Promises to be like no other Political Convention in American History with most events taking place virtually including joe bidens acceptance speech. Good morning and happy monday. Im sandra smith. Trace im trace gallagher. Tonight Convention Speakers include Michelle Obama and former 2020 candidate senator Bernie Sanders. Tomorrow bill clinton speaks. Wednesday bidens vp selection senator Kamala Harris and former president obama before joe bidens acceptance speech the following night. No public appearances over the weekend and have yet to take many questions from the press. A short time ago President Trump accused the media of not Holding Biden accountable. President trump somebody like biden, he doesnt know what to do. He doesnt come out because he cant. He doesnt take any questions from reporters. I keep saying to my people here i am getting bombs thrown at me every day by people totally frankly dishonest reporters but im getting theyre espousing the view of the radical left. Bombs
Were watching to see if he stops and take reporters questions on his way out of the white house. Will he answer charges which democrats that his cutting of funding to the Postal Service will just stall mailin voting ahead of the election . Moments ago on fox news the president attacked the Postal Service once again. He called it one of the, quote, disasters of the world, but insists that hes not tampering with the election. Today Democratic Leaders are holding an urgent conference call, this after the House Speaker nancy pelosi announced she will call the house to can the its recess short to address the u. S. Postal service crisis. Democrats are also calling for the trumpappointed postmasterer general, also a mega donor to the trump campaign, louis dejoy to testify next week. Another story were following today. The u. S. Surpassing 170,000 coronavirus deaths. There is now a potential snag in the governments operation to come up with 300 million vaccine doses by january, and thats where
Hes responding in a new interview this morning. And also new this morning, calls for a criminal investigation into the post master general, ahead of that emergency hearing one week from today where hes being asked to testify. Well talk to one democrat who would question louis dejoy in a minute. Im hallie jackson. It is great to be back with you on this busy monday morning from washington. Along with Nbcs Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill and Peter Alexander at the white house. Leigh ann, talk through the next steps we expect to see over the coming days, nancy pelosi saying, house, you need to get back here because we have to deal with what is becoming a Postal Service crisis. Welcome back. Were so happy to have you back. Getting back to business, yes, house democrats, Senate Democrats are really starting to put a lot of pressure on the Postal Service and thats evident in a lot of actions over the last 24 hours. We heard from Speaker Pelosi who told her members they are going to come b
Im erin burnett. Reckless, the president is about to hold a rally in North Carolina. The infection rate there now topping what is considered safe for reopening, and this is the scene. Almost no one you see it. This is live. No masks. There is no social distancing. And there are hundreds of people all packed together. They are following the example, of course, set by the president whos about to appear before them, a president who will not wear a mask himself and even mocks those who do so. Youre going to have to take that off please, you can take it off. How many feet are you away. Ill speak a lot louder. If you dont take it off, youre very muffled. Ill just speak a lot better. Is that better . Its better, yeah. Its better. Did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him . And then he makes a speech and he always has it not always but a lot of times has it hanging down because it gives him a feeling of security. If i were a psychiatrist right . I would say i would say this guys
Most important election weve ever had. Early voting has already begun. Dont wait. Vote. Its safe. Go out and vote. He also didnt bring up his frequent and baseless assertions that mail ballots are rife with fraud and will cost him the election. But after the rally, he tweeted, quote, cheating on unsolicited ballots by political hacks, or anyone else, is against the law. We are closely watching. The controversy over trumps comments on the transfer of power erupted yesterday when he answered this question during a press briefing. Win, lose, or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election . There has been rioting in many cities across this country, in your socalled red and blue states. Will you commit to making sure there is a peaceful transferral of power after the election . Were going to have to see what happens. You know that. Ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster. I understand t