Breaking overnight, at least three officers shot in a standoff in texas. The suspect barricaded inside holding multiple family members hostage. What we know about the standoff right now. Plus, in the dark, the dangerous heat wave in california leading to rolling blackouts and massive wildfires. Back on the court. The first round of the nba playoffs starts today. What to expect in the bubble. And the new shortage that could be a big problem for pizza lovers. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve in for kenneth moton. Good to be with you, mona, but we begin with yet another grim milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, more than 170,000 american lives now lost to covid19 and there are 5. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. College campuses across the country are having a tough time coping with new outbreaks as students ignore social distancing rules and attend jam packed parties and more grade schools are being forced to switch to Remote Learning with a gro
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
In the middle. Powerless. Nearly 2 Million People on the east coast still in the dark you have no idea when youre going to have power. This morning, frustration is mounting, with no end in sight shock and anger. Overnight, chilling, new images emerge of that deadly explosion in beirut, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless the search for survivors and answers entering day three just ahead, why Officials Say the tragedy could have been avoided. Spiked the university of connecticut becomes the first Major College to cancel its football season. The board of trustees and our studentathletes and coaches were all on the same page. Championships for other fall sports called off for hundreds of schools this morning, the president of the ncaa is with us for an exclusive, live interview. All that, plus the return of rokerthon. Al shattered records doing weather for 34 hours straight. And from all 50 states in a single week. This morning, hes back at it, aiming for another milestone involving so
Make that the reality. Much of the countrys in really good shape. We see the red spots, we have them in red, you know, the covid areas. The countrys in very good shape. And were set to rock n roll. Rock n roll. Yeah, rock, roll, continue taking on water and eventually sink thanks to having no one at the dam helm. Im not going to stop calling out his inaction, his lies and his hypocrisy. Its making us sick. And its putting our kids behind. Take a look at the map. Nearly five million cases and counting, we lead the world, hospitalizations are up in too many places. Governors are forced to band together to get rapid tests that the federal government keeps promising and not delivering. Death projections, adjusted to add more than expected again and again. His only solution, lie about the reality. Defy what should be done, and deny his responsibility. If you look at children. I mean, theyre able to throw it off very easily. Its an amazing thing, because some flues they dont. They get very s
Simply wish it away. Its going away. No, it will go away, like things go away, absolutely. Theres no question in my mind. It will go away. Tell the families of the dead. The answer is, as he likes to say, it is what it is. This answer. Pathetic and painfully indicative of why we are stuck with all these cases. He really wants you to believe things are getting better. Without having to do anything to make that the reality. Much of the countrys in really good shape. We see the red spots, we have them in red, you know, the covid areas. The countrys in very good shape. And were set to rock n roll. Rock n roll. Yeah, rock, roll, continue taking on water and eventually sink thanks to having no one at the damn helm. Im not going to stop calling out his inaction, his lies and his hypocrisy. Its making us sick. And its putting our kids behind. Take a look at the map. Nearly five million cases and counting, we lead the world, hospitalizations are up in too many places. Governors are forced to ba