and the staffs are working on the weekends, at night. they continue to meet together. but as you mentioned, kate, they re not there yet. and there are still some big sticking points, the biggest one right now is likely qualified immunity. will they compromise on that? that s what they re trying to get around right now. but with he do know that senator scott will be meeting with the floyd family. senator booker is meeting with the floyd family as well as representative bass. the so they re certainly talking with the family. a couple things to keep an eye on, they both like and sprekt each other. there is a lot of respect with the negotiators. they all also have the backing of their respective leadership. so if they can come to a deal, the hope is that deal will get done. they have everything working in the favor if it s going to happen. if it can happen, it will happen. thanks so much, jessica. joining me now are members of george floyd s family. paris stephens, cousins and two
just putting their effort towards making this country live up to its creed. so we are supportive of that, we re going to keep doing everything we can and we re going to keep working until it actually gets done. is qualified immunlt for police immunity for police officers the sole issue holding up the agreement? some are suggesting maybe deal with that separately and in the meantime get everything passed into law. i think negotiations are going on behind the scenes and that s where they should stay. all i know is i ve been assured from senator booker, from representative bass and senator scott that they want to get to a yes. we heard lindsey graham say that. i think we have to give them the space and support to get that done, because this is important. this is a matter of life and death and too many people are dying. we should come together and unify around this. that s one of the causes that
you do, it is obvious in order for legislation to pass in the senate, democrats are going to need support of ten republicans. it will make it unlikely they ll get everything they want. do you get a sense from reporting that it is better to pass some reform now rather than take the all or nothing approach? what have you been hearing about what they re considering in negotiations you re talking about between representative bass and others. let me tell you something, ayman. we are talking about tight lips. it is difficult to get real time information. hard to imagine in washington, d.c. about what s happening. i am having an interview with congresswoman bass for the washington post live tomorrow. i am hoping she will say something more. i do think that there could be room, you heard house minority whip or majority whip jim
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