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Charges will be brought against that officer. it's unclear whether or not federal charges might be brought in this case as well like they were years ago in the baez case. the just department has opened a federal probe into the death of eric garner. if the local federal prosecutor, local u.s. attorney does decide to bring charges, it's worth noting the local u.s. prosecutor here is this woman. she's named loretta lynch. and she has just been nominated by president obama to succeed eric holder as the next attorney general of the united states. she's got jurisdiction here. joining us from staten ...

Interacted with an individual named eric garner in new york city. i just got off the phone with my attorney general eric holder. he will have more specific comments about the case in new york, but i want everybody to know here as well as everybody who may be viewing my remarks here today. we are not going to let up until we see a strengthening of the trust and a strengthening of the accountability that exists between our communities and our law enforcement. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that's a problem. and it's my job as president to help solve it. ...

>> we continue to monitor live shots in vantage points around new york city and other cities where there are significant sized protests tonight after a staten island grand jury announced there would be no charges brought against a new york city police officer for a death caused by choking a 43-year-old staten island man named eric garner earlier this summer. protests in new york in particular have not been particularly static. they've been moving around the city. to varying degrees disruptive. the rockefeller christmas tree lighting ceremony, there have been no reports of significant violence ...

Enough to convince a grand jury that there was any need for a trial in this case. when the widow of eric garner was first told of the grand jury's decision today, the decision to not charge anyone in the death of her husband, her first words in response were, oh, my god, are you serious? she then said you can see in the video that the police officer was dead wrong. esaw garner is her name. she's eric garner's widow. she told the new york daily news right after she heard of the grand jury announcement today, quote, the grand jury kept interviewing witnesses. but you didn't see witnesses. you ca...

Christmas tree lighting was tonight, which always brings thousands of people to rockefeller center in midtown, manhattan. tonight, in addition to that regular throng of thousands of people celebrating the tree, there have also been a large number of protesters converging at the same spot. the new york city mayor bill de blasio canceled his own plan ne appearance at the tree lighting to talk to community leaders and the family members of eric garner. one thing to know about mayor de blasio -- and i don't mean to be weird -- one thing you should know about him is he's big. he's about 6'6". mayor...