that, this debate is over a process. a number of states are now trying to figure out how they are going to go to universal mail-in ballots. that's a disaster where we won't know the election results on november 3 and we might not know it for months and for me, that is problematic because the constitution says nancy pelosi and the house would pick the president on january 20. so we need to make sure we do it right. >> what this is is a political narrative by my democrat colleagues. listen, we have a lot of people hurting out there and this voting issue is key. if the democrats feel like this is a big issue, and i talked to some of the more moderate democrats and a few progressives as well, if this is a big deal, let's put it with a stimulus check to go to americans. let's put it with enhanced unemployment extension, let's put it with small business reform in terms of the ppp and extending that.

let's get that. will the president signed that? yes, he will sign that. >> i think the question is what does congress do, what can you do -- you are hearing word the house democratic leadership is thinking about bringing the house back early to deal directly with this postal service crisis. do you think that is a good idea and do you want to see senator mitch mcconnell do the same thing? sen. sanders: absolutely. i think what the democratic leadership in the house, nancy pelosi and others are talking about is exactly right. this is not a debate about the postal service alone. that is important. this is about the future of american democracy and whether people have a right to participate. earlier this week, here in vermont, we had our primaries. we had the largest voter turnout in primaries in vermont history. most of the people voted by mail-in ballots. it worked just fine. we could do this in every state

in this country. so i would urge speaker pelosi to bring back the house. we will do everything we can to get mcconnell to bring back the senate. this is a crisis for american democracy. we have to act and act now. >> nancy pelosi releasing this statement on the standards of the postal service. what she is calling the devastating effects of the president's campaign to sabotage the election, i am calling up on the how to return to session later this week to vote on oversight and reform committee forrwoman's delivering america act, which prohibits the postal service from implementing changes to operations or level of service it had in place on january 1, 2020. she says, in announcement of the week's schedule would be announced soon. >> next, on q&a, author elaine

weiss talks about her book, the women's hour. later the contenders features window wilkie -- wendell wilkie who ran against president was built in 1940. also programming on kamala harris. elaine weiss discusses her book, "the woman's hour," about the . lead-up to the ratification of the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution on august 18, 1920, that granted women the right to vote. ♪ host: elaine weiss, i want to start our conversation on the centennial of women's suffrage with coverage of some you talk about in your book, "the woman's hour".