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Just begun this beginning of a whole new life, looking forward to building a family, and now her husband is gone in an instant. again, they found strength in the other family members who are there, and i want to thank the nypd and our colleagues in the federal government who are doing a fantastic job working to get other family members from china back so they can be of support to the lius at this incredibly difficult time. we just let them know also that they were part of a large are family now that we would stand by them throughout. all i can say this is a time for every new yorker to think a...

A show of rejection over the weekend turned their backs on the mayor there at the hospital where crews were transporting the officers' bodies. this afternoon, the mayor did have a chance to speak and to respond but he chose to keep the focus on the families of the officers who were ambushed. >> the attack on them was an attack on all of us. it was an attack on our democracy. it was an attack on our values and an attack on every single new yorker. i think it's important that regardless of people's viewpoints, that everyone recognize it's a time to step back and just focus on these families. it'...

[ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® everyone recognizes it's a time to step back and just focus on these families. i think it's a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time. in the coming days, two families prepare for funerals. two families try to think about how to piece their lives back toget...

There have been some who have suggested that it was the protests that perhaps planted the seed in the suspect's mind to somehow to want to seek revenge against police officers. and that in fact he was shooting at a uniform. and that was brought up today about the rhetoric that some of these protests had used on the streets of new york. as you point out, the mayor got testy in his response. here's what he said. >> the question is, what are you guys going to do? what are you guys going to do? are you going to keep dividing us? i'm not talking every single one of them. but just in that question -...

Line of duty each and every day. >> absolutely. i don't mean to say that his actions aren't somehow in his warped mind related to the recent events. obviously there is causation there. i don't want to give him credit as being expressive protests. as a police officer, i did lose two close friends to violence to senseless violence to being shot and again what this is is somebody deranged that feels this needs to be done or this is justified in some way to take two of ours and we take one of theirs or other way around. this is a killer. this is a person that singled people out because of the job ...