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And an[cy)w unflinching voice for tolerance, inclusion and -- >> here in new york city theyll stay atíxlqw half staff for 30 days. >> rick lebenthal in nerk. in a bizarre incident, democratic leader harry reid was injured when a piece of exercise equipment snappedc6&g÷ he received a call from president obama in hawaii wishing him a speedy recovery. reid hayjhr now been released from the hospital. his office says hell be back in the washington this w50ekd. meanwhile america considers the go...

Launched several investigations germs police departments. in 2009, holder said the u.s. was a nation of cowards when it comes to race. now hes more optimist tick. >> we have made substantial progress as a nation if we dofbt admit that we do a great service to people who sacrificed, who fought, who gave their lives so i could be the first african-american attorney general serving the first african-american president. >> reporter: and the presidents latest move on race, hes assembled a task force ...

35% approve as 56% disapprove. >> this campaign in iraq will take time. but make no mistake, our coalition isnt just going to degrade this terrorist organization, were going to destroy it. >> reporter: though it was four years ago the president used an oval office address to declare the combat mission in iraq was coming to an end. >> operation iraqi freedom is over and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. >> reporter: that was the summer of 2010, at th...

Island da did not -- and there are more protests already underway tonight across the nation and here in new york, bret, although this rain may keep crowd sizes a little bit smaller tonight. >> rick lebenthal live in new york. thank you. nasa is celebrating a successful test of the spacecraft it hopes will one day take humans to mars. the still unmanned orion lifted off this morning aboard a delta 4 rocket. it reached 3,400 miles, the farthest a slip built for people has traveled in four decade...

Understand. rick lebenthal is in new york for what could be a third night of demonstrations. >> reporter: several thousand people took to the streets of americas largest city thursday night, some carrying cardboard coffins with the names of people killed by police officers. they blocked west side highway, shutting down traffic at times on the manhattan bridges and the tunnel. there were large demonstrations in other cities including boston, san francisco, and washington, d.c. with protesters ins...

Will file a $75 million civil suit against the officer. now the real question is, will there be protests, there already are some and the question is how big will they get and will they turn violent? >> i heart earlier there were people protesting staying i cant breathe, that was their call or chant, i cant breathe. >> reporter: not here outside to the das office, not outside the courthouse. we saw a small the demonstration outside the warehouse where garner was actually choked and died. we know ...

5:00 p.m. and then possibly some sort of march towards rockefeller center where that tree lighting is expected to be at 7:00 p.m., we dont have any updates on that, we are getting some reaction from other politicians, including the new york senator, said she was shocked by the grand jury decision and is calling on the department of justice to investigate. so clearly she doesnt believe this case should be over and we have heart from new york city as well that there are still procedures that could...

What is the mood there, rick? >> neil, obviously the nypd is on high alert. they have in anticipation of the grand jury decision. the grand jury returning no true bill. no indictment, no criminal charges to be filed against the police officer for that choke hold death of eric garner on july the. we can team you that garners stepfather was here on staten island meeting with community leaders. visibly upset because of this lack of charges being brought against the officer. the mayor cancelled othe...

In new york tonight, a lie in, at grand central station, and at times square, at this hour, there are concerns that the protest may try to move to the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting ceremony at 7:00 p.m. tonight just a few blocks from that location. >> well head back for any breaking details and more with the panel. thank you, rick. and now another fox news alert tonight. the first legal challenge to president obamas go it alone action on immigration is under way tonight. more than...

Murder and held on $150,000 bond. >> how are the mother and newborn doing, rick? >> rachels been upgraded, shes in stable condition, she clearly has a long recovery ahead, from multiple stab wounds, fractures to her face and to her body. she also had a collapsed lung during that attack. >> we want the people of the world to continue and pray and leave messages on our facebook pages. >> justin also said that he feels really guilty about being in asia when his wife was attacked. he says he failed ...