Returns to washington, and the white house is threatening to veto it. All of it putting postmaster general louis dejoy in the hot seat over the changes he spearheaded, including removing mailboxes and some sorting machines, and the moves sparking delays and concerns that the Trump White House is trying to interfere with mailin voting, something the president has done as recently as this week, even as he claims falsely that the practice would lead to widespread voter fraud in november. Now, dejoy telling a Senate Committee yesterday that while he wont reinstall any machines, he also wont take any further action until after the president ial election, an election he says the post office is ready to handle. And dejoy will return to capitol hill monday for a hearing with the House Oversight committee. Lets get straight to capitol hill now and cnns suzan suzanne malveaux. The house is about to vote after their afternoon of debates. Democrats have the majority in the house, so this bill is e
The air. You just brief the air, thats how its passed. Its also more deadly than your strenuous flus. He knew. He has lied about this. He knows the truth. He lied about this. He waved the white flag. He walked away. He didnt do a damned thing. Its almost criminal. The president has never lied to the American Public on covid. The president never downplayed the virus. People are sitting shoulder to shoulder, even though the president was privately saying to bob woodward he knew this was a deadly virus. I believe that if the president and this administration had acted with resolve, with vigor in late january, 80 to 90 of those people would have been alive. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is a special new day. And this morning, the president s own words, his own voice, his own lies. Lies he told the American People 190,000 deaths ago. This morning, were hearing stunning new audio from
With Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome everyone, all of our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is tuesday, september 15th, 6 00 here in new york. And there is a crises unfolding in every corner of the United States this morning. Residents along the gulf coast, bracing for Hurricane Sally, which continues to churn and move very slowly towards landfall. The big concern with this hurricane is that it could dump torrential rain for days and bring a deadly storm surge from louisiana to the florida panhandle. Youre about to see new video from a u. S. Air force Hurricane Hunter giving us a view inside the storm. Then on the west coast, nearly a hundred wildfires are now burning out of control. 22 people are reported missing in oregon. Because of these fires, the west coast has now become it now has four of the worlds ten most polluted cities. Im with you. Listen to that, john. That is the headline that got my attention. Four of the wor
People have died in california, oregon and washington state. This as thousands of First Responders and support personnel are battling nearly 100 active, large fires across the region. In california alone, more than 3 million acres have burned. Thats more than 3 of the entire state and twice the size of delaware, the population. So, to complicate matters even more, nearly the entire west coast is under air quality alert, prompting a new warning from Health Experts who say smoke from the wild fires can actually make people more susceptible to coronavirus and other infections. And in just a few hours, President Trump will head to reno, nevada, for a campaign rally. The president has largely remained silent about all of these fires besides a tweet last night. Now, hell see the consequences perhaps firsthand when flying into the region as the National Weather service is forecasting dense smoke to blanket the region for the entire weekend. Our team is covering all of the angles of these unpr
This face mask will. Remarkable to hear that from a top government scientist in a week we watch the president of the United States have two indoor rallies without masks. You need more proof top listen to dr. Redfield, 50,000 more covid cases today. A big movement in the wrong direction might be start of a bad fall trend. This. Big ten changing its mind plans to play football this year after pressure from lawmakers chief among them, president of the United States. We begin this hour, though, we devastation and darkness stretching across the gulf coast. Hurricane sally is here and wicked. The slowmoving storm now a category 1. Sustained wind speeds set at 80 Miles Per Hour. Enough to decapitate palm trees. More than 500,000 people lost power along the gulf coast already and in places 24 inches of rain already on the ground. Perspective from on the ground. Cnns gary tuchman in Pensacola Beach, florida. Reporter john, i can tell you for sure, at some point Hurricane Sally will come to an e