Holding. And secretary blinken is about to hold a press conference from jerusalem, where we re going to bring you that news conference live. But we ll start the hour with the remembrances of george floyd and latest on the police reform bill that bears he s name. Today was supposed to be the day we had a deal for police reform. We don t. In minnesota the governor asked that a 9:29 moment of silence in downtown minneapolis be marked all across the state. That, by the way, is scheduled to come up at 2:00 p. M. Eastern time. Late this morning the floyd family, along with civil rights attorney benjamin crump arrived on capitol hill where they met with house speaker nancy pelosi, congressman karen bass to discuss those police reforms. All of this while senators say they made progress on the reform bill following the passage of the house s george floyd justice in policing act several weeks ago. President biden set a deadline of today to pass this but it will not meet that deadline. But they r
Welcome to tuesday. It is meet the press daily and i m chuck todd on a very busy day here in washington despite the fact the calendar says june. New developments from the white house, the justice department and congress all focusing on the rising threat of domestic terrorism and violent political extremism. Today the white house is rolling out its strategy to tackle the issue. We just heard attorney general merrick garland talk about the challenges facing to address the domestic terrorism threat in part because it comes in so many forms. It does challenge some of our key constitutional protections. Speaking about the new strategy. Garland mentioned the church shooting of 2015 and the congressional baseball shooting that same year and the tragedy at the tree of life synagogue in 2018 and the 2019 shooting in el paso just to name a few. Such attacks are not only unspeakable tragedies for the victims loved ones, but a tragedy for our country and an attack on our core ideals as a society.
It s meet the press daily. I m chuck todd. For the first time in what seems like a very, very long time we are tracking multiple developments on capitol hill. Republicans and democrats are talking about this weird thing i think we call it compromising. It s obviously very hard to pronounce that word since we don t use it very often on potential deals. It s strange. Especially in the otherwise toxic political climate. We don t know we don t want to get ahead of ourselves. I would call this cautious pessimism. That s still an upbeat view. This is what we know. In the wake of the guilty verdict in the chauvin trial, karen bass, cory booker are talking with tim scott on a serious way forward on police reform. They are not just talking talking but starting to exchange a proposal or two. They are sounding optimistic about a prospect for a deal. I think we have to resolve a few things, continue our discussions. But hopefully, my fingers crossed, hopefully, we re very close. I think we are on
Daily. I m chuck todd. We begin with breaking news in indianapolis, another mass shooting. It happened at a fedex facility late last night. Eight people were killed, five injured. The gunman took his own life before officers arrived. They are working to identify the gunman. The fbi is assisting local officials in that part of the investigation. President biden is having to order flags to be flown as half staff. I believe the fifth time in eight weeks he has had to do this. He addressed the shooting a short time ago. Yes, there is a wash, rinse, repeat to this. Will anything be done? the indianapolis mayor became the latest mayor, of course, that has been forced to confront a mass shooting in their own city. Although we will learn more about this case in the coming days and in the coming weeks, no piece of information will restore the lives that were taken. Or the peace that was shattered. Nothing we learn can heal the wounds of those who escaped with their lives but who will now bear t
from afghanistan by september 11th. it s significantly degraded. withdrawing u.s. forces from afghanistan is a grave mistake. announcer: this is new day. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day. it s thursday, april 15th, 6:00 here in new york. i m john berman along with poppy harlow. nice to see you again. nice to be here. the former minnesota police officer who shot and killed daunte wright makes her first court appearance. kimberly potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter. last night she posted bail and was released from custody. protesters gathered around the police station where she worked calling for justice. the defense for derek chauvin will rest today. on wednesday a pathologist blamed heart disease and drug use for george floyd, not a lack of oxygen while pinned to the ground under derek chauvin s knee. we re also following a significant number of foreign policy plans. president bi