democratic party establishment has dropped the ball time and time again, not just at the national federal congressional level but, again, the local level, at the local level were these cities, these majority liberal cities are overwhelmingly electing democrats, and democrats in charge of the mayors and prosecutors office in the country have generally failed. so welcome to the party, congress. i would love to know what democrats in congress actually think they can do now because it has been a long time coming, and the important thing is that they need to be doing that -- whatever they do today, that has to be part of every campaign they make going forward, has to be part of every local election argument they make going forward. because we need at least one party concerned about police reform. so far, for most of our lifetime, we have had zero parties concerned about that. host: what does it mean for joe biden going forward as he addresses these issues? guest: [laughs] i'm not here to talk about my flair. this is the moment that we need leadership. i think biden has made a great argument that of all poss

democratic party establishment has dropped the ball time and time again, not just at the national federal congressionalel but, again, the local level, at the local level were these cities, these majority liberal cities are overwhelmingly electing democrats, and democrats in charge of the mayors and prosecutors office in the country have generally failed. so welcome to the party, congress. i would love to know what democrats in congress actually think they can do now because it has been a long time coming, and the important thing is that they need to be doing that -- whatever they do today, that has to be part of every campaign they make going forward, has to be part of every local election argument they make going forward. because we need at least one party concerned about police reform. so far, for most of our lifetime, we have had zero parties concerned about that. host: what does it mean for joe biden going forward as he addresses these issues? guest: [laughs] i'm not here to talk about my flair. this is the moment that we need leadership. i think biden has made a great argument that of all possible

easier for the police to be sued and perhaps most importantly a from a congressional standpoint from a federal standpoint creating a national register of police police officers with and their disciplinary record right that is a real lack of transparency we just don't know who is wearing a uniform and what they may have done in the past but this is all male rhetorical and doesn't look like any further movement will be made in the on the congressional level unless there's an enormous outpouring of support for change on the streets in the meantime and perhaps is always going to be the case change will come at a local level either from a state level or a municipal level and we're already seeing some of these elements from the house bill being being put into practice at the city level for example the banning of chokehold and read diverting funds or diverting funds from the police to social programs programs to deescalate and not escalate. a sharp rise in u.s. corona virus infections is forcing some states to pause if it's to reopen their economies nationwide to more than 124000 people are known to have died. reports from los ang

national parks and public land maintenance. on c-span3, the senate homeland security and governmental , also onommittee federal government buying and distribution strategies in response to covid-19. >> house nancy cold -- nancy pelosi and congressional democrats gathered in the capital's emancipation hall to remain silent and neil for eight minutes 46 seconds to honor, breonna taylor, ahmed aubrey and others. speaker pelosi: good morning, everyone. 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

performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> with the federal sea and throughout the country, use the congressional director for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy online today at c-span store.org. as new york city reopens in phases with the ongoing protest following the death of george floyd, new york governor andrew cuomo expressed concerns about mass gatherings over the last several days and the potential spread of the coronavirus. he urged protesters to get tested for covid-19 as soon as possible. governor cuomo: today is day 99 thehe covid crisis, and unrest after the death of george floyd, two separate issues. we will talk about both of those, tomorrow we will have a big day with the reopening of new york city. also this week, we will be taken up a reform agenda in the wake of the george floyd murder. we will talk about both. we had continued protests last night, for the most part they were peaceful. the protesters all across the state, all across the nation are basically saying the same thing. there is an anger, there is a frustratio

nationally fund public parks and land maintenance. on c-span3, the senate homeland security committee holds a hearing on federal government buying and distribution strategies during covid-19. >> next, congressional democrats unveiled their police reform investigations. they led a press conference to , which includes banning choke holds and starting a federal registry of police misconduct.

national parks and public land maintenance. on c-span3, the senate homeland security and governmental , also onommittee federal government buying and distribution strategies in response to covid-19. >> house nancy cold -- nancy pelosi and congressional democrats gathered in the capital's emancipation hall

performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> with the federal sea and throughout the country, use the congressional director for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy online today at c-span store.org. as new york city reopens in phases with the ongoing protest following the death of george floyd, new york governor andrew cuomo expressed concerns about mass gatherings over the last several days and the potential spread of the coronavirus. he urged protesters to get tested for covid-19 as soon as possible. governor cuomo: today is day 99 thehe covid crisis, and unrest after the death of george floyd, two separate issues. we will talk about both of those, tomorrow we will have a big day with the reopening of new york city. also this week, we will be taken up a reform agenda in the wake of the george floyd murder. we will talk about both. we had continued protests last night, for the most part they were peaceful.

nationally fund public parks and land maintenance. on c-span3, the senate homeland security committee holds a hearing on federal government buying and distribution strategies during covid-19. >> next, congressional democrats unveiled their police reform investigations. they led a press conference to , which includes banning choke holds and starting a federal registry of police misconduct. >> 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

national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] with the federal government at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressionalirectory for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy online today. >> this week, jimmy carter, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama statements concerning the events surrounding the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. here's what they had to say. from president carter, dehumanizing -- dehumanizing people debases us all. the bonds of our common human any must overcome the divisiveness of our prejudice. 56 years ago, dr. king dreamed of a day where his children would be judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character. that dream seems even more out of reach and we will never reach it if we keep treating people of color with the unspoken assumption that they are less human. president bush said this tragedy raises the long-overdue question, how do we end systemic racism in our society? the only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. t

federal grants can be pretty influential on what will be funded, what won't be funded. what's the requirement? what do you think the necessity is of national buy in to get congressionalhis administration or the next into rethinking policing? >> well, this is mostly a local struggle, right? we're talking about 18,000 plus local police departments under the control of local mayors but the feds do play a role. for decades they've subsidized the overall lines on policing. they've encouraged putting police in our schools. they've cut funding to housing and other necessary services that have created problems that then get turned over to police. cops office right now is flooding seven american cities with federal agents and money for more local police to go after trump's favorite enemies of drug cartels and gang bangers, but really these are young people in our communities who need help. so what we need from congress is a bill that both dials back federal law enforcement interventions but also subsidizes communities to put in place exactly these kinds of evidence base targeted community interventions that we think will actually make these communities safer in the long run.

occupation of the national wildlife refuge in oregon i similar group, an angry white heavily armed group of protesters we heard it very different tune about federal policing tactics from congressional republicans. some of them introduce legislation to eliminate law enforcement authorities from the blm and the force service on the grounds that these agencies were quote armed to the teeth. they described armed police department to cheer agencies as quote dangers come unnecessary and sending the wrong message pick some of our republican colleagues on this committee were cosponsors to that bill. talk about defund the police. republicans in congress were eager to do exactly that to make sure that folks like bundy could continue breaking the law with impunity. fast-forward to the peaceful protests for racial justice at lafayette square. peaceful, and on the protests come protesters were met with a response for more aggressive,, former militarize and far less necessary and anything used against those white militias in 2014 and 2016. 2016. as our witnesses confirm as any objective person doing the video knows, heavily armed u.s. park police carried out orders to use chemical agent at other