Morning Joe 5/25/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The family of George Floyd will meet with President Joe Biden and congressional lawmakers on Tuesday — exactly one year after he was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.

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0:00.0	Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe.
0:08.4	It is Tuesday, May 25th, along with Joe, Willie, and me.
0:12.4	We have member of the New York Times editorial board, Mara Gay, and president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Hoas. Good to have you all on board this morning.
0:24.4	Today marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by former police officer Derek
0:29.6	Chauvin. Attorney for the Floyd family, Ben Crump, tells NBC News the family will meet with House
0:36.0	Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Karen Bass this
0:40.0	morning, as well as several senators from both parties. And then they will meet with President
0:45.5	Biden at the White House. Crump told NBC News he views the White House visit as an opportunity to
0:53.3	pay proper respect to George Floyd with the president who has
0:58.0	been in continuous communication with the family. Crump said he hopes the visit will keep momentum going
1:05.2	toward passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Willie?
1:10.9	And with this day, it also marks the deadline set
1:13.9	by President Biden for Congress
1:15.6	to present a police reform package.
1:18.1	While they will miss that date,
1:19.4	the lead negotiators from both parties
1:21.8	are optimistic.
1:22.8	A deal is now within reach.
1:26.1	So we continue to work on the process. And I think we had good progress over the weekend, I thought.
1:31.3	And I think we can see the end of the time.
1:36.3	I think we are, we're starting to see a frame.
1:41.3	We made a lot of progress over the weekend.
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