terence moore, thank you.py new year. >> same to you. >>> hi, everyone, you're in the "cnn newsroom," i'm poppy harlow joining you live this afternoon from new york city. our top story is this, tears and solidarity as some 25,000 police officers from across this nation and from canada say good-bye to one of their own. one week ago today rafael ramos and his partner were assassinated and gunned down while sitting in their patrol. today the brothers in blue mourn at a funeral service for officer ramos. ♪ oh come let us adore ♪ oh come let us adore him ♪ oh come let us adore him ♪ christ the lord >> i'm sure i speak for the whole nation, when i say to you that -- that our hearts ache for you. but i do hope you take some solace in the fact that over 25,000 -- 25,000 -- members of the same fraternity and sorority as your husband who stand and will stand with you the rest of your life. your husband and his partner they were a part of new york's finest. and that's not an idle phrase. this is probably the finest polic

sampson davis and terence moore also joining me from atlanta. thank you for being with me, both of you. this report is very shocking. what it states is median wealth for households in the u.s. is $81,000. for white americans, it's $142,000. for black americans, it's $11,000. for hispanics, it is $14,000. dr. davis, to you. your reaction to this? and they go through a number of things. everything from inheritance, to education, to opportunity in terms of employment. >> the numbers are shocking. i mean, that's a huge disparity. >> huge. >> huge. and it's -- you know, it's a number that i personally experienced growing up in struggling situations as well. >> in newark. >> in newark, new jersey. i know the difficulties in trying to raise a family on below average income. and it's tough. it's difficult. especially for the youth of tomorrow who have aspirations to become something great. when they don't have the financial resources that they can turn to to support their dreams and ambitions to become something enlightened. >> you're now a medical doct

let's bring in our expert, terence moore, he joins us from atlanta. he's the sports contributor to cnn.com and columnist for mlb.com. so, do you have a favorite for the heisman? >> yeah, first of all, forget the latter two. they don't have a chance in you know what of winning the thing. it's going to be marrioiota by bunch. that's because quarterbacks always win this thing. literally 12 of the 14 last heisman trophy winners were quarterbacks. the other thing is he is simply the best quarterback in the country. mariota is. you look at the oregon team, they're ranked number two in the country. take him off the roster, they're barely mediocre. he leads the country in passing efficiency. here, poppy, is what i like about this guy. he throws the ball an awful lot. just two interceptions. that's heisman stuff. >> kind of not fair it's always going to the quarterbacks, but that is not for me or you to decide. i want to talk about a more serious and really focal point right now. that is we have seen even this morning on the field in an nfl game some stars bot