Memorial For George Floyd Held In Raeford, North Carolina
WHITFIELD: Around the globe people are protesting the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police, but today they are also remembering his life and the family he leaves behind. Right now, people are gathering in Raeford, North Carolina, close to Fayetteville where he was born in North Carolina. A memorial is scheduled to take place in just a few minutes. CNN's Dianne Gallagher is there now. And Dianne, we understand that George Floyd's family is arriving. Is that who we're seeing?</s>DIANNE GALLAGHER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Fred. You are seeing George Floyd's family get out of these vehicles right now, dressed in white. They just drove off. They're coming in. The memorial itself is going to be beginning in about 15 minutes. Again, this is a family memorial. This is supposed to be private for them so they can say goodbye to their loved one. His sister Bridgett lives here in Raeford. She asked the sheriff to help her put this together because she said she wanted to remember her brother for how he lived. He was like a father to her, she said, this father figure, and she wanted to celebrate his life while the rest of the world was reacting and so moved by his death. You can see the family gathering. I spoke with a cousin earlier who said why it is so important for this to happen in Raeford, is because these are his roots. He grew up in Houston, they said, but his roots are here in North Carolina because that's where his mother, the woman who he called out for in his last breath, this is where she was from. This is her family. These are her relatives. And they said most of them have not been able to watch that video to its completion. They don't want to watch it. They want to remember George as he was when he lived and the impact that his death has had on the rest of the world at this point. The relatives we've spoken say that the support from the rest of the world has made it a little easier, but today is going to be tough. Now, this is not going to look like what we saw in Minneapolis on Thursday. This is going to be much smaller. The word that keeps being used here is "intimate." We're talking about local pastors. There are two congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, who are going to speak. But for the most part, these are local pastors who minister to members of the Floyd family. George Floyd's stepmother is going to speak. He has a relative who is going to be singing as well. And they want to keep this as much about George Floyd and the life he lived for 46 years as they possibly can. Many of these family members, Fred, are also planning to make the journey down to Houston for the memorial that's going to happen there in a few days, that funeral in Houston that's going to happen in a few days. But right now they are getting out of those vehicles. They're going to be going inside soon, and we expect the memorial in Raeford to begin shortly.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Dianne Gallagher, thank you so much there in Raeford, North Carolina. Our hearts go out to all the family members of the Floyd family. The NFL commissioner makes a noteworthy announcement. Roger Goodell admits the league was wrong for not listening to past protests of its players. Up next, the one name not mentioned in Goodell's statement.