Striking the officer behind the wheel. Just missing the officers carotid artery. His partner drove him to the hospital. Back in 2017, a gunman killed an officer as she sat in her patrol car, also in the bronx. In 2014, two years were shot dead in their police car in brooklyn. In this case the commissioner is certain what the motive was. Let me be very clear. This was an assassination attempt of two new York City Police officers. Reporter mayor bill de blasio adding on to that that too much hatred being directed at Police Officers. He tweeted, tonight we saw a heinous assassination attempt against nypd officers in a marked police van. Thank god we can report our officers survived and will be able to go open to their families safe and sound. This Morning Police dont have an identity of the gunman. We have the picture but they are pledging to bring him to justice. Pete, jason. Pete isah. Thank you. These two gentlemen were in a neighborhood that had spike in gun and violence. So theyre do
South carolina saturday and ahead of super tuesday contests tomorrow. Peter doocy is on the ground in one of those states, virginia. Hes reporting living live. Peter . Dana, ever since Bernie Sanders took the delegate lead early, theres posturing by the other candidates to be the bernie alternatives. Now two candidates have drop out because they were not the alternative. Peter buttigieg last night and Amy Klobuchar a few minutes ago. A few days ago, she said she thought she was best positioned to take on bernie head to head. The voters will decide who the alternative. In my case is this im the only one able to actually show the receipts. One repeatedly, not just once but three times in red congressional districts. Klobuchars home state minnesota votes tomorrow on super tuesday. She surprised Many Democrats by finishing a strong third place in New Hampshire. She won almost 20 of the vote there. The results were not so food for her in nevada or South Carolina where she finished sixth in
This is cnn tonight. I am don lemon. It is 11 00 p. M. , here, on the east coast. And we have multiple breaking news stories on this friday night. Not one but two fridaynight news dumps from the Justice Department against the backdrop of a country in turmoil. Maybe, they think the news would get lost amid President Trump making his return to the campaign trail tomorrow, with a massive rally in tulsa, oklahoma. He is expecting thousands of supporters to pack an indoor arena. Even though oklahoma is reporting a record oneday increase in coronavirus cases, and tulsa county has more infections than any other county in the state. Public Health Officials warning that the rally has the potential to be a superspreader event. Maybe they think that it will get lost among the soaring numbers of coronavirus cases in california, in florida, in arizona. All, seeing recordhigh numbers. And the World Health Organization is warning were in a, quote, new and dangerous phase of the pandemic. Maybe, they
The deadline approaches. Deal or no deal . Also is islam a religion of peace . My next gust says no. On why her former religion needs a reformation similar to the one christianity had 500 years ago. And inside a silent war going on on College Campuses across america. Its the war on the liberal arts. Its a terrible trend, so terrible ive written a book about it. Ill explain. Finally, the most interesting man in the world has died. Ill give you my memories of the founding father of singapore and a man i got to know quite well over the last two decades. But first, here is my take. Just months ago the white house was touting yemen and since then the government collapsed and an insurgency backed by iran gained ground. That insurgency is battling aagainst forces backed by the United States and saudi arabia which launched air strikes this week. Meanwhile, jihad groups are jumping in to fill the vacuum of authority. This descent to chaos startled many observers but yemens trajectory shouldnt s
Premier. People in china are taking a look at a wide range of issues, and so are we in our special series china, change and challenge. James tengan is leading our coverage from beijing. James, premier wen jiabao spoke tuesday about issues they have to tackle. How did npc members react . Reporter hi, gene. Members of the congress got straight to work. They divided into subcommittees to talk about the issues premier wen brought up in his speech. The men expected to control china after next week also took part in the discussions. Communist party chief xi jinping joined representatives from shanghai. He said courage is needed to deepen reforms so the country can develop. He admitted that wouldnt be easy and described the process as being like gnawing at hard bone and waiting at a dangerous shoal. He also stressed the importance of technology. He said the process will not be easy. He stressed the importance of innovation and technology in chinas future development. The vice premier met with