investigation over the deadly police shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice. in fact the city safety director wants an outside agency to handle all deadly use of force cases. video from the shooting last month shows tamir shot less than two seconds after a patrol car came on scene. a final good-bye to officer wenjian liu. his wake is scheduled for tomorrow. funeral on sunday. liu and his partner were assassinated last month while they sat in their patrol car. the gunman ismaaiyl brinsley, killed himself after walking into a subway station. the field is set for the national championship. ohio state erasing an early 15 point deficit to stun alabama. 42-35 in the sugar bowl. the buckeyes rushing for 235 yards and a touchdown late in
father at the hands of new york police helped spark public protest against the nypd which some say triggered brinsley s attack. garner s daughter said she snows what the officer s families are going through. we just want to let everybody know we re not anti-police. we just want to let everybody know that we support them and we re out here, you know, to lay a wreath and have a moment of silence for the families. once again, silence became the loudest trib bult. martin savidge, cnn, brooklyn. and now to other big stories, christmas is now just a day away in the u.s. mother nature is not making it easy for holiday travelers. people across the country are dealing with wet and messy weather. in the west, snowstorms have bogged down drivers in colorado, montana and wyoming. you see that footage from colorado and here in the south, a tornado system is blowing through at the moment. four people were killed by
corner now turned almost sacred. last night with tears streaming down their faces the family of officer liu spoke. the most powerful words coming from his wife of just two months. this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together. reporter: among those offering condolences the family of the gunman ismaaiyl brinsley who later took his own life. brinsley s estranged sister said her brother s actions were not revenge, but the result of untreated mental problems. i feel so bad for the family. we give our condolences. we are griefshging. this has nothing to do with police retaliation. this was a troubled emotionally troubled kid. he needed help. he didn t get it. reporter: also drawn to the street memorial the daughter of eric garner, the death of her
reporters whom he believes is hyping the idea that he and his police force are at odds. i heard from nypd officer and leaders who said they saw peaceful protests, respectful protests. what you managed to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority, who are saying unacceptable things, who shouldn t be saying those things, and they some who actually physically attack police officers which i say is absolutely unacceptable. we ll prosecute them to the fullness. we ll talk more about that shortly, about all that s been said by each side in what s become a very, very painful war of words. first, the very latest on how we got here. cnn s martin savidge reports. reporter: surveillance video shows suspected gunman ismaaiyl brinsley at a mall in brooklyn saturday, about three hours from now he ll shoot and kill two new york police officers. authorities are still trying to piece together those final hours. if anyone has seen this individual
ramos are dead. on his social media, postings. two of new york s finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated. reporter: a review of brinsley s cell phone contained video they believe he shot in manhattan earlier this month at a protest over the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. brinsley s string of violence began early saturday morning, about 200 miles away. police say he gave entrance to his ex-girlfriend s apartment somehow through the lobby and knocked down her door. she told police he threatened to shoot himself. after the woman talks him out of it brinsley shoots her and flees and takes her cell phone with him. police begin tracking brinsley with her cell phone. he posts i m putting wings on