Here is a bit of what weve seen. Major changes in washington, d. C. , including transparency and accountability for the district police. A new office of race and equity in san diego. And in new york, a vote to make Police Disciplinary records public. And in roughly a dozen cities from phoenix to lncht a. To raleigh, north carolina, police choke holds are now being banned, including houston where the mayor made an announcement during the funeral. Protesters want it to go further and want radically cut police funding. Weve not seen that outside the few places like minneapolis, new york city and l. A. And on a federal level, congress is involved, democrats have a bill that include National Registry for police conduct. George floyds brother will be on capitol hill in an hour to testify on that very subject. Kasie hunt is on capitol hill. Whats the focus of this hearing . Reporter the focus is exactly what the country has been so grappling with over the course of the last several weeks after the death of george floyd. That is Police Brutality and how to fix some of the root causes of what we saw happen here. We are going to hear what we expect to be probably emotional testimony from George Floyds brother about his life. Were also going to hear from a wide array of experts on this, including from benjamin crump, the lawyer for George Floyds family. And this all comes as congress is trying to grapple with what is their role . What can they do to try to traes these challenges . Democrats, as you noted, rolled out a sweeping bill earlier this week that would make some of those changes at the federal level. They want to ban choke holds. Congress doesnt have the power, of course, to force state and local governments to ban them but they can withhold federal funding from any department that allows it. Thats essentially what theyre trying to do in this bill. They also want to make it easier to prosecute a Police Officer. Its something called qualified immunity that currently protects officers from personal liability in certain cases. Democrats want to do away with that as well. They also want to track on a National Level police misconduct, create a database from that. This is different from what republicans are working on right now. Its telling that republicans have their own bill on this topic and they feel they need to be at least seen trying to do something. A lot of pressure here on capitol hill to try to change things. Steph . All right. Well, all eyes will be on the hill in just about an hour from now. Kasie, thank you. I want to turn now to ali vitale just outside the white house. D. C. Is one of those cities mporary. Whats going on . Reporter yeah, thats right. Theyre only temporary for right now at least, steph. Yesterday the d. C. City Council Passed sweeping police measures that will last for 90 days. They can vote again to make them last just over 200 days but in order to make them permanent theyll have to hold public hearings and then vote again. In terms of what that reform package looks like, though, the d. C. City Council Voted unanimously to ban tear gas, pepper spray, the things we saw Law Enforcement using here in washington, d. C. As they were seeking to Disperse Protesters over the course of the last few weeks of protests. Also in that reform bill, though, the d. C. City Council Voted to put outside the Police Disciplinary measures, something that the unions are not thrilled about, i have to say. And this call to defund the police is something, though, that the d. C. City council could revisit in the next few weeks even as the mayor has said she does not support that. In her budget, she says, she has not one penny more and not one penny less than she believes the police need to keep communities safe. Of course, this will be a debate that comes up again in a few weeks in d. C. , as the council decides if they want to move that funding around to other areas of the community. Steph . Defunding doesnt necessarily mean that youre going to take money away from the police. It could mean that money is just reallocated. Thank you. I want to turn now to morgan chessky. Morgan was there when the funeral took place in houston, texas, yesterday. It was heartbreaking, to say the least. Morgan, whats the response from the community been like last night, this morning . Its been powerful, steph. Weve seen incredible shows of support in minneapolis, there was a service in north carolina, where george floyd was born. It was here in the 3rd ward neighborhood where you got a sense of a bittersweet homecoming. People wanting to go out and pay their respects to the floyd family and honor george floyd but in the same breath theres an incredible amount of pain because of whats happening and wanting to keep momentum behind this movement. Ill give you a listen in to some of the emotion that was shared during yesterdays powerful service. I just want to say that im going to miss my brother a whole l lot. And i love him. I have many memories from my uncle. Now thats all i have, are memories. I want justice for my brother, my big brother. Thats big floyd. Everybody know who big floyd is no now. And its here in houstons 3rd ward neighborhood where we are seeing tributes start to pop up, like this mural behind me. This is where he was a young man, standout player at yates high school. I spoke to some of his classmates yesterday. The one thing they remember about george is he was a funloving guy, quick to crack a joke and lighten the mood wherever he went. Certainly personal for this community, steph, as they mourn the life of george and also look forward to try to keep that call for justice going. Steph . Morgan, i want to ask you about new reporting that former officer derek chauvin, he was involved in a plea negotiation before charges were filed. What is this about . Yeah. This is interesting. Were starting to hear a few more details about this. This was just within those first several days following the death of george floyd, what were learning is that theres kind of a universal deal that was being crafted with the county attorney and the u. S. Attorney related to derek chauvin. This would have consisted of both federal civil rights charges and state murder charges. We do know that these were intense negotiations, trying to kind of create this list of charges that were so close to happening and even delayed a press conference. However, as we all know, for whatever reason that we may not ever know, these charges fell through. Derek chauvin was arrested the following day on thirddegree murder charges. Theyve been upgraded to seconddegree murder charges. Theres a lot happening in those first several days, especially as it relates to derek chauvin. Steph . Morgan, thank you. I want to dig deeper into all of this and whats in store on the hill today. Congressman eric swalwell, i havent seen you in quite some time. Good to see you today. Good morning. You, too, stephanie. I wish it was on a more positive note but maybe today will be constructive. This is all about criminal justice, Police Reform. This is about safety. You happen to be from a family of Police Officers. As you are embarking on all of this reform, how does your family take it . Well, thank you for asking. It is a solemn day. We will hear from mr. Floyds brother to talk about the tragedies of institutional and individual, as it was brought to the floyd family, theyre first and foremost in my mind. I think about my brothers and their safety every day. And there are a lot of good cops in america. Not every cop is a bad cop. But we are learning that there are too many exceptions. So, we are seeking through the police act to try to bring reforms that can make sure every person is treated equally in america. Thats what my brothers and my dad, who is a cop, happen to believe, too. These reforms dont have to be, in fact, if theyre done properly, theyre not bad for cops. Theyre good for everyone. Do you think members of our police force understand that, theyre on board for it . Many do. In fact, california, their policing there was one of the first to embrace body cameras, and my brothers told me, look, it keeps me safe and it helps me not to have to deal with some of the nonsense complaints that are filed against me because we can litigate them more quickly but it also provides transparency in the community. What was so disturbing about mr. Floyds murder is when you look at the Police Statement put out by the Minneapolis Police, it is night and day from what actually happen happened on the ground. Having body cameras on the officers and in the cars, so we dont have to rely on an offchance of a citizen who is on the ground for their account. What are your republican colleagues, if anything, telling you . Is there Common Ground . Yes, there is. I think they get this has to be a pivotal moment, that we cannot continue to see tragedies that happened to mr. Floyd. You remember in oakland, california, oscar grant, a lot of that revolved around americans arguing whether the cops should have acted the way he did. We saw that in michael brown, et cetera. Here, no one is saying he had a right to put his knee on mr. Floyds neck and sadly the officer felt so brazen that he could do that. Because theres no dispute about what happened, i think were allowed to have a conversation about what we can do to make sure it never happens again. A conversation is important. When we dont get to a conversation, its when we hear things like people want a lawless society. They want to abolish police. They want to cut all the funding. I dont believe thats what you want. When you look, when you consider Police Reform, what does that look like . Again, Police Reform recognizes that Police Officers have power and authority, and to be powerful, that means that we need to give them, of course, the weapons that they need but we could also invest in deescalation but also not send an armed Police Officer to every situation that may not warrant escalating the situation. We invest in body cameras, that we take away the tactics we use like choke holds. We dont necessarily need them to have militarized equipment. That intensifies the situation on the ground. But we also look at budgets and communities and recognize that sometimes instead of overfunding the Police Department, you can invest in schools, jobs, health care and invest in hope in places that just dont have it today. Do you see a lane where you can create this and do this with your republican colleagues . In the last 24 hours, just look at the president s tweets. Hes making this as though hes the law and order guy and its law and order versus lawlessness. What you and i just discussed is the antithesis of lawlessness. Its thoughtful law making. I think republicans recognize that the president , frankly, is not constructive as we try and have an impactful week of legislation and talk to their constituents. Overwhelmingly, were seeing in the polling that americans believe that africanamericans are treated differently by the police than white americans and that thats wrong and we have a responsibility in congress to do something about it. We should do our work in the house and senate and bring the president the bill and hell sign it because most of the time he does what he thinks polls tell him to do anyway. I think we just have to keep him irrelevant for now and do the work that people are demanding we do for justice for mr. Floyd and every person who wants to make sure theyre not in a position he was in, going forward. And thats just going to be phase one. Then its economic inequality, education inequality, health inequality. Theres a lot to get to. Thats right. Congressman, thanks a lot. Thanks, stephanie. Good to see you. You too. Coming up, it is being cuddle a complete meltdown in the state of georgia. Voters waiting hours and hours im talking six hours. Do you know what they were waiting for . To cast a ballot. Were going to find out what went wrong. Then trouble for president trump. 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Yes, stephanie. A little more than two hours. Really, what we saw yesterday was basically a perfect storm. What happened was georgia was unveiling new voting machines, completely new Voting System in the midst of the pandemic. When it comes to the complaints that were taking place in different precincts, we saw everything from people being confused over how to use the machines to employees not knowing how to use the machines. The technology, complaints over the technology of the machines themselves not working. On top of that, there were reports sochl places having machines delivered to the wrong place or delivered late or poll workers showing up late or places not opening. Just any sort of issue you could imagine almost took place yesterday. All of this is taking place. Now on the day after, were kind of looking at almost this local blame game. Secretary of state who runs the elections here in georgia says it comes down to local leaders, county leaders not properly training their staff employees on how to work these machines. Some of those county leaders are firing back and saying look, if theres a failure in leadership, that goes back to the top. Now the secretary of state has launched an investigation. Yesterday was primary day. What we saw yesterday, so many people are saying, was absolutely unacceptable. Some people waiting as late as midnight to cast a ballot. The big question is what is this going to look like in november when almost twice as many voters are expected to turn out to the polls, stephanie . You were out there all day long, even after you voted. What were people telling you . You know, i went to a precinct where some people had been waiting in line for three hours. Part of that, it should be noted, in the pouring rain. People were sitting there. One woman was sitting there with her son in her arms and they were getting rained on. She said shes absolutely not leaving until she casts her vote. Really the biggest thing i got from the voters i spoke to was determination. Take a look. Youve been here for more than two hours. You still have a ways until you get inside and vote. Whats keep iing you in line . The country needs voters now more than ever. Every vote counts. True. Yeah. Ive been out protesting every single day. And i know that my most important thing i can do, living in this democracy is to vote. You just hear this every single election cycle, that theres constantly Voter Suppression thats going on because we dont have enough polling locations and we dont have enough machines that are in certain neighborhoods. Now, stephanie, i will say of the people i spoke to in line, they were determined they were not leaving until they cast their ballot but there was certainly concern about what those long lines did to possibly deter some people from coming out to vote in the first place. While she was there, she was getting texts from friends who saw the lines on nuts and said look, you got it this time but were not coming out to stand in those lines. Steph . Got to figure this out. Election day is five months away. This chaos in georgia, it comes while we only have a few months to go. And there are new reports out that the president may be losing support from one of his key part s of his base. Theres a new survey by the Public Religion Research institute finding that the president s support among white evangelical voters, ready for this, dropped 15 over the last two months and just 37 of white catholics hold a favorable view of president trump. Joining me now, former speech writer for george w. Bush and senior fellow peter wehner. I havent seen you in a very long time. Good to see you. When you and i talk, we often discuss what strong support, unflappable support the president has from the evangelical community. Why . Judge appointments. He has done a superb job in their eyes in terms of judge appointments. That hasnt changed. Why do you think support has . Because i think in the last three, four months, theres been incompetence in all sorts of other areas. There was the coronavirus and now the racial unrest in the country. And so the judges, i think, are receding in the background and these other things are coming to the foreground and theyre showing donald trump in the worst light possible. And thats having an effect on