it's a time of mourning.good families and it's so important we all stand in solidarity with them. i want to thank everyone here at city hall and everyone throughout this city who in a moment will participate in a moment of silence for officer ramos and for officer liu. we visited their families yesterday. they are going through so much and they deserve our support and our solidarity. they need to be first in our thoughts. officer ramos and officer liu believed in something. they believed in making this world better. they believed in making this city better. they gave their lives for the belief that we could do better. that we could come together. that we could keep people safe. talking to the families, hearing what motivated these good young men to serve. it's a reminder to us all. it's humbling. remind us that we have to keep serving. we have to keep working for something better. there's a lot of pain right now. we have to work our way through that pain. we have to keep working to bring police and community

pakistan begins three days of mourning after a school massacre >>> you're watching al jazeera, live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, the u.s. secretary of state talks to the arab league as palestinians call for an end to the israeli occupation much >>> violence on the streets of haiti, the prime minister quit. they want the president out as well >>> and so near, yet so far. the migrants living on france's streets, who can't make it to britain >>> we are getting reports that gunmen in afghanistan's helmand province targeted a branch of cab ill bank in lash doc gar. the incident has been confirmed, and a number of attackers have entered the bank. straight to jennifer who tells us what she is hearing. >> it's happened not lodge ago in the capital of helmand grovins, lashkar gar. the attackers going after the bank. two bombs have gone off. we don't know the number of attackers. it's near the end of the month, afghan police men have been going to the bank to get their salaries. perhaps the reason it's a tart. we know that the gunfire is ongoing, they don't know how many attacker

. >> there have been mourning across pakistan for the victims of the attack on the school. cameras were allowed inside to show the aftermath. 142 people were killed tuesday. 132 of them were students. pakistani taliban said it was behind the attack in retribution it claimed for the army campaign targeting pakistani taliban in north waziristan. we have been given access to the school. this is what we saw. >> the perpetrators of the attack used this wall and ladder to climb over it. after that, they had a free run going towards the auditorium where all the students had gathered. the blood is still on the ground, still fresh, and of course so is the memory. that is what is left of the principal's room. she was the last one to be discovered dead and burned here in this particular room. this is where the suicide bomber detonated his device. this administrative building became a last ref final for some of the students who escaped the carnage inside the auditorium, but this is where the heaviest fighting took place. this is where it ended. as you can see, it is a telltale sign of

. >> tonight a community is mourning the loss of a bensalem high school student hit and killed as shealked to her school bus. 16-year-old was crossing the street this morning when she was hit. >> tonight friends and familiar are remembering her. "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown is live in bensalem with more on an emotional evening. natasha. >> reporter: very emotional indeed, chris. we can tell you that this makeshift memorial here near the intersection where monette lost her life has been growing throughout the night. meantime calls for action to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again. >> i know she's looking down on us right now. >> reporter: candles highlight the faces of grief stricken teens mourning the loss of a friend. >> it's impossible for me to think that i'm not going to see her ever again. it's not fair. >> me being this young, i'm only 14 that i would have like friends that i would be losing some, it's hard to cope with. >> reporter: a somber group of students from bensalem high school gathering in the shadows of the intersection where the 17 year

and most of specific mourning in perfect shower.e need to support the craigage parents throughout pakistan, who send their children to school. that's the biggest thing that we are calling on everybody. we all condemn no heinous attack. we need to support parents who want to send their parents to school. >> how do we do that? >> work with leaders. the army and police guarantee security, guarantee that schools are safe and secure. >> are we at that point where you expect more school attacks and where armed officers need to be stationed at every school in pakistan? >> i think there needs to be intelligence around where schools are more safe and less safe. i think all schools need to be made safe, and all parents need to feel safe about sending their children to school. the attack that happened on the army school yesterday is 142 of those schools throughout pakistan with a million children enrolled in those schools. it's quite an affordable education system for children to send their schools. thousands of schools, and all of them must b

prayer vigils and funerals have been held as the country marks three days of mourning. at least 142 were killed in the taliban massacre on tuesday - almost all children and students. we have this report. >> reporter: pain and agony. one after another, 130 children have been laid to rest in peshawar. as more succumb to their injuries, strong men struggle to cover their emotions. that man buried a teenage relative. >> from inside, i was not ready to believe. >> reporter: grief is giving way to anger. >> if they can't protect the children. if they can't make the army to stand in front of the schools, there should be no army. there should be no army. there should be no security of any type. they should be like us. >> reporter: the military and political leadership jolted into action. permit removed the ban on death penalty for those convicted of terrorism. the army chief travelled to kabul to shore up support for the pakistan taliban. this is the army public school where taliban attackers were sent to a venge what it calls the death of its children by the pakistani army. it

this is a city which is in mourning. but that mourning is across the country. in every province over pakistan, people are aggrieved with what they saw yesterday, and these are people who are nervous because they know that there may be more such attacks in the near future. >> okay, scott heidler -- kamal hyder reporting. >>> now to islamabad, and we'll speak to an analyst, an air marshall in the pakistani air force. when the prime minister nawaz sharif says earlier this month that the campaign in north waziristan against the pal stan delivered -- taliban, delivered a fatal blow, did he get it wrong? >> absolutely. it was heartwrenching to see young children killed for the first time. politicians across the board got together today, but my complaint is that they are still very, very reactive. they must be proactive on the problem, say sorry to the nation, having brought together so many non-state actors, groups, militias, and that we are reversing this trend and extreme right wing and do something positive. that is yet to come. >> when you mean something positive

australia mourns the victims of yesterday's 16 hour siege at a cafÉ in sydney.the cafÉ manager and another three hailed for their bravery. first, 141 victims in the latest assault by the taliban. the vast majority of them schoolchildren the youngest just to your soul. gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed into a school today carrying out the deadliest terrorist attack in the country's history. this report from islam a bad. >> the eyewitnesses said that the attackers have been confirmed to be seven. they came in wearing suicide vests with automatic weapons and grenades which they hurled inside classes. they lined up students, young students in their early teens and shot them at point-blank range. the way they carried out this it was not just at attack but a assassination of many of these children and the siege went on for six hours. now about a half-hour ago the military handed the school back to the school authorities and they are saying the area is now clear. the majority of dead are children between the ages of eight and 16. >> this unspeakable attack, some peo

there has been a three-day morning called for --mourning call for throughout the country.any offices and schools will be closed. the whole country is in a morning phase because of this incident. >> this was a heavily fortified area, the area that the school was located. it was heavily fortified. this obvious means this was a very planned attack. >> definitely. the initial reports suggest that the attackers were actually wearing military uniforms. and this is not the first time that they have employed such tactics. in previous attempts at different security installations there have been attacks. they have done similar things that the military headquarters. they were wearing military uniforms a few years ago and stormed inside the headquarters. there are multiple checkpoints leading up to this region where the school is. it's a very garrison neighborhood, heavily securitized. multiple checkpoints, and despite that, the fact that the militants or the attackers managed to get inside the schools and causes damage with this high number of casualties is a big question that many e

australia mourns the victims of yesterday's 16 hour siege at a cafÉ in sydney.

the pakistani president has announced three days of mourning" a top court has ruled that the islamicilitant group -- has announced three days of mourning. >> a top court has ruled that the islamic militant group hamas will be taken off of the terror blacklist. however, its assets will remain frozen. the court said its conclusions were derived from the internet and the media. it did stress it still considers hamas to be a terrorist group. here is more from jerusalem on both israeli and palestinian reaction. >> many be -- many officials are celebrating to make holiday victory and a triumph for those who support liberation from all forms of colonialism. those are some of the words we been hearing. those are some of the leaders from hamas's political bureau. some say this is a lifting of injustice. and some of the hamas leaders they are probably dreaming of a hezbollah type scenario. they do have contact with the political wing of hezbollah which is the organization very much present in lebanon. however, the europeans do not have any contact with hezbollah. some of those officials are pr

when he gets there, he will announce a day of mourning.ll be here. the taliban has gone armed to the teeth with suicide bombers. that is an indication that they not intend to come out. it is very grim news here. we are monitoring the situation to see what will happen. >> a senseless day and the key is it is not over. the hostage situation ongoing in peshawar. michelle, thank you. >>> we will continue to follow the deadly attack on the military school in pakistan. 126 fatalities so far. we will have more for you in a moment. so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. no dude, you're on the jumbotron! whoa. ah...yeah, pretty much walked into that one. geico anywhere anytime. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. ♪ ♪ my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. ♪ ♪ look here, dadd

i think we can mourn cops who are killed and also mourning those who are killed by cops so i disagree we must suspend protesting. for one it links us to the tragic events that happened saturday very dishonestly and it criminalizing dissent and we must understand protests is a form of collective mourning as much as it is about justified anger right now, so with that in mind, what are we saying when we say we must stop that collective mourning, again prior iitizing lives. >> i want to play a clip and get the response since we do work in the media and part of that was directed at us. let's listen to the mayor. >> i will keep saying this over and over, the question is will you tell the world about it. because you all are part of this too. so yes there are some bad people who say inappropriate things, they say hateful things, they have no place in these protests, they are not what i'm talking about. i'm talking about the vast majority of new yorkers, americans, who believe in peaceful democratic process, i don't care where they are in the political spectrum, the vast majority of our citize

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new york city's mayor asking for a few days of eased tensions so the city can properly mourn two officers gunned down in cold blood. new video shows the chaotic moments after the shooting as police around the country are told to be on high alert for copy cats. >>> retaliation? north korea's internet shut down for hours. it's apparently back online this morning. but a lot of questions being asked. was the u.s. government behind that outage as a response to the sony hack?

it wasn't just the law enforcement family that was mourning these two individuals.his particular case. now it was the entire country. it was all of new york. so you can say, yes, we want police officers to do better. but it doesn't mean we're anti police. we mourn these two individuals. >> and we heard nypd commissioner bill bratton saying today in his in his remarks to heal to be greatest honor. getting on the a-train to come into work this morning in brooklyn and i saw an officer standing there. and i looked at him and i smiled. i wish i had gone up and say hi and thank you. do you think we need to do more than that. i tell my young kids talk to over 600 kids every week. and we encourage them to do that. for the most part. because the police are not our enemy. it is the system that is creating the atmosphere that needs to be corrected. >> what do you mean the system? what needs -- this is a system that allows free speech, that allows the massive protests we saw here in new york city. the police are the ones who helped facility the protest. what do you mean the sys

to a larger shot where you can see the people who are there to mourn with this family. it is full to capacity.

officers who were ambushed. >> the assassination of members of our family, of our community, we all mourn together. >> forty year old rafael ramos and 32 year old wenjian liu were shot and killed as they sat in their cruiser saturday. moments later, the gunman, 28 year oldies may he will brinsley, took his own life. a moment of silence was held for the officers at madison square gardens sunday before the new york rangers carolina hurricanes game. wenjian liu, seven year veteran, married only two months, ramos, father of two, joined the nypd two years allege. >> i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of life that has occurred so that we can move forward. >> reporter: hours before the shooting here investigators says brinsley shot and wounds the his exgirlfriends in maryland. they also say he posted threats on social media against police in retaliation for the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. the shooting happened a mid growing outrage over police brutality. this weekend hundreds marched in philadelphia while other shutdown streets in downtown cleveland. and in the

joyce craig-lewis family and fire fighter family at engine 64 are mourning her death. engine 64, was joyce craig-lewis home away from home, it will be first day that she doesn't stop by her locker, instead adorned by flowers and pictures in remembrance of the fallen fire fighter's hard work and dedication. >> l

new york is in mourning and on alert. six people have been arrested for making threats against the police. in one apartment, the law enforcement allegedly found an arsenal, a shotgun, automatic brass knuckles, bulletproof vests and more. that suspect spent christmas day in jail. >> other new yorkers spent christmas at the sight where two police officers were murdered while sitting in their patrol car. the wake for one victim is later today. his funeral tomorrow. the funeral for the other officer shot has not been scheduled. >>> but there are still protests over shootings by police for a third night in a row. there were protests in a st. louis suburb. >> but as abc's elizabeth hur reports, last night's demonstrations were tampered somewhat by the holiday. >> reporter: calling the march no time off, protesters out again on christmas night from the st. louis suburb of berkeley, missouri, to the streets of oakland, california, and cleveland, ohio, all determined, they say, to fight and rally in the name of justice. >> this is

still in mourning, ramos' 13-year-old son on social media said "everyone says they hate cops. that's who they call when they need someone." >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence because we are not about that. these two police officers lost their lives senselessly. >> a new york yankees foundation will pay for the college education of ramos' two sons, according to the new york daily news. liu, recently married, did not have children. the san jose police officer association says it will work to immediately send officers to new york to help. >> today, after everything that happened, they will still go out there and put on uniforms and make that choice. >> though not common, there have been times when san jose officers have been ambushed. >> vicky, a lot riding on that response. 4:33 right now on your monday. people living in san francisco's castro neighborhood on edge this morning after another overnight car fire. here's cell phone video of the latest fire that was reported after 3:00 in the morning sunday. the car was sitting in a driveway behind a gate on ha

. >>> many across philadelphia are mourning loss of the city's first female fire fighter killed in the line of duty. >> joyce craig-lewis died battling a basement fire in a home tuesday morning. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us live at engine 64 in lawncrest where a vigil was held in remembrance of her services, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika and ukee. fire officials are still trying to fully understand exactly what happened yesterday. meantime the family of joyce craig-lewis and her fire fighter family here at engine number 64 are mourning her death, they are also celebrating her life, telling "eyewitness news" that she died doing what she loved. engine 64 was joyce craig lewis's home away from home. the this will be the first day that she doesn't stop by her locker, instead it is a adorned with flowers, pictures in remember answer of the fire fighters hard work and dedication. >> she loved doing the job. >> reporter: the lieutenant bennie hutch instant is one of collogues, friends and community members who joined in the vigil, tuesday night. >> oh

. >> our city is in mourning. our hearts are heavy, we lost two good men who devoted their lives to protect all of us. >> after shooting the officer,s suspect 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley fled to a near bisubway station and shot himself fatally in the head. earlier ned brinsley who had a long criminaleobr:ujuç shot and wounded is girlfriend outside baltimore before traveling to new york. he then posted a photo on instagram of the gun we later use to murder the officers indicating the shooting would be revenge for the killings of eric garner and michael brown, two black men killed by white police officers earlier this year. he wrote, quote, they take one of ours, we take two of theirs. shoot the police. >> the killings of brown and garner and the decisions by grand juries not to indict the officers involved lead to nation-wide demonstrations and in new york lead to a public fallout between new york city mayor bill de blasio and the police union. after the garner grand jury decision earlier this month, de blasio s

we need to take the opportunity to mourn. my hope is some of the protests might die down for a day or two so people can mourn. >> it's a discussion that needs to be had across the nation. not just a new york event. we did get michael back again. michael, you were talking about how you were at that service when cardinal dolan delivered that statement. and prayer. what was it like? >> it was -- it was remarkable. it was the best single homily i ever heard, and that applause i only wish those officers could have heard that applause before they were murdered and i would hope that that applause will now continue as officers are still out there doing their job. it was -- i -- the cardinal's homily is available online. i urge everybody to read it because it's the best single discussion i've heard of the christmas spirit in the midst of a dark tragedy that i ever, ever heard. >> i won't say this is an only in new york thing because it definitely isn't when people gather for their faith, but here you have the mayor, you have the polic

the news comes as pakistan marks a third day of national mourning.rt where you are. i'm sure it has been another difficult day in peshawar. just tell me whether you feel any change in the mood on the streets as people come to terms with what has happened this week. >> reporter: well, stephen, i think the city is still very much in mourning and shock as well, but aside from that sense of deep sadness an grief, there is also a sense of defiance. people want to come out and resume their lives as normal. of course, in very difficult circumstances. but all throughout the past three days, including today, there have been students, students who came in in their uniforms, stood outside the gate, and said we're here to pay respects, but we're also here to send a message to the people who carried out this attack, that one day we want to go back to school. but the other sentiment from people is one of confusion, and urging the leadership, the political leadership in particular to do something about what happened. i've spoken to someone at a funeral who said loo

. >>> dmoshg is a city in mourning today. two police officers ambushed, shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car in brooklyn. some newspapers are calling it an execution. tensions mounting between the police and the city's leadership now as well. 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 t

by respecting their pain and their time of mourning. this is a process. , put asiderotests demonstrations. until the funerals are passed, let's focus on these families and what they have lost. a brief time ago with a 28 year veteran of the police force that then founded the investigations. there has been a lot of attention since these officers were murdered. using the police and the communities have been broken? or can it be fixed? >> these are what happened because of the police. communities come out and fight for that. these communities are poor communities and there is a lot of different issues besides the police and the community. i would say the majority of going to these areas and help out in different areas. it still is a higher crime area. the crime rate has really gone down. >> there were very specific triggers to spark these protests. somebody who was working the streets for 28 years, were you ever aware of things deteriorating to the extent that they now have? years ago in the 70's, they were assassinating cops at that time.

all of us are mourning.he entire estimate but we have a professional police department and the issues between the mayor and the police union head, that's political. it will resolve itself and we will continue to have one of the safest cities in the opportunity. >> we sure hope that's true. brooklyn borough president, mr. adams, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> north korea insisting it did not hack sony. all the while warning the second round of attacks will be even worse. president obama is weighing the response from vacation in hawaii. that's where we find cnn's michelle co dozen ski. not a threaten of denial when you threaten future action. >> it seems like it wasn't so long ago, north korea was announcing it has found a unicorn layer. remember that one? remember this angry back and forth over hacking is starting to, itself, seem like some kind of a movie, only stranger than fiction. this morning, the white house says the u.s. response to the hacking isn't going to be driven by these

australians leaving now aerns cards as they mourn for the victims of sidney hostage standoff. the prime minister says an inquiry is under way and he's doing all he can to keep the country safe. >> the most important duty of government is to preserve the safety of our country and its citizens. that is the first duty of government, and i say to every australian, this government will never let you down. i say to every one of my fell le australians, i will not rest until i am confident that you are as safe as any government can possibly make you. >> and the news room for 7 network is just across the street from where all this happened. andrea stevens tells us what they say. >> live breaking news. heavily armed police presently converging on martin place. >> reporter: this was how much of australia first heard of the country's deadly hostage crisis. as it unfolds just across the street from the 7 network studios in the heart of sydney. >> the whole news room came over to the window. the woman you saw lindt shop, how would you describe her? >> it will remain with me for the rest of

the final salute for a family and community in mourning. >>> police officers from san francisco and other bay area cities attended today's funeral service in new york. they shared their photos on social media. we have created a photo gallery on nbcbayarea.com. >>> a freedom of speech fight breaking out on the basketball court. the girls varsity basketball team were uninvited to a tournament at ft. bragg after they decided to wear t-shirts that said, i can't breathe while warming up. tournament officials said it was because they couldn't ensure students safety if someone took issue with those t-shirts. many of the girls insisted on wearing the shirt citing free speech. >>> coming up next, the war of words continues between the u.s. and north korea. the communist leader and his threats to the u.s. >>> more patchy frost possible and the long-range forecast looking out to new year's eve could bring even colder morning temperatures along with some gusty winds. i'll have a look at that in your microclimate forecast when we come back. sweetie, i'd love a hazelnut. mom? dad? big uncle wayne? hot

the city's finest are on high alert and at the same time in mourning, well, all the country is mourning all this following the assassinations of police officers rafael ramos and wen wenjian liu. officer ramos being remembered at a wake today in queens. his funeral is set for tomorrow. arrangements for liu have yet to be announced, we'll report them when they are. and with protests still going on in new york city, the nypd is monitoring, as i mentioned, an uptick in threats against police. several arrests already made including one man. he was reportedly heard saying he's going to kill another officer. and demonstrations against police violence are going on across the nation. this was the scene in oakland, california, last night. windows smashe

this is a city that is still very much in mourning. at the same time, police officers are on higher alert. >> breaking overnight, officers on heightened alert following a new online threat. in brooklyn, police are searching for an alleged gang member that posted a threatening message toward officers on facebook. in memphis, police questioned a 26-year-old man after he posted on instagram #shoot the police. two more going down tomorrow. investigators scoured social media on the lookout for copy cats after 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley shot and killed two nypd officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu saturday afternoon. police look into 15 online threats according to law enforcement officials. family and loved ones mourning the loss of officers ramos and liu at an evening vigil in brooklyn. >> i hope and pray we can reflect on this tragic loss of lives that have occurred. >> earlier sunday, new york's commissioner and mayor attending mass at historic cathedral where the congregation stood in applause for the slain policemen. this a stark co

thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] judge how the school is hoping to help students in mourning, what those kids are demanding from the district. >> could it be the christmas miracle workers in atlantic sit have i been praying for? good news coming out of the casino town. big announcement expected from the taj mahal casino in live report from steve keeley. >> hoping to start better relations, but some people in new jersey are hoping for something else. what is bringing up raw emotions for state troopers. >> not so fast. sony pulls the plug on their film the interview. now, some are calling it a victory for those hackers, there are concerns about possible attack on us soil, even president obama weighing in on this. >> takes the whole korea thing to whole new level. new link between that country and this hack. >> always suspected now, evidently proved. good day everyone, it is thursday, 2014. >> good morning. >> one week, one week from today, santa's going to already have been here. >> santa is coming. >> hopefully he'll be at your house. >> i was going to ask if he would need an

area high school are mourning the loss of a popular administrator.. killed in a bicycle accident. good evening, i'm brian hackney. i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a school is mourning the loss of an assistant principal. >> students and alumni have been coming here to lay down candles and flowers and shed tears together. now, the principal here is as the school has lost its right hand man. >> reporter: it is supposed to be winter break and campus is supposed to be empty. but current and former high school students found themselves here to pay their respects to assistant principal and teacher. shunn was biking with 50 to 60 other cyclists on highland road, east of san ramone. an accident with the bicycles in front of the line caused many to try to avoid it, he veered and was hit by a truck and died on the scene. >> at first it just takes your breath away. >> reporter: the principal got the call from his wife saturday night telling him what happened. he says that he taut government and a

and a mountain of flowers grows as australia mourns the victims of the sydney hostage siege. >>> and the search continues for bradley cooper accused of killing six people and wounding one yesterday. nicole hill, her mother, her grandmother, her sister and brother-in-law and 16-year-old niece and a 17-year-old nephew is in the hospital in serious condition. the manhunt continues at this hour. walter perez is live now where authorities have wrapped up a news conference. >> reporter: the montgomery county d.a. ferman wrapped up a news conference, she mentioned they retrieved the suspect's cell phone and vehicle as well and have new images of a suspect they want to pass along, the head shot is the same one we released yesterday but they photo shopped it to remove his beard because they believe he is clean shaven. a huge amount of law enforcement from fbi to s.w.a.t. teams and fire s are searching montgomery county. they say that stone clearly targeted his ex-wife's family the community at large should remain vigilant but not overly alarmed. >> i ask the people not to stop mr. stone, if t

family, of course, is in mourning but karen carter is with them tonight. me briefly say that it has been nothing but a joy to serve this state for over 34 years. when my amazing father ran for prior to that, 44 years ago, he put a great progressive men and women together from all walks of life from different racial backgrounds, he fought for openness and opportunity and access tor all and the middle class and security fairness.e and we have together built that same obvious innd it is this room tonight. always, always known when we were fighting for. a stronger state. more committed to justice. openness and opportunity. regardless of where you were born, what zip code you were born into, or the color of your have wonmay not tonight, but we most certainly have won some extraordinary victories. we have stood shoulder to shoulder to secure our coast. for the first time in our state's history a robust comem of revenue that will into this state long after we are gone. a year.lion [applause] >> to not only protect our great industries but also our unique amazing

both families mourning in the coming days. they'll have to lay their loved ones to rest. >> all right. adam. thank you very much for the updated information from brooklyn there. >>> here is what we know about the alleged gunman. 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley and how the events unfolded saturday. just before 6:00 a.m. saturday eastern time. detectives say he shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend in baltimore. she was critically wounded but is expected to survive. police are hoping she can provide critical information about the events that happened next. brinsley then traveled to new york by bus, arriving at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. at some point, investigators believe he posted two threatening instagrams messages one references eric garner and michael brown and said, quote, they take one of ours let's take two of theirs. once in brooklyn, detectives say brinsley had an anonymous ominous warning for two strangers asking them to follow him on instagram and then saying, quote, watch what i'm going to do. police say after shooting off

tonight, new york is in mourning after a man killed two police officers and then killed himself. >> reporter: a brazen and deadly attack in new york city leaving the police commissioner and mayor shakened. >> please bear with us as we try to bring sense to the madness in the streets of brooklyn. >> our city is in mourning, our hearts are heavy. >> reporter: sinking in, two police officers shot on the streets of brooklyn in broad daylight. >> they were quite simply assassinated. >> police say the shooter, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley, walked up to the police car and fired his weapon several times through the police window, striking the officers in the head several times. police say brinsley then walked to the subway station where he shot himself in the head. earlier in baltimore. >> a female, shot. >> brinsley posted on social media. >> which were very anti-police. >> reporter: the postings alerted baltimore police, but their warnings about the intention to harm the police officers arrived in the city at the same time the two officers were gunned down, the killings incited outrage. >> to be

. >> the deaths of two new york police officers is generating an outpouring of mourning across the city and tonight police are piecing together the moments leading up to the killings. abc news reporter cecilia vega in new york with more. >> reporter: on the sunday before christmas, new yorkers stand together on a cold night mourning the death of two police officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. the mother of one of the slain officer quietly praying next to a sea of flowers and candles marking the place where they died. a scene of chaos and shock a day earlier. the two officers were sitting in their marked patrol car in brooke lindh when ismaaiyl brinsley walked up to the officers and shot them both h at point blank range. he went to the subway station, passengers there dropping to the ground in fear. police say brinsley shot mself in the head after that. earlier under the day, he shot his girlfriend in the stomach and posted this on instagram traveling on a bus to brooklyn. i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours but i take two of theirs. there was a post around the same

the government declared three days of national mourning through friday for the more than 140 victims of the attack. people across the country staged a vigil as parents gave final farewells to their loved ones during a mass funeral. in peshawar on tuesday, they stormed a military-run school killing 148 people. they targeted the school in retaliation for operations conducted against it by nation's military forces. authorities are tightening security in the area around the school. most students who actually saw how they were killed are torm t tormented by fear. >> translator: some students don't want to study and go to school and say the terrorists will come back and kill us all. >> the outright assault on children has stunned the country. >> translator: this massacre is unimaginable. we don't have any answers for it. even our elders are speechless. the attackers have no connection with islam. people like that can't be muslims. >> reporter: the associate press reported that pakistan's military mounted air strikes and ground operations on thursday and friday in the northwestern region wh

the final salute for a family and community in mourning. >> the family of ramos' partner wenjian liu were in attendance today. the funeral for liu will be next saturday. they shared their photos on social media. we created a photo gallery on nbcbayarea.com. >>> protests on the basketball court are keeping an entire team benched in northern california. the girls varsity basketball team were uninvited to a tournament at ft. bragg after the players wore i can't breathe t-shirts. it was because they couldn't insure students' safety if someone took issue with the shirts. as of right now, they will not be allowed to play in the tournament that starts on monday. >>> for everyone here in the bay area, the first real cold snap of the winter is here and that means a spike in visitors at shelters. we are live in san jose. >> reporter: this shelter can hold 250 people and fortunately, despite this recent cold snap they have not been forced to turn anyone away, but that could soon change. there are hundreds of homeless people living on the streets of san jose and camps which sprang up after peopl

he said, i will not mourn the death of two cops, i will mourn the death of two fellow human beings.an liu. she held a sign up saying i am wenji wenjian liu and i am eric garner. a staggering image of all of those police officers coming from across the country and other countries. just look at those picture there. r.i.p., nypd p.o. ramos. another saying, everyone wears blue today and feels blue. prayers for the family of fallen officers, r.i.p. #nycpray. and lastly from another twitter user, who is giving his condolences to both ramos and liu, saying he's deeply saddened by the brutal massacre of two innocent officers, using this #bluelivesmatter. and if you want to join the conversation at home, please tweet martin savage or myself at cnn valencia. you can use the #nycpray or #bluelivesmatter and we'll try to get some of your comments on the air next hour. >>> more coverage of this morning's funeral when we come back. it's more than the driver. it's more than the car. for lotus f1 team, the competitive edge is the cloud. powered by microsoft dynamics, azure, and office 365, the team

many families are mourning and many of my friends are mourning.ul. i went to school in this city. today it is just so upsetting. >> there's one comment that a father made that's been printed that i just think sums up the horror of what so many parents are going through. he said my son was in uniform this morning and he is in a casket now. my son was my dream and my dream has been killed. i mean, how terrific? his 14-year-old son killed. is it the entire country now really, are you seeing them perhaps unite behind nawaz sharif? what is the feeling as he tries to unify the nation? >> it depends who you speak to in pakistan. what region you speak to. especially in peshawar, like many of the people from the tribal region, many of the pashto speaking people. >> what are they looking for from the prime minister? >> many people want peace, stability, and their kids to go to school in a peaceful situation, like it used to be in the past. and it is just unbelievable. >> do people in peshawar worry that something big was going to happen? there's been this o

mourning. >>> this tragedy is sparking sorrow and reaction on social media, people around the world are tweeting out images like these, devastating images, showing injured and dead people, including children. in child was a victim. two more victims killed in the attack. however, there are messages of hope and images of solidarity for the surviveers and the nation devastated by the attack some of the army units were sent in to try to save people. now the nation of pakistan is trying to pull together following this. the most common hashtag is "peace." apple is on top after a decade-old lolled of blocking third party companies from sinking with ipad, with a not guilty verdict in favor of the giant. competitors say this violated antitrust laws and apple faced $1 billion in damages. they have abandoned the restriction on music downloads for ipods. >> sony employees filed a lawsuit over a hack that has embarrassed everyone from top executives to a-list stars. the lawsuit filed today in california district court is led by a former employee with worked for sony between 2004 and 2007. the co

. >>> the mourning continues in pakistan for victims of the pesh war school attack after funerals are held for the children who were killed. >>> hello, thanks very much for joining us. a new berlin wall. that's how president putin described nato's recent actions against russia during his annual tv address to the nation, which has now been going on for two hours. mr. putin said the currency crisis was not a result of russia's annexation of crimea earlier in the year. he also insisted the ruble will stabilize. he did concede, nonetheless that the government and central bank could have acted more swiftly. we're just on some live pictures from that news conference, which is continuing, as mr. putin replies to a question from our own foreign affairs editor john simpson, who's just been given an opportunity to speak to the president. 1,200 journalists there with a chance to throw questions. there's john simpson. throw questions to mr. putin, as he has spelled out that the country still runs a surplus and that pensions and public sector pay will be protected during what he recognized to be a

their instincts to run away and come together to mourn the loss of these brave souls.er in the last hour, the police commissioner of new york city, two men were assassinated, targeted for their uniform and the responsibility to keep people safe. and the mayor also saying that the city of new york is in mourning with this despicable act. it tears at the foundation of society. it is an attack on all of us, an entire city attacked by heinous individuals. of course, what comes to mind here is the recent tensions between protesters and police departments there, especially with the protests against police brutality and anti-police protests following the grand juries in new york city and ferguson, missouri, not indicting the police officers there in the shooting deaths of darren wilson and that choke hold captured on video of eric garner. so, again, this is the breaking news we are following this evening on msnbc. video you're seeing there is the hospital where that press conference took place. woodhull hospitals, two police officers taken after that shooting and they were de

we just heard for the second time today from new york city's mayor and his city is mourning the murders of two police officers. we want to bring in charles ramsey, philadelphia police commissioner. thank you so much for joining us here. first of all, we saw this press conference with the police commissioner as well as with mayor de blasio. i have so much to ask you. but he did say he respects the peaceful protests. he also respects the men and women in uniform. but he was pressed when asked about these chants from some protesters saying "nypd kkk" or the fact that some protesters were throwing fake blood on police officers. and he blamed it on the media and saying, that's just a different reality than what's going on out on the streets here. what's your reaction to that? is he dealing with a different reality than what's really being portrayed in the media? >> well, i've been involved in dealing with a lot of protests in my time. the morning -- majority of people are peaceful and respectful. there's usually a small group of people that engage in the extreme rhetoric, the signs and so fo