The house of representatives has approved the Democratic Police reform legislation named in honour of george floyd, whose death in Police Custody a month ago sparked calls to address police misconduct. The reform has provisions to end qualified immunity for law enforcement, prohibit racial profiling and ban chokeholds and create a National Registry of police misconduct. The legislation is unlikely to pass in its current form in the senate, where the republicans have a majority. The bill, opposed by President Trump, also faces a formal white house veto threat. The bill was passed exactly one month after Georges Floyd death. Floyd died in minnesota after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. 0ne officer has been charged with murder and three others have been charged with abetting the crime. Now we have a powerful insight into what George Floyds family has been going through since his death. Philonise floyd, georges brother, has told bbc news he and his fami
Capitol. Governors orders. Watch this space. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. We have breaking hopeful news from major league baseball. They have scheduled a season, according to the commissioner, that will start approximately one month from today. Its kind of proximate, because, you know, its something they hope to do. But things could get in the way between now and then, so there might or might not be major league baseball. Well kind of know when we get there. It will be an unusual season no matter how it turns out. I feel like every plan in my life has that asterisks on it right now. Like, im thinking that at some point ill need to get new contact lenses in approximately 110 days. I dont know, maybe i can start wearing them for three days at a time. I feel like the most basic things that require the least amount of planning at this point cant be planned. One of t
Good day. I am Andrea Mitchell and we are following two major developing stories at this hour. Historic decision from the Supreme Court granting broad civil rights protections to the Lgbtq Community and Angry Community amp the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by a police fired after the incident. We just saw and outpouring of emission from brooks widow and the family speaking at a News Conference moments ago. Well bring you all the latest developments including criminal charges againsts Police Officer in a few moments. First, we begin with breaking news from the Supreme Court. A landmark civil rights rile ul 63 majority with a loss for the trump white house. Conservative Majority Court deciding existing federal law forbids job jimdiscrimination o drns je transgender status. Pete Williams Joins us. Walk us through this unusual majority, this coalition for this decision and huge implications for this ruling . Reporter stunning because it comes from a growingly conservative Supreme Court
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