Execution of two new York City Police officers shot to death by a suicidal gunman bent on revenge for killings by police. The assassination immediately condemned by president obama and the attorney general drawing a fierce reaction from police in an atmosphere already so highly charged after ferguson and staten island. Abcs linsey davis is on the scene in brooklyn. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, george. Police are calling this murder even though the suspect in this case will never have his day in court. And two Police Agencies are saying new yorks mayor has blood on his hands. Last night officials put the ambush of two new York City Police officers here in stark terms. They were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform. These officers were shot execution style. Reporter according to the nypd, officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were sitting in their marked patrol car in brooklyn when 28yearold Ismaaiyl Brinsley walked up to their vehicle and opened fire. Sh
Into the work week. The wet weather will come. Seems like everybody was outside today. But it was definitely a chilly one. We didnt have too much of a wind to contend with which was nice. 35, thats thats what we made it to here in the city. So temperatures were running below normal and we didnt come anywhere near the record 64. Wouldnt that be nice . 35 is the temperature right now. We did have a lot of cloud cov cover. Didnt see a whole lot of sunshine for today. I think thats going to be the same case for tomorrow. Winds tonight out of the north northwest. So it will continue to be chil chilly. With a chance for a few flurries north up through the poconos we could see a little bit of flurry action early on in the evening. Otherwise just cloudy and cold through tonight. Temperatures will fall to about 30 degrees overnight with that blanket of clouds around. Heres a look at ultimate doppler. We do have the clouds but we are tracking systems sitting to our south and our west. And that i
But others have been singing them since summer. Do people think youre a little crazy . What it takes to be a professional christmas caroler ahead on sunday morning. Osgood from the art of the carol to the art of the spin. Celebrating more than one holiday this morning as Serena Altschul reminds us. There are min noras to light and potato pancakes to light but for growing number of fans. Nice one. Hanukkah couldnt be complete without the dreidel. Come on. All right. We got a live one here. Ahead on sunday morning. Go a few rounds for dreidel. Sienna miller whose appearances have not always been by choice shell be talk about that with Anthony Mason. For much of her career she was known more for tabloid headlines than acting roles. What was the cost to you. I think it was incredibly damaging in terms of my career. Now with a new role in american sniper. I need you to be human again. Sienna miller starts a new chapter later on sunday morning. Osgood the recipe for success one famous chef h
We begin by looking back at one of the worse catastrophes in living memory, the massive indian ocean tsunami that hit the region a decade ago. 230,000 people were killed when a powerful earthquake at sea triggered a freak wave on december 26, 2004. Sri lanka, thailand and indonesia were among the hardest hit countries in the region. The wave devastated lives, coastlines, entire communities. In dozens of countries, people are remembering those who passed away. People of all faiths are remembering the victims today. At this mosque in indonesia, muslims offered special prayers to commemorate the dead. At the sacred heart church, christians filled the pews for a special christmas mass. Almost everyone here lost a loved one in the disaster. Today i especially pray for our brothers and sisters who died in the synonymy 10 years ago tsunami 10 years ago. It was actually only the bodies of the victims that died. Their spirits are still alive. We believe our brothers and sisters who died in the
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament. A week when the scale of the covid crisis was laid bare. Our Health Emergency is not yet over, and our economic emergency has onlyjust begun. Englands lockdown will be lifted within days, labour warn it could end in tiers. The Prime Minister proposes a return to the 3 tier system. Thats risky. And are Music Streaming Services killing music . The earnings from my streaming, theyre not significant enough to keep the wolf away from the door. But first. Downing street had warned us that the figures behind the chancellors Spending Review would make sobering reading. And that was one Economic Forecast that came true. The economy will shrink by 11 this year. More than two and a half Million People could be out of work next year. Many Public Sector workers wont get a pay rise, although there are exceptions for nhs staff and the lower paid. A minister resigned after rishi sunak ditched a manifesto commi