1400 nationwide as cases surge in the midwest. Plus, controversial policies in two states and some say put nursing home residents at risk. Ride of a lifetime. Two astronauts who made history, crude mission on a private rocket. Safety issues they say need to be fixed before the next flight. First heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Suddenly, we heard a very loud explosion. The build iings, all the glass just went down. It was raining glass all over the city of beirut. The massive blast in beirut, lebanon. As the death toll keeps rising, Lebanese Health minister says thousands are injured. This coming as an investigation is under way into what cause this had tragedy. Isaias is leaving a path of destruction on the east coast. People confirmed dead. All of a sudden it felt like the end of the world was coming. Turn the attention to the upcoming electric, the president says he supports mailin voting in florida spl theyre so well run. Florida is a very wellrun state, low taxes
President trump and the Republican Party are waging a war on the very mechanisms of voting ahead of the upcoming election in november. And theyre running some real risks, not just for their democracy but their own campaign. Ill explain. Tleeheres a situation withe Postal Service. We talked about that on this show because its pressing and important and urgent. The president installed his crony, thats him right there. As postmaster general earlier this year. And this is the board of governors, all appointed by President Trump, a pretty and now dejoy is instituting changes at the post office, allegedly to kus cost, that are slowing down mail delivery nationwide, creating problems for mailin voting, as the pandemic rages across the country. And if the mail takes too long to get back into the offices, they cant count the ballots. Not to mention that its hurting countless Small Businesses across the country, in red states and blue states that depend on the Postal Service. And then theres the
Crony, a wealthy republican donor named louis dejoy, thats him right there. As postmaster general earlier this year. And this is the board of governors, all appointed by President Trump, a pretty Homogenous Group of men. Now dejoy is instituting changes at the post office, allegedly to cut costs, that are slowing down mail delivery nationwide, that could potentially create huge problems for mailin voting as the pandemic still rages across this country and if the mail takes too long to get back to the into the offices, then they cant count the ballots. Not to mention that its hurting countless Small Businesses across the country. In red states and blue states, rural areas and urban that depend on the Postal Service in the midst of a vast economic downturn. And then theres the legal battle. The Trump Campaign is suing Election Officials in pennsylvania, saying their use of drop boxes for mailin ballots is unconstitutional. The campaign is asking a federal court to bar them in november. T
Stephanie ruhle. 8 million Coronavirus Infections and more than 158,000 deaths, but there are small signs of hope this morning with new infections down 11 the past week. However, thats not the case in a number of southern and mid western states, dealing with rising infections and packed emergency rooms. The governor of mississippi issuing a new mask mandate as the state is on track to become number one for coronavirus cases per capita. Students returning to school in ohio will also be required to wear masks. Governor mike dewine announced that yesterday. Banning together to increase Rapid Testing in their states as led by governor larry hogan, massachusetts, michigan, ohio, and virginia governors have teamed up to purchase millions of antigen tests. Theres still no National Testing strategy in place. And on capitol hill, lawmakers appear to be one step closer to an agreement over the next Coronavirus Relief bill. The two sides say theyre trying to reach a deal by the end of the week. A
Has underscored just now incapable he really is when dealing with a crisis. Among the many truly insane parts of this interview, trump still insists with a straight face that the virus is under control. It would be bad enough if this were just a one off but its a fa fantasy that we heard from trump many, many times before. Have you been briefed by the cdc . I have. We have it so well under control. We have done a good job. Everything is under control. Its a very contagious virus. But its something that we have tremendous control over. Many of them have a little bit and they have it under control. Theyre going to have it under control really quickly. Its going to be under control. Its under control as much as you can control it. The Washington Post is now reporting that more than 5 months into the pandemic, trump has grown exhausted and wants the issue to be behind him. The crisis is deadly serious. As we speak the number of americans infected by the virus is fast approaching 5 million