City mayors, police chiefs launch national police reform group; WH officials: Trump weighing executive action on police reform; George Floyd's brother makes emotional plea to lawmakers; Hospitalizations from COVID-19 increasing in at least 12 states

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Minneapolis police chief promises reform, says parts of the police dept are "broken"; Report: Chauvin plea deal discussed before his arrest; At least 12 cities & municipalities are banning chokeholds; WH says Trump will discuss race issues at tomorrow's event; Sen. Tim Scot unveils GOP's police reform plan but says White House is on a "separate track"; Trump: won't remove Confederate leader names from military bases; George Floyd's brother makes emotional plea to lawmakers: "make sure his death is not in vain"; Dems & GOP urge bipartisan cooperation to pass police reform; Arizona officials warn about massive surge in ICU patients; FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test that also looks for mutations; Republicans & Democrats demand investigations after voting issues plague two Georgia counties To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today with the National Lead.
0:07.0	We have to do better. That's the message today from the Minneapolis police chief
0:12.0	in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.
0:14.4	The chief today acknowledging that parts of his own police department are indeed broken.
0:19.6	He promised he will support policing reform. Reform, not just happening in Minneapolis of course,
0:25.0	where Floyd was killed, but in cities nationwide.
0:27.0	And today, George Floyd's brother, Philonis Floyd,
0:30.0	called for action, testifying on Capitol Hill asking lawmakers
0:34.4	there on the House Judiciary Committee for help to stop the pain that he and
0:39.0	many in this country are feeling right now.
0:42.0	George called for help and he was ignored.
0:45.0	Please listen to the call I'm making to you now.
0:49.0	To the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets across the world.
0:57.0	The Minneapolis police chief said today he will withdraw from negotiations with that
1:01.9	city's police union to conduct quote a
1:04.0	thorough review of the contract with the police says
1:07.1	CNN Sarah Seidner now reports.
1:10.4	History is being written now and I'm determined to make sure that we are on the right side of history.
1:16.2	Minneapolis Police Chief Madaria Aradondo laying out a plan for his tarnished police department to move forward following the death of George Floyd at the hands of now four former Minneapolis officers.
1:28.6	People are tired. They want action.
1:31.0	The first want to...
1:32.0	Without ever mentioning the four officers involved by name, the chief revealing two key measures of his plan to change the department.
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