May 25, 2021: How Washington will mark George Floyd’s death
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🗓️ 25 May 2021
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| 0:00.0 | Presented by Facebook. |
| 0:02.0 | It's Tuesday morning. I'm Olivia Reingold, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing. |
| 0:10.0 | One year ago today, George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. |
| 0:16.0 | Within a few days, protests erupted all over the country from Chicago, |
| 0:24.6 | to Washington, D.C., to soon all over the world. |
| 0:44.4 | We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States. No peace! No peace! No peace! |
| 0:49.3 | Now, 365 days later, President Joe Biden had hoped that Congress would have passed a police reform bill by now. |
| 1:02.7 | You might remember him setting this goal during his high profile addressed to Congress last month. |
| 1:08.1 | I know Republicans have their own ideas and are engaged in a very productive |
| 1:12.4 | discussions with Democrats in the Senate. We need to work together to find a consensus. But let's |
| 1:18.5 | get it done next month by the first anniversary of George Floyd's death. But with no bill |
| 1:25.7 | insight, Biden has instead invited Floyd's family to the Oval Office today. |
| 1:31.0 | They'll be having a closed door meeting at 1.30 p.m. no press allowed. |
| 1:41.3 | Before then, CNN is reporting this morning that the Floyd family will visit Congress meeting |
| 1:47.0 | with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Karen Bass, |
| 1:52.0 | the lead House negotiator on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
| 1:57.0 | Their goal? To press lawmakers to finish the legislation. |
| 2:03.1 | The big sticking point remains qualified immunity for police, but on Monday, Bass and the two |
| 2:09.4 | lead Senate negotiators, that's Booker, a Democrat, and Republican Tim Scott released a statement |
| 2:15.3 | noting their making, quote, progress towards a compromise |
| 2:18.4 | and remain optimistic about the prospects of achieving that goal. |
| 2:22.8 | Senator, thank you so much for joining me. |
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