battlefields of afghanistan, and to his family. nbc s harry smith has the story of one final salute. reporter: the streets of midtown manhattan came to a standstill for the funeral of new york police detective joseph lemm. along fifth safe near st. patrick s cathedral, a sea of blue stood in silent tribute for a cop his colleagues called superman. lemm was on patrol with five other americans in afghanistan when they were attacked by a suicide bomber december 21st. it was lemm s third deployment to afghanistan with the air national guard. yes, he was a cop and a reservist. for whom duty meant everything. two years ago, local news cameras were there when he surprised his family at a restaurant coming home early after his second long deployment. lemm was a big country kid from nebraska, who thrived as a cop in some of the roughest sections
can t find you anywhere! don t settle for u-verse. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. arthel: thousands of mourners lining the streets of new york city for the funeral of sergeant joseph lemm. police officer is and military alike paying their respects to the nypd veteran at st. patrick s cathedral.
we re back. huge crowds gathering for a funeral for a new york city police detective who died in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. it happened at st. patrick s cathedral here in manhattan. detective joseph lemm was a 15 year veteran of the nypd. he served in the air national guard. a sea of blue outside the cathedral today. hundreds of police officers and military service members lined the streets. lemm s 4-year-old son was also there to salute his dad s casket as it was carried into st. patrick s. detective lemm, one of six americans who died last week when a taliban suicide bomber attacked their patrol outside bagroom air base. the teenager who killed four
lem s remains were flown back to stewart air force base yesterday. a member of the air national guard and a 15-year nypd veteran, lem s funeral will take place tomorrow morning at new york st. patrick s cathedral. meanwhile, there is development to tell you about tonight in the fight against isis. the pentagon today confirming ten isis leaders have been killed in air strikes this month alone. and that includes one leader with direct ties to the man who s been called the mastermind of the paris attacks. colonel steve warren made the announcement in a briefing from baghdad this morning. shirrafi al mudane, a syrian isis leader. we killed him on december 24th in syria. he was actively planning additional attacks against the west. we will continue to hunt isil leaders who are working to recruit, plan, and inspire
majority leader, both catholics. he said yes to the invitation. he s a very gracious individual who wants to take advantage of the opportunity to share his message. you know that he s spoken to parliaments in europe. we know that he loves to engage people both on the street and those who have the ability to influence those on the street. and so it s a continuation of his great papacy. all right. let s head to new york city now because that was there are so many beautiful moments there. sa st. patrick s cathedral. his meeting with people in central park. and of course right here at the 9/11 memorial. yes, and saying the water was the tears of people who weeped. weeping is very significant for this pope. he thinks it s you need to get out that emotion, you need to express that deep sorrow. i thought that was a beautiful metaphor, the water there in the fountain. it was also beautiful, he had