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State funeral for shinzo abe. he was assassinated in july. cnns blake esseg is joining me. whats happening there? >> reporter: ive also heard it referred to as funeral politics, christine. several heads of state and u.s. vice president kamala harris with other leaders are holding meetings. thats why this taxpayer funded state funeral has been so controversial. that controversy, as expected, played out throughout the day as protesters for and against the state funeral made their presence felt. in...

With water and medical supplies. and australia has sent a naval ship expected to arrive next week. that ship will not only be carrying humanitarian and medical supplies, but four helicopters and small boats to help distribute supplies to those outer islands. isa? >> blake esseg for us in tokyo. good to see you. we spoke to the pacific head for the international red cross. we asked how much of the aid delivered so far is making. have a listen. >> weve been able to mobilize with australian red c...

Out. several countries are rushing aid to tonga, including desperately needed water. while international phone service knocked out by the eruption slowly coming back online. blake essex is monitoring he joins me from tokimyo. blake, its day six since the eruption. talk us through where things stand in that recovery effort. >> reporter: well, you know, isa, one of the big things to develop today is the main communication lines for the island nation, which are still a few weeks away from being res...

Constitutional corporal clerk, it hasnt happened yet, but we expect it to happen soon. the second thing is the number of people in i.c.u. beds has stabilized the last week or so. because of that theyre looking at the data and saying maybe we cans ease up all of it. isa? >> jim bittermann in paris, kristie lu stout in hong kong, thank you very much. and still to come right here on "cnn newsroom," they rush aid to tonga following disasters. blake? >> aid is finally arriving in tonga six days aft...

I cant get over, five olympics in track. i mean, thats just -- >> one of the best athletes of our time. >> absolutely right. andy shoals, appreciate it. and closing ceremony for the summer olympics, less than five hours from now, ahead this hour well take you live to tokyo for a preview with our blake esseg. later tom daley, diver of great britain shares his way to stay calm. coming back, another provincial capitalists coming under attack. ill speak to a book author about life under the taliban ...

They had a pretty good run. as competition wraps up tokyo preparing for the closing ceremony. that will be a little over four hours from now, so why dont we pop over to tokyo. blake is standing by there. its all going to be happening. what might we expect? there wasnt a lot of detail about what was going to happen but there obviously wont be the atmosphere of closing ceremonies of years gone by. >> reporter: you know, michael, for now we really dont know much about the closing ceremony, although...