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Block. >> yeah. weve been talking about it for a couple of months. daniel lippman, ill talk to you again at the bottom of the hour. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead, an emotional funeral service for stephon clark. what reverend al sharp had to say in his powerful eulogy. and later, president trump takes aim at amazon. are his latest attacks true? those stories and a check on your weather when we come back.

Decision to execute him. now, it is so problematic because they are barking orders, but it doesnt seem like they give him any time to comply with their orders. >> cnns dan simon is joining me now from sacramento. dan, there is going to be a big turnout today for stephon clarks funeral. >> reporter: no question about it, brianna. im in front of the church, the service expected to get under way in a few hours. and theyre really expecting as many as 500 people. it is open to the public. and reveren...

Today. dan simon outside the church where the funeral will be held. dan? >> reporter: well, hi, john. the memorial service will get under way in a few hours, expected to be a very large crowd. as many as 500 people could attend this service, and reverend al sharpton will actually be delivering the eulogy. in the meantime, obviously people are still grieving over this incident, but questions still remain, of course, over what happened with the shooting and the aftermath. specifically questions ab...

Al sharpton will be delivering the eulogy. in the meantime, no new updates as far as the investigation is concerned, but still plenty of questions linger, namely why the police officers muted the microphones just after the shooting. earlier this morning, on "new day", the civil rights attorney benjamin crump addressed that issue. take a look. >> it seems like a very suspicious time to do that. and the family believes that that was when they started to try to conspire to try to cover this up, and...

Responding to that claim. >> it is less than 17 seconds from the moment that they interact with him until they make the decision to execute him. now, its so problematic because they are barking orders, but it doesnt seem like they give him any time to comply with their orders. >> cnns dan simon joins us now from sacramento. dan, i assume this is going to be a big turnout expected for this funeral today. >> reporter: a huge turnout, brianna. people are now beginning to arrive at the church behind...

Eulogy. the protests migrated downtown where marchers blocked traffic shouting "shut it down." cars had their cars surrounded leading to tense confrontation following a tuesday night protest that shut down a city hall meeting as clarks brother refufd to stand down. the -- refused. the city has taken a hands down approach. >> we cannot only get through this. we can be the better for it. >> if we dont get better as a community and police department as a result of this all it does is state a traged...

Waiting to board a plane, 9 were arrested and autobahnmaking materials were seized but it is not known what they planned to target. more protests are expected today at stephanie clarks funeral as outrage bills over the deadly police shooting, rivendell sharpton will deliver the eulogy. likewise many demonstrators went the two officers who shot 20 round-the-clock fired and charged was the officers responding to a call about a man breaking car windows, they claimed he had a gun but only a phone wa...

They also want to see sweeping changes in police departments across the country. clark, a 22-year-old father of two boys was laid to rest today. his funeral drew hundreds of mourners as well as prominent civil rights activists as he supported clarks grieving brother, reverend al sharp ton gave the eulogy and called out the trump administration. >> yesterday, the presidents press secretary said this is a local matter. no, this is not a local matter. theyve been killing young black men all over th...

He was shot 20 times by police nearly two weeks ago. the fatal shooting has sparked heated protests. californias attorney general is now joining the investigation into the shooting. nbcs joe fire joins me from sacramento with the very latest. joe, what are we expecting from the funeral today? i know theres been a lot of anger, a lot of grief. >> reporter: thats right. thats the best way to sum it up, andrea. a lot of anger and a lot of grief. the funeral is scheduled to take place in an hour and...

Is privatization of the va. thats been a big conversation thats been going on in the past several weeks. there are major conservative leaning organizations such as the koch brothers, veterans organizations, pushing conservatives on the hill to consider privatization of certain elements of the va. where does he stand on that? we dont know. >> phillipe, shermichael, ari, thank you. president trump just arriving in cleveland where hell talk up his infrastructure plan at this hour, but will his wh...