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Officer ramoss church. >> nice guy, nice family man, great kids. great wife. i mean you couldnt asked anything better from this gentleman. he was -- hes going to be sorely missed. hes missed. i mishim. >> authorities say the shooter brinsly acted alone, authorities say what they describe as a spectator, during a december 1 protest that took place in new yorks union square park, not clear how or if that event may have played into his future acts, and lastly, john, there are reports tonight that t...

Tonight. shannon breen here in washington, with the rhetoric before and after saturdays cop killings. but we begin with correspondent david lee miller. >> reporter: good evening, john, mayor de blasio did some finger pointing of his own this afternoon, and perhaps in an unexpected direction, he pointed the finger at the media for portraying what he sees is largely peaceful demonstrations, meanwhile the mayor remains under pressure, critics say he has lost the support for much of his own police f...

There. i wasnt saving lives in the police community. my police officers were. >> how has the president reacted to all of this, dan? >> reporter: bill, president obama has not made public comments on camera about the cop killings he issued a statement on saturday, hours after it happened strongly condeming the attack. he spoke with two police commissioners to offer his support. the statement read in part, officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single d...

Thompson remains in critical condition. shes stable in the hospital and is expected to survive her injuries. investigators hoping to interview her today. meanwhile, president obama strongly condemning the attack in brooklyn. he spoke with the commissioner from hawaii. dan springer from honolulu. what was the presidents reaction? >> well, as you can imagine it was shock and disbelief. president obama has not done anything on camera here in hawaii in his second day of vacation. but he did issue a ...

If we dont do anything, well see this bad behavior again if something is not done to make sure they pay a price and be deterred from doing it again. >> devastating to sony and its employees. but when you think on our electrical grid, our banks, it is a big wake-up call for all of those things that have to be considered. peter brooks, merry christmas, early. still to come, jeb bush makes it clear he is eyeing a possible run for the white house. what does it mean for the gops bumper crop of pote...

Make a difference. cop killings are up by 53%. and 43% of police officers killed by guns, more than 40% shouldnt have been in their hand, they were prohibited purchasers. so background checks will prevent vaevents like this from happening. weve talked about taking measures that will temporarily remove guns out of the hands of dangerous people. this could have been the case of the u.c. santa barbara shooting. >> lets listen a little bit to the press conference that law enforcement authorities are...

Vetoed it. as you know last year senator heller from nevada voted against it. we hope both sandoval and heller reconsider this. theres plenty we dont know but some things we do know. in the 16 states that passed comprehensive background checks, cop killings by gun are 39% lower. that should tell us there is something we can do and do right now. that would prevent the loss of lives like we just saw in nevada. certainly when you hear -- we have to do something about the fact that when friends and ...

Being, you know, killed at m.i.t., at a university, where students are is -- would engender a significant police response, given that we have just faced the boston marathon attacks, the fact we see so much activity is only because -- may only be because, let me make that clear, may only be because everyone is activated, as they should be, because there are key suspects on the loose. so, this reaction to a cop killing, if its related to what were watching right now, cop killings are a big deal st...

There is an element of american society cowardly and apathetic. kennedy genovese shouting in new york im getting killed and people looking out the window. epidemic of appear theat? apath? >> let me give you some stats. you have, this week, since monday, at least 11 cops shot just this week. you have an increase in cop killings of 40% last year. >> bill: last year up 40%? >> 40%. >> bill: you feel its anger? frustration? >> i think its this feeling that nobody really matters. people arent real. g...

There is an element of american society cowardly and apathetic. kennedy genovese shouting in new york im getting killed and people looking out the window. epidemic of appear theat? apath? >> let me give you some stats. you have, this week, since monday, at least 11 cops shot just this week. you have an increase in cop killings of 40% last year. >> bill: last year up 40%? >> 40%. >> bill: you feel its anger? frustration? >> i think its this feeling that nobody really matters. people arent real. g...