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We have one of the finest police departments in the country if not the globe. they understand how imperative it is to allow people to go on with their normal day and normal activity without interference. at the same time, allowing as you see on the screen people to do their die-ins and protests but dont get in the way of harming individuals. i think that is the -- we see how good the police department is and why we must move forward with good reform to make sure its done across the board. >> wer...

>> the next thing you know, the windows break. >> president obama made an unexpected visit to the hospital. he has been complaining of a sore throat for last few weeks. >> he is still smoking, that could be contributing to his current symptom. >> a u.s. hostage is killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. its that element of surprise was taken away. >> sit imperfect? yes. is there risk? yes. >> good morning, everyone, well come back to "new day." there are violent protests to tell you about po...

York city to his great credit decided the cops have to retrained and if you heard him carefully, he said cops are on their own, they dont have a lot of hands-on training. three days is a meager but costly investment. hopefully we can get police officers the time and training that they want. they want the training. they want to be competent. they want to do the job better. >> vieugene odonnell, thank yo for your time. we appreciate it. coming up, we fast forward. we look ahead o the questions y...

Although some, three dozen protesters were arrested in dallas and durham, north carolina, for sit-ins and die-ins, they blocked many intersection, taillights stretched for mile after mile there. join me right now, nick valencia. you were in staten island, the very spot where eric garner was in that choke hold and died. what has been taking place? >> reporter: well, just a little while ago, we saw members of eric garners family show up here to place this wreath behind me. this is the exact site a...

Demonstrations. the protests are well organized tonight. holding moments of silence. staging die-ins where they lie down like michael brown in ferguson. doing this in major intersections. and inside major locations like macys, grand central station, and the apple store in manhattan. want to show you the scene right now in washington, d.c. where the crowds are very vocal. chanting now familiar slogans like i cant breathe. one protester in washington telling cnn they were prepared to block d.c. st...

>> reporter: well, we were outside and then we came inside. as you can imagine here, anderson, at the macys store, demonstrators staged the die-ins in the middle of the store. it was quite a moment, as you can imagine. you had thousands of shoppers in the store. usually you think of macys of the thanksgiving parade, but not tonight. hundreds of protesters staged a die-in. they stood and chanted for several minutes. now theyre just making their way back out the store. earlier in the night, they d...

Last night was the third night of protests nationwide protesting against the grand jury decision not to indict the nypd officer in the choke hold death of eric garner. protester held die-ins, lying down in an apple store and macys flagship store in herald square and similar protest in chinatown as well where protesters blocked traffic for several blocks and in miami where they tried to block traffic in miami beach. as with ferguson, the eric garner investigation lives on at the federal level. we...

This is what democracy looks like. that was just one of the rallying cries as thousands of protesters poured into the streets across the u.s. last night, expressing outrage over the grand jurys decision not to indict the officer who put eric garner in a choke hold in st statten island, new york. they staged sit-ins and die-ins and in some cities created traffic backups that stretched for miles. in at least a dozen cities coast to coast, demonstrators railed against excessive police force and wha...

Welcome back, time for a quick check on the headlines, hundreds of protesters taking to streets in manhattan for a third straight night over the eric garner decision, staging die-ins. the police in michigan arresting a suspect accused of stabbing four people last night on an amtrak train, including the conductor. traveling between chicago and fort huron. >> the hollywood chamber of commerce says it has repaired bill cosbys star after vandals scrolled the word rapist own the marker. the comedian ...

The other difference here is entering stores. and both of those differences had to do with the weather, it was cold and rainy here last night. so protesters brought their demonstrations into stores. two of the busiest stores, the apple store in midtown and herald square in macys. in both cases, protesters went into the stores, die-ins, is what theyre calling. heres the thing, the stores management didnt kick them out. growing up in new york and being around midtown during the holidays these stor...