tv Yasmin Vossoughian Reports MSNBC January 28, 2023 11:00am-12:00pm PST
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good afternoon. i am back. a little bit later on, i'm gonna tell you why you have not seen me for a couple of weeks. we want to start this hour with calls for action. protests in memphis in around the country today. this comes after the release of the shocking video of the police beating that led to death of tyre nichols. we're gonna show you some videos with a warning. it is really disturbing. we are showing it not to sensationalize it, but because watching it is the only way to really understand the extreme nature of what happened. from the moment we see tyre nichols, the assault began. they use pepper spray and a taser on him. even before he ran.
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police caught up with him and beat him. watch this. >> give me your hands. >> watch out. >> give me your hands. hit him. >> watch out. >> give me your hands. [screaming] give us your hands! [screaming] >> in the end, nichols was left with just one simple plea as a grown man. that plea was for his mother. >> watch out, watch out. >> mom! mom!
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mom! >> we have heard that before, haven't we? he died days later in a hospital room at the age of 29. he loves skateboarding, photography. he leaves behind his devastated mother and stepfather. he also leaves behind a four year old son. five officers have been charged in connection with his death. the investigation into the brutal cold continues. in the hour ahead, we want to look at what happened. we want to look at what it says about please invent this, this country. about the need for police reform everywhere. what, if anything, can be done. i want to bring in antonia hylton. she is on the ground in memphis, tennessee. antonia, great to see you. we saw, of course, there was largely peaceful protests. we are expecting more in the coming hours. give us a sense of what you are hearing and seeing from folks in the video. >> hey, as been, that's right.
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a protester set to start hearing from the county administrate a building in just a couple of hours. that's around 3 pm local time. 4 pm eastern. it is heavy here in the city of memphis. four days leading up to the release of this video, i heard a lot of people talk about fear and violence. they are trying to admonish some of the people here. one of them against burning the city of memphis down. none of that rcep and here. people have been so focused on the support for tyre nichols and his family. as they protested last night, they were often incredibly quiet. some people decided to watch the video. others could not stomach it. they were really just there to grievance import each other. they come to terms with not just what this implies about these five officers, but potentially about this department. i want to bring in reverend jason turner. he has been providing counsel to the family.
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he is going to lead and host tyre nichols funeral later this week. thank you for making time. >> thank you. >> first, i want to ask you, how are you holding up? >> under the circumstances, even as a member of the clergy, i am still processing working through this. this was something that was totally preventable. what we saw on the video last week was absolute depravity. i am still trying to process at all. i'm trying my best to lead our congregation and our community forward through this. towards not just justice, but also to healing. >> how have you provided support and counsel to the family and all of the level ones during this incredibly difficult time? >> one of the things that i think, it is the ministry of presidents. it is not always what you say, but it is being there.
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not just presidents physically, but being there in solidarity with this movement to bring about justice and police reform. also encouraging the community and family to give themselves the space and a place to grieve. there is a lot going on. you have to make time to believe. your heartbeat can begin to heal. that is what i have been encouraging our congregates to do as well. they need to give themselves time to feel the emotions they might be feeling. >> whether it is anger, despair, those emotions are real. we want to affirm them. we also want to move from a sense of brutality towards action. >> what would justice look like at this point? this is such a historic city. think about dr. kay in memphis. now we are here, many decades later. what would true justice mean at
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this stage? >> we have seen the video. they are all responsible. they are more than 85. all of the people responsible must be brought to justice. justice means less working towards the destination of justice. that is not just happens in the courts. we have to do the work of reforming the culture in policing. there is this kind of brutality against the human being. yeah, for me, it is the destination of justice. it is not only getting convictions, these are the people who are responsible for tyreek's death. we have to make sure there are no more situations like this in a future. >> thank you so much. i am grateful that you made the time for us. you are preparing for services tomorrow. people are depending on you. thank you.
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>> people are grieving right now. that's what i'm hearing. there are calls in the next step of this. more attention towards five officers. the we need to better understand policing. we are gonna hear calls for accountability. it extends beyond these five man. >> we talk about accountability. the passenger spoke about to spare. -- they are mentioning the history of memphis. so the braiding dr. king not that many days ago. that is in juxtaposition to where we are today. do folks there feel as if something can be done on in light of how many times we have had this type of conversation? >> the emotions are complex. that is because on no one hand, there is this hull and gratefulness. we look at how quickly this
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investigation has moved. people are truly grateful. for example, chief davis. they immediately came out and win within the talk to reporters. of these five men were fired. they are now facing second degree murder charges. people know that is not a small thing. that is seen by black communities, not just here in memphis, it is seen everywhere is being unusual. there's also this anger right now. can be done as way, why hasn't always been on this way? why didn't we beg and fight for answers before? are we just going to slide to something else when the next tyre nichols happens? there could be another. if these five officers are trained to behave in this way, it could extend beyond that. those are the conversation that people are having. i think that now they have set a new standard, there is the willingness to come and talk to reporters like me. they are gonna have people demand that is the way business is done going forward.
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that might be not the case. >> all right. thank you. i want to bring in van turner. the presidents of the memphis chapter. he is a candidate for mayor. sir, thank you. we appreciate it. i want you to react, if you will, to the interview that we just heard. it was done with a local pastor. talk about how this tragedy took place in the video that we saw. it was earlier yesterday evening. it was preventable. it was complete and utter depravity. what do you make of it? what is your reaction to what you saw? >> a theory that was a pastor toured air set is directly spot on. we are still processing what we saw. every time i see it, my heart sayings. i think i am a mentioned before that i drove past the location where tyre lost his life.
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it is in the district area presented free years. i looked up at the sky camera that caught that footage from the top down. you can really see these officers beating him, kicking him, punching him. they said that he was only feet away a from his home when he screamed out despair. he called out for help. it hurts the mother so bad. she could not be there to help her son. >> it is gonna be painful. it is really painful for a while. we encourage the protests and the people. courage -- peaceful protests. we encourage them. after george floyd, it led to policy. that we can't wait policy. it was passed when i was commissioner. also in the city. those policies have been violated.
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we have a new police chief. part of the progressive movement will look at police reform. look at how we do things and make a change. the chief and the general have done just that. there was no suspension. no one looked into it. there was no cover-up. the general then came back. we had an indictment, murder. all of these things have contributed to the general sense that the community demands have been heard. the protest, the inclusion no policy will hopefully prevent this going forward. they have at least been acknowledged. we have to work harder to adhere to them. >> we are talking about the
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reaction. there is also a question of the lead up and why this continues to happen. we talk about the policy change. did they go far enough, locally and nationally. i think that the answer is no. i want to read for you what charles wrote me new york times as to why something like this has taken place. tyre nichols's death is not only individual tragedy, he is now a marquee victim of a system in america has lost its willingness to confront. what do you make of that assessment? >> that is absolutely true. there is an ax sitting on someone's desk that covers the police reform act. it has not been passed.
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all of the protest, the outcry, the international spotlight on this country, it is a result of the death of george floyd. the act has not been passed. here we are again just years later. we are looking at another situation where young black man has lost his late. innocent. no drugs, no guns, no past criminal history. now he is dead. this says to us that we are unwilling to address what we have to address. how many more death do we have to have? how many do we have to have a before we get action? they need to pass a simple adulation that can save lives. we call on the state. we call on the local officials to act. we must act, if we don't, this
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death will be in vain. that would be a shame. >> we thank you for landing your voice to us. we appreciate it. i want to bring in a former police detective in former philadelphia district assistant da. to him, great to talk to you. you are gonna be staying with me throughout the next two hours or so. let me get your reaction to what we have seen coming out of memphis. talk about how things have been handled by the police chief in the da. >> the tragedy that occurred, the murdering of this young man is just terrific. as a former homicide detective and commander, i've seen depravity that is unimaginable. to see this at the hands of law enforcement is extremely difficult to process. i commend the investigating the florida keys. i believe, like so many others,
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they have now set the precedent. i say that because for the last few years i have been advocating the, you know, i've worked in gangs, i've worked in narcotics units. when we go in to a retail establishment has just been robbed at gunpoint, it is pretty violent. we look at the surveillance tape. one of the officers involved recognize the person. we continue the investigation. we saw things, it always had to be a longer investigation. we had to take our time. it was nonsense. if you have that type of evidence, you get some statements and move forward your case. i'm happy to see that it happened here. i pray that this is now the standard. this is not an anomaly. we hope that these cases move in that direction as quickly as they did. this is not over. we can talk about this video,
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the multiple videos that we saw. one tells me that this is a wider issue. we saw some officers that did not intervene. you saw one officer activate his flashlight. he pointed at the counter. as if to lock it. there was a camera. there is a bigger net that they need to cast. they are on the right path and moving at a good pace. they just need to continue. >> you talk about this bigger issue. so much of what we saw on this video -- i want to dig into a little bit of that. in part, it is the lead up to the chase. he was able to get away from these officers. there was the relentless beating after this chase. why the these officers would do this, why they would act in this vile manner, i want to read an analysis from the new york times. this is from some policing
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expert about officer training and what could've happened here. >> and police training, it is emphasized to officers that they need to be aware of their physical surroundings. the same strap should be placed on the awareness of their own emotions. if the tempers run high, they are bound to make mistakes. it is possible that the officers felt disrespected when their directions were not followed. this appears to be a place of classic contempt for them to catch up with him later and then exactly revenge on the poor individual. what do you make of this? >> i hold a similar view. a talk about -- officers, when they become emotionally hijack, it is kind of like getting into and arguing with a loved one. you find that you are just repeating the same points over
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and over again. that is emotionally hijacked. this is more violent. there is the essence of last word on the police officer. i get the last say. otherwise, i am taking you away in handcuffs. we can look at the beginning of this. the chief recognized that they didn't observe the infraction. why were the specialized units engaging in motor vehicle stopped in the first place? that is a whole another avenue. they get this guy. this is a young man who is at a stoplight. he has to signal before they get out of the car at gunpoint. that is not sound like someone who is driving recklessly. he is not getting on the ground the way that they want him to get on the ground. they are telling you to go on the ground. he gets on the ground. but they wanted him to get on the ground on his belly. they are so hijacked. you have this implicit bias.
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people ask me, why, when you're looking at black officers in a black victim, how does that happen? the implicit bias is trained. they are at a higher level of society. >> it is a hierarchy for their training. >> yes. the person is supposed to listen. they have this by this person is involved in criminal activity or nefarious behavior. they better listen. otherwise this is what they are going to do. i'll point out one last point of this. >> yes. >> when it happened, you can recall from the video, the dispatcher said, well, what is the violation? the officer never responded. nothing came back. that set the total. they should have stopped this immediately. >> we have a lot more to get into. that is why we are thankful, tim alexander, that you are sticking with us throughout the hours ahead. thank you for that. also, coming up, reverend al
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sharpton is gonna sit down with the parents of tyre nichols. as well as the attorney, benjamin crump. that is on today at 5 pm eastern. it is right here on msnbc. still ahead, we discuss how the memphis community is reacting to the beating of tyre nichols. the brutal police beating. that includes new scrutiny surrounding the pleases scorpion unit. plus, another round of gun violence. seven people were killed outside of a synagogue. the surprising details about who is behind the shooting. body camera footage is made public from the moment that nancy pelosi's husband was attacked inside of his own hall. the disturbing scene is next. ng scene is next just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv
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viewers. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> how are you? >> what is going on. >> everything is good. >> hi. >> drop the hammer. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. >> what is going on? >> oh my gosh. that is very disturbing to watch. the suspect, as we well know now, he is facing federal and state charges. that includes assault and attempted murder. he has pled not guilty to these charges. joining me now is a reporter who has been following this for us. scott, walk me through some of the footage that we just saw. tell us what we have been learning so far after this release. >> well, yeah, yasmin, these are the times that we live in. there were so many conspiracy theories about this attack. we now have some video evidence that pretty much says that
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things went down the way that the officials described it. there is also surveillance camera video of a man breaking into the pelosi home. you saw the body cam footage. there was paul pelosi's 9-1-1 call. he appears to try and hit the dispatcher. saying something is wrong. not agitating his attacker any further. there is also the interview of david depape. at least the portions of it were released after the fact. he essentially confesses. he says he was there to try and take him hostage. if she didn't tell the truth, and his words, he was going to kneecap or. we have a full record here. nonetheless, as you have said, there was a lot of objection. both in prosecution and in defense attorneys. adam lips in is the public defender. he was representing david to pop. he called the release of this video a terrible mistake. he says that he is now worried
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about a possibility to get a fair trial. no word yet on when that trial or anything else will take place. nancy pelosi era reacted yesterday. she said that she had no intention of looking or listening to this evidence. saying that her husband is still recovering. but it will take time. yasmin? >> all right, as always, we appreciate it. >> all right, coming up, protesters across the united states are demanding justice. that includes in his hometown of memphis. this is what protesters want done. coming up next. >> we are out here to stand with the family of tyre nichols. we are out here to bear witness. we want to let the powers know that what they are doing is wrong. it is not going to go unchallenged. nged in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health.
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nation in shock. a video was released of five officers fatally beating tyre nichols to death. i want to bring in julia baker, the criminal justice reporter for the daily month ian. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. you are on the streets last night. you took some footage of the protests that were happening overnight. largely peaceful. that is what we should say. when you are speaking to folks, what are some things that you heard on the ground? how are people feeling? what did they tell you? >> people, you know, they are obviously frustrated. obviously, there maintaining the peace. i think that is a good development in 2020 after the george lawyered incident. everybody was peaceful. we are seeing that here and now currently. i think it will stay like this. the protesters blocked off the bridge on the i-55. people were stuck in traffic. they didn't line. they were supportive. they waited patiently.
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i can see the whole community is coming together to support justice for ty we. >> talk about their reactions to the actual release of this video. talk about the importance of the release in this video. there were two deputies on the scene after the meeting took place. they were subsequently put on leave. especially after the release of this video. what are people saying about that part of it? >> you know, people were shocked. it is something that kind of came out last minute. even in the sheriff's deputy, sheriff bonner, he didn't know until yesterday. he announced yesterday that they were today an internal investigation. memphis fire department personnel were on the scene. they are under investigation as well. the fire department did not see that footage until a couple of days ago. officials
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minute. the general consensus around everybody's shock. these people don't quite understand what happened there. you had a non violent case, from what we hear. tyre nichols was reckless driving on the report. chief davis said that he drove on the wrong side of the road. that is not a violent crime. people are not really understanding why he was pulled out of the car. he was not hitting anybody back. there is just some confusion, anger, and rage from everybody about this. >> julia, tell us about the scorpion unit. i know the line on this unit is that they are tasked with not only addressing violent crime, but also with investigating car thefts. what is the word there in memphis about this practice? talk about what they do day in and day out.
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>> all right, they were formed in november of 2021 by police chief davis. she was in the force for a few months at a time. that was one of many initiatives. she form that, like you said, she wanted to target crime and reckless driving. there were car. the area that. that kind of begs the question that we are cnn. it is a hot spot policing method. it has become controversial. it target certain areas more than others. you are seeing that here. it is an over policing of tyre nichols. he was not hurting anybody. you had all of these people that were on him to -- like he said ahead, you are doing too much right now. yesterday, our mayor said that
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the scorpion unit is currently an active. auto know if they are going a that unit down. i don't know what they are gonna do about the other units yeah. and it does seem like we are gonna have a change in policy. >> we appreciate it. thank you so much. i've been talking a lot about how there are protests happening across the country oblast when it four hours. happening in mendez, happening in new york, los angeles as well. a cnn overview of protests beginning in the boston area as well after the release of the. shocking video. it came from overnight out of men this. with that, i want to bring in high msnbc they go analyst and former attorney. this is a former philly assistant da. this is timeout xander. tim, i want to pick up on something that we spoke about earlier. >> this is something that julian i spoke about. there is the scorpion unit's officer was a part of. they were out there patrolling as a part of it. what do you make of this unit
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in its future? talk about how much it may have been a part of the reaction to what took place. >> a unit like that requires division. there did not appear to be a supervisor on the scene. if i wear the achieve, i would, without a doubt, that unit would lose my confidence. i would disbanded. if there is something that you need as far as enhanced controls, i would come up with something that is a newer approach. i would make sure that we have intense supervision. >> ben crump last night, he said that they should be the standard going forward. you and i spoke with him about this earlier. we are talking about the files that are being fired. we are talking about the release of the video. they said never been seen before. look at how quickly we have seen the reactions to what took
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place in men this. do you believe the, do you think that this will now be any standard going forward? >> i think that it is gonna be very difficult for them not to follow this model. you know, there is an argument. well, is it because these officers were black? they were so swiftly handled. we are going to see. i hope that this never happens again. things being what they are, we can imagine that it will. if it does, we can see how it is handled. this is the standard. you have to move swiftly. they should have been doing it this way all along. it would minimize the ease instances recurring in the first place. >> last talk about some of the charges. so far, we are looking at 17 degree murder. there is aggravated kidnapping, assault as well. also, as i d a little bit earlier, more charges in the pipeline? >> i think that we will have to
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watch. it is interesting that the sheriff's deputies are now involved. there has been a discussion about a couple numbers of the fire department. there is the possibility that there could be additional criminal charges. there could have been supervisors involved. even some form of have in an effort to obscure what really happened. we know that not all of the officers, for instance, turn on their body cameras at the beginning of this incident. looking a little bit more broadly, there is also the possibility that this could become a civil inquiry fueled by the justice department. determining whether or not there was a practice of abuse in the memphis department. and whether they might not be required to comply at the federal level with new requirements for forming the apartment before they move forward. >> i want to talk a little bit more about the department of judged is. i know that the federal prosecutor released a statement saying that he is open to a federal civil rights investigation. you wrote about that, chalets.
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i will read it for folks here, your reaction. it is his announcement, the u.s. attorney did something very simple that is not happen often enough. he made it personal. he issued a community that he would be guided by the principles of justice in the course of the investigation. that is something that we always want people in the criminal justice system to do. he said that he grew up in the city and carries deeply. i want this city to be a place where justice is done. what do you make of that? >> i think it is important that the federal government is involved. tim made such an important point here. he said that for state prosecutors, by the police department, what happened in memphis should be the standard going forward. they are capable of quake action. their second degree murder prosecution, they don't have to prove the motive. if the federal government gets involved here, and it sounds like the u.s. attorney has made a commitment to the community, the doj will bring civil rights
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to conspiracy charges. that will involve the abusive please powers by police officers acting in the course of their duties. the doj will have to prove their motive in show that it was to violate the civil rights of mr. nichols. those investigations take longer. the doj will not talk about the substance of that investigation of the progress they are making. it is very important that the u.s. attorney and other federal officials communicate to the community that they will do this as quickly as possible. they will fall the procedure. they will try to get to the right result. what i thought was very moving when something that was very often lost in these situations. they take on a life of their own protests. at the end of the day, there is one of the tragic death of a young man who was a son and a father. i think it is important that law enforcement remembers that. they can remember that he is entitled to justice. >> thank you. tim alexander, thank you as well. up next, a 13-year-old
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it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. welcome back. earlier today, shooting in jerusalem injured people. all police said the attacker was a 13 year old boy. this is coming as the city suffered yet another shooting on friday. killed at least seven. joining me now is the nbc news correspondent. they have more information on this for us. kelly, update us on what is happening there so far. how are folks feeling? >> yasmin, clearly a tense day here in israel are these two shootings. there is the shooting at the synagogue. and then again this morning. a shooting in jerusalem. involving a 13 year old boy. he opened fire and shot a father and son. he was then shot by unarmed israeli civilian.
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he is in the hospital being cheated. israel is on its highest state of alert this morning because of these two shootings. the israeli security cabinet is meeting tonight. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he promised that the government would find a way to get more guns into the hands of civilians with this wave of violence. there has been a bit of rising violence in this region. there was the raid. israel says that it was an anti-terrorist raid in the occupied west bank. nine people killed. seven of them where militants. that really has been just one element feeling the anger among palestinians. it has been a deadly already for palestinians. 32 killed in the west bank and jerusalem. some of them are militants, some of them are civilians.
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among five children. amidst all of this, you have what many consider are the most hard-line and far-right government in israel's history. trying to figure out what to do next, how to act. they have promised their voters that they would come down very hard when it came to palestinian violence. all of this is coming just a couple of days before the secretary of state, anthony blinken, he is set to visit here on monday. he will meet with prime minister netanyahu. and also with the palestinian authority. he will have a difficult job. this is a long standing in long planned trip. the focus was not meant to be on escalating violence. it will now have to be a focus on how to bring this back under control. >> certainly a very tense time there admits to new right-wing government in plays. we appreciate you.
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speaking out as the nation reels from the brutal killing of tyre nichols. he is now joined by president obama and former first lady michelle obama. they just tweeted out the following. the vicious, unjustified beating of tyre nichols and his dad at the hand of five police officers a shows the latest painful reminder of how far america's delighted to go to fix how please are in the streets. allie raffa is joining us now from the white house. ali, good to talk to you. if you will, talk us through how president biden is reacting today. talk about what he believes
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needs to happen. >> yes, jasmine, president biden, like so many of us, he expressed his outrage, his frustration. he talked about the release of the videos. he called for a full investigation into how this traffic stop transpired the way that it did. he echoed tyre nichols mothers call for peaceful protest in the wake of this. he once again call over the need for a nationwide police reform. listen to what he said last night before leaving the can't leave before these videos were released. >> i spoke with his mother. i gave my condolences. i was making a case -- we should get this under control. there are the executive order at the federal level. >> president biden has told multiple times for the george floyd policing act to be passed
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in the three years since the murder. it is unclear if the release of these videos will be enough to revive that legislation. it passed the house in 2021. it didn't make it to the floor. -- there were months of negotiation between democrats and republicans. they banned chokehold and some no dock warrants. it makes it easier for police officer to be responsible for acting recklessly. with a divided congress, it is still unclear if this is gonna gain any traction. specifically with republicans in the house. >> that is what i want to ask. i will do it quickly. as you just mentioned, this is now a republican controlled house. how confident is the white house that they could actually get anything done with the passage of the george floyd
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justice act? >> they are certainly hopeful. as we have seen for the past few weeks, these republicans are more focused on investigating president biden, his family, this whole administration. as a matter of fact, back in 2021, there were several far-right republicans. we had marjorie taylor greene. sort of framing this police reform as an effort to defund the police. that is still of thought that it is with many foreign publicans in the house. it is unclear what framework was an agreement. both sides can come to it. it is unclear if this can inspire it. >> thank you. coming up on the next hour, more reaction to the disturbing video of tyre irving's death. this is what we can do about scorpion units. we're talking about the possibility of reviving the george floyd please reform
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