Jessica dean in New York and we begin today with Vice President Kamala Harris agreeing to a october 23rd. Of course, just days before the election, harris is now challenging her political rival to another facetoface showdown. But its trump up for more. Were going to have more on that just a moment. Also Day Trump is campaigning in the key Battleground State of North Carolina as the republican candidate for governor in that state faces a major scandal. With just 45 days to go until Election Day. Cnns Steve Contorno is live in wilmington, North Carolina, where trump just wrapped up that rally. See first off, what did trump say about the possibility of this second debate with Vice President harris . Jessica Donald Trump wasted little time telling this crowd what he thinks of our offer for another debate. He said no, thank you. He said its way too close to the election. And while Vice President harris is eager to debate because shes called losing badly, he sees no reason to do it. Take a l
Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with an explosion of covid19 nationwide tonight as the country closes in on nearly eight million total cases of the virus. The number of new infections in the u. S. Hit nearly 60,000 on wednesday. That is a single day high not seen since the summer. And with the country now racing toward what experts call a third peak in cases, tonight, the c. D. C. Says it expects the virus will kill another 23,000 americans by the first week of november. As we come on the air, 37 states are now seeing infections growing, hospitalizations and deaths are rising, too. And with falling temperatures forcing people indoors, we are told the surge will only get worse. It is a sobering assessment just 19 days before the election as President Trump and joe biden face off tonight not on the debate stage together but in dueling town halls in separate cities. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to. We have our team of correspondents standin
All. Do you have apprehensions about mailin voting in particular i do. Plus worries over voter rights. When Voter Suppression happens, it happens foreign meddling. N minority the russians are not trying to interfere in the election of 2020, they are interfering. And a weakened Postal Service. The Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nations ballots securely and on time poll watchers, delayed results, and conspiracy theories this morning, how safe is your vote welcome to sunday and a special vote watch edition of meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck toddy mor happy Labor Day Weekend to everyone not only may this actually be the most important election in our lifetime it certainly will be the most unusual or unlike any election in our lifetime this year because of the covid19 pandemic for the first time a majority of americans say they plan t
I do. Plus worries over voter walk me through what is how quickly can you verify mailin rights. Ballots . When Voter Suppression and can you verify them before you count them in order to speed happens, it happens up the count disproportionately in minority communities. Foreign meddling. I think North Carolina is the russians are not trying to interfere in the election of 2020, they are interfering. Uniquely positioned for this because we began sending out and a weakened Postal Service. The Postal Service is fully absentee by mail ballots on capable and committed to september 4th to nearly 600,000 absentee requests that we had delivering the nations ballots received securely and on time we are ahead of the game in sending out those ballots. Thats more time for voters to return them. Poll watchers, delayed we also have had in place for a number of years now the ability to process absentee by mail ballots in advance of election day. Results, and conspiracy we also tabulate on election day
Importantly, Election Officials in wisconsin tell us they have not received a letter like this. We have reached out to multiple states and are waiting to hear back, and we are seeking to understand what motivated the post offices general counsel to issue these warnings. Was it out of real concern . Is it to sow more doubt. Joij me to talk about how the United States Postal Service battle is impacting their state, the executive director of the North Carolina state board of elections, secretary of state of maine, matt dunlap and the secretary of state of minnesota rk , steve simon. All of their offices have received letters from the u. S. Postal service. So i quoted North Carolina first, so Karen Brinson bell, let me start with you how did you interpret this letter . Chuck, we had already been making preparations so really this letter comes as no surprise. Its information that we know because weve been executing absentee by mail voting for years, decades actually. So many of these deadli