police officers with a ceremony led by buddhist monks. we re standing by to see the funeral led by bill de blasio and bill bratton. joining us now is adam reese. can you tell us what you ve seen there this morning? good morning, melissa. the ceremony is about to begin. thousands of officers lining the streets here from new york city around the country, as far away as canada to pay their final respects to wenjian liu. 32 years old, seven years on the force, married for just two months. today, he s the first chinese officer killed in the line of duty. we expect to hear from the fbi director, the mayor, the police commissioner, as well as officer liu s wife and father. when the mayor gives his eulogy we ll look at the officers here to see if they once again turn their backs on him. commissioner bratton has said that this is a funeral for a hero. it s for grieving, not grievances.