Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
Grieves for the court and they will take a vote at 1 45 eastern. Now, live coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of might and mercy, thank you for providing our lawmakers with opportunities for courageous and noble service. Inspire them to labor for your glory in all they say and do. Illuminate their minds with the light of your divine precepts. Equip our senators for their tasks that they may be physically fit, mentally alert, morally straight, and spiritually strong. Create in them the life of purity, honesty, and altruism that contributes solutions to the problems they face. May they work with perseverance and magnanimity for the new and better day toward which your divine intentions guide them. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
Mueller investigation costing taxpayers and how does it compare to other investigations . Andrew noble of the Washington Times joins us for that. Live at 7 00 eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. Disher, cspan is touring cities across the country, exploring American History. Next, a look at our recent visit to kansas city, missouri. Youre watching American History tv, all we can, every weekend, on cspan3. The Negro Leagues Museum in kansas city, missouri. Here we document the story of black baseball in america in general, and the professional negro league specifically. You just walked into an old all an old ballpark. The only difference in this ballpark is that you will need some new baseball heroes. When you walk in to the ballpark, the first thing that you see is the field. Here it is the field of legends. The field of legends is a mock baseball diamond that houses 10 of 12 lifesize negro league greats. They were positioned at as if they were playing a game. They represent 10