George Floyd's family meets with Biden, lawmakers on policing reform: 'Get this taken care of'

George Floyd's family headed to Capitol Hill and the White House Tuesday to meet with President Biden and lawmakers involved in policing reform negotiations.

George Floyd's family came to Washington Tuesday to meet with President Joe Biden and key lawmakers involved in policing reform negotiations, talks now stalled with no concrete progress to show one year after Floyd's death in police custody sparked worldwide protests demanding change. Between meetings on Capitol Hill, the Floyds met with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House behind closed doors, in order to have a "private discussion" with the family because of Biden's "personal relationship," with them, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. Biden, she said, would put out a statement but he did not make public remarks, as could have been expected if he had been able to sign a policing reform bill with the Floyd family on hand. Asked whether Biden is missing an opportunity to use his bully pulpit as president to put more pressure on Congress to get a deal done, Psaki defended the president's choice. "We may just have a disagreement in terms of what the right strategic approach is to these negotiations moving forward and getting to the final outcome, which we all want to see, which is a bill that the president can sign into law," Psaki said, adding Biden remains "encouraged" by bipartisan negotiations and refused to offer a new deadline.