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"weekends with alex witt," i'm yasmin vossoughian. want to get you up to date on it all. we're going to begin with new fallout today after the president signed a series of executive orders on coronavirus relief. side stepping congress. this morning top democrats are slamming the actions. >> what the president did is, i agree with the republican senator, it is unconstitutional slop. while it has the illusion of saying we're going to have a moratorium on evictions, it says i'm going to ask the folks in charge to study if that is feasible. when he says he's going to do the payroll tax, what he's doing is undermining social security and medicare. so these are illusions. >> illusions, she said. so those other democrats are calling republicans back to the negotiating table. as the two parties are still miles apart on a deal. >> we are ready to meet the

white house and the republicans half way. we've said that from the start. we have priorities that may be different from theres but in terms of dollar amount, we're where mr. navarro suggested. >> and then we have white house officials on the defense. >> i think that provides significant economic assistance even though the numbers are coming in very strong, a good jobs number on friday, declining unemployment, we've created over 9 million jobs in three months. that is a record. but there is still a lot of hardship out there. there is a lot of heartbreak out there. and the point that president trump made yesterday is that on several occasions, we tried to get for example a compromised deal on the unemployment assistance which ran out, the federal unemployment assistance. that is a key point. >> so this is all coming as any polling today is showing joe biden leading the president in key battleground states,

pennsylvania and wisconsin. josh letterman is in washington with more on this. josh, good afternoon to you. great to see you today. once again. so you have both sides trading blame here, josh. the white house and some democratic leaders, they appear to be open to getting back to the negotiating table. talk us through this. >> reporter: yeah, that blame game is certainly going on in full force today. but if there is one thing at this point that both sides actually agree on, it is that it would be far better to do this the right way, to do it through legislation, through some type of a grand compromise between democratic leaders in congress and the white house with potentially some buy in from senate republicans as well. the opportunity there to do far more sweeping steps to help the american worker than what the president is able to do through the executive actions that he announced last night. so even as both sides are trading blame this morning, not all hope seems to be lost for a

deal. both democrats and the white house negotiators suggesting that they still have some overlap between their positions. take a listen. >> we said tell us where you want to compromise for state and local and they said we're at a trillion dollars. i said tell you why you are at enhanced unemployment, we told the people we'll keep it at 6:0000 while we negotiate for a week or two, they refused to do that. they refused any compromise on mostly ever single other issue we've reached in agreement. >> here is my hope. now that they've done the executive orders and the american people will see how paltry, how narrow and not doing the job, that republicans who hung their hat on those executive orders will now be forced by the economy, by the health care crisis where a thousand people are dying aday and we're not making the progress we should and by the american people to come to the table, accept our compromise to meet in the middle and come up

with an agreement. >> reporter: so that comment from stephen muchin, they basically agree on the rest. that is getting attention this morning from folks wondering if that suggests there could be some type of ground for compromise moving forward. but the big question today, will there be legal action to challenge the steps that the president has just announced. even as we've heard folks like nancy pelosi calling this executive action unconstitutional slop, democrats are in a little bit of a difficult position because the way the president has set it up, by taking action himself, to extend some of the these benefits and relief from the moratorium and student loan payments, it puts in the position of democrats if they sue to try to block it of being the ones that are souring the party, that are taking something away from people at a time they really need it and that is perhaps why we heard nancy pelosi even as de crying these measures, she would not go as

far as to say that the house democrats do plan to sue over it, yasmin. >> josh letterman, thanks so much, appreciate it. good to see you this afternoon. want to bring in betsy woodriv. good to see you. i guess the big question here is what are the chances that both sides could settle on something? >> there is immense pressure on both sides to reach some sort of deal to extend federal support for people really suffering because of the pandemic. the problem is that that pressure has been in place for weeks as these negotiations and these talks have sort of sputtered from meeting to meeting without a huge amount of progress made. mnuchin's comment this is morning are important and they perhaps signal that things could be moving in a productive direction. senator durbin's comments perhaps signal things could move in a productive direction.

but look, very much so over the last week or so, it has been bad. it is bad on capitol hill. it is an issue of just two sides that haven't been able to find a way to come together to figure out what to do next and the president's executive actions might put more pressure on democrats because at least in terms of the case the white house will make publicly, whether or not that case is accurate, very big caveat here, but at least in terms of the case they're making, the president and his surrogates will say we're going to barrel ahead even if democrats won't help. will that put more pressure on democrats to concede some of the priorities or move in the direction republicans want, that is the big question going into the week. >> i have so many questions about this. i first want to address what e steve mnuchin said, sticking to

the employment insurance while we negotiate. he didn't say we'll give you that $600 because that is a major sticking points, but then the president settled on $400 addition. and this is just one part of the executive order for that unemployment insurance. so it kind of played into what the democrats were arguing for, they didn't trust the republicans to come through on one of the major sticking points being that $600 addition to the unemployment insurance. >> there is no question. and on top of that what this executive order includes is a requirement that state governments pay for 100 of those $400 in unemployment benefits that would continue. many state governments are cash strapped right now. thur budgets have been demolished by the struggle to respond to coronavirus. state sources are saying to different media outlets anonymously, no way they could afford to cop up that kind of

funding in order to help people. so when trump said the federal government is going to pay this $400, there is also a flaw baked into the specifics of the plan that he's put forward. and, of course, to state the extremely obvious, $400 is lower than $600. so for people struggling and lost their jobs and having trouble with rent, that is a meaningful gap reduction in help. >> huge. that is a huge gap. i also the deferment of payroll taxes, right. this is something that a lot of republicans didn't even support when we were in phase one, phase two and phase three of relief measures during this pandemic in the spring. you had a lot of republicans on the hill that didn't want a deferment after payroll taxes that the president was pushing for and now on this executive order, he's had the ability now to push this thing through come august which is really only ask affecting people that are still working for corporations and employed by them and is that money that is being taken away

from unemployment insurance folks, people reduced to $400 versus $600 versus the payroll tax. this is something he's been reporting since the beginning. >> it is a reduction revenue that could potentially be coming in and the president is choosing unilaterally to reduce that revenue. which republicans and democrats said raises major constitutional issues. some major commentators say wait on a second, are we okay. ben sasse worries there are serious constitutional problems with the president individually deciding or moving to implement this tax cut rather than going through congress. remember, congress's only leverage is control the budget, the purse strings, for the peas to say, ah, i'm going to skip going around congress and diy in this case, that will make

republicans very uncomfortable. >> so hillary clinton weighed in on this a little while ago. want to take a listen to that. >> so, yes, it was a stunt. most likely unconstitutional. he doesn't have the authority to do what he tried. but he sent a signal to voters that, you know, if you were unfortunately unlucky enough to have him be president again, you could watch what he's going to do to social security and medicare. and it is going to hurt not just elderly americans, but every american. >> is there a sense, betsy, that the president understood the fallout from what he did? >> that's a good question. i think the president views this very much in electoral terms. in terms of how could he try to signal to the american people that november is going to be about the economy rather than about public health.

the president and his closest advisers have basically accepted that if people are single issue coronavirus voters if this election is about who could get america out of the public health emergency, that he's in a really bad spot. but they believe if they could try to shift the narrative to a question about economics, rather than about health, then he is in a better position. the problem with that argument is that the two topics aren't separate. they're completely intertwined. the economy is struggling for as long as this pandemic is here. so for the president to take these actions that are so focused on trying to unilaterally juice the economy all by himself, that is something that white house advisers see as potentially politically beneficial, but november is a long ways away and this virus isn't going anywhere any time soon. so it is a tough spot for the white house and politically they're backed in a corner. >> it seems as if the president is looking at the latest polls

and he's quite nervous. betsy woodruff, so good to see you. appreciate you joining us. want to turn to the coronavirus pandemic and california where parents and kids are getting ready to start school as early as this week. but most will be starting the school year online. governor gavin newsom strengthening restrictions on in school learning as covid cases are spiking. scott cohen is in san jose, california for us. scott, good morning to you, as it is still morning there. how are folks feeling about starting the school year with virtual learning, a lot of parents i'm sure have mixed emotions about this? >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, they have a little bit of experience now with the rush to virtual learning when the pandemic began in march. and everyone has had a little bit of time to regroup. but still there are some concerns and new wrinkles for this fall semester. for example, here in san jose,

which is one of the largest school districts in the state, they are telling the teachers that they need to conduct that virtual learning from the classroom. so the teachers need to be in school. the idea that they have a better wi-fi connection, and access to the classroom materials. but there is teachers that have expressed apprehension about that. and of course for parents there are concerns for everything from childcare concerns for working parents and also whether the quality of instruction is going to be what it needs to be. on that front i want to introduce you to ben cogswell, a kindergarten teacher in salinas, cal qual, also using quite a bit of technology in his teaching as you could see. and so for him the move to online learning last year was relatively seamless. and his message to parents and to kids and to everyone else is embrace the change. >> this is a youtube generation,

right. and so they're so used to surfing through youtube videos, choosing what they want to watch and now there is a teacher there on the other side of the screen which maybe is just sitting there, right. so how do we pull these and grab these kids' attention and so we're the kinder rockets an we do our best and hence the astronaut helmet. >> reporter: his friend by the way is violet, and violet takes a big role in the classes. as a kindergarten teacher, has a couple of things, these kids started school last week. this is the only school they've ever known so far, is remote learning. but at the same time he has a classroom of kids that he's never met before in person. so like everyone else, he wants to get back to the classroom. >> wow, yeah. so smart, though. because if you are a kindergarten watching that on your screen, that is something that will draw in you versus

just you're teacher in a suit or tie or whatever he wears to school every day to involve characters and color and animation, smart idea there. thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. want to go now to dr. bernard ashby, from the sfflori state lead to protect medicare. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the overhead picture. you have 5 million coronavirus cases at this point and five states making up those infections. california, florida, texas, new york and georgia, the majority of those infections, of course. what is happening here? >> so, let's be clear. your question is why are we still increasing our rates of infection? i wasn't clear on your question? >> yeah. i mean, because you have five

states making up just under half of all of the infections cross this country, right. so why is it that you see these clusters of cases increasing in these particular areas? >> well. >> could only speak for florida because i live here. and basically what we have is a lack of a comprehensive strategy. essentially what you have is a governor that looks at this pandemic from an economic perspective rather than a public health perspective and therefore we don't have comprehensive plans in place such as testing, not just testing but rapid testing, meaning test results within 24 hours at least in place, contact tracing and protocols and in addition we have conflicting messaging coming from the top down. and essentially we need to get on one page. the fact that mask use was a controversial topic is insane to me. so things like that need not happen. we need to get on the ball and treat this as a public health issue and we'll do better.

but it begins with that leadership. >> so it is so interesting because i've heard this over and over from scientists, the lot, where they are saying we need to get on one page, one national message to mitigate the spread of this thing, the spread of the coronavirus. it has got to be frustrating for a health professional like yourself to be watching the spread of this disease, so many folks getting infected and dying and knowing that it comes down to in a way simple messaging. in a way, kind of unified messaging for americans to understand the threat and to know how to protect themselves. >> well, it is frustrating is an understatement. when people die, i get pissed. especially when it is my family and my patients an my community. i get pissed. so when it is unnecessary and it happens because of poor

leadership, poor choices in decision making, it is especially frustrating. so what we want from the health care community is for our leaders just to listen to the science, listen to the folks who do this for a living and apply these policies in a comprehensive way. let mez give you an example. there is a big debate about testing. we're saying testing isn't happening or it is happening, essentially what we're saying, is listen, if you test somebody, get them the results in 24 hours. why dove a national strategy for a vaccine yet we don't have a national strategy for containment of the pandemic. that makes no sense. and that lets you know where our priorities lie because the leaders running our country are look at this from a pure economic standpoint and if you look at it from a public health standpoint, that solves all of the economic issues. if we deploy testing that gives us results within 24 hours, but better yet within 30 minutes,

that technology does exist but our leadership hasn't taken that by the mabts by t by the mantle and so that is a focus rather than the development of vaccines which is important but to me controlling the pandemic and the infection spread is actually more important and more urgent at this particular juncture. >> dr. bernard ashby thank you so much for your voice on this. >> thanks for having me. >> appreciate you joining us today. new reaction as trump's new post master makes heads roll. the timing as democrats investigate mail delays. we'll be right back.

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louis de joy side lining officials as democrats are calling for an investigation into de joy and his operating measures that some say have slowed mail delivery service. joining me now is congressman gerry connelly from virginia. thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> you're the chair -- you as well. you're the chair of the house subcommittee for responsible for postal over sight. >> that is right. >> just a reaction to what we saw on friday? >> i think this is maybe one of the most cynical planned out strategies of the trump administration and the trump campaign. they understand that there is a massive movement to vote in by mail because of the pandemic and they are bound and determined to interrupt that and disrupt that to try to turn an election.

>> so, we know that the post master has banned overtime for mail carriers and clerks to quotes, as they put it, i want to be clear about that, improve operational efficiency. talk to me about the impact of that on the u.s. postal service? >> so in the middle of a pandemic, when we have labor shortages throughout the country in the postal service because of illness or quarantine, tragically we've had deaths, they're kind of having to make due and that requires overtime. that requires temporary help. that requires extra deliveries to make sure that everybody gets their mail in a timely fashion. so stop all of that, or interrupt that is absolutely guaranteed to disrupt mail service. >> so, we are just a couple of

months away from a presidential election which as you mentioned rightly so will be likely done majority by mail-in voting because of the pandemic and likely in a wave two of this pandemic, a lot of folks having to shelter in place at that point in november and leading up to november, of course. 80 million americans expected to vote by mail. some states have the voting by mail process under lock and key. they have been doing this. they know how to do this and know how to carry it out but then you look at a state by georgia and how it went down in georgia and there were a lot of hiccups in georgia in the mail-in voting. i remember one anecdote from stacey abrams she got her ballot in the mail and the envelope was seal the shut and she tried to steam it open and she had to go in person and vote. so are we ready, are we ready to have this many folks, this many people doing mail-in ballots for

a presidential election? >> i think that the trump narrative is no we're not. and that is a false narrative. in most cases, we can adjust and adjust fairly quickly despite the huge volume. now there are problems here and there. but as you point out, there are three states that have all mail balloting and they don't have problems. in my home countries there were 1300 people that voted by mail last year, 100,000 have already requested mail-in ballots. and we were able on june 23rd on our primary day to count all of the ballots by 11:00 that night without any hiccup. so, yes, we can handle this. and we can't allow the narrative that things are just too difficult, which, of course, mr. dejoy, known as louie delay in the rank and file of the postal service, he wants you to believe we're not up to it, we can't

handle it and the changes i'm making just won't allow it. >> so we're in the age of twitter and instagram and we want answers immediately as americans we're not patient people and that is not a negative thing necessarily. i'm not a patient person myself. the reason i'm in news. i like things changing constantly. the likelihood of us getting the results on the day of the election, having steve kornacki who the winner is, is very unlikely. we'll have to wait a while. how long do you expect americans will have to wait? >> there may be a few days delay for a number of jurisdictions. but you know what, that is not new. we've had states that weren't called. remember, of course, the infamous election with the hanging chads in florida in -- i mean in the year 2000. it took weeks to determine the outcome of the entire election

because of florida. >> so you have to admit, congressman, that was an exception, the year 2000 with the hanging chads and bush v. gore. but nonetheless, for the most part, we wake up on the day after election day and we know who the president of the united states is. the likelihood of that happening is little to none. >> well, it depends on what kind of election we're going to have. if it is a decisive election and that is quite clear on election night, we will know who was selected as president. on the other hand, because of the mass volume of votes to be counted including votes by mail it may take a few days. i don't believe that is the end of the world or the end of democracy if that is what it takes to ensure a few election and the transfer of power. >> congressman jerry connelly, thank you. good to talk to you. >> thank you. coming up, everybody,

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margin. it was enough to get to 306. the question is, three and a half years later as we head into the 2020 election, what is going to change on this map between 2016 and when we get to election night 2020. so what we have here is our first look from nbc at what the electoral map looks like right now. things could change. but august and closer to the fall, what does the map look like. so we'll show you here in a second. remember trump had 306 on election night, 2016, how many does as have as of now in august. we think he only has 125 in the bag. we think biden is sitting there at 334. these are the states that are solidly biden and the states that are leaning biden. we think these are the states that are solidly trump and leaning trump. so what we're seeing is big gains for the democrats. where are the democratic gains on this map from 2016. six states, pennsylvania,

michigan, wisconsin. we talked about those. all of the polling in those statements have been very encouraging for the democrats. plus arizona, florida, that is a big one, 29 electoral votes and north carolina. those six states, we think, right now, are leaning toward and moving toward the biden column a. th column, and those six states, add to what hillary clinton had, 334. that is what biden is sitting at. none of the states that were hillary clinton in '16 have switched and gone to trump. not at this point. so there is that. so trump has lost those six states. also, texas, georgia, ohio, iowa, all states that went for trump by big margins in 16, tossup states. they haven't moved to the democratic side but taken steps away from donald trump. and that brings the number down for trump and that means, you could look at it here, the task for donald trump in the rest of the campaign, obviously, make sure he gets texas and ohio and

say he gets texas and iowa, ohio, georgia, we gave him all four tossups. that moves him north of 200, 203, you have to get to 270. he has to find a way to win florida back. that gets him to 232. he has to find a way to win north carolina back. arizona he won by 3 1/2 points in 2016. and even by winning the tossups, he's still going to need more. he can't afford a lot of slippage from where he was in 2016. right now there is a lot of slippage. he has to get it back not quite to where it was in 2016 but he has to get it close. from this advantage point he's a long way away. we'll see what happens in the rest of the campaign. >> see what happens. the key thing there. steve kornacki, my friend, thank you. back to school backlash. students set to return to class in florida despite a spike in coronavirus cases. that is coming up next.

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welcome back. in florida today, an increase in coronavirus cases. officials adding more than 6,000 infections to the state's 500,000 case total, despite the numbers, as educators, families and students are getting ready for school, an order from the education commissioner. nbc's chris pallone is in florida for us. chris, good afternoon to you. the students in that school district, it seems will be

resuming class tomorrow. so what is the plan? i believe we have lost chris or he doesn't hear me. did we lose him? okay. it seems as if we lost chris, so if we get him back. we'll bring him to you. more technical difficulties. stay with us, everybody. some educators are saying that basically they are concerned about the safety of in-school learning, joining me now ari montgomery a teacher from gwinnett county in georgia. and thank you for everything that do you, being a mother of two young boys and having to teach them at home and deal with virtual learning during the spring. i now know how hard jobs are

like yours being a teacher so i appreciate you very much as do so many parents out there. how did you feel when you found out that schools would be in-persin in-person? >> i felt very hopeless. i also felt very shocked because i remember our district agreeing to start digitally. so we agreed to start digitally and we realize tlad we received an email that said that we would be going to face students back in as soon as august 26th which leaves us only 14 days of digital learning. >> what safety measures are in place to protect not only you but the children in your classroom? >> to be honest, the safety measures in place, it is booing to vary from school to school. that is unnerving recently. what we have in place at the

moment is just basically virtual meetings. we're not meeting with any of our colleagues in the building as we have been transitioning in for -- but that is happened when students come back so there hasn't been any set guidelines on how to pretty much deal with students coming back in the classroom and so it is pretty much based up to the individual teacher. >> so let's talk but what you want to do then. will you be wearing a mask? do you want the kids in your classroom to wear a mask? what about the interactions with parents and drop-off and that sort of thing. what do you want to see in place to protect at least your small circle, your little classroom? >> to be honest, the thing that i want to see in place is all students able to wear a mask. i will also be wearing a mask and face shield. some teachers are using plexiglass to build a barrier around their desk and that is sad because teaching and

learning is us being face-to-face with each other and being able to come over and talk to the students through the learning process. so it is rather difficult to figure out exactly what to do to make sure that all students are being served correctly. one thing i would like to see if is for the gwinnett to go digital for the first nine weeks and then use the standards to phase in the students when they feel like it is safe and the numbers are low enough to not cause a infection. >> i want to get this straight. because i'm not necessarily clear on this in what you're saying. so are you telling me that the expense is going to fall on you and the other teachers to protect yourselves. some teachers are building plexiglass borders around the desk, is the school or the teachers paying for that?

and your mask and face shield, who is picking up the tab for that. >> they're giving us masks an face shields but in order to protect ourselves in the classroom, we don't have any set procedures. so teachers are going out of their way to figure out how to protect themselves an the family and the students in class. >> so you have teachers building plexiglass borders around their desks on their own dime? >> yes. >> this does not sound to me, ariane, like these schools are prepared to welcome students back into their halls whether there is no protections in place and teachers are making themselves vulnerable to getting this virus. have you been speaking to your administrator, speaking out to your superintendents in your districts to make sure they understand the risks they are taking by making this decision and not helping you out? >> absolutely. we have been protesting for the

past week. we have been speaking to district officials and we're just trying to figure out will they change their mind. because this is not -- phasing kids back in this soon is not based on scientific research, so we are worried. a lot of us are constituents in the district and parents as well, we deserve to make sure that our kids at home are protected and that our las vegased on-- and our loved ones are protected. it is not just teachers, it is bus drivers and nurses. we're in it together and we're very worried. >> we're thinking about you. and i really do thank you for joining us today. thank you for the work that do you every single day in helping educate our kids. it is a big festive event. expecting more than 200,000 people and it is raising plenty of concern and fear.

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welcome back. thousands of bikers right now from all across the country are gathered in sturgis, south dako dakota, for their annual rally. the rally held in spite of concerns about it becoming a superspreader event. while masks are recommended, there is no requirement. kathy park is in sturgis, south dakota. good afternoon to you, again. talk us through what's going on and what you're seeing. >> good afternoon to you. yeah, so this is quite an impressive scene. you probably see the line of motorcycles behind me here along main street, and there's good reason why they call this one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world. there are people coming from all across the country. we had people from south carolina, florida, california, nebraska. the list goes on and on.

but of course, this year, it's unique because we're dealing with the coronavirus, and here in sturgis, they couldn't actually mandate people to wear masks or social distance, but they did put in place some safety measures. there are some hand sanitizing stations up and down the street here. they have also removed high-touch surfaces before the event got under way, and overnight, we have actually seen crews coming in, up and down the street on main street, disinfecting the streets as well as the sidewalks. but as you mentioned, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to roll through over this ten-day event. and obviously, this is a large gathering, so we asked one rider what he thinks about being in the middle of this rally during a pandemic. here's what he told us. >> are you concerned at all as to potentially getting sick by being in such a large gathering? >> no. no, i'm not.

i have actually worked through the whole pandemic and i traveled through the pandemic and stuff. and i have never gotten sick. i take my vitamins. i'm healthy. might be a little overweight, but i'm healthy. >> and of course, the big question is what will happen after all of these visitors that are coming from all across the country, what happens when they roll out of here in the next couple days? here in sturgis, to prevent any sort of uptick in cases, they're actually offering free testing to residents one week after the rally, even if they're asymptomatic, so based on their test results, they can quarantine if needed. yasmin. >> that's an important point, when i spoke to you last hour after we got off the air, i had a lot of folks tweeting wondering what's going to happen to people when a lot of these folks that are at this rally leave and subsequently go back to their hometowns. important to note that there, that fact that some people will

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i'm lindsey reiser. we found ourselves in a familiar position this afternoon when it comes to president trump, asking both can he do that and did he really do what he said he did. the president taking a series of executive actions on covid relief, dealing with unemployment benefits, payroll taxes, evictions, and student loans. the president sending his team out in force on the sunday shows today. to defend this unprecedented power grab from congress when it comes to taxing and spending. democrats, meanwhile, point to the fine print that shows there's much less to the president's actions than meets the eye. >> i agree with the republican senator said, it was unconstitutional slop. >> it doesn't help when speaker pelosi goes out after every day and scarves flying and beats the heck out of us for being cruel people. >> while he says he's going to do the payroll tax, what he's doing is undermining social security and