house speaker nancy pelosi and congressional democrats gathered in the u.s. capitol to remain silent and neil for eight minutes and 46 seconds to honor george floyd, breonna taylor, ahmaud arbery, and others. >> madame speaker, you are right here. >> do we read right from here? [inaudible] >> we stay right here? >> things are changing. [inaudible] speaker pelosi: good morning, everyone. it is an honor to be here with the members of the congressional black caucus, house and senate, our distinguished chair karen bass, senator booker, senator harris, the distinguished democratic leader of the senate mr. schumer. we are gathered here in emancipation hall aptly named for those that built the capital, sadly. last summer, a number of us went to ghana to observe the 400th anniversary of the first slave coming across the atlantic. that tragedy, that horror of history, slavery in our own country, and all the consequences of that, we are here to observe that pain. we are here to respect the actions of the american people to speak out against that, specifically manifeste

but i want to add one other thing in regards to the initiative i know the congressional back -- congressional black caucus is going to move forward in terms of trying to create reform throughout police departments. there are a couple of things i , chairman jeffries and congresswoman jackson lee, we have to look at police certifications. have been fired from one jurisdiction, they need note decertified so they do go to another agency and get a job stop we saw this in a case in cleveland with 12-year-old tamir rice, the officer that shot and killed him had been problematic in another department, but as i understand it was hired and may be should not have ever been. we cannot allow bad police officers because good police officers don't want it either, 1 -- officers being passed from one department to another who have been problematic in one case. that is not right. it does not promote kelly -- it does not promote policing in the community whatsoever and those men and women who are out there doing their very best, trust me, they don't want them around either. i would be more than glad to work wit

congresswoman karen bass of california is the chair of the congressional black caucus and in that role she is leading the charge to implement unprecedented police reform to curb police brutality and racial profiling and eliminate qualified immunity as part of the justice in policing act or as it is going to be renamed next week, the george floyd justice in policing act. now, the hard part. getting these historic changes past. congresswoman karen bass come at great to see you and thank you for being here. let us talk about atlanta and the shooting this weekend of rayshard brooks. back ofce in the according to the medical examiner. how does this shooting fit in with that of george floyd in minneapolis and breonna taylor in louisville? rep. bass: it was just such a tragedy. it just leaves everyone distraught. i will tell you -- the big difference is that he clearly engaged in a fight and then he ran and he turned around and at least it looked as though he turned around with the taser. --whye question here is were the police involved at all? i mean, what he had done is fall asleep in a tak

you are the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus. is this your fifth term now? chairwoman bass: 10 years. jonathan: but also, you were the speaker of the california assembly when arnold schwarzenegger was governor. it is understandable that people would think, what about karen bass? if they were to call you, would you be interested? chairwoman bass: of course i would take the call and i would be extremely honored. ask,han: i've got to congresswoman karen bass, california chair of the congressional black caucus, thank you very much for being here today. chairwoman bass: thank you very much. >> president trump a campaign rally in tulsa, his first such event since march 2, after which rallies were curbed due to the coronavirus pandemic. watch that live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the freeseas fan you. the president, from public affairs. available now in paperback and e-book. president, of every organized by their rankings by noted historians, from best to worst, and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives. visit our

now, let me say very clearly, i will not, we cannot, succumb to congressional timidity. we will stand this time stronger and tougher than we've ever stood before. we are ready now to respond to these young people. we will be the salt of this nation. [ applause ] >> historically, whenever great change, great transformative change has taken place in our country, it's because there has been a mass movement that has demanded that change. george floyd was killed in minneapolis, minnesota, and that was the beginning of a new chapter in a long history to transform policing in america. i want to acknowledge the representative from minneapolis, minnesota, who is with us today, ilhan omar. she was here today. oh, she is presiding on the floor, exactly where she should be. that movement started in her city, and we are going to make a huge step forward in that movement today because 231 members of the democratic caucus have co-sponsored the george floyd justice in policing act. we're going to go forward now on the floor and begin the process of transforming policing in america. than

and that explains congressional reticence to weigh in on wars. you know, they don't want to criticize the president and find out that the war a great success or that the war's over three days later. and they don't want to criticize the president because it'll often be construed as criticizing the troops. why are you criticizing this military operation when our boys and girls are overseas. with respect to trade, i don't have a story, i don't know enough about the legislative history for trade authority to figure that out. but i suspect it's to give the president flexibility with respect to trade in an era where they thought the president was generally predisposed to more free trade, right? trump is the first sort of anti-free trade president we've had in decades, and thaw gave this authority -- they gave this authority in the context where they thought the the president would be more willing to lower tariffs than to raise them. they found out this president doesn't have that sort of policy preference. but i'm not sure i know the reason why. >> oka

you are the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus. is this your fifth term now? chairwoman bass: 10 years. jonathan: but also, you were the speaker of the california assembly when arnold schwarzenegger was governor. it is understandable that people would think, what about karen bass? if they were to call you, would you be interested? chairwoman bass: of course i would take the call and i would be extremely honored. ask,han: i've got to congresswoman karen bass, california chair of the congressional black >> with the federal government at work in d.c. and around the country, contact members of congress, governors, and federal agencies -- order your copy online today at c-span store.org. >> live tuesday on the c-span networks, federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies on monetary policy at a senate hearing at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. at 2:30, the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on police use of force and community relations. witnesses include the st. paul, minnesota, mayor, the national president of the fraternal order of police, and the chiefs of polic

use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress, governors and federal agencies. order your copy online today at c-span's door.org. >> next house speaker nancy pelosi earlier today talked about president trump's handling a protest and civil unrest that broke out across the country following the death of george floyd. this is just under 15 minutes. >> last night i was thinking of so many things -- in terms of the humanity of all people in our country, and i was thinking about time. time is such an important commodity, the most important commodity, most finite commodity. the time it takes to make the changes necessary. it's long overdue to make some of that change people are calling up for. i was thinking of the book of ecclesiastics and in it the talk about the time is everything. the time -- [inaudible] he talks about the time to heal, talks about the time -- [inaudible] the time for peace. let's focus on the time to heal. the time to heal your we have had -- the president calling -- commander-in-chief, president of united states, a responsibility to kee

thank you for having me, to the entire congressional black caucus. it is great to see you as well, too, congresswoman jackson lee. historically, when we think about policing in this country, we really have to go back to the beginning of policing. it has always been a challenge, right from the beginning, at the inception of police in this country. communities of color, police department's across this country, have had its challenges over the years. this is not a new phenomenon that we are in. this is a continuation of history in which we are still yet to come out of. let me say this. i can talk about the history and relationships between police and communities across this country. but for all of those who are out there listening and watching, you have your own stories to tell. you have your own history to tell. but it is where we are right now, in this present moment, and where we are going, over the last 40 years, i've held a number of positions, then to a number of cities in this country. led a lot of people through hard times, rough times, police i

couldn't ackerman say launching a war in korea without any congressional authorization was nothing like that. he wasn't vindicated in the election he was deeply unpopular may be strauss would say my theory is mostly focused on judges and commonwealth constitutionalism evolutionary mostly incremental judicial driven process and launching a war isn't what i meant at all. so i wonder if you can expand on that and then a related question that you say there are fair with weather living constitutionalist compared to originalist of to get the political results that they want your much easier on the fairweather originalist you don't mention any of them by name there is one passage that stuck out to me when it comes to the presidency it seems originalist supply different rules some imagine the founder in the foreign affairs and it's like a massive understatement the federalist society is not a monolith as it has been a caricature, but a dominant view on executive power is more like john you. what a living constitutionalist by this theory? or my argument you cannot hang this on me? and why so eas

congressional district, openly racist republican steve king has lost a primary election to challenger randy feenstra, who will take on democratic nominee j.d. sholten in november's general election. congressmember king, who has repeatedly praised far-right politicians in europe, was stripped of his congressional committee assignments last year after he said in an interview with "the new york times" -- "white nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization -- how did that language become offensive?" in missouri, ferguson city council member ella jones will become the first african american mayor in her city's history after winning 54% of the vote on tuesday. she'll succeed james knowles iii, the former chair of the missouri young republicans, who was ferguson's mayor throughout the militarized crackdown on protests that followed the fatal shooting of michael brown by a white police officer in 2014. the officer, darren wilson, was never charged. in his first major address since

but recently, in the last year, that has been stricken from that particular congressional act. it was an amendment done by the efforts of the five civilized tribes, the seminoles included, that eventually got that blood quantum to be waived. so now, with the limited lands we still have left, about 11,000 acres of land that are in individual landholdings, 500 acres of land in the trust, which is not much at all really when you think about acreages of land, we will be be able to retain that as long as those families also want to retain that land in that same status because of that amendment that just took place in the last year. we have in the state capital, the state of oklahoma, a large, 22-foot tall statue called "the guardian." this guardian was constructed by a seminole man. enoch kellyhany was a state senator. he was a state representative. he was an early planner in his early years for the seminole nation. later after serving at the state level in those capacities, he becomes the chief of the seminole nation for one term. but he is an outstanding, well - acknowledged artis

, congressional democrats unveil their police reform legislation. house speaker nancy pelosi, senate minority leader chuck schumer, and congressional black caucus chair karen bass, led a press conference to discuss the bill. >> good morning, everyone. the justice and policing act establishes a bold transformative vision of policing in america. never again should the world be subject to witnessing what we saw on the streets in minneapolis, the slow murder of an individual by a police officer. the world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country. this movement has spread to many nations around the world, with thousands marching to register their horror at hearing the cry, "i can't breathe." people marching to demand transformative change that and police brutality, racial profiling, and the practice of denying americans the right to sue when they have been injured by an officer, that denies local jurisdictions the power to fire or prosecute offending officers. black communities have sadly been marching for over 100 years against police ab

he was able to receive the congressional medal and a silver medal which was a congressional medal. >> today we meet to immortalize men who were in a way meeting for the first time. like edmond harjo, a member of the seminole nation and during the second world war a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day in 1994 he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his brothers eating under a tree. he recognized the dialect as creek. later on the captain heard them talking and immediately put them to work on opposite ends of a radio. that coincidence brought these men onto the stage of history and alongside that elite band. edmond is with us today and i ask all of you to join me in welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [ applause ] >> and he was the only living at the commemoration at the 20th of #. this little travel exhibit was designed when we had an exhibit, a much larger exhibit from the smithsonian and we added a couple of three panels to it there was also involved in world war ii. here we have edmond harjo and tony palmer who was a

and for his personal self a silver medal which was a congressional medal. immortalize -- a meeting for the first time. -- immortalize allies, men who work in a way meeting for the first time. like edmund harjo, a member of the seminole nation. and during the second world war, a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his brethren singing under a tree. he recognized the dialect as creek. later on, a captain heard the two talking and immediately put them to work on opposite ends of a radio. that coincidence brought these men onto the stage of history and alongside that elite band that we call code talkers. edmund is with us today. i ask all of you to join me at welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [applause] [applause and cheers] lewis: and he was the only living code talker at the commemoration, 20th of november. it was in 2013. this little traveling exhibit was designed when we had an exhibit, a much larger exhibit from the smithsonian, and we added

joining us now is jamaal bowman, democratic candidate for new york's 16th congressional district. congratulations on what you have achieved so far. we don't have the final numbers. but by the way, i don't know if you saw the beginning of the show, as soon as you are officially declared the winner and only then, rachel maddow desperately wants you on her show. can you commit to that tonight? >> i cannot. i have to talk to my comms team about that. >> okay. that's right. take your time. play hard to get. it will pay off. so what made you decide that eliot engel should not continue representing this congressional district? you are both democrats. what did you see that made you say, i need to get in there, i need to take that job away from him, here's how i can do the better job? >> well, i have worked in this district for ten years as a middle school principal and i have spoken to and built relationships with thousands of students and parents over that time and congressman engel was

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because chairwoman of the congressional black caucus. this is five years.t also you are the speaker of the california assembly when arnold schwarzenegger was governor. the economy exploded is understandable that people would say what about karen bass. if you would take the call. rep. karen bass: of course i would take the call and i would be extremely honored are you kidding. absolutely. host: i had to ask. the chair of the congressional black caucus, thank you very much for being here. rep. karen bass: thank you very much. host: and i want to thank all of you for being with us today. tomorrow join washington post life. featuring the comedian and advocate john stuart. on wednesday, a special program on chasing cancer. in later this week on thursday, i will be back with congresswoman of minnesota and friday, a founder of the museum of african-american history and culture who is now the secretary of the smithsonian institution. thank you very much for tuning into washington post life. have a great day. coming up shortly, a news briefing with north carolina go

. >> next, congressional black caucus chair talks to address police violence, racial profiling and the defund police movement. washington post organized the event. >> good afternoon, welcome to washington post live, i'm an opinion writer for the washington post. congresswoman karen bass of california is the chair of the congressional black caucus and in that role, she is leading the charge for unprecedented police reform, on police brutality and racial profiling and limited qualified immunity as part of the justice in policing act or as it's going to be renamed next week, the george floyd justice in policing act. now the hard part. getting these historic changes passed. congresswoman karen bass, so great to see you. thank you very much for being here. >> thanks for having me on. >> so let's talk about atlanta and the shooting this weekend of rayshard brooks. shot twice in the back according to the medical examiner. how does this shooting fit in with george floyd in minneapolis and breonna taylor in louisville? >> well, it was just such a tragedy and you know, just leaves everybody dist

everyone, it's an honor to be here with the congressional, our distinguished chair. senator bass, senator booker, senator harris. the democratic leader of the senate, mr. schumer. emancipation hall aptly named for those that built the capital, sadly. last summer, a number of us went to ghana to observe the 400th anniversary of the first slave coming across the atlantic. that tragedy, that horror of history, slavery in our own country, and all the consequences of that, we are here to observe that pain. we are here to respect the actions of the american people to speak out against that, specifically manifested in police brutality. we are here to honor george floyd. in a moment, we will have a moment of silence -- actually, eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence in honor of george floyd and so many others who lost their lives and were abused by police brutality. before that, i want to yield to the distinguished leader of the senate, mr. schumer. senator schumer: thank you, mr. adame speaker, and thank you for this profound and employment moment. before we go on with ou

that is why the congressional black caucus endorsed me.hat is why the congressional hispanic caucus has endorsed me. i'm one of the clean votes, the pure votes on the progressive side and i have done that for years. people can make up things. the fact is -- >> a progressive does not take corporate pac money. >> what are you taking money now? >> a progressive does not take corporate pac money. my campaign didn't. >> did i interrupt you? i didn't interrupt you. the fact of the matter is, you are now getting half a million dollars, and that money is dark money. it is not good for our institutions. you try to pretend -- you criticize me for voting for the crime bill. it is an omnibus bill. there were other things, the violence against women act, in t here, too. bernie sanders voted for the bill. you cannot just pick things out and pretend they are all by themselves. you ask anybody in congress, democrat or republican, they will tell you eliot engel is a hard-working progressive democrat for many years. i'm proud of it and i want to continue to

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election congressional election, the primary where he challenged eliot engel. he will join us tonight since he's on the threshold, the verge once the votes are counted of becoming the new big star in new york politics. >> what an excellent booking. i'm jealous. >> yeah. well, you know, we work hard at this. >> i'm going to start stealing your stuff. >> here is the way it's going to work. i will get him before he's technically won, and then the second he's won, he will be on the rachel maddow show. that's how this will work. >> if you can promise that on his behalf i will both be surprised and hold you to it. >> i will book him for you tonight on tv. >> thank you. i owe you. >> done. thank you, rachel. >> thanks. thanks, lawrence. >>> well, it is not a coincidence that on the day that the united states sets a new grim record for the largest number of new coronavirus cases reported in a single day, a "new york times poll" comes out, a poll of the presidential race, that shows joe biden with a record high lead in that poll over donald trump. ezra klein believes th

and i now have the graeat pleasure of introducing the chair of the congressional black caucus, hakeem jeffries. >> thank you, jerry. to chairwoman bass, speaker pelosi, leader schumer, all of my colleagues in government, i'm appreciative of your leadership and of what this moment represents. racism is a cancer that poisons our society. today, we take a step toward addressing it by trying to eradicate the malignant tumor of police brutality. far too often, disproportionately directed at unarmed, innocent, law-abiding african-american men and women. the choke hold and other police tactics such as a knee to the neck, which cut off breathing and result in asphyxiation, is a procedure that is unnecessary, unacceptable, uncivilized, unconscionab unconscionable, and un-american. this legislation will make it unlawful under our nation's civil rights laws. a significant number of police departments already prohibit the use of the choke hold and tactics such as a knee to the neck as a matter of policy. but it still continues to be deployed through this very moment. that's why we need to address

the congressional black caucus is making a difference. ought to do to make a difference. we have reconciliation. this country has not reconciled its differences with us. we survived slavery but we didn't reconcile. we survive segregation but we didn't reconcile. we are suffering in bitterness and determination because we didn't reconcile. it is time for a department of reconciliation in the highest land, the highest office, it is time to have someone who is going to make in his or her business to seek reconciliation for black people and united states of america every day of his life! that's what this is all about. it is time for us to reconcile. we need a department of reconciliation. god bless you. i bless the united states of america. just before congresswoman sheila jackson lee comes let me tell you we have a great time at the cemetery for three o'clock and i want us to be conscious of the fact that we have got a long drawn out programme here and i want to give the guest speaker an opportunity to have what he has to say, i want to give

i commend the congressional bass. caucus, karen she's also the chair of the ubcommittee of the judiciary committee which held that hearing yesterday. the leadership of the chairman committee, mr. nadler and congresswoman bass. yesterday, when i chatted with the family before the hearing, george's brother said to me, i have a question for you. is this going to happen? bill re going to be a that's passed and why do you think so? question that many of you him, buzz ming from -- it had power. and i had an answer. yes. it will be passed. public insists upon it. as usual i quoted lincoln, everything.ment is with it you can accomplish almost anything. nothing t practically but in order for public sentiment to prevail, people to know, and more than people do er before, know what the challenges, what he solutions are, in this legislation, and what the obstacles are to its passage. so we'll not rest until it becomes the law. rest until the changes are made. countries t of the ahead of us, in states and towns, cities and states

what we are proposing is something that is proposed by the congressional black caucus in the hopper for a number of years, worked on for a long time. understanding the nature of the problem. and you know what? the american people understand it, too. and so here we have a place where we congressional black caucucaucus karen bass, conversation and communication with the fraternal order of police, respecting any suggestions that they may have. so this isn't about drawing red lines in the sand. it's about making a big difference, taking a giant step forward and saying to the leader in the senate, you call yourself the grim reaper. how aptly named you are when you see how many people have died. how many people have died. how much lack of confidence there is and whether there is racial -- systemic racism in our country, and clearly, there is. but this is -- we have an opportunity for america. this is a time of reckoning to say we're going to make a change that is real. not cosmetic. not perfunctory, not a photo op, but legislation that is real. and it -- and the people understand, the people

are pleased to offer a democratic primary debate for the 16th congressional district.ap of the 16th district. the seat is currently held by eliot engel. districtpresented this since 1989. here are the rules for this debate. you can see them on our screen. they have been agreed to by all of the candidate. we will allow for conversation to take place. you can see the full debate at any time and i want to note we are taking this on tuesday, june 9. let's go now to opening statements. the order will be determined by random drawing. chris will go first. good evening. >> thank you. voters have a choice between four great individuals, three of whom aren't here. you can choose a career politician, whose focus solely on international issues and has had 32 years the address the issues and hasn't gotten it done. on the other hand, your pick an individual with no experience as at the classroom, backed solely by money outside the district. what i ask you to do is listen to issues important to us and look at who has the experience to address them and who has the plan to move us forw

host: let me take it to the congressional level. we saw house democrats unveil a legislative package in dealing with police reform. walk through what they proposed and what you think the impact could be if it was passed. guest: i think the leadership of the congressional black caucus, andg with speaker pelosi the majority of the members of the house, they have listened to many of the concerns on the streets. it is not perfect, but when you begin to propose policies that address the issue of qualified immunity, being able to hold police officers accountable for their actions. that is one of the biggest failures for officers to be held accountable. or establishing a registry so that police officers who have been identified as bad actors, their records are not shielded. the type of training that is provided for police officers. there are several components of that legislation that i think is really important to begin to shift the culture around how we view policing in this nation, particularly when it comes to african-americans and oth

i now yield to the distinguished chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, karen bass. chairwoman bass: thank you, mr. chairman. next year will be the 50th anniversary of the congressional black caucus. 50 years ago, there were 13 members of the congressional black caucus, and one of them, representative metcalf, he was the one that came up with policies related to police abuse almost 50 years ago. so it is in their history and their legacy that we stand today to continue on, and i just want to thank all of my colleagues here today, because we are not in session today, and you came in specifically for this. i just want to thank you for being here and standing in solidarity with this legislation. let me say also that one of the beauties of this bill is that many members of the congressional black caucus have legislation, individual bills that are part of a larger bill because they've been working on it for so long. i just want to briefly mention their names and open it up for questions. representative sheila jackson lee, hank johnson, representative clay, john lewis, rep

i want to thank the head of the congressional black caucus and all the members of the black caucus -- i want to thank my partner, harris for her leadership -- kamala harris for making a real piece of legislation sweeping and his store, and we must now deal with the work of making the law of the land, transforming the energy, the power, the empathy, and the love of this moment into actual changes in american federal law. i am honored to bring up my friend collect --, friend, colleague, sister, and friend, senator, harris. you,or harris: thank brother cory booker. thank you to chairman nadler, chairman jeffries, and everyone for the work that so many of you have been doing for decades -- for decades. shouting, and writing legislation, and requiring that americans take -- america take seriously this issue of policing, and take seriously the issue that when the people are marching the streets, it is because they are fully aware of this issue in america. i thank all the leaders for what you do. we are here because black americans won't stop being killed. week, we couldn't even pass an anti

this is not primarily a matter of congressional funding.o, what happens when you defund public services is they end up being privatized. we have to unbundle in separate, demilitarized and unarmed because most of police contact with civilians is in the context of traffic citations. the police right now serve as traffic patrollers, tax collectors and as social workers and as a paramilitary force. we have to unarmed, demilitarized and make sure that in the near 20 million instances where police are contacting civilians in the context of mental health and the medical circumstance or primarily in traffic accidents we have a separate force that is unarmed and demilitarized. >> i think with just ubi and i'm as supportive of temporary ubi's as a starting point is that we don't actually deal with issues of race, systemic race and fund mental issues that confront our country when you begin and every policy whether it be housing or education has advantage white people. i started my career in urban planning and [inaudible] is a example of moving people

their life from our well headquarters here in doha also coming up donald trump is amusing top congressional republicans as he struggles to explain reports that russia paid taliban fighters to kill u.s. soldiers. a fake job for his wife and the misuse of public money former french prime minister francois feel gets a prison sentence for 40. plus hungry and trying to stay warm seasonal workers stuck in chile as winter bites and the coronavirus stops them from going home. china is being accused of forcing weak a woman into pregnancy checks sterilization or abortion in a bid to slash breath rates an investigation by the associated press has found evidence of a 4 year campaign in the western provinces china's government denies the allegations saying they're not based on facts and that brian reports. google always asks a she'll never forget the day chinese authorities told her her 3rd child was illegal she says she was threatened told to pay a fine of more than $2.00 and a half $1000.00 should be locked up in an internment camp some american if they give shots and remove fetuses forcefully if they

candidates in new york 16th faceict congressional race each other in a virtual debate. the discussion focused on covid-19 recovery, police reform, and the black experience. polls in new york open tuesday at 6:00 a.m. errol: good evening. i'm the political anchor here at new york 1 news. the city is starting to reopen. that comes in the wake of several weeks of unrest driven by mass protests for police reform. we're also keeping our eyes on the primary. that's for many seats, including congress, senate, and queensboro resident. they will be grappling with issues we're dealing with in new york and around the country. we're pleased to offer a democratic emirate debate for the 16th congressional district, covering part of the bronx and lower westchester. here is a map of the district. include co-opt city, woodlawn, riverdale, new rochelle and rye. it is currently held by eliot engel. he is representative since 1989. here are the rules of this debate. we're joined by jamal bowman and attorney chris fink. here are the rules for the debate. you see them on the screen and they

so yes, , yes, i think it is laa congressional issue and congressional question. yes, the sec has got to do something. on liquid to try to tell them what to do. they know their options whether options on that. they could do nothing. they sit on rule-making rulemaks for years and nothing happens. we have sometimes been illustrated by petitions for rulemaking that sit for years. two, they put it out for comment and then the process could take months or years, depending on what their motivations are. i suspect they would put something out for comment, initiate some action so they could say the answer the mail in some formal way. but i think what happens after that is a really long, vague sort of question. look, the political year is wrapping up. there is an election. this commission may not even be the sec, , the same fcc a year from now. i'm not sure how hungry they are going to be to race to an answer here, but i'm just guessing. they have told anything. i know if it were me i would be very, very hesitant to do a whole lot between now and the november election beca

then they congressional black caucus held a town hall to talk about the nationwide progress. on c-span two, secretary of state mike pompeo is scheduled to hold a news conference. then at 12:30 p.m. eastern, a discussion from axios on policing and racial inequality with bobby rush, melvin carter, and naacp president derek johnn.

so yes, it is a congressional issue. i'm not going to tell them what to do at the fcc, but they know their options. they can do nothing. sometimes they set out rulemaking for years and nothing happens. we have sometimes been frustrated as petitions for warmaking sit there. for could put it out comment and the process could take months or years depending on what their motivations are. i suspect they would put something out for comment and initiate some actions so they can say they answered the mail in some formal way. i think what happens after that is a really long, vague question. the political year is wrapping up and there is an election. this commission might not even be the fcc a year from now. i'm not sure how hungry they answer to race to an here, but i am just guessing. they haven't told me anything. if it were me, i would be very hesitant to do a lot between now and the november election because i wouldn't want to -- i wouldn't want to be a regulator who finds himself falling into that mess. but who knows? is his

i trust the judgment of our congressional lack office and our judiciary committee. they have made over chores to each other. to the republicans on the others of the isle and the other side of the capital, i don't know what the over chores are from the white house. i hope that they are sincere and i hope they are real and i hope they are statutory. that they will be the law of the land. aswant this to be nonpartisan as possible. domain, in the public democrats and republicans, nonpartisan, independence, however they identify themselves, want this to be nonprivate -- nonpartisan and what we are proposing is a very reasonable legislation. it's not the end. we may have more things but for andin terms of violence justice in the police department department, this is the bill. related to that, the white house this week said the issues specifically of the police immunity is a nonstarter for them. as you move forward in the process, how central is that component to the legislation? >> what is a nonstarter to them? >> police immunity. >> i didn't hear him say that but that's

then the congressional black caucus will talk about the protest. on c-span, secretary of state mike pompeo will hold a news conference at the -- axios onscussion from racial inequality and policing policing. -- policing.

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