wall street journal poll just released. we have first numbers on what voters think about the biden/harris ticket. college football is getting sacked by the coronavirus pandemic. twof the biggest conferences now cancelled over health concerns. we'll talk about the future of the season. we'll start this hour with the post office. demonstrators gathering outside the postmasters general home to protest controversial changes at the u.s. postal service. changes they believer have slowed the delivery of mail and can impact mail in voting. house democrats announcing today they will hold an emergency hearing for top postal officials on august 24th surrounding concerns to handle increased mail in voting. with me is josh letterman. josh, let's start with this. how is the white house reacting so sffar? >> reporter: the white house sending mixed messages. saying they might be open to

some funding for the post office after president trump has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the $25 billion that democrats want to inject into the postal service to make sure it's prepped to handle what could be an unprecedented number of mail in votes come the fall. the white house chief of staff suggesting there could be a willingness to sign some type of a piecemeal deal where the white house agrees to give funding for the post office if democrats and congress agree to give some funding for some of the things that the president wants such as stimulus checks to americans while leaving out some of the other things that are on the democratic wish list such as billions of dollars to what the president says bail out state and local governments. that mix messaging coming into play as the president's advisers are continuing to take to the air waves today to spread misinformation about fraud and mail in voting. take a listen. >> do you realize how inaccurate

the voter rolls are with just people moving around. let alone the people that die out. sending ballots based oend on a voter roll. you'll change your driver's license but you don't call up and say i need to reregister. >> there's no evidence of widespread voter fraud. >> there's no evidence there's not either. that's the definition of fraud. >> what's getting chuck and nancy back to washington, it's not concern about the working men and women of america who really need our help right now, they want to come back so they can rename the post office the united states ballot harvesting service. >> reporter: the issue of ballot harvesting where one person fills out ballot and levers it to someone else to return the ballot to election officials for them has nothing to do with the post office. the president's adviser is right about the new sense of urgency from democrats in both the house

and senate to return to washington to focus on this political crisis over the post office. nancy pelosi saying she's considering bringing the house back early as democrats look to have a hearing a week from tomorrow where they would like to see the postmaster general testify and we also heard today from chuck schumer, saying it's time for the senate to come back focus on this as well. >> all right. thank you so much. josh letterman at the white house for us. tomorrow kicking offer the country's first ever virtual democratic national convention. a poll puts joe biden with a 9-point lead over president trump. when it comes to handling a few key issues, president trump holds an edge and that's with the economy. biden is who registered voters believe will be better at handling the coronavirus pandemic.

this will be a convention, the likes of what we have never seen before, digital. >> reporter: that's for sure. planning a national political convention is always an incredibly difficult task. it's like putting together a massive jigsaw puzzle. there's so many constituencies, different voices you want to get part of the mix. add a global pandemic that's changed the entire nature of this kpanl. it's be -- campaign. it's been a tall order. what we will see this weem is their best everyday to do this in a largely virtual fashion. a lot of this convention was supposed to be center. joe biden and kamala harris will be delivering their keynote addressing from here. we're getting new information about the other keynote address. it's a rising star in the party. remember 2004 when a state senator named barack obama made a key plash. this year the organizers saying

there's not going to be one keynote speaker but 17 led by stacy abrams, the former gubernatorial candidate in georgia. one of the women joe biden considered as a running mate. congressman from pennsylvania, connor lamb and another one from texas collin al red as well as an 18-year-old state representative from the state of new hampshire. this shows it's not just joe biden leading top of the ticket but a real diverse group of rising stars that will represent the future of america, as they put it. >> all hands on deck. you're probably looking at the poll numbers that came came out today. when it comes to joe biden in terms of excitement, that's the question. among biden voters only 36% say they are voting for biden. while the opposite side, 58% say they are voting primarily

against trump as opposed to for joe biden. how is the campaign going to handle this in terms of excitement. >> well, one thing to keep in mind here is whether you're voting for joe biden or against donald trump, that vote counts the same no matter what. the biden campaign will play to both elements of that. the theme of this convention is uniting america. highlighting that contrast between president trump and joe biden. they want to showcase his empathy and his decades of public service. they want to showcase his leadership in times of crisis and the plans he's putting forward for the country. all of that is -- they don't need to necessarily say the opposite part of that which is what they see as a exact opposite on the part of president trump for that to be true. you mentioned that stat on the economy. that is still one of the areas

where president trump has the advantage. the biden campaign has been working aggressively over the past month to lay out his own plans on that. i think we'll hear more object that as well. then, of course, there's the role that kamala harris will play in this convention. as the running mate is typically the person who is the attack dog on the ticket. one of the things they are seeing is the attacks on her as a galvanizing factor and something that is building the entho enthusiasm for the party. they raised $48 million in 48 hours since she had been added to the ticket. making this an election not just about beating donald trump but about electing this ticket to lead the country. richard. >> it's going to be different but have a great time there at the convention. appreciate it. today senator kamala harris is firing back at president trump's ongoing attacks making it crystal clear she's ready to take on whatever he and the gop throw her way. >> they are going to engage in lies. they're going to engage in deception and an attempt to

distract from the real issues that are impacting the american people. i expect they will engage in dirty tactics and this will be a knock down drag out. we're ready. >> tomorrow harris is preparing to make history as the first black woman to run for vice president on major party ticket but her political roots extend back to her west coast hometown of oakland, california. that's where scott cohen is today speaking with those who worked with kamala earlier in her year. how are locals reacting to their hometown girl, if you will, and her political rise. >> reporter: yeah, richard, as i think we a ul know by now, kamala harris was born here in oakland. just a short distance from where i'm standing in 1964.

folks here have had a good 55 years to get to know her and they are basically finding what a lot of folks who are just getting know her now are finding she's difficult to define. case in point, nikki salas is deputy public defender in san francisco. she was a natural add ver sar of c -- adversary of kamala harris when she was district attorney. she says for a prosecutor, harris was unusually progressive. >> enwhen it comes to mass incarceration that has an impact on communities of color, it's important for folks to understand that senator harris, when she was district attorney in san francisco was very progressive. whether or not that harms her is

another story. are rp there are people who say she's not progressive enough here in the bay area. that would be david campos who is the head of the san francisco democratic party and a former member of the police commission. he faults harris for, among other things, declining to intervene in some officer involved shootings. >> she did not turn out to pers progressive prosecutor that she promised when many of us supported her. i believe she did not do enough to hold law enforcement accountable. >> reporter: at the same time police unions have posed her because she refused to urge the death penalty for a convicted cop killer. she is proving to be difficult to define as will the line of

attack be when she accepts the vice presidential nomination this week. richard. >> all right. thank you for that report. looks like you're close to very lovely part of oakland, california. thank you so much for your reporting there. startling new report out this week revealing an alarming spike in new covid-19 cases in nursing homes across this country. this due to community spread. the american health care association, a national center for assisted living that represents 14,000 nursing homes are warning that cases may continue to climb but in florida, a task force has been formed to start looking at ways to reopen facilities to visitors now. let's go over to chris live in the villages. how are nursing home officials responding to this new report? >> reporter: richard, i think the people who put out that report, this group for all these nursing homes is calling for two things.

they want the federal government to allocate up to $100 billion to help p help assist nursing homes get through this pandemic, testing, money for additional workers and resources and also telling the states to be prepared for this spike and want to see states stockpile and make it a priority to get personal protective equipment and send it into the nursing homes. here in the state of florida, if you look at the numbers, something like out of the 9500 or so people who have died from covid-19, about 3800 of them were either in nursing homes or worked in nursing homes. that's about a 40%. that trend kind of carries nationwide. numbers are approximately 40% of people who died from this are nursing home residents. it's a top priority right now. >> u you think about what is different now and why officials would want to do this.

is the belief of the disease subsidesing? what's the reason? >> the state of florida is investigating ways right now. they put together a task force to see if there's a way to conduct visits. it's been since mid-march, the governor put in a moratorium on visiting nursing home facilities from outsiders back in march and understandably people want to see their loved ones and thinker loved ones need that human term. the lack of visitation, the lack of human contact from loved ones could be detrimental to these people health and well being. they put together task force. it first met on friday. they are meeting again on tuesday. it consists of representatives from the nursing home health care industry and then also health officials here in the state. there's one woman who is a caretaker. she got a job in a nursing home

here in florida to just be close to her husband. >> thank you so much. the coronavirus pandemic is side lining college football. we're going to get into why some placers want to take the field. the pressure is on the postal service with millions of americans set to vote by mail this november. what election officials in a key battleground state are saying voters can expect. battleground state are saying voters can expect.

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welcome back. election officials in the key swing state of pennsylvania are sounding the alarm that its mail in ballot law could cause some votes to not be counted in november. joining me is mara. swr you spoke with election officials where no excuse mail in voting is allowed. what have they been telling you?

>> reporter: they knowledge the fact that the usps are telling pennsylvania and other states that are delays are likely. the delay is real. pennsylvanians say they have waiting up the three weeks to get their mail. >> one of the things that every one should advocate for is because of that he has delays, your ballot should be counted as long as its postmarked by the correct day much like we administer tax collection. if it's postmarked by the day then your vote should be counted and government should take it and receive it. >> reporter: she is one of those voter advocacy experts i've been talking to in recent days

advocating for what pennsylvania has asked for that ballots received after election day are counted as long as they are postmarked by election day. states add extra ballot drop boxes so that even if you don't want to go and wait in line to vote in person, you can physically hand in your ballot at a drop box. this is something that the trump campaign has pushed back on, is suing for here in pennsylvania and in similar states. experts and election officials across the country incredibly frustrated with the fact that an election is supposed to be a non-partisan process but this has become very political with the addition of these usps delays. >> an important story there in pennsylvania. thank you so much for that report. the house oversight committee today calling on the postmaster

general to testify monday, august 24th. speaker pelosi is considering bringing the house back early from recess. with us now nicholas woo, he's a congressional reporter and ka kathryn lucy. she's a reporter. is congress going to come back? >> that's up in the airplane now. congress has broken for several weeks. if democrats come back, in the house it will be for the hearing they scheduled which happens right as the rnc begins on august 24th. >> will that be too late, nick? >> it depends on who you ask. it's definitely sooner than they were originally going to cam back. the house wasn't scheduled to come back until after labor day. the hearing with the postmaster general wasn't even supposed to happen until close to a month from now. they are still moving up the timeline.

>> many hands on deck today from the white house and the administration trying to hit out against the criticisms that have been levied against the white house for moving against mail in voting and seeing those pictures of mail bboxes across the count. what country are we in to see that on video? >> they are pushing back on the idea they are opposed across the board to mail in voting. they are saying they are okay with mail in voting. what they don't like is universal mail in voting where every voter would bet a ballot. they are trying to make a distinction. they are saying they are not opposed founding for the post office under certain circumstances.

the president has repeatedly raised questions about mail in voting and how it works and how it expects the outcome in november and what i know a lot of people are raising at this point even if changes are made has damage been done in terms of voter confidence? the president is hitting a number of battleground states as they try to cover the democratic convention. they will be in pennsylvania, wisconsin, arizona. are voters in these states. if they hear this message about voting, does it change their thinking about how they need to vote and what does that mean for the outcoming. >> kathryn, you have seen the polling that gallop has done in terms of how popular the usps. it's in the high double digits.

americans that are older ready do look forward to checking the mail. of any group, 65 and above, they can't wait. this is not necessarily what the administration is saying which is americans want this reduction in service. they want these adjustments. >> certainly, i think mail and supporting the mail service is americans across the country and especially older americans, people in rural areas, people who need prescriptions. there are reasons people really need consistent mail service.

some of these changes were recommendsed prior to the postmaster postmasterer. this is an agency there's been scrutiny to. >> nick, quickly here, if congress comes back, the other big issue are 30 million plus americans who don't have that check coming in that they did have for quite some time during corona. >> that's very true. there's still deadlock about any kind of coronavirus stimulus legislation. president trump's executive orders look like they might not be able to implemented successfully in any reasonable amount of time. what looks like it might happen is negotiations willfloated the idea of a stand alone bill but

democrats have dug in saying they wantprehensive bill that includes these extra checks and money for the post office. it remains to be seen how this will shake out. >> they are saying they want to do something. thank you. have a good sunday. still ahead, our new nbc news poll showing joe biden in lead. we'll break it down and get into why it's still too soon to count president trump out. too soon tt presidt entrump out. [♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial.

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the countdown to election day is on. wp 79 days until november 3rd, our poll has got good news for joe biden and president trump. the newly minted biden/harris ticket is leading by nine percentage points. when you break down the numbers by top issues, biden leads on coronavirus, and is ahead by a lot on race relations and unifying the country. big numbers there.

president trump is up over biden with voters when the main issue is the economy. let's bring in dallas jones of elite change. what do you make of this number when you look at those voting for biden versus those who are against trump. there's a big gap. what's be important point they need to make? >> well, i think in any type of election, it's not enough to be against somebody and not for anything. what this convention is about for the democrats and the biden harris ticket is taking the opportunity to define themselves. we talked about how people don't know what to make of senator harris or even joe biden. while there's a fervor

anti-trump feeling among the democratic party and the base that will motivate to turn them out. one of the most dangerous times of kpacampaigns is when it's no defined. either you will define yourself or your opponent is. using this convention that the biden/harris campaign paint a definitive portrait of what they are for, how they will save us from the coronavirus pandemic and getting the economy going while sfritriking the balance o prosecuting the trump presidency and why he is to blame why we haven't recovered from coronavirus. why the virus is continuing to spread. how he has enabled that to happen. it's important to te fine yourself and prosecute trump. that's the balance they will have to try to walk this week at the congress venvention. >> as the president is leading on the economy, that's the most important issue in this poll, has the story fully been

written. we have so many economic indicators to watch. some are going this way and some are going that way. what does the economy mean to the democratic ticket as well as the republican ticket? >> we heard time and time again in american politics the economy is stupid, that matters. what we're seeing is unemployment benefits that have been extended that people need the most throughout the country are beginning to run out. we see congress at stalemate on a stimulus package. the question becomes what are those two things going to impact the economy as we move over the next couple of months.

the trump/pence ticket, are going to have to figure out what they can do to get this economy moving again, to reassure americans that they do have a solution to the coronavirus pandemic. that's one of the things in the poll that americans are worried about the most. this administration does not have a hold of what's happening with the pandemic nor will they be able to handle it. it's an opportunity for both parties, but the trump administration has an edge in the poll because americans still, for some reason, believe that they are equipped to battle handle the economy than biden and harris. that's an opportunity for them to show this is not the case. >> we talk about battleground states. the numbers are a little bit tighter for the democrats versus the republicans. widen versus trump. it goes to a 7 percentage point lead in battleground states with now kamala harris as part of the

ticket. what does it say in terms of where they are focusing now when it comes to swing states. the sun bet versus the midwestern firewall, for instance? >> one of the playbooks we have seen that works for democrat s the play book they ran in 2018 that led to to blue wave of democrats being elected in republican districts and giving them the majority in the house. working with minorities and people of color where social justice issues are taking precedent and becoming the top issue on many people's radar. i think with harris, you have an opportunity to bridge both of those gaps, make end roads in key demographics and it's what propelled joe biden to nomination in first place is the

firewall of support in south carolina that really gave him a second lease on life. after that it was pretty dominant performance from biden through to becoming the presumptionive nominee. democrats understand they have to take care of the base and that's what the selection of harris is about and continue to broaden that gender gap with republicans and also look at what we did in 2018 in the mid-term election and how people like connor lamb won in pennsylvania and how you can make end roads in georgia and ohio and wisconsin and arizona. >> dallas, quickly, 15 seconds. >> absolutely. inspec independents are breaking overwhelmingly toward joe biden and kamala harris. that's great news for them. they have to continue to open up and broaden that coalition and

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taking snapshots and making plays. >> it's a crazy experience. >> reporter: instead. >> i'm feeling good today. >> reporter: it's another day spent throwing the ball around to his brother. jake was counting on his senior year to bring him at athletic scholarship to a division one school. in california, the fall sports season won't start until next year because of covid-19. a devastating blow. >> what's going through your head right now in. >> this whole season is what i've been focused on for a long time. almo almost my whole life i've been living for this year. >> reporter: the ncaa provides 3.6 billion in athletic scholarships to more than 180,000 students. seen yr year is vital to showcase their worth to college recruiters. when it comes to recruitment, it's all about that on field performance. athletes looking to wow recruiters in the stands now empty. the ncaa put a freeze on in person meetings with recruits

and because of pushed or cancelled seasons players are limited to posting social media vid o videos. just 5'9" on paper, it's critical he show off his skills in person. >> they may see he's too short but if you see me play and my heart, you'll see he's got it. >> reporter: on top of his ability to soar through the air, watkins, a fellow centennial husky has maintained a 4.3 gpa his entire high school career making he ining stand out to to league who showed interest earlier this year and now uncertainty. >> least worked so hard. we have worked so hard. we made a lot of sacrifices and to see that he may not even get to play in front of coaches. >> reporter: and for his coach, it's personal. >> my heartbreaks for these guys because they have put in all this time. the majority of their childhood has been gearing up for this time. >> reporter: young athletes

working to fulfill lifelong goals. >> my thing is about proving people wrong. >> reporter: hoping their senior year doesn't leave their dreams sidelined. >> stooeeve, thanks for that. now to college sports, it's not only entertainment but big business. two of the five power conferences, the pac-12 a and big ten have postponed their entire fall seasons due to health concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. the pac-12 athletic departments generated $1.3 billion in revenue last year while the big ten generated almost $1.9 billion. what do you tell -- let's start with the high school students that we just saw in that reporting on.

they don't know what will be next for them. >> i think that's one of the biggest difficulty in this entire conversation. we can talk about the money. we can talk about the missteps of the various conferences and the adults in the room but i think about these kids. these high school kids, these college kid who is have spent their entire lives preparing for these moments and to be able showcase themselves on these platforms and these stages. they're not going to get that chance. i think the mental health aspect of this and being able to coach these kids through that will be huge in next coming months. >> what's the option? will they all red shirt. it's a four-year system when you get into college. it's very structured. what's their option here if you're in high school? >> these are the questions that need to be answered. there's been a lot of parents and athletic directors lobbying for an extra year of eligibility for red shirt options for transfer waivers and easing of restrictions there.

those are the questions we're watsing to have answered. the fact they haven't been answered is a huge failure of leadership in college sports. >> school is starting now. let's move to college. this is big business. we're talking about 50 to $150 million deals here. the reason why many schools stay in the green where they still have some money. what's going to happen? >> we're talking about a major impact on the local economies. there's a report in the washington post that said that penn stats football brings in $70 million, visiting dollars every season. there's a report out of madison, wisconsin that six every home game brings in $16 million to the bars and the restaurants and the hotels here. you're talking about a really devastating impact for businesses and for schools that really expected to be able to pick up in the fall depending on

where our country was in the middle of this virus. they won't get the opportunity now. >> you know a lot of these big schools with big sports programs are small towns. when i was in ann arbor, it would double in size for every home game. >> yeah, that's exactly what we're looking at right now. the influx of students on campus is kind of where the risk factors are running for a lot of these football players. there are a couple of players out of auburn over the weekend who were tweeting about what they were seeing about students not on the football team not being particularly safe about wearing masks. that's what we're seeing is a ground swell of tens thouf sands of kids returning to campus in towns that have very little else except for these campuses. that's where the dangers lie. >> how are players handling the politics of this? they'll see one leader say yes, another say no.

how are they talk about it? >> i think it's a really unfortunate thing that college football has joined everything else in our country as part of the culture wars. we're using this in regional and localized way to litigate what we personally might think about this virus and about this spread. to these student, they want to play no matter where in the country they are from and their personal politics are. they want to play. you can't blame them for that. you can blame the lack of leadership at the top of these conferences for not planning ahead, for not considering as a country we might not be in place where it's safe to play football and for not being a i believe to properly explain and answer those questions that these players and their parents are right now. >> the only politician decision i'll take is beat osu. thank you so much. always great talking to you. v.p. pick, kamala harris is talk of the campaign trail but the california senator faces a tough battle in key swing

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i'm prepared to fight because this is a fight that is for something, not against something. this is a fight for where we need to be and as you've heard me say many times, i'm very -- i'm very clear that we need to focus on what can be unburdened by what has been, but as we also know, nothing, nothing, that we have ever achieved that has been about progress has come without a fight. >> rousing words there from senator kamala harris as she prepares to accept the democratic nomination for vice president this week. former vice president joe biden and senator harris already making history, however, the two are attempting to achieve something that's not been done since 1992, that is to unseat a sitting president. with 79 days until the election, voters in key swing states spoke to "nbc news now" about their

thoughts on the democratic 2020 ticket. take a listen. >> i think it's a very wise choice. joe boydiden really needed some on the ticket who represented kind of a bridging together of the divides in our country. i think kamala harris fits that bill perfectly. >> having somebody from the west who understands day-to-day issues of immigrants, latinos, people of color, is so, so important. the fact we are a border community, they're our neighbor. this is the west coast, again, the demographics of the southwest are so different from the east coast that i do think it's important that he pick somebody from the west coast. >> as the daughter of immigra immigrants, black woman, asian-american woman, as someone who's going to be disproportionately impacted by issues, herself, growing up, came up in the civil rights movement with her family in california, i think someone who can speak to those issues, hear our community, heard our voices before, i think that is someone we can engage with. >> when i look at kamala harris, what joe biden has done, i think

he's picked a conventional, perfect, logical choice for him. i think it will invigorate and solidify the base of the democrat party. but i still fundamentally believe that most people are baked in on whether they're going to vote for biden or they're going to vote for the president. >> i think people are excited. i think people are tired of what's happening. so i think people will show up to the polls this time. i hope there's nothing that stops them with this pandemic. the last voting day was a mess. you know, we were scared for our elderly. it was a lot. but i'm hoping that this time is going to be digit. i have a good feeling about it. >> do you think senator harris helps that? >> yes. >> now we have -- we have a moment for african-american young girls to be able to look to her and be able to put that on their checklist that it's a

reality now. i can now become vice president of the united states. >> i'll be honest with you, kamala wasn't my first option when she was running as a presidential candidate. but it makes sense that he picked her. it makes sense for the country. and no the just for me. for me, it makes sense to bring in people together. what should be happening right now. we should have a more diverse lineup of politicians doing the work for us. we're not all white men. and the reality is that the current president has done a terrible job of running this country for the last four months. >> historically, we've known how supportive the role women have, the role that black women play in electing people at every level of government. one level it's saying, okay, we recognize your values. right? but on a whole other level, we're telling the world that it's more about capability than

it is about skin color. it's more about your ability to get things done than it is about skin color or being a woman. it's about can you help me take care of the people? >> all righty. kamala harris will be the first woman of color to ever be nominated for national office by a major political party. and that wraps it up for me this hour. i'm richard lui. thanks for sticking around. the reverend aftsharpton takes r at the top of the hour with "politicsnation." p3. because 3 is better than 1 thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer,

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good evening, and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's lead, let the convention begin. the democratic ticket almost official, joe biden and senator kamala harris will accept the democratic party's nomination this week, but for the first time in history, without the cheering crowds, colorful balloons, and avalanche of c confet confetti. the virtual convention kicks off tomorrow and will be the first crucial test to see how the democratic party can engage voters remotely and digitally. all this while in the background a fight to ensure free and fair elections. and out