Now, this blaze began just before new years eve fireworks display was about to go off in the city, and according to reports it is now being evacuated, and people are also being moved out of the dubai mall located nearby. Reports say it started on the 20th floor. Ited. Weve got a lot of questions. Joining me right now, retired colonel ralph peters and former fbi agent robert standing. Colonel peters, this is happening on new years eve, its happening just hours before a big fireworks display was supposed to go off, and its happening, of course, in the middle east. Let me ask you about the islamic extremism issue in dubai. Do they have a problem at all with isis . Well, dubai and the other emirates have, by and large, been able to buy off the terrorists. They have one face for the west, one looking east. So its a really complex situation. So i would be a bit surprised if this was terrorism, but it certainly could be. Just as the bowery boys used to say, lets not jump to conclusions. Along
Banks on mayor bill de blasio. Meanwhile, de blasio calls the attack on police an attack on the city as a whole and calls for a moratorium on antiPolice Protests. But is this a police problem, a discrimination problem, or is it both . Tonight were going to talk to people on all sides of this, including the former commissioner, who says he has never seen antipolice attitudes like these. Plus the First Responders who fought desperately to save the officers. They tell their emotional stories. Theyre here with me live. And also new york magazines frank rich weighs in on Police Protests and the movie north korea doesnt want you to see. Weve got a whole lot to get to this evening. But i want to go right to cnns martin savidge. Hes in brooklyn at the scene aft tack on officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. Good evening, martin. What is the very latest tonight from bedfordstuyvesant . Reporter this of course was the scene of that horrific attack that took place on the saturday before christmas
safety every single day. an attack on them is an attack on the public safety of the city of new york. i think it s time for the leaders of the city, the unions, the administration, all of the elected officials, the civic leaders, to come up and be above the fray that s happening right now. we cannot start healing as a city unless we do that. at the bare minimum we need to let these officers rest. we need to let the families mourn. borough president melinda katz. thank you. thank you. i want to bring in howard schafer, a former new york city police commissioner from 96 to 2000. thank you for joining us. my condolences to both the ramos and liu family. that s the most important thing right now. you have said that we have seen this is a quote from you. we have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land. explain that to me. well, we ve heard from the mayor. we ve heard from the attorney general. we ve heard from the president that people of