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Funeral of officers in the event they were killed on duty. >> when an individual who is the executive of the city does not have the cooperation of his own police force, it puts the citizens in a very dangerous place. when you hear some of the rhetoric by the union president, that only raises the level of frustration. >> reporter: tension between police and de blasio started before he took office in january over new yorks stop and frisk policy. at its height in 2011 nearly 700,000 new yorkers sto...

Policy. at its height in 2011, 87% stopped were black or latino. de blasio made this a corner stone of his campaign. >> i think the long-term security needs of this city require moving away from stop and frisk. >> reporter: it ended in 2013 and has been a sore point for police and its unions who view the practice as successful in cushing crime here and preventing everything from petty crime to terrorism in the future. miguel marquez, cnn. >> mayor die blae blasio is bei defended by bratton. he s...

United states and she said no, its not a threat to the u.s. its just a threat to afghanistan and to pakistan. well, that may be one of the most clueless responses ive heard in a long time because, of course, you dont throw our allies under the bus. you recognize as well, we have soldiers that are in afghanistan and the reason were there in the first place is to protect united states interests and our security needs. so i dont know where shes coming from. i frankly think this is a continuation of...

President about to walk into the rose garden. >> reporter: thats right, wolf. well hear the president a few moments from now. he is expected to be on time. expected to lay out what will be the final chapter in the war in afghanistan. you laid out the four-structure schedule for the next several years, 9,800 troops, next year half of that, by the end of next year. embassy personnel by the end of 2016. wolf, that is bringing a full stop to the war in afghanistan. and we just heard over my shoulder...

Case because of your but suit of the israeli/palestinian peace talks. your reaction? >> you know, its a very -- complicated, very difficult issue for a lot of people. its so emotional, so deep historically and culturally that i do not get agitated, i just dont let those things get in the way. i believe and president obama believes that israel and the region and the palestinians will all be served by having peace. and what were trying to do is move the process forward, not impose on anybody somet...

In peace and want peace and believe peace will strengthen everybody. the united states of america through president obama and his direction and his policy is absolutely committed ironclad to the security of israel. and israel needs to understand we will always stand by its security needs. but no one should dissport what were doing or saying because theyre opposed to the peace process or dont like two states or whatever, and, you know, words -- i have to tell you, my friend, ive been, quote, atta...

Congress, would like to see more sweeping reforms to the use of national security letters. so that we have to go to a judge each time before issuing these requests. here i have concerns that we should not set a standard for terrorism investigations that is higher than those involved in investigating an ordinary crime. but i agree, that greater oversight on the use of these letters may be appropriate, and im prepared to work with congress on this issue. there are also those who would like to see ...

Day. critics say the technology is important because its able to infiltrate systems before defenses are built and patches are developed. and before the release of the recommendations, the white house spokesman insisted that any reform would not roll back the u.s. governments capabilities. >> he does believe that we can take steps to refind our practices and make sure that we are collecting intelligence, gathering intelligence in a way that serves our security needs in a focused way and not just ...

Understand it and see through a consultative process are there ways through technology, through additional ideas, we can potentially provide for that. i assigned one of our top former generals, john allen, who used to most recently head up the entire coalition effort in afghanistan he is retired, but willing to take on this mission. he is willing to examine the set of challenges around security. >> has he concluded anything? >> he has come up to, he has arrived at the conclusion that it is possi...

He is tying kick-start peace talks between the israeli and palestinians. how is that going? >> reporter: this is his ninth trip, secretary kerry, to the israeli and palestinian territory. in july you remember he gave the israelis and palestinians a nine-month deadline to reach a peace deal. we are about four months in so the clock is ticking and i think its fair to say there is little progress. today, general john allen who has been working with contrary on israeli security issues, will present ...