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Couldn't be a chaplain, he thought only clergy members could be chaplains. however we allow lay leaders to be chaplains so he was excited that he could continue to help his community and he saw himself as doing this sort of chaplaincy ministry in the future after he retired from the nypd to continue to serve his community. >> sounds like a very special man. reverend miranda, vince war venn, thank you both. appreciate your time. remember when president obama promised to respond to north korea's hack on sony pictures? well, beginning yesterday someone or something has been repeatedly wiping no...

Uns unsubstantiat unsubstantiated. >> without even going in? >> i'm suggesting it's possible. >> reporter: howard safir says he remembers back in the 1970s and '80s in new york when during a time of more violence toward the police, the police were called blue flower pots because they sat in their cars not doing much. now, neither safir nor jim pasko of the fraternal order of police believe we're headed back to a period like that but safir worries about how police will behave if they continue to feel unappreciated. randi? >> brian todd in washington, thank you very much. let's talk more about t...

Sunny, mark novak also honed in on a group of protesters who had chanted calling for dead cops. you point out that was a tiny fraction of the protesters and it was within the tens of thousands who have taken to the streets. but does he have a point that a more forceful rebuke of those people including the others who wrote "nypd kkk" on the sidewalk in front of nypd headquarters, that those people should have been condemned and stopped right away? >> my understanding, wolf, is that they were condemned. i mean, i have interviewed many of the organizers of these protests including michael skolnik...

Circuit wrote a blistering takedown of not only the prosecutor but the police, the state judge, a federal judge, he named names. randi, listen to this. "no civilized system of justice should have to depend on such flimsy evidence, quite possibly tainted by dishonesty or overzealousness." he actually goes on to say that the police department, the supervisor should be ashamed of themselves. you know what we call that in a legal profession? a bench slap right there from the ninth circuit. >> we call it a lot more than that but mel's on tv. >> the fact that detective saldate, refused to take the s...

Officers were taken, fellow police turn their backs on him. a powerful and divisive message to the mayor of this major city who has lost their trust. this man was a new york city cop for 20 years. >> i've never seen hostilities this heightened before my career. >> reporter: the benevolent association has been withering in its attacks on de blasio. >> there's blood on many hands tonight. that blood on the hands starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. >> reporter: he and his organization representing beat cops blame the mayor for the way he's handled recent protests. the lac...