working with republican senator tim scott for almost three years now on a package of police reforms. still hasn t been passed. what s holding it up? you ve got to find people on the other side of the aisle that are willing to take those steps with you. i have not found that whatsoever. but i m continuing to do the work, and this is too important. and why is it too important? because you see things like are happening in minneapolis. you still see too many videotapes of people being treated unjustly and unfairly. that you have police leaders coming ahead and saying, we should have more transparency and more accountability. this is too important of an issue for us to give up. now, you are saying why haven t we had this landmark legislation? we both know enough about washington, sometimes it takes a congress or two congresses to get something done. heck, we got anti-lynching legislation done under president biden. i led the legislation. it took over a century to get
booker. senator booker, welcome and thank you for coming. senator even working here with republican senator tim scott for almost 3 years. it s been a package of police reforms. it still has not passed. what has been holding it up? you have to find people who are willing to take the steps with you and i ve not found that. i am continuing to do the work but this is too important. because we see things like what is happening in minneapolis. you still see so many videotapes of people being treated unjustly and unfairly. you have police leaders coming ahead and saying we should have more transparency and more accountability. it is so important. you say why have we not had this landmark legislation? we all know so much about washington that sometimes it takes congress to get something
is important. but this is about high school and college and the education. these are scholarships at risk. this is about the education dynamic pam. i will start with you. buzz we realize you can t quit you your next year s scholar help is hinging on this you are almost held captive by this environment. do you think people realize that in no. they don t and did is important you pointed that out. this landmark legislation was truly the greatest feminist movements giving women and girls equal opportunity in sports and allowing so many girls the ability to go to college exactly not only that can impact employers. what you look out on a résumé? all american. and soon that will be nonexist annual. if the great jackie joiner
surging too, r. reporter: certainly and we see it. the president will be joined by a host of gun safety advocates marking it s one-year anniversary of his landmark legislation. first real reform in a major way as relates to guns in nearly 30 years. look what this piece of legislation did. what this bipartisan group of lawmakers was able to accomplish. toughen background checks, particularly for people who are under the age of 21. this act also closes a years long loophole in dough mmestic violence laws and red flag laws. you know someone in a situation they have a firearm and might be intent on harming themselves or someone else, you can petition a court. able to increase that at the state level and funding for mental health services. notable, 15 senate republicans and 14 republicans in the house joining with democrats to pass this legislation. as you mentioned at the top, still continue to see shooting after shooting.
that maxwell frost said, that if you come from one of us, you come from all of us. we are in this thing together. representative pittman s concerns, your concerns in a state that s not a republican state. you have to all be heard, and you have to come together at the same time. and that feels like what this moment is right now. absolutely. you know, i m thankful that california is not a republican state, because california leads the nation. we are very proud in doing that. and by nature, there are not a lot of young legislatures in this country. so, when you come for a lot of us, we are actually very tight-knit network, even though we may not know each other super, super personally. i ve come to know some of my young colleagues from across the nation. at the same time, we are at the forefront of progress, forefront of change. and i m also the vice chair of a progressive caucus in california, and the income chair progressive caucus. and i was right there at the site of our governor wh