Big storm threatens to unleash wind and snow on your perfect holiday get getaway. We are tracking mother pitch that ears wrath, mother natures path, it all begins right now. Hi, everybody, im Ashleigh Banfield in for john berman and michaela pereira. They have the day off. At this hour in new york police believing up security, protesters threatening to march in the streets of harlem despite mayor bill de blasios appeal for a haultd to all of the demonstrations for now. That is until after the funerals for those two nypd officers who were gunned down in an ambush. Last hour, mayor de blasio and his wife visited the memorial for those two officers. The mayor is asking for everyone to stay calm and he is rejecting claims that he is antipolice. All the while, we are learning more about the man who killed those officers in cold blood. Investigators say this brand new Surveillance Video shows the shooter, ismaaiyl brinsley, about three hours before he unleashed his deadly rampage at a mall in brooklyn. They think that the gun he used was actually inside that white bag that hes carrying. Our alexandra field joins me from brooklyn. So the family of the shooter is telling us more about him. What more are we learning and does it make a difference to whats happening now . I think people want to know. I think people have questions, i think in these cases you dont often get answers that will satisfy you, but there is some explanation coming from the family, ashleigh. Ismaaiyl brinsleys mother made a statement to local media talking about how troubled her son was. She said his life was out of control, that he was in a downward spiral. She said she had become estranged from her son. He was estranged from the family, shed had very little contact with him in the last few years. She went on to offer her condolences to the families of both of the officers killed out here in the street corner. Brinsleys sister also speaking out and she wanted to make one point clear. She said that her brothers actions had nothing to do with police retaliation. She said her brother was suicidal, that he was ill, emotionally troubled, a sick person who simply did not get the help he needed. So alexandra, is there something thats planned later for city hall in . This is holiday week, a lot of people are taking down time. But it seems to me that they have a big job and they have to deal with this now at new yorks city hall. And youve heard the mayor call for peace in this city, hes trying to set the tone today with what theyre doing at city hall this afternoon at 2 47, the exact time these officers were executed, assassinated out here. There will be a moment of silence at city hall. People are not stepping away from this, ashleigh, you just said it was a holiday week and, yes, we know people are with their families or loved ones. I think that makes this resonate a little more deeply, the fact that there are two families, two wives will who will not have their husbands home for this Holiday Season. Its the reason why so many people are out here in the rain. Theyve been coming out here for two days lighting these candles and leaving flowers and it takes your breath away to see people come here to grieve, to reflect on something that was so horrible. Nothing strikes you more, though, ashleigh, than to see the officers who are still out here. We see them come in dozens all day long. Theyve been out here for a few days, they though this is a place where they need to be. These two of their comrades and they are taking a moment to pay their respects and reflect on whats happened here. I was just peeking over your Left Shoulder because i can see two of them in the frame shot right now. It made me wonder, what are they doing and what is the Actual Police force doing to protect the force . I know it sounds bizarre, but they have to have some different protocols given the fact theyre getting actual real tangible threats. Right. You have a few things going on here. You have these officers who are out here grieving and were seeing them sort of connecting with the community out here. This is a place where people come to pay tribute and respect. This is a tense place, this is this isnt a political place, this is where people are coming together. These officers who are here to reflect the loss must be feeling their own sense of concern or fear about their own safety. This is something that the city has taken seriously. Theyve taken a number of steps for the last few days, perhaps most significantly, most pointedly were talking about the celebration of new years eve in times square. Its a celebration that every year draws so many people, its always a big security concern for the city and its the nypd who is in charge of making that a safe event. This year they say theyre going to take extra precautions to keep themselves safe when theyre throughout with the publ public. No matter you how you look at this issue, murder is wrong. Alexandra, thank you. We got this just in from new york. A foundation established to honor the First Responders after 9 11 has decided its going to pay off the mortgages for both of the families of these two men, these fallen officers. I got a statement here from governor mario cuomo and it says i just said mario cuomo, that dates me, doesnt it . Pardon me, folks. The statement says in times of need and pain, the family of new york always comes together to support each other. The web site for the tunnel to Towers Organization is going to be up and running at 5 00 p. M. Today for anyone who wants to donate. Thats the tunnel to Towers Organization accepting public donations to help pay off not only those who suffered after 9 11 but now these two officers as well. Later this hour, this is one of the controversial cases that helped to spark all of the tension over the alleged police brutality. Talking to an attorney for the family of eric garner. Hear what he says about the shooting of those two nypd officers and about the citys stop and frisk policy and what that family wants that has city tries to move ahead in healing. With millions of people who are going to be traveling for the holidays, the last thing you want is someone getting on your plane with guns, much less loaded guns. So i know that sounds like its just not possible, but according to federal prosecutors its not only possible it happened and it happened multiple times. An arrest two weeks ago in new york has exposed an alleged gunsmuggling operation. In this day and age of heightened airport security, without question it should not have been possible but according to a criminal affidavit, a delta baggage handler in atlanta and an accomplice, an alleged accomplice were somehow able to smuggle 129 handguns and two assault rifles on five flights since last may. Seven of those guns were actually loaded and actually in the cabin with passengers. How they pulled this off is mindboggling and we expect to learn more at a live News Conference by the brooklyn d. A. Coming up at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, aviation correspondent rene marsh has been working the phones trying to hammer down how they could do anything like this. Rene, ever since 9 11 i have watched as the tsa has been put into place, new security measures have been established, ive had to take off my shoes and i watch pilots and i watch flight attendants and i even watch the girl from starbucks who works in the concourse go through security and actually get her bags xrayed. How on earth could this have happened with the baggage handler . Its an alarming breach in airport security. Having said that, this is how investigators say this all happened. The gun supplier according to investigators was that Delta Airlines baggage handler. Apparently, this individual by the name of eugene harvey, he would drive his vehicle into the employee parking lot and then, with his badge, he would let himself in to the secure restricted airport area. At that point, he does not need to go to through tsa or through the security checkpoint. This is all according to the documents from federal prosecutors. Now, his accomplice was a former Delta Airlines employee. That person went through tsa like you and i would, did not have any weapons on him. Once the accomplice cleared security, he waited in the waiting area in the secure area, were talking about at the gate where you would wait for your flight. He would communicate with the baggage handler, let him know he is there, the two men met in a bathroom within the airport and thats where the transfer happened. This apparently happened multiple times. At least five flights where weapons were transferred from atlanta to new york city, ashleigh. Pretty shocking. It certainly does raise a lot of very disturbing questions. Rene, stand by, i want to bring in cnn analyst mary schiavo. Mary, you seem to have the answers to why we make such big mistakes and where we could be better. This one seems to scream for answers. How does a baggage handler have the kind of clearance to come to work with a bag full of guns, park in the employee parking lot and again the guns on the tarmac. Why is there this loophole . Whats unfortunate is the reason i have the answer is this has all happened before. This the subject of a tremendous amount of debate after september 11, 2001, when they were setting up the new tsa and deciding how it should be done. And 23 you recall, there was a debate about whether the pilots and flight attendants had to go through security and they decided yes, of course, they do. But this loophole persisted and that is employees of the airlines and aurpt wirport who n the secure areas of the airport, the bowl bowels of the airport you dont see, they report to work throughor gateways into the secure area but they do not have to clear metal detectors or tsa security checkpoints. And so thats been a big loophole. And it was discussed way back when we we set up tsa and they were desited that if they had the rudimentary background checks they would be exempted. This is rick d ridiculous. Theres a glaring opportunity for anyone to get a job on friday and show up to work on monday with nary an fbi eyeball on his background and take whatever he wants on to a tarmac to be loaded up through the ramp on to a plane . Thats just about it. And, you know, surprising was the aviation industry, the Airline Industry and others who did not want this additional layer. Now, they do have background checks but not the background checks you have to get a top security clearance. In those background check, the fbi goes out and talk to your neighbors and see what kind of mail you get, et cetera. For these background check its an arrest check. They make sure youre a lawful worker, et cetera, then you can report to work. So obviously that does not get the kind of information youd want to know if they would be likely to be involved in a criminal operation and they took advantage of all of the known loopholes. Even the bathroom loopholes because there are security cameras in the stalls and everyone knows that. Its ridiculous. Its ridiculous. It is ridiculous. Known loopholes, you said the words on national television. I have 20 seconds left. Now that we have a nice criminal affidavit for all to read, a Public Document about how they pulled this off, tell me this is going to change. Tell me that this is going to be a wakeup call that we should have been 13 years ago and that this wont happen again and someone with a farm more nefarious motive than gun smuggling wont be able to do something much, much worse. Id like to tell you its going to change, ashleigh, but sadly i think it wont because this has happened before. Weve had baggage handlers pilfering things and misusing their bags and airlines say its too expensive to close the loophole. Hopefully with you shedding light on it and others the government will see how truly ridiculous this is. This is even the plot of a baldacci novel, by the way, they transferred backpacks in the background. That was ten years ago, that novel. It needs to close, the loophole needs to go away. Unbelievable. Mary schiavo, i wish i could say thanks for the information, but its even made me more angry. Have a good holiday, my friend. Hopefully youre not getting on a plane. I am, sadly. My dear, im sorry. See you in the new year. Got my fingers crossed. While mary gets ready for her trip, the brooklyn d. A. Will be holding a News Conference today on this gun trafficking arrest. Its a doozy. Thats coming up at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time so either set your dvr or leave your channel on. I have an early Christmas Present for you. Are you ready . Ding ding ding ding. Wall street, dow, 18,000. Thats a milestone that it hit for the First Time Ever and it happened today. This has been a heck of a year for stocks. One being written . 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Fingers were pointed directly at city hall. Police unions and others said the killings were the result of de blasio being anticop. And heres why perhaps they felt that way. Mayor de blasio campaigned against the Police Tactic known as stop and frisk. It stopped after he became mayor as well. He told his biracial son to be extra care informal his deals with police because hes nonwhite and announced that publicly. The mayor is accused of allowing recent antipolice demonstrations to get out of hand and not punishing those who broke the law during those demonstrations. He referred to two Police Officers who were roughed up by protesters as an alleged assault not as an assault and hes been close with protest organizer al sharpton whos been extremely critical of the new York City Police department. My guests today are jonathan moore, who is the attorney for the family of eric garner who, of course, youll know, died after being put in a police choke hold last july. And former nypd captain mark novak who has been a guest just this week as well on this program. Im glad both of you are here because this is one of those weeks where the mayor is calling for a moment of kumbaya. Look, everybody just take a deep breath, its a holiday week and we havent even buried the dead. For the protests to go forward, Everyone Needs to just have this moment. Is that what eric garners family wants . Yes. I think theyve made a conscious decision to not be involved in anything while these families grieve for their lost sons. They spoke very eloquently on saturday expressing their deep condolences toward the family. Theyve experienced the loss of a son, his mother experienced the loss of a son, she u