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Marines and four National Guardsmen were on a special Operations Training mission tuesday night. The fire chief from nearby Eglin Air Force base says a salvage unit will try to raise the wreckage. But as you can see with the conditions and weve got some weather coming in later on theyre probably not gonna be able to start any operation tonight. I dont know what the weather is tomorrow, but i believe we have some more weather coming tomorrow, so that may hamper the beginning of their operation. Woodruff the helicopter went down in heavy fog, after another helicopter had turned back because of the conditions. Ifill another Canadian NationalRailway Train derailed overnight, the third in a week. 13 cars jumped the tracks in rural manitoba near the town of gregg, and one of them spilled an oil product. Theres been growing concern in canada and the u. S. Over oil train derailments. Woodruff in bangladesh, at least five people were killed when a Cement Factory collapsed. Dozens more were feared trapped. Rescue workers in the port city of mongla struggled to break through the mangled debris and beams throughout the day. They managed to rescue at least 40 people. Two years ago more than 1,100 died when a garment factory building collapsed in dhaka, the countrys capital. Ifill irans Supreme Leader today rejected a warning letter from u. S. Senators, over nuclear negotiations. In the letter, 47 republicans said any agreement that lacks congressional approval, might be scrapped by the next u. S. President. In tehran today, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired back that the letter shows american deceit and disintegration. translated these gentlemen, the senators have openly announced that when the Current Administration is no longer in office, the deal that america is making will be null and void. This is the ultimate degree of the collapse of political ethics. Ifill khamenei has generally supported the Nuclear Talks while expressing doubt about u. S. Motives. Woodruff tensions between yemen and saudi arabia ratcheted up today. Shiite rebels who now control much of yemen began military exercises in their home province near saudi arabia. The saudis regard them as terrorists backed by iran. Also today, rebels opened fire on sunni protesters in southern yemen, killing at least one person. Ifill the death toll from ebola in west africa has passed the 10,000 mark. The World Health Organization marked the milestone today, in the yearold outbreak. And there was word that an american medical worker has been infected in sierra leone. The National Institutes of health said the patient will arrive at its hospital in bethesda, maryland, on friday. Woodruff the kremlin tried today to quash rumors that russian president Vladimir Putin is ailing. Putin is 62 years old. He has not been seen in public since march 5, and he canceled a trip to kazakhstan. But a spokesman insisted today theres nothing wrong. Well, there is absolutely no reason for any doubts about the state of his health, his health is really perfect and everything is ok with him, and hes working in accordance with his traditionally overloaded working schedule. Woodruff meanwhile, russias actions in ukraine prompted the government of poland today to announce nationwide defense exercises. Ifill back in this country wall street bounced back from mondays big losses, partly on upbeat news about bank dividends. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 260 points to close near 17,900. The nasdaq rose 43 points and the s p 500 was up 25. And the reverend Willie Barrow died at a chicago hospital today. She was a civil rights field organizer for dr. Martin luther king jr. In the 60s and took part in the marchs on washington and in selma, alabama. More recently she focused on gun violence in chicago. Reverend Willie Barrow was 90 years old. Ifill still to come on the newshour how Police Respond to the latest ferguson shooting. Friendly fire kills 25 iraqi soldiers. Israels elections go down to the wire. Why learning to code could spell job security. And, new rules to make baseball move faster. Woodruff now to last nights violence in ferguson, missouri where two Police Officers were shot outside a protest. This shaky amateur video captured the moment that the gunfire erupted, shortly after midnight. An otherwise peaceful demonstration had been winding down, outside the Ferguson Police department. We heard, the crowd, what sound like a firecracker so we looked up to the top of the hill and we saw two or three more actual gunshot flares from the muzzle of the gun firing towards the officers. Woodruff police said those flashes likely came from a handgun, some 125 yards away. There were three or four shots and two struck home. St. Louis county police chief jon belmar. This is really an ambush is what it is. You cant see it coming. You dont understand that its going to happen and youre basically defenseless from the fact that it is happening to you at the time. Woodruff one of the wounded officers was shot in the face, the bullet lodged behind his ear. The other was hit in the shoulder by a bullet that just missed his spine. We could have buried two Police Officers next week over this. Woodruff instead, officials said neither man suffered permanent injury, and both were released from a hospital late this morning. The shootings came just hours after Ferguson Police chief tom jackson resigned. Hed been under pressure since the august shooting death of Michael Brown by officer darren wilson, whos since left the force. Then, last week the u. S. Justice department accused fergusons police and courts of rampant racism, prompting chief jackson and five others to quit or be fired. In washington today, however, attorney general eric holder warned last nights shootings threaten any attempt to move forward. This was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. This was a damn punk, a punk who was trying to sow discord in an area that is trying to get its act together and trying to bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. This really disgusting and cowardly attack might have been intended to unravel any sense of progress that exists but i hope that does not in fact happen. Woodruff president obama tweeted his own reaction, as he left for a trip to los angeles, saying violence against police is unacceptable. Our prayers are with the officers in missouri . Path to justice is one all of us must travel together. For now, the focus in ferguson is on finding the shooter. Officers searched a house today, and took several people in for questioning. Woodruff now to discuss how st. Louis county police told the newshour that county and state police will take over security at any ferguson protest tonight. Now for a look at what this moment means for Law Enforcement officers in ferguson and around the country, im joined by since nat police chief james jeffrey, who is in atlanta for a Law Enforcement conference. By chuck wexler. Hes the executive director of the Police Executive research forum. And Darrell Stephens. Hes the executive director of the major cities chiefs association. Welcome to all three of you. Darrell stephens, let me start with you. You do represent tens of thousands of Police Officers across the country. What is your reaction to what happened last night in ferguson . Well, unfortunately, its another one of those tragic situation wheres Police Officers have been ambushed. Police officers that were at a peaceful protest that were completely unaware that someone was waiting in the background to take a shot at them. So its it puts the Police Officers not only in the st. Louis county area in a situation of being fearful when they hit the streets. It has an impact throughout the country. Its something that theyre used to something that theyre trained to respond to, but nevertheless, its an increasing challenge for them to go out do their job, police, and police effectively when they have this on their mind all the time. Woodruff chief blackwell, what were your thoughts when you heard about what happened . And do you agree with mr. Stephens that this kind of thing has an impact everywhere . It absolutely does. I agree with him wholeheartedly. I think anything like this i say it all the time what affects us anywhere affects us everywhere in american policing. And so this act of cowardly injustice committed against these Police Officers has those officers more on edge now today at a time when were trying to increase collaboration and mend the fracture that is existing in that community. It makes it hard to move forward when you have these type of activities taking place. Woodruff chuck wexler, lets talk about moving forward. You work with Police Departments across the country who have been cited for different kind of mismanagement, some accused of abuse, departmentlike ferguson and others. What are you saying in these circumstances not just because of what happened last night, but throughout the last year . What are you saying to Police Departments, to Police Officials about how they should be thinking not only about interacting with the community, but about the work they do . Well its complicated, and certainly, thank god those two officers are okay last time. And you see hoe complicated their job is from one day theyre deescalating a situation, one day theyre dealing with a homeless person, the next day theyre being fired. But i think the report that came out from the justice deparment was a very significant report, and in some ways, the police chief leaving, the city manager leaving gives them an opportunity to move forward. Woodruff this in ferguson. This is in ferguson. But, you know, this is a defining moment for policing. So as difficult as it is, there can be some good things that can come out of it. I think theres a way to move forward. In cincinnati certainly, where the chief is from, they had this experience. In other cities, in pittsburgh and so forth, there can be some opportunities to learn. The ferg sop situation was particularly problematic because of the revenue aspect of it it. You dont usually see that. Woodruff where they were trying to raise a lot of money by giving out many tickets and it appeared to be racially slanted. Right. And the interesting thing about ferguson, too is its size. Its a city of 22,000. Its 50 officers. Most of these incidents that weve have had been in larger jurisdictions. But most of the Police Departments in this country are more like ferguson. 85 90 are 50 officers or less. So thats a challenge. How do you get these smaller agencies to come up to professional standards . Woodruff well, whether its a small or Larger AgencyDarrell Stephens what are some examples of the kinds of things police are doing or should be doing as they walk this line between respecting the community on the one hand and on the other hand keeping safe themselves . Well, i think weve seen for a number of years policing implementing community policing, problem solving, engaging the community in a partnership to help make their neighborhoods safer. Were revisiting all of those policies and aproaches that weve seen, effective in our larger cities and elsewhere throughout the country. And i think since ferguson and actually over the past couple of years, theres been a reengagement. I think the other thing that were seeing is woodruff let me just interrupt. What do you mean by reengagement . I we lost touch with our communities in many cities. The economic downturn through 2008 we saw a lot of our cities lose 300, 400, 500 Police Officers from their force, and they had to emphasize responding to calls for service. So their ability to spend the time thats required to develop those relationships was impacted heavily. Now they continued to try to do that as well as they can, and i think through that process we did lose a little bit of touch and so were now trying to reengage and work through those relationships. Were also investing a lot in procedural justice training, in bias training so that officers have a lot better understanding about some of the issues that they face on the street. Woodruff chief blackwell, chief of the police in cincinnati we know youre in atlanta for the conference of black chief Police Executives. What would you add to what he just said and whats the conversation i know you just arrived there today, but what is the conversation gamong black Police Officials about all this . Well i agree with darrell and chuck. You know, they get us together the major city chiefs, four or five times a year and we talk about, you know, constitutional policing, biasfree policing and community engagement. And darrell is right when he said that when we lost officers due to the economic downturn, a lot of chiefs responded back to our police models traditional policing, where officers simply respond to 911 calls and put fires out and move around and never take the time to engage the community. And unless you have authentic relationships with people in your city you are doomed because there will always be a fracture that exists between cops and community unless you include the community in problem solving policing. Woodruff chuck wexler, what would you to do that . And id like to you just add to it, what should people know about the work of the Police Officer . Because i think sometimes it becomes a stereotype. Sure. First an interesting point, which is crime is actually at its lowest point since the 1960s. Thats the irony of this whole situation is that, you know, there was a time 20 years ago there were 2200 homicides in new york city. Today theres around 300. So at the same time that crime has decreased, we have this issue of community trust. So they dont theyre not connected. So thats where we have to reinvest with the communities, engage with the communities and maybe we lost a little bit of that. I think the job of a Police Officer is incredibly complicated incredibly. One minute as i said before theyre trying to deal with someone in crisis. Next minute theyre calming them down. One minute its very calm. The next minute theyre being shot at. One minute they have to make splitsecond decisions on the use of force. And in ferguson, you see that in other cities you see that so we want people to be really well trained, well selected, we want divorce workforces, all of those things. Its a really important job and a difficult one. Woodruff well, we appreciate all of you talking with us its a difficult subject. Chief wexler, james ifill in iraq, there was more heavy fighting in tikrit today as iraqi forces and militias moved in on the Islamic State group. Elsewhere, the Iraqi Military reports that several iraqi soldiers were killed in a friendly fire incident involving an aircraft from the u. S. Led coalition. Newshour special correspondent jane arraf is on the ground in iraq. I spoke to her a short time ago. Jane, thank you for joining us. Can we start by talking about the significance of this battle for tikrit. The government seems to have made some progress towards reentering the city. Report