welcome back to our viewers joining us here in the united states and, of course, all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, covid-19 resurgence, countries around the globe scramble to stop new spikes in cases. we will have a live report on that. back to school concerns as cases among children rise. hear from one teacher who wrote her own obituary. and meet jill biden, the story of the woman who could become the next first lady.

good to have you with us. and we begin with two big u.s. political stories. the upcoming democratic national convention and the brewing fight over the u.s. postal service. house speaker nancy pelosi announced sunday she will recall representatives to washington this week, and they will ramp up postal service investigations and consider legislation to reverse recent changes. the usps says it will delay removal of mailboxes and sorting machines, but hundreds may already be out of commission. the stakes are high since many americans will vote by mail because of the pandemic. meanwhile, president donald trump doubled down on inaccurate claims about absentee ballots. his chief of staff held firm when pressed by cnn's jake tapper. >> widespread voter fraud,

though. there's no evidence of widespread voter fraud. >> there's no evidence that there's not either. that's the definition of fraud, jake. >> well, all this as democrats head into a history-making party convention with blake woman on the ticket for the first time ever, and a virtual structure unlike anything seen before. so, let's dig into these stories. and for that we have jessica dean in wilmington, delaware, following the start of the democratic national convention. but let's start with john howard at the white house with more on the brewing fight over the postal service. >> reporter: the crisis over the u.s. postal service in the 2020 election is escalating. the house of representatives have already planned to call in donald trump's postmaster general for questioning about reductions in service. now house speaker nancy pelosi is calling the chamber back into session, probably next saturday in order to consider legislation halting those changes in

service. the backdrop for this long-standing funding programs for the postal service that have caused deliveries to slow, the administration is less than eager to restore services to the full level, both for fiscal reasons and also because donald trump has been raising doubts about the integrity of mail-in balloting. coronavirus pandemic has led increasing numbers of americans to want to vote by mail rather than go in person so they can avoid getting sick. question now is do democrats have the leverage to force republicans to go along with them either on halting the policy changes or infusing the $25 billion they say is necessary to shore up the postal service? the advantage democrats have is that way beyond the electoral considerations, every american uses the postal service and huge numbers of americans rely on it for checks, for commerce, and for delivery of vital medications. that is the lever the democrats hope to force republicans to the

table. we'll see what happens this week. john harwood, cnn, the white house. >> reporter: the 2020 democratic national convention is set to kickoff on monday, and this is going to be a convention unlike any convention we've ever seen as democrats work around the pandemic and work to make sure everyone is socially distanced and safe as they also try to rev up the democratic party and build support around joe biden and kamala harris. and we're getting some details on logistically how this might work. we're told first that there are four different sets that they'll be using. los angeles, new york, wilmington, delaware, here in wilmington, delaware, where we're told joe biden and kamala harris will give their acceptance speeches, and milwaukee where it was originally slated to take place. in addition to that there will be speakers across america from historic sites that will be giving their speeches, which we're told will be much shorter than we're used to seeing at these conventions. these will be more like 2 to 5 minutes. we're used to seeing ten to 15

minutes from some of these speakers. additionally to that, we're told broadcast kits have been sent out all across the country to delegates and different members of the party who will be able to set up those broadcast kits in their own living room. there will be a truck here in wilmington, delaware, that will be able to see those feeds from all these people across america and be able to punch up reaction shots. they'll also use that for their roll call. we're also told there will be an emcee and various emcees that will carry the programming because, again, remember, this is going to be like just a television broadcast. typically a convention is broadcasting to both the room and tv. in this case, they are simply broadcasting out to tv, and then also across all the various online platforms. we are also told that there will be a host of speakers monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, starting with a real variety within the democratic party on monday that includes bernie sanders, michelle obama, and a former republican governor john

kasich who ran for the republican nomination in 2016 now speaking at the democratic national convention. so a lot to watch as we move into monday. jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> and a new cnn poll shows joe biden's lead over donald trump has narrowed significantly since june. overall, half of registered voters back the biden/harris ticket while 46% say they support president trump and mike pence. that's right at the polls' margin of error. with me now from los angeles political analyst michael, a lot to cover. the biden/harris ticket only 4 points ahead of the trump/pence ticket given the pandemic, high unemployment, controversy surrounding the u.s. postal service. how surprised are you how close this is right now?

>> it looked like a close race from the beginning. we have a long way to go, 11 weeks. we won't have a clearer picture until after the conventions. it will likely be another speaker like four years ago. donald trump has two paths to victory. one is basically a replay of 2016 where he loses the popular vote, this time by probably by 5 million, 4 million, and lose the electoral college. the other is if the republicans can be successful in voter suppression efforts as they're trying and if the mail-in ballot chaos continues and they don't resolve that before the election. >> and let's look at that. with president trump objecting to mail-in voting and even stopping usps funding, there is concern the elderly and vulnerable won't have an opportunity to vote in the middle of the pandemic should the rest of us consider voting in person to ensure our ballots get counted. >> well, i think this is a

universal problem. it's not just the elderly or the infirmed. who wants to go to a high school gym in the middle of a pandemic with a bunch of other people? this requires us to have some openly clear thinking and take some risks in terms of trying some new things. we need to open up the process, make voting longer. there's a lot of things we can do to make voting easier. the problem is the president is going to try to narrow the range of the vote. democrats want to expand it. and whoever wins that race, the race to open or close the amount of people voting, is going to win the presidency. >> of course, in just a matter of hours the democratic national convention kicks off, four days of virtual events. michelle and barack obama, bernie sanders, governor andrew cuomo will speak. this will be different from anything we've ever seen before due to this pandemic.

what do you sbeexpect to see an hear what are you watching for? >> this is going to be a strange one. democrats and republicans, they tend to be partly 12-ring circus and partly big tent revival meeting. this is going to be much more tempered, much more moderate and much more controlled. in the past we didn't know the nominee until we got to the convention. but since the era of primaries starting in the '70s, we knew ahead of time who the dantd wca was going to be. the drama is gone. it will be a big infomercial for both parties. what i'm looking for is to see who can manage the process best and who can get their key points across best. >> yes, it's going to be a very different arena, isn't it? president trump, meantime, intends to make a speech near joe biden's hometown on the same day the former vice president accepts the democratic

nomination. what's trump's strategy and will it work, do you think? >> well, he likes to do counter programming and he likes to do counter punching. donald trump always has to be the center of attention, and the cameras are going to be on biden and the democrats for these next few days. he's going to try to wrestle them away. it's something like teddi roosevelt's daughter said of her father. poor dad has to be the bride at every wedding, at every funeral and the baby of every christening. he's going to try to shine the spotlight on himself, tear down biden, of course. it's a norm he's going to bust. normally the opposition party gives the other party a few days to make their case and not interfere. donald trump is a nor buster, he's going to try to claim center stage. he may well be able to do it. >> we shall watch and see. michael joining us live from los angeles. thank you so very much.

>> thank you, rosemary. >> and you can catch cnn's special coverage of the democratic national convention starting at 8:00 eastern time monday night. for our international viewers, that's at 1:00 a.m. tuesday in london, 8:00 a.m. in hong kong. well, countries are racing to contain new outbreaks of the coronavirus, and south korea officials fear a resurgence after a massive gathering at a church. details ahead. plus, thousands of teachers, students and staff in the u.s. are now quarantined just as the school year gets underway in many states. a look at how some are protesting over fears for their health and safety. back in just a moment. but julie has resolve pet expert. its latest formula attacks odors at the source. no odor. no stain. no nothin'. whatever happens, no big deal. resolve. think you need to buy expensive skincare products [♪] to see dramatic results?

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well, in just 18 days coronavirus deaths have jumped from 150,000 to 170,000. that is according to johns hopkins the. on sunday alone, 538 deaths and more than 40,000 new cases were reported in the country. but despite the spike in covid-19 deaths, this was the scene at an off-campus apartment complex at the university of north georgia. a large outdoor party was held

over the weekend. and as you can see, no one is social distancing and many are not wearing masks. it is worth pointing out there are no mask mandates in the state of georgia. but the university has released a statement criticizing students for not following covid-19 precautions. well, the u.s. food and drug administration has granted emergency use authorization to a new, quick and inexpensive coronavirus test. this one is saliva-based and much less invasive or uncomfortable than the one you see swabbing the nose and throat. just a short time ago i spoke with dr. sanju matthew about it. >> i'm excited about the potential, rosemary. i'm always a bit hesitant about when you expedite a test, how accurate will it be. the traditional test is still the nays owe pharyngeal swab and that looks at genetic material. the point of care test like the

saliva test looks at the protein. it is quick, it is fast, it will answer some questions about the supply chain issues and also that uncomfortable swab. the fda is suggesting, rosemary, that it is as accurate as the traditional pcr. so i'm excited. quick turn around times, and that's what we need. >> it absolutely is. of course, we know at this point for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the u.s. is seeing a downward trend in the number of covid tests being done. why is this happening at this same time as the trump administration insists enough tests are being done? is there any correlation there? >> it's a bit confusing to know exactly what's happening, but, you know, the virus is still there, rosemary. we know that. the positivity rates in a lot of states are going up. part of the reason why the number of cases or the hospitalizations might be going down is because of better care that we have now with remdesivir and steroids.

but ultimately testing is the way out of this pandemic. and we need to have that consistent messaging that unless you test, you don't really know who is infected. >> matthew there talking to me a little earlier. countries around the world are doing everything they can to curb the spread of covid-19. as some fear a second wave is imminent. the u.s. military is raising its health protection level in south korea after the country warns of a possible massive recurrence of coronavirus. new zealand is delaying its elections by four weeks due to a growing outbreak of new cases there. the country has reported nine new locally transmitted cases in the last 24 hours. spain, france, greece and germany are seeing worrying spikes in new cases in recent weeks. and the new infection clusters appear to be tied to young people. cnn is following the story from seoul, sydney and paris.

first let's go to cnn's paula hancocks, she joins us live from seoul. paula, what's behind what they're calling this massive recurrence of the coronavirus there in south korea? >> reporter: well, rosemary, here in south korea we are in a place where we really feel like we've been before. again, it is a religious gathering that appears to have sparked one of the biggest outbreaks. there are a number of different clusters at the moment in cafes and restaurants as well, but there is one particular church here in seoul, more than 300 of the congregation have tested positive so far within that one church. now, it's a church that had more than 4,000 visitors. according to health officials, they say more than a thousand of them are yet to get hold of. they say some aren't answering their phone. more than 500 of them they don't have contact details for. they're bringing the police in to try and track people down to make sure they are tested, they

are quarantined and make sure they can do contact tracing. this is something similar we saw at the beginning of the outbreak in south korea in february and march with the religious group where there were many who were unable to be contacted and the police were brought in for that as well. now, the church itself in this case is fighting back. they're saying that they're going to take the health minister to court, saying that they are defaming the church, suggesting that they are not cooperating. but health officials insist that they are not cooperating in the way they need to. and the complication on top of this, rosemary, is that last saturday there was a rally or protest against the south korean president moon jae-in, about 10,000 people were in downtown seoul protests and officials asked police not to go ahead because of the risks of infection. and the reverend from that particular church was at that protest as well further complicating things. it's a political situation at

the same time as being a health situation. this particular church is very anti-president moon jae-in. rosemary? >> all right, many thanks to you, paula. cnn's angus watson joins us now live from sydney, australia. angus, new zealand is delaying its election to give it time to get these new outbreaks under control. what's the latest on that move? >> reporter: well, rosemary, you remember it wasn't so long ago, just about a week ago that new zealand was celebrating over 100 days without a community transmission case of coronavirus in that country of 5 million. now we've had 58 cases of community transmission over the past week, over 100,000 tests done to locate those 58 cases. and the government there just doesn't believe that it's safe enough, particularly in auckland, the major city where that cluster is, to go ahead with the election. that's not a decision that

jacinda jacinda ardern would have made lightly. they are in the ascendancy. many in new zealand believe she's done a good job. apart from this new restriction that has gone into force into auckland, new zealand is leading a relatively life in that country almost having extinguish extinguished the virus and going so close to t. her labor party is buoyant. this will come as a bit of a blow, but we hope the election can go ahead in october, rosemary. >> indeed it was impressive. she went for elimination rather than crushing the curve. thank you, angus. next we go to melissa bell, she joins us live from paris. melissa, what's behind the spike in cases across france? >> reporter: cases across france and a worrying rise in other european countries as you mentioned a moment ago, rosemary, it is a combination of more testing, of course, but, of course, also people just going about their business more than

they had been before. if you look at europe more widely, spain really the hardest hit with the highest jump in the number of new cases, nearly 5,000 recorded over the course of the weekend. just behind it france. and beneath that germany and italy also seeing small, but steady rises. hence, these new measures. you only need to look at measures being taken in countries like spain and italy. things like closing down disco techs, and in italy forcing people to wear masks in outdoor spaces in the evening. to understand it is the younger people that are being hardest hit that are amongst those rises in new cases which is why also you're not seeing the sort of consequent rises in deaths and in the number of people in i.c.u.s you might have expected. the new rises are in cases, it is extremely worrying, it is because it is hitting the younger people going out more than they were, that you're not seeing those disastrous consequence. clearly for authorities here, pressure is on to bring in more changes that will try and prevent these new cases from

rising. we've seen two days in a row here in france, more than 3,000 new cases being declared. that is a record since may when the coronavirus lockdown was gradually lifted. as a result, new measures here in paris as well, the champs-elysees, there will be an obligation to wear a mask outside. now discussions underway in france about the possibility of masks being made obligatory, rosemary, even inside office buildings. >> it is the one weapon we have. many thanks to melissa bell there. angus watson earlier, and, of course, we were talking to paula hancocks first off. many thanks to all three of you. appreciate it. in spain hundreds of people have taken to the streets of madrid to protest the mandatory use of face masks. the country's health minister says masks must be worn in every public space. spain has seen a jump in cases. almost 3,000 were recorded on friday. the highest single day total since april.

and still to come on cnn newsroom, scotland opens its school doors. cnn takes a look at how students there are coping with the strange new reality. we're back with that in just a moment. hike!

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church and you're watching cnn newsroom. well, many school districts in the u.s. are reopening now or in the coming weeks with little preparation for the coronavirus pandemic, and that has parents, teachers and some students worried are the risk of spreading the deadly virus, especially after a new report

from the centers for disease control and prevention. the cdc warns the virus is spreading among children at an increasing rate. the number and rate of infections has steadily gone up from march to july, and the evidence suggests that as many as 45% of cases in children may be asymptomatic. one parent, who is not worried about sending his kids back to school, is the president's son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner. >> children have a six-times higher chance of dying from the flu than the coronavirus. based on the data i've seen, i don't believe that's a risk. again, this virus impacts different people in different ways. we know a lot more now than we did, and assuming our school is not opening up five days a week, i wish they were, but we absolutely will be sending our kids back to school and i have no fear in doing so. >> well, more than 2,000 students, teachers and staff members across five states have been quarantined in recent weeks

due to coronavirus outbreaks. in arizona, one school district had to cancel classes today after a high number of staff called out, citing health and safety concerns. in florida, one teacher wrote her own obituary to protest schools reopening. educator whitney redick writes, and i'm quoting, with profound sadness, i announce the passing of whitney lee redick, a loving and devoted teacher, mother, daughter, wife, aunt and friend all whose lives she touched. she returned to work, did her best to handle all the roles placed on her shoulders, educator, covid security guard, human shield, firefighter, social worker, nurse, and care giver. but the work load weakened her and the virus took hold. and joining me now is the author of that mock obituary, whitney redick. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> now, you wrote that mock

obituary to protest plans to reopen schools. why did you decide that that was the best way to get your point across? >> i was planning on reading it at a school board meeting on a tuesday night. one day, i didn't know what i was going to speak -- to say, what comment i was going to make. i was reading the news and i saw that some teachers in a state wrote obituaries to their governor. at first i was like, that's very morbid. okay, i understand your point and i stand behind you. i just thought it was a little extreme. and then the more the night went on, i couldn't sleep and i was folding laundry. it really weighed heavy on my heart and then i got really sad and i wanted that to portray to our school board and our superintendent and our governor whenever i read it at the

meeting. unfortunately, i didn't get a chance to read it, but the news station came out the next day, the local news, and then that's where it kind of took off. >> you've also said that you succumbed to the ignorance of those in power. what did you mean by that? >> i, i think that it is a very sad choice to send students and everyone who worked at a school, from the time a student gets on a bus till they go home, those staff are put in grave danger. to me it's very ignorant to send people ill prepared into a hazard. >> so why do you think they're doing it? >> that's a great question. i'm going to assume money because our governor in florida said that if schools did not

open five days a week with an in-person learning option, that he would take their funding. >> so since you wrote your mock obituary, your activism has resulted in some positive changes at your school and elsewhere. what all got changed? >> this past thursday, teachers who applied to teach virtually are able to stay at home, where that was not an option, which kind of upsets me because i would have applied to be a virtual teacher. at the time when they put out applications, you still had to go into a school building, which to me, we couldn't teach from the safety of your home. but i'm so happy that the teachers that are going to teach virtual are able to do it from the safety of their house. we in florida have a lawsuit against the state, the educators union does. and the state attempted to dismiss it on friday, and the

judge did not accept their motion for dismissal. that's another huge win because it does show the governor that you can't just make an order that you're going to -- executive order that you're going to take funding. >> right. and so now that we are seeing more schools closing in georgia and elsewhere due to covid-19 infections, no doubt you feel inclined to say, i told you so. what do you want to see happen next with schools in your state and elsewhere as they tackle this decision about what to do when it comes to kids' education? >> yeah, i can't imagine having -- that's not an easy thing to say, that i think that 100% virtual start is where we should be until our numbers decrease to lower than 5%, until there's some sort of transparency between our health department and our school board.

those decisions that are made, until there is transparency and much lower numbers, it's not safe to start in person. >> all right. we will leave it there. whitney redick, thank you so much for joining us. we do appreciate it. >> no problem. thank you. >> thank you. and it's not just the united states that's seeing the school debate rage on. in scotland, students and teachers have just now started headsing back to the classroom. and our max foster was there to see how it all worked and he joins me now live from london. good to see you, max. how did it all go? what are people saying? >> reporter: all eyes really on scotland right now as one of the first areas of the u.k. and indeed europe to open up its schools. also an interesting example because once they had a very low infection rate or they've had a low infection rate of the virus. they've had quite a high death rate. it's interesting on two levels. looking to see what sort of

methods they're using to reopen schools, but also whether or not it leads to another spike. the first day of school is always emotional. but after months of lockdown, the reopening of the primary in scotland is a new experience for everyone. >> this is the first time that we've put boys and girls in their school for five months. >> reporter: inside, a lesson on how to navigate the school's one way system. just one of the many covid safety measures children and staff are now getting to grips with. so students arranged in bubbles, pretty much confined to classrooms as well at least compared with before. the seats are facing one direction. they have to stick to their own stationary packs. and they're eating in here as well at lunchtime? >> absolutely. our priority is to keep the children safe. the teachers will teach from the front of the classroom. the children will not

collaborate in groups. they'll work in pairs with partners. >> -- >> reporter: i can't see any masks, but what's the rule on that? >> there is no need for anyone to be wearing masks. if they're going to be working beyond 15 minutes they should be wearing a mask. >> reporter: it's not clear what happens if a child or teacher tests positive for the virus. the school says it will take government advice on whether to send that person home or the whole bubble or, indeed, the whole school. father of five raymond carol isn't concerned. he says his boys are desperate for some routine. what will your kids get coming back to school? >> structure, that's it, structure. everything they do is around a structured day. over the past few months it's been very difficult to maintain that structure. >> reporter: and schooling, how was that? >> not good. >> reporter: you're keane to come back.

children weren't desperate to come to school. >> yeah, before i didn't like school >> reporter: are you guys excited? >> because we're going back to school. >> reporter: did you ever think you'd say that? >> no, never thought we'd say that. >> reporter: teachers hearsay they are also excited about being back, and they feel safe. though teaching unions say that isn't the case in all schools. >> teachers and staff need to adopt this new way of life. they're ready for the challenges ahead but they'll always be very cautious. >> reporter: each district, each country has its own system for reopening schools. all eyes on scotland, though, is one of the first to be tested in this part of the world. worth noting that schools can only really control what's happening on their own grounds. there is a contradiction here because those bubbles are being kept deliberately separate in school are mixing up in the school buses transporting people into school. that's one issue. and also there is a big rou

breaking out about schools, exams couldn't take place in england, wales and scotland and many other parts of the world. they use an algorithm to assess people's results. many of the colleges are pretty unhappy with the result of that. that's really blown up here. up in scotland they had to go with what teachers predicted with results and algorithm is a huge issue. we're learning these things the first time, rosemary. >> we are. how we adjust to math, i find it quite jarring not see anyone wear a mask. everyone is trying it their own separate way and we'll see what happens. max foster, many thanks bringing us that reports from london. appreciate it. well, in japan, coronavirus cases are climbing and their economy is contracting. the japanese gdp now in historically bad territory. we'll take a look at that. crafting our authentic fragrances

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there is dismal economic news coming out of japan. the country's economy suffered its biggest contraction on record in the second quarter. gdp shrank by nearly 28% when annualized, slightly higher than what was expected. and this is japan's third straight quarter of contraction. for more on this, let's bring in keri ann joji joining us from tokyo. good morning. likely japan is suffering in the midst of the pandemic, and the gdp numbers put it deeper into recession. how is the government responding to this? >> reporter: well, rosemary, we should be used to this by now given the record lows in gdp we've seen from countries like the u.s., u.k., many other countries across the world. but when you see it in black and white, you see how catastrophic the virus has been for a country like japan.

a 7.8% contraction quarter on quarter has never been seen before since records were started in 1980. and i think when i talk to economists, in particular those who have been watching the abe nomic story he has been trying to embark on the last eight years or so, they question how strong any recovery is going to be. one is beyond his control, which is, of course, this pandemic. and the new cases that have been hitting japan since mid july in particular are worrying. but on top of that, you have the global trade situation, which is slowly starting to come back. but people wonder whether that really can be continued to be the engine for growth for japan as it has been in the past. i mean, just to put things into perspective, the size of the economy here in japan is now exactly where it was after the march 11 earthquake and nuclear disaster. so in that sense i think that puts it into perspective. it basically wipes out all the

growth in the economy that we've seen since that period of time. what's worrying going forward to me, rosemary, is the fact that many of these stimulus measures that prime minister abe and his government have adopted are going to expire at the end of september. these are mostly geared toward small and medium size businesses which form the bulk of the japanese economy. so most economists expect or hope to see some further action in stimulus from the prime minister. not to mention, of course, there is a leadership issue as well. the prime minister went for a medical checkup today, and usually that might not come across as anything new. but the fact it set off tongues and raised the spectre of a possibility of a leadership change shows just how fragile his position is. so i think that is one thing to focus on. i think you also have to imagine the businesses are continuing to suffer because even though there is no more national emergency, people are afraid to go out. there hasn't been as much pcr

testing in japan compared to its neighbors like south korea that's making people nervous as well. these numbers are dismal. the rebound probably is going to happen this quarter, but probably not as robust as initially expected, rosemary. >> has a lot of people on edge. many thanks. appreciate it. the governor of the u.s. state of south dakota has turned down the u.s. president's executive offer to boost unemployment benefits. she says her state has already recovered 80% of its job losses. president trump announced last weekend that the federal government would provide the job loss with a $300 weekly payment. but states would be required to create a new payment system and not all americans receiving unemployment benefits will qualify. four states, arizona, iowa, louisiana and new mexico, have already been approved for the program. well, months into the pandemic, some americans are still waiting for unemployment checks. cnn's vanessa yakevich talks to

one worker who finally got his, but it was too little too late. >> i had negative $170 something in my bank account. >> reporter: for more than four months daniel waited for unemployment after losing his bartending job in washington, d.c. last week a debit card finally arrived loaded with thousands of dollars of unemployment back pay. when you look at that card, i mean, what do you think? >> i'm really apathetic about this country. i've seen it have a lot of opportunities to do the right thing and take the other option every time. >> reporter: the damage is already done. he maxed out his credit card and says he got evicted by his roommates after he couldn't make rent. now he's living with his dad in the bronx. >> if they had given me the money earlier, it wouldn't have been this big of a problem and the amount of money they gave me would have been fine. but now i have all these compounded problems. >> reporter: the safety net failed him and he's not alone.

the pandemic has cost the u.s. nearly 13 million jobs, leaving americans to face a system ill equipped to handle the surge. the consequence are real. without more government aid, up to 40 million americans face eviction by the end of the year. >> nobody pays attention to unemployment insurance when the unemployment rate is 3 or 4%. so some states just sort of ignored their systems since the last recession to make it harder for people to get benefits. >> reporter: vanessa yerkavich, cnn, new york. >> some have called joe biden's wife jill his greatest political asset. a closer look at their political relationship as we look back into the november election. back in just a moment. unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. take the neuriva challenge with our money-back guarantee!

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this time circumstances are different. and there's a lot more on the line. when jill biden takes the stage tuesday for her primetime democratic convention speech, it will be the latest in a long line of remarks from a seasoned political spouse, school teacher and ph.d. earner. only this time for biden the stakes are even higher. >> i never felt this kind of urgency before. people have been coming up to me for months and saying, joe's got to win. joe's got to win. i mean, people seem like they're just -- they feel the division and the hatred and the bigotry that's in this country right now. and i think that people are exhausted by it. >> reporter: after four decades of marriage, the bidens present a united front. >> my name is joe biden. i'm jill biden's husband. >> jill jacobs married senator biden in 1977 five years after his first wife and baby daughter were tragically killed in an accident. jill took on the additional role

of mother to biden's two young sons. >> we dated two years, actually, with bo and hunter. we went on dates together. we ate dinner together. we went on vacations together. and we actually all got married together and bo and hunt were on the altar. >> reporter: the couple had a daughter together, ashley, now 39. biden credits jill for giving him a new chance at family, something biden's late son bo once said. >> it's not just my dad that rebuilt our family. it's my mother. [ applause ] because they together truly rebuilt our family. >> reporter: but jill biden has a tough side as well. it was she who jumped up to protect her husband after two women tried to rush the stage at an event in march.

an advocate for education, women's health and military families, biden worked closely with her friend and former first lady michelle obama on those issues during the years she served as second lady, while also keeping her day job teaching. and biden recently announced she intends to keep that job if she becomes first lady, working at a community college near washington, d.c., which would be another first of its own. >> i guess i hope to see that i have a sense of independence from my husband. and i'm out there working. >> reporter: she certainly is out there working for him as one of his most vocal supporters. >> this is how we've always done things. i've campaigned in every election. i take one -- you know, i go one way, he goes the other way so we can cover more ground and talk to more people. you know, he's always supported my career. >> reporter: friends and colleagues say jill biden is

supportive, loyal, and has a fun streak. and, no doubt, she will continue to push to the finish line this november. >> i have always said that i thought joe would be the best president, and i've always supported him. and i know where his heart is. i know his values. and i think he's in such direct contrast to what we have now with president trump. >> reporter: jill biden will give that speech from a classroom at a high school in delaware, like most things with the convention this year, it's a little bit different than times past. back to you. >> thanks for that report. and thank you for watching us. i'm rosemary church. i'll be right back with another hour of news in just a moment. do stay with us. we live with at&t and we are well past the honeymoon phase.

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hello and welcome to our viewers. joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, speaker nancy pelosi calls on the house to return to washington to deal with an escalating crisis over the u.s. postal service, accusing president trump of a campaign to sabotage the election. this as the democratic national convention kicks off today in a way never seen before virtually. more on what to expect in the week ahead. and new zealand postponed its general election for a month. the details coming up.