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With more of the special coverage of the funeral of reverend pinckney. back to you. thank you. president obama, mrs. obama, just got off air force one a few moments ago, made their way down the stairs there. they landed at charleston air force base. we are told they are on the way to td arena behind me here on meeting street in downtown charleston. it is about a 15 20-minute drive. that of course is without a motorcade motorcade. law enforcement helicopter is up. we ve seen some other folks here in front of the arena, appear to be getting the place ready for the president s arrival. of course president obama will be delivering the eulogy for pastor clementa pinckney. when that happens we will bring it to you live here on msnbc as we continue the special coverage. you tell what makes them so different? did you hear that sound? of course you didn t. you re not using ge software like the rig on the right. it s listening and learning how to prevent equipment failures, predict maintenance ....
Charleston. hundreds of people lining up early this morning to honor and remember pastor clementa pinckney. president obama will arrive later this afternoon to deliver the eulogy. south carolina s former lawsuit governor glen mcconnell now supporting removing the confederate flag from the state house where pastor pinckney s body was on public view earlier this week. that is a significant move since back in 2010 mcconnell posed for pictures wearing a confederate army uniform with two black people dressed as dlaifsslaves. we can only assume mcconnell re regrets these pictures as well. but today about honoring clementa pinckney. reporter: thousands of people are filing into td arena. ....
During his time he has seen doma go away don t ask don t tell go away and now this affirmative ruling from the supreme court about marriage equality making this country not a patchwork but seamless coast to coast. president obama is en route to charlotte, south carolina. it s on this day which has been historic for many reasons but it s also going to be somber and historic in a different moment in time because he s on his way to charleston. he will be delivering the eulogy for the reverend clementa pinckney. that s happening at the td arena and we can see people who have amassed inside that arena. it s 5,000 people plus. i ask you to stay with msnbc as we cover his remarks and hear from the people of charleston. i know an icon is gone. i mean he was just a great person added to the community and the people as well. everybody loved him. and that s why the masses are here today, because everybody ....
Cnn political commentator and analyst and worked at the obama white house, also is an attorney. so i can speak to a lot of this. as we look inside, this is, van, the td arena, which is not just a few hundred guards are where we are. it s all basically in the same location. we saw people lined up here to get in. they reached capacity quickly. this is probably going to be the overflow where we are as the president arrives. he spoke earlier in the rose garden as we look inside here. i need to tell our viewers that sunny hostin is telling us updates, he said lindsey graham is there, hillary clinton is there. when she got there there was a standing ovation for her. the played in thely will be here as well as the vice president of the united states. mark san ford is in the crowd. i said these are connected. the marriage rights and this ....
Ledge lay choor sgislature legislatures. the gop, ultraconservatives have a hard nose position on that. now as a result of what happened in charleston i think it was so you know, earth shattering so cataclysmic to some we re now beginning to see even some conservatives say, well, maybe it is time to revisit and even look at maybe we need to again,checks or take a more balanced view of gun control. i think that s going to be the next area of great concern and i think a battleground, too, that will be revisited. earl, jody, thank you so much. do appreciate your time on this friday. you can see on the top right corner of your screen, hundreds of folks are lining calhoun street here in downtown charleston, awaiting president obama s motorcade to make his way to td arena behind me where some 5,000 folks have been inside. funeral service has been going on now for more than an hour and a half. ....