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don t want me to take you home. it might be the last ride i give you. i said no, and that was probably the biggest mistake i ever made. hear me. hear me voice. reporter: rivera, a 22-year-old rookie, was gunned down a week ago tonight after a domestic disturbance call that also took the life of his partner, 27-year-old william mora. luzuriaga spoke for 10 minutes in a eulogy that was not only moving but defiant. we are not safe anymore. reporter: bringing mourners to their feet, after taking on the newly elected manhattan district attorney, whom critics have called soft on crime, as he sat among the dignitaries before her. i know you are tired of these laws, especially the ones from the new d.a. i hope he s watching you speak through me right now. ( applause )
week. thousands of fellow officers turned out yesterday to honor officer jason rivera. he was shot and killed just over a week ago while responding to a domestic disturbance call. the officers, look at that there, standing shoulder to shoulder, 20-deep, packing fifth avenue outside of st. patrick s cathedral in new york. it was a sea of blue, as you can see. during the funeral, officer rivera s wife said that sendoff was a fitting tribute. this is exactly how he would have wanted to be remembered. like a true hero. or like i used to call him big p.o. rivera. you have the whole nation on gridlock. and although you won t be here anymore, i want you to live th through me. dominique luzuriaga also took aim at the new district
powerful words by dominique luzuriaga. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. congressman jim clyburn joins craig melvin next. and a good friday morning to you. craig melvin here. there s a lot we re keeping an eye on this hour. president biden expected to leave the white house for pennsylvania in the next 30 minutes. that preplanned appropriate to pittsburgh to promote his bipartisan infrastructure plan coming literally hours after a bridge collapsed this morning in pittsburgh. we re going to see if he stops to make any comments on some big stories that we re following. first of course, the retirement
headlines saying that someone was killed when the next bridge collapses. reporter: the collapse caused a large gas leak, and that forced the evacuation of several families from nearby homes. the gas company says the situation was brought under control in about an hour. major. garrett: kdka s ken rice, we thank you. thousands turned out in new york city to honor fallen police officer jason rivera. emotions were raw during the service at st. patrick s cathedral, here is elaine quijano. reporter: on a cold, gray, new york city day, thousands of officers lined fifth avenue to bid farewell to jason rivera, their brother in blue. it s hard being a cop s wife sometimes. reporter: rivera and dominique luzuriaga married in october, now a widow, she struggled before a packed st. patrick s cathedral, as she recalled a quarrel they d had the morning of the shooting. you asked me. if you you are sure that you
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