guest: i was disappointed that the george floyd justice in policing act stalled in the u.s. senate. it's not perfect legislation. we all know that. i certainly didn't think it was perfect. there were some areas that i didn't necessarily agree with. but we needed to do something. legislation seldom protects anyone and with developing national standards, that will help give police departments the tools they need. we have over 18,000 law enforcement agencies in our country. god bless the men and women who do the job right every day. it is a tough job. we have police department's that are 36000 and as few as 10 or less than that. i believe developments of national standards in terms of hiring and training, in terms of the proper use of what meant especially those coming from the federal government are good things. modifying policies -- hiring the brightest and the best. we know we have to have men and women who have the temperament for the job. giving police departments initial funding or whatever it takes to expand their scope to have -- to hire people that have the right temperament.

the person involved with george floyd have been held accountable. the officers were quickly fired, relieved of duty five of the seven the other investigations are ongoing. they are being held accountable. and that is what we want to see. yes we have a long way to go it is not the responsibility of our counsel or one person'snt police department the community issueco the community is the police and the police is the community. but we should be encouraged by the swift action we have seen with the george floyd case to add and tyree nichols. let's keep moving forward and i know in doing that it is an emotional issue the police have a tough job. i get it. i have done it but we also have provisions in place to not only protect the citizens that we serveve but also police officers that is what police executives taking responsibility for their own changes that's what they can do to help protect innocent people those police officers going after prison, no one wants to see that but seeing a young man or woman lose their life unnecessarily and tragically, no o

just like george floyd was calling for his mother. that is something you have to be a black man, the only thing between you and disaster was your mother. to understand what calling for your mother means. somewhere deep in my heart, i understood becausehe only thing that kept the kids from laughing at a sandwich in school, she couldn't afford enough to put meat there, but mama would make that all right for me. and he knew that if he could just get his mother, they w quit beating him and quit stomping on him. all he wanted was to get me. now, home is not just a place. home is not just a physical location. home is where you are at peace. home is where you don't have to keep your dukes up. home is where you are not vulnerable. home is where everything is all right. he said, all i want to do is get home. i come to memphis to say that the reason i keep going is all i'm trying to do is get home. i want to get where they can't treat me with a double standard. i'm trying to get home. i want to get where they can't call me names anymore. want t

just like george floyd. calling for his mother. some of you have to be a black man, the only thing between you and disaster was your mother, to understand what calling for your mother means. somewhere deep in my heart, i understood tyre. because only thing that kept the kids from laughing at my banana sandwiches in school, because she couldn't afford enough to put meat there, but mama would make it all right for me. he knew if he could just get mother that they would quit beating him and quit stomping on him. all he wanted to do was get home. now home, reverend bryant, is not just a place. home is not just a physical location. home is where you are at peace. home is where you don't have to keep your dukes up. home is where you're not vulnerable. home is where everything is all right. he said all i want to do is get home. i come to memphis to say the reason i keep going is all i'm trying to do is get home. i want to get where they can't keep me with a double standard. i'm trying to get home. i want to get where they can't call me na

and what happened with george floyd is not forgotten. and to so many, many other young black men, predominantly by the hands of, of police white or black. terry nichols will hopefully be the last a public face of rage and anger and disappointment. offer predominantly, i mean, of many, many, many millions of americans and black americans trying to really change the system. i think this is what the, the, this community specifically today, but in general, and also a larger public really wants from politicians. accountability in police forces across the country, and it measures implemented that prevent something like this or something similar like this from happening in the future. a community grieving right now, but seeking change as soon as possible, chef and simons in washington. many thank me. on mars military authorities have announced the 6th month extension to a state of emergency. there is a likely further delay election. they had pledged hold by august, myanmar is marking 2 years since the military hunter out at censored, she's elec

just like george floyd. calling for his mother. some of you have to be a black man, the only thing between you and disaster was your mother, to understand what calling for your mother means. somewhere deep in my heart, i understood tyre. because only thing that kept the kids from laughing at my banana sandwiches in school, because she couldn't afford enough to put meat there, but mama would make it all right for me. he knew if he could just get mother that they would quit beating him and quit stomping on him. all he wanted to do was get home. now home, reverend bryant, is not just a place. home is not just a physical location. home is where you are at peace. home is where you don't have to keep your dukes up. home is where you're not vulnerable. home is where everything is all right. he said all i want to do is get home. i come to memphis to say the reason i keep going is all i'm trying to do is get home. i want to get where they can't keep me with a double standard. i'm trying to get home. i want to get where they can't call me na

, not people who were killed like george floyd. what they care most about is guns. >> you said something before, and you said only 11% of people are not interested in some kind of change. and the congressional black caucus and myself working as the ranking member, cory booker, and many others, the advocate civil rights groups, lawyers like ben crump and others, here's what we have said. this is american history. we ask the question, whether any american wants to see their loved one beat on the streets like tyre nichols was or killed on the streets like george floyd, or anyone else. and the answer is no. so i'm going to ask republicans, i'm not finished. it has to be 2023. i'll be reaching across the aisle and simply asking that question. is this the way to have law and order in this country? the four corners of this bill may be expanded, may be modified, but the key element is an infrastructure of guidance for police of the 18,000 departments with training, with ending racial profiling, stopping the escalation, dealing with excessi

." >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> there's a lot of hard work ahead. there are a lot of serious challenges facing this city and facing this police department. >> brian o'hara is the first new police cef in minneapolis since the murder of george floyd, a job he says he knew in his gut he was meant to do. >> i feel as though i've been uniquely qualified to come here in this moment. >> after a career in the newark, new jersey, police department, where he was in charge of solving persistent police brutality and civil-rights violations, chief o'hara assumes his role in minneapolis at a critical time. >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> with the fatal beating of tyre nichols in memphis last month renewing calls for reform... >> i'm didn't do anything! >> ...o'hara was quick to condemn the brutality even before the video was released. >> it was terrible. it was horrible. it was an aberration. with police budgets the subject of fierce debate, recruiting and retaining officers a challenge, and crime rates and gun violence on v

." >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> there's a lot of hard work ahead. there are a lot of serious challenges facing this city and facing this police department. >> brian o'hara is the first new police chief in minneapolis since the murder of george floyd, a job he says he knew in his gut he was meant to do. >> i feel as though i've been uniquely qualified to come here in this moment. >> after a career in the newark, new jersey, police department, where he was in charge of solving persistent police brutality and civil-rights violations, chief o'hara assumes his role in minneapolis at a critical time. >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> with the fatal beating of tyre nichols in memphis last month renewing calls for reform... >> i'm didn't do anything! >> ...o'hara was quick to condemn the brutality even before the video was released. >> it was terrible. it was horrible. it was an aberration. >> with police budgets the subject of fierce debate, recruiting and retaining officers a challenge, and crime rates and gun violence

." >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> there's a lot of hard work ahead. there are a lot oferious challenges facing this city and facing this police department. >> brian o'hara is the first new police chief in minneapolis since the murder of george floyd, a job he says he knew in his gut he was meant to do. >> i feel as though i've been uniquely qualified to come here in this moment. >> after a career in the newark, new jersey, police department, where he was in charge of solving persistent police brutality and civil-rights violations, chief o'hara assumes his role in minneapolis at a critical time. >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> say his name! >> tyre nichols! >> with the fatal beating of tyre nichols in memphis last month renewing calls for reform... >> i'm didn't do anything! >> ...o'hara was quick to condemn the brutality even before the video was released. >> it was terrible. it was horrible. it was an aberration. >> with police budgets the subject of fierce debate, recruiting and retaining officers a challge, and crime rates and gun violence on

george floyd is not forgotten. what happened with george floyd is not forgotten. to so many other young black men predominately by the hands of police, white or black. tyre nichols will hopefully be the last public face of rage and anger and disappointment of many millions of americans and black americans trying to change the system. i think this is what this community specifically today but in general, also the larger public once from politicians. accountability in police forces across the country and measures implemented that prevent something like this or something similar like this from happening in the future. >> a community grieving but seeking change as soon as possible. many thanks. let's take a look at other stories making headlines around the world. authorities have raided the home of one of ukraine's richest men and former volodymyr zelenskyy allie. ukraine security service says it has uncovered embezzlement to the tune of $1 billion. turkish president erdogan says ankara will look positive on finland's bid to join nato. he will -- u.s. president biden

reporter: republicans who have expressed resistance to passing the george floyd bill have argued that there is no law that would have prevented the deadly beating of tyre nichols. does the white house agree with that? karine: look, i'll say this. when it comes to this issue, the police -- police reform and dealing with an issue that's certainly affecting many communities, the brown and black communities, specifically, and asking -- would -- would the george floyd in justice in policing act have changed anything? we believe it would have strengthened accountability measures which we think is important for federal it would give the department of justice expanded powers to go after departments that have patterns or practices of excessive force by its policing and other unconstitutional practices. it would require the department of justice to establish accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies. it would require officers to complete training on racial profiling and implicit bias and the duty to intervene when an officer uses excessive force. the president has asked to pass the g

george floyd, breonna taylor, philando castile. we must carry their memories with us as we address justice. we have an obligation to the family of tyre nichols, to the family of oscar leon sanchez, cornered and shot while suffering a mental health crisis, to the family of anthony lowe, shot in the back multiple times by lapd. i might add, a double amputee and someone living in a wheelchair. and to the family of tee nan anderson, toewsed to death in a routine traffic stop. i am honored that dominique hamilton, kenan's fiancee, will join me tomorrow for the 2023 state of the union address as one of the far too many people affected by police brutality in 2023 alone. her bravely shines through. i hope we can all take inspiration from her and all those killed at the hands of police this year. we must do more to hold our law enforcement officers accountable and stop this epidemic of state sanctioned murder. thank you and i yield back my time to congressman ivee -- ivey. mr. ivey: i would like to yield to my colleague, ms. sheila jackson

there is one in congress, it is named after george floyd. it aims to increase police accountability. but, it stalled in congress because it can't get enough republican support. after tyre nichols' death come across party talks begin in the senate in an attempt to revive the george floyd policing act. the two sides are pretty far apart. they can't find a way to agree on getting rid of qualified immunityor police officers, which stops prosecutions or convictions. we heard today that democrats want to introduce another clause to the bill, a special tyre nichols provision. one that would compel police to intervene if they see fellow officers assaulting a suspect, and compel them to offer aid and assistance of a suspect has been injured. but, putting that in the bill does not make it more likely to pass. it will be as a result of negotiations in the senate and they would need to find compromise that they simply couldn't when they were trying to pass this legislation two years ago in the wake of the shocking death of george floyd. another moment t

it's like the devilish arm to show them to george floyd case. you see, you have a 20 year hair bag with rookies one in 2 years. they came out. one had a few months on the job. he learned everything by the booked by the numbers. he's ready to go for a b, c, d. you get a 20 year guy teach you have those go right to z kill and that's something else that police are has to fix. do you put a rookie with somebody with 10 years that's been involved in 2 or 3 shootings? decide you want him to train the caps or the same? what were the female? shut the guy in minneapolis. same thing. female training office as she pushed a rookie out the way, who's gone and to grab the granite car, the young man a, she, she shoots him. so they have to figure out how you gonna, trainees work is were what i really think they need to do. we took by d far. we allocate our money and police, and i think we need to give this money to community based organizations. as like, watch dogs, i think was need to have civilian patrol out there every night. just to be the, as it is, i have

there is one in congress, it is named after george floyd. it aims to increase police accountability. but, it stalled in congress because it can't get enough republican support. after tyre nichols' death come across party talks begin in the senate in an attempt to revive the george floyd policing act. the two sides are pretty far apart. they can't find a way to agree on getting rid of qualified immunityor police officers, which stops prosecutions or nvictions. we heard today that democrats want to introduce another clause to the bill, a special tyre nichols provision. one that would compel police to intervene if they see fellow officers assaulting a suspect, and compel them to offer aid and assistance of a suspect has been injured. but,utting that in the bill does not make it more likely to pass. it will be as a result of negotiations in the senate and they would need to find compromise that they simply couldn't when they were trying to pass this legislation two years ago in the wake of the shocking death of george floyd. another moment that

just like george floyd was calling for his mother. something you'd have to be a black man that only thing between you and disaster was your mother. to understand what calling for your mother means. somewhere deep in my heart i understood tyre because only thing that kept the kids from laughing at my banana sandwiches in school because she couldn't afford enough to put meat there but momma would make it all right for me and he knew if he could just get mother, that they would quit beating him and quit stomping on him. all he wanted to do was get home. now, home, reverend, home is not just a place. home is not just a physical location. home is where you are at peace. home is where you don't have to keep your dukes up. home is where you're not vulnerable. home is where everything is all right. he said all i want to do is get home. i come to memphis to say the reason i keep going is all i'm trying to do it get home. i want to get where they can't treat me with a double standard. i'm trying to get home. i want to get where they can't call

george floyd was murdered by derek showman in minneapolis. minnesota. oh, what does it say that we're here? again, tyree nichols 29 year old black men beaten to death by police. oh cor, i'm gonna start with you when you see something like that. when you look at this, where we are at this moment, what he think i think is pretty shy and her mom and, and we could george floyd and the over unarmed process. so let me just say in my estimation, when ever someone is unarmed and get killed by the police, all a culpability to me is on the police. because when you have des engaged, mister only person that has like a 100000 miles for training is to police, and they're supposed to be, but at the escalate is supposed to protect sir preserved property, all of that good stuff and bring people in on using their lease force as possible. there's no way that anybody should be diane, at the hands of police, enter on law, unless it's really a tragic accident where we know this was definitely intention and inquiry when you, when you see that this happens, despite the fact th

george floyd was murdered by derek. shaven in minneapolis, minnesota. oh, what does it say that we're here? again? tyrene nichols 29 year old black man beaten to death by police. oh cor i'm gonna start with you when you see something like that. when you look at this, where we are at this moment, what do you think? i think is pretty shy and her mom and and we could jaws floyd and over on our process so limited in my estimation when ever some one is unarmed and get killed by the police. all a culpability to me is on the police. because when you have des engaged, mister only person that has like a 100000 miles for touring, is to police and a supposed to be, would it be escalate is supposed to protect sir preserved property, all of that good stuff and bring people in on using a lease force as possible. there's no way that anybody should be diane, at the hands of police and on law, unless it's really a tragic accident where we know this was definitely intentional and inquiry when you, when you see that this happens, despite the fact that he was unarmed in de

just like george floyd was calling for his mother. something you'd have to be a black man, the only thing between you and disaster was your mother. to understand what calling for your mother means, somewhere deep in my heart i understood tyre. because the only thing that kept the kids from laughing at my banana sandwiches in school, because she couldn't afford enough to put meat there, but mama would make it all right for me. and he knew if he could just get mother, that they would quit beating him and quit stomping on him. all he wanted to do was get home. now, home, reverend jamal bryant, home is not just a place. home is not just a physical location. home is where you are at peace. home is where you don't have to keep your dukes up. home is where you're not vulnerable. home is where everything is all right. he said all i want to do is get home. i come to memphis to say the reason i keep going is all i'm trying to do is get home. i want to get where they can't treat me with a double standard. i'm trying to get home. i want to get wh

george floyd was murdered by derek. shaven in minneapolis, minnesota. oh, what does it say that we're here? again? tyrene nichols 29 year old black man beaten to death by police. oh cor i'm gonna start with you when you see something like that. when you look at this, where we are at this moment, what do you think? i think is pretty sad. and her mom in waco jaws floyd an over unarmed process. so let me just say in my estimation, when ever someone is unarmed and get killed by the police, all a culpability to me is on the police. because when you have des engaged, mister only person that has like a 100000 miles hope training is to police and a supposed to be, would it be escalate is supposed to protect sir? preserve property, all of that good stuff and bring people in are using a lease force as possible. there's no way that anybody should be diane, at the hands of police and on law, unless it's really a tragic accident where we know this was definitely intentional and inquiry when you, when you see that this happens, despite the fact that he was unarmed in

george floyd was murdered by derek showman in minneapolis. minnesota. oh, what does it say that we're here? again, tyree nichols 29 year old black man beaten to death by police. oh cor, i'm gonna start with you when you see something like that. when you look at this, where we are at this moment, what do you think? i think is pretty sad and her mom and, and we could george floyd an over unarmed process. so let me just say in my estimation, when ever someone is unarmed and get killed by the police, all a culpability to me is on the police. because when you have des engaged, mister only person that has like a 100000 household training, is to police, and they're supposed to be, but at the escalate is supposed to protect sir, preserve property, all of that good stuff and bring people in are using a lease force as possible, there's no way that anybody should be diane, at the hands of police and on law, unless it's really a tragic accident where we know this was definitely intentional and inquiry when you, when you see that this happens, despite the fact that

. >> ryan o'hara, the first new police chief in minneapolis since the murder of george floyd. a job he says, he knew he was meant to do in his gut. >> i have been uniquely qualified to come here, in this moment. >> after a career in the newark, new jersey police department, where he was in charge of assisting police brutality in civil rights violations, chief o'hara assumes his role at the minneapolis department at a nickel time. with the fatal beating of tyre nichols in this last month, renewing calls for reform. >> i didn't do anything! >> o'hara was quick to condemn the brutality, even before the video was released. >> it was terrible. it was horrible. it was an aberration. >> with the subject of fierce debates, recruiting and retaining officers, a challenge with permits and gun violence on voters' minds. what does chief brian o'hara say now? >>> "firing line," with margaret hoover, made possible in part by robert erie, charles r. schwab, the fairweather foundation, the asmus family foundation and by the roslyn p. walter foundation, the center for the study of the internati

floyd, if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful, many politicians on both sides are hopeful. it will because that's what, not only kimberly harris, but also al sharpton and everybody there and everybody in the community, black labs can manor community and those families who lost their daughters, brothers sisters, her husband's father's mothers, and hoping for real change. and al sharpton said in his eulogy, which was really strong that he and many, many, many others will not stop fighting for the george flood, policing and justice. and going through congress, real reform, structural reform, accountability for police, and then the prevention of something happening. what we just witnessed on video for the world to see, to tarry nicholas other stuff. and what about the

yes, we won some cases recently, george floyd, those cops injured are in jail tonight. mohammed arbery, those people are in jail tonight. it's not just gaining political power, it's gaining change. for those here and there, you need a federal law which everybody can be held to the same standard. >> there's also something about incentivizing people to be human to each other. you talk about skin in the game, what is so sad about this is that the notion of the biden would have to be happening punitively. it's not that we can remind each other that we are in this together, that the anti-blackness is a poison which spreads throughout the black community, as it does with the white communities and many other communities. you have incentivize people by saying that the law is going to come and get you. >> i don't believe that those five black policeman would've done this to a white kid. the argument is that crime is up in many areas, and that is true. we ought to fight crime, and we do, all of us do, in all of our organizations. the fact is that you know on the white side of tow

and what happened with george floyd is not forgotten. and to so many, many other young black men, predominantly by the hands of, of police white or black it, sorry nichols will oh, will be the last a public face of rage and anger and disappointment. offer prominently of many, many, many millions of americans and black americans trying to really change the system. i think this is walked the, this community specifically today, but in general, also a larger public really wants from politicians, accountability in police forces across the country and measures implemented that prevent something like this or something similar like this from happening in the future. a community grieving right now, but seeking change as soon as possible. chef on simon's in washington. many, thanks. take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. today. authorities have rated the home of one of ukraine's richest men and former zalinski l. i e, who are column why ski green security service says it has uncovered embezzlement to the tune of $

we did not have a george floyd police act before george floyd, even though it died on the senate floor, there is now an opportunity for senate democrats to revive that measure and see if they are willing to fight. do they have the moral fortitude to fight for what is right with respect to police reform, and so that is the question that tyre nichols legacy helps to answer. >> i have been thinking a lot about that big picture question, eddie, of willingness to change, and so last night, i went back again to james baldwin's deeply thought provoking essay, "nothing personal" on isolation, on police brutality. you pointed out a year or so ago, he wrote it under the shadow of medgar evers assassination in 1963 is you called that essay a eulogy of sorts. i wonder, would your eulogy today for tyre nichols come to a different conclusion than baldwin did? is the call to action the same? >> wow, would it be different? no. there at the root of it, chris, is this refusal of the country to comes to terms with who and what it is. baldwin not only wrote about police generally but black police but how

the vice president urged congress to approve a package of police reforms, call the george floyd justice and policing act. this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress passed the george lloyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it asked. r, corresponded in washington stephan simons, whether congress is likely to pass police reform sought by those at the funeral. i'll. that's a tough question. you know, if you would have asked me 3 years ago after recovered or the untimely and horrible death of george floyd. if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful. many politicians on both s

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i'm the governor of minnesota when the entire world watched george floyd be murdered in front of that the trauma from here to berlin how do we rectify safety in our communities where people are safe from crime and gun crime. but also safe and feel engage with the people who are there to protect them they are not mutually exclusive ideas republicans seized on the defend the police the vast majority talking about 21 days of the beast the black church leaders measuring results of a 67 percent talk about policing and broader way but we need police officers i talk about minnesota those of you who never been to minnesota that it's a cold state they seem nice and prince was from their. [laughter] images are not real the public schools are some of the best in the country. at the aggregate the data there is large disparities in homeownership or educational outcomes and we took that on during covid and with health inequities when we started to give out covid shots based on the vulnerability indexes and i heard back on that. just like that springsteen ticket. and we have made some progress that

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so is congress likely to pass the george floyd to justice and policing act? is i washington correspondent stephan simons. are that's a tough question. you know, if you would have asked me 3 years ago after recovered or the untimely and horrible death of george floyd. if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful. many politicians on both sides are hopeful. it will because that's what, not only kimberly harris, but also al sharpton and everybody there and everybody in the community black lives matter community and those families who lost their daughters, brothers sisters, her husband's father's mothers. and hoping for real change and al chopped and sat in his eulogy which was really strong.

they saw the george floyd video. end yet they did this -- and yet they did this. if officers thought that they were doing something wrong, black or otherwise, they would not do it and they definitely would not do it if they were on camera and thought they would be caught. i just want to bring our attention back to the fact of the brutality of the stop and the encounter, but to emphasize that this was treated in a very ordinary way by the officers on the ground, right, and the video that i have watched of the encounter -- in the video that i have watched of the encounter. some say, well, you don't like the police, you're not being nice to the police. but i think is i've shared before, violence is central to policing without the violence, it is not policing. instead of thinking about quick fixes, like a more diverse police department solving the problem of violence, no, it will not, because it's at the root of policing and until we come from that violence, we are not going to get very far. julian: i do want to talk about the video you mentioned that was so unsettlin

>> i just need whatever that george floyd bill we need it past. [applause] we need to take some action. because there should be no other child should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here we have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed. because if we don't, that blood, the next child dies, that blood is gonna be on their hands. >> we sit on the show a number of times in the last few days, then i personally find myself feeling kind of awful vertigo in the aftermath of tyre nichols brutal death. stop on the question of how to make deaths like this stop and why they keep happening. and with the aftermath of mass shootings, which we also cover way to regularly on this show, the proposed solutions, including the george floyd justice and policing act, never seem adequately scaled to cross the vast expanse of the problem. and then i tell myself that it always seems that way with any big social program and, it also seems this way after these very particular kinds of american tragedies. stolen base donors are you cross the river

they could not do it after george floyd. there will be very difficult to do it now in this divided congress. what can happen at the local level? i think there is pressure to try to make some differences. they disbanded the part of the police force that was able to do this. but at the same time it is like what is going to happen? i do not think we have good answers. yamiche: i want to ask about the trauma you are hearing from black people and people in this country who apart from calls for change, part of the funeral was mourning the loss of someone who should be here to raise his child. >> every life has worth. this person, he was a skateboarder, a father, he was beloved. his mother, that was her baby. i know i have a son. he will always be myaby. and she lost him. i think there is a pain in that that we carry that is physical, meaningful. i don't think this country fully deals with it. it is too much. >> i totally agree and i think that one of the sad things this reminds us of is the disconnect between that kind of trauma a

we want them to pass the george floyd police reform at this time. they owe us that. they owe this family that. they owe all of us who have been hurt or brutalized as a result of interactions with law enforcement in this country. and when that happens, we have to call on the tennessee general assembly. we have to stay focused on humidity, stay focused on the cause, stay focused on making sure tyre nichols did not diane vang. justice for tyree! >> justice for tyre! amy: van turner, president of the naacp in memphis. we're joined now by two guests. andrea ritchie is a lawyer and organizer who has worked on policing and criminalization issues for over 30 years. she is the author of several books, including most recently, "no more police: case for abolition," co-authored with mariame kaba. she is joining us from detroit. in washington, d.c., we're joined by justin hansford. he is a human rights lawyer and howard university school of law professor. founder and executive director of the thurgood marshall civil rights center. professor hansford is also the first american nom

floyd, if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful, many politicians on both sides are hopeful. it will because that's what not only camel harris, but also al sharpton and everybody there and everybody in the community, black african matter community and those families who lost their daughter's brothers sisters. her husband's father's mothers and hoping for real change. and al sharpton said in his eulogy, which was really strong that he and many, many, many others will not stop fighting for the george flight policing and justice. and going through congress real reform, structural reform, accountability for police, and then the prevention of something happening, what we just witnessed on video for the world to see, to tarry nicholas. and that was correspondence, stefan

and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress passed the george floyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. i re, nichols family are also calling for the x to be brought in, which would require a data base full police officer misconduct and a ban on no, not warrants. those calls for change. now getting louder in the hope that more lives won't be lost. so is congress likely to pass the george floyd justice and placing act is i wasn't a correspondence stephan simons i'll that's a tough question. you know, if you would have asked me 3 years ago after recovered or the untimely and horrible death of george floyd. if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful. many politicians on both sides are hopeful. it will because that's what, not only ki

floyd, you think of people, other names that go to that list, breonna taylor, george floyd, clifford glover, amadou diallo, elton hayes, now tyre nichols. these are all names of people who did not ask to be a symbol of police brutality, they did not ask to be a symbol of change, and the words of tyre nichols, what he said to those officers that night was i'm just trying to go home. we watched a minute ago as the hearse arrived here at this church. this will be a heavy day for this community. but the family of tyre, the family of breonna, the family of george floyd, they're all hoping this is yet another moment that will maybe lead to some real change. lindsey? >> well, mark, multiple outlets confirmed details about the police report, first reported by "the new york times" and what the video of the encounter shows. the times notes that a police report written hours after officers beat tyre nichols was starkly at odds with what videos revealed, making no mention of a powerful kicks and punches unleashed on nichols and instea. the police report painted him as an irate suspect who starte

i just need whatever that george floyd bill needed passed. we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed. >> the parents of tyre nichols calling for action as their son is laid to rest. we'll have much more from yesterday's service and the push to pass police reform. >>> plus president joe biden and house leader kevin mccarthy take the first step to finding common ground on the debt ceiling. >>> and also ahead, another day, another scandalous headline for one george santos. this one involves the fbi. we'll tell you what the feds are investigating. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, february 2nd, ground-hog day. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we'll begin this morning with the investigation into president joe biden's mishandling of classified documents in another consensual search of one of the president's homes by the fbi. a personal attorney f

august 25. >> fbi agents investigating political activists following the murder of george floyd. a mysterious man rolls into town wearing military fatigues, cigar dangling from his lips. the car he drives is unmistakable, a silver hearse. >> he was convincing but he explained he had a lot of guns. >> at the end of the day, come to me. i've got something for you. play stupid games, win stupid prizes. >> or did he have a secret agenda? >> waiting for me to set the date, time, meeting spot and then -- >> bad guys attract bad guys. i feel like he is going to keep doing this forever. >> they want to cover up the fact that local, state, and federal law enforcement caught violence here. amy: the trailer to the new podcast "the alphabet boys," which is out today on apple podcast, spotify, or any other podcast platform. the podcast centers on a fbi informant named mickey windecker, a convicted felon who once fought with the kurdish peshmerga. this clip from "alphabet boys" begins with a denver racia justice activist named zebbodios hall talking about windecker. >> i did not know much abou

calling for the passage of the george floyd justice and policing act. >> i just need whatever that george floyd bill needed passed. we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed because if we don't that blood, the next child that dies, that blood is going to be on their heads. >> a sorority no one wants to be a part of. his older sister, tyre nichols' sister saying she's heart brogan at the loss of her own brother. >> it left me completely heartbroken. i see the world showing him love and fighting for his justice, but all i want is my baby brother back. >> her baby brother, tyre nichols, was laid to rest in memphis. memphis of extraordinary significance not only because it's where he lived and wher e he died. >> invoked that moment and talked about how before the funeral he actually visited lorraine motel with his youngest daughter. >> to fight for garbage workers, city employees that had no safety to have been killed with a malfunction. and here

they could not do it after george floyd. there will be very difficult to do it now in this divided congress. what can happen at the local level? i think there is pressure to try to make some differences. they disbanded the part of the police force that was able to do this. but at the same time it is like what is going to happen? i do not think we have good answers. yamiche: i want to ask about the trauma you are hearing from black people and people in this country who apart from calls for change, part of the funeral was mourning the loss of someone who should be here to raise his child. >> every life has worth. this person, he was a skateboarder, a father, he was beloved. his mother, that was her baby. i know i have a son. he will always be my baby. and she lost him. i think there is a pain in that that we carry that is physical, meaningful. i don't think this country fully deals with it. it is too much. >> i totally agree and i think that one of the sad things this reminds us of is the disconnect between that kind of trauma