Im Deborah Feyerick and this is a special edition of cnn newsroom. For those expecting to see fareed zakaria, were live this hour as we prepare for the funeral of fallen nypd officer wenjian liu. Liu was one of two officers shot and killed by a lone gunman last month. Right now youre looking at live pictures where those Funeral Services are set to take place on a very rainy sunday. This was the somber scene yesterday as police lined up to pay their respects at a private wake. The line stretching two full blocks. Among those in attendance Governor Andrew Cuomo who said off lericer liu had his dream job. This was his dream, to become an nypd officer. In some ways its the ultimate assimilation into america, into new york to become a Police Officer, and obviously he was so proud and he was so proud for his whole family. And a number of highprofile officials are expected to attend todays service clurg bill de blasio and on behalf of the white house fbi director james comey. Bill bratton has
Is you have a clear leader, the person he said is not going to be toyed with, the person who understands when a bad deal is in front of him and hes ready to walk away from a bad deal, something this country should be able to do. And i dont see any way fox will have a successful debate now when you have a clear frontrunner who has decided to walk away from this debate because they cant be treated fairly on the debate stage. Lets start off with peter alexander. Hes off in des moines, iowa. Peter, what is the campaign saying 3 01 p. M. Eastern time right now that trump wont show up at the debate . We have the fox news debate tomorrow night, then the other debate, 90 minutes that ted cruz has challenged trump to. Donald trump finally responded to ted cruzs challenge. Even though i beat him in the first six debates, especially the last one, ted cruz wants to debate me again. Can we do it in canada . Again, revisiting that line that has been so effective, sort of his way of trolling ted cruz
Be an infinitely better president than either of the republican candidates. Shes qualified . Of course. Another headline on morning joe. Senator sanders announcing hes been invited to the vatican personally by pope francis. Sanders will address a conference on social, economic, and Environmental Issues next friday. Thats four days before the New York Primary. I was very moved by the invitation which just was made public today. I am a big, big fan of the pope. Obviously, there are areas where we disagree, on womens rights and gay rights, but he has played an unbelievable role, an unbelievable rolof injecting a moral consequence into the economy. And now back to senator sanders and that exclusive town hall on the today show right in the middle of the plaza. Sanders discussed a wide ranging a wide range of issues, taking questions from voters gathered there outside our msnbc nbc headquarters at rockefeller center. ll brg you that town hall now in its entirety. Senator ers, good morning. G
Twisted version of new york values. From Rockefeller Center in new york, this is politics nation with al sharpton. Good morning. Im al sharpton, its two days before the New York Primary, and we start with donald trump waging war on the Republican National committee. Hes gone after Party Leaders before, but not like this. After getting outmaneuvered in the delegate fight in colorado and other states, trump let loose. It makes it impossible for a guy that wins to win. Its a crooked system, folks. Its a crooked system. Its a rigged, disgusting, dirty system. Its a dirty system. The Republican National committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen. Following trumps tirade, the rnc released a pointed memo about the delegate rules in each state. Quote, each process is easy to understand for those willing to learn it. And the head of the rnc said the whole debate is a distraction. Quite frankly, the complaining that goes on is something that i think
Crowd estimated by organizers to be above 27,000. Sanders receiving a rock star welcome with celebrities before he went after secretary clinton. Our differences with secretary clinton go beyond how we raise money. It goes to an issue which the media doesnt cover, and thats our trade policies. I was honored to be your senator for eight years, and if you will give me the honor of your vote on tuesday, we will continue to make life better. Keeping her attacks on the republican hopefuls. One of them deny agreats new york the high stakes debate becomes as the heated words between sanders and clinton intensifies. Reporter accusations from the Sanders Campaign that the primary process is weighted in favor of Hillary Clinton. The candidates also spent wednesday talking about a number of large endorsements they got as well as reaching out to organized labor, Hillary Clinton meeting with al sharptons National Action network, and Bernie Sanders expected to be there today. Chris, to you. Joe johns