With scott pelley. Brown scott is off tonight. Im james brown. The mayor of americas largest city called to a temporary halt to any Police Protests the as the city mourns two murdered officers. The officers were murdered saturday as they sat in they patrol car. The attack inflamed a growing rift in the city. Police Union Leaders accused the mayor bill deblasio reporter the network crerkd raising speculation at a press conference, deblasio and Police Commissioner bill bratton faced a study vied energies this tragedy, maybe we find a way to move forward, an appropriate way to honor the fallen officers and families. Brown saturday afternoon the officers were sitting in their patrol car working an overtime shift at a Housing Project when police say Ismaaiyl Brinsley walked up, took a shooters substance and opened fire. The 28yearold brooklyn native shown here before the shooting in Surveillance Video at a nearby mall warned of his intention to shoot cops and post on instagram, saying they take one of ours, lets take two of theirs and shoot the police. When the mayor visited the hospital where lu and ramos were delivered dead, some officers turned their backs on him. There is blood on many hands tonight. Pat lynch went so far as to blame deblasio for the deaths. That blood on their hands starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. Brown the murders ex ponds a long, similarrerring tension between deblasio and the nypd. One of his first actions when elected was to end the controversial stop and frisk program. During recent protests, he said he had to warn his biracial son about dealing with police. Is my child safe . And not just from some of the painful realities, crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods, but is he safe from the very people that want to have faith in as their protectors . Brown today the mayor deannounced any violence and defended his support of both police and Citizens Rights to protest. There are some people who say hateful things. They have no place in protests. Theyre not what im talking about. Excuse me. Ip talking about the vast majority of new yorkers like the vast majority of americans who believe in peaceful, democratic process. Brown commissioner bratton defended the brave riof his Police Department but said many of the angry voices against the mayor are playing politics. You point out to me one mayor who has not been battling with the Police Unions in the last 50 years. Name one. Brown an online betigs calling for deblasios resignation has received over 60,000 signatures. James, the mayor asks all protests be held off until after the officers funerals. Those are scheduled for this weekend. Brown don dahler in new york. Thank you. The two officers were not Ismaaiyl Brinsleys only victims. Sat dihe shot and wounded an exgirlfriend in baltimore and hopped the bus to new york where he later carried out the murders. Jericka duncan tells us he is not stranger to trouble. Reporter his past we want back from all of 2004 to june of 2013, arrested in georgia at least 15 times for assault, shoplifting and grand larceny, arrested four times in ohio ino nine, beginning in 2011, he served two years in prison for criminal possession of a weapon. He had been estranged from his family for years. Today his sister spoke. It had nothing to do with police retaliation. Absolutely nothing to do with police retaliation. He was disturbed. The way he did this, its horrifying. Brinsley was originally from brooklyn. His mother said she feared his son, said he had a troubled childhood and was often violent. Investigators found 119 items on his Instagram Account filled with selfdespair and antigovernment comments. If youre constantly in and out of prison, clearly something is wrong. He should have been offered help. Brinsleys family told investigators he tried to kill himself a year ago. Saturday morning before he left baltimore, his exgirlfriend told police she talked brinsley out of another suicide attempt. He put the gun to his own head when he broke into her apartment and she talked him out of that and he later shot her before he left. Reporter investigators are trying to piece together what brinsley was doing in the two hours before the officers were killed. They believe he acted alone but wanted to know if he talked to anyone about his plans. They will also look into where brinsley was and who he communicated with in the ten days before the shooting. Brown jericka duncan, thank you very much. William bratton, first of all, let me offer condolences to the families of the slain officers. Thank you. Brown commissioner, how would you describe the state of morale for the nypd . The morale is not good. There are so many pressures on them at this time, not just in new york, but american policing in general, that theyre being confronted with a lot of challenges at this time. So you can understand why morale might not be as high as you might like it. Brown and challenge might be the operative word in terms of whats happening in new york. Earlier today you said mayor bill deblasio has lost some of the confidence of some of the officers in the rank and file. Whats necessary for him to regain the confidence. Every officer has had every mayors had strained relations with the police force over the years. Its part of the political terrain. We need to look beyond the morale to the performance of the officers, and this is a reflection of their professionalism, in that theyre still out there working very hard, theyre policing these demonstrations in the face of great adversity, theyre policing despite the horrific murders over the weekend, still going toward the danger, not stepping back. Morale is something thats internalized andhouse not affected their performance, which is what you would ask. Brown with respect to moving forward, an apology, i know when the mayor went to the hospital to pay his respects to the two slain officers, some of the officers there were so upset they turned their backs on him when he passed by. Is an apology offered to the mayor by the officers or to the officers by the mayor . That manifestation was due to the frustration of some of the officers. Something im certainly not approving of. Well be looking forward to dialogue Going Forward to find a common ground. I have been in the business a long time and these issues are not new, theyre not unique to new york. Ive dealt with them in every city ive worked in, los angeles, boston, and just is part of the business, if you will. Brown new york city Police Commissioner william bratton, thank you so much and the best Going Forward. Co. Brown this is a brig travel week but some folks may be in rough weather for the holidays. Eric fisher is our chief meteorologist in our cbs station in boston, wbz. What can we expect . A storm thats bringing blizzard conditions in the rockies that moves east tomorrow. Watching southeast tuesday. A lot of heavy rain, thunderstorms developing here, especially the afternoon and the evening, and with this the threat of some severe weather. Will be watching the i10 corridor, new orleans eastward, could see a few tornadoes tomorrow, heavy rainfall, flash flooding and treacherous travel across the southeast. Christmas day and night, a warm storm. The rain will go well north into canada, very wet across the east coast. Gusty conditions, some over 35 miles per hour. To th the west, a cold side, chicago toward detroit, a chance pore snowfall here and gusty winds. That will be a story through wednesday and into Christmas Day itself. You will notice a few gusts, 30 3050 miles per hour, to the east coast. Better than a blizzard but some nasty weather for christmas here. Brown thank you so very much, eric fisher in boston. Now to the storm over the hacking attack on sony pictures. The f. B. I. And president obama have blamed it on north korea. Tonight, the north is having its own problems with the internet. Bob orr has been looking into that. Outages and connectivity problems have disrupted north koreas internet over the past few days and monday the spotty network crashed raising speculation of an attack by hackers or a statesponsored cyberunit. Experts caution the outages could be traced to maintenance problems or a malfunction but the internet blackout came as north korea threatened broad new cyberattacks against u. S. Targets including the pentagon and the white house. At the state department, the threats were dismissed and kim jongun was called on to take responsibility for the devastating attack on sony pictures. If they want to help here, they can admit culpability and compensate sony for damages. Brown the white house promised a proportional response, measurers including sanctions aimed and kims regime or the relisting of north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Over the weekend, president obama was careful to say the attack on sony was not an act of war. I think it was an act of viesh vandalism but very costly and expensive. We take it very seriously. Reporter a Senior Administration official downplayed the possibility of a retallia tore cyberstrike. Lewis said trading shots in cyberspace with north korea is not a good option. We have a lot more to lose. Turning out the lights there, they do that every day. Turning them out in new york and washington, theres real economic harm. The f. B. I. Is working with other American Media companies to improve cyber defenses at home. Agents are privately sharing a series of flash alerts with detailed specific information and addresses, malware codes and servers used in the attack. Brown bob orr in washington, thank you. Shoppers packed the stores over the weekend. Is that the boost retailers were hoping for . And well see the world as the hoping for . And well see the world as the astronauts say it when the cbs evening news continues. Its called a fashion blog, todd. Well, ive been helping people save money with progressives discounts. Flo, can you get janice a job . [ laughs ] you shouldve stuck to softball i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. Wheres your wife, todd . Vacation. 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I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. Brown for nearly six months, we have followed a group of High School Dropouts who got a Second Chance through a program run by the National Guard in los angeles. They have endured academic, mental and physical challenges. We end our series with their new beginning. Heres michelle miller. Lets go get up get up reporter this was the first day of challenge academy back in july. You better hurry up lets go reporter these rebellious, unfocused dropouts got a wakeup call like none theyd ever had. This day will be a long day i told you its coming. Reporter over the past 153 days, they have been torn down by discipline and built back up with praise. Good job. Im proud of you, kiddo, good job. Reporter we have followed all eight cadets through the academy. We saw francisco haso and his mothers emotional goodbye on intake day. Oh, it breaks my heart but its for the best. Reporter we saw melissa go from lagging behind to one of the top in the class. This is my mom. Reporter in a home visit with christa hopkins, we discovered the source of her pain. I dont want to end up like my mom. Reporter how many of you expected you would be changed people . I saw it as my parents screwed me over, they didnt raise me right, but it was totally my fault. I treated people like crap. I didnt think i would come in here being changed. I didnt think that i needed to. We didnt know exactly what we were getting ourselves into and i think all of us got so much more out of it than expected. Im going to miss you reporter as the cadets shared hugs and tears while lining up for graduation, in the stands, anxious parents were emotional, too. Samantha what would you say to her now . I will always be there for her, no matter what. That my life didnt begin till she came into this world. Graduate, go forward and do great things cadet angel lamaster. cheering cadet stewart. cheering cadet melissa. cheering cadet Caesar Jeremy cheering cadet Tucker Edwards cheering reporter e edward tuckers mother who has been in and out of his life since three wasnt there for family day but she made it to graduation. Along with the grandmother who raised him. Oh, im so proud of you reporter Sergeant Timothy edward and all the sergeants who use tough love to help turn these lives around said their goodbyes, too, with one final salute. cheering reporter as a testament to the sun burst motto, dream, believe, achieve. Success is out there waiting for you, all right . Reporter and one last word of mot motivation. The Mission Starts after graduation. Thats when it starts. After graduation. Reporter it has been remarkable to see the transformation of these teens, but, j. B. , it is not over yet. The next 12 months, each student has a mentor to guide them on their new journey. Brown michelle, thank you. You can see the series Second Chances on our web site cbs. Com. You know what . A big welcome from us and congratulations. Wow. Well, thats the cbs evening news tonight. For scott pelley, captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org vo rescued. Ed. Protected. Given new hope. During the subaru share the love event, subaru owners feel it, too. Because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. Well have given 50 Million Dollars over seven years. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Lots to cover tonight, and lance bass is right here to help. Were looking back at 2014s biggest hitmakers in music. That and todays big news coming up on e. T. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated. The new threat against the white house as snl takes on the sony hacking scandal. Why pick on sony . They havent had a hit since the walkman. Will the studio now release the interview online . Then two celebrity weekend weddings. My cohost lance said i do and so did sir elton john. Also tonight, well take a look back at a few of the musicians who really hit it big this year. Well break down the media strategy behind taylors breakout number one hit this year. Plus, you guys talk to a few of the 2014 breakthrough artists