also breaking, the postmaster general of the united states has agreed to testify before the house oversight committee one week from today as president trump wraps up his baseless attacks against mail-in voting and we are hours away from the launch of a democratic national convention. also breaking, the president confirmed he will deliver his acceptance speech for the republican presidential nomination next week from the white house. all of that is coming up. let's begin with cnn's erica hill. we just heard remarkable revealing comments from dr. deborah birx, tell us more. >> reporter: she said somehow people always want to believe their family and friends are healthy and not infected but we can't tell who has the virus. that is why it is so important to wear a mask. she admitted the u.s. could be in a much better place if we had a more strict lockdown. >> i wish that when we went in to lockdown we looked like italy. but when italy locked down people were not allowed out of the houses. americans don't react well to that kind of prohibition. >> just getting americans to wear mask is a hurdle in many pl

well at this stage no and this is what the house oversight committee wants to address and it's not only in the house oversight committee a number of governors have knowledge made moves to bring legal action against the postal service to actually get them to go back to the way they operated before this is the basis of the bill that the chair of the house oversight committee carolyn maloney has actually drawn up and wants to push through the house this bill as i said freezes operations retrospectively to the 1st of january effectively putting the postal service back on the 14 that it was now it's important to note as well other developments the white house seems to be backtracking on its original position that it would not accept a bailout for the post office only on thursday president trump's stated absolutely plenty that he did not want to give a cash injection to the postal service because that would encourage mail in votes which the president actively opposes now there's been a slight backtracking from this position the chief of staff mark meadows today said that the white house would

with us now is carolyn maloney, the chairwoman of the house oversight committee where louis dejoy willnday. so, thank you, congresswoman, for taking a moment to come speak with us as this vote is ongoing. if this bill pass the house, it still has no path forward in the republican-controlled senate, so if everything democrats are saying about sabotage at the post office is true, how are the american people supposed to have confidence that their votes will be counted in november if they choose to mail it in? >> well, after i introduced my bill to fund the post office and stop the disastrous changes that postmaster general dejoy put in place, he was then called into hearings and of course will be appearing before my committee on monday. he reversed his position. he said he would cease these actions until after the election. my legislation calls for no change in services or protocol, reversing back to the way it was, until after the pandemic or january 2021. so, they are going to stop these actions. i think the american people have been alerted. they're calling my office, and i'm sure offi

we talk to the chair of the house oversight committee about that. >>> a rough week for team trump on the legal front from paul manafort's ties to russians to steve bannon's indictment and new rule on the president's taxes. >>> democrats making history at their convention, but with 73 days to the election, there are more challenges ahead. >>> and new reporting sob soboroff. how the family separation program got its start. >>> right now, they're working on a bill to prevent changes to the postal service before election day. they want to inject $25 billion to help them handle operational capacity. if it passes the house, it heads to the senate. the white house is already vowing a veto. america got to meet the post master general friday, the man president trump picked to make operational changes at usps that are now threatening our election. dejoy admitted to the homeland security committee there have indeed been mail delays since he took over two months ago but promised the election would not be effected. speaking on the hill, house speaker nancy pelosi said the legislation is not just

general of the united states and trump donor louis dejoy has agreed to testify before the house oversight committee as president trump steps up his attacks on mail-in voting. i'll talk about all of this and a lot more with the president's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner. >>> and we're just hours away from what will be a truly historic virtual democratic presidential convention that will officially make joe biden its presidential candidate. let's get some more on the breaking pandemic news first. cnn's nick watt is in los angeles for us. some pretty surprising, very blunt remarks from dr. deborah birx. >> reporter: wolf, it was basically an admission that we did not do lockdown well enough. she says she wishes that we had looked like italy where people weren't allowed out of their houses. but she says americans don't react well to that type of prohibition. comparison of how the two countries are doing. on friday italy reported three deaths from covid-19. on friday the u.s. reported 1,342. a college party in georgia, can't see any masks. not a lot of distance. crowds also snapped outside

along with the house oversight committee on capitol hill, gaveling into session, lawmakers

yes, as early as august 24th our house oversight committee under the leadership of chairwoman maloney you know, folks and the american people need to know house oversight committee we are the watch dogs, we have to oversee especially illegal activity, especially things we feel like are very much circumventing our political process, democracy and in this case it is the president of the united states trying to defund our u.s. postal service for his own self-interest. >> i think a lot of people, you know, i think sometimes on the sunday shows it's very belt way centric and it's, you know, very political people talking to and for each other but for many people they don't know the function of the oversight committee and the house is up for grabs, too. i tell people imagine if republicans controlled the house, the oversight committee has been a crucial point in the balance of government. i appreciate you pointing that out and you are definitely a crucial member on that committee. something that people don't understand about the postal service it costs zero dollars in taxpayer money. zero. z

. >> now dejoy will be on the hill tomorrow to testify in person before the house oversight committee. yesterday house oversight chair carolyn maloney released a trove of documents showing changes to the post office under dejoy which are more wide-reaching and insidious than the post master general has led on. joining me from the united states virgin islands. senior whip and member of the house oversight committee. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. there were a lot of people who thought with a exception of a few democratic challengers on friday, the post master general got an easier go than he is likely to get tomorrow at the house when you and your committee address him. what are you planning on asking him, what answers do you need? >> well, as you know, we sent a letter requesting documents and answers to questions from the post master general. so we're going to be delving deeply into those documents. my colleagues have been home, we've all been in the district and heard the cries of veterans who are needing medicine, elders, small businesses that are going under because o

dejoy agreeing readily to testify before the house oversight committee next monday. ite house chief of staff mark meadows, former congressman who worked with pelosi vows that postal service sorting machines will not be dismantled before the november 3rd election. watch this. >> i'm saying that sorting machines between now and the election will not be taken off-line. when you look at it, the normal process of doing all of this, jake, i had the postal system under, i had the only bipartisan bill to deal with the 146 billion-dollar loss that the postal service has been, will see over the next 10 years. gregg: welcome washington times opinion editor, fox news contributor charlie hurt. charlie, great to see you. nancy pelosi is making these wild accusations that president trump is trying to cheat and manipulate the postal service to win the election. apparently she doesn't understand that the president doesn't control the postal service. it's run by a board of governors by law must be bipartisan. in fact the chairman of the board of governors was approved unanimously by se

on monday, house oversight committees get a chance to question the postmaster general on postal operations and the upcoming election, monday at 10:00 ams turn on c-span -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two or listen on the free c-span radio app. what that's >> white house chief of staff mark meadows was on capitol hill during debate on the postal service bill. he was meeting with members about a possible second covid pandemic economic aid. best economic aid hill. this is what he told reporters about his efforts. aid l.omic this is what he told reporters about his efforts. >> i met with a few members of the house. they have an important vote for i wantedl service, and to take a message to as many members as i could wreck lead me with. the president is committed to making sure our postal workers have the assets and financial resources necessary to make sure that we have on time deliveries, but more importantly, that if we really want to solve this problem, since they are here for a saturday vote, i would encourage a targeted l that may include postal, and hopefully businesses,small maybe augm

all of this makes his appearance tomorrow morning before the house oversight committee all the more important. yesterday at a bipartisan effort meant to reinforce the agency, the house of representatives passed a bill reversing the recent cost cutting policies and infusing $25 billion in emergency funds. and the difference in opinion on the need to help american icons remains stark. >> it is also necessary for us to have this legislation because in my conversations with the postmaster general, which are most unsatisfactory, he said he had no intention of restoring the post office boxes that were removed, no intention of restoring the sorting machinery in the postal services and other infrastructure. very essential to keeping the mail on time. >> we don't trust the person who heads this but we're going to give you $25 billion. do we need that money? absolutely not. post office tells us they have $15 billion on hand, they have access to a $10 billion line of credit. that will more than take them for a year from now. we don't need to be spending this money right now. it's a silly, silly bill. >>

we will keep an eye on that vote and we'll be speaking with the chairwoman of the house oversight committee coming up. let me turn to jeremy diamond at the white house because the president of the republicans continue to state this belief that something else is afoot on capitol hill, jeremy. more than just the concerns for the u.s. postal service. >> reporter: that's right. look, over the last several days, as you listen to democrats, you hear them consistently charge that these reforms that are happening at the postal service and the delays that we have seen as a result of that over the last several weeks, that this is all aimed at undermining confidence in the postal service, and also, accusing the president himself of really trying to sabotage the postal service. republicans in part have countered that these are conspiracy theories being pushed by democrats. this has been the line from republican lawmakers on capitol hill as well as the talking points that have been sent out by the trump campaign and the republican national committee. now, we should note the postmaster general, louis dej

the house oversight committee now saying that postmaster general louis dejoy has agreed to testify one changes at the postal service. now, on his way out of washington, d.c., today, president trump claiming he's not trying to slow down the mail despite an outcry that has already begun. >> are you worried about the postal service getting medications? >> the postoffice is running really well. >> last ,

postmastster general lououis dey was grilled by democrats monday as he testified before the house oversight committee about recent changes at the u.s. postal service. dejoy struggled to answer basic questions, including about mail-in voting during the 2016 elections and the cost of mail. he also refused to provide justification for recent changes at the postal service, which has led to a slowing down of delivery times and has prompted fears trump is deliberately trying to sabotage the usps in the run-up the elections. in related tech news, twitterr flagagged a trump tweet that claiaimed mail boxes are a "vovr security disaster" and "not covid sanitized." twitter said the tweet made both "misleadading healalth claimim t could potentially dissuade people from partrticipation in voting." secretary of state mike pompeo reassured israel monday the u.s. will ensure it retains its military advantage in the middle east under any future arms deals with the united arab emirates. the remarks come as questions swirl over possible u.s. plans to sell f-35 jets to the uae following the normalization agreement it re

dejoy is testifying before the house oversight committee today. in other news from the house, congressmembers unanimously passed a bill saturday to provide emergency funding to u.s. citizenship and immigration services, which is planning to furlough around two-thirds of its employees at t the end of ts month.h. in belarus, tetens of thouousanf prototesters took to the streets of minsk sunday as demonstrations continue calling for alexander lukashenko to resign two weeks after the longtime authoritarian leader was declared the winner of a a controversial l presidential election that many believe was rigggged. in colombia, at least people were killing in three separate massacres within 24 hours, marking one of the most t violet days in colombia since the signing of the peace deal in 202016. the attacks took place friday and saturday in regions that have been heavily disputed by drugug traffickekers and other criminal g groups. in the p philippines, , at leas1 -- 14 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded after two bombings in the southwe

this is the house oversight committee. it is controlled by democrats who were left wholly unsatisfied by dejoy's answers and by his demeanor, quite frankly, from friday's hearing. a lot of house democrats felt he didn't show his work, he wasn't being transparent about the decisions being made at the post office. and he wasn't providing enough information about how they got to those decisions. he'll be pressed on all of those things today as well as on his blanket statements that he made on friday about the idea that mail-in ballots will be taken care of, handled in a first class or better rate, won't be a concern, and his statements there will be no need to restore things like sorting machines that have been taken out of service over the last several weeks during his tenure. he made fairly blanket statements about that, without providing much backup information. house democrats will try to press him again on this, you will have some republicans likely defending him in much the same way we saw at that senate hearing. but as

. >>> cabinet today, postmaster general is scheduled to testify before the house oversight committee. he is expect it to face a lot more intense questioning from house democrats than he did on friday when he testified before a republican senate committee. democrats accuse him of trying to help president trump in the november election. the hearing today comes after the u.s. house passed a bill on saturday to deal with the mail delivery disruption. that bill provides $25 billion in funding for the postal service. >>> we need to make sure that everything is done. because the postal service remains in a precarious position and it is not sure that mr. did joy will follow through on what he said. >> it has nothing to do with voting. it has anything to do with the political statement. >>> mitch mcconnell has said he has no intention to take up that bill passed by the house in the senate. and president trump has said he would veto it. >>> it is now 419. let's get back to monday morning weather. rosemary is in for steve with all the latest. rosemary. >>> yes. good morning to you dave. if you s

must be fixed before millions of americans vote by mail come november, democrats on the house oversight committee are now demanding the postmaster general appear for a hearing to explain recent policy changes. the postal service has defended the changes arguing, it's been losing money for decades and must build a more stable cost efficient business. i know there need to be reforms that need to be cost savings that's fine. >>but they cannot compromise the delivery efficient delivery to rural missouri republican senator josh hawley says the run-up to election day is no time for delay needs absolutely vital. >>but those absentee ballots get on time to the folks who requested them by mail and then they get back on time so they can be counted democratic leadership met with the postmaster general wednesday we need to resolve the problems at the post office democrats what 25 billion dollars in the next really built to prop up the postal service. >>so far republicans aren't buying in washington raquel martin. >>under the last aid package, republicans and democrats did agree to give the postal service at

. >>> the postmaster general grilled today by the house oversight committee on the recent cutbacks at the post office, including delays in mail delivery and whether it may impact mail-in voting geoff bennett reports. >> reporter: postmaster general louis dejoy on defense today, facing scathing criticism over delays, argued the postal service is up to the task of handling election mail. >> the postal service is fully capable, and committed to delivering the nation's ballots securely and on time >> reporter: in his two months on the job dejoy has overseen a series of recent policy changes blamed for severe service slowdowns. he said he will not replace mail sorting machines removed on his watch. how can one person screw this up in just a few weeks? will you put the -- will you put the machines back? >> no, i will not. >> reporter: dejoy acknowledged a dip in mail service but disputed reports of widespread delivery problems but house democrats released internal postal service documents showing steep declines and delays in a range of mail service starting in early july. shortly after dejo

democrats on the house oversight committee they want the postmaster general to testify to explain a new policy changes the service argues it's been losing a lot of money for decades and must build a more stable cost efficient business and the service did get a 10 billion dollar loan under the last aid package that money is expected to run out early next year. there is a confirmed outbreak of a disease affecting dear. this several northern california counties, including some of the bay area. it can kill do her and it spreads when they're in close contact with each other. a young deer at the most risk right now the symptoms include drooling or foaming at the mouth seizures, no known cure. the disease has been found in deer and napa santa clara sonoma to hama and yolo counties people in those areas being asked not to feel that feed wild animals not that you ever should and to report any apparent cases of a problem to state wildlife workers. >>a new study of says having covid leaves you with some immunity, but how long does it last and a wedding photographer in beirut would go on to capture

senate has no plans to act on the bill dejoy will face a grilling on his actions monday on a house oversight committee. >> let's turn back to the gulf with those two storms barrelling towards us here's janessa webb once again >> good to see you both. good morning, everyone even though we're starting to see marco be a little bit more disorganized waiting for the national hurricane center next update we'll going to see the inundation of water across gulf coast communities. these are locations that get easi easily flooded and we're going to forecast new orleans to panama city, to southern locations up to 6 to 8 inches. some isolated areas, higher amounts. we still have a hurricane warning that's in place for new orleans that extends into baton rouge has well and no alerts for the florida panhane, butdl tampa today, 93. a few strong storms this afternoon and we're also watching the severe weather threat for the st. louis area to chicago. 93 also severe weather for the midwest. we'll talk about that coming up. >> there is a whole lot to watch out there. thanks for that. >> we've got our hands full today. >

that when there are a few hours there are other complaints but as well the democrats in the house oversight committee believe that the house of representatives or the conduct an investigation themselves. this is a very very serious situation we have never had a sector slate get involved in partisan politics in any capacity much less while on a diplomatic mission overseas also the form of florida. attorney general pam bondi recently and then an advisor to president trump pool and also contribute his campaign and she spoke at the republican convention and accused joe biden and his family of corruption your organization citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington filed complaints against her for what well i recall that she was at one point when she was the attorney general out there florida was involved in. a number of matters affecting donald trump and not investigating certain alleged illegal conduct and making campaign contributions and some back and forth there i'd have to go back over those blanks a number of may have been filed before i came on the board of directors of a crew but there w

he testified before the house oversight committee yesterday, democrats see the changes he tried to makey would've interfered with them election. dejoy implemented and rolled back changes like demanding that post office trucks leave on time , even if they are not fully loaded. >> imagine it. 53 foot trucks forced to travel hundreds of miles completely empty, do to your so-called reforms. here are the truck records. that is not efficiency. that is insanity. >> transitions don't always go smoothly. >> we should have a recovery process. our recovery process is taking too long. this should have been resolved in a few days. >> he said the changes he made are aimed at bringing the postal service back to financial stability because it has lost money every year since 2007. >>> what the weather we had, it lets us get in there and do good work. >> better news about progress made against the bay area wildfires. updates on evacuations as firefighters continue battling a deadly system of fires. >>> the country can go in a horrible, horrible direction, or a greater direction. >> the trump campaign lay

what does the house oversight committee need to hear from dejoy? ing, you want to start at the beginning. i think one of the key questions the committee will dive into today is how did dejoy get this job in the first place? we just heard chairwoman maloney talk about how he wasn't qualified, a political appointee, a donor and fund-raiser for donald trump and the republican national committee. how did he get this job at the first time at this extraordinary moment of time when we were dealing with the coronavirus? we have the upcoming election. why would you install somebody like this in this position now if not for the desire to try to subvert the elections? one of the other witnesses at the hearing will be the chairman of the postmaster's board of governors who is the person who recommended dejoy in the first place. i think the committee will want to know of this entire process f selecting dejoy. why was he wanting updates from the board of governors about this process? what was the relationship there? what role did he play? i think the committee is

is a house of representatives is set to return on saturday to vote on legislation related to the postal service. the joy also set to testify before a senate committee on friday and the house oversight committee. next week. lawmakers from the bay area are lashing out about the controversy surrounding the postal service and its new postmaster house speaker nancy pelosi spoke in san francisco yesterday and kron four's theresa stasi reports on her calls now to save the postal service. >>with the slogan don't mess with the usps house speaker nancy pelosi in san francisco on fighting for the united states postal service and its vital role it plays for residents. >>and by the way. and the cost of >>last week the postal service having cut overtime and late deliveries due to a financial shortfall began warning states that it can't guarantee all mail ballots will be received in time to be counted. the president planting the seed of doubt for weeks saying that the post office couldn't be depended on. also the president admitting that he was withholding funding. it needs making it harder to process the expected surge of ballots during this pandemic now postmaster louis dejoy walking back some

joy is set to testify before a house committee on friday and the house oversight committee next week still to come here on kron 4 news at 5, 9, 2, of the democratic national convention kicking off in just under an hour. >>we'll show you who set to speak in the message they're now hoping to set. plus a 00:30am tonight why oakland unified school district is it still handing out laptops to thousands of students. more than a week into the new school year. and it's a day that some of his victims have been waiting decades for a chance to come face to face with >>it is inconceivable that such a creature exists in this world may he rot in health. >>emotions running high words not instance out of the sacramento county courtroom today. the victims of joseph de angelo that the man better known as the golden state killer getting a chance to confront him, doug johnson getting a chance to talk with many of them. >>i thought about it for probably over a month. >>and last night i was still changing and crisp and ready says she's been waiting for chance to address joseph de angelo said she was just 1

committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. monday, live at 10 am eastern on c-span2 postmaster general d dejoy and robert duncan of the board of governors will testify before the house oversightnd reform committee. watch live coverage of the hearing friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio apps. >> you are watching booktv, as we look at tom wolfe's 30 appearances on booktv and c-span. since 2006 the richmond virginia native shared his observations of southerners and his travel throughout the south.

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today the house oversight committee sent a letter calling today the on dejoy to testify in an dergency next week saying in a statement he must answer why he is pushing these dangerous new policies that threaten to silence the voices of millions. >> we should stamp him with return to sender if he won't appear before the hearing. >> reporter: in response to the concerns, the postal service offered one concession by postponing the removal of collection boxes for a period of 90 days. white house chief of staff mark madows insisted the president is not using the postal service to impact the election. >> i will give you that guarantee right now. the president of the united states is not going to interfere with anybody casting their vote in a legitimate way. whether it is the post office or anything else. >> reporter: president trump said he is open to giving the postal service more funding in a coronavirus relief bill. and blamed democrats for holding ocrats for >> they're not willing to approve the money that they need, if they can't get the money that they need for universal mail-in voting

general will be on capitol hill monday taking questions about postal operations from the house oversight committee starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: sunday night, on q&a, institute for political innovation founder, catherine gale, with her book, "the politics industry." >> the division that we see, the resultk that we see is a keep everybody else out. and not to compromise ever, because it works better for them to leave a problem unsolved than give a littleand on either side. they would brotherly the problem unsolved and keep it as an issue for the next election. catherine gale, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. president trump spoke earlier at the 2020 council for national policy meeting in arlington, virginia. the president continued to criticize the use of mail-in voting during the pandemic. ♪ [applause]

on tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house oversight and reform committee on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families'and the administrations if limitation of key stemless programs approved this year. watch live coverage beginning at what a car p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the c-span radio app. senator bernie sanders talked about joe biden's economic plan over the weekend. senator sanders was in burlington, vermont. good afternoon. let me begin by saying to those of you lost your jobs in this pandemic, and there are millions of you, some of us in washington, some of us have not forgotten about you. and we have not forgotten about the 90 million people in this and in many ways, that is exactly what this entire campaign is all about. it's about whether we will have a government that finally stands up for working families, the people that are struggling like never before. or whether under trump, we will continue a government in which the very rich get m

. >> postmaster general louis dejoy appears before the house oversight committee a second hearing on capitol hill in four days. house is expected to pass the postal service bill shortly. a small number of republicans will vote yes including gop pennsylvania representative. >> i stand with the hard-working postal workers usps must be fully funded so that my constituents and millions across our nation can receive a high-quality and timely service that the post office has provided us. madam speaker i will vote in favor. white house chief of staff mark meadows is very concerned about fixing the postal service. >> we have politicized it to a point where i'm concerned that it may not be solvable just based on the rhetoric and in trying to make it more of a political partisan message and that's a real disservice to the american people. >> meadows was on capitol hill with a rare saturday session and he tried to drop in on house speaker nancy nancy pelosi pays trendy get something going on what he calls a coronavirus bill. they haven't been in negotiations and a couple weeks for she was in a l

this out now especially when the new postmaster joy is being asked to appear in from the house oversight committee to answer for all of these internal problems and seems like he's trying to deliver a solution a little too little too late but what's your take on the situation. agree it's too little too late there's no way that's going to happen in time for a november election absolutely not i mean at this point it's impossible if you look at what the state of washington has said who does by the way a pretty successful job with mail in voting they're really the only state in the country that does they say that setting up a successful mail in voting group program can take anywhere between 5 and 10 years to do it so the idea that you're going to also back that with blocked chain based technology in 3 months not going to happen but having said that there have been a lot of pushes over the last few years to move voting to a blog bases that not just mail and voting but all voting so that there is an actual trust this is. and built into the election system and i think that's something that we should see i

tonight the president confirmed he will accept the republican nominationep after the house oversight committee says it does not violate the hatch act which bars government employees to take part in party activities on federal property. the president and vp are exempt. shannon: thank you. president trump scored a major foreign-policy win today bringing together to keep hours in the middle east as they try to annex the west bank land they have doubts aboutt the whole thing the state department correspondent rich edson has details. >> good evening it is a major diplomatic breakthrough the you ae says it's on its way he o establish officialy diplomatic relationship with israel joining egypt and jordan as the only middle easterneast arab states to do so. the unexpected announcement from the oval office. an agreement between uae and israel that they will normalize diplomatic relations, sign investment deals and establish embassies. israel said it will suspend its planspeto to annex territory on the disputed west bank. officials say the relationship building began early in the trump administration an

legislation has been drawn up by the chairperson of the house oversight committee carolyn maloney who will be overseeing the hearing involving the postmaster general on monday next week but the bill assistance which states that the changes made by the postmaster general since he took over in may would be reversed effectively it says that the post office must go back to operating exactly as it did on the 1st of january 2020 and there can be no changes until january the 1st of next year this would affect the reverse all the changes that have been made by louis to joy in the months since he has been head of the postal service changes which many are arguing particularly democrats in congress could impact really heavily on the election later this year in particular on the mail in voting which many people are going to turn in turn to because of the ongoing pandemic. somali security forces have ended a 5 hour siege on a hotel in the capital mogadishu. a suspected car bomb and shoot us at the elite hotel beach so at least 6 people killed 40 others injured government officials are among the de

for the legislation has been drawn up by the chairperson of the house oversight committee carolyn maloney who will be overseeing the hearing involving the postmaster general on monday next week but the bill assistance which states that the changes made by the postmaster general since he took over in may would be reversed effectively it says that the post office must go back to operating exactly as it did on the 1st of january 2020 can be no changes until january the 1st of next year this would effectively reverse all the changes that have been made by louis to joy in the months since he has been head of the postal service changes which many are arguing particularly democrats in congress could impact really heavily on the election later this year in particular on the mail in vote in which many people are going to turn in turn to because of the ongoing pandemic. might just remind us of the accusations being leveled at lewis to joy and why that all matters. well he has come in and said that he needs to create cross-cutting within the postal service what this entails well in the last few mont

this time before the house committee on oversight and reform. joining me is one of the members of that committee, california congressman harley rouda. congressman, good to see you today. as today's debate over the postal service bill continues, what do you expect to see happen today where you stand? >> we're going to see the passage of that bill in a bipartisan fashion. my big concern is that it's not going to get the attention it deserves in the senate. and we're not going to be able to fund the postal service like we need to. >> what do you want to hear from dejoy on monday? and are there things that you learned yesterday from his testimony that you would like expanded on? >> certainly. there's a lot of things we want to learn. i think you probably know, it was just released it, reports show a significant reduction in the delivery of all levels of types of mail, just released. and contrary to what you're hearing republicans say that there has been no delay in the service of mail being delivered, when in fact that's not true. we're seeing approx