you simply cannot fake your way through there job. as i said before, being president doesn't change who you are. it reveals who you are. former first lady michelle obama closes night one of the democratic convention with a stinging rebuke urging americans to vote him out. also the postmaster agrees to testify before lawmakers as the president is accused of crippling the agency for his own use. and just a week after a

coronavirus outbreak, the students are going back to remote learning on campus. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, august 18th, and i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin with the latest developments regarding the u.s. postal service. the house oversight committee saying postmaster general louis dejoy has agreed to testify before the panel on monday to address the sweeping changes that democrats say are meant to undermine the fall election. so at the same time the president rails against efforts to expand mail-in voting during this pandemic, dejoy has eliminated positions of thousands of postal workers, issuing a hiring freeze, and postal workers were removed or, in fact, reassigned. the changes have led to mail

delays and a warning that mail-in ballots may arrive too late. very troubling. north carolina businessmen have donated hundreds of millions to joe biden's campaign. he also has conflicts of interest. dejoy divested stock in ups before becoming postmaster general, but he continues to own a large majority stake in a lodgistics company. and also the president began an answer by saying this. i didn't speak to the postmaster general and the post office. we learned he spoke to dejoy in the oval office days before the

friday night massacre. that was just congratulatory. so the president yesterday denied he has done anything to slow down mail delivery. he's accused of politicizing the postal agency and hindering them in their work. >> not at all. i wouldn't do that. i have encouraged everybody, speed up the mail, not slow the mail. and i also want to have a post office that runs without losing billions and billions of dollar as year, as it has been doing for 50 years. >> so speaking to supporters at a rally in wisconsin yesterday, president trump continued to accuse democrats of trying to abuse mail-in ballots while sowing doubt about the results of the november election. >> just make sure your vote gets counted. make sure because the only way

we're going to loose this se th election is if the election is rigged, remember that. >> we've heard that before. those comments are reminiscent, of course, by those made by president trump in 2016 on the campaign trail when he told the people of pennsylvania that the only way he would lose, quote, is if cheating goes on. let's turn to the democratic convention. day one, night one, speakers spanned the political speck ftr from bernie sanders to john kay sichl kasich. michelle obama kicked things off. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove he can do the job, but

he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he slim cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is. >> if you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this. if you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don't make a change in this election. if we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. >> and the former first lady's necklace made headlines which aptly display the message "vote." and bernie sanders also issued a scathing attack on the president during his dnc speech last night while pressing the point that voters need to unite behind joe

biden. >> on this administration, authoritarianism has taken root. we must build a nation that's more equitable, more compassionate, and more inclusive. i know that joe biden will begin that fight on day one. to everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and for those who voted for donald trump in the last election, the future of our democracy is at stake. joining me now, reporter from the "washington post," eugene scott. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. what an interesting night. having attended conventions myself in the past, so very different than what we're used to usually, thousands of folks packed into an arena, cheering wildly for all the speakers. instead last flight were some

highly produced, pretty emotional videos that we saw at the very beginning of the night. we saw an interesting interview -- talk about racial justice -- by joe biden. and then we heard from all the speakers. what reaction are you hearing over night one of the dnc? >> i think one of the most noticeable things about night one from the dnc gathering that we just saw was just how many republicans spoke out against donald trump and for joe biden. that's not something that we're used to seeing. we certainly expected former governor of ohio john kasich to be supportive of joe biden, but there were other voters and citizens who believed that biden would be the best option despite these individuals' own conservative values some of that was one of the main reactions i got from people on the first

night. >> and then let's talk night two as we anticipate what we're going to be hearing this evening. we're going to be hearing from former president bill clinton, joe biden, and alexandria ocasio-cortez. the question is what is the overarching message that democrats are really trying to push through here? it's a pro-biden/anti-trump message, and which will be louder really? >> well, i think what they're really aiming for during this convention is a pro-biden message. we saw bernie sanders andon beh of alexandria ocasio-cortez speak on the first night. very often when he speaks about the need for his supporters to back biden, his message is

primary anti-trump, and we should probably expect congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez to do the same tonight because there's a real need to get more progressives on board so biden can get the victory that he and his team want him to have over trump in the fall. >> all right, eugene scott. stay close, my friend. i'm going to talk to you in just a little bit. city ahead, everybody, much more efforts to shore up the fall election including key moves from several key states and plans that republicans plan to introduce, a scaled down package. the question is whether democrats will support it. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. n your weather when we come back i am robert strickler.

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with multiple lawsuits start around the country, they look at the funding of the post office. the lawsuit filed indicates that president trump and dejoy can t cannot. jones tweeted an announcement of the suit and new york state senator al sandra biaggi. four filed a suit to reverse the post office changes. meanwhile republican attorney general of ohio david yost sent a letter to the president saying, quote, although the post office is a perennial change, changes should wait until after the election. he said. this making radical changes only

weeks before early voting begins however fiscally well-founded would place the solvency of the post office aboj the legitimacy of the government itself. also pennsylvania state torns have asked the state supreme court to take over a case filed by the democratic state party last month as soon as possible. the suit was filed sunday, three days after governor tom wolf's administration asked the court to extend deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received, citing a warning from the u.s. postal service about its delivery times. state democrats filed in lower courts last month to counter the suit by the republican party. state dems are seeking to keep the current requirement that poll watchers live in the county. they want them to create their own ballot collection plans and do those not counted in a secrecy envelope.

republicans want the opposite starting with a requirement for secrecy envelopes. joining me is the msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. good morning, danny. >> good morning. >> clear this up for me here. are the state attorneys asking for both a democratic and republican suits to be settled together in the state supreme court? >> yes and no. the state supreme court can only reach down in a lower court or in this case it's commonwealth court. it has no power to affect a federal district court's decision on the case, but in a way it can do that indirectly. by reaching down and taking over the case which the supreme court can do in rare instances, but it does have that power, it can decide these important issues of pennsylvania law. and once it does so, the federal court is likely instead of going

forward with deciding the case do what's called abstain from deciding it. so federal courts will, in cases where there are important state issues to be decided, they will stay their hand and let the state court litigation play itself out. and that's exactly what is trying to be done here is the democrats want that court action to be contained. once it does, if it resolves that state issue, then the federal court may never really decide the case in the sense that pennsylvania law will be settled and it will be pennsylvania law as decided. >> let's go back to the federal suits i mentioned in new york and washington, d.c., from voters and candidates alike. in a way, wanting funding for the postal service, can the

court even order the funding of a government agency? is that in their purview? >> all the rules that we generally apply essentially go out the window when an election is involved. this is what i mean. normally the u.s. post office is under exclusive jurisdiction of the executive branch of the president. yes, congress funds it, but the executive branch controls its operations day to day. however, when those operations affect something so fundamentally important as the first amendment right to vote. then the plaintiffs argue. then the courts can and should get involved because it's no longer delivering the mail. it's delivering the election. it's delivering the constitutional right to vote. and in that instance, the normal directors to divert resources elsewhere, which normally wouldn't be examined, take on a constitutional dimension, and, yes, the courts, the congress,

the entire country has a right to get involved in the u.s. post office delays the mail and it affects that election, that right to vote. >> all right, james cevallos, thank you. good to see you this morning. >> good to see you. >> still ahead, joe biden gets the endorsement of a former trump administration official. also, the president doubles down on his rhetoric about, quote, suburban housewives, as he puts it. we're back in a moment. housewivs he puts it we're back in a moment

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>> miles taylor served as the former chief of staff at the department of homeland security and is one of the highest ranking former trump administration officials to openly endorse biden. he made the announcement yesterday ahead of the first night of the democratic national convention. taylor joins a small number of other officials including former national security adviser john bolton who have publicly questioned the president's management of the government. taylor recounted several things mismanaged by the president. in an op-ed piece he said i saw firsthand how dangerous trump is for america. in part he writes this. i can attest this. the country is less secure as a direct result of the president's actions. white house senior adviser jared kushner responded to those claims last night. >> that's obviously a very damning statement.

i wanted to hear what you say. >> he's a nice kid. when he worked, there was no wall built. he's a tough boss, patient boss, focused and demands result and clearly he wasn't up to the task. >> all right. let's switch gears here and get a first look at your forecast with meteorologist janessa webb. good morning to you, janessa. >> hey, good morning, yasmin. we had some pretty rowdy storms overnight. i've been watching them all night long. you can see them pushing offshore if you're across areas of the northeast. today is going to be spectacular for new york city, boston, washington, d.c., we have a dome of high pressure that's going to continue to build, and that's going to allow an abundance of sunshine this afternoon. i'm calling this one a perfect ten-day for areas of the

northeast. now, on the other side of the country, pacific northwest, the heat continues to build. we did get an official reading for death valley. that happened on sunday. it did hit 130 degrees. beats a record over 90 years end, and that heat is going to continue to build. i did just check the forecast for death valley. it's currently 95. so people across southern california into the pacific northwest are really having a hard time cooling off as the overnight lows, they're not dropping below the 90 mark. so the last three to four days, we have been seeing consecutive record highs. today will be another one from phoenix to tucson where we're going to hit potentially 100 to 113. the feel-like temperature is going to be completely different, almost near that 119/120 mark in this area. the humidity, yeah, it's down, but it's a dry heat, and it's stifling across portions of

boise all the way into the pacific northwest. this will be consistent, and the fire danger is really going to be high. we're talking about relative humidity down to about 7%. so it's going to be really hard to be outside. they're trying to conserve air in that area. and we're just going to continue to see the heat dome really building. so really tough conditions. yasmin? >> thank you, janessa. still ahead, everybody. senate majority leader misch mcconnell claiming the postal service will be, quoting just fine, ahead of the election, while trying to distance himself from the president's false claim of widespread mail-in voter fraud. also, joe biden's former primary rivals and even some republicans come out to give bide an boost at the dnc. we're going to play some of the key moments coming up. y some of key moments coming up. it's called signal from farmers, and it could save you up to fifteen percent on your auto insurance. simply sign up, drive and save.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to begin this half hour as there's a new plan that includes money for the postal service. the move hits back at nancy pelosi who has accused republicans of failing to fund the postal service as she has held out for a coronavirus relief package that's much broader in scope and scale than what the gop has been willing to sign off on so far. in addition, the republican proposal is expected to include a $300-per-week federal

employment benefit, a new round of paycheck protection program funding, and liability protections, and additional money for coronavirus testing in schools. however, it is unlikely at this point to become law as republicans write it as it has little chance of passing in the democratic house and seems designed to give republicans a way to message the spiraling usps crisis. when asked yesterday about the president's comments opposing postal service funding, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this. the postal service is going to be just fine. we're going to make sure that the ability to function going into the election is not affected, and i don't share the concerns that the president has mentioned. mcconnell added that as part of negotiations on a fifth virus aid package would include $10 billion to make sure the post office is on firm good footing

going into the november election. so the biden/harris campaign is promising, quote, the largest voting protection effort ever amid the assault on the u.s. postal service. jennifer oh mall will telling the "washington post" that the campaign is looking at a multi-prong aid approach at every level that's available to us to secure access to us including political coordination and litigation. o'malley dillon said in key states, the biden camp is working to make sure they know they've got to get the application in to give the post office the time that it needs. robert bower believes the efforts to undermine the mail-in voting has its own two-pronged chaos, undermining that, it will

be counted. all right. i want to turn again to the democratic national convention where several of joe biden's rivals appeared on the endorsement stage. here's what some of the candidates had to say. >> this is a guy that's going to walk into the oval office and not have to find his way around. he'll actually walk in and will have already sort of homed t ed instincts you need. >> joe called me the night i suspended and was gracious and come fo comforting and told me i should be proud of myself and i did myself and my family a real service and my country a service and that meant a lot coming from

joe. >> joe has my vote because he'll bring decency and dignity back to the white house. also in addition four longtime republicans sound off against the president and urged voting members to vote for joe biden. former ohio governor john kasich. >> i'm a lifelong republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country. that's why i've chose on the appear at this convention. in normal times, something like this would probably never happen, but these are not normal times. many of us can't imagine four more years going down this path, and that's why i'm asking you to join with me in choosing a better way forward. >> so kasich was joined by three others. take a look. >> this isn't about republican

or democrat. it's about a person, a person decent enough, stable enough, strong enough to get our economy back on track >> i've known donald trump for most of my political career. so disappointing and lately so disappointing. >> i'm a longtime republican and longtime ceo, and let me tell you, donald trump has no clue how to run a business let alone an economy. >> in response, the trump campaign issued a statement saying this, the four republicans featured at the democrat convention tonight are nothing but useful idiots for the radical left. joining me once again from the "washington post," eugene scott. eugene, we touched on this a little earlier, but i want to ask you this. are we expecting more lawmakers

urging against voting for president trump especially amidst this convention we're going to watch over the next three days? >> i think we might seem of that come from this convention, but it certainly will not be a priority. they want to rally its base and people who are left of center behind joe biden and the ideas that they believe the democrat is nominee or presumptive democratic nominee wants to put forward to make america great as far as the democratic party sees it, but we should expect moving forward to november to see more republicans and more former trump supporters, be they former staffers in the administration, previous lawmakers or longtime business executives come out against trump because the hope is that enough who vote against trump, the win for joe biden will be more obvious and more clear and so that whatever

anxiety people may have with mail-in ballots and voting that way won't be significant enough for donald trump to make a -- contest the results in a way that's trustworthy and reliable. >> let's talk about mitch mcconnell and this new relief bill that doesn't seem like it's actually going to get any passage from it. mitch mcconnell essentially saying things are going to be just fine t post office saying things are going to be just fine. why would americans choose to support or trust mitch mcconnell seeing as they cannot get a relief bill through, they cannot get a relief bill past to help americans through this crisis? >> well, i think the senators' comments that things will be just fine beg the question. just fine for who exactly. perhaps he's talking about the voters who support him and the voters who support the president, and the voters who perhaps want things to continue

as usual and maintain the status quo. perhaps for them things will be just fine, but for many other americans, and we're not just talking about the election here. we're talking about people trusting the mail service for their medicine, for veterans getting care packages through the mail, we're talking about individuals who get many of their needs they rely on each day who have a lot of questions because when they listen to the president or follow him on social media, they give him the impression he can't be trusted and that's really concerning for a lot of people. >> people that are struggling. relief checks, unemployment checks. not all folks are getting direct deposit when it comes to some of that stuff. a lot of folks are waiting on that, living paycheck to paycheck or relief check to relief check to keep the lights on in their homes. eugene scott, thank you as always. still ahead, everybody. as the u.s. surpasses 170,000

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arkansas yesterday responding to a question about why the u.s. failed so miserably at responding to this deadly virus. and as coronavirus cases continue to surge across this country, yesterday texas became the fourth state to surpass 10,000 confirmed covid deaths. according to "the texas tribune," about four of every five of those deaths were reported after june 1st. in may, they embarked on the fastest reopenings that forced governor abbott to backtrack and impose a statewide mask order. august has seen an improving outlook, although, they say texas's official death toll is more. and the university at chapel hill has become the first college to send students home after having reopened after 135

new covid cases and four clusters within a week of having started in-person classes have been reported. the move was announced an hour after the school's new covid dashboard which tracks metric such as tests conducted had been updated with the new increase in cases. among the 954 tests conducted last week, 130 students and five employees tested positive. 177 students have been in isolation, and 349 are in quarantine both on and off campus, officials saying. according to the dashboard, the cumulative rate of positive covid test results at unc chapel hill is 10.6%, which is higher than the statewide rate of just 7.5%. all right. let's switch gears again and get a check on your weather with meteorologist janessa webb. >> hi, yasmin. that's tough to hear because on

top of covid, we're about to hit the peak of hurricane season. we have two tropical developments that we're really watching that really shouldn't be forming until late september. we're ahead of the game. right now the national hurricane center giving one that's bouncing off west africa's coast at 7%. they' th we're going to watch the development start to increase. right now one stays out to the southeast coast with a five-day development zone, and then also the next one goes more into the gulf. so we're going to be watching and monitoring those two systems fairly closely. today the brighter news across the northeasting you're waking up to a few storms and cloud coverage burke that is exiting well offshort rige, and it's happening today on a tuesday.

you want to be outside because the low humidity in the atlantic and south chairs ton area, only 89 degrees. more breathable. boston, 82. another front makes its way in. look at this. you haven't seen this for a while for pittsburgh, 78, 73. many locations kind of getting that fall feel across the ohio valley to the great lakes. it stix around going into the weekend. yasmin, it's a tuesday, but today you really want to be outside. >> all right. thank you, janessa. still ahead, everybody, we're going to go live to cnbc for an early look at what's driving the day on wall street as was u.s. index is driving a record-high. your business stories are coming up next. record-high. your business stories are coming up next. no sweat! try it and love it or get your money back.

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as the nasdaq composite closed day at an all-time high with the s&p 500 finishing just short of its own record. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum is joining us from london this morning. how are stock this morning after yesterday? seems as if we have lost julianna tatelbaum. we're going to try to get her back and bring you some business news coming up. up next a look at axios' 1 big thing, along with hopefully some business news for you. and coming up on morning show, before her dnc speech governor gretchen whitmer warned her state is a dog fight. she'll join the conversation. and also mayor lori lightfoot will be our guest following her conversation with joe biden. "morning joe" is moments away. "morning joe" is moments away.

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welcome back, everybody. i believe we have her, julianna tatelbaum joining us live from london this morning. great to see you this morning. major day on wall street

yesterday, as i mentioned earlier. talk us through how things are looking today. >> yasmin, great to hear from you as well. so yesterday u.s. markets closed around record highs. the tech heavy nasdaq actually hit a fresh record close. the benchmark s&p 500 closed just shy of a record intraday high. not every sector has benefitted from the rally, industrials and financial stocks did lose ground meaning the dow underperformed. it looks as if the numbers will hold today. we're all watching developments in washington as well. tiktok continues to be in the spotlight. fresh developments around the chinese owned app, oracle is in talks to acquire tiktok's

american based platform. in theory oracle can use the customer data collected by tiktok to improve their marketing products if the deal does come together. ryan reynolds has become the latest to cash in, his gin brand was bought. so this follows george clooney and david beckham who struck deals in the past. >> seems everyone in hollywood gets into the liquor business at one point or another. thank you so much julianna tatelbaum, live for us from london. joining me now with a look at axios a.m., political

reporter for axios, hans nichols. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> great to see you this morning. give us axios' 1 big thing today. >> 1 big thing is this brutal campaign ad the trump campaign is putting out this morning questioning joe biden's mental faculties. last night we had michelle obama saying when they go low we go high, this is the trump campaign going low. there's always been a debate inside the trump campaign and the white house as well on how strongly to question biden's mental faculties because they didn't want to alienate seniors. they made the decision, they're going there. i think a lot of democrats will cry foul on this, but it shows how far the trump campaign is willing to go to win the election. you talk to officials in both parties, there's a lot of game

left to play and they expect the trump campaign to get more brutal, more sinister. but this ad is a tough one. >> what is the biden camp saying about this? if you look at polls across the board it seems americans are more confident in a biden presidency than a trump presidency. >> that's what the biden campaign will fall back on, specific polling that shows more americans trust biden on the mental faculties question than they believe in donald trump. so that's something you can expect to hear from the biden campaign. clearly they want -- the trump campaign wants to bring this lower, they don't like where they are right now in the polls. it's far to say this is active desperation but clear they made a decision to go in a certain

direction. it's part of the programming you'll hear all week from republicans. the same time the challenge is to keep this on topic, what the democrats want to talk about, building out the biography of joe biden. he's been part of the national conversation for 50 years and yet a lot of americans don't know him. we saw a testimonial from michelle obama last night, a character testimonial as to who joe biden is. that's the challenge for democrats this week, introduce joe biden on their own terms. you saw the first night. most of the reaction i got from my democratic sources is the virtual convention went off without a hitch. no major errors. started off slowly. but by the end, after michelle obama, most democrats i spoke to on the operative side last night, texting back and forth, they thought michelle obama did what she had to do, which is deliver for the vice president and make the case why this man

can be trusted. >> is there anything that your sources were saying that was missing from last night that they hope they see in the next three nights? things they want to see more of in order to get the message across that they are trying to send and reintroduce joe biden to the country? >> the overwhelming view i got from last night, at least from democrats was no mistakes were made. and they passed the threshold test on how to do a virtual convention. they passed that threshold test and now they need to make sure they don't lose eyeballs. when you look at the numbers and we'll get the numbers potentially today from neilson, four years ago it was 26,000,030 million watch on election night. the big danger for democrats is the voters switched to netflix because the beginning was all a little slow. you're hearing from democrats maintain eyeballs, no mistakes

and a collective sigh of relief that this is something they can accomplish and they feel pretty pleased with themselves. >> hans nichols my friend, thank you as always. i'll read axios a.m. in just a little bit you can too just sign up at signup.axios.com. that does it for me this morning i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starting right now. >> i think it's under control. >> how, a thousand americans are dying? >> it is what it is. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is. >> it is what it is. michelle obama