Jan. 30, 2023: Washington confronts the Tyre Nichols tragedy

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

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The brutal and shocking video showing Tyre Nichols being beaten to death by Memphis police officers earlier this month prompted condemnation from all corners of Washington after it was released Friday. Whether it will prompt action is another matter. It has, for now, renewed behind-the-scenes conversations on Capitol Hill about the possibility of bipartisan policing legislation. Aides for key lawmakers on the issue, including Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), as well as White House staff, made calls through the weekend to set the stage for further talks. To be clear, any negotiations will not start from a hopeful place. The last round of negotiations between Booker and Scott collapsed in September 2021 in a flurry of behind-the-scenes finger-pointing that threw the whole framework of a potential deal into question. Playbook editor Mike DeBonis joins the show to explain how policing reform efforts might look in Congress.

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0:00.0	Presented by the American Petroleum Institute.
0:04.7	Hey there, Playbook listeners.
0:06.8	I'm Roguminawold-Ovalin.
0:08.2	Chuck Schumer speaks on the debt ceiling, plus a look at policing reform in Congress.
0:13.5	Here are the big things we're watching on Monday, January 30th.
0:18.3	Politicas, Burgess Everett, and Olivia Beavers recently had the chance to sit down with Senate
0:23.5	Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
0:25.3	You can catch the full read in today's playbook, but he did have this to say when it comes
0:29.4	to the dead ceiling.
0:30.8	Schumer said Hillbrook no hostage-taking, no brinksmanship from the GOP on the dead ceiling.
0:36.8	Even as he acknowledged, some very extreme people
0:39.8	are positioned to wield power in the House. Schumer had this to say. The plan is to get our
0:45.4	Republican colleagues in the House to understand they're flirting with disaster and hurting
0:50.4	the American people, and to let the American people understand that as well, and I think we'll win.
0:57.1	One thing to circle on your calendar this week, President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker
1:01.6	Kevin McCarthy at the White House on Wednesday.
1:08.6	The quite frankly brutal and shocking video showing Tyree Nichols being beaten to death by Memphis police officers prompted condemnation from all corners of Washington after it was released last Friday.
1:20.6	Now, whether it'll prompt action is another matter. Playbook editor Mike Dubonis is here to break down how a policing reform bill
1:28.9	might look in Congress. I think people might remember back in 2021, the George Floyd
1:34.3	Justice in Policing Act was introduced in Congress. It got through the House. The House was
1:39.1	then democratically controlled, but it didn't make it through the Senate. There have been
1:43.0	renewed calls to get it through Congress again. Uh, you see happening there? Well, short version is I don't see a
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