The House Oversight committee calling louis dejoy to testify. Democrats accusing him of deliberately slowing mail delivery and underfunding the agency ahead of an election where a Record Number of americans are expected to vote by mail. We have Fox Team Coverage on this david spunt following the president in bridgewater, new jersey but we begin with Mark Meredith reporting live from washington. Mark. Mark arthel, good afternoon, democrats are accusing the Trump Administration of trying to sabotage the post office ahead of the general election and democrats are placing the blame squarely on the newly installed post master general and as you mentioned they want him to testify before Congress Later on this month. Now, louis dejoy was sworn in as new post master general back in june. Before that wellknown businessman and also a very generous republican donor and also contributing to President Trumps campaign. Since taking over dejoy has made a number of changes at the post office including
Good morning, it is august 29th, im ali velshi. Peaceful protests continued overnight in kenosha, wisconsin, following the Police Shooting of jacob blake jr. The 29yearold black man was shot seven times by an officer. State officials have said that blake had told police he had a knife in his car and the knife was in fact recovered from the car but they have not offered any clear information on how or whether that knife had anything to do with police attempts to detain blake or the decision to shoot him in the back seven times. A lawyer for blakes family has said that blake was not carrying a knife and that he posed no threat to police. Its just the latest in the summer of racial reckoning that featured nationwide protests following the killing of george floyd. Blakes father demanding justice for his son, who though paralyzed, according to his family, was shackled to his bed in the hospital. Once they didnt succeed killing him, well, now we got to besmirch him. So they came up with the
Governor andrew cuomo over defunding violent cities. Andrew cuomo an appointed interview suggesting the president would not be safe in new york city. Joe biden left his home in delaware today to travel to the Current Center of racial strife in the country, kenosha, wisconsin on what to the Biden Campaign called a listening event. Peter doocy is in wisconsin, he met with members of the community after meeting and talking to jacob blake and members of his family. We begin the chief White House Correspondent john roberts. Good evening to you, we have some bad weather, we will see if the president waits a few minutes before taking off, but as you know, for the last few weeks, the president has been hammering Democratic Leaders in cities across america for failing to keep the peace. Now he is trying to incentivize them to do it using the power of the almighty dollar. President trump trying to change the focus to law and order, threatening to withhold federal funding to cities like portland,
Carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosis lectern. A retired pennsylvania firefighter accused of throwing a fire extinguisher that hit Police Officers. One man parading the Confederate Flag inside the halls of congress and the qanon person for his face paint and hornd hat sandra security ramping up in d. C. 20,000 National Guard troops deployed to the Nations Capital as washington goes on lockdown. Jennifer griffin is live on capitol hill for us. How seriously are they taking these threats ahead of Inauguration Day . Good morning. Good morning, sandra. They are taking them very seriously and the online chatter the f. B. I. Director referenced has been flying around the internet since before that angry mob stormed the capitol behind me on january 6. What has National Security officials and secret service and others very concerned here in the capital is that there have been open calls to bring weapons to washington, d. C. And to state capitals for an armed protest this sunday at noon. The fly
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