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A cloud of debris and 18 more strikes followed. >> it can penetrate deeper. >> reporter: the air campaign isnnin an impressive display of american firepower, but is it winning the war against isis? has the bombing campaign taken back any territory from isis? >> id say approximately 700 i square square kilometers have been regained. >> reporter: thats in iraq where isis still holds 55,000 square kilometers it seized from iraqi and kurdish forces. in syria, isis is still expanding. >> isil has gre...

Chirlane mccray. both of them drawing criticism after he made remarks about how he instructed his own son to be concerned if he was ever stopped by the police officers. this is a private ceremony we are being told. there will be an nypd chaplain. there will also be people there to honor him in the way of buddhism. the family of wenjian liu specifically from china, about six of them were flown over. thats one of the reasons that this whole thing was delayed, but just pause for a moment and look a...

Miguel marquez. sara ganim, both of them out there on the streets of brooklyn. miguel lets start with you. the family inside their pain and suffering just immense right now. >> reporter: it has been an extraordinarily tough time for them. clearly its been a tough 2350i78time for the 2347d asnypd as well. the mix of everything to have the protests going on to have the rancor between the mayors office and nypd even before these two deaths and then to have these two individuals assassinated in this...

Staff. >> i aint gonna play yall games. >> there was some pain behind those eyes. you could see it, which perhaps led to anger with all the rules and the fact that she wasnt in control. >> either take the rod out of my ass or just stick it on in. >> all right. yall ready? >> during our stay at tennessee, culbertsons disciplinary write-ups played a major role in her being denied parole. >> recommend she be granted parole at this time would have an adverse effect on the institutional discipline. m...

Casket. he was deeply religious and volunteered as an you shall sheer helping people to their seats, seats filled tonight in his honor. >> he saw being a policeman as his ministry. he was being prepared to be a chaplain for the nypd and to see him lose his life this way is difficult for anyone to understand. >> governor cuomo and mayor de blasio, among the dignitaries. it was the police officers across the country who waited hours to get in. >> for him to have given his life, we have to pay trib...

Assassinated nearly 43 years ago. those officers were killed for their color. they were killed because they were blue. and that desire to serve led him to the police academy at 33 years of age. your mom said hed come home tired going through it. but he came home with a pass. and that desire to serve led him to desire to become a chaplain. and im privileged to today that im appointing him an an honorary department chaplain of the 84th precinct. [ applause ]

Way to sort of reign in the level of discontent and between the police and the area they serve. >> right. you know officer ramos personally. so what would you like us to know about him? >> he was an amazing man. he was a kind man. took our course and passed it. he excelled in every aspect of it. it was a great honor not only to see that the commissioner went ahead and bestowed upon the honor of being an nypd chaplain to him posthumously but it is an honor for all of us here. we were blessed. >> ...

Dump de blasio. all of this happening at a difficult time for city. >> miguel marquez just outside the church in queens where the funeral is coming to conclusion. he makes reference to of course the divide between the new york city police department and the mayor. there are other divides actually that stretch well beyond new york city and as if referencing to that it was the police commissioner of new york who said that to heal as a city could be the ultimate honor to these two fallen officers. ...

Police officer. i will always love you and i will never forget you. rest in peace, dad. >> he was god, he was god, because the heart he had is compared to other peoples heart. >> reporter: ramos cousin told "the wall street journal" that god was a priority in his life. the 40-year-old officer in recent years grew more passionate about his church. on his facebook page a quote reads if your way isnt working, try gods way. the same page said officer ramos had been married since 1993 and once studie...

Good-bye to officer rafael ramos. he was a 14-year member here at christ tabernacle church. he was loved here and also at the 84th precinct where he worked. he was a real family man, always talking about his two boys, and studying to become a chaplain. he will get a degree from the semina seminary. the vice president has arrived as has the mayor and police commissioner. they will all speak in memory of officer ramos. >> adam, tell us what people are