in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
It is sunday, august 2nd. We are coming to you live from World Headquarters in new york. We want to begin with isaias. It has weakened from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm. It is ripping apart trees from the bahamas and rips down power lines. You can see the eye is clearly starting to reform yet again. You look at where nassau is in miami, 180 miles between the two of them. Clearly, that storm is making its way between those two locations that is how narrow the path is right now. In the meantime, in the u. S. , parts of florida are experiencing some Tropical Storm conditions, a state of emergency issued for 16 counties along the States Eastern coast. Floridians should be executing their plan, on the east coast of florida. In the palm beach, and north of there. You should have seven days of food, water, and medicine. You may experience power outage, be prepared for that. We received a new forecast from the storm center. What can you tell us . Good morning, everyone. As the National Hurr
News decision desk characterizes pennsylvania as just too close to call. Then theres georgia, another key remaining state where biden leads with a razor thin margin. No democrats have won this state since 1992. I can tell you that the top Elections Official there says today theyre already heading towards a recount in georgia. So while neither candidate has clinched this Electoral College, the picture coming into view overall you see it right here, its pretty dire for President Trump. Biden leading in most remaining states including a growing but tight lead in nevada. The nbc decision desk has changed its characterization of nevada as too close to call. President trump is gaining ground on biden in arizona. Were awaiting an update out of nevada this hour where the largest county is working on some of the last remaining votes today. Take it all together, and you can see when both campaigns see at the end of this tense week. The door appearing to close on the president. Joe biden building
Supreme court. Theyve just finished hearing virtual arguments in a case seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care act as virus cases surge to record levels. Its a busy day. But we begin with a live look at the white house and capitol hill where the president is pushing republicans to back him in challenging or trying to discredit the results of this election. So far, just four of the 53 Senate Republicans have recognized joe biden as president elect of the United States. And the four that have are sort of weve gotten used to those four senators bucking this president , murkowski, collins, romney and in this case also ben sasse. Heres why that matters. Even though hes lost the election, the Republican Party is still acting like its loyal to this president or being held captive by him. Meanwhile, they both appear to be toying with a constitutional crisis. Mitch mcconnell basically shrugged off the president s efforts to challenge the Election Results which so far have been rooted in fals
Get us out of this mess, who care about folks like you, who have been in your shoes, who know what its like to struggle, who know what its like to have to work hard. I will continue to fight for you with every breath in my body. And with your support on tuesday, we will show the world that for our country, for our children, and for the incredible people of pennsylvania, the best is indeed yet to come. Regardless of where you live, your race, your ethnicity, your gender, or the language your grandmother speaks, we all know that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us, and we want and need a president who leads with that spirit. I pray for every freedomloving american, that we would do in our time that which is necessary to preserve our heritage of freedom for ourselves and our posterity. On tuesday, the direction our country will take is in your hands. I ask that you join us in continuing to put america first. Together, we will continue building the br