicopters blew in missing man formation. and then the relentless drum beat as a hero was carried to his final rest. in queens, new york, tony a i.e. llo cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> a number of philadelphia police officers were among those in new york today to pay their respects. afterwards they shared a few pictures from the funeral with us. you can see just how huge that turn out was in new york to honor officer ramos. a somber ceremony that served as a reminder to the sacrifices they make every single day. >> unfortunately, we do know what that feels like, because we've had our own tragedies here in physical. but we're going to keep hem in

but i do believe mayor diblasio should apologize to the new york city police department. >> reporter: spokesperson for the mayor had no comment on the depth station but said, the ramos and liu families, our police department and our city are dealing with an unconscionable tragedy. our sole focus is unifying the city and honoring the lives of our two police officers. commissioner brat ton said hit no place at a funeral. >> i certainly don't support that action yesterday. i think it was very inappropriate at that event. that funeral was held to honor officer ramos and to bring politics -- to bring issues into that event i think was very inappropriate. >> that was lisa evers roaring. new york city police commissioner says what we need to do is try to find some common ground with a lot less rhetoric and a lot mr. dialogue. >>> in the meantime, community members in our area at the baptist worship center in bridesburg gathered for a ferguson related rally they called this black lives matter. church service was led by the senior pastor there in hopes to try to bridge that gap between our law

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. >> new york city bill diblasio, the entire new york city police force will be retrained to improve community relations. >> reform is happening here in new york city. it is happening already before our very eyes and it has only just begun. >> on staten island, eric enough. >> they had a video that represents a body camera. it did nothing. try something else. >> did diblasio's comments anger the head of new york city's police uniform. >> he needs to support new york city police officers and teach our children, you cannot resist arrest because resisting arrest leads to confrontation. confrontation leads to tragedy. >> that's the support we need. >> the garner case has sparked a conversation that is unlikely to ends any time soon. >> a federal review of policing in cleveland, ohio, found use of unreasonable force was part of a pattern, in some cases endorsed by supervisors. president obama weighed in. >> when it comes, as we have seen unfortunately in recent days to our criminal justice system: too many americans feel deep unfairness when it comes to the gap between our professed ideal

el presidente del sindicato de policÍas que acusÓ a diblasio detener sus manos manchadas de sangre, hablÓuneral del oficial liu. >> una persona bien buena... siempre estaba en la iglesia. >> quÉ piensa usted del conflicto que hay actualmente el del departamento de policÍa y la alcaldÍa? >> yo creo que el alcalde debe ser mÁs... con los policÍas because ellos son los que nos defienden. >> como parte de la tensiÓn que se vive en nueva york al menos nueve personas han sido detenidas por amenazas de muerte a policÍas. >> los policÍas a ramos y liu fueron los primeros en morir prestando servicio desde 2011. el gobernador dijo que todos deben respetar a los mÁs de 75.000 oficiales newyorquinas, que las amenazas no serÁn toleradas, y quienes la hagan deberÁn enfrentarse a la justicia. >> el alcalde de cÓpula fue finalmente liberado. nuestra compaÑera andrea gonzÁlez pudo conversar con el. >> cÉsar miguel peÑaloza, alcalde del municipio de cocula, guerrero, saliÓ libre. en exclusiva para univisiÓn nos dio sus primeras impresiones a pocos minutos de recuperar su libertad. >> estoy... todo el tiemp

el otro desafÍo serÍa el conflicto entre el sistema benevolente de la policÍa y el alcalde bill diblasio el new york post indican que durante las Últimas dos semanas ha habido una reducciÓn del 80% de actividad oficial. >> aÚn sÍ estos comandantes policiales garantizan que la subida serÁ la mÁs segura del planeta. una idea con la que desde ya se identifican algunos turistas. >> muy tranquilo, muy tranquilo es la segunda vez en nueva york. >> seguridad por todo lado. muy bueno. >> esta noche irÉ a mucha gente a nueva york para ver la llegada del aÑo 2015 y maÑana 1 de enero noticias univisiÓn 65 presenta sus emisiones de las seis y de las 11 un especial de noticias con lo mÁs destacado en el 2014, ustedes podrÁn recordar todas las noticias y los invitamos para que estÉn pendientes de este especial a las seis y a las 11. solo aquÍ en un inicio 65, regresamos en sÓlo segundos. >> las fiestas y reuniones es normal al igual que sucede en nochebuena y conducir un automÓvil influencia del rock facial, sigue siendo una mezcla mortal. si nos cuentan a marÍa vargas. >>25% de los accidentes en la c

fox's david lee miller is in new york with the story. >> reporter: new york mayor bill diblasio praising the bravery of the nypd as he attempts to diffuse tensions with the country's largest police department. >> to serve people in this way it takes courage determination and commitment. we praise you for making this noise. >> reporter: his address to the new class of nypd graduates came just two days after officers turned their backs on the mayor during the funeral for fallen officer raphael ramos. he and his partner wenjian liu were ambushed and killed earlier this month by gunman ismaaiyl brince who'll said theirs death were retaliation of police killings of eric garner and michael brown. some police advocates say the mayor has created an atmosphere of distrust and disrespect for law enforcement. >> it's time for the mayor to start walking back from some of the comments he has may. both his campaign platform which seemed in many respects to be anti police, anti law enforcement and recently. >> police commissioner defended the mayor saying the officers shouldn't have brought politics to

it reads "diblasio our backs have turned to you.se it comes the same day that mourner gathered in queens for the wake of slain officer raphael ramos. ramos along with officer wenjian liu were shot excution style last week as they sat in their marked patrol car fox's david lee miller is in queens, new york, with more. >> reporter: nypd officers carrying the cassette raphael ramos in into christ tabernacle. mourners lining up for hours to say goodbye to the slain cop at his wake today. 25,000 law enforcement members are expected to tend his funeral tomorrow. jet blue offering free flights for relatives and police to travel to new york for saturday's services. >> it's just great to see a corporation these days do something that's so giving. airline also helping family and officers fly in for officer wenjian liu's funeral which is yet to be scheduled. coming from the tunnel to towers foundation will pay off the mortgages on both officers hom homes. >> it's important that we show the liu and ramos family that we are all coming together a

also commented, on the tension right now between the police department and the city's mayor, bill diblasio. >> i think right now everyone should focus on the families of the two slain officers, put them away with the dignity and respect that they certainly deserve. the rest of this could be sorted out at a later time. but right now everyone needs to lower the volume a little bit on the rhetoric, because we are just at very, very volatile environment right now. i talk to commissioner brad on, couple of times yesterday. he is one of the best police leaders in america. and he will guide his department through this. >> as you just heard don champion mention, hundreds took the street of philadelphia, calling for racial equality in the u.s. the black-out philly march started at 15th and arch streets, circled around city hall, continued down to the art museum steps. group rallied there before stage willing four and a half minute die-in. police say last night's protests remained peaceful. >>> it is 8:02. time to get a check of traffic and weather. good morning, carol. >> good morning, diane a ever

. >> inseparables bill diblasio y el alcalde de la policÍa evadieron las preguntas sobre las tensionesndo a los newyorkinos a dejar los debates de lado. el comisionado descartÓ tajantemente rumores de que mensajes internos circulaban el sindicato de oficiales ordenando a no iniciar sus funciones. hoy vimos como con la frente en alto patrullaban de a dos por Órdenes del comisionado que les indicÓ no enfrentar las asignaciones solos. el asesinato de la policÍa ha enlutado a la poblaciÓn. justo ahÍ, hoy la bandera ondeaba a media asta. >> tanta pelea... tanta violencia, que los policÍas estan parÁ ayudarnos a nosotros... >> una nueva puerta se abre para la comunidad inmigrante ilegal, sutilmente para que les tienen hijos en centroamerica. >> el departamento de estado anunciÓ un nuevo programa de refugiados, debido al gran nÚmero de niÑos que llegan a la frontera. >> van a aceptar entrevistar a personas que dicen tienen peligro de que los vayan a matar. >> estÁ cambiando la cosa la polÍtica de estados unidos estÁ cambiando esto estÁ muy positivo. >> quieren detener ese flujo de personas qu

at the funeral new york city mayor bill diblasio talked about the devastating the effect the killings have had on the city. >> all of his brothers and sisters nypd feel his loss 'cause they, too followed that journey to serve others. they too accepted those risks and they persevere despite the pain. >> reporter: critics have said diblasio didn't do enough to support the police department before the shooting in the face of on-going violence and destructive protests. some officers even turned their backs to the mayor at the funeral but across the country rallies are being held to support those who work in law enforcement n boston more than 100 people held signs and it will candles to thank officers for their service an sea of blue took over down up to cleveland as thousands marched in support of local departments. >> those people, those individuals are just as much members of the community and want to come home at the end of their shift just like the teacher, the broadcaster the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker. >> officer lou's family attend the service his funeral will be

members of the new york police department turned their backs on mayor diblasio as he walked through a hospital. >>> eric adams joins us from new york city. mr. adams, let me get your reaction first to patrick lynch of the patrolman's benevolent association in new york and mayor diblasio's office response. here is mr. lynch. >> there is blood on many hands tonight. those that incited violence on this street under the guys of protest. that blood on their hands starts on the steps of city hall. in the office of the mayor. let me read the mayor's statement. it is unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy, some would resort to irresponsible overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people. mayor understands this is the time we must come together to support the families and friends of those brave officers that new york lost and the entire nypd community. what is your response to mr. lynch's response? >> our heart goes out to the family. when a bullet strikes the body of a police officer, the emotional path continues. i understand some of the concerns that many people have in the law enf

bill diblasio says he supports his commissioner's plan to overhaul the way officers interact with the community. >> they are asking for the notion of a society in which everyone is treated equally. it's a fundamental american value. >> the retraining was announced earlier this year in the wake of the death of eric garner. diblasio spoke a day after a grand jury declined to indictment new york police officer dan dwell panteleo in garner's death. a have i yes appears to show him use a banned choke hold his officer said he used a legal move to take garner to the ground, a move that's taught by the police department. the police union says officers are not getting support from city hall. >> we did not here that you cannot go out and break the law. what we did not hear is that you cannot resist arrest. >> many say they are doing their jobs and politicians have thrown them under the bus. >> police officers do not have objections to walk away. if the mayor wants to change policies and wants us to stand down against crime, say that. it's his policy that we go out and we enforce and the laws of

mary bill diblasio expected to discuss police retraining to prevent similar incidents in the future. while we're awaiting that press conference, let's go to our guests, eric guster, criminal defense attorney, harry halk, a former nypd detective. i'll ask you both the same question. eric. >> yes. >> did the grand jury get it right or wrong? >> i believe the grand jury got this one wrong. looking at this video, i did not think that it will be a murder case. i never thought that for one second. criminally negligent homicide or lower level charge like that was very appropriate under these circumstances. >> could have been second degree manslaughter. criminally negligent homicide. felony assault. reckless endangerment. could have been a whole host of things. right or wrong? >> they definitely got it right. he definitely should have been not -- no indictment here in this case. >> why? >> the fact that the police officers in this case acted properly, all right. they were affecting an arrest. mr. garner decided that he wanted to resist arrest, and there was actions that he had made, all righ

, the empire state building and one world trade center did the same at the request of mayor bill diblasio. joe biden and his wife will attend the funeral services. stephanie goff has the latest on the attempts to deescalate tensions between the mayor, his police force and protesters. >> reporter: new york city stopped at 2:47 to mark the moment officers wenjin lui and officer raphael ramos were gunned down. officer lui's tearful widow thanked supporters. >> this is a difficult time for both families. >> reporter: mayor called for an end of protests until after the funerals are held. >> some law enforcement officials link those protests to saturday's rampage. the detectives say 28-year-old suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley had video of this demonstration. new york's police commissioner with matt lauer. >> it is quite obvious that it was a direct spinoff of this issue of these demonstrations. >> reporter: brinsley also had a long criminal record and a history of mental illness before he killed the officers and himself, he first shot his ex-girlfriend. organizers say they are not to blame and they

of wenjian liu and rafael ramos prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, new york city mayor bill diblasio called for a moment of reflection. >> until these funerals are passed, let's focus just on these families and what they have lost. >> but protesters, like this group, that staged a sit-in at grand central terminal monday vowed to keep up the fight. >> if anything, this is a time to protest even more. >> they don't want ismaaiyl brinsley's violent act to detract from calls for police reform. >> it is just sort of seems like this plan, you know, two try to attack this one guy with the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have been protesting against police brutality in general. >> along with posting threats against police on instagram, they say brinsley watched and reported a protest in the city earlier this morning, but did not participate. his sister maintains he was not targeting police. >> he was emotionally troubled. it had nothing to do with police retaliation. >> authorities released last known video of brinsley caring a small white bag, possibly with the gun he used to kill t

members of the nypd standing outside of the church turned their backs on new york's mayor bill diblasio when he spoke. the rift between the mayor and police started before the deaths of ramos and his partnership. the police union accused the mayor of not supporting officers during demonstrations about police relations with minorities. >>> officer ramos and his partner were shot and killed seven days ago, ambushed as they sat in their squad car. >> vice president joe biden and other city leaders tanned the service and thousands of police officers from around the country. thousands of officers flood the streets outside of the queens church where services were held for one of two new york city police officers killed last week. thousands paying their respects for officer ramos. >> i am sure i speak for the whole nation when i say to you that our hearts ache for you. >> reporter: among those in attendance, vice president joe biden offering words of comfort to the ramos family. >> justin and jayden, know that although your father's gone, you have inherited an entire family. the men and women

. >>> new york's mayor bill diblasio got a mixture of boos and applause today as inform ypd welcomedts newest officers. >> congratulations. >> the mayor took the stage to address 884 newly nnypd recruits. during his remarks he remembered the lives of 2mypd officers ambushed and killed in brooklyn back on december 20th. the mayor has been seen by many as too sympathetic with those who criticized the department over the case involve eric garner. one local politician is suggesting ways to bring police and the communities they serve close together. curtis thomas is in favor of body cameras and increaseed patrols by police much his ideas come in response to the recent murders of those two new york city police officers and what he calls escalating public tensions tensions. >> problem in ferguson, the problem in new york, the problem in cleveland that is representative of all people of the philadelphia police department or other police depths. that is not the case. >> lawmaker today also recommended implementing quarterly town hall meets in each district, and makeing officers available to t

second child will visit a harlem child development center with shirley mc ray the wife of bill diblas diblasio. what kate wears will likely attract as much attention as what she does. >> i love her style. i'm always checking out her outfits and trying to see if i can find them anywhere. it usually doesn't happen. >> reporter: will and kate reconnect monday night for nba game in brooklyn on tuesday both there will tour the national september 11th memorial at ground zero. in new yor brian web for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> south street is transformed no a winter wonderland there were free performances by dancers to put the crowd in a holiday spirit this sunday and lots of gifts for the kids of all ages at the market. but the highlight was when officials through the switch on the giant beautiful christmas tree there. >>> celebrate the holidays with our joy of sharing campaign. if you can, please buy a new unwrapped toy and bring it to one of our drop off locations. for list of those locations go to cbsphilly.com/joy or call 215-977-joys. you can also text donation. tech the word joy to 41444. >>

mayor bill diblasio called for greater understanding. >> does that suggest therefore police and community can never come together, they're always has to be wall between them? no, we can't allow that. >> reporter: another protest is planned for tuesday. in brook lip, new york, marley hall for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> protests in milwaukee after the da there announces a police officer who was fired after a deadly shooting won't be charg charged. the da said christopher manny shot dontrelle hamilton in self-defense in april. officials say punches were thrown on both sides and the officer was hit with his own baton before opening fire hitting hamilton 14 times. the us attorney has ordered a federal investigation. in the meantime manny is fighting to get his job back. >>> meanwhile the superintendent of the up they are darby police department wants his officers to be extra cautious. he cites the deaths michael brown and eric garner as well as the weekend mutter of those two police officers in new york city. michael chitwood wrote a letter to his officers. it reads in part "please take nothin

and later today, mayor bill diblasio set to deliver a speech aimed at bringing the city together. we're told it will folk just on strengthening the ties between police and the community. erika. >> don championbrooklyn for us, thank you. >> police commissioner charles ramsey recently appointed by president obama to chair his task force on 20th century policing, he is calling for the officers, calling the execution style death, senseless. >> it wasn't like a high risk operation or something when you know that you are really putting your live at risk. i mean, just sitting in the car, maybe just looking out of the window, and then all the sudden someone come up and just murders you. i mean, ya, that's enough to make you angry. it just doesn't make any sense at all. >> commissioner ramsey will way in on more on that shooting on cbs this morning. you can see that at 7:00 right here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news". >> hundreds every people march through the street of philadelphia, calling for racial equality in the u.s. the black out philly march circled city hall, continued down the pa

. >> meanwhile some community leaders are calling on new york city bill diblasio to take action. and give police officers more support. >> we need to work with the community and the police department. we don't need you to just go to one side. the police department needs you as well. >> reporter: shooting is drawing attention across the entire country. president obama condemn the attack and expressed his condolences n new york, kelly wright, fox news. >> thank you, kelly. >>> unless brooklyn this evening, there are so many candles and flowers and tears. vigil for those officers. people turned out from all over the city of new york and calling for change. dave kinchen right now is live there just an outpouring of emotion. dave, what is it like to be up there? ♪ >> reporter: the sound of faith in the middle of tragedy. >> everybody is just still in shock. we're still in shock. >> reporter: hundreds gather at the corner of tomkins and myrtle in brooklyn's bedside neighborhood to pray. >> let the love and the light of the lord. >> and light candles where nypd officers raphael ramos an

police union saying mayor bill diblasio has blood on his hands for supporting the recent protests. brooklyn's borough president, a former officer himself, has asked that people hold off on any more police protests until after the officers are buried. new york governor andrew cuomo has ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half staff. we'll be bringing you live coverage of a police department press drchs. that's coming up at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. they are expected to give a full update on the investigation into the killings. >> tom funetes joins us as cnn law enforcement analyst and assistant director of the fbi. from the police union to former mayor rudy giuliani, some are pointing to officials say they supportinged protested and fed this kind of violence. talk to me a little bit about the level of police frustration right now that we're seeing. >> hi, randy. i think the police are very frustrated, and they have been saying really since the speeches that were made following the eric garner grand jury decision that they've been saying that the mayor threw them under the

. >>> new york city mayor bill diblasio trying to ease tensions between himself and the city's polices afternoon the mayor met with the city's five police unions including pba president patrick lynch whose been critical of the mayor. union leaders believe the mayor is fosters an anti cop movement in the wake of the grand jury decision in the death of eric garner. the meeting focused on identifying ways to move forward and healing police community relations. the meeting did not fix shattered relationship. >> reporter: president obama golf plans put a snag in one couple's wedding plans. two u.s. army captains stationed in hawaii were set to tighe the knot on the 16 hole. that until they were told they had to move the wedding because president obama had made plans to tee it up there. so the ceremony was moved but the newlyweds say it was worth all the hassle. the president call the couple later to apologize for disrupting their plans. >>> counting down to the big countdown now. organizers in times square testified out the iconic ball drop today. ahead of tomorrow's main event. yesterday

. >> bill diblasio was elected on a platform of police reforms.ed to a black woman, he has worried publiabout the spotsibility of his son being mistreated by police. >> the mayor has since praised the police for their measured response to local anti-police demonstrations sclings resulted in many arrests but no violence. as the command ner chief of this city, he walks a fine line between reforming the department and relying on it to maintain law and order. >> he and please commissioner bratton have already prompted to retrain the entire police force and they are testing the use of body cameras. this please trainer says a more measured approach focusing on please supervisors would be more effective. >> the training he offers in the aftermath of the scandal primarily falls on deaf ears because the officers know they will be penalized through this experience. so, it's a direct outcome of a scandal usually doesn't work. acted visits are planning daily demonstrations. kristen saloomey kenya's police department says he feels vindicated after the case aga

. >> ifill: mayor diblasio disagreed. he said today he's ordering a retraining program for the city's police. and civil rights including reverend al sharpton, focused on the legal system's handling of the cases in new york, and ferguson, missouri. >> we need to centralize and make clear that we want the justice department and federal government to deal with the fact that grand jury systems on state level are broken and seem to lack capacity to deal with police. >> ifill: attorney general eric holder has already ordered a civil rights investigation in the garner case. and today, in cleveland, he announced findings that that city's police use excessive force far too often. >> i think we certainly see patterns that have emerged through the investigations that we have done, where you see inadequate training, where you see resource deficiencies, where you see cultural problems that exist within police deptartments, and so i think the >> ifill: the review began even before an officer shot and killed a 12-year-old boy who turned

bill diblasio who was married to a black woman talked about what he would say?because history hangs over us, we have had to train him as families all over this city for decades. he said he talked to garner's father and has joined >>> one of the roaming bands of protesters heading west out of times square, we followed them for two blocks west as they headed toward the west side highway. we managed to capture footage. police caravan following them wherever they want, standing off, helicopters overhead the entire time. >> group we want out to the west side highway, turned around and came back, headed back to times square. john, it looks like the nypd and the rest of mid town manhattan could be in for a long night of disruptions. >> more on the federal investigation into the chokehold case. our correspondent mike viqueira reports. >> good evening, john. after speak with president obama and the family of eric gardner, eric holder announced a civil rights investigation by the department of justice into the killing of eric gardner on the streets of staten island last j

my heart goes out to mayor diblasio and bill bratton.o question they didn't want to see something like this happen, and i'm sure they're going to learn from this and make some changes. but the part where i do disagree with the mayor is the way he policed the protest. let the protest gets out of control. the city can move forward as normal. >> the city is in mourning. >> on his shied he should admit that some of the policies are wrong and some of his support for police maybe came from not understanding policing. this is emotional, and it's a horrible act, and there's no way to explain the grief and maybe just maybe it will give people a different perspective on the police that they've been given over the last four months for protest. >> with all the anti-police rhetoric, they are creating a misimpression and, in fact, they're engaging in propaganda. the reality is that the police kill very few people. killings take place among citizens. there is a very heavy amount -- those are the things that have to be dealt with. i think most people re

last night police officers turned their backs on the mayor, diblasio, moments after he visited the families of the fallen officers, a sign of the growing tensions in the city. this morning eric garner's widow expressed her condolences and had this message. >> i would ask that everyone that is protesting with us, please protest. no non-violent way. my husband was not a violent man so we don't want any violence connected to his name. >> today cardinal timothy dolan offered his prayers. meanwhile, a city wide cancel light vigil will be held tonight in brooklyn at the intersection where both officers were murdered. all flags in new york city have been ordered at half-staff by the governor, andrew cuomo. >> all right, brian. thank you. >>> let's bring in dan brogino, ron, a former d.c. homicide dekter. first, thank you both. all of our law enforcement officers, men and women who go out there every day don't know if they're going to come home to their families. to have this tragic situation play out, dan, how much do you think at this point we should be thinking about what led to this, what thing

. >>> meanwhile new york city mayor bill diblasio meets witness heads of the new york police department unions at a closed door meeting this afternoon comes in the middle of a deep rift between the mayor and police much he's meeting with the heads of the city's five police unions including pba president patrick lynch who has been publicly critical of the mayor. union leaders believe the mayor is fosters an anti cop movement in the wake of that grand jury decision in the death of eric garner. >>> new details tonight surrounding an arrest in a rape investigation. hundreds of miles away. robert pale len behind bars in werewisconsin. tonight he's facing more charges. they have linked him to two sexual assaults in pennypack park. those case has gone unsolved for years. fox 29's joanne pileggi is live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight with the story. joanne? >> reporter: iain, this is a major break in a cold case for crimes that caused untold horror and harm to the victims and created fear in the community when the brutal rapes happened. mr. pale inform has been charged with to coun

spends the day in the city, she will advice ate child development center in harlem, with mayor bill diblasio'se. >> gift wrapping, at this child development center up in a harlem. children are young, three, four years old, don't know exactly who it is coming to see them, but excited to see real life princess. >> will attends lunch event is prominent new yorkers. >> the idea to raise as much money as possible for their charitable endeavor tears raise profile, causes them most concerned with. >> tonight the royal cup little kicks back, watch the brooklyn nets, face-off against the cleveland cavaliers. >> that will be fun. >> well rounded schedule. >> little this, little that, little hoop at night. >> then thousand dollars a plate dinner, go watch the game. >> do it all, those royals. >> carol, i know you and i both curious what princess kate will be wearing. always look amazing. >> no matter what, always looks fabulous. great to have them here. look at ocean sit, maybe they want to come down here, see high up the surf is. coastal flood advisory this morning at the shore, tomorrow coastal flood w

diblasio. >>> two of new york's finest was killed with no warning, no provocation. they were quite simfully assassinated. this morning, president obama unconditionally condemns their murder. we are closely following the story. we will have more on the investigation and the reaction. >>> new contract for sfo restaurant workers. this is for them walking off the job again.