farewell to the late soccer legend pele in brazil. live pictures of the final procession through the streets in santos, brazil. we ll take you there live just ahead of the funeral set to begin. you can t stop that much meat. you can only hope to contain it - in freshly baked bread. try subway s tastiest menu upgrade yet.t. this is lily. when you see things differently, you can be the difference.
she s where the procession will end, in fact. julia, you re seeing the brazilian people yesterday and today show just how important pele was to brazil. tell us what you re hearing there? reporter: yeah, jim, it was a sendoff in brazil yn ian style. there was a drum roll and as pele was raised up into a fire truck that you probably see that in the life images. people surrounding that truck just screaming his name, adoration. there is confetti, very brazilian, very much in the spirit of what you would have expected for a soccer star sendoff. and he transcended soccer. he became a symbol of brazilian identity, of brazilian excellence. he showed us brazilians that we could be the best in the world at something. it is hard to imagine a brazil
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and they are paying their respects silently and solemnly as possible. we re witnessing history here. we talk about soccer being just a game, but perhaps nobody more than pele showed the outreach that this game has all over the world. he was truly an ambassador for this country, for brazil, and an ambassador for the game. he had a stance in the 20th and 21st century that transcended the world of soccer. we re seeing an icon leaving us. he was revered and beloved. so much history there in this one man. thank you very much. just in, the ukrainian military is claiming that a strike a ukrainian strike killed hundreds of russian troops in a strike targeting a cache of ammunition. it is sparking criticism inside