Office. He says they were meant to be money savers while critics say hes trying to sabotage the november election. Speaking of the election, you know were talking last night. Former Vice President joe biden officially accepted his partys nomination. Heres part of what he had to say. This is our moment. This is our mission. May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here, tonight. As love and hope and light join in the battle for the soul of the nation. And this is a battle we will win and well do it together. I promise you. More on the dnc in a minute. I want to start this morning on this mornings hearing. My colleague Leigh Ann Caldwell is following the action on capitol hill. Geoff bennett is at the white house. Hes been breaking news all right, left and center on developments around the post office because it is not just about the election. It matters to every single american. Leigh ann, to you first. The chairman of the committee is ron johns
Live once it gets under way. Today the country is stuck at the sobering plateau of a thousand coronavirus deaths a day but theres encouraging news from the head of the cdc who says that the deaths could start to decline by next week. New cases have been falling. Dr. Robert redfield does have a critical warning for Middle America and well bring that you as well. Were watching this, the most important speech of his 50year political career. Joe biden last night accepting the democratic president ial nomination. Striking a tone of optimistic and hope, promising he will be in his words an ally of the light, not the darkness. Promising to overcome the season of darkness he says that the country is currently in. Biden largely avoided mentioning donald trump by name but did condemn the president and his leadership throughout. There is a lot to get to this morning and lets begin in washington with Kristin Holmes as we stand by for a consequential hearing on capitol hill. We know this is first t
Postmaster general louis dejoy, with mailin ballots front and center. You see it on your screen, these duelling events, well have them live this hour. I want to get to our reporters, monica alba covering the rnc in charlotte, Garrett Haake on capitol hill following that postal hearing. Fill us in on what you expect today at the roll call and the game plan for this week. Reporter this may be the most traditional part of any convention in the last two weeks and certainly unconventional year. Youre going to have actual delegates gathering in person, 336 or so of them in the Convention Center just behind me, and theyll be undergoing that roll call just momentarily. Something youre not going to see because of the coronavirus pandemic is what you would have in terms of a debate over a platform. The rnc saying theyll adopt the 2016 version, and simply by nature of not being able to have as many people as they wanted, theyre forgoing that. They did enact a resolution signaling they embrace eve
Good morning, everyone. Im sandra smith. Hello, trace. Trace good morning. A busy schedule on tap. Ronna mcdaniel will gavel in the convention at the bottom of the hour as we gear up for the roll call of the states when the president is officially nominated. Tonights speakers include South Carolina senator tim scott, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley and donald trump junior and mark a patricia mccloskey. The st. Louis couple who held guns as protestors marred outside their home this summer. President trump is hitting democrats on their Convention Last week. A lot of the commentary on the Democratic Convention was it was very negative. Very much attacking trump. President trump it was dark, i agree. What do we see from your Party Next Week . President trump i think well see something uplifting and positive. Thats what i would like it to be. I think you have to defend yourself by talking about some of the lies. It is what he didnt say. Didnt talk about Law Enforcement, didnt talk about
It the most. The u. S. Is shattering its positivecase records, averaging more than 200,000 new cases, each and every day. Nearly 105,000 americans are in the hospital, today. Another discouraging record. And just yesterday, 2,546 people died from covid. These numbers make tomorrows fda meeting to consider giving emergencyuse authorization for the Pfizer Vaccine even more pivotal. Health and Human Services secretary, alex azar, is predicting a rapid rollout, once the doses are green lit. If everything is on track, it could be a matter of days. Fda approves the vaccine. We would then authorize shipment within 24 hours. 20 Million People should get vaccinated, in just the next several weeks. And then, well just keep rolling out vaccines through january, february, march, as they come off the production lines. Canada has just granted emergencyuse authorization for pfizers covid19 vaccine there. It is now the second nation, behind the uk, to do so. Cnns Alexander Field is live for us in rhod