our two heroes, our angels wilbur and jason. these men carried themselves with pride. cnn s shimon prokupecz joining us now from outside st. patrick s cathedral where this is taking place. shimon, a remarkable setting for this, of course, st. patrick s cathedral. tell us all that s takeing plac today. reporter: iconic location, certainly, one of the world s most famous cathedrals. the city decided to hold this funeral here given the gravity of this moment. the officer so young. just 22 years old and just over a year on the job, ambushed, killed while responding to this domestic incident call. so today is his wake. this morning, first his family will be with him. his coffin brought here some time after 11:00 a.m. and we will see thousands of police
killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed inside? griff and sandra, yes, the general public is allowed inside of st. patrick s cathedral to pay their respects to officer jason rivera. they are allowed in up to 8:00 p.m. tonight. they are encouraged, actually, to come here to show really a sign of unity for the city of new york, a procession of nypd vehicles led the hearse carrying the body of jason rivera from the bronx to the cathedral. along the way, firefighters stopped, got out of their truck on the highway to salute rivera, bagpipes played as some 200 nypd officers saluted rivera s nypd [bagpipes playing]
here in eastern ukraine, life appears normal shops and restaurants are open there s traffic in the streets. but people are starting to get nervous. lester richard engel, thank you. words and tears honoring a fallen police officer here in new york today thousands turning out for the funeral of one of two officers shot and killed while answering a 911 call last week. here is rehema ellis reporter: a sea of blue with officers from around the city and across the country. outside st. patrick s cathedral for a final goodbye to jason rivera inside, mourners remembering the rookie new york city police officer, on the job only 14 months he did it for the right reasons. he wanted to make a difference reporter: both rivera and his partner wilbert mora shot and killed a week ago, responding to a routine domestic disturbance call inside a harlem
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washington, official washington to political washington, that lawmakers must work harder. must work with the community, from the ground up, to change the laws and to make sure that, indeed, there is more progress. to make sure that african-americans are truly free in this country. suzanne malveaux, cnn, in washington. the move to declare juneteenth a federal holiday comes, as the u.s. grapples with how to teach the legacy of slavery and to talk about race in the classroom. randi kaye shows us how the debate is unfolding in one-american community. just because i do not want critical-race theory taught to my children in school, does not mean that i am a racist, dammit. reporter: a heated community forum, outside st. louis, missouri, where the rockwood school district has become a flash point in the national debate about critical-race theory. these moms were preparing to protest, at the district s