202 7488002. Catch up with us on social media and twitter on facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning to you. Did you watch the john bolton interview . We want to hear what you thought about it. You can go ahead and start calling now. It aired on abc last night. During the interview, john bolton talked about why he wrote his book and why he did not take part in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. You could have told the stories when you were in the white house or when the impeachment trial was going on and you chose instead to do it in a book. Mr. Bolton i did not think the democrats had the political understanding or the reach to change what for them was an exercise in arousing their own base so that they could say we impeached donald trump. They can pursue any policy they want. They do not dictate to me how best to bring this to the attention of the American People. But you can certainly understand why your critics say, why did he come forward before. Why didnt he
Unions, they published it today, devon feely has the changes. We said we need to get something out there to be at the forefront of this. We need to start the discussion, the fivepoint plan combines programs already being used by the San Jose Police departments. It is intended as a roadmap to Police Reforms nationwide including programs like san joses use of force dashboard. As well as proposals for the creation of a national use of force policy. Individual agencies have their own standards. We need a uniform standard across the board at least in the state, we think right now we need to have that model go national. This was printed in the chronicle, the la times and the washington post. Also calling for the creation of a National Database of Law Enforcement officers who have been fired or quit because of misconduct. People who have sustained complaints do not need to be in the line of police work. The plan also includes less wellknown programs like San Franciscos Early Intervention syst
Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Talk about the reaction to the George Floyd Killing, which has grown exponentially just over the last couple days. What is your reaction to what you have seen in the country . Specifically the d. C. Im from d. C. , i grew up here. My grand i graduated from the first integrated high school. Its personal. We keep seeing shootings, an indifference to black life so i think now were at a tipping point. Were dealing with 400 years of tragedy and i think a combination of factors have come together and theyre not going to allow us to ignore it. Host when you look back at the video to watch of george floyd under arrest, Police Officer with his knee on the nevk of orge floyd for eight or nine minutes, the reaction of the people in the crowd. Obviously theres filming going on. Does it surprise you that these sorts of tactics still exist in American Police forces given the presence of not just social media but media in general, given the presence of changes in leadership including minneapolis and
Specifically d. C. , i grew up here. My grandparents with her first immigrated High School Class so it is very personal. You keep seeing these shootings, and indifference to black life. I think now we are dealing with 400 years of tragedy and i think a combination of factors that come together they are not going to allow us to ignore. When you look back at the video, the difficult video to watch of george floyd under arrest, the Police Officer with his knee on the neck of george floyd for eight or nine minutes, the reaction of the people in the crowd, obviously theres filming going on. Does it surprise you these tactics still exist in American Police forces, given the presence of not just social media but media in general, given the presence of changes of leadership and Police Including minneapolis, promises to change Police Practice . It does. Inherently, it surprises me but given what we continue to see, it doesnt. You would think withyok camera, but the abundance of social media and