state funeral for shinzo abe. he was assassinated in july. cnn s blake esseg is joining me. what s happening there? reporter: i ve also heard it referred to as funeral politics, christine. several heads of state and u.s. vice president kamala harris with other leaders are holding meetings. that s why this taxpayer funded state funeral has been so controversial. that controversy, as expected, played out throughout the day as protesters for and against the state funeral made their presence felt. inside japan s famous budacon theater which is a few hundred yards from where i m standing, a completely different scene played out for the roughly 4300