Coming out on tv and say i do not, and my officers do not and we do not feel like we have support from the community. I dont think he is even talking outside of dallas. I think he is talking about directly here, when he goes to work as an africanamerican man and puts a badge on, he is saying most days, i do not feel support. This is an alarming moment for the entire country. We have got to reverse this. The Police Officers that ive talked that protect and serve in this area who were on the scene last night, they were echoing from last night all the way until you heard this police chief, who is africanamerican say this. We feel like we are at war. We feel lining people want to kill us. We feel like people hate us. Thats what you saw from a police chief, who is in a very diversified unbelievably cooperative police force. There has not been issues with racism in the dallas area. This police chief is a guy that is one of those that is doing it so well, and his officers are doing so well, the d. A. R. T. Officer that was shot and killed, d. A. R. T. Are community policemen. Theyre on the Public Transportation to help protect people. They have incredible relations with the people that use Public Transportation, and you heard him say it, and i think it is important. We have got to change this narrative that Police Officers are not evil people. All right, phil banks let me get you in on this. The ideas of balancing what these different pressures sometimes hostilities are, when these shootings come up and there is a semblance of justice, there is this negativity towards the police. Then if the pendulum you get to where ben is, potential murders themselves. Where do we find the balance . I have a slight difference of opinion than ben. I think in a day by day basis, the community, especially africanamerican, latino is very supportive of the Police Officers. If you question Police Officers while riding in the cars and walking, everyday the actions that they have from the communities are very supportive. The africanamerican and latino know, we need the police, we love the police, we support the police. We need to separate the fact that someone is looking to make a change. I think that we would be remiss if we didnt bring out that the criminal Justice System has been ripe with racism. For you to ask for a change or look for support does not mean that you are antipolice. It means youre supportive of police and that together, we can do better. Certainly, i understand Police Officers feeling. Reading the paper and, look, some agitators may have political motivations, their message is over valued, and therefore, i can understand how the Police Department on a regular basis can feel as though that we are under attack. I think by and large, the majority of the people in these communities love the police, support the police and need the police. I think they express that. Thank you, gentlemen. The breaking news overnight, five Law Enforcement officials killed. Four dallas pd, one transit authority, 12 others injured. Most of the injured are doing okay at this point. Two civilians injured as well. The suspect, killed at this point. Theyre still looking for others, but they think he probably acted alone. A suspect who told police he was out to kill white people, specifically white Police Officers. A lot to cover here. A lot of open questions, cnn will stay on this story. The dallas ambush. It will continue right now with wolf blitzer. All right, guys, thanks very much. An extraordinarily tragic night. Newsroom, a special edition, starts right now. Good morning, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Thank you for joining us. Ambush in dallas. The citys downtown transformed into a killing field. Perched high above a peaceful protest in dallas, opens fire. The demonstration against recent officer involved killings, just moments ago, you heard it live here on cnn. Police reveal there was a major motivation for the gunman in question, who was killed by a robot, when a bomb, with a bomb that robot had a bomb when negotiations failed. To update you on what has transpired since we last spoke, let me walk through the standoff that had occurred, or that was occurring at el centro on the second floor. The college there in Downtown Dallas. We cornered one suspect, and we tried to negotiate for several hours, negotiations broke down. We had an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. We saw no other option, but to use our bomb robot, and place a device on the its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was. Other options would have exposed the officers to grave danger. The suspect is deceased as a result of the detonating the bomb. The reporting that the suspect killed himself is not accurate. Weve confirmed that he has been deceased because of the detonation of the bomb. Our Hostage Negotiator did an exceptional job getting this suspect to talk before he died during the hours of negotiating that eventually broke down. I want to share with you some of the comments from this suspect. The suspect said he was upset about black lives matter. He said he was upset about the recent Police Shootings. The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. The suspect stated he will eventually that well eventually find the ieds. The suspect stated he was not affiliated with any groups, and he stated that he did that lois alone. The suspect said other things that are part of this investigation, so we can make sure that everyone associated with this tragic event is brought to justice. So as the mayor said, we wont expand on any further on what other suspects we have interviewed or looked at or their status, until we get further into this investigation and get closer to a conclusion of what and who are all involved. The sniper gunned down 12 Police Officers, mingling with demonstrato demonstrators. Five of the Police Officers were murdered, seven wounded. Two civilians also were hurt. The Dallas Morning News capturing the shock before the death toll was finalized. Ambush, the headline screams. Here is the frantic radio traffic of Police Officers, pinned down in the area. As a Police Motorcycle leaves the procession of the slain officers, this, the deadliest day for Police Officers here in the United States since 9 11. Our correspondents and guests are covering all of the breaking developments. We well take a look at all of this. Sara sidner is live at the scene. Reporter wolf, i want you to look at the scene behind me. Basically, this was absolutely full of Police Officers. Their cars. Some of them in gear in order to go into the building, and now it is much removed. There is still a scene. There is still an area blocked off here downtown. People are coming down, trying to go to their jobs. They cannot do so. Weve heard a lot from the Dallas Police chief just now. He talked earlier about how much he felt, how much pride he felt in the way that his officers handled this situation. This day started out with an intense amount of fear and adrenaline. That fear and adrenaline, turning to sorrow. Dallas Police Officers and d. A. R. T. Police officers, some of the bravest men and women you would ever want to be associated with. You see video footage after video footage of them running toward gunfire from an elevated position, and with no chance to protect themselves. And to put themselves in harms way to make sure citizens can get to a place of security. Reporter and just behind our camera, i want to mention something. Were right now watching as the city of dallas flag is being lowered to half staff here on main street. We will see the other flags lowered as well. I do want to talk about, though, what started all of this. At 9 00, this place turned into what felt like to many a war zone. Chaos erupting on the streets in dallas at 9 00 p. M. Someone is armed to the t. Reporter gunshots raining down from the sky. Officers taking cover. Move back get back reporter protesters scattering, as their peaceful march wound down. I would say about 20 gunshots, rapid succession. I was screaming, run, run, active shooter. Somebody turned around him and he got shot and hit, boom, boom, boom, kept going. Reporter around 10 30, police confirming snipers in elevated positions targeting officers, picking them off, ambush tile, in what appears to be a coordinated attack. Just before midnight, Law Enforcement officers cornering a suspect at el centro garage downtown. They might have got somebody. Reporter one witness, catching the standoff unfolding from the ground, Police Exchanging gunfire for over 45 minutes while trying to negotiate. Somebody else is down over there. Reporter one officer trying to get the shooter offguard, sadly shot down another witness capturing the suspect from above wearing body armor, ammunition falling out of his pocket. Ive been hearing popping sounds. I thought it was fireworks at first. I came out, man had a rifle, ar15, clear as day. It did look planned. He just parked, and he knew where to stand and opened fire. He had ammo ready. He was ready to go. Reporter Police Say One suspect has been killed. The suspect told the negotiators that the end is coming, and that there are bombs all over the place in this garage, and in downtown. Reporter but police say they have three people in custody, including a woman who was in the vicinity of the garage, and two suspects carrying a camouflage bag. They were stopped on the interstate. To say that the Police Officers put their life on the line everyday is no hyperbole. We as a country must come together, lock arms, and heal the wounds that we all feel from time to time. Reporter and what we are seeing here is now another flag going to half staff. It is the state of texas flag, next will be the american flag. An emotional scene right now, as Police Officers continue to do their job. Weve also been told that theyre telling folks not to necessarily come down here to go to work today, because this area is a crime scene. You can imagine after 45 minutes of bullets flying back and forth from the suspect to police and police back at the suspect, that there is going to be a lot of forensic evidence that they need to collect. Wolf. Vsara, we learned a little bt about the bomb explosion, and we dont know a lot, other than he wanted to kill white people, he wanted to especially kill white Police Officers. He was angry about black lives matter. What else have you learned about this individual . Reporter yeah, he also said to police that he acted alone, according to the police. And were hearing from investigators that there are no, at this point no indications that there is any connection with International Terrorist organizations. We have heard from police that the suspect said he was not affiliated with any group or organization, and so thats coming from the police themselves. Were also hearing from investigators from their looking into this, and from their digging into trying to find out about the background of this person, that so far, no links to foreign terror organizations. What people are saying here, though, is right now, that doesnt matter. Because to them, this is terrorism. Whether it be domestic or international. To them, this is a day of terror, that the residents and the Police Officers have experienced here in dallas. It is a hearbreaking day for everyone, especially, of course, and most poignantly, of course, for the families of the officer who have been killed and wounded. Wolf. Five killed, seven injured. Lets hope those seven who are injured, theyre going to be okay. All right, sara, stand by. I want to bring in kylong. What are you seeing, what are you hearing over there . Reporter well, wolf, if there is any good news out of what we heard from that press conference with the police chief is that he announced that of those seven officers who were wounded and taken to hospitals like this one and another hospital, parkland, most of those officers have gone through surgery and they are either released or in the process of being released. So at least with those conditions, that is certainly some positive news out of this. It has been a very rough night, though, out here at the two area hospitals, where those officers were taken. Because many of those officers who arrived here, some of them just did not survive. Those five officers weve been talking about throughout the day, on this deadliest day for Law Enforcement since 9 11, what weve seen outside Baylor UniversityMedical Center is officers, who have been holding vigil, and in a very unusual sign of unity from the hospital, we saw some of the employees here come down to the very front of the emergency room and we saw them link arms, stand shoulder to shoulder. Created a human wall between where the officers were standing and the public, and the reason why is one of the officers told us that what was happening, just behind where those employees were creating that wall, they had lined the path, they were saluting two gurneys that were exiting from the emergency room and on those two gurneys was a Dallas Police officer and a d. A. R. T. Police who died. The regional transportation Police Officer who also did not survive. Their bodies loaded into a white van, and that van taken away. Police officers here, holding a vigil, a memorial for their fellow fallen officers. So thats something weve seen here at this hospital. We dont know yet who those two officers are, or any of the other officers, except for one. 43yearold Brent Thompson. He is a d. A. R. T. Officer, dallas regional dallas area Rapid Transit officer. He is an officer who went overseas. In his linkedin account, he wanted to train those officers overseas, so that they could understand the teamwork that is required for policing. Then when he came back here, he wanted to start a life. He became a Police Officer, and just two weeks ago, he got married. He married a fellow d. A. R. T. Police officer. So were going to start hear more of these stories, wolf, about who these people are. Not just the way they died, but the way they lived, wolf. Our deepest, deepest condolences to that Police Officer from the d. A. R. T. , dallas area Rapid Transit system, who served in iraq and afghanistan, came back fine. Only to get killed in dallas, texas. How hearbreaking is that, coming a few weeks after he was married. Were going to get back to you. We have a lot to discuss. We have a panel of experts standing by. Theyll be joining us in a few moments. First, here is what president obama had to say about the ambush in dallas. We still dont know all the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on Law Enforcement police in dallas were on duty during doing their jobs, keeping people safe during peaceful protests. I believe i speak for every single american when i say that we are horrified over these events, and that we stand united with the people and the Police Department in dallas. There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks, or any violence towards Law Enforcement. The fbi is in touch with the Dallas Police, and anyone involved in these senseless murders will be held fully accountable. Justice will be done. The suspect said he was upset about black lives matter. He said he was upset about the recent Police Shootings. The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. The Dallas Police chief, david brown, speaking moments ago. Welcome back to our breaks News Coverage of the ambush in dallas. A devastating historic day in dallas. Five murdered, as a sniper launches an attack. The worst loss for Law Enforcement here in the United States since 9 11. Lets bring in the panel of Experts Joining us. Senior Law Enforcement analyst, tom fuentes, joey jackson, and jeffrey martin. To all of you, thanks very much for joining us. Tom, even as were speaking about this horrendous situation in dallas that has unfolded overnight, were getting word there is a lockdown here in washington up on capitol hill. Apparently something happened that triggered a lockdown at the raber house office building. Were watching that story carefully. A lockdown on capitol hill right now. Well see what that unfolds and well have more information as it develops. But thats obviously a Disturbing Development as well. You served in the fbi for a long time, tom. Before that you were a Police Officer, yourself. When you hear, and you see the anguish from that Dallas Police chief, david brown, it came through his comments obviousl