Russian doctors now say the opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, can be transported to germany for treatment. His supporters believe his release was delayed until no traces of poison could be found inside him. It could still be several hours before he leaves siberia. Mr navalny became unwell after drinking tea at an airport cafe. Moscow strongly denies he was poisoned. Earlier the spokesman for the hospital where mr navalny is being treated, explained why the possible plans to move mr navalny had changed. Translation the relatives of the patient have made multiple requests for him to be transported. They are relatives, family members, and they, like other people, have been given all the information about his condition, the diagnosis, and they are ready to accept the risk of transportation. We have, therefore, decided not to oppose transferring the patient to another clinic. It will be the one the relatives choose. Applause. It will be the ones the relatives choose, once it is confirmed
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
Trump, the president of the United States, is telling his supporters that democrats are trying to steal the election. That mailin ballots are being sent to dogs and dead people. And that the only way he can lose is if the election is rigged. He warned the country could go so long without Election Results the order of succession would mean nancy pelosi would become president on january 20th. Youre not going to know what happened. I dont think youll know two weeks later. I dont think youll know four weeks later. Theres a theory if you dont have it by the end of the year, crazy nancy pelosi would become president. Now, i dont know if its a theory or a fact, but i said, thats not good. Thats not good. No, no, there is a theory that if you dont have it, and thats part of their whole act, that if you dont have a choice, that the speaker of the house becomes president. And that, i think, goes into effect either on the 20th or the 1st. And put that in the hopper. Add that to everything else. T
Science, is influencing decisions on public health. Theres a lot to get to this morning. First, lets go to cnns pamela brown in washington for the latest on this uspa hearing. What do we expect here . Certainly hard questions from democratic lawmakers. How is the postmaster general going to answer . Well, that is the question, and this is likely to be much more contentious, jim, than what we saw last friday before the senate. This is the emergency oversight hearing led by House Democrats. Remember, it was just last week that nearly 100 House Democrats were pushing for dejoys ouster. Of course, this comes as democrats over weekend voted on this bill that would reverse changes dejoy has made as the postmaster general and would halt any further changes until after the pandemic, now the uspa pushed back on that over the weekend saying that that would hamper its ability to be efficient and to cut necessary costs, but expect House Democrats today to scrutinize dejoys changes that he has made