it's one of the most un-democratic actions i can think of. and he is admitting it. >> utah senator mitt romney, a state which already votes by mail, says he has no worries t about more states adopting the practice. >> my biggest concern with regard to fraud would be some kind of hacking of our electronic systems. and that voting machines or tabulating equipment would be hacked, either by an american or hacked by a foreign entity. >> voters weighing the risks. vote in person and possibly get sick? or vote by mail and possibly have that vote not count. >> i'm really just concerned, if i mail it, that it's going to get lost in the system and never get there. >> the president and the first lady have had their mail-in ballots sent tosidence at mar-a in florida. krchris pollone, nbc news. >> switching gears now to the really hot weather in the bay. >> hey, you know, we are under a weather alert but also, now we are looking at the threat of lightning here in the bay area. we have been talking about it since the morning. and i want to give you a look

government to pay attention and in turn your response is to remove them from having any level of democratic action right right was put them in jail anyway we're just we're doing its work seems to be our go to in this country over the last 2030 years of anything that we don't understand or can't figure out on a social level or can't fix on any level well we'll just criminalize it and throw it away and i want to deals with that we'll just we'll just pretend they don't exist it's interesting there's a map of tennessee is one of 21 states that actually punish felons by taken where the right to vote and then 15 states you can see here 15 states have an active anti protest laws according to the international center for for not for profit law those are the 15 states where you see massive amount of laws being passed at least one up to 456 that literally criminalize acts of protest this is i guess it's pressure because i'm waiting to see that where the guys who showed up on the state capitals with their guns they were literally threatening legislators because they didn't want to wear masks or that because

democrats failed to act in the interest of americans hardest hit by the pandemic. amid action, president trump stood up for every american who, through no fault of their own, needed relief. politics as usual should find a place during this pandemic, but democrats rejected multiple clean bills to provide relief. the american people are tired of games. they seek leadership and president trump delivered. this weekend president trump took executive action designed to provide the relief democrats have denied through four executive orders. on the payroll tax he deferred payment of the employee portion from september 1st through the end of the year. states will provide 25% cost week on or $400 per unemployment, through the end of the year. he extended the eviction protections. if actions presenting from financial hardship of the virus, those renting and homeowners are protected. on student loans he extended 0% interest and extended payments to the end of the year. these actions will help americans. president trump is for the american people and democrats failed to deliver. earlier th

democrat colleagues. >> john: before the president took action the democrats did see more eager to make a deal propose sag to slash $1 trillion from the $3 trillion measure in may. now the president suggesting that the democrats are getting desperate. tweeting so now schumer and pelosi want to meet to make a deal. amazing how it works, isn't it? where have they been for the last four weeks when they were hard liners and only wanted the bailout money for the democrat run states and cities that are failing badly? they know my phone number. the president saying that the democrats seem eager to make a deal on his way back from bedford and they are calling to arrange a meeting. >> president trump: i will say this. the democrats have called. they would like to get together. we say if it's not a waste of time we will do it. but if it is a waste of time, it doesn't make sense. >> john: chuck schumer called the idea that they were calling the president a fable. saying that neither he nor nancy pelosi made the call. the democrats can say what the president is doing through the orders and the memoranda isn't enough,

convention, house democrats action on the post office, and if there's any break in the stalemate on coronaviruselief. then. >> i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. >> chris: a historic convention is democrats make their case for joe biden. >> we need a president who brings people of all faith together to tackle our challenges, rebuild our country and restore our humanity. >> chris: we will talk with member -- and senator chris coons. and we will ask our sunday panel after the democrats big show what republicans need to do this week. plus, our power players of the week. >> read my lips. >> god bless america. >> chris: a look back from big moments from g.o.p. conventions past. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ and hello again from fox news in washington. congressional democrats have spent the days since their convention passing a bill to provide billions more for the postal service before a flood of mail-in balloting ahead of the november election. but there's been no progress on extending unemployment benefits for americans thrown out of work by the co

meaning the consequences of left-wing action a democratic leader in action.hink a media and the left working together to preserve their power. meanwhile brian stelter denies the reality of joe biden's decline. >> this is joe biden out there on a vigorous bike ride. not wearing a helmet but definitely wearing a mask. >> gregfox's narrative and talko narrative for months has been the joe biden is falling apart. there he is riding a bike, out for a bike ride. >> greg: cool. so if you ride a bike, you can be president. that's good news for these fellows. check them out. you know, i've got my money on the pug. he has a sound fiscal policy. >> dana: [laughs] >> greg: thank you, dana, for the courtesy laugh. i will go to you first. how could people say there's no anti-trump networks. that's the literal definition of denial. >> dana: i hope i wasn't disrupting your monologue. i was laughing through the entire thing. when i saw the topic for today, i thought it's like basically they just make material for you for your monday monologue. there are absolutely entire netw

president trump is taking a wide range of executive action to address the economic crisis and while some republicans are starting to cheer, democratsnsist this will do little to help americans that are struggling to make ends meet. at the new jersey golf club president trump signed executive action to boost the economy will accusing democrats of stonewalling stimulus negotiations. >> democrats have obstructed people from getting desperately needed money. >> the president sorting the government from being evicted and defaulting on student loans and temporarily suspending collection of the payroll tax for some workers and averting money from fema disaster relief to restart enhanced federal employment insurance. >> of taken action to provide an additional or an extra $400 per week. >> the federal government would only pay part, states will be required to pay 25% or $100 on top of state benefit per unemployed worker per week. democrats dismissed the action as meager and reiterating calls for the president to send the staff back to capitol hill to negotiate. >> for the sake of america, meet us in the middle. >> the president amidst laws

president's arguing he got everything he wanted by doing these executive actions and he didn't have to give an inch to democrats white house chief of staff and treasury secretary have been negotiating. the president arguing that this executive action takes care of everything that was being discussed. we know there were a series of issues that were left on the table as a result of the fact that democrats and the white house were not able to get to a deal and are resorted to executive action. that includes billions of dollars in funding for testing. and a prickly issue that democrats have want ed and the white house refused, which is funding for state and local governments. the president also made a little bit of news. we have been talking about this issue of these enhanced unemployment benefits. the president said he would extend $400 per week to unemploy the americans. but that funding is contingent on states accept issing the program, agreeing to administer it and put up $100 of their own to $400 per week. but this evening the president is saying there could be an application process where sol states could req

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 plac

action really means and when americans will finally see some relief. abc white house correspondent rachel scott is traveling with the president tonight. >> reporter: tonight, democrats blasting the president, calling his executive action on coronavirus relief, "weak" "narrow" and "unworkable." >> it doesn't do anything, and as the american people look at these executive orders, they will see they don't come close to doing the job. >> reporter: at his new jersey golf club, president trump sidestepping congress ordering a $400 a week extension of unemployment benefits, asking already cash-strapped states to cough up $100 for each resident out of work. >> states will be asked to cover 25% of the cost using existing funding. >> reporter: but the announcement seemed to catch governors off guard and neither the white house nor the president could say if any states had signed on. >> first of all, we're reviewing this now. so the answer is, i don't know yet. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo tweeting, it's "simply impossible." the president making this promise -- >> so i'm protecting people from eviction. >> reporter: but his executive order isn't clear cut. >> it

controversy has democrats demanding action and answers on the man who has run the post office past two months. changes have led to widespread delays and election officials are sounding alarm about ballots in nofz. president would agree to more with package for families. >> if we can agree on postal, let's do it. stimulus checks, let's do it. >> this is a crisis for american democracy, we need to act and act now. >> also demanding answers directly from louis dejoy, a major trump campaign donor. >>> more than a third of all four-year colleges and universities are reopening campuses for some form of in-person learning. there are specific rules about wearing masks and keeping distance but we're also seeing what happens when young people break those rules. lane alexander has the latest. >> reporter: near the university of north georgia, this is how students celebrated first weekend back. a different packed party in stillwater, oklahoma, as oklahoma state university officials revealed 23 covid cases at off-campus sorority house. schools can put rules in place, but can't force students to com

. >> donald trump prepares to take executive action after another day of coronavirus relief negotiation end with no dealing site. >> democratsnd republicans refuse to compromise when it comes to unemployment benefits. more on this capitol hill battle. >> real political battle, donald trump threatening to take executive action if democrats can't reach a deal on another coronavirus relief package by tomorrow. the president is diligently working with democratic leaders to extend relief payments while also considering reducing the payroll tax. >> of democrat leaders put partisan demands aside we will reach an agreement very quickly. my administration is exploring executive action for protections against eviction and additional relief to those who are unemployed as a result of the virus. and also looking at a term limited suspension of the payroll tax. >> two issues are holding up negotiations, unemployment benefits for 30 million workers and a moratorium on even actions which expired last week. the president said he would take matters into his own hands if democrats will not compromise, trillions of dollars apart. >> by friday i

democrats to reach a compromise. president trump once again considering taking executive action. we will have the latest from washington as the clock ticks toward recess at the end to have week. the trump campaign pushing for debate to take place before early voting begin. this as joe biden sounds off on reporter asking him if he's a junky. twitter suspending the account. the war on wealth, bernie sanders going on a twitter storm pushing for a 60% tax on games during the coronavirus. markets this morning are higher, take a look at future, 60 points on the dow industrials, nasdaq reporting a third record close. up about 2 points and s&p up 3 and a half, yesterday the s&p 500 within 2% of a new record high close as you see, the dow was up 373 points. the nasdaq up 57 and the s&p up 21. keeping china from getting your information. secretary of state mike pompeo focusing on significant threat from chinese apps and telecom companies as instagram takes on china tiktok. former sally yates calling out jim comey as we await accountability. mornings with maria live right now. ♪ ♪ maria glo

a number of republican lawmakers join democrats slamming trump's actions as unconstitutional. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.o.org, the quarante report. i'm amy goodman. in lebanon, protests raged over the weekend following the catastrophic explosion last week at the port of beirut, which killed at least 200 people and injured thousands more and leveled neighborhoods. the explosion was triggered by 2700 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate left unattended in a warehouse for six years. protesters stormed three ministries as security forces unleashed tear gas and rubber bullets on demonstrators. this is a protester speaking saturday. hooked i am endangering myself, just like others, because we have reached our limit. enough corruption. exploded.stances on top of this, there are still people at the port who are beieg shot with pellets and rubber bullets. they are slaughtering people. amy: a number of politicians have resigned amid the growing unrest and accusations of corruption and negligence. the media is reporting prime ministster ha

vice president joe biden could announce his vice presidential choice very soon, and democrats slamming the executive actionsend questioning whether they are legal and whether the money would even get to those who need it most. joining me to talk about this is democrat congresswoman barbara lee of california. senior member of the appropriations committee. congresswoman, thank you very much for being with us. i want to talk about joe biden and his deliberations first, and the concern among people in the campaigns a wells a outside women's groups, that there is going to be and continues to be already a lot of sexist attacks and potentially racist attackses a well, if he chooses a black woman. what can be done to try to prevent that in terms of online, in interviews, in print? >> andrea, thank you so much for that question. i know personally, you know personally what this is all about. it's shameful and disgusting and i'm pleased that our women's organizations are prepared. pushing back. i mean, look, women are assertive, we're bold, yes, and ambitious. harriet tubman, she was ambitious. ida b. wells, dorothy a

and here is how top democrats have reacted to the president's executive action. >> what the president did, i agree with what the republican senator said. it was 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's seasonable. while he said he's going to do the payroll tax, what he's doing is ujds mining social security and medicare. so these are illusions. >> unfortunately the president's executive orders described in one world could be paltry. in three works, unworkable, weak, and far too narrow. >> so joe biden also weighing in with a statement writing this. this is not art of the deal. this is not presidential leadership. these orders are not real solutions. they are just another cynical ploy designed to deflect responsibility. some measures do far more harm than good. joining me now, jackie alemany. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> where are we now? is there room for negotiations? could they come to some sort of consensus when it comes to relief measures and

>> it was a direct contrast to democrats, and actions are one thing that words are another. we need more actions. this is the overall pitch in that you don't have to like donald trump, you don't have to like his tweets. you don't have to like the aspects of his convocation and he's getting things done. there is an iceberg above the water that will be covered every day, the controversy is the story of the day that there is an iceberg below the water that is actually changing things and how this place works. we have one of those that will be on the show later. you might have missed that. we have those moments and, there are lots of big fights and one of them is about coronavirus. i woke up this morning and read a lot of the coverage and there seems to be a consensus amongst the media that and that's alternate universe or alternate reality but isn't that what conventions do? >> of course. and that's how they look at it. there's not enough empathy about the 175,000 americans that have died in families grieving for them. >> i think it was sprinkled into some of the things that we

the controversy has democrats demanding action and answers from the man who has run the post office for just two months. changes led to widespread delays. election officials are sounding the alarm that they won't be able to handle all the ballots cast in november. >> if we can agree on postal, let's do it. if we can agree on stimulus checks, let's do it. >> this is a crisis of american democracy. we've got to act and act now. >> lawmakers are demanding answers directly from postmaster general louis dejoy, a major trump campaign donor. >>> salon owners are planning on breaking the rules tomorrow, and they want everyone to know what they're hoping to prove. >>> also, cruise ships. they were one of the first places the coronavirus started spreading last winter. now the first ship has left port as the pandemic continues. how safe is that? >>> and we're closely monitoring the radar tonight for our next round of thundershowers offshore. you can see the clouds here moving south to north. how much of that could impact your monday when we come right back. we made usaa insurance for veterans like

the president is claiming his actions have somehow pressured democrats to restart negotiations, and he claims that schumer and pelosi now want a deal. he's also claiming that democrats called him to restart talks. but so far no one knows what he's talking about. two senior democratic aides tell nbc news that there has been zero contact between the administration and pelosi or schumer about restarting negotiations. when press secretary kayleigh mcenany was asked this afternoon which democrats called trump, she didn't answer. instead telling reporters they can ask the president himself when he holds yet another daily coronavirus briefing this afternoon. right now we expect the president to speak and answer some questions later on this hour, around 5:30 p.m., and we should remind you, as we often have, that the white house restarted these daily briefings due to their concern over poll numbers. we have yet to hear from a public health official at these events. it has just been president trump nearly always painting a rosy portrait of the crisis. we have a lot to talk about tonight as we aw

plus a story exclusive with an illinois democrat taking action to abolish history classes in schools. the first director, great of you to be here tonight. so we hear a lot about your campaign trying to turn things around. 92 days is a long time for election years, not a long time for politico, writing today about this dwindling window of time to turn things around so is it too late for donald trump's campaign? >> absolutely not. president trump is on the rise and searching and pulling. as a president at a 51% approval rating which is actually seven points higher than where former president barack obama was at this same point in 2012. and let's look at the enthusiasm gap that exists. is real and a real problem for joe biden. president trump supporter's or 70% more enthusiastic to go out and vote for him than joe biden. makes sense. president trump has delivered for the american people. joe biden's supporters are not excited to be out there. he's going to have a hard time entering out matters in elections so when enthusiasm is so much higher for president trump, joe biden has got some p

he tried to circumvent congress with that executive action. democrats and even some republicans calling it legally questionable and executive overreach. we want to begin with cnn's rosa flores who is live in miami with our top story. rosa, good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. as the legal battle over whether or not to reopen schools here in the state of florida continues, all new this morning, schools in at least 14 counties across the state will begin reopening for in-person instruction this week. this is according to the florida education association and to the websites of these school districts. now, you probably remember, just last month, cdc director robert redfield saying that county officials in areas with a positivity rate of more than 5% might consider keeping schools closed. well, 11 of these 14 counties just on saturday exceeded 5% positivity rate. that's according to the latest data available by the florida department of health. all of this as the battle over whether or not to reopen schools in hillsborough county heats up. here's

fell apart but democrats and even some republicans are blasting the move. nebraska's republican senator ben sasse called the actions unconstitutional slop. today the president accused sasse of foolishness and of going rogue. top democrats taking sharp aim. >> i agree with what the republican senator said, it was unconstitutional slop. >> reporter: the president's actions include a new weekly unemployment bonus payment of $400, that's less than the $600 people were initially receiving and that democrats have pushed to extend since it expired last month. the directive also requires states to contribute $100 of the total amount something democrats say is not possible. the white house struggling to say what americans will actually see any money. are we talking weeks are we talking a month, can you pinpoint the timeline. >> i can't pinpoint a timeline other than we'll be working around the clock an we encourage democrats on the hill to come back. >>> president trump also announcing a suspension of payrol taxes for people making less than $100,000 a year. the deferred tax would still be owed next year unless congress agr

>> i think the real case is what we just discussed is executive action if you have the democrats and republicans cannot meet up on 2 trillion or 4 trillion, then you're going to have executive action mnuchin came out and urged the president to lean towards executive action president trump said if congress kap can't do it, i'm going to do it. i think the market knows the spigots of money are going to be there where d.c. democrats and republicans can agree on it. the truth is, it doesn't really matter as long as powell is there as a backstop, as long as trump can do the executive action, the market can bridge the gap between now and whenever we get to a more normalized state >> i get that but with the s&p 500 at 3351, should you be a little bit more cautious it's all about context, right? you can believe a deal is going to get done, but that outside chance that it doesn't, that could be a lot of downside. >> yeah, it is that's why i don't think this is at all an upside catalyst. i agree with what steve is saying, look, we're going to get something because we need it unemployment is stil

over to the white house where our correspondent allen fish as live for us now allan a call to action by democrats mostly though through attacks on trump. i think for michelle obama obviously quite emotional towards the end of her keynote speech. for someone who famously does not like politics and even mentioned that during her speech this is perhaps one of the most searing indictments of the trump presidency that we've heard she talked about how there not been just a failure of policy but a failure of character and she said that doesn't just make me upset it's infuriating and then the point that she was making is that donald trump. had not met the moment and was not fit to be president and therefore that is why in her opinion the country should vote for joe biden she made the point and it's a very good point that people will listen to her because michelle obama what will still popular in the country and particularly popular with democrats she does divide opinion and a lot of republicans simply do not like her so they are not going to listen to what she has to say but clearly what the democrats ar

this one is afraid. >> alexi, just today the democrats have really jolted into action, moving to the david plouffe sent this tweet out over the weekend and knowing a bit about his political brilliance, i seized on this. he suggested to democrats prime time hearings, now. subpoenas to trump white house and campaign officials. this is a rico case. visit local post offices with cameras, show people what is happening. events with those getting a prescription late involve governors, no rest and no vacation, go to war for our country. the democrats, let's say, they'ven him up on six so far and we have reported in the last hour that state attorneys generals are, at least six of them, looking at lawsuits. so that is action on the state level. what are you picking up in terms of a response to this action from trump? >> well, the point is exactly right, the democrats are trying to be highly visible on this issue. it is not something that they're going to take lightly and something they'll tweet about or send out emails or statements. they're getting out there, they're coming back early from re

plus as stimulus talks collapse, the president calls out top democratic leaders and outlines executive action he will take the deal is not >>news at 6. these office is continuing to investigate more crimes and more individuals related to sheriff's miss issuance of ccw licenses. >>now it's 6, 4, people including a captain in the santa clara county sheriff's office have been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. all in an alleged pay to play scheme. involving gun permits. thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 6 i'm

and look, i am not saying all democrats support this kind of action. bible verse that says bad company corrupts good morals. and when the democrats hang around and black lives matter, and do not condemn these types of anarchy's activities they are complicit in the by remaining silent about them. >> doesn't treat me there is this attempt. there was a black lives matter leader who come about a month ago suggested that statues of jesus, if they look to white should be torn down. i mean it is just extraordinary. in fact i'm hearing from pastors and some priests that it is happening.re that the desecration of theor statues of jesus and mary are being desecrated, torn down, they are not talking about it much because they don't't copycats rendering more of it. >> that is exactly right. david: what is it about jesus christ and religion that has become the focus of these protesters if you will? i think president trump hit it out of the ballpark when he talked about joe bidenio and by extension the democrats by saying they are against god and they are against th

trying to keep the pressure on democrats to bring back to the table and broader deal than the actions that he has taken with his executive patent. one of the big sticking points with the deal has been this money for the u.s. postal service, $25 billion at the democrats have been asking for including three and a half billion dollars to prepare the postal service for the massive mail-in vote that is expected to happen between september and november because of coronavirus concerns about in person voting. i asked the president if the democrats were to come to the table and agree to the items that you've been talking about, would you be willing to sign off on the extra money for the postal service? years when he said. if the democrats were to give some of what you want, which you articulated in a series of tweets in the last hour, would you be willing to accept the $25 billion for the postal service including the three and a half million dollars? >> it's not what i want, it's what the american people want. in addition to -- i think i can read this, but in addition to the executive orders t

white house who has grievances and don't have a plan to truly come to the table and take action. >> california democratic congressman eric swalwell has been our guest for this segment. congressman, thank you. >>> another break. when nicolle and i return, basketball meets balloting.

democrats are blasting executive actions on relief. calling the orders unconstitutional. at the same time they say they are willing to negotiate. members of the administration are defending the orders. >> the lord and founding fathers crea divided government. that's what we have here. >> we are ready to meet the white house and republicans half way. we have priorities that maybe different than theirs. >> when asked if democrats would sue over the orders. house speaker said what's more important is passing a comprehensive bill. >> political analyst says the president deserves credit for trying to get the stimulus moving but there are flaws in the approach. $400 unemployment check. >> of the $400, 100 has to come from the state. that's dead on arrival. there's no way a president's executive order can require a state to use funds. not states have fund to begin with. in fact, they don't. most states are broke. they have been going without taxpayer funds. people haven't been working. >> and the question of constitutionality. for instance president has indicated some are relief

but the democrats have said those executive actions are not going to be enough.did not want this piecemeal. they wanting a sweeping deal. and house speaker nancy pelosi said congress may be missing its chance to help the american people right now. >> when you have an opportunity like this to do something for the american people, it's an opportunity. but we can't have it be a missed opportunity to do that by settling for something so low, so beneath the needs of the american people. >> reporter: now, just to give you a sense of how far apart the two sides were at the end of the talks, there was a difference of $1 trillion in the top line figure that each side wanted. senate minority leader chuck schumer said he did not think that anything less than $2 trillion could pass the house and senate. meanwhile house republicans in the senate were saying anything close to $2 trillion could pass with senate republicans. >> sarah, i think the news conference was a bit oz at bedminster when you had folks in there with pleated khaki shorts. what was going on? >> reporter: that

. >> reporter: cbs news has learned house democrats are considering cutting their recess short to take action on the postal service crisis. as the democratic national convention kicks off tomorrow president trump plans to offer counter-programming with back to back campaign events in minnesota, wisconsin and arizona, delivering remarks with the theme "joe biden failures." major. >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you so much. this week's national democratic convention will be, it is fair to say, like no other in history, virtual, no crowds, because of the pandemic. a new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows democrats overwhelmingly like joe biden's choice of a running mate, the survey shows biden and kamala harris leading in electoral votes and in many of the battleground states. cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe joins me for more on the race ahead in this unconventional convention. ed, our poll also says something about democratic hunger. what do they want that they haven't gotten yet? >> reporter: they want to hear more, major, from joe biden and kamala harris. and democrats over

actions that bypass congress. the unilateral moves including a temporary pause on payroll taxes that fund social security and medicare. tom democra top democrats have slammed the action. >> i agree with the republican said it was 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. he says he's going to do the payroll tax, what he's doing is undermining social security and medicare. these are illusions. >> kelly, that was statement from pelosi this morning. one of the big questions is will the president's moves which are getting a lot of criticism and his team defending it, that prompt a new round of negotiations which all sides agree a legislative solution is the best possible outcome where you would have congress agreeing to pass a bill and the president agreeing to sign it to provide this kind of relief. absent that, we don't have any negotiations scheduled that we're aware of, the president did inject themselves by trying to put some of these short term steps in place. the president doesn't have the power to deter

have to make it clear to showcase what our policies are in action -- progrowth, pro-freedom, profamily -- and then contrast to what democrats have done in these cities. you know, it is very interesting, because president trump, and throughout our week, we are going to be able to showcase our agenda in action, the tax credits, opportunity zones, building the wall, the judges throughout the federal judiciary, defeating isis, so many of these big -- the usmca that president trump has delivered on, how they are benefiting the country. democrats did not mention their agenda in action, which we can all see, if we go to look for it on the local news, for what is happening in minneapolis, in portland, in seattle, in new york city, in san francisco. even places that -- this is the handiwork of the democrats' agenda. this is the agenda that joe biden has adapted, with bernie sanders writing the platform. we think it is a very dangerous agenda. it is very and difficult to what this country has always been about, which is freedom of opportunity, equal justice under the law, not based on what letter comes after your name, what political

action. we've had it. >> reporter: blaming democrats for failing to come to the table. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have chosen to hold this vital assistance hostage on behalf of very supreme partisan demands. >> reporter: the president promising to restart unemployment benefits but cutting those weekly checks to $400 to be paid in part by the states, extending eviction moratoriums, deferring interest on federal student loans, and enacting payroll tax cuts, something opposed by lawmakers in both parties. the president sidestepping congress after negotiations for coronavirus relief bill collapsed. >> it was a disappointing meeting. >> we did not make any progress today. >> reporter: promising today's move will take care of this entire situation. >> through these four actions, my administration will provide immediate and vital relief to americans struggling in this difficult time. >> reporter: but the constitution gives congress, not the president, control of federal spending. he couldn't say if states had signed on to help fund these benefits and in the face of legal challenges, suffering am