This nbc day like none other. The pandemic caused many to cancel the usual public celebrations. President trump this evening for the second night in a row focusing Independence Day remarks on exploding Cultural Divisions. Were now in the process of defeating the radical left. Celebrations overshadowed in some places by demands for social justice. A statue of Christopher Columbus in baltimore toppled by protesters and dumped in the harbor. We will never allow an angry mob to tower down our history or trample on our freedoms. Youre up early. Were glad for it. Good morning to you. Its sunday, july 5th. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Thank you martin for being here. We tant to tell you about troubling reminders of why people shouldnt let their guards down. Florida is strengthening its case as the new epicenter of the virus. The state set a new singleday record of new cases that has rival as new yorks record from earlier this year. We talked to you yesterday as
Uninformative and unethical. Basically, its treating people Like Laboratory animals. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. A new day, it is, indeed. Top of the hour now, looking across the hudson river. Thank you for being with us. And this morning, the Postal Service is caupausing one of several controversial changes that critics say endanger mail delivery across the country. The post office said its stopping the removal of mailboxes in several western states but this is only after removing the collection boxes in several other states and cutting the hours of retail operations. In washington, President Trump is refusing to distance himself from the republican candidate in congress. Shes from georgia who has pushed baseless conspiracy theories. The government is facing pushback on a vaccine challenge trial. A former Harvard School professor calls it unnecessary, uninformative and unethical. And the economic crisis is hurting families across the country. A lot
Were so grateful for your company. Its saturday, august 15th, im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. This morning, theres major uncertainty about the president ial election. The Postal Service says in almost all of the 50 states and d. C. Mailin ballots may not make it in time to be counted. I want to get you back to some of the pictures were seeing. Protesters outside the postmaster generals home in d. C. Right now. Theyre accusing lewis d. Joy of limiting mailin voting after he made changes to the Postal Service including eliminating overtime, slowing mail delivery. A Postal Service Inspector General is now reviewing its controversial policy changes and potential ethics conflict. Last night the u. S. P. S. Did agree it would stop removing boxes in 16 western states and parts of two others until after the election. President trump has repeatedly claimed that mailin ballots cause voter fraud and favor his democratic component joe biden. According to several st
Ordained. These models are based on our behaviors today. New modeling from the university of washington predicting 310,000 covid fatalities by december 1. It means if we do everything that we can it will actually reduce the number of deaths. Everything that we do is fighting for the American People and delivering one victory after another. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Tom of tp of the hour now. Good morning to you. A live look at the capitol where some work is going to get done today, yeah. Members of the house get back in washington to vote on a relief bill for the postal service. Now, this would inject 25 billion into the usps and trying to stop changes that critics say could endanger mailin voting. Also disturbing looks in the caribbean, take a look, not one, but two, tropical storms making their way towards and could make land fall. And im number one popping youre dropping covid19 somebody on my team called this school house rap. Im down with that
Ballot in yet, walk it to a drop box. Do it in person. You dont have an excuse at this point to not vote. This is new day weekend. With Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Beautiful, crisp start of the day in new york city. New day. Good to have you with us. Three days from election day. Millions of people have already cast votes. Today, both candidates are focusing on the rust belt states. The key battleground states. The reason President Trump won in 2016. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded 99,321 coronavirus cases. That is now the highest number of new infections in the United States and most cases ever recorded in any country in a single day since the pandemic began. President trump is holding four rallies in pennsylvania. He won that state by less than one percentage point in 2016. Joe biden is going to be in michigan. The president won that state by fewer than 11,000 votes last time around. The cnn poll of polls has the former Vice President ahead by eight points there. Lets start with