Over the last few weeks not only is it a think was tasked, but he has been subject to character assassination as democrats put them in the cause hears of a hyperbolic false narrative perpetrated to gain political advantage. I hope we can stick to the facts today. One factor that needs to be highlighted is that the postmaster general is not appointed by president trump. The postal board of governors engaged in identified was the joy as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the challenges facing the postal system. They unanimously approved his appointment. He reports to the board, not the president. , failingalse narrative to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service has 50. 1 billion in cash on hand following a better than expected performance during the pandemic. Tax delivery, in rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is 1. 5 billion higher than during the same period last year. The longter
The bipartisan poster board of governors engaged the professional search firm that identified him as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the enormous challenges facing the postal system. The bipartisan governors unanimously approved his appointment as postmaster general. Mr. Dejoy reports to the board, not the president. Another false narrative that has been a failure to provide another false narrative a failure to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service currently has 15. 1 billion in cash on hand, following a betterthanexpected Financial Performance during the pandemic. Rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is actually 1. 5 billion higher this year than during the same period last year. The postal system would have funded its longterm and entire healthcare liabilities as they were incurred. Because they didnt, those unfunded liabilities now total 120 billion. Unfortunately, the 2006 p
Total request fast money copping yocop coming your way at the top of the hour tweet us all your burning questions. New guidance from the cdc on when we can expect a coronavirus vaccine. Meg terrell joins us with the developing details. This information comes in the form of a letter that dr. Robert redfield sent to governors we have confirms this letter and have a copy of it. He tells the governors that health and Human Services and the cdc are, quote, rapidly making preparations to implement large scale distributions of covid19 vaccines in the fall. He asks that as they make these preparations, that they consider waiving requirements that would prevent any facilities from becoming fully operational by november 1st my understanding of this from folks ive been talking with in the government is not that they are saying a vaccine will be ready by november 1st. Were showing you the enrollment progress in phase three trials for pfizer and moderna what that deadline really is, is to encourage
Funding for the u. S. Postal service. Members of the House Rules Committee met on friday to consider the bill called the delivering for america act introduced by oversight and reform chair carolyn maloney. It provides 25 billion in funding to the Postal Service and returns Service Levels to those at the beginning of 2020. The rules committee voted to send this legislation to the house floor for debate. The rules committee will come to order. We are here today because this president has thrown our democracy further into chaos. We are just weeks away from early voting in some states. The Record Number of ballots are expected to be asked by mail. Are expected to be cast by mail. Sorting machines are disappearing. Delivery has been slowed. The postalle, service is still badly in need of Additional Resources. The house acted to provide more but nothinghs ago has been done. , this isy this clearly an assault on democracy. These actions call into question whether legal ballots will be counted
U. S. Markets, all three major market gages rising more than 7 . The dow with best august since 1984. Shares of zoom soaring premarket, ceo 4 billion richer in just a few hours after a huge jump in revenue for the company. An Appeals Court delivering setback to Michael Flynn rejecting bid to toss out charges against him. Amazon taking to the skies, drone delivery coming one step closer to reality thanks to the federal Aviation Administration. Mornings with maria live right now. Dagen checking global action, france factory activity slipping back into contraction, the purchase Managers Index below 50. Better use out of uk, rising above 55 showing growth. In asia overnight, markets fairly flat, south korea kospi big winner. President trump heading to kenosha, wisconsin to deliver law and order message. Cheryl casone with the headlines, hey, cheryl. Cheryl the former Vice President blaming President Trump for the uptick in violence in cities across the nation. He doesnt want to shed light,