new york's finest is at odds with new york's leader and at the worst time two of their own officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were assassinated over the weekend. a news conference is set to begin in a couple minutes here in new york at police headquarters. we'll watch for new york's mayor and police commissioner to obviously address the atrocities over the weekend and the response. today we have heard from mayor bill de blasio after visiting the homes of the loved ones of the two slain officers and now all of these officers are on alert for further attacks. at least 15 new threats against nypd are known at this point in time. there's no question this disturbed mentally ill cop hating gunman ismaaiyl brinsley killed these two men pointblank. we have a picture of him from facebook. he made a newlywed bride a widow in brooklyn. officer wenjian liu just married several months ago. brinsley also took a father away from his family. officer ramos had two sons. the new york police union leaders are also pointing fingers and blaming the deaths on the mayor bill de blasio. they say he turned his b

york daily news" to hit the money trail. they found corporations llcs affiliated with extell development had donated $100,000 to governor andrew cuomo's campaign two days before he signed the bill. other real estate investors sweetened the pot. and when a commission appointed by the governor to investigate corruption got too close to the real estate industry, he blocked it. then he pulled the plug. a feat of wondrous political engineering. >> the real estate industry here in new york city is like the oil industry in texas. they outspend everybody. they often have a much better relationship with elected officials than everyday new yorkers do. while there was affordable housing built in the last 12 years under mayor bloomberg, that affordable housing was not built for certain people. for example, if you were a family of four that earned between $26,000 a year and $42,000 a year. so think of a single mom with three kids who works as an administrative assistant. there were basically no affordable apartments constructed over the

and while new york city residents back new york's finest, the "new york times" backs new york's leftists. unsurprisingly. the "new york times" editorial board blasted the men and women in blue in this city for turning their backs on the mayor and wrote, quote -- well, not so. the "new york times" it seemed to me described almost perfect detail, the "new york times," not the new york police department. it is the times and its ideological op-ed pages shredding and defacing the once proud lady of the journalists. it is the time not the nypd pandering to a left wing mayor and the interest groups of the left. and it is the times that has fallen from proud watchdog of government and power to pink lapdog of the left. >>> now quotation of the evening. this quote from the first director of the fbi, j. edgar hoover who said -- he said that back in 1963. it is very much truth. we're coming right back. >>> just because the russian economy is in free fall vladimir putin is upset about u.s. sanctions. we'll be talking about that and more with former nato supreme allied commander, admiral james stavrid

today new york is in shock. newspapers calling it an execution and tensions are mounting between police and the city's leadership. we are covering every angle of this story, including an interview with former new york mayor rude where i juliany. alexander field is in new york. erin mcpike is in baltimore where police say the suspect shot his ex-girlfriend, and michelle kazinski has the reaction from the president and his administration from hawaii for us. first, alexandra field is taking us through what happened in new york. >> reporter: hundreds of police officers united in grief in a salute for two of their own. >> today two of new york's finest was shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated. >> reporter: with those words, a visibly shaken new york police commissioner, along side new york's mayor, talking about the deaths of officer rafael ramos and officer lu. lu, a seven-year veteran, married two months ago. ramos, a two-year veteran, turned 40 this month. he was mar

he is not a resident of new york. the police officers and union should of had enough intelligence to tell him, listen, that is not what we are about. with the shirts away and go --ad with the presentation put the shirts away, and go ahead with the presentation. giuliani to go to rudy . >> it is suddenly true given treated to about three or four months of propaganda about how the police are the enemy, police are the problem, but there's a major problem between the police and the black community. i call it propaganda because the reality is, the police into reaction with communities is a reaction, it is not the cause. the cause is why those police officers were there yesterday. they were moved from one precinct to another because there was more crime and that precinct. they were there to protect the lives, and this particular case, a black people in that neighborhood. the reality is, the problem here innerizen crime in cities, it happens to be black crime. >> steven thrasher, your response? >> i have always been kind of

in new york city. he's right. new york police have had their ups and downs. >> and not to minimize it, but police work is a messy business. sometimes they get it right. sometimes they get it wrong. there are two questions, one is a specific case by case analysis, and you can debate the evidence. and the second is the broader question where there is not problems. we get carried away with the details of what michael brown was doing or eric garner. >> we agree, the situation is large. the situation is large. the question of whether black men trust police, or whether police react differently to blacks or hispanics is a larger question. in your sense has new york--how has new york dealt with these things? >> new york has dealt with them at times, and dealt with them terribly at other times. it's gotten better under bill de blasio and bill brattan. they've made an effort to stop this practice of stop and frisk, where young men predominantly of color are stopped on the street and asked to prove that they're n

officer in new york. and in new york city, police gearing up for major protests. we are live around the city for you. >>> and the president promised change in the wake of ferguson, now with another federal investigation underway, how will this time be different? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, breaking news, people across new york city gathering to protest a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. their struggle is all caught on video. right now i want to show you live pictures of the protests. they are large and growing in response to the decision not to indict. the story comes down to this. cell phone video captured in july. what it shows is a 43-year-old man, eric garner, who he was suspected of selling cigarettes on a street in staten island when police moved to arrest him. garner raised his hands in the air but told officers not to touch him and they tried to subdue him, including one, officer dani

richard engel, nbc news, new york. >>> we are back in a moment with massive storm moving ashore right now, potentially catastrophic damage in a place already so hard hit. >>> a powerful super typhoon is on a collision course tonight with the philippines. this is the view of the swirling mass from space. it is expected to make landfall some time this weekend packing winds as high as 156 miles per hour. and it will bring with it torrential rain and the potential for widespread flooding and mudslides. >>> nasa will try again tomorrow for the first-ever test flight of its new orien spacecraft. hopes one day to send astronauts to mars. this morning's attempt was called off due to high winds and a valve issue that will carry orien into space. >>> a rare bright spot in washington tonight. take a look. >> five, four, three, two, one. [ cheers and applause ] >> the national christmas tree all lit up. tom hanks and rita wilson on hand joining the obama family to flip a switch. our cameras even caught the president dancing doing the dad shuffle with santa. this was the scene just outside our stu

he will come to new york where he had an affiliate and a lot of girlfriends in new york. when they create a spin off called rca that turned the company from ship to shore communications. he said let's do this. how about creating an entertainment box. out of it will come news and spores and all that and we will put it in the living room. they thought he was crazy. five years later they did it. they move rca head for thes from downtown. it was created up near broadway. here's where the entertainment is. here's where bing crosby is. his lifelong rival was there. he is a self-meat guy, but now that the family started in ukraine, but by the time they moved from chicago, he went to the school and his he dated new jewish girls. the battle for supremacy and radio, television, and then color television. it's he who links them fairly and permanently to advertising. somebody wrote him a letter and say i am getting this sbrat entertainment and music. who do i pay? so nobody is paid for by advertising. he hooks up. in 1928, he signs up washington, d.c.'s duke elling who had been playi

"the new york time "the new york times "the new york times" wants the and the aclu wants the attorney general to investigate. most people call it torture. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. while every business is unique, everyone is looking for ways to cut expenses. and that's where pg&e's online business energy checkup tool can really help. you can use it to track your actual energy use. find rebates that make equipment upgrades more affordable. even develop a customized energy plan for your company. think of it as a way to take more control over your operating costs. and yet another energy saving opportunity from pg&e. find new ways to save energy and money with pg&e's business energy check-up. >> the state department is urging north korea to exercise restraint and refrain from any further threatening actions. over the weekend, north korea said there would be grave consequences if the u.s. refused to agree to a join probe of the sony hacking. >>> congressman likely to plead guilty to tax fraud tomorrow in court. >>> and joe cocker has passed away after a battle wit

you hear what he says this hour. >> two new york city police officers were gunned down in new york in cold blood. the gunman is now dead. >> this investigation is kicking into full gear. it is focusing on threats made online. police say suspect ismaaiyl brinsley shot himself at a subway station after cops chased him. there. >> minutes earlier, he ambushed police officers wenjin liu and ralphael ramos as they sat in their squad car. shot both men in the head. a alex an dra field has the storey. >> reporter: hundreds of police officers united in grief for the assault two of their own. >> two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provication. they were quite simply assassinated. >> reporter: with those words, a visibly shaken new york police commissioner alongside new york's mayor talking about the deaths of officer ramos and officer liu. liu, a seven year veteran married two months ago. ram ramos, a two year veteran turned 40 this month, married with a 13-year-old son. they were killed ambush style saturday afternoon as they sat in their patrol car on a brooklyn

attorney's office in new york. one of the prosecutors on that trial team was loretta lynch, who went on to be the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york, which is why she would also prosecute the eric garner case if federal charges are brought against the cops in that case. but loretta lynch may not have time to do that, even if the case does go forward on a federal of level, because loretta lynch is also now waiting for her confirmation hearings to be the next attorney general of the united states, succeeding eric holder. and you know, on the one hand it is heartening that the people taking on these problems at the highest level in our country have a lot of experience in dealing with police brutality and fighting the impunity of police brutality against black men in particular. on the other hand, it is exhausting and a little disheartening to think that they are still fighting the exact same battles because the exact same battles still need to be fought. joining us now is zachary w. carter. he's the cu

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even why you chose new york. you were in chicago at some point. why new york? >> i had never been to new york before. >> how did you possibly pick new york? >> after i lost my job i just decided to travel around, and during this kind of travel where i was photographing every day, i kind of evolved this method of photography where i would stop people on the street and take their photograph. then i got to new york, where there's no greater diversity of people and no greater density of people, and so at the time, this is the type of photography i was doing, i said i can make a great website. my initial goal was i was going to take 10,000 pictures of new yorkers and plop them on a map of the city and that's why i moved to new york. then obviously, it evolved much more since then. >> so you are right that there is a great diversity in new york. it's a city with a big heart a lot of the time but also a city with a tough personality. how often do people tell you get that camera out of my face? and get away from me, you freak? >> i think i'm just about the best person

new york city cops are racist. new york city cops are targeting minorities. they don't target minorities. they go into minority communities where the crime is. they reduce crime in those minority communities. they put their lives on the line for those minority communities in a way that they reduce crime 80, 85% in this city, in those minority communities, save lives. and the mayor and sharpton have perpetuated this lie about them being racist, about them targeting minorities and you now have communities being burned down. you have officers being attacked, assaulted during protests. you have two assassinations. outright assassinations, vengeance assassinations based on a lie that the mayor and sharpton perpetuated. >> with that said, should -- there is a petition right now with 50,000 signatures to have de blasio removed from his position. do you believe that that is the right thing to do, the next step for the city? >> i don't feel that the mayor has the ability to lead the city. i don't feel the mayor has the ability to lead the city because if he did, he wo

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york city. >> and new york congressman peter king joins us now. thanks for being with us tonight, congressman. a lot of people very. >> thank you for having me. >> very upset about the rhetoric. the fact of the matter that mayor de blasio, instead of choosing to unite people in new york was part of this problem of this anti-cop vitriol and hate and blasphemist rhetoric that he used with the police officers. even going to star to say that his own son should something bad might happen to him. how do you operate from that point of view when you are the leader of this city and part of protecting and serving the people of new york is the police department? >> kimberly, i have never seen a worse demonstration of leadership by any mayor or any elected official of new york that mayor de blasio has shown. this goes back over 18 months, before he was even mayor. when he was running his campaign for mayor, and he was the one who divide the communities. the police from the minority community. polls taken two years ago where the nypd had 75% favorable ratings

we begin with a night of protests in new york. angry demonstrators chanted, blocked major thoroughfares that new yorkers reacted to the news that a grand jury did not indictment a police officer in the chokehold death of eric gardner. paul beban joins us at new york time square. paul? >> reporter: that's right, john. we are about two to three blocks west of times square, the corner of 10th avenue and 42nd street. a large group of protesters just crossed on their way back to time square. they have been disrupting traffic around this area. we followed them out of times square a little while ago, about 150 to 200 people who laid down in the middle of the intersection, right in front of the port authority bus terminal right in the heart of times square, blocked traffic for three to four minutes. we jumped out of the vehicle, followed them west down 42nd street. i think they went to the west side highway where there is another group of large protesters far arer uptown disrupting traffic. it looks like they made a loop and are heading b

new york represented. and here were these people in flushing, queens, demanding that peter stuyvesant live up to that dream. and the west india company forced him to do that. which is why a decade later when the english showed up and said surrender to us, the colonists in new amsterdam stead -- said sure. because we would rather have the english then peter stuyvesant. new amsterdam gave up. much to peter stuyvesant's surprise. this is a rosetta stone of new amsterdam. it was in english-dutch dictionary. the english came in and did not want to change anything. why tinker with something that was working? they said to the dutch, we will abide by your laws and customs. we will abide by everything you could keep your weapons and keep your bars open. we will let you have your property rights. the only problem was the jury system. we do not understand your language. so how are we going to institute the english system of trial by jury? so, they had to learn the language. and one of the ways they did it was a dicti

. >>> 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

the new york times to say that about new york nypd amazing. the "new york times" is on times square. do you think these people that you wrote that about should be -- maybe they should turn their backs on times square and the times building. >> that was a remarkably aggressive and bad editorial. >> i said he had a bad line and he never should have done it. i will agree with the "new york times," it is a pity party. >> when all those code pink protesters, bum rushed condi rice, or when they occupy protesters, they love that stuff. >> who does? >> the "new york times." they were applauding that. >> i'm not defending the "new york times." >> but when the police officers protest when they silently turn their backs? >> the police department is the best in the country and it was the worst in the country 25 years ago. >> the "new york times" needs to apologize for that. >> i think tomorrow night, new year's eve that people realize that the people who are going to be out there ruining everyone else's time they're not people who want justice, they want

ity in new york and other cities. a group gathered at times square while another group walked across the brooklyn bridge. not reach is in response to a grand jury decision not to indict a white officer for the choking death of an unarmed black man. >> new york to chicago to washington, protesters were united in their message -- justice for eric gardner. thousands of demonstrators spilled onto the streets of new york. in manhattan activists gathered near the city's headquarters. another group marched across brooklyn bridge as hundreds more demonstrators gathered in foley square. >> systemic racism in our justice system. we are tired of being treated like second-class citizens. >> in washington, demonstrators blocked major roads. at one point, even laying down in the street. scenes of protesters repeated nationwide including chicago and boston. eric garner, the father of six was arrested for selling this cigarettes in july. he was forced to the ground and placed in a headlight despite his calls for help. this comes days

new york city. joe johns, thanks very much. once again, we're standing by. we'll hear from the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, any moment now. you can see the cameras are all set. he's going to walk up to that microphone as soon as he starts speaking about this case. we'll have live coverage here in "the situation room." in the meantime, let's bring in cnn's justice reporter, evan perez. evan, the justice department here in washington is also looking into this specific case. is that right? >> that's right, wolf. they've already been doing an investigation quietly behind the scenes for some time now, for some months now. we expect that attorney general eric holder will make a formal announcement of this investigation, probably later this evening. you heard the president mention that he had talked to the attorney general about this, and we know that the family had met with the loretta lynch, the u.s. attorney in brooklyn, who is also the nominee to secede eric holder. and she's -- her office is the

the family of new york. so police officer ramos, a latino, sat in a patrol car with his brother officer liu, an asian. members with officers of over 50 different countries who speak 64 different languages who protect a city literally with people from every country on the globe living in it. nothing will ever defeat or divide our new york family. 9/11 couldn't do it. the response of the nypd proves that and the outpouring of love from people across the state proves that. and with a name of police officer -- when the name of police officer ramos is uttered. let's remember the principles he died for. we respect the rule of law and we protect each other. because at the end of the day we are one. we are one people. one city, one state, one community, one family. the family of new york. [speaking foreign language] god bless you and keep you and you will be forever in our prayers. thank you. [ applause ] >> you have been listening to governor cuomo. very strong statement in support of the police department. saying

in new york. today we're seeing members of the community and and one of the most touching moments i believe was when came up with a sign and a police officer son said, jayden, your father did nothing wrong and she was having trouble taking the message and it's indicative of the mood here. people are peaceful, respectful and there's no kind of tension that we've been seeing in new york city, wolf. >> that's the scene here. ismaaiyl brinsley drove up from baltimore and announced that he was going to kill two cops and he went ahead and did so. we're standing by. the mayor of new york has a lot of repair to do. we're going to hear from mayor bill de blasio as soon as we come back. i have the worst cold with this runny nose. i better take something. dayquill cold and flu doesn't treat your runny nose. seriously? alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. oh, what a relief it is. >>> there's real tension in new york right now, tension between the mayor and the

police officers here in new york. critics say that sends entirely the wrong message as cops all across the country are dealing with another night of protests stemming from officer-involved shootings -- well, one shooting and one death in new york and ferguson, missouri. one new york columnist going so far as to accuse mayor de blasio of throwing gas on the fire. writing "this is a profound moment in modern gotham history. one i'm convinced will set the city on a downhill course." that's michael goodwin. former new york city police commissioner did a lot to improve relations between the police force and the city. thank you for being here. that same message blacks need to be more careful when it comes to the cops because they're more likely to get targeted. they need to be extra courteous because cops are more likely to think they're doing something wrong. and that needs to stop. your thoughts. >> i think the mayor's comments are very inappropriate. a mayor is supposed to bring people together. and i think what mayor de

both in ferguson and staten island in new york. we have a case where it seems to , which probable cause are grand jury utilizes to determine an indictment, i want transparency in the grand jury process and i want folks to be able to eke in to see what in fact did or did not take place. it seems to me as a former prosecutor myself, that the prosecutors were not acting on behalf of the people who elected them, but on behalf of the police. especially in the new york case where you have videotape utilizedthat could be in the grand jury to come within indictment, at least criminally negligent homicide or involuntary manslaughter. >> on the question of the cell phone video, one of the proposals is that police across the country should wear body cameras, but would that really have made a difference in this case? >> that's why it is so shocking, because all of the talk about body cameras, and i do think they help, but clearly it is not the answer, or there is not one answer that will suffice here. there has to be a multitude of things. the

box 693 new york, new york 10013. -- >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! i can't breathe, shut it down. thousands of protesters from new york to chicago to san francisco took to the streets again to protest police killings following a new york grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who put eric garner in a lethal chokehold. as new york mayor bill de blasio orders a retraining of the city's police force, we will speak to a former new york city police to take to graham weatherspoon. >> when a police officer gets to the point where he is crossing from the actions of a police officer to the actions of the criminal, something has to be done. the grand jury decision was announced in staten island, a fruit roll was were wrapping up in cleveland for tamir rice, a 12-year-old african-american boy who was shot dead by police while holding a toy gun at a park. wherel go to cleveland the justice department just wrapped up a probe of the city police force. >> we have determined there was thatnable cause to believe the police force engages in a pattern of using

new york police officers. in the main thoroughfare in brooklyn, dozens of people lay down. they were calling ate die-in. and four multiple minutes it was just quiet. you heard the power and voices in song. but in those few moments it spoke volumes for that what these people were trying to get across. we can go to times square. laurie see gal was in the middle of it tonight. it's quieting down where i am, laurie, but i'm wonder, one of the things that really struck me, being with really a mix of people for the most part incredibly youthful group of people. >> absolutely. that's something i noticed, too. i was talking to a lot of young people. a lot of students. some of the women i talked to, one was a student here at columbia. i said to them, what brought you out here tonight. she said we feel like we have a sense of responsibility. we're joining these fake groups. and the different types of people i spoke to in the crowd, it was such a diverse group of protesters. first, it was very calm. just a handful of pro

policing in new york. and i'm calling on the governor of the state of new york, governor cuomo, to point a special prosecutor in the case of egregious police misconduct so there is an independent prosecutor. we all know, prosecutors rely upon the police department for their reelections. we know that there's an inherent conflict with police officers and that's why we need the independent special prosecutor to prosecute cases of police misconduct. and last but not least, we need sunshine as it relates to the grand jury proceeding. i'm asking district attorney donavan to release not part, not some, but all of the grand jury proceedings in this case so that the family, the garner family long why they did not get an indictment. america will know why we didn't get an indictment. we all saw the video. our eyes did not lie. the video speaks for itself. it was unreasonable. it was excessive force and clearly, justice is not perfect and clearly justice will be served, on the federal level, the civil letter or some f

the new york mayor. both men extremely somber. and, at times, both men appeared to be emotional with the information that they were conveying. you could see the shock on their faces. i recognize that face, it's the face of a person who has had to tell a family the most distressing of news. and that is the loss of their loved one. and that is clearly what they have to do as they said that they met with the family members of those two murdered police officers shortly before briefing. everyone else on the e vebts that happened. the information is still coming in, but, essentially, these two officers, officer lu and officer ramos were in their vehicle, in brooklyn, when, at 2:47 this afternoon, a suspect approached on the passenger side and, according to witnesses, took a shooting stance and fired multiple shots through that passenger window striking both officers in the head. they eventually died either on the way to the hospital or at the hospital, despite attempts to save their life. >>> then, police on f

york to see if they have the new york tax stamp. and if not they're giving them summons and arresting them. >> right. >> what a waste of police resources. >> this is the shocking part about this story. to say this wouldn't have happened if he was white, no, i will correct you because usually it's indians because they're allowed to sell untaxed cigarettes on reservations, but you have to make sure you're selling to only other indians. there have been cops roughing up indians in the past. i was looking up cases today. this is not something new. this is standing between a liberal and collecting taxes. and why wasn't the "new york times" and the msnbc going more on this case than on a really not very good case from the beginning with mike brown and ferguson. we saw the tape of him roughing up the poor clerk from the moment anybody saw that. this is actually a lovely family. the stepfather was the molecular opposite of mike brown's stepfather. the stepfather in ferguson yelling burn this down immediately after the verdict to an angry cro

york, a community of queens, new york. it's another hour and 40 minutes before the wake for officer ramos is scheduled to begin. but the casket just arrived. six pallbearers, his colleagues from the nypd with the green flag of the new york city police department draping the casket, the american flag at the tail end of it. also ushered in by members of the nypd as the other colleagues who turned out today stand at attention. a silent moment as the casket was brought in from that hearse and as they prepare to memorialize officer ramos. the plan for memorializing his colleague wenjian liu will be discussed next week. there are two controversial stories that developed in ferguson, missouri, and new york. that's the reason it was posted. that certainly remains to be a conversation piece as toll why this senseless story developed. the ramos family is said to be either in that church right now or arriving shortly. upwards of 25,000 police officers from around the country are expected to be in attendance when officer ramos is form

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york city police department and new york city fire department across this country, cedric alexander, people were wearing nypd police hats and they still do today. how does that goodwill bleed away? or is it naive to even suggest that? >> well, i think historically you've got to put this into historical context, is that since the beginning of policing, there's always been a strained relationship between policing and communities of color. and in certain communities where police have enjoyed for some period of time some commendable relationship, there's been incidents, it appears, in new york city, depending on who is on watch in that city where incidents have occurred and have risen to a level of some discord between police and the community. let me say this. at the end of the day, that community there in new york city is going to heal from its pain. all of us in leadership positions are going to have to start using leadership language and find a way to how we're going to move forward and heal, help that city and help other cities across this country heal as well because there are a lo

to advocate change within the new york police department. it's very ironic in a sense that we have a central issue that goes back a couple decades to when you were commissioner and here today in 2014. >> i think that the answer is not in a police reviewing board. i think -- review board. i think the answer is in the method by which the people, the police officer carry out their business. when i was the police commissioner of new york we implemented a concept of policing that we call community policing. briefly defined it's a partnership. underline the word partnership between the police and the people in the city to do three things. number one, to prevent crime. number two, to arrest those who commit crimes and number three, to solve problems. to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods. i strongly believe that what happens prior to an incident will determine what happens during and after an incident. if community policing had been the dominant style of policing in new york city, i think many of these problems could be avoided. so i woul

we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. choice for the news. >> new york's mayor calling for a pause in protests just days after two police officers are gunned down. why the shooter's family is saying the justice system failed him. >> federal prosecutors launch a civil rights investigation into the death of a milwaukee man. this after local officials indie officer who shot him during an altercation. >> the internet is back on line in north korea this morning. there are questions over who took it down. >> pope francis slammed, vatican bureaucrats calling him narcisse stick hypocrite suffering from spiritual alzheimer's. the sickness he says is infecting the church and the reaction around the world. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. >> this morning, new york city mayor is calling for calm following the murder two police officers. facing criticism for the police union and protestors, he he's urging both to put their differences aside until the officer are buried. there were small anti police demonstrates and in manhattan, a larger protest isette set for

>>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories. >> this is not just a city problem, a new york problem, it's a powder keg problem >>> police officials raise the alarm after two deadly attacks on law enforcement >>> an attack on south korea, as the u.s. wages it's cyber attack on korea. >>> soviet union refuses to cut its oil production despite the deepest price cut in years. >> detail. present arms. >>> an honour guard for two police officers killed yesterday in the line of duty. they were shot execution style in brooklyn new york, with the killer linking their murders to nation wide unrest in ferguson, missouri with michael brown, and new york with eric garner. john terrett joins us with more on this. this is a tragic story. the entire community on all sides are very upset. >> yes. that is what has happened. it seems to have brought the community here in new york city together. i can tell you that new york's police commissioner said that the murders happened so fast that the officers p

. >> two of new york's finest gunned down. today more on the plan police say pulled the trigger and could this deadly ambush have been prevented? >>> also breaking today, north korea ups the ante claiming the u.s. government was involved in making that movie "the interview." and threatening an even worse cyber attack. >> how are you? >> and an exclusive interview with president obama. nothing is off limits. how will the white house respond to north korea's escalating threats? hear it all right now. you're in the cnn newsroom. >>> hello, everyone. i'm randy kay. we begin this hour in new york. a stunning ambush in broad daylight. two police officers murdered, shot and killed in their police cruiser. new york police are expected to hold a news conference in about an hour or so. at 4:00 p.m. eastern time we will bring that to you live. it comes after i aday of shock for new york. newspapers calling it an execution, and tennings are mounting between police and the city's leadership. we are covering every angle of this story, inclu

>> protesters poring into the streets of new york last night after a grand jury did not indict new york city police officer daniel pantaleo, in the chokehold death of 43-year-old eric garner. >> it's a very painful day for so many new yorkers. >> arrests made throughout the night as outrage pulsed throughout the city streets for more than nine hours. >> black lives matter! >> most chanting garner's last words -- >> i can't breathe -- >> before dying on this staten island street. police, some in riot gear, blocking intersections as protesters began shutting down the city's most iconic landmarks. stopping the flow of traffic into and out of the island of manhattan for hours. some lying down right in the middle of the road. the same inside grand central station. where other protesters staged a massive die-in, as evening rush hour hit its peak. police heavily guarding the rockefeller tree-lighting ceremony. >> three, two, one -- chap. [ cheers and applause ] >> as protesters tried to disrupt the show. the city's public outcry reaching a fever pitch nationwide. >> ho ho, these cops have got

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

york city, and killed two of new york city's finest. we want to point out, we talk about these police officers. we want to point out that these are people. we want to remind me, 32-year-old wenjin liu. he was married two months ago. and then you have officer rafael ramos, who had just celebrated his 40th birthday. and he was a father of two. and as you are reporting, there's a new threat that the department is contending with, that there is word that another suspect or person, is heading up to new york city to allegedly try to kill more police officers here in new york city. and you're looking at live pictures there on your screen from this press conference that we're waiting to hear from here in brooklyn, new york, given by the new york police department, hopefully we're going to get word in terms of how they're going to handle, again, brian, some of the smartphones. different equipment that police may have on scene with them as they go on to investigations. and also, just having multiple officers show up to a scene, regardless of how

also in new york city, protesters are on the move in new york. brooke baldwin is walking along with them. brooke, where do they seem to be heading? >> reporter: wolf, let me just walk backwards a little bit. i don't want to trip, so i'm going to go slowly. we have just left foley square in the midst of hundreds of people, many of whom walking with their hands up. you're hearing, hands up, don't shoot. you're hearing, i can't breathe. it appears we're talking towards the brooklyn bridge. so we're just now passing new york police headquarters. we thought initially that we would stop here. we thought initially perhaps the crowd would stop, but everyone is continuing ahead. we're deducing, in talking to some people, we may be headed to the brooklyn bridge. the question will be, do they walk along the passenger walkway or try to stop traffic and getting in the middle of the roadway? we don't know. but as far as you can see in both directions, let's keep walking. as far as you can see in each direction, people are out here. no justice, no peace. primar

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> now, a new york police union is responding to criticism of that officer saying he's a model policeman who did what he had to do. >> can you not resist arrest, that's a crime and you will be placed under arrest. police officers do not have the option to walk away. if the mayor wants to change policies and wants us to stand down against crime then say that. it's his policies that we go out and we enforce and the laws of the state of new york. >> of course, it is the job of police unions to defend police officers. now, the police department in cleveland is now being monitored by a federal court. that's after a u.s. justice department review found the ohio city's police routinely use excessive force unnecessarily or in retaliation and this comes as the city is coping with the death of a sixth grader at the hands of a police officer. and as kyung lah reports that cop has a checkered past. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows a boy walking near a playground. he's 12-year-old tamir rice and he's playing with a toy, an air soft gun that from a distance can l