Plus, the ballot battle brewing. Colorados secretary of state filing a lawsuit against the u. S. Postal service saying voters are being misled. Shes with us live right here this morning. Arrest investigation. A sheriff deputy in georgia caught on camera repeatedly punching a man during an arrest. How the incident escalated into this scene, and what his family and the department are saying about it. And twotime champ. Naomi osakas historic comefrombehind victory at the u. S. Open, raising her game and raising consciousness. Good morning. As millions of americans wake up to another morning of smoke and fear from those massive wildfires, President Trump is planning to travel to california for a briefing on that situation. Heres a look at what hell find tomorrow. More than two dozen people have died, dozens more are missing, approximately 5 million acres burned in three states. The former Vice President joe biden, meanwhile, issuing a statement denouncing the president for, as biden put it
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lets turn our attention to one of the important issues, and it is this. 20 Million Students and their families are in the middle of what has to be the strangest first semester of college in at least a century. Almost everything has changed for students except one thing, students still have to answer 108 questions on the dreaded fafsa form, federal aid application for pell grants and Student Loans to help go to college. For years now ive carried around the fafsa as a prop to make the case for simplifying it, but its no joke, especially this year. Many students are questioning their investment in a College Education at a time when many classes are only offering online courses, many of low income students who would benefit most economically from college long term are putting it off altogether. There was an 8 drop in the number of black undergraduate students enrolled in summer sessions compared with last summers enrollment according t
First a few administrative matters. We have gotten advice from the sergeant at arms, the health and Human Services centers for disease control, individuals in the hearing room will he at least 6 feet apart. There is no room for the public and therefore but this is all streaming and therell be an unedited version of it that anyone can watch later. Witnesses are participating by videoconference today and some senators are as well. I like to Say Something about mask. The office of attending physician has said since we are 6 feet apart we dont need to wear masks although some may. Thats why my mask is off. Although i have one and i wear it outside because as dr. Redfield reminded us yesterday its extremely important tool for stopping the spread of covid. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms the press gallery and the Capitol Police and chung check in the Evan Griffith r. Staff, all their hard work in helping to keep us safe in helping us do these conferences by video with wh
A hold in the fight. This sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day a pledge to deliver election ballots on time as the controversial head of the u. S. Postal service has questioned over mailing voting. Rights accounts president goes on the defensive after news footage shows his own brother receiving money from an official. Russian doctors treating one of the kremlins biggest critics for suspected poisoning have now agreed to him being flown to germany for medical treatment the doctors in siberia backed down after initially insisting alexina valley was just too ill to be moved he is in a coma in hospital after collapsing on a plane on thursday the details in this report from murray chalons. Whats going on inside this regional russian hospital is only slightly clearer than whats going on inside the body of its most famous patient with a plane waiting in to take it unconscious alexina valmy to germany doctors spent most of the day saying he was too sick to move t