john henry smith spend the morning there talking to people who knew garner. >> there is no justice andre is no peace. >> reporter: eric garner is missed in his staten island neighborhood she said. >> he was very nice. he was a very gentle guy. >> reporter: william galloway says his friend was a gentle giant. >> i used to play chess with him. we called him big-e. he was big but he was never -- wasn't a bully or anything like that. he sold cigarettes and people start today emulate what he was doing. they saw him making a little bit of dollars and he basically, you know, ran things. he made sure people didn't fight. >> reporter: safer to say there was a lot of lover for eric garn never this neighborhood of staten island. the place where he ultimately lost his life. his family says they are filing a civil suit against the city of new york and the new york city police department. but they say, that can't heal all of their wounds. >> i am not talking about civil, i am talking about locking the cop up. who gives a damn about mon i want eric garner's stepdad says i hopes the civil rights inqui

john henry smith with a closer look at air travel in that region. john. >> first let's focus on the country from which airasia flight 8501 took off indonesia. it has a checkered safety record of late. including airasia flight 8501, there has been one major flight incident in indonesia each year for three years and 13 accidents involving major carriers in the region since 2010. as for asia as a whole, four of the five air disasters with greatest losses of life since 2010 have involved asian airliners, that figure according to the independent aviation safety network. southeast asia has seen five major crashes this year alone. these accidents ever occurred during a time of surging demand for air travel in the region since 2010 the number of passengers carried annually in the asia pacific region has jumped to 1 billion a 66% increase, that's more than europe and north america combined. according a the wall street journal, there aren't enough training programs in asia to produce enough qualified pilots to meet that demand. airlines have had to hire pilot

i'm john henry smith in for del walters. >> after a shooting of a young armed black man by a police officer, distrust between the community and police was apparent overnight. dozens gathered at the gas station where the 18-year-old was shot by an officer. >> now the mayor of berkeley says this is not comparable to the michael brown or eric garner cases. the police say martin pull add gun on the officer and that he had a criminal history. we have more on the investigation. >> another deadly altercation between the police and a black teenager, the 18-year-old was shot dead near ferguson where michael brown was shot in august. protestors were quick to gather at the scene. police say an officer approached martin and his companion, then this happened. >> the individual that is going to have the firearm, he backed away to the east just for a few steps, turned back around, the officer started engaging him in conversation again, and then the individual produce add pistol with his arm straight out pointed at the officer from kind of across the hood of the police car. at that point, the officer produ

john henry smith with more. >> we've been in continuous war now for almost 1331 years 13 years, overyears. next week we'll be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. [applause] >> as the conflict winds down, so too have american casualties. as of christmas day 38 u.s. soldiers had been killed in action this year in the afghanistan conflict. that's less than half of the previous years total. with that said over 1800 u.s. troops will have been killed in action before the 13-year conflict officially ends. >> because of the extraordinary service of men and women in the american armed forces afghanistan has a chance to rebuild it's own country. we are safer. it's not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. >> while the president is probably referring to terrorist attacks outside of afghanistan. there has been no shortage of those inside of the country. two weeks before christmas a suicide-bomber launched a fatal attack during a high school play. over 4,000 afghan soldiers and police have been killed in 2014 making it the deadliest year of the war for them. the taliban has claim

. >> john henry smith on stanton island for us, thank you. >> let's go to libby casey now live in washington, d.c. the reaction to the grand jury decision extending to lawmakers there, as well. >> that's right, del. we saw new york lawmakers gather on capitol hill to put into words the frustration that many lawmakers were feeling not just from new york over the fact that there is video of eric garner's death and yet still no indictment. >> from new york to seattle to washington. >> what do we want? justice! >> what do we want it? >> now! >> frustration over not indicting police officer pantaleo. >> not to iict in the death of eric garner is a miscarriage of justice, it's an outrage, a disgrace. >> this is not a black problem, this is a problem we have in our great country. >> the grand jury won't have the final say. >> now that the local investigation has concluded, i'm here to announc that the justice department will proceed. >> he pledged a full and fair investigation. similar to the decision in ferguson, missouri not to indict white police officer darren wilson, who shot and killed black

. >> john henry smith in in lower manhattan now. it looks calm right now, but was flooded with hundreds of protestors last night on the brooklyn bridge. >> stephanie, it certainly started out at hundreds but before the night was done, thousands gathered down here in lower manhattan, many coming over there very brooklyn bridge that i'm standing on that take part in what most observers agree was a very well organized and well behaved protest of police brutality. >> they shut down the brooklyn bridge as protestors took to the streets of new york for a second night. >> what i appreciate is not just black here, people of all nationalities and backgrounds fighting for justice. >> though most were peaceful, there were still dozens of arrests. >> you going to chokehold me? >> protestors expressing anger about the decision not a indict a white police officer in the eric garner case. >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe! >> a familiar chance, one that garner repeats 11 times in this video. >> i can't breath! >> with his deadly encounter with p

. >> john henry smith joining us now. it has taken six years of his presidency, but president obama appears to be on the verge of fulfilling a campaign promise. >> the president and first lady brought christmas greetings to servicemen stationed in hawaii and talked about the end of the afghanistan war. >> we've been in this war for over 13 years, and next week, we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. obviously. [ applause ] >> as the conflict winds down, so, too, have american casualties, christmas day, 38 u.s. soldiers by that time had been killed. that is half the previous years' total. 1300 troops have been killed. >> because of the extraordinary service of the men and women in the armed forces, afghans have a chance to rebuild their own country. we are safer. it is not going to be a source of u.s. terrorist attacks again. >> there is no shortage of terrorist attacks inside afghanistan. two weeks ago before christmas, a high school play had a suicide bombing. it has been the deadliest year of the war for t

john henry smith has more. the family wants justice. >> that's right. the family of 31-year-old dantre hamilton demand and investigation into his death and will get one. >> my decision today that criminal charges will not be issued against the officer does not depreciated the concerns raised any time a law enforcement officer uses deadly force against a citizen. >> protestors in milwaukee took to the streets after district attorney john his some ruled the former officer will not face criminal charges for shooting hamilton to death last april. >> the shooting death has resulted in the district attorney adding yet another decision to the list of cases around the country with no criminal charges filed against a police officer who shot and killed an african-american male citizen. >> he he becomes the third officer to avoid charges in the eating of an unarmed black man in the last month. he had a history of mental illness. the department fired him for not following contract colin patting him down. >> he killed with hate. he killed with intent, and now he has

. >> disturbing, john henry smith, thank you very much. >> new evidence now made public in the shootingeath of michael brown. the st. louis prosecutor put out police reportings from the day of the shooting, but they did not release transcripts of testimony from dorian johnson. he was by brown's side when officer darren wilson shot and killed his friend. >> the f.b.i. investigating that chokehold death of eric garner in new york city trying to determine whether the actions of the police officers involved amounted to a hate crime. the d.a.'s office has gun handing over evidence to those agents. >> the justice department is calling on local police force to say adopt new guidelines banning racial profiling. >> they only affect federal officers and not at the airport. that has some asking if the guidelines go far enough. >> with public trust and law enforcement eroding, the u.s. department of justice have new guidelines aimed at reducing racial profiling, prohibiting profiling based on gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, race have a it nickty. the new limits apply to feder

john henry smith is here with more on that. >> experts say northern california hasn't seen rain and wind like this since 2009. this storm, which already hit washington and oregon is leaving a lot of damage in its wake. >> i've never seen anything like it. >> the weather system known as the pineapple express has brought life to a soggy halt along the west coast and brought flash flooding to some areas. >> i was just wanting to take a picture of the rain coming down, and within like five minutes, my car was almost submerged underwater. >> in washington state, the storm washed out roadways and claimed two homes. >> this was wind-driven waivers over the top of my deck, wiped everything out. >> the storm has cut a swath through northern california. they were kayaking down the street in wine country. there was flooding in other areas north of the bay area, too. manhole covers in san francisco were no match for the deluge and winds of 78 miles per hour in low lying areas downed trees and power lines from san francisco to san jose, where this s.u.v. got crushed. >> at the height of the storm, mo

john henry smith is here with how athletes are paying trick to the officers and helping their families>> citizens in the birth place of the arab spring casting ballots in the countries first free presidential election. we'll go to the capitol for more on the historic vote. >> say the anists put ago nativity scene of their own on display. >> president obama's move to restore ties with cuba set to bring big changes to the island nation. the role the country's young will play in shaping the future. >> new improvements coming to one stadium following this implosion. >> north korea threatening violence against the white house and pentagon over accusations that it's behind the massive hacking of sony that led the studio to delay the release of the film "the interview." the united states is considering putting north carolina back on the list have state sponsored terrorism. >> kurdish fighters making gains on isil, recapturing several villages. the peshmerga are bringing in food, water and other supplies for thousands of yazidis. >> police on alert this morning after two officers were gunned d