yes, you do. what kind of police commissioner would you be looking for that can deal with both police reform and deal with the question of policing at the same time with the morale problem, but with the problem that we still want to see policing deal with things like mental health and readjust these budgets to deal with that? what kind of commission are you looking for? great question. as a reverend you can appreciate, this is a 14 and 14 moment very important. arrested, beat by police officers, go into the police department but at the same time, when i was arrested and beat by police officers, i also lost a good friend during the crack wars. so i understood what abusive policing was like and i also understood what violence was like. and now those 22 years i know the characteristics we need of a person who s going to be responsible for taking life and liberty. when i hear police officers say i m angry and going to leave the
and negotiate. there are other parts of the big deal that has merit and he ought to sit down with republicans and give a little bit and they should give a little just like they have on infrastructure. one day because i have to go, one more thing, this is we re talking about this policing bill. the last day in june, the second deadline to get a policing bill done. the first was the anniversary of george floyd s killing. cnn s reporting that there s a new timeline that goes through august. is this a bad sign for all of the other agenda issues for joe biden that this policing deal is not actually coming through in a way that he wanted it? i think he should weigh in and make sure that we get a deal and don, what this is all about is training. you talked you know this. you talk to law enforcement people. a lot of them are leaving, retiring, quitting and that doesn t mean we don t need cleanup with police in many cases in some cases and that gets down to training and holding them a
one day because i have to go, one more thing, this is we re talking about this policing bill. the last day in june, the second deadline to get a policing bill done. the first was the anniversary of george floyd s killing. cnn says there is a new timeline that goes through august. is this a bad sign for all of the other agenda issues for joe biden that this policing deal is not actually coming through in a way that he wanted it? i think he should weigh in and make sure that we get a deal and don, what this is all about is training. you talked you know this. you talk to law enforcement people. a lot of them are leaving, retiring, quitting and that doesn t mean we don t need cleanup with police in many cases in some cases and that gets down to training and holding them accountable and so i think he ought to really put his or in the water and let s get a police bill done so that police can continue to do their job and we also are in a position of holding those accountable who hav
will you guarantee you will bring it to the floor. it s one of the things we are considering on lgbtq. we believe there it. it s a busy june. we are looking at it. what was the first thing? will you guarantee a vote on a policing deal senator booker briefed me. they are making progress. i will not set artificial deadlines. i would hope they can come to a good bipartisan agreement. have a nice break. i will not use the words for you, patience. as a journalist watching this, i appreciate the speed dating version of answering questions at that presser by schumer. the big takeaway is he plans to bring up the january 6 commission bill again for another vote. he doesn t sound optimistic that there will be numbers there. he said that after that, he
we cannot let the very foundation of this country continue to be eaten away like it has been in other moments in our history, ain t happening again. the problem is, so many on capitol hill don t share the passion you just heard. the bipartisan anti-asian hate crimes bill. he was supposed to sign the george floyd hate crimes act. a policing deal remains out of reach on capitol hill as the anniversary of george floyd s death approaches. talks continue productively, no deal is in immediate site and the house is leaving washington for a three-week break. jason, it wasn t from a