this was one of the more heated confrontations we have seen and aggressive moves by police we have seen. it could be this had to be with the funeral today. black protests are more agitated. and brian, you mentioned the funeral, this comes hours aver andrew brown s family had his funeral. what was the family s message? #. reporter: the family is still trying to process everything. they are angry and heartbroken that their beloved andrew is taken from them. they re trying to process the manner in which he was taken from them. we heard emotional words earlier today, two of andrew brown s oldest sons. take a listen.
emotionally difficult it was for his two sons to get up in front of the audience to talk about the loss of their father. they said essentially they are still trying to process this. they still cannot believe that he was taken from him and the way that he was taken from him. here s what andrew brown s eldest son had to say about that. i just want to say everybody keep their heads up, you know. and keep god, you know, in your prayers because he s going to work all this out for us. it s a terrible way we had to be together like this, but, you know, seeing everybody, i m glad we re together like this right now. he would have loved this. reporter: he also said that he keeps wishing and wishing and wishing that his father could see some of the emotion and the passion that s played out not only here at the church but in the streets and protests after his death, but, of course, he can t make that happen for his father. it was a very emotional moment.
hello, everybody, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington, thank you for sharing a very busy news day with us, this hour a spotlight on elizabeth city, north carolina, you see it right there in a raw racial wound, andrew brown jr. s family buries him today amid demands that police be ordered to more quickly release body camera footage of brown s fatal encounter with sheriff s deputies. the republican divide also on full display this morning, donald trump hits send on more election lies and liz cheney within the hour calls what the
reporter: a message for his sons. that comfort. your daddy was a man. reporter: also, calls for change. we are going to get shots boehid us. reporter: civil rights advocates calling for accountability. andrew was killed unjustifiably. you don t need take to get a take out. cut it out. let the world see what it is to see. what are you hiding? reporter: advocates pushing congress in the justice department. we are going to be going to washington, d.c. arguing for the united states senate to pass the
we can also tell you this afternoon, jake, that we ve learned from one of the brown family attorneys bakari sellers that the family through its attorneys are about to call for the recusal of the local district attorney from this case. sellers telling us that they are drafting a letter at this moment calling for that recusal. they believe it s because he has worked extensively with the sheriff s department in many cases in the past and they believe that in the interest of fairness he should recuse himself. we ve reached out to andrew s office and we ve not heard back for comment. appreciate it. dramatic pictures of a disaster at sea as a suspected human smuggling boat capsizes off the coast of san diego. the latest on what went so horribly wrong. that s next. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete financial plan. visit letsmakeaplan.org to find your cfp® professional. fact: moms rule. visand we all wantn.org to fiours to be healthy.sional. explore your dna together,