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Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to cbs this morning. Im Anthony Mason along with vinita nair. Charlie, gayle and norah are off. Police are being told to be extra vigilant this morning after the two kills of officers in new york city. They were shot execution style saturday in their patrol car. Dozens of people held a vigil at the shooting scene last night to honor their memories. The suspect who shot and killed himself had a long history of crime. Ismaaiyl brinsley said he was acting out of vengeance on eric garner and michael brown. Donde dahler has more. Reporter good morning. He told passengers on the street to follow him on instagram to follow what he was about to do and he then pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and opened fire on a police car. Video captured the aftermath. Amateur video captured the frantic scene as paramedics desperately tried to save the lives of officers wenjian liu and sergeant rafael ramos. The officers were shot multiple times at close range through the windows of their marked patrol car. They were quite simply assassinated. Targeting for their uniform. Investigators say 28yearold Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot and wounded his exgirlfriend saturday morning before boarding a bus to new york city. He posted on instagram which included im putting wings on pigs today. They take one of ours lets shoot two of theirs. At 2 00 p. M. They called the Police Department directly and sent a warning fax 45 minutes later. Tragically this was at the same time as our officers were being ambush and murdered by brinsley. According to eyewitnesses after the attack brinsley ran into a nearby subway station where he committed suicide. He had an extensive criminal history on charges ranging from robbery, Domestic Assault and oh legal weapons possession. Family gathered at his home last night to remember his family and his partner. I hope and pray we can reflect on this tragic loss of lives that have occurred so that we can move forward. Ramoss 13yearold son jaden posted a statement on facebook which read this is the worst day of my life. Today i had to say bye to my father. Its horrible that someone gets shot dead just for being a Police Officer. The families of mike brown and eric garner also condemned the murders. Im standing here in sorrow. These two Police Officers lost their lives senselessly. Reporter youre looking at a spontaneous memorial that sprang up at the scene of the murders. People have been coming by since yesterday to pay their respects. In a phone call sunday president obama offered his support to Police Commissioner bill bratton. He also said in a statement two brave men wont be going home to their loved ones tonight and for that there is no justification. Anthony . Don dahler, thank you, don. The killings are raising tensions between new york Police Officers and mayor bill de blasio. They already had a rocky relationship. Vladimir duthiers with the intense criticism and the mayors response. Vlad, good morning. Good morning, anthony. It sparked harsh statements at the police stations from the mayor of new york but it didnt stop there. One slashed out at him last night. What if that was your son sitting in the patrol car. Want rodriguez, a Brooklyn Community leader and longtime friend of officer rafael ramos painted a graphic visual for mayor bill deblache blachede blasio. Hes referring to this symbolic show of defiance. Police officers turning their backs on mayor bill de blasio as he walked through the hospital where the slain officers were transported. On the outside Police Officer lynch said blood issed on the hands of many. Blood is on the hands. He responded its unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy someone would be involved in overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people. Still needs to bridge the gaps with the police unions. Theyre not happy with the grand jurys decision including a discussion he and his wife had with their by racial son. Weve had to literally train them as families have all over the cities for decades in how to take special care in any encounter he has with the Police Officers who are there to protect him. Reporter a recent attack on two Police Officers by demonstrators has strained his relationship with them even further. A cousin said he doesnt have blood on his hand but he needs to have more support. Because theyre the ones doing the dirty job and theyre the ones that are dying for us. Petitions have circulated calling for his resignation but the ramos family would like him to speak. Hell be speaking tomorrow about strengthening the response between the police and the community. Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey was recently named cochair of president obamas task force of policing. Hes with us in philadelphia this morning. Good morning, commissioner. Good morning. You had a chance to speak with president obama and what were your thoughts on this . The president did call me yesterday and once again expressed his outrage of the senseless murder of two new york city Police Officers but also to reemphasize the urgency he feels with getting this task force off the ground and coming up with concrete recommendations, pulling together Police Leaders from around the country as well as Community Leaders from around the country to talk about policing in the 21st century and how we can improve police relations. There have been so much emotions surrounding the shooting. The nypd blees union says the mayor has blood on his hands. When you have that kind of rhetoric floating around how do you ease tensions . Its not helpful. Even right now should focus on the families of the two slain officers, put them away with the dignity and respect that they certainly deserve. The rest of this can be sorted out at a later time. Right now Everyone Needs to lower the volume a little bit on the rhetoric because were just in a very, very volatile environment right now. I want to talk to you specifically about de blasio. Hes sort of in an interesting position to try to make both sides, i guess come together. This is somebody who ran on the campaign trail and said police have been overreaching. Hes now made comments people are really unhappy with. Whats your advice to him from the position youre in in. Well its a little above my pay grade. I dont have any advice for him and i dont know him that well, although i have met him. Certainly, i think even needs to sit down and talk to one another at iron out the differences they have. They may not agree to everything but at least bring it down. We saw on saturday some officers turned their backs on the mayor and commissioner in new york when they came out to speak. If you see that, is there a point where you can start a conversation . You may not be able to start it right away because the emotions are too high and the shock of the murders were still very apparent at the time they turned their backs. So hopefully everyones had a chance to reflect on what they did and how to move forward. But the primary thing right now is to honor the two officers and their families. I talked to commissioner bratton a couple of times yesterday. Hes one of the best Police Leaders in america and hell guide his didnt through this. Philadelphia Police CommissionerCharles Ramsey. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Thank you. North korea is threatening strikes against the white house, penalty gone and United States mainland. Hes recklessly spreading rumors that north korea is behind the cidersighcyber attack on sony pictures. Major garrett with the response from the president on how theyll react to the cyber attack. Its the first one thats dominated headlines here in the u. S. And forced the white house to weigh a response. Part of that calculus is what to call the north korea hack attack. President obama said it was not, repeat not an act of war or terrorism. I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately, as i said. The president s use of the word vandalism irked republican lindsey graham. When the president calls it an act of vandalism, it bothers me greatly. Us an act of terrorism and i hope he responds forcingly. Part of it is seeking chinas cooperation and preventing future Cyber Attacks from north korea. Possible retaliatory measures include reimposing sanctions is or relisting them as a sponsor of tachl. A designation also dropped in 2008. Other options launching a countercyber attack or freeding Foreign Bank Accounts of top core north korean officials. There have been sanctions imposed over pyongyangs Nuclear Weapons program. As for sonys decision to pull the movie the interview before its Christmas Day release, president obama Still Believes the company blew it. Had they talked to me directly about this decision i might have called the Movie Theater chained and distributors and asked them what the story was, but what i was laying out was a principle that this country has to abide by. We believe in free speech. Reporter he said he talked to him in the heat of the crisis but those conversations we had learned were about the hack investigation and cyber security, not distribution of the interview. Sony said yesterday it will release the movie the interview. It hasnt decided on when and what platform. Youtube is a possibility. But, of course, anthony, there are others. Michael morell is with us. Hes a former cia deputy director. Good morning. Good morning, anthony. You heard the options. What does he have to consider in choosing the right options . He has two. One is he has to Deter North Korea from future Cyber Attacks but he has to also think about deterring all the onations in the world who have this capability or who are growing this capability. And second you have to think about north korean retaliation for anything he does. I get the sense, though, if we go the cyber attack route, north korea wouldnt say anything and know one would know. If we go that route door we tee it up for more warfare . The three options. The redesignation as a terrorist state, i dont think that carries a lot of weight. The cyber attack you talked about, they wont say anything. We wont know whether it had an impact. I wont send the right impact. The one that will have the right punch are the financial sanctions we put on them in 2008 telling foreign banks you cant deal with us if you hurt north korea. That hurt them then. That will hurt them now. What about this idea of working with china . I wouldnt hold out hope. The only thing china wants is less instability. They now believe were the biggest threat to stability when in reall north cree kra is. If you could convince them of that, you might convince them. Whats the benefit of working with a country we thought have hacked us in the past. The chinese steal data from us okay . The North Koreans not only stole data they destroyed data. This is the first attack. Theres a difference. What about the feeling that the United States is behind the film and if we retaliate, they will retaliate further. One of the interesting things here is why did north korea take it so personally right . Why did they react this way to a film right . There are two reasons. One is they see their leader as almost godlike so any criticism of their leader anything that suggests that their leader is somehow not doing the right thing is sends a very bad message to the north korean people. Thats one reason they reacted. The other is they believe the United States of america is trying to overthrow north korea. Thats why them saying the white house was behind the this mauve,ovie they actually believe that. So interesting. Michael morell thanks. Youre welcome. Winter weather is threatening millions of people trying to get home for the holidays. Some areas are already dealing with whiteout conditions. Danielle niles of wbz tells us what people can expect for the holidays. Good morning. Good morning we have blizzard warnings out through parts of colorado. Winter weather advisories and high wind watches. This storm is going to continue to bring areas of snow to the mountains and that energy dives down to the southern planes. That will bring areas of rain. The threat for Severe Weather is highest along the gulf coast states stretching back toward mobile and tallahassee during the day. Large hail torrential remain and damaging wind. Even an isolated storm will be possible. That storm works up the eastern seaboard. Heavy rain, wind on the backside as well changing to snow could disrupt airport travel as we head into Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning. Anthony, back to you. Danielle thanks. A powerful Lightning Strike in florida knocked some football fans to the ground. One person is in Critical Condition this morning. The strike happened yesterday in a parking lot near the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium as fans returned to their car. No one was directly hit, but seven people went to the hospital most for minor injuries. Five went home after treatment. The lightning also damaged at least one suv. Florida staid quarterback Jamison Winston has been cleared of Sexual Assault this morning. 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