Earlier today, protesters gathered outside dejoys home for a loud protest. Also tad, fedex put out a statement saying it does not accept individual ballots for shipment, advising voters closely review their states requirements. And a new investigation by the Senate Homeland Security Committee which oversees the Postal Service. It is clear that without overtime, without sending extra trips with taking these machines, sorting machines out, its slowing down the process. Theres no question about that. I have asked the postmaster general a number of questions. He is not very transparent. He doesnt want to come forward with facts. Nbcs Josh Letterman is at the white house. Josh, the president continues to resist emergency funding for the cashstrapped Postal Service. What, if anything, might change his mind . Depends what day you ask, garrett. The president has been all over the map in terms of what he might accept in postal funding as the issue of usps has been pushed into the forefront of t
Destroyed in this hurricane, about 14,000 people sought shelter and as of last night 100,000 people in texas without power and thousands in louisiana. Id like to bring in peter hotez. We had to interrupt our conversation regarding coronavirus when the president began speaking. Also jake levine former aide to president obama. Is there concern this could converge and become a super spreader event when we talk about the pandemic . Absolutely. There is a lot of worry because even before this hurricane, texas still had one of the highest rates of transmission of covid19 in the country even though it was 10,000 new cases a day, it was down to 5,000 new cases a day, it is still 5,000 new cases a day and those are confirmed cases and what it really means is five or six times higher than that. Louisiana was around 700 new cases confirmed per day. So pretty screaming high level of transmission, one of the highest areas in the country. You have all that disruption. People moving, you know, Emerge
Earlier, an echo of the latest incidents made its way to the streets of our capital, the get your knee off our nexts protests, the day that 57 years earlier dr. Martin luther king jr. Led the first march on washington. Jacob blakes father wasin the community and the divide facing the nation which hasnt changed enough in 60 years. There are two systems of justice in the United States. Theres a white system and theres a black system. The black system aint doing so well. But were going to stand up every black person in the United States is going to stand up were tired im tired of looking at cameras and seeing these young black and brown people suffer now, the stark contrast between jacob blake sr. That he spoke of was never more evident. Yesterday 17yearold Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with felony murder for killing two protesters as part of a shooting spree in wisconsin. On friday, he waived his initial Court Appearance at an extradition hearing in illinois. His Legal Team Won a postpo p
Earlier in the day, later he was interacting with localsxd following a pressfanr briefing thexd sort that only President Trump could deliver in a time of a crisis. I want them over here. These are the guys. Ktaq lni i getlp 10,000. You cant make this stuffco autographing things to be sold on ebay. As of thisr still inflicting a death toll on the nation of about 1,000q soul per day. Overall, the United States closing in on 6 millionrc s confirmed cases, more than 183,000t people have nowt die from the disease andxdxd at thi rate closefacoe1 to 250,000 mil lives to coronavirus by election day. A storm created by injustice and tension. h lc yesterday a seventh straight daa foe shooting ofu v downt the street andq killed t people and made it back to illinois, antioch. Hee walked past police. High fives andni water. So it has to be two different systems. Because if that would have been a brown boy we all know what th outcome would have been. C hed have never made it back to wherever he w
The American People significantly fewer than 100,000 people would die from the disease, already adding to a mounting of evidence of failure by the trump administration. Schools are figuring out how to either reopen or stay open safely. Theres an outright assault on our postal service. Its a lot. What is in store if trump wins reelection . Well, i dont know, i think for next jeer generally speaking, if we win, a president will ask for the resignation of everybody and brings back people he wants. Thats happened before. I cant see Something Like that happening. Trump delivered those remark from his private golf club in new jersey,ings a place where hes spending more and more time. We have brandnew numbers showing his andics are not helping. The latest wall street journal poll shows that joe biden is ahead by nine points. If we compare that on other recent polls, it paints a picture of a president who cannot get his support above the low 40s. Biden is ahead of trump on every single issue i