being with us. a sad night for new york city. nypd commissioner bill bratton and new york city mayor bill de blasio holding a press conference an the brutal murders of two police officers moments ago. we have the latest in the newsroom. >> exactly visible and shaken nypd police commissioner mayor de blasio and bill bratton. omp wenjin liu and raphael ram mos. >> today two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated. targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> police say at about 2:47 p.m. the suspect, 28-year-old is ismaaiyl brinsley took out a silver firearm shot both office in the head. the officers' ambushed seemingly no warning and probably did 23409 see him. at that moment nypd officers chased brinsley into a subway station where he shot and killed himself on the platform. police say hours earlier at 5:45 a.m., brinsley was in baltimore where he shot and seriously wounded his former girlfriend. the victim's mother alerting police he had taken over h

landed on the hudson river in 2009. plus new york city mourns the death of rafael ramos killed on duty while sitting in his squad car along with his partner as city braces for moring a irrelevant and possible attacks against the police what can be done to ease tensions in new york 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.

are affordable. less than 50 percent. here where i live in new york city, inequality in housing has reached dickensian dimensions. the middle class is being squeezed to the edge as the rich drive up real estate values and the working poor are shoved farther into squalor. as you will see in this report, the skyline of new york is a physical reminder of how wealth and power get their way without regard for the impact on the lives and neighborhoods of everyday people. so this is a story about how inequality matters, but it's also a reflection of radical change in america, as the dark shadow of plutocracy falls across all things public. >> i'm a park user. i come to central park several times a week and ride my bike around the loop. in the fall of 2012, i was at the heckscher playground on the southern end of central park with my daughter, and suddenly it got sort of dark and cool, and people started packing up and heading home. and it seemed sort of odd because it was a clear day. and i looked up and realized that the sun had gone behind that big tower i'd seen a few months before, goi

lawrence o'donnell. >> thank you very much. we can't breathe reads 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 of th

" starts right now. >>> welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert. 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

." i'm martin savage in new york. these are difficult days. right now in new york city, it's a somber day. two officers were gunned down in the line of duty. we are waiting for what's going to be a candlelight vigil for the officers raphael ramos and wenjin lui. earlier today at that same spot, the new york city police commissioner william bratton laid a breathe where police say a man approached an nypd patrol car from the rear and fired into the window fatally wounding both officers. the secretary of homeland security was there with the police commissioner. >> this has got to be every cop's worst nightmare. we've all got to show support for the law enforcement, and this is a tough day for the nypd. and that's why i'm here to show support for the men and women of the new york city police department today. >> the short time ago, family members and friends of one of the slain policemen, officer raphael ramos appeared at the vigil site. >> i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of lives that have occurred so we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful co-

for being with us. a sad night for new york city. nypd commissioner bill bratton and new york city mayor bill de blasio holding a press conference an the brutal murders of two police officers moments ago. we have the latest in the newsroom. >> exactly visible and shaken nypd police commissioner mayor de blasio and bill bratton. omp wenjin liu and raphael ram mos. >> today two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated. targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> police say at about 2:47 p.m. the suspect, 28-year-old is ismaaiyl brinsley took out a silver firearm shot both office in the head. the officers' ambushed seemingly no warning and probably did 23409 see him. at that moment nypd officers chased brinsley into a subway station where he shot and killed himself on the platform. police say hours earlier at 5:45 a.m., brinsley was in baltimore where he shot and seriously wounded his former girlfriend. the victim's mother alerting police he had taken over h

protests over michael brown and eric garner. the former new york city mayor rudy giuliani says de blasio let the demonstrations get out of hand. >> we don't want to silence it. it doesn't have to cost a person their life because an ambulance can't get through or a man can't get home from work. you can protest in an appropriate place and manner. that's first amendment law. that's why it's a place across the street from the president rather than right next to the president. they get to make their point but they don't get to take over the city. and when you see the protesters taking over the city, then all of a sudden the police have the impression that they are supporting them, not him. there's no question he was supporting the protesters and not the police. >> giuliani says he disagrees with the desilcision by the pol officers to turn their back on de blasio at the hospital and will yet bratton was asked if the mayor has lost the confidence of the confidence of the nypd police force. here's what he said on the "today" show. >> i think he's lost it with some officers, that -- i was

to hear from new york city mayor bill de blasio. we will bring that to you live. eric garner who suffered from asthma was stopped for selling illegal cigarettes on the hospital and pronounced dead, and in support, and police brutality in the black community, alexander field has been closely following this case and he joins me live on the phone from the boro of staten island and what are you hearing from the folks gathering there. how many people are there? >> a couple of dozen people have been out here and they heard that the grand jury would be no indictment and there are groups of several demonstrators and they're saying don't shoot and i can't breathe holding their hands up in the air and i can't breathe. as you know referencing that video that so many of us saw of eric garner after he was wrestled down on to the sidewalk and he told police officers that pushed him down to the ground, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. the demonstrators are gathering together in the last hour or so. some people hugging each other. this is a moment that's very much on the mind. these people have

shooting of two new york city police officers. we will now join fox's station in new york with their coverage of this tragedy. i understand we're going to brian yennis now. >> let's update everybody on what we have learned tonight a time line of what happened regarding the deaths of two nypd officers. winjin liu was married two months ago. and raphael ramos is leaving behind a 13-year-old son. five days from christmas and these murders are hitting close the home for not only those families but everybody else around the country as we mourn the loss of our finest. what we have is a time line. let's set up the time line. at 2:47 p.m., the suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley walked to the front passenger side of a patrol car and shot and killed those two officers there. and i'm being told to go back to you, judge. >> thank you, brian, we're now going to go to nyw -- >> the mayor expressing his anguish in front of a sea of police officers. >> but look what happened. this is video of the mayor arriving for the press conference. the officers turning their backs on the mayor. >> we are getting the fi

>> two new york city police officer executed and shot at broad range in day light. they were in the patrol cars in brooklyn when the suspect walked up and started to fire at close range. the men then were left in their car while the suspect fled to a near by subway station where he later died. we are waiting on a police conference with the mayor and commissioner. in the meantime we watch a live camera, and following the story from the new york city newsroom. what do we know? a lot of information coming in to this? >> reporter: that's right, julie. two police officers shot by a gunman while sitting in the nyu police car. the officers were on myrtle avenue in brooklyn new york. they were rushed to woodall hospital in critical condition where they died. according to witnesses, the suspects shot the cops at point blank and than ran in a near by subway station where he shot himself. one witness said two cops yelled everybody get down. and hours earlier, the suspect brenley had shot his girlfriend in baltimore before driving to new york to kill two officers but not before boasting about h

bring charges in his killings, was yore looking at the top two views, those are both new york city. bottom left, that's washington, d.c. that the bottom right there with all the blue flashing lights, that's chicago. we're keeping an eye on these as they come in. both correspondents in the field and with live feeds from these protests, people walking among them. we each keel you posted as we stay alive. our coverage continues now with "the last word" with lawrence o'donne o'donnell. >> thank you very much. we can't breathe reads 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

york city. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, december 8th, 2014. good morning. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. the united states will continue conducting raids to save americans held hostage by militants in foreign countries, this despite the failed rescue attempt that cost american hostage luke sommers his life in yemen this weekend. al qaeda fighters killed somers in a south african hostage just as american commandos were attempting to rescue. danielle nottingham has that story. >> u.s. officials say al qaeda linked killed luke somers. the u.s. says the operation in southern yemen lasted about 30 minutes and during the mission special forces lost the element of surprise. this video posted on a jihadi website purports to show the fire fight that broke out once navy s.e.a.l.s were spotted. during the fight the s.e.a.l.s saw a militant run into the building where somers and a south african teacher pierre korkie were being held. when they entered, they found both had been shot. >> it was a very dangerous and complicated mission, but like

should tell you this will be the front page of 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 ille

new york. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. those that insighted violence on this street under the device of protest -- >> why police officers in new york city are holding the mayor bill de blasio accountable for the deaths of the two officers. >>> and an emotional salute by new york's finest. we have the heartfelt tribute. "fox & friends" begins right now. >>> well, good morning. we want to get right to 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

betrayed by mayor de blasio of new york. now relatives of one of the victims speaking out. >> as leader of the city, he needs to show a little more support for the cops because they are the ones that are doing the job out there, the dirty job. and they are the ones that are dying for us. >> grieving loved ones speaking to "fox & friends" straight ahead. >> plus kim jong un calling the u.s. a cesspool of terror and threatening to blow up government buildings this morning. north korea's brand-new threat aimed at americans. by the way, they didn't do it. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we begin with a alert. watch what i am going to do -- these are the sickening final words from a cop killer moments before he murdered two nypd officers. this morning we are learning more about the hours leading up to this deadly ambush. jonathan hunt is live in brooklyn at the scene of the shooting. thanks for being with us, jonathan. what more can you tell us this morning? >> good morning, elisabeth. a makeshift memorial to those two slain officers is growing by the hour. behind me here, among the messages written th

show starts now. >>> good evening. it is midnight in new york city. we have a picture of grand central station. this is the main hall at grand central usually looks like. but this is what the main hall at grand central station looked like tonight. look at that. protesters flooded the main hall tonight. they staged a die-in, which in this iteration you would think as a sit-in, but this is a die-in. protesters chanted, who do you protect? who do you serve? at one point they moved downstairs from the more -- the prettier part of grand central to below deck where the subway cars come in and out, not necessarily the commuter rail cars. but the protesters, once down there, tried to stop the train traffic in and out of grand central station. >> reporter: here is where the trouble started. this is the turnstile into the 4, 5, 6 subway lines. the protesters tried to block that. police ran down here and disbursed the protesters. they went down the stairs here. they got to a 4 train headed to crown heights and some got on the train, held the doors open to try to stop the train. police pul

about sugar you may not find so sweet. but first -- >> fox news alert. new york city police giving an update on yesterday's deadly attack in brooklyn. we're expecting to hear from new york city chief of detectives momentarily. this is coming after the execution-style killing yesterday in brooklyn of 32-year-old wenjin liu and rafael ramos. this is coming amidst very deep tensions between the nypd force as well as mayor de blasio. he's the mayor of the city of new york. brian yins had been follows the story since it broke yesterday and he's in the new york city newsroom. i want to talk to you while we're waiting for the news conference to start. i just had on earlier detective gil alba, a former nypd detective with a major case squad. when i asked him about his major concern considering the current atmosphere, he said that they have to come together. they meaning the police and the mayor of new york city. that they have to mend this very testy relationship that is currently happening. and brian, as you know, the mayor appeared and did many of the officers as the mayor was walking out o

new york city police officers. we will now join fox's station in new york with their coverage of this tragedy. i understand we're going to brian yennis now. >> let's update everybody on what we have learned tonight a time line of what happened regarding the deaths of two nypd officers. winjin liu was married two months ago. and raphael ramos is leaving behind a 13-year-old son. five days from christmas and these murders are hitting close the home for not only those families but everybody else around the country as we mourn the loss of our finest. what we have is a time line. let's set up the time line. at 2:47 p.m., the suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley walked to the front passenger side of a patrol car and shot and killed those two officers there. and i'm being told to go back to you, judge. >> thank you, brian, we're now going to go to nyw -- >> the mayor expressing his anguish in front of a sea of police officers. >> but look what happened. this is video of the mayor arriving for the press conference. the officers turning their backs on the mayor. >> we are getting the first look at

martin savidge, cnn in new york. we welcome our international viewers. it's the top of the hour, and we are waiting for new york city police commissioner william bratton and mayor bill de blasio to speak at a news conference in brooklyn. that is where two uniformed police officers died this afternoon after a man walked up to their patrol car and shot them. it happened in the bedford-sty neighborhood of brooklyn. witnesses say he approached from behind and shot both police officers while they sat inside. police have identified the suspect who shot himself, we are told, in a subway station with police officers chasing after him. we have got our cameras live in new york city at the hospital where the new york mayor and the police commissioner are expected to speak shortly. of course, we will carry that news conference live when it happens. joining us, cnn law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes, former deputy fbi director, and cnn money correspondent, laurie segall. let me start with you, tom. we have heard, of course, the mayor plans to be there, but we already know, due to previous events in new york, there's friction going on

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 gabrie

new york city reals from the cold blooded ambush of two police officers. word now that the nypd is looking into reports of another man allegedly heading to the city to kill more police officers. welcome to america's news headquarters. new york police so said to give an update on yesterday's chilling attack at the top of the hour. we're have that for you and the family of officer ramos preparing to speak tonight. officer ramos and lu were shot dead execution style. 32-year-old lu was married two months ago and ramos just celebrated his 40th birthday and was a father of two. now the department is contending with this new threat. bringing in brian with the very latest. >> reporter: fox news.com has obtained an nypd text alert showing a photograph of a young man with his name and birth date. the nypd says the man sends a threat using instagram saying he's on his way from tennessee to new york city to kill two more cops. we'll bring updates as that's happening. this as eric adams is calling for a city-wide vigil at the site of both officers asays nated. mayor bill da blaz you. >> we mou

with a lengthy arrest record, the police union accuses new york mayor bill de blasio of having blood on his hands. >> that is blood on the hands that starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> we speak to a retired nypd detective about the killings, the recent protests against police brutality and police-community relations. then to the hacking of sony films. >> i don't think it was an act of war, i think it was cybervandalism that was very costly and expensive. we take it very seriously. we will respond proportionately. >> the united states is accusing north korea of hacking into sony pictures prompting sony to withdraw its comedy, "the interview," about fictional assassination of north korean leader kim jong-un. as the u.s. is now considering putting north korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, many cyber experts question if north korea could have pulled off the massive hacking operation. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, 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 l

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the murder of two new york city police officers ignites a volley of blame between the police department and the mayors office and exposes the deep rifts dividing a city in mourning. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, it wasn't an ordinary christmas list from pope frances, the pontiff veering from tradition to use his annual christmas message to outline 15 spiritual flaws he wants to eradicate from the vatican. >> ifill: plus, what started out as one thirteen-year-old's lego creation, becomes a new way for the blind to communicate. >> there is something so special that comes with taking a page, opening a book and reading that page yourself. >> ifill: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> and the wi

investigation into the case here in new york city. now, all in all, i think it's also important to say everybody agrees there is a problem that needs to be dealt with. the city of new york is bracing for yet another demonstration tonight with police on high alert. all has been peaceful, at least so far. back to you. >> are they getting ready for these demonstrations? are police extending their shifts because the protests sprang up throughout manhattan and elsewhere. >> reporter: right. police have been on high alert throughout. they have been very cordial. the police commissioner has commanded them for handling the situation under difficult circumstances because, as you know, what police are dealing with are demonstrations that have to deal with police action right here in staten island. so it's sort of a complex situation on all levels, wolf. >> we're showing our viewers live pictures from lower manhattan right now where folks are just beginning to gather. we're watching all of this very closely. joe johns, thanks very much. >>> we're also learning new details about the police officer

to save his christmas giften a officer is laid to rest in new york city. the emotional service next on >> hes with a new york city police officer and he was he is a hero. >> steps of thousands of police officers turn out today to pay tribute to officer rafael ramos. he was laid to rest a week after being gunned down inside his patrol car. he was remembered as devoted father, husband and of course, a hero. >>> saturday night and the big story on action in news is emotional farewell to slain new york city police officer. the funeral for rafael ramos took place in queens inside a church where the father of two served as usher. ramos was remembered for dedication to his family, job and faith. "action news" reporter kenneth moton joins us live in the satellite september were more kenneth. >> walter, officer ramos was called a peace maker and a dedicated public servant. it was extraordinary show of solidarity as one of new york city's finest was laid to rest. >> they marched to the same beat their heart heavy with grief as they honored new york city police officer rafael ramos. >> he repr

an update on the shooting in new york city of two police officers. both those officers, according to the associated press, have died. reports say that the suspect in the shooting was a baltimore gang member who boasted on social media that he wanted to kill police. he walked up to the police officers' cruiser and shot them in the head and then he ran into a subway station and police say shot himself in the head. we will have the latest on this at the bottom of the hour as this is clearly a still developing story. >>> there are new details on the woman who is charged for driving while intoxicated into a california church crowd. she killed four people, including a six-year-old boy. the attorney for this 56-year-old woman, margot branstein, says it was an accident. she pled not guilty to five felony counts and is being held on $500,000 bail. prosecutors say she faces 40 years in prison if convicted on all of those charges. >>> we're going to go to politics now. president obama flexing presidential muscle during his year end news conference by doubling down on executive action. the presi

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 him coming. bill: the

are getting ready to ring in the new year. more than a million of them right here in new york city. hard to belief another year has gone by. with the new year becomes a major chill. maria molina is life already getting the party started with the latest. good morning maria. >> hi good morning heather and leah. good morning to you. happy new year's eve. it is a chilly morning. behind me we have the new year's eve ball. the famous ball. you can see the waterford crystals on it. it is estimated it is 6 tons in weight. a billion people around the world will be tuning in to see the ball drop as we count down for 2015 begins in new york city. you mentioned very cold temperatures across the country. we have temperatures that are well below zero across portions of the rockies and also into the plains. current temperatures are frigid. when you factor in the wind it feels a lot colder than what the thermometer reads. the cold air has arrived into the northeast. we are looking at temperatures in new york city as the ball drops and we head into tonight. as far as precipitation goes we have concerns.

substantially in the last couple of hours and are continuing to grow here in new york both at static locations like around rockefeller center, the building from which we broadcast here in midtown mon h midtown manhattan but also roving throughout the city. we've got images in union scare in manhattan, large crowds in manhattan tonight. this is the scene at the tree lighting ceremony in philadelphia, pennsylvania, earlier this evening. you can see there's chanting, carrying signs at that city's big holiday event. this is a nice composition here with the dancers and then the stop killer cops sign in the foreground. these signs here, this is from washington, d.c., protesters at dupont circle chanting and holding signs. people saying black lives matter. saying i can't breathe. protesters were also stopping traffic tonight in new orleans. this is an image from new orleans. again, people holding signs saying black lives matter. this is what it looks like on the street in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, tonight. on the west coast it looks like from early aimimages we have th protesters are starting to coalesce. l.a. to nyc. this is st. louis, missouri, tonight where there were protests and arrests outside the courthouse in downtown st. louis, missouri. if

today after a massive show of peaceful protests in new york city and cities across this country overnight. following the grand jury decision not to indict the officer who put eric garner in a choke hold leading to his death. thousands of protesters gathered in locations across manhattan, including the west side highway where traffic was at a virtual stand still at one point. this was the scene at grand central station at the height of rush hour where demonstrators silently staged a die in where they laid motionless on the ground for several minutes. a crowd up to 300 protesters gathered at times square yesterday evening and marched towards rockefeller center where police barricades blocked them from reaching the tree lighting ceremony. and in staten island, a large crowd gathered in the spot where eric garner died. in all, police made about 83 arrests. appearing on the "today" show this morning, eric garner's widow described how she felt when she heard the news there would be no indictment. >> i started crying because it is not fair. it is not fair. what do they not see? how cou

house applauds sony's new action. the former new york governor george pataki is standing by along with congressman brad sherman, our correspondents and guests. let's get the latest from miguel marquez who is in new york city. miguel? >> reporter: hello, wolf. this is the area where protests are gathering. there's only about 50 or 60 protests and theis is their target. it's shopping central this time of the year. there's about 50, perhaps 60 or 70 now that have been gathering for the last 30 minutes or so. what they say they want to do is speak power to the administration here in new york. they say they want the police commissioner bratton to step down. they say they will be respectful but they will be animated and perhaps not as angry and they are going to walk down the sidewalks not obstructing traffic. there are a lot of police officers here at the moment and they are on a wait and see mode. they want to see how the protesters react. they want to see what they do today and they will then react to them. so it is a very, very tense afternoon here, wolf. >> reporter: so they rejected the appeal from new york mayor bill de blasio to at least halt these demonstrations to the funerals of the two police officers, righ

." >>> we're following the breaking news. echoes of figureson right now in new york city, where a grand jury has just decided not to charge a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. eric garner died in july after the police officer, daniel pent leo put him in a choke hold, a move prohibited by the nypd. meanwhile, president obama spoke about it a few moments ago. >> i am absolutely committed as president of the united states to making sure that we have a country in which everyone believes the core principle that we are equal under the law. >> cnn is covering all angles of the breaking news this hour with our correspondents, our guests, including the attorney for the family of michael brown, benjamin crump. he's here with me in "the situation room." let's begin with cnn's joe johns. he's in new york. joe, what's the reaction where you are. you're in staten island, right? >> reporter: right, wolf. this is the location where that fatal altercation occurred back in july, between eric garner and dani pantaleo. there is a small crowd out here. if you'll take a look down the stre

. reporting from new york city. that's it for "the lead." i'm suzanne malveaux sitting in for jake tapper. i turn you over to my colleague, wolf blitzer, in "the 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 office

after the murders of new york city police officers. >>> new threats aimed at the pent don't by north korea, while being hit by massive internet outages. >>> and californians are forced to save every drop they can. >> we don't have any water in our reserves. >> while oil exoan companies use millions of gallons in a drought. good evening, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city i'm michael eaves. police precincts in cities and opportunities to after two new york city police officers were shot and killed by a man who said he was upset about the killing of michael brown and aaron garner. mayor bill deblasio is focusing on the families of the fallen officers. lisa stark joins me from washington and lisa, eyes are on new york city as they deal with this tragedy. the leading police union says the mayor has blood on his hands. >> reporter: right. >> the mayor responded to that accusation today. what did he have to say? >> michael as you know, mayor deblasio has a contentious relationship with the police union. he was asked about that comment today whether he has blood on his hand

with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, from the streets of new york. i'm chris hayes, shouting eric garner, michael brown, shut it down, shut it down, hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets here in new york city and across the country tonight, one day after a grand jury in staten island declined to indict officer daniel pantaleo for the choking death of eric garner. hundreds thronging downtown new york beginning around 5:30 tonight, now marching through the streets, fanning out, shutting down parts of the west side highway it appears, possibly also the brooklyn bridge. in minneapolis protesters shut down a highway there. in d.c. as well. last night's protests resulted in 83 arrests according to the nypd. and folks here in new york are expecting protests to continue throughout the night. the day began one day after this shocking, if i can say that decision by the grand jury, one day after that. the day began with mayor bill de blasio announcing the unveiling and details on a new training program for the nypd. the training program set to begin this month that is intended to help officers maintain a non-threatening posture to deescalate situations and be more precise in how they use force. here's th

son that got shot in the head? then what? why did you come out and say that? >> fury in new york city and across america as two police officers are murdered in cold blood as their families grieve, accusations fly over who has blood on their hands today. >> bill will be here to tell us what he thinks. >> i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours. let's take two of theirs. >> the mad man who murdered the two new york city cops. boasted that he was going to avenge the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. today, officers across the country are on high alert. how safe are they? >> if you want to say that mayor de blasio contributed to the atmosphere of hate to the police, absolutely he did. >> plus as the antipolice rhetoric by our leaders gone too far? we will have full analysis caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >>> hi, i'm greg gutfeld in for bill o'reilly who will join us in just a moment. our top story, of course, the cold blooded execution of two new york city police officers. on saturday afternoon, officers rafael ramos and we

tonight, this >>> breaking news tonight. continuing coverage of the execution shooting of two new york city police officers. we will now join fox's station in new york with their coverage of this tragedy. i understand we are going to brian right now. brian? >> we will update everybody on what we learned tonight. a timeline of what happened regarding the deaths of two nypd officers. is married two months ago. raphael ramos who celebrated his 40th birthday and has a 13-year-old son. five days away from christmas and that is hitting home. everyone else around the country as we mourn the loss of our finest. what we have is a timeline. this is what we understand happened. the suspect, 28-year-old ishmael walked to the front passenger side of a patrol car and shot and killed the officers. at that moment -- back to you. >> thank you, brian. we are now going to go to nyw. >> the mayor expressing his anguish in front of a sea of police officers. >> look what happened. this is video of the mayor arriving for the press conference on the shooting. officers are turning their backs on the mayor as he approached

chokehold case continues now op "all in" with chris hayes. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight, protests fanning out across new york city and all over manhattan in the wake of happened garner was stopped by police, apparently or allegedly for selling illegal, loose cigarettes. the widely seen tape starts with an exasperated garner ends and with him face down on the ground repeatedly telling the cops he can't breathe. >> he was just sitting here. i just came here. >> i'm minding my business. the people that's fighting as i walk away? are you serious? i didn't do nothing. come on. i don't have my i.d. on me. take me down for what? i didn't sell anything! i did nothing. we were sitting here the whole time. minding my business. to who? for what? every time you see me you want to mess with me. i'm tired of it. it stops today. >> this guy right here is forcefully trying to lock somebody up for breaking up a fight. >> everybody standing here. i didn't do nothing. i did not sell nothing. because, every time you see me you want to harass me, you want to stop me, say i'm selling cigarettes. i'm minding my business, officer. i'm mindi

and commissioner yee? >> commissioner kim? >> we did attend it in new york city hosted by the transportation alternative last week, two weeks ago. and it was actually really great to hear what our counter parts in new york city and sweden have been doing to implement the vision zero in their country, or their city. and i also, we got a chance to learn a lot about the advocacy groups that exist in new york city as well. and i know that some of the colleagues that were already very familiar with the transportation alternatives and families for safe streets but it was my first opportunity to actually see what the advocates do on the ground to really push, new york city's policies moving forward. and also the incredible network and those who have lost the members of the family to vehicle collision and how powerful their testimony was both this vision, forward. and just want to recognize that we had a large con ent and we had commaederer from sfpd and we had several including john knox white, and megan wier, also presented and we had members of the pedestrian, safety, advisory comm

assassinations of two of new york city's finest. apparently falling on deaf ears. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm shannon bream in tonight for megyn kelly. as the city mourns the murders of two police officers just days before christmas, some demonstrators are defying a call for no protests until those officers can be laid to rest. staging a die-in at new york's grand central station suggesting authorities are trying to silence them. they're even demanding an apology from police commissioner bill bratton who has worked to try to improve relations between the community and his department. it all comes as we also learn about a new message to the city from commissioner bratton that says in part, quote, over the past weeks many in the city and across the nation have been attempting to define the new york police department in their own terms, but the men and bwomn of this department know exactly who we are. we are police officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. they were loving fathers, husbands and sons, points of great pride for their communities. we begin with david lee miller reporting from ne

peaceful. how disgusting is it when you have people like those in new york city chanting, what do we want dead cops. when do we want them? now. police officers being attacked and they are paid to protect the protesters. that's got to stop, period. >> apparently, it used to be protests are an american right. but, because ferguson and new york, some of them got nasty. police departments across the country now had to up the protective ante. >> a little nasty? these are violent protests. the gentlemen, i use that term sort of broadly, that was arrested recently, that gentleman works for the fciu, the labor union. >> and was behind occupy wall street. >> with connections to new york city mayor conrad, bill baa laz owe and president obama. if the president and the mayor of new york city care, what they should do is say okay, you should be paying to frame the cost of some of this. new york city police should basically -- i know it will never happen, but he has every right to basically arrest the head of the fciu for insighting that riot and causing what is going on in new york city. >> ben stein