a lot of the police officers in new york city, the more than 30,000 police officers in new york city. they are very upset at the mayor for some of the comments he's made in recent weeks and the anger has surfaced over the past 48 hours with the brutal shooting of two police officers in brooklyn, rafael ramos and wenjian liu brutally shot down by ismaaiyl brinsley who came into new york from baltimore, simply took out a handgun and these two police officers were in their car and he shot them both dead, shot them in the head. the mayor is at least, by some of these police officers, being at least partially blamed for some of the statements he made, statements that were seen as critical of the new york city police department. there's a new poll, by the way, as we await the mayor that came out, we asked the question, does the u.s. criminal justice system treat whites and blacks equally? yes, 50% of whites said yes. 42% of whites said no. there's a very, very different answer from nonwhites, only 21% said yes. 69% said "no." we're awaiting the mayor, calvin butts, reverend calvin butts, is

the front page of today's new york daily news. that's one of the chants the demonstrators around the country are using to protest the new york city police killing of eric garner. >> if i can't breathe -- >> you can't breathe. >> failure to indict becomes the nation's rallying cry once again. >> protesters are back on the streets again tonight. >> there are students, there are advocates. >> people all over the country are lifting up their voices. >> the system is -- >> guilty! >> fury over the chokehold case. >> it was a difficult decision, we understand. but it was a just decision. >> it's not fair. what do they not see? how could they possibly not indict? >> if you're speaking, you can breathe. >> too many americans feel deep unfairness. >> no laughing matter for anyone including jon stewart. >> if comedy is tragedy plus time, i need more [ bleep ] time. >> there was action and in the action someone died. >> but i would really settle for less [ bleep ] tragedy to be honest with you. >> take that pain and frustration and work for change. >> there's much anger in the air, but we are committed to a dignified campaign. >> the urgency

city and around the country. we'll talk to william bratton the commissioner of the new york city police department and former new york city mayor rudy guiliani and update on the ebola preparedness with the coordinator ron klain all that plus bob schieffer's interview with laura hillenbrand author of "unbroken" the story of louis who survived world war ii plane crash was captured tortured for two years in japanese prison camp. "unbroken" is now a major motion picture. hillenbrand tell us how her battle with rare disease helped her write his story. >> when he was talking about really suffering, i knew something about what that felt like. i think it enabled him to open up. >> garrett: and special look back at 60 years of news on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, bob is off today. we begin with breaking news. rescue crews are searching for airplane that's been lost over water in southeast asia. in london with the latest. >> good morning. this is what we know so far the plane was flying from indonesia to singapore, now that is journey that usually takes around two hours. burt just over 40 mi

she's the public advocate for the city of new york. ob title but it's a really important one in the nation's largest city. she's the second in command under mayor bill de blasio in new york. she's also been an active proponent of the body camera program for the nypd. thanks for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thank you, rachel, thank you for having me. >> your reaction as public advocate to this decision by the grand jury today that there will not be an indictment in mr. garner's death? >> so obviously i'm very, very disappointed, and my prayer and my condolences go out to the garner family. but my office has been really focusing on reforms, which is why since july we've been pressing the de blasio administration and bratton administration to implement body cameras for members of the nypd. we wanted to make sure that we have an objective recording of every street encounter. before the decision was made we stood with the mayor and the police commissioner to announce this pilot program for cameras going forward. now, we recogniz

new york. >> it's just so terrible. like i said, i was at the promotion. i love the new york cityolice definite. >> we all do. >> bill brat sn a great commissioner. a great first deputy commissioner who came on the force with, fabulous cops are out there. they all want to do their job. you ghe know what? mayor, leave them alone. >> it's not a question of leaving them alone. is it? it's a question not throwing them under the bus. >> it's not about leaving them alone. it's about supporting them, giving them the benefit of the doubt when there's a question about what they've done. it's about supporting them. and making sure they have the fools, t tools, resources, backing 20 do the job. they don't have that. >> you start challenging a grand jury, jeanine. our system we vote bhak our country became brand new, now saying that's the wrong system? it's the system we all believe in. you can't change the system like that. >> well, and obviously what is interesting to me is, the behavior of bill de blasio this evening at that press conference. he didn't seem angry the way he was when the po

i think one of the terrible things is that before they were murdered, they were part of a police department that saved the city. it really transformed the city of new york into the safest, big city of america. they're talking about bringing the barclays center, the democratic convention, that barc barclays wouldn't be there if the police didn't make this a safer place. they sat in that car feeling like they were in a torn city, and i think it's incumbent upon us now to make the surviving officers and their families feel that they are appreciated, they're respected, and they're honored and what i keep thinking about as i see the cops out here tonight, every one of them has a family sitting at home knowing that it could have been any cop in the city who was shot and knowing their loved ones are out there now in that uniform protecting us. >> uh-huh. i want to play for all of us now actually the commissioner william bratton and the comments he made talking about the suspect's mindset. take a listen. >> most of his postings and rants are on the instagram account, and what we're seeing from this right now is anger against the government. there is one where h

the mayor of new york city wanted a little insight after the protests over the death of eric garner so he told staffers to dig up similar cases that happened in new york to see how city officials handled them. and one of those of cases, amadou diallo, four police officers shot and killed him 16 years ago, apparently mistaking him for a rape suspect and thought he was pulling a gun on them. it was his wallet. the case led to protesting across his mom, kadiatou diallo is here with us. thank you for being here. my first question is, we continue to see developments in the story unfolding. we just heard from the mayor. we're expecting him to meet with the commissioner and that will be a public event as well. but i am curious to get your thoughts at this point. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. >> my heart is broken for the loss of these two officers. it was horrific event. as the mother of amadou diallo, my condolences to the families. i just want to say, what are we going to do about this situation now? it is my interest to really lend my voice to these situations. and i want to ad

the "new york daily news" tomorrow morning "we can't breathe." those words have become a part of the rallying cry tonight in new york city, but also in seattle, washington, people laying down in the streets there tonight to stop traffic. we're going to have a live report from saturday until just a moment in new orleans, more protesters tonight, more blocking of traffic. this was in downtown atlanta, georgia, tonight, some significant protests in georgia. we'll hopefully be getting a live report from raent. reports out of san francisco, people blocking traffic in downtown san francisco on market street to protest eric garner's death. also in los angeles tonight these protests tonight around the country have been at times echoing the hands up don't shoot rallying cry over the protest over the death of 18-year-old michael brown in missouri but you've repeatedly seen in terms of what people are chaptering and on their lines, repeating that line "i can't breathe" or "we can't breathe" specifically about the case of eric garper and how he died. july 17th he was approached by police in staten island, police believed that he was illegally selling individual cig

an attack on them is an attack on the public safety of the city of new york. i think it's time for the leaders of the city, the unions, the administration, all of the elected officials, the civic leaders, to come up and be above the fray that's happening right now. we cannot start healing as a city unless we do that. at the bare minimum we need to let these officers rest. we need to let the families mourn. >> borough president melinda katz. thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in howard schafer, a former new york city police commissioner from '96 to 2000. thank you for joining us. >> my condolences to both the ramos and liu family. that's the most important thing right now. >> you have said that we have seen -- this is a quote from you. we have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land. explain that to me. >> well, we've heard from the mayor. we've heard from the attorney general. we've heard from the president that people of color should always be concerned when they are confronted or interacting with police. basically

the breaking news. the execution-style shooting of the two police officers here in new york city happened just five minutes after the new york police department got a warning from police in baltimore that a gunman was on the way to the city to determine to assassinate police officers. >> jackie is live in our studio with details. >> reporter: guys, the two police officers were on overtime in their marked car having lunch. the police commissioner bill bratton says they never had a chance. >> he walked up and took a shooting stance on the passenger side and fired his weapon several times. >> police say the 28-year-old suspect ishmael brinsley was already a suspect. he shot his girlfriend and he survived. his instagram post said, i'm putting wings on pigs today. they took one of ours, we'll take two of theirs. #ripericgarner. moments later he was dead as he shot himself in the head. the two officers were pronounced dead where a sea of blue stood at attention where the two bodies were taken to the morgue. police tactics have not seen this since the 1970s. an e-mail was just sent out to police officers saying t

situation room." >>> happening now, put aside the protests, the appeal from new york's embattled mayor after the brutal murders of two new york city police officers. >>> on alert, law enforcement agencies across the country are now taking special precautions after the new york city killings. will the latest tensions lead to a spike in crime? >>> and internet down, why did north korea's communications network crash? i'll ask a key member of the house intelligence committee. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> police across the country are taking special precautions after the murder of two new york city police officers. the nypd is investigating more than 15 direct threats posted on social media. under intense criticism for his comments on recent protests, the new york city mayor, bill de blasio, is calling the murders an attack on democracy seasoned a appealing for protests to be put aside until the police officers are buried. we're also getting new information about urgent efforts by baltimore authorities to warn police in new york city that the gunman went there with an intent of attacking and killing police off

it is minute fractions of the people in new york city. the police are new york's finest and aptly named and will continue to preserve and protect the people of the great city and make no mistake about it. you look at the record bocks when eddy burns was slaughtered sits watching a witness. this will shift the landscape of law enforcement on its a xis. there was not a horrific crime like this since may of '73. it was the siege in new york by the black panthers and again in 88. this is unspeakable. >> we are waiting for the mayor to come out and address the vowers and we want to know what happened and how did this man enter new york city and viciously take the lives of two innocent officers serving new york city. and i refer to them as our military. they keep the city safe. and the police ror officers are to thank for that. something came in from the police association. the person i am about to quote represents the federal officers and not the nypd. but this person has issued a statement to fox news, the police association blaming the mayor.

not to indict a new york city police officer in theld death of an unarmed man. our cnn national correspondent jason carroll is joining us from new york right now. jason, you're in times squares. i know the police there, others are getting ready for more demonstrations tonight. set the scene. >> reporter: obviously they've been out here getting ready, wolf, based on what we've seen the past two nights, the amount of protesters have been growing. last night, thousands hitting the street, not just here in times square but over on the westside highway, in brooklyn, they're becoming much more organized, using social media the spread the word whether it's here in new york city or in chicago or cleveland. boston as well. one of the other things we've noticed from protesters here on the ground in new york is what they're doing, some of them using headphones and walk ki tall kis to community. there's another protest about half an hour up at columbus circle. you have police on standby getting ready for another wave of protests that will be happe

the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. new york city is grappling with the aftermath of the first targeted killings of police officers in years. officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were ambushed in broad daylight while sitting in their patrol car in brooklyn on saturday. the shooter, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley, fled to a nearby subway station where he turned the gun on himself. shotg from a single gun wound. earlier in the day, brinsley had shot his former girlfriend in maryland. he later used her instagram account to make anti-police statements suggesting he would kill officers to avenge the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. new york city mayor bill de blasio condemned the shootings. >> this was an assassination. these officers were shot execution 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. us.s an attack on all of it is an attack on everything we hold dear. >> criminal records show brinsley had

the former chairman of the new york city taxi and limo commission. matt, thanks for joining us. were talking about -- i was asking, uber drivers here in new york are vetted by the t.l.c., right? >> when i was working for the mayor, we put in great reforms in the 1980's, where you get within 24-48 hours, a criminal history which is better and more accurate than the others they are doing in cities and states. which is just a name check. >> uber has different regulations for its drivers in different cities around the world. >> the chairman of the public utilities commission in california just resigned. he and the commission were responsible for allowing this thing called ride sharing. this is hitchhiking. my parents said you shouldn't do it, it's dangerous. you are using an app. what they are doing and i encourage all the legislators, whether new jersey, illinois, california, they are starting to revisit these laws in colorado, too. they have been lobbying and spending millions of dollars to have less background checks to do it themselves when every other taxi and limo is going thr

the commissioner went up there and talked about two new york city police officers. however, the mayor should be the one giving all the information out, to talk to the people of new york and what a tragedy this is. he should be doing all the talking. they asked him a political question and he day verted to something else. he has to realize that they're going to ask him all of these kinds of questions at some point. he went to the families. he's been to the families and that was a really, really good thing. i hope the families accepted him. what's going on in the police department right now, is, you know, they were signing these petitions. if anybody dies, not to have the mayor attend. hopefully, this starts -- you're talking about trends -- hopefully, this starts some kind of trend between the community and the police. >>> so this outsider coming in and somebody shooting somebody, and that's what happens with these investigations. as far as i'm saying, the majority of new yorkers are for the new york city police department. >> thank you, sir. and, again, our condolenc

the "new york daily news" tomorrow morning. we can't breathe. those words have become a part of the rallying cry tonight in new york city. but also in seattle, washington, people laying down in the streets there tonight to top traffic. we'll have a live report in seattle in just a moment. in new orleans, more block of traffic. this was in downtown atlanta, georgia. we'll hopefully be getting a live report from atlanta. reports tonight from san francisco, people blocking traffic in downtown san francisco to protest eric garner's death. in los angeles tonight, these protests around the country have been, at times, echoing the hands up, don't shoot rallying cry from the protest over the death of 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri. but you have seen tonight people repeating that line, "i can't breathe" or "we can't breathe." specifically about the case of eric garner and how he died. july 17th of this year, he was approached by police near the statten island ferry terminal. police reportedly believed that he was illegally selling individual cigarettes. so you don't want to buy a whole pack, you buy one for 50 cen

now, listen to what the president of the new york city patrolmen's benevolent association patrick lynch had to say. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. those that incited violence on the streets under the guise of protests that tried to tear down what new york city police officers did everyday. we tried to warn it must not go on. it cannot be tolerated. that blood on the hands starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> and patrick lynch is not the only one that feels that way. when mayor de blasio walked into a press conference saturday night, well, to react to the deadly shooting of two deadly officers, this is how he was greeted. police officers literally turned their back on him. now, in a moment we'll discuss who if anyone is to blame for the anti-police sentiment in the wake of the eric garner and michael brown grand jury decisions. but first, joining us now with much more on this tragic story, fox and friends co-host amsly earhart. >> the son of officer rafael ramos took to facebook to share his grief with all of us. just hours after his father was gunned

. >> the message struck a cord with the new york city mayor. bill deblasio telling reporters about the painful personal talk he had to have with his son dante who is black. the mayor of new york had to warn his son to be careful in any interactions he would have with police. >> couldn't help but immediately think what it means to me to lose dante. life could never been the same and i could feel how it will never been whole again. things will never been whole again for mr. garner. even in the midst of his pain, one of the things he stopped and said so squarely was there can't be violence. he said eric would not have wanted violence. >> following the grand jury decision not to hand an indictment in garner's death, eric holder announced the justice department will launch a federal civil rights investigation into the case. promising it will be thorough and fair. the investigation will be handled by the woman that president obama nominated to replace eric holder. the u.s. attorney for brooklyn, loretta lynch. the president weighed in on the case. mic

they went to the tree lighting ceremony, across a couple blocks at the rockefeller center, the famed new york citye lighting ceremony. many of the protesters had said they wanted to disrupt that tree lighting. they were not able to because of the efforts of the new york police department. thousands of cops have been on the streets throughout the night. they led this group past the tree lighting with minimal disruption. we have also seen minimal violence i have to say, sean, as thee protesters, around 300 of them have done something like a five-mile loop through the streets of manhattan. it is certainly being deeply disruptive to any tourist trying to get around to a lot of commuters trying to get home out of the new york city tonight, but it has not been violent. there was one small brawl that we saw very near the offices of fox, near rockefeller center earlier. that was very quickly broken up by the nypd. and for the most part what we have seen and what you can hear now very clearly, sean, is the passion of these people. hands up, don't shoot the familiar refrain we have heard ever since the shoo

and speak about the grand jury decision, about the steps that the city of new york is taking to make otests are orderly and safe for all of the citizens of new york city. this decision today comes on a day when we could see some huge crowds in new york city for the tree lighting at rockefeller center. police want to make sure, of course, that if protesters come out in full force, especially for the tree lighting, that they will have some protection and make sure there is order there. cnn's deborah feyerick is live in new york city with more on that. deborah, what are police doing to prepare for people to protest peacefully and make their voices heard and exercise their first amendment and also for people who want to come see the tree lighting in rockefeller center? >> this is one of the things they were concerned about. but the nypd has made very clear they are not going to allow what happened in ferguson to happen in new york city. they have taken proactive shifts. the day shift police officers will be extended into the evening, specifically around the area of rockefeller center. the

new york. >> it's just so terrible. like i said, i was at the promotion. i love the new york city police definite. >> we all do. >> bill brat sn a great commissioner. a great first deputy commissioner who came on the force with, fabulous cops are out there. they all want to do their job. you ghe know what? mayor, leave them alone. >> it's not a question of leaving them alone. is it? it's a question not throwing them under the bus. >> it's not about leaving them alone. it's about supporting them, giving them the benefit of the doubt when there's a question about what they've done. it's about supporting them. and making sure they have the fools, t tools, resources, backing 20 do the job. they don't have that. >> you start challenging a grand jury, jeanine. our system we vote bhak our country became brand new, now saying that's the wrong system? it's the system we all believe in. you can't change the system like that. >> well, and obviously what is interesting to me is, the behavior of bill de blasio this evening at that press conference. he didn't seem angry the way he was when the

the body fell out of your stomach tonight when you heard this news. >> all of us. thanks for being with us. up next more on the breaking news of the two new york city police officers soft execution style by an individual who instagramed that -- what is it? that two law enforcement officers -- two pigs with wings would pay for the price of one >>> more details on the two officers killed this evening. officer liu was married just two months ago. officer ramos became a cop after being a school safety officer and just turned 40 this month. thomas ruskin and john rafferty join me now. good evening, gentlemen. i'll start with you. what is -- what's your response the this? >> it's horrific and i think it's something that we unfortunately should have seen coming. when you is the mayor and other officials that are not drawing the line in the sand where the cops can protect themselves and enforce laws this was inevitable. >> do you believe it was inevitable? >> it was in the works. when you have the president, the attorney general and the mayor turning against cops, cops are apprehensive to do their job and now the pba coming out tonight and making their sta

protests. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> across the line. >> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're covering this live news conference from the new york cityolice department on the protests in new york over the past couple of days, as well as we anticipate the reaction from the nypd of what has happened in sidney, australia, that nearly 17-hour hostage siege in downtown sidney. let's go back to the news conference. >> many families, many community members who wanted to express their outrage. so the legal bureau is out there to protect the rights of protesters and the rights of those who are arrested when they cross the line and commit a crime. >> let me give you a little sense of the extent of what we were dealing with. since wednesday of december 3rd, we've made 331 arrests total. 6 arrests were for assaults on members of the new york city police department. we have also police successfully with the actual minimums of violence and levels of violence and vandalism, other than those directed at our police officers, successfully been able to ensure constitutional rights to tens of thousands of new yorkers and others to demonstrate peacefully

two new york city police officers are dead. execution style in the head. the former nypd commissioner along with the detective. i'm going to read part of the statement from the new york city pba. they talk about how the two units are not going to respond. as you go through the statements, the mayor's hands are literally dripping with our blood because of his words with the policies and we have for the first time in a number of years become a wartime police department. we will act accordingly. what does that mean? >> basically the 70s and 60s when police officers were targets from radical domestic extremists. they are the same types of people, the same language of the murderer that killed these two cops today. >> you know what, i don't want to panic anybody, but every cop that is working out there, know what's going on. you have to put your gun out and you put it at your side and you deal with people. don't worry about this bologna. these gangs are tweeting back and forth. this could be part of a well-organized thing. we know with the bloods and the crips, t

came true. >>> the attack on these two officers, the assassination of these two officers was an attack on the city of new york as a whole, on every one of us on our values, on our democracy. >> the ambushed murder of two new york city police officers. >> new details have emerged. >> the suspect had been arrested 19 times before this. >> we know that he was arrested 19 times in georgia and ohio. >> in the backdrop, the relationship between the mayor and the nypd. >> there's a lot going on in the nypd at the moment. >> they turned their backs on the mayor in a public show of their frustration. >> there has also been heated rhetoric exchanged between police unions and politicians. >> i don't know of any institution that at times does not get correct sized. >> both sides are hoping that the rhetoric calms down as we move toward the funerals of these two fallen officers. >> we as citizens need to step forward and act. i believe we'll overcome this. >>> on saturday morning, ismaaiyl brinsley began his day intent on killing someone. he broke into the apartment of sha-nikia thompson, his ex-girlfriend northwest of ba

before the break we heard from pat lynch, the president of new york city's police union. blasting new york mayor bill de blasio accusing him of throwing nypd officers under the bus. in the exclusive cnn interview mr. lynch had a lot more to say about the death of eric garner. joining me is dan bongino, former secret service agent. cnn commentator charles blow and forensic scientist kobilinsky of the john jay college of medical science. dr. kobilinsky let me start with you quickly because mr. lynch was saying it wasn't a chokehold and if it had been a chokehold he would have died of asphyxiation which is not what he died of. >> well, we do know that the airway was not blocked. he was able to speak, "i can't breathe." airway was not blocked. however, there was an obstruction of the jugular veins which means that blood was going up to the brain but not returning. that is seen by the petechia, the pinpoint hemorrhages found in the gums and the eyelids and on the whites of the eye. so there's no question there was that kind of asphyxia. actually, in addition to that, there was

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the web. "happening now" starts now. >>> a fox news alert and brand new reaction coming in from the justice department to the murders of two new york city police officers. >> the officers were fatally shot in the line of duty. wee are covering the news. >> there is not a systemic problem of hate racism. >> killing of two new york cops putting police on alert. they face a catch 22. plus, as president, i will close guantanamo. the obama adminis is hell bent on locking the doors. and why the prison the president said inspires terror. >> terrifying moments and a plane flies over a quiet neighborhood. >> you can see the flames outside of the window. >> the lives of 150 on board at risk. >> you can die in an instant. >> and how the quick- thinking pilot was able to save everyone on board. it is all "happening now"! and welcome to our second hour. we are following two developing stories, new york city police officers murdered in cold blood while north korea is making a new threat against the united states. i am jon scott. >> and i am heather in for jenna l lee. two of new york's finest were shot and killed saturday afternoon. the shooter poste

on the horrendous murder and the growing tension between new york's mayor and his 235,000 police officers right back with it. >>> in the impact segment tonight. new york city mayor bill de blasio under intense criticism after the assassinations of two new york city cops. many people accuse the mayor of stoking antipolice protest after the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. >> let me be clear, i'm not saying that the murder wouldn't have happened on my watch. i do not blame the mayor for the murder. >> the brooklyn bridge incident would not have happened. >> what i blame the mayor for is allowing these presses to get out of control. the tension between de blasio and protect the city undeniable. officers literally turning their backs on de blasio as he entered the hospital where officer ramos and lieu have been he pronounced dead. bill bratton addressed the tension this morning. >> do you support those officers in the way they protested? >> i don't support that particular activity. i don't think it was appropriate. particularly in that setting. but it's reflective of the anger of some of them. >> joining us now from washington with reaction fox new

and "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, major demonstrations, protesters gathering in mass in new york city and across the nation for a second round of protests in the wake of grand jury decision in new york not to indict white police officer daniel pantaleo in the death of eric garner. the number of protesters is growing in many locations, apr this, the largest city in the country and protesters in major cities around the nation, boston, chicago, and washington, d.c. this, as a new york judge released information from the garner grand jury. this came in respond to a petition for public disclosure. and frankly it was basically just a series of numbers of how many people testified? it revealed pretty much nothing about the grand jury proceedings. the garner family is upset about that. we will speak to his mother in one moment. but first the reporters are here on the scene at the protests. ethan jones is live and lori siegal is in times square and we begin with brooke baldwin in downtown new york. what is the mood and how many are gathering where you are? >> it is -- it has grown in number, e

live from new york city, i'm michael eaves with a look at today's top stories. police on high alert after the sheeting of two new york city police officers. >>> targeting the white house and the pentagon and letting russia's economy fail may prove to be a dangerous move for the u.s. >> good afternoon, ples precincts in cities and towns across the u.s. on alert today two days after two new york city police officers were shot and killed by a man who said he was upset over the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. ismaaiyl brinsley suffered from mental health issues. mayor bill deblasio, is urging people to stop protesting against police. mayor and police commissioner holding a press conference right now. let's listen in. >> putting together the story of what led up to this murder, seemingly senseless murder, and we're going to share with you as the chief did yesterday, once again ask for your assistance chief voice will be assisted by others who led in that investigation. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to thank brooklyn and other special detectives as well as the intelligenc

the new york city police department ban choke holds in 1993. ure number 203-11 reads in part members of the new york city police department will not use choke holds. a choke hold shall include but is not limited to any pressure to the throat or wind pipe which may prevent or hinder breathing or intake of air. a man was killed following an altercation after a stray football from a neighborhood game hit a police car. police maintained his death resulted from his asthma, not the choke hold. the medical examiner concluded that he died from compression of his neck and chest and that his asthma was a contributing factor much like in the case of eric garner. the officer was charged, two years later he was acquitted by a judge. in a separate federal trial, the officer was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of violating the federal civil rights of the man. we do not have access to all the evidence before the grand jury because those proceedings are secret and they're not being released. we've seen the video. a whole lot of people

the public. they're also asking for a grand jury probe. >>> new evidence today of the high tensions between the new york city mayor and the nypd following those two murders of police officers. >> nbc's chris po lone shows us how the mayor's greeted at a cadet ceremony. >> reporter: mayor de blasio would you say greeted with a smattering of boos and applause monday a reflection of police distrust of the first-term mayor who has been hammered by the police unions for seeming too sympathetic to protesters who have questioned tactics in several cases. >> thank you for choosing what is a noble calling.

bill: police departments around the country on high alert in the wake of a deadly attack on two new york city police officers. this as we learn more details about the gunman who shot and killed two police officers execution style. there was a lot of reaction to this not just in new york but a the country. i'm bill hem bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum. this shooter ismaaiyl brinsley killed ken liu and rafael ramos. >> he said watch what i'm going to do. he walks north bound on tompkins, circles back around and comes up behind the police officers. bill: jonathon hunt is there where it all unfold >> reporter: there is shock and sadness at the point where those officers were killed. there has been a steady stream of people paul morning coming to pay their respects, police officers among them. a short time ago we saw a group of a dozen nypd officers who stood silently as they paid their respects to officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. those two gunned down senselessly. ismaaiyl brinsley pumping four bullets into the closed passenger window of the patrol car. those two officers never saw

the door for your holiday travels. we have that for you. >> new york city mayor bill de blasio shifting the blame after two new york city police officers were murdered. >> the few who want conflict attempt that, and unfortunately so many times you guys enable that. >> yeah, you reporter guys. don't blame the protesters screaming dead cops but blame the media. more on the mayor's outrage. >> that was so appropriate. could something like this have saved those two new york city cops? the bullet-proof glass every police department needs to see and, who knows, maybe buy. and mornings are better with friends. >> hey, it's taylor hicks. thanks for watching "fox & friends." happy holidays. >> he might not have been the best american idol but he's probably the nicest. >> he actually did break dancing on the floor here in the studio. started spinning around on his back. >> he's a fun guy. >> when he walked out the door he had a great big dust spot. >> 1-hundred -- 1-800-flowers made it so festive here. >> here in new york city it is raining and going to be lousy weather across the country. that's why leah gabriel -- >> that's why

>> i think it was disrespectful to the mayor of the city of new york. you have two police officers assassinated, the city needs to come together. we don't need to have a separation between the police and the mayor's office. everywhere needs to come together. this is a rare occasion. it's not only rare when a cop - when two cops die together. it's only been about six times history that this happened. rafferty, parker and some others. we can name those police officers. so we need to come together in a time of mourning right now. >> the unions suggest that the protests incited violence, is that right. >> absolutely not true. we had how many protests for about 30 days. two police officers had minor injuries. was assaulted by a punch to the face. the process has been very - you know, good. no problem with the protest. the suggestion is that it creates - have created a situation in which some people look at police officers as people they hate. >> i don't think - well, in new york city i don't think we needed to protest or them to do that, to stop questioning

a grand jury has cleared new york city police officer daniel pantaleo in the head lock death of eric garner. it all started when garner was stopped on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes on staten island in new york back in july. and officer pantaleo was caught on tape putting him in a headlock. watch this. >> i'm minding my business, officer. i'm minding my business. please just leave me alone. i told you the last time, please just leave me alone. don't touch me. don't touch me. >> put your hand behind your back. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> once the decision was announced, protest erupted in new york city. take a look. >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe! i can't breathe! i can't breathe! i can't breathe! >> we want a public trial. we want a public trial. we want a public trial. >> and just about two hours ago the family of eric garner attended a press conference with none other than the rev rand al sharpton. he's at it again. take a look. >> how many people have to die before people un

the breaking news we follow out of new york city. york city police officers killed in an ambush style attack in brooklyn. the two officers, rafael ramos and wenjian liu sitting in the patrol car in the bedford-stuyvesant area of brooklyn with open fire on them. the gunman is ishmael brinsley, who is the man who held the gun, pulled the trigger on these two. police say he ran and shot himself in the head, killed himself there.

tonight there is brood on the steps of new york city hall. that blood spreads to the s citadel of power in the united states from the justice department to the white house. that blood from two men marked for death assassinated in a predictable almost inevitable response to a national climate that fosters hatred and death to police. when our leaders had a chance to douse the flames of the racial hatred and the divide that is tearing this country apart they didn't douse the buyers they stoked them. the president of the united states. >> sometimes you have got a police department that has gotten into bad habits this period of time that hasn't surfaced hidden biases that we all carry around. >> if you look at what happened with michael brown and what happened after trayvon if you look at the decision after eric garner i am being explicit about my concern and being explicit about the fact that this is a systemic problem that black folks and latinos are not just making this up. >> the attorney general eric holder wears his race and proudly saying he

the body fell out of your stomach tonight when you heard this news. >> all of us. thanks for being with us. up next more on the breaking news of the two new york city police officers soft execution style by an individual who instagramed that -- what is it? that two law enforcement officers -- two pigs with wings would pay for the price of one individual. and citing eric garner and michael brown. stay with us. you know, if you play football for a long time like i did, you're gonna learn to deal with alot of pain. but it is nothing like the pain that shingles causes. man when i got shingles it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! it was this painful rash of little blisters. red, ugly stuff. lots of 'em. not a good deal. if you've had chicken pox, uh-huh, we all remember chicken pox. well that shingles virus is already inside of you. it ain't pretty when it comes out. now i'm not telling you this so that you'll feel sorry for me. i'm just here to tell you that one out of three people are gonna end up getting shingles. i was one of 'em. take it from a guy who's had his fair share of pain.

boarding a bulls to new york making clear his intentions with harsh tags like --ash tag also shoot the police. police around the county are concerned about copy cat attacks. the new york city police department is investigating more than a dozen threats. reporting from washington, channel 6 "action news." >> our coverage of the fatal shooting of the new york city police officers continues at 6abc.com. there you'll find more about the suspect's background and the investigation. we're speaking with philadelphia police about the precautions they are taking in the wake of that attack. david henry will have that part of the story coming up later on "action news" at 12:30. >>> one person was hurt when two school buss collided in west philadelphia. chopper 6 was over the does he want at 56th and chestnut streets after 7:00 a.m. one of the buses went off the road and knocked out a traffic signal before it stopped on the sidewalk feet away from the buildings. medics took a person to the hospital. no word on what caused the crash. >>> two suspects have been arrested in connection with a home invasion that ended with a 76-year-old woman bound and robbed in west whiteland township. leo

as a result choke holds remain illegal, and -- including the new york city police department. the grand jury ruled there was not enough evidence to bring an indictment against this. for days the new york city police department has been readying for a new round of protest which began in the city after the ferguson decision when we were expected to continue and possibly grow should the grand jury decline to bring charges against this officer. you remember what happened in ferguson. we've had steady protests here in new york city all across our city. in fact, just last night in union square downtown there was another protest which marched into midtown mint may not and into times square. today take a look outside our studios here at sixth avenue between 47th and 48th street. you see rockefeller center when we get this picture up. it's a rainy and chilly day, though. not cold by new york standards. yet, the demonstrators have been out, and you see where that radio city sign is. to the right of that is rockefeller plaza. back about a half a block. that's where the new york city chris

>> what you had was the mayor right after the grand jury made their decision put on the backs of new york city police officers decades of racism. and that's just not true. i have 31 years in the new york city police department and have never heard once on a radio call when a call came over, what race are they, what color are they? who do they love? where do they live? >> you don't think race is an issue? >> it's a majority/minority police department. we're in the city doing our job well. we have thousands of intersections each and every day right outside this building as we speak. we're doing our job well. we're not looking at who the person is. we're looking at the behavior that leads to the interaction with the police. that's the question. the behavior and why someone called police in first place. >> i spoke to eric adams. he said the way police -- when he was on the force, the way they police in communities of color is different than on park avenue. >> that's absolutely not true. >> categorically not true. >> that's not true. there's racism in every profession that's out there. but on major

the city's finest officers were ambushed in their patrol car. this may be easier said than done giving the growing tensions between the new york city mayor and thek city police department. so rejoining me now is jumaane williams, gil alba, and jeff gardere. you know, i keep going back to this question, but it's so important. jumaane, how does this city begin to heal? >> well, we have to accept some truisms, and one is as was mentioned before, trying to get better policing is not anti-police. that's one. two, there are genuine concerns that need to be discussed civilly. without the rhetoric that is dangerous. >> on both sides. >> i would say -- yes, on both sides. but i do believe on certain sides it's being raised exponentially at every turn and we have to stop. these communities ask for police officers, they do. they also ask that those police officers police fairly and justly. it is okay to have both of those things in your mind. they also ask for better housing conditions, better schools -- >> which goes beyond the realm of the police, of course. >> and streets even cleaned. >> yeah. >> those things have to be addressed at the same time as we

body armor and avoid conflict as the political fallout grows more intense following the executions of two new york city policemen. good evening and welcome to "the kelly file" everyone. i'm megyn kelly. tonight we are learning tragic new details about two lives cut short and nypd officers gunned down in broad daylight just five days before christmas. their accused killer a career criminal who earlier that day shot his ex-girlfriend in maryland and then traveled to new york intent on killing cops. he laid out his plans on social media, saying he planned to put "wings on pigs today" with hash tags noting the deaths of eric garner and michael brown, two black men killed by police in the line of duty. baltimore cops learned of his plans and tried to alert new york, but by then it was too late. on a brooklyn new york street the suspect approached a marked police car from behind telling a witness to watch what he was about to do. then from the passenger side of the patrol car he opened fire through the window striking officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. ramos a father of two sons, assassinated for the cri