both parties. i am joined by political director and jackie kucinich, senior politics editor for the daily beast. we will talk about biden first. listen to some of his speech this morning in pittsburgh. vintage biden, talking about challenges facing the middle class. here s the bottom line. i acknowledge that, i am mad, i am angry. how many people in your own neighborhoods, how many people in your own neighborhoods are in trouble? can look their kids in the eye and say with heart honey, it is going to be okay, it is going to be okay. not enough. because the level playing field doesn t exist. all right, david. labor day, seems like it is tailor made for biden to hit the stump. we will look back at the speech with all of that energy and parade walking, calling this the unofficial start of his campaign? he said we have to ask his
moment now. let s bring in cnn s ryan young, covering the funeral for us. ryan, the outpouring of support there has been huge. reporter: it really has been unbelievable, ana. you can feel the community taking this to heart. everywhere you look, you see blue ribbons like this tied up around the community, as you drive through it. if i step back and show down the street here, people are lining up down the way. they have been here since about 8:30 this morning. i can tell you we have been told that the funeral itself would be pushed back to 2:00. there s a reason why. we will show you that video from the inside. we re told the family wanted to make sure everyone that showed up here had a chance to do a viewing and go by the casket. that s been going on over an hour at this point. people just a steady walk of officers and people walking by the casket. they believe it should start at 2:00, after the line goes through. we believe a thousand police officers will be part of the procession. a
we should remember that this is a tragedy that s going on now for years, it is going to stay probably for the next coming months and years, and we better face it rationally. reporter: so it is also not just a european problem, it is not a german problem, this is a global problem. she was quite critical as many others have been for several days of the gulf arab states, qatar, saudi arabia, arab emirates, kuwait who have taken in zero syrian refugees, despite fueling and paying for the militants in syria, and the united states with its big heart, deep pockets, projecting humanitarian values, has taken in under 1500 syrian refugees since the war began four and a half years ago. a lot of people need to step up to the plate, ana. you talked about some of those gulf nations that have quite a bit of money and they re