kamala harris expected to attend the service, but not expected to speak. there s also the families of george floyd and breonna taylor. nichols will be eulogized by the reverend al sharpton. ryan young is outside the church there in memphis. cnn crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz is here with us with the latest on the investigation, including details on more new police recordings that will be released. let s start with you there in memphis. war you seeing there? victor, tough day. obviously, this is the community s first chance really to come out and try to put their arms around this family. there have been news conferences, but never before have people had the chance to come out and surround this family in love. all of this with an ice storm that s hit the city and made it pretty hard to pass around this town. that s why the funeral had to be t delayed today. but when you think about this, the outside of people protesting last week, this really gave everyone a chance
i m trying to get home. every black in america stands up every day trying to get home. [ applause ] last night we went to mason temple, church of god in christ and the wells family and tyre s sisters and brother stood there where martin luther king gave his last speech. they didn t know that night it was his speech for the last time. i was told by those that worked with king that raised me and i recounted it with mrs. king, i worked very closely with martin iii, we re going back to
and he said, ralph can you go speak, i don t feel like going tonight. and they went on to the church, and when he got there, the church was full. in a storm. and doctor abernathy went into the payphone and he called back to the lorraine motel, a black owned motel. told him, put his call to room 306, doctor king picked up the phone and said martin you need to come. there are thousands here, they didn t come to see me. doctor king got in the car by himself and rolled over to mason temple and he started speaking that night, and something came over him. he said that i don t fear any man. he said god has allowed me to go to the mountaintop. and i have seen the promised land. and that is the last speech he gave right here in memphis
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first chronicles, chapter 12 and versus 32 speaks of the sons of isacar who were men who understood their times and what to do about them. the set man for this hour at this time is a man who understands his time and what to do about them. there is no need really for an introduction, but i would share a personal story that when i was pastoring my first church as a young pastor, reverend sharpton invited me into the family of the national action network, allowed me to serve on his board, and give me a front row to his work in leading the civil rights movement. i want to say this without any fear of contradiction. he is the hardest-working civil