Sunday shows preview: Moderates, Biden reach deal on infrastructure; Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison

President Biden’s deal with moderate lawmakers on infrastructure and the sentencing of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin are expected to dominate the Sunday show circuit. 

Following a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday over infrastructure, Biden told reporters outside the White House “we have a deal.”

The group included Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Susan Collins (R-Maine) Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). 

The framework of the proposed legislation includes $579 billion in new spending, including $312 billion for transportation programs. The remaining $266 billion would go toward water infrastructure, broadband, and environmental remediation, among other things. 

On Thursday, the president acknowledged that the deal would not include proposals wanted for American families,  but added that he would still look for an additional, larger package to be passed through the reconciliation process. 

“I think it’s really important, we’ve all agreed that none of us got all that we wanted. I clearly didn’t get all I wanted. They gave more than I think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place,” Biden said. “But this reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States Congress, we actually worked with one another.”

Portman, who was one of the original 10 senators to work on the bipartisan deal, celebrated the news, telling reporters on Thursday, “I appreciate the fact that the president came out today to express what we all believe, which is we didn’t get everything we wanted but we came up with a compromise that is going to help the American people,” Portman told reporters.

Portman and Manchin will appear on ABC’s “This Week.” Romney will appear on CNN’s “State of The Union.” 

On Friday, Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, received a sentencing of 22.5 years in jail. Floyd died in May 2020 after Chauvin pinned him to the ground for over 9 minutes. 

In April, he was convicted of second degree murder and manslaughter as well as third-degree murder. 

Per state guidelines, the maximum sentence for unintentional murder in the second degree is 40 years, but because Chauvin has no previous criminal record, the presumptive sentence was 12.5 years, with an acceptable deviation range of 10 years and 9 months, to 15 years. 

Prosecutors were seeking 30 years in jail.

Following news of Chauvin’s sentencing, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said during a press conference that the judge’s decision, “is not justice [but] another moment of real accountability on the road to justice.” 

He also took the opportunity to call on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would make changes to how policing is conducted in the U.S.

Ellison will appear on ABC’s “This Week.”

ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-W.Va.), Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Mayor Charles Burkett of Surfside, Florida.

CBS’s “Face the Nation” — White House adviser Cedric Richmond; Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R).; Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami.

CNN’s “State of the Union” — Richmond; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah)

“Fox News Sunday” — Richmond; Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Mayor Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, Missouri.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

FOX News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” — Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Ranking Member, House Intel Committee, Stephen Miller, Former White House Senior Adviser, Sen. John Barrasso, Republican Conference Chairman, Sharri Markson, editor, The Australian