Deliver her baby boy on christmas day. How their quick thinking may have saved his life. And good evening. Im tom llamas. David has the night off. We begin with an extraordinary scene playing out here in new york. An outpouring of support for one of the Police Officers assassinated in his patrol car last week. A band of brothers, thousands strong. A sea of blue stretching for blocks to pay respects to officer rafael ramos. His fellow cops saluting as he entered the church. Outside the wake, heavily armed guards standing watch on the ground. Another on the lookout on a nearby rooftop. Signs of the high anxiety tonight with word of new threats of violence against police. David wright starts us off tonight. Reporter the casket of officer rafael ramos, draped in the green, white, and blue flag of the nypd. Present reporter eight pallbearers hoisting it high, shoulder level, for one final salute. In ancient rome, this is how they carried julius caesar. Tomorrow they will be here from philad
And in case youre wondering, that flag you see draped over the coffin is the official flag of the nypd. And the man suspected of killing ramos and his partner was found dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Right after the shootings, Ismaaiyl Brinsley posted quotes saying im putting wings on pigs today. But in a sign of brotherhood and camaraderie between Police Officers, tomorrow more than 25,000 officers from all over the country will be flooding the church for officer ramoss funeral. Lets go live now to alexandra field. She is standing right outside the church where the wake is happening. Im just curious, we know all of these officers are coming in from near and far. Have you been able to speak to any of these people that are there today . Reporter were staying on this side of the street right now, and you can see why, its because there are so many hundreds of people, hundreds of officers, family members, community members, friends, relatives and they have waited parentally in line
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Im kate snow in for brian tonight. Even with the holidays upon us theres still tension and debate in many parts of this country over the use of force by police. In recent weeks weve seen so many demonstrations against law enforcement, but the ambush of two new York City Police officers last weekend has focused attention on the dangers officers face every day on the job. Today, thousands of people came from near and far to attend a wake in new york city to honor one of those fallen officers and support the citys police force. Nbcs ron mott is outside the church tonight. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, kate. The wake for officer rafael ramos continues tonight, all afternoon mourners have been streaming into this church you see behind me. It is a significant show of support that is spread well beyond new york city. A somber processional for a fallen officer. The body of rafa
Shopping day at least in terms of traffic compared to super saturday, which is actually edged out black friday because black friday is stretched into a weeklong event. So far retailers are doing pretty well. Retailers are expected to have their biggest sales growth in three years, up 4. 1 this year compared to 3. 1 in sales. As you said, randi, it did start kind of slow. Black friday was kind of quiet. Lower gas prices seem to have helped giving consumers a little extra money in their pockets, also deep discounts at a lot of stores especially walmart and target in competition with amazon trying to compete with the online retallers. Also consumers are getting more thrifty, comparing prices more, a lot of apps that help them compare prices. Theyre expected to get out there in droves today. Do the exchanges, do those returns and buy a little gift for themselves, thats what today is all for. Here, here, i agree with that. Alison, thank you very much. Thousands of gamers go the a lump of co
French cities. Throughout europe, authorities are trying to track down one terror attack suspect who remains at large this hour as well as others who may have been involved in the paris attacks. One of the cities targeted in toulou toulouse. Meanwhile, an International Manhunt is on for belgium born French National Salah Abdeslam. A source close to the investigation tells cnn French Police questioned abdeslam a few hours after the attacks but then left him go. Now, they suspect he was involved in the terror plot. Lets bring in fred flight gwen for the latest on the antiterror raids joining us live from paris. Fred, if you can start with the paris raids and what weve learned about them. Of course they are going on throughout various parts of france. If that one in toulouse is indeed a very important one. The french authorities are saying they are not directly linked to the terror attacks that happened here on friday. However, we do have to keep in mind at this point in time after those