White house chief of staff mark meadows. Democrats and republicans still at odds over several key issues including the 600 jobless benefits that expired last week. Meanwhile, President Trump says hes considering taking executive action if the two sides cannot reach a deal. Congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill and chad come attacks have been going on for a couple hours now. Any idea where we stand . They started about 1 00 eastern and any time they are in there for a while, its probably a good sign, the fact that people werent coming out and trashing the other side. Its notable that President Trump is not been directly engaged in these talks. He has deputized the secretary of the treasury Stephen Nguyen and mark meadows, white house chief of staff. The president and some epic blowups with House Speaker nancy pelosi over infrastructure and other meetings of the white house last year. That is who is in the meeting today here on capitol hill. Listen to
Covidrelated deaths in the past 24 hours. That is the most reported deaths in a single day in that state. And from the world of sports, reports that tonights game between the st. Louis cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed after more cardinals tested positive. It comes a day after the Major League Baseball commissioner warned the shortened season could be shut down altogether. First to inflorida, though, the current epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic where at least 7 Million People could be in the path of hurricane isaias. Easy for me to say. Randi kaye is standing by in Palm Beach County but lets get the forecast first with meteorologist chad myers in the cnn weather center. What can we expect from isaias . So far, it has been the underachiever of the lifetime where hanna was so big and bad quickly, this thing has run into dry air and it has really fallen apart. Thats the good news. Were going to get a new update at 5 00 p. M. To see what the hurricane uhunter finds un
Donna brazile. Also had tonight, dr. Scott atlas. Plus a story exclusive with an illinois democrat taking action to abolish history classes in schools. The first director, great of you to be here tonight. So we hear a lot about your campaign trying to turn things around. 92 days is a long time for election years, not a long time for politico, writing today about this dwindling window of time to turn things around so is it too late for Donald Trumps campaign . Absolutely not. President trump is on the rise and searching and pulling. As a president at a 51 Approval Rating which is actually seven points higher than where former president barack obama was at this same point in 2012. And lets look at the Enthusiasm Gap that exists. Is real and a real problem for joe biden. President Trump Supporters or 70 more enthusiastic to go out and vote for him than joe biden. Makes sense. President trump has delivered for the American People. Joe bidens supporters are not excited to be out there. Hes