failed us. penny faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted of lance louther. a charge lawyers for any least family say does not go far enough. joining us now is president of the national action network, and host of msnbc s politicsnation. reverend al sharpton. and as we saw in emily s piece, he gave the eulogy at jordan neely s funeral on friday. reverend, first of all if you could tell us most about the funeral. about his family is doing. what do you think needs that happen moving forward? his family clearly is struggling with the loss of life. of someone that they loved. right at the same church that we had the funeral. in the baptist church with reverend johnny greene. one of the most respected in the country. it was the same place 14 years ago. that they funeral lives jordan neely s mother. jordan sitting there.
penny faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter, a charge lawyers for neely s family say doesn t go far enough emilie ikeda is joining us live now. so emilie, we ve heard from daniel penny, but what about jordan neely s family how else are they soften the public s so hallie, the neely family attorne called the interview an advertisement to soften the public s view of penny, demanding they want to know why he didn t let go of the chokehold sooner emilie ikeda, thank you. just south of the border ten people have been killed and nine others hurt after gunmen ambushed a group of drivers at a road race. listen you can hear some of whwhat it sounded like [ gunshots ] this happened in baja, california which is in northern mexico. when the attackers got out of a gray van and started shooting at drivers at a gas station. officials say they have not found the suspects yet to a very scary scene in el salvador now. a deadly stampede at a
board. penny wasn t initially arrested, quickly spawning protests that spilled on to subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide over crimes, so called vigilanteism and the response to record levels of homelessness. on friday, hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse. they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that desperately failed us. penny faces 15 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter. a charge lawyers for neely s family says doesn t go far enough. the family attorney reacting to the interview, calling it an