the push to better police congressional staff training. two thirds of us want this done. the big surprise? lawmakers are dragging their feet. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we got a lot of ground to cover tonight, so let s get smarter. after days of hearing pleas to do something, president biden went on television this evening to ask congress to save the children from americas killing fields. surrounded by 56 candles representing all of the states and territories, biden urged lawmakers to quickly pass stricter gun legislation, including a reinstatement of the federal ban on assault weapons. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time that can t be true. this time we must actually do something. how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough!
sometimes are going to be months even years late. they amount into the hundreds of thousands even millions of dollars. and, there is very little incentive for congress to effectively abide by a law that it passed for itself to defend against conflicts of interest and, at worst, insider trading. i love that analogy. if the find to park in front of my house was $1, i park in front of their every day, tomorrow, yesterday and for the rest of my life. what happened to this bipartisan movement in congress to bend stark trading? remember, months, ago we heard from republicans, this is terrible. we re going to change this. we saw democrats, putting together proposals, nancy pelosi was under a huge amount of pressure. what happened? it s all gone! under a ton of heat and a ton of energy, really, at the beginning of this year, we have reported back in december a whole variety of conflicts of interest and, of course, some violations. that you ve just cited. and that created a lot of movement,
dollars. and, there is very little incentive for congress to effectively abide by a law that it passed for itself to defend against conflicts of interest and, at worst, insider trading. i love that analogy. if the find to park in front of my house was $1, i park in front of their every day, tomorrow, yesterday and for the rest of my life. what happened to this bipartisan movement in congress to bend stark trading? remember, months, ago we heard from republicans, this is terrible. we re going to change this. we saw democrats, putting together proposals, nancy pelosi was under a huge amount of pressure. what happened? it s all gone! under a ton of heat and a ton of energy, really, at the beginning of this year, we have reported back in december a whole variety of conflicts of interest and, of course, some violations. that you ve just cited. and that created a lot of movement, really, toward something that was not only going to be driven by democrats but also ended up being legitimate
let s actually have a conversation around how we make policing better in country, right? that s where we are trying to start with in table. dan: i agree. richard: we saw democrats and republicans try to come together and get the better policing act done. had black lives matter at the table and making progress. wasn tly we know those otalks fell apart. police union came out and felt the talks were very productive. these bills are going to give us more money and give us the ability to reform our police department. they were going to give us the ability to create a universal standard on how we do policing around the country, unfortunately tim scott walked away from that and that s really sad because we could have actually gotten something done for this country that would make crime go down and also make people trust police more because the problem we have in black communities to your point don. dan: dan. richard: my bad. i m sorry. the problem we have break down in trust and br
let s actually have a conversation around how we make policing better in country, right? that s where we are trying to start with in table. dan: i agree. richard: we saw democrats and republicans try to come together and get the better policing act done. had black lives matter at the table and making progress. wasn tly we know those otalks fell apart. police union came out and felt the talks were very productive. these bills are going to give us more money and give us the ability to reform our police department. they were going to give us the ability to create a universal standard on how we do policing around the country, unfortunately tim scott walked away from that and that s really sad because we could have actually gotten something done for this country that would make crime go down and also make people trust police more because the problem we have in black communities to your point don. dan: dan. richard: my bad. i m sorry. the problem we have break down in trust and br