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Biden: George Floyd's death 'no time for incendiary tweets'

Season 2020 Episode 162 | 7m 41s

Recent images of unrest in cities like Minneapolis resemble demonstrations that occurred during the Obama administration, when protesters took to the streets demanding that law enforcement face justice for their violent treatment of black Americans. Joe Biden, who was vice president at the time, is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. He weighs in on the situation with Judy Woodruff.

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