Issue of mailin voting and whether you think it is a safe and trustworthy alternative to in person voting. Cane lines are open, you join in on the conversation. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. If you are an independent, 202 7488001. You can also send us a tweet, cspanwj, or join us on facebook, journal cspan. Org facebook. Reuters, negotiations continuing into the weekend with this from yesterday, secretary of state mnuchin taking up this role. [video clip] wetheres a subset of issues agree on, we are interested in extending enhanced unemployment insurance, schools, jobs, as you mcconnell hasr said several times, Liability Insurance is important to us. Ppp, theres a lot of bipartisan support. We discussed the issues we agree on and the issues that we dont agree on. I would characterize it as their still being a lot of work to do and we agreed that tomorrow the staff will meet and make additional progress. Of specificnch followup items and then monday, chief meadows and i expect to meet again to continue discussions. Its a priority for the president to make sure that we deal with the issue that unemployment has run out in the rental ifs. We understand that the speaker and senator schumer want to have an overall deal, we will be back here working fulltime until we can accomplish something for the benefit of the american people. From that update yesterday the treasury of the secretary, Steve Mnuchin. Thebig question is, what is price tag, what will republicans and democrats agree to . Mitch mcconnell put forth his plan last week totaling over 1 trillion, but according to Lindsey Graham about half of republicans in the Senate Oppose spending more than one trillion dollars. Yesterday the democratic leader in the senate, Chuck Schumer of new york. [video clip] this was the longest meeting we had in it was more productive than the other meetings. Many issues are still very much outstanding, but we had a serious discussion and we went down piece by piece to see where each side was at. The staff will be meeting over the weekend tomorrow to go through some of the things that we went through and we will meet again on monday. We are not close yet. But it was a productive discussion. Now each side knows where they are at and we are going to work very hard to come to an agreement that meets the needs of the moment. We still believe, and we discussed this with them, that this is one of the greatest problems america faces and we need to meet those needs in a very serious way. Halfwaying we will do doesnt work when people need homes and jobs and housing and help. Host that from the Senate Democratic leader on capitol hill yesterday. Lead negotiators, fluting Steve Mnuchin for the white house, and mark meadows. ,his is the headline at reuters Congressional Democrats in the white house still at an impasse over the relief bill and joining us on the phone this morning is jeff mason, who covers the white house for reuters. Is there a sign that this could be resolved by the end of the week . Guest thats a good question, steve. I dont have the answer to that. Seems that both sides are eager to get to a solution, but if you just as you just played in the clip, he said that they are not close. So, its just hard to say. The longer it takes, the higher the political pressure is going to be on both sides to come up with a solution and the more the blame game is going to be employed. We have got, as i dont need to tell you or the viewers, so many people across the country who are suffering from unemployment and from this virus in its economic and health implications. From expiredey, unemployment benefits, is no longer in the pockets of people, they will look for someone to blame and that will increase the political pressure. Not only that, but it seems that one of the biggest dividing lines is aid to states. Republicans reluctant to give it, democrats saying its a musthave. Absolutely. That dividing line is also very definitely a political one. Republicans, particularly the president , and others as well not wanting to give money to states that they believe have been poorly run by democratic governors. Democrats on the other hand seeing this as one of the major problems or one of the major implications of the crisis, that these states are facing really, really Major Economic hardship. About thes talk calendar. As we said at the top of the program, the house was originally scheduled to be off for august. That isnt quite to happen. We are moving into convention season, though they will be virtual conventions. What do you think congress is looking for in the next couple of weeks at what is the white house prepared to do . Everything has been thrown off by the virus. People, not only congress, but the president would be taking time away and they are just not doing that. People are staying in washington, in general staying at work to get these things done. I guess thats as much as i can say for the next couple of weeks, people on capitol hill in the white house are going to get to work on this and not go off and take their vacations. Jeff, thank you for being with us as always. Guest my pleasure, steve. Host we want to turn to the issue of mailin voting. This is the headline from the daily signal. The left calling for mailin voting, heres why its a bad idea, with political figures calling for the election to take by mail, but it could result in daily it could result in fraud. And from market watch, heres this view. Conservative groups are suing voting if itin means intervening in statelevel decisions in the president ial Reelection Campaign is suing to block it while pushing backers to be ready to be vote but ready to vote by mail. The evidence that we found it can in fact inspire Public Confidence in the voting process if done properly and when fraud occurs, Election Administrators identify it and take action, correcting returns and prosecuting those responsible. Thats what happened in 2018 when a republican political activist paid others to collect incomplete absentee ballots so that they could be filled out to vote for the republican candidate. The activist was arrested and charged, convicted, and the election was run again. Rare. L Election Fraud is victor is joining us in silver spring, maryland. Do you trust mailin voting . Caller absolutely not. I was sitting on my front porch listening to Rush Limbaugh talk about the cheating that goes on in baltimore in other places in some woman walks by and tells me i have no business listening to Rush Limbaugh and i asked her if she was the wing of the democratic that controls thought. Host thank you. We will go on to cv, joining us from florence, kentucky. Mailin voting, you trust it . Caller absolutely. I did it when i was in the army. And since 2016. Its no problem. Just like you said, voter fraud that happened in 2016 that theed caustic trump popular vote, hes whining about it again because hes afraid hes going to lose. Trump fraud cooked up by to limit access to voting. Pure and simple. Yall have a good day. Host martin, schenectady, new york. Againsti am completely mailin voting. There was a school primary, which not like a real, actual election between republicans or democrats, but there was a school vote and i had moved and the ballot was forwarded from my old School Address in my name wont be on the ballot. Could have legally voted. Obviously i tossed it, but i dont think unless you are signing like an absentee ballot where you sign the application, unless you do that and cities decide to just flood the entire city with ballots and i didnt ask for one, thats not ok. I have real trouble with that. There needs to be some sort of overall accountability towards how many exactly ballots will be issued. For the call. U des moines, iowa, do you trust the idea . Absolutely. I have a unique perspective. I worked in the Election Office for eight years and, first of all, all mail in or absentee voting, you sign a voter affidavit. And then every county in the a or let meas say every precinct has a ballot that is specific to that precinct. So, its impossible to duplicate the ballot and have a fake ballot out there, as has been claimed by the president. Mail is absolutely safe. Are no instances, hardly any, of voter fraud. Its a fallacy, its completely safe and i think it should be encouraged across the nation. Thanks for the call. This is an editorial from the voting by mail could save lives during the pandemic. Livingston, new jersey, good morning. Caller its ironic what you just said from the times, thats exactly what i was just going to tell you. More and more evidence is coming out that this is not the time to be questioning whether or not our safety and our wellbeing should be a part of voting. Its sad. Its very sad. Vote, by hell or high water im going to be voting. Do i like risking my life . Not really. Im not a hero. Im 76. I want to vote. Its that simple. When i hear a lot of men saying that they are going to steal the boat, dont they understand that when you get the ballot, a duplicate in the mail to show you what your questions are for your area, what the people are for your area, tell me how thats going to be sent all around the nation. Use your head. You are going to see the names of people not in your area on your ballot . Ts not going to happen intellectually challenged. I mean i hear the person say about Rush Limbaugh . Please, give me a great break. The man that failed out of college listening to the all knowledgeable Rush Limbaugh . Really . Listen to people who have been doing this. Five states that have been doing it for years. How come they have no problem . Thank you. Host josephine, thank you for the call. Earlier this summer we had a conversation with tom ridge on this very issue and here is his perspective. [video clip] the states remind people the penalties for fraud, significant financial penalties, imprisonment. The Heritage Foundation several years ago took a look at 200 and 50 million absentee ballots that had been cast over the past i think it was 20 years and they found that there were 200 cases of fraud that had been litigated and people found guilty of improper action. Its a somewhat fraudulent statement to suggest that historically there has been massive fraud in elections because of abuse of the absentee ballot process. Ad i dont claim it to be perfect system, but the infrequency of impropriety, of 250r, 200 cases out million, suggest that the local 10,000, do a00 to pretty good job monitoring absentee ballots. That from the former Homeland Security secretary tom ridge. In case you are interesting, this is the charge from the 70 ofon post, americans can cast ballots by mail in the fall. 77 of americans can cast ballots by mail in the fall. That that they would, but they have the potential of doing so. Bob, kentucky, do you trust mailin voting . Caller thanks for taking my call. No, i dont trust it. A person ought to be patriotic enough to get out of bed and go vote, because you have to show your id and there is so much on that. Runim 84 and i dont scared of this virus. I go where i want and i do what i want and i dont worry about it, im not a coward. Thank you. Joseph has this tweet host next is nick, good morning, walking to the program. Caller thanks for taking my call. Real quick, i dont trust it. I have already received two other mailin voting my mailbox. So, what you received was for the primary . You probably have not received for the general election. No, it was the primary, but if it can happen in the primaries, it can happen in the general, too. For nick, thanks very much the call. Lets go to stuart, joining us this morning from auburn, washington. Ofler the amount misinformation is galling and a real concern. We have been voting by mail in this state for many years and there are safeguards will tend. You receive the ballot, you completed, you put it in an invert inner envelope, outer envelope, sign the envelope, then it is checked and matched with dmv records before they will tally the vote. In one more thing i would like to point out is that if people prefer we use machines, look at what just happened in georgia, where all of these new machines were installed prior to the election and none of them worked on voting day. Thank you. Just tuning ine or listening on cspan radio, mailin voting, do you trust that as more and more states look at doing that because of coronavirus . Good morning, ricardo. Caller good morning, steve. Steve, right . Host yeah, how are you doing . Caller good morning. Im 76 years old. I dont know if i want to be out there like that might holding place, but i want to vote. I want to vote this guy out of this office who has turned this country upside down. Look at it now, its all beginning to be messed up. Sometimes we dont get mail around here for two days. Its a mess. Yes, i believe in voting by mail , its been done in other states, its no problem and i will be voting. I got to get him out of there. Thanks a lot for letting me talk. Host thank you for the call. M, conservatives are growing worried that the president s attack on mailin voting could suppress the gop vote as democrats mobilize to take advantage of expanded opportunities and suspicious republicans gambling on in person turn out during the pandemic. Scores of states have voted to get rid of absentee ballot he voted to embrace absentee ,alloting in a recent trend however the president has resisted the move, saying that democrats have an advantage in high turnout elections and making unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud in mailin voting. Voting. Paul, good morning. Caller thanks for taking my call. I think that people should go and show their id, its important. People should go in with good open for sevent days, take their own time. If you dont do this, there will be considerable fraud from the democratic party. I dont believe them, this is whats going to happen. The headline from the washington post, preparing for astronaut splashdown. The east coast of florida has been hit hard with a tropical storm, so the alternative is the gulf of mexico, bushel be the first time they have used it as a landing face. We will have more this morning to preview what to expect during the course of the day. Splashdown is expected at 2 42 eastern time this afternoon and you can watch it all unfiltered in its entirety. Jim, fort lauderdale, good morning. Good morning. I am personally shocked that this is even being discussed in a serious way. The other thing, too, is how is it, why is it that just democrats are calling in wanting mail in voting . Dont republicans get coronavirus . It shows you how false this argument is. Anyways, theres no way that you can verify that a person who mailed in a ballot actually filled it out. The signature . That can be harvested by telling people to sign the ballot and they will take care of the rest. There is no real way of knowing that the ballot was filled out by the person that sent it in. The other thing, too, is they are not time stamped. So, nobody knows if any of these votes are going to make the deadline that is set. There should be no only assurance, but the appearance of a true vote and the only way you can do that is by going into a voting booth with no one pressuring you, which can happen with mailin voting. Theres no way that an election determined by mailin voting should be accepted by the voters of this country. It just doesnt, doesnt work. Host thank you very much for the call. Lindsay, mount holly, good morning. Caller good morning, thank you for taking my call. Host good morning to you. Againstim totally mailin voting, one because of the service of the post office. We get mail about three days a week in my neighborhood. The post lady, who is a contract worker, and we have been in the city for 40 years, will write down one side of the street putting it in the boxes and completely ignore the other side of the street. We have seen her ride down. Wheretwo recent instances i paid for two day delivery. Information 11 days after the postal date that it should have been received. Thank you for the call there from North Carolina. Pressrom the associated , the vote to nominate President Trump said to be conducted in private later this month without members of the press present, citing coronavirus and while the president called off the public components of the convention in florida last month, citing this like in cases across the country, 300 already six delegates are scheduled to gather in North Carolina to formally vote to make trump the gop standardbearer once more, the spokesperson saying that given the Health Restrictions and limitations in place, we are planning for charlotte activities to be closed to the press from friday through monday and are happy to let you know that if this changes, we will be working within the parameters set before us host zeke miller telling us overnight that they are still working through options that will hopefully give american the. Ccess they deserve the president this past week defending his charge that mailin voting leads to fraud, waste, and abuse. [video clip] i need to ask plaintiff, but it doesnt much explanation. Look at the article about the new york mail vote disaster. Tens of thousands lost out in the primaries. What will happen . Its a mess. Its not fake, its true. This was done by the wall street journal. Vote by mail experiment vote by mail experiment reveals potential problems in the. Vember election you see whats happening in different places, these trial runs are a disaster. So many years have been watching elections. Where they say the projected winner or the winner of the election . I dont want to see that taking place in a week after november frankly, with or, litigation and Everything Else that can happen, years, years . Or you never know who won the election . They are sending out hundreds of millions of universal mailin ballots. Hundreds of millions. Where are they going . Who are they being sent to . You dont have to know anything about politics. The democrats know this. The democrats know this. I want to see, i want an election and a result much more than you. I think were doing well. We have the same fake polls, but we have real polls. We are doing very well. Bobby with this tweet has this news headline, mailin voting faces a slew of issues nationwide,