that has to be real and concrete. >> ashton woods, black lives matter houston. hton, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, craig. >>> we should point out throughout the course of the afternoon you'll see some of us wearing our masks. others aren't wearing masks. i am not wearing a face covering right now because i'm able to keep that six feet of distance between myself and folks behind the camera and to the sides as well. >>> mourners streaming into the fountain of praise church in houston ahead of that private funeral that starts at noon eastern. first, gwen carr, the mother of eric garner, expressing her support for the floyd family. eric garner died six years ago this summer. his death captured national attention as well after he was seen on video repeatedly saying "i can't breathe" after being put in a chokehold by an nypd officer. today his mother told me why it's so essential that she connects with families like hers. >> there are so many mothers. there are mothers you've never even heard of before that we have met as a club that no one wants to be

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voting for them or how to connect the issues to an audience about to hold people accountable ashton p. woods thank you very much indeed for taking time to talk to us on al-jazeera appreciate it no problem thank you and still following they are the coffin of george floyd the 46 year old black man who was killed when a police officer knelt on his neck in minneapolis and he's now on his way to being buried next to his mother in houston his hometown where he lived as a child. thank us president donald trump is backing an unfounded conspiracy theory about a 75 year old protester who was pushed down by police in the city of buffalo 2 policemen have been charged with assault as public anger rose over a video showing martin with geno falling and bleeding after being shoved by offices but trump has tweeted without evidence that could you know could be a member of the anti fascist movement and to fire and was apparently trying to block police communications he goes on to say that fell harder than he was pushed and that the confrontation may have been a setup you know governor andrew cuomo has condemne