that has sparked anger and anguish around the country. investigators have chased the gunman s activities ahead of the ambush including the moment he told pedestrians, watch what i m going to do. meanwhile a memorial as neighbors remember the police officer. stephanie gosk begins our coverage. reporter: hundreds have come out to support the police officers and their families and promote peace. we re learning more details of this crime. investigators believe the gunman acted alone and on something of a shooting spree. it began when he first allegedly shot his girlfriend, who is now recovering in the hop. he then traveled up to new york where he staged the deadly ambush and where he staged the deadly ambush right here in this neighborhood in brooklyn. investigators now believe 28-year-old suspect ishmael brinsley was motivated in part by rage toward the police. look closely at instagram messages that were likely posted by brinsley in the hours before the shooting. a photo of a
hi, there, everyone. i m j.j. ramberg and welcome to your business where we give you advice and information on the issues that affects american s entrepreneurs. new data shows over the last 17 years women s small businesses have increased an astounding 68%. but according to the democrats on the small business community those women are missing out when it comes to loans. their new report claims that while women own 30% of small businesses they only receive 4.4% of small business phones and 7% of capital venture funding. the report also says women even businesses are only being awarded 4% of government contracts. media entrepreneur is dedicated to empowerering those in the u.s. she testified about the gender gap. so great to see you, nelly. hi, j.j. so great to be here. so excited to be on the senate floor and representing entrepreneurs and latinas on the senate floor. i know you do so much work for women and helping them with small businesses and entrepreneur. shep:s s
help. that s why we re proud to present your business on msnbc. hi, there everyone. welcome to your business where we give you advice and information on the issues that affect america s entrepreneurs. new data shows over the last 17 years, women who own small businesses have increased an astounding 68%, but according to the democrats those women are missing out when it comes to loan. the new report claims that while women own 30% of small businesses they only receive 4.4% of conventional small business loans. and just 7% of venture capital funding. the report also says that women own businesses are only being rewarded 4% of government contracts. media entrepreneur nellie galan is the founder of a group dedicated to empowering latinas in the u.s. she testified at the senate small business meeting about the gender gap in entrepreneurship. so great to see you, nellie. hi, j.j. so great to be here. i m so excited to be on the senate floor and representing entrepreneurs an
find out what happens to them next. and thanks for joining us, earn. protesters in several u.s. cities are keeping the focus on cases of white police officers killing unarmed black suspects. right now, protesters in berkley, california are blocking traffic on interstate 80. we re taking these live pictures here. and that blocking is causing a massive backup in both directions. it s a little hard to see right now in the dark, but a lot of people there on i-80. and in pennsylvania students gathered together for a march and so-called die in. in washington, traffic was blocked a few blocks from the white house, during rush hour. and in new york, hundreds chanted outside the basketball game. the royal couple attended. we have more on that. reporter: inside, as the royals watched the basketball game, outside hundreds of protesters staging demonstrations. they did die-ins. they walked against traffic, shutting it down. that was one of the mantras, shut it down, shut it down. the
city banning them. and ahead, we ll tell you more on the report about the use of torture. that is causing a rift between senate democrats and republicans. what we know is that it will show the cia used so-called enhanced interrogation techni e techniques on more than 100 detainees, and three of those detainees received waterboarding. that is considered the harshest of the techniques. the report will also detail case studies, i should say, including the hunt for osama bin laden. and only 480 pages of this report will be released. the full report is some 6,000 pages long, so what we ll get is less than a tenth of that. there are locations around the globe that will be included. this shows you where more than 6,000 u.s. marines are on heightened alert at this moment. they are at a position to protect american interests should they come under threat. and you see it spanning from japan to the arabian sea and more. reporter: u.s. diplomatic posts and military bases around the w