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Street. New yorks Police Commissioner Willi William bratton laid out the stark details. Two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning. No provocation. They were quite simply assassinated. Officer lou and officer ramos never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. May have never actually seen their assailant, the murderer. Described what overtook new york as the news spread. Our city is in mourning. Our hearts are heavy. We lost two good men who devoted their lives to protecting...

Flip. A pickup for them. Tom cotton will replace senator pryor in the u. S. Senate. Illinois senate, as expected, dick durbin, a major official for the democrats in the senate going back. Ditto, main senate, susan collins, the republican. Ditto massachusetts senate, ed mackie, as hes known locally. Mississippi senate, the veteran cochran. New jersey senate, a rookie corey booker going back to the u. S. Senate. Tennessee, lamar alexander, a veteran there. This was an early call tonight, Mitch Mcc...

Witt. Luke somers has been killed in a failed rescue attempt. President obama just issued a statement on the operation which reads in part the United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of luke somers in partnership with the yemeny government. Summers a. Photo journalists was abducted back in september of 2013. Lets bring in nbc News White House correspondent, jack jacobs. What do we know about this raid . Reporter president obama calling this killing beautiful this morning, alex. He is...

Just something that really stunned people. It is hard to understand, hard to wrap your head around. What we have heard are calls for people to really take this moment and time to honor the two fallen officers, killed in that brutal attack on the street corner. We heard from local city leaders, president s who came out here who said this is is a time to stand with the families of these officers to pay respects. These president s came out here and they sent a message to the public. They have been ...

Emts who missed a chance to save eric garners life . A huge reversal in a shocking magazine story. A university of virginia firstyear student says she was drugged and gangraped. But now Rolling Stone magazine is apologizing. What led to this remarkable turnaround . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our National Lead. What seems to be a possible Tipping Point in Race Relations in this country, might be too soon to call it a movement. But the second night...

Good evening. And lets begin here tonight with a little perspective. Ebola has so far killed upwards of 4,500 people in western africa. And one patient here out of three known cases. Nevertheless, the presence of ebola in this country has caused fear, in some cases mild panic. And weve learned not all of our medical facilities are ready for it. That was made clear again today. We have it all covered again tonight beginning again tonight with nbcs kate snow at the hospital in dallas. Kate, good e...

He was released. You knew, the story was always that Bowe Bergdahl walked off. Now some of the people who knew him best tell cnn they had good reason to believe he deserted his unit. Well start with the ebola crisis. The World Health Organization is predingting a dramatic increase in the spread of this virus in west africa by the end of the year. It says the mortality rate has jumped from 50 to 70 . The w. H. O. Hopes to reduce the rate of infection by isolating 70 of patients and having most of...

Depression. Joblessness would peek above 10 by the president s first october in office. The economy had shed more than two and a half million jobs the prior year and our national gdp in fact decreased the final quarter prior to his election. Household debt was at a near record high in the foreclosure crisis and mortgage meltdown meant American Families were watching their hardearned wealth evaporate. The situation was so dire it led the is a tier yal newspaper the onion to quote, black man given...

Woman, Kayla Mueller, that she died from a traumatic injury that the u. S. Officials said would be consistent with an air strike but wasnt necessarily caused by an air strike but that was the kind of trauma you would associate with some sort of explosion. They are confirming that it was a photograph. They are confirming it was a photograph of her that shows that she was killed. But they cant ascertain from the photograph when she was killed or why she was killed or exactly how she died just that...

Nypd known at this time. And nationwide protests continue against police violence. A demonstration outside of the department of justice in washington is hours away. Theres no question a disturbed cop hating gunman named Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed these two men. Hes seen here from facebook. Brinsley made a newlywed bride a widow. Officer wenjian liu just married a few months ago. Brinsley took a father away from his two sons. Youll hear from ramos youngest son shortly. Well dedicate time to these o...