civilian rule in mali following a military coup a delegation led by nigerian president goodluck jonathan hilltalks on saturday with the rebels who seized power as well as molly's ousted president. u.s. lawmakers in the house of representatives have passed a bill providing $25000000000.00 in emergency funding to the u.s. postal service the democratic backed legislation aims to make sure 1000000 votes arrive on time in november's elections but it's unlikely to pass the republican controlled senate. and the social media platform tick-tock says it will soothe the trumpet ministration i have of the president's plan to ban the popular video app in the u.s. to talk is owned by a chinese company by to debts trump is trying to force to talk to sell its u.s. operations citing concerns that use a dot could be shared with the chinese government. to india now where over 3000000 people have now become infected we've covered 19 numbers rose by a 1000000 in just 2 weeks with the medical situation getting worse social and economic pressures are growing as well millions of skilled and unskilled workers across

significant or you see a strike that hits the ground you see fire that's up on the hill call us immediately in berkeley jonathan mccall kron 4 news. >>house democrats hold a surprise session today on capitol hill, the changes to the u.s. postal service members approved to try to ensure your vote gets mail and processed and counted in time and of course we continue to >>firefighters in santa clara county also dealing with separate vegetation fires. >>my god. it was a palm tree. it was a palm tree. >>as if the fire crews don't have enough to deal with these flames can go up so quickly this video of a vegetation fire started in a coyote community yesterday on moderate road monterey road just off highway one oh one and bailey avenue. it burned about a 140 acres in a news conference streamed on facebook today, san jose's fire chief robert safian talked about the collaboration between fire crews all over the bay area and the state. >>and in fact we have 2 of our engine crews that are actually. helping cal fire over their home unit for normal response and to emergencies and so we're spread as as fit as i've ever seen

jonathan ferro. and the capitol hill president over the weekend flying solo. tom: absolutely odd. it was one of the oddest weekends i can remember in all the years of doing this. we can go on and on about it, but i love what martin schenker said earlier this morning. they've got to do something fast. the idea that they can delay decisions into september, i just don't get that when i observe what i observe on the streets of new york. jonathan: let's observe the price action. we know why there's no urgency. compare and contrast to where we were back in march. d.c. is on the road to nowhere. they have been for the last several weeks. tom: there are two americas out there. good morning, john edwards of louisiana. what we see is the complacency of the politicians that they have time. i don't understand where that complacency came from. jonathan: let's get to the economic data. cpi coming out later this week. retail sales, that is how we conclude the week on friday morning. in the price action this monday morning, equities, the calm in the equity market. we are up five points on the s&p

also peabody road cement hill road and then didn't road. pam jonathan, so taylor give us a sense does it feel as intense tonight as it did earlier in the day are there people near where you are. >>so kim, you know it seems like the chaos has calmed down a little bit and i don't know if you can see it's picking up beyond those lights behind me it is complete pitch black. but i will tell you i have been seeing couples. people here and they're walking around with flashlights going in and out of the neighborhood saw one man carrying a gas can saying he needed to keep his generator running so some of the people here have chosen to stick it out and stay despite those evacuation orders, they're just hoping for the best of course. >>taylor or you just kind of talked about those evacuation orders are in place are you seeing a lot of folks who are deciding to ride it out. >>yes jonathan uh i don't know if people were watching earlier at 8 o'clock but the area that i along is actually farther down lines road which is right next to i 80 on the west side. a lot of p

deborah and canton georgia for president trump three she spoke about jonathan niese lake cristina marcos and john miller to go to the hill web site they have a story by things to know on the democratic platform. just to give you some of the highlights point number when they make is not every democrat is back in the platform. were she to toledo of michigan publicly announced they would vote against their platform saying it doesn't go far enough in overhauling the u.s. health care system with a goal of achieving universal coverage. they also say the platform papers over some differences adding democrats tried to strike a balance for convention to feature both a former republican governor john kasich and an

jonathan: it makes it all the more remarkable that we can't strike a deal on capitol hill.new york city this morning, good morning. , oliver wyman partner dana penn mom -- partner daniel tennenbaum. this is bloomberg. ritika: joe biden has finished interviewing all ep candidates. he promised us spring that he would pick a woman to be his running mate. russia says the country has come up with a vaccine that offers a lasting immunity. putin says one of his daughters has been inoculated. however, the russian vaccine was registered before phase three trials. president trump told americans their retirement accounts are "doing fantastically." the data shows he is mostly right. according to fidelity investments, the average 401(k) balance in the second quarter. the average balance is for a little more than $104,000. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> what we don't need is anything destabilizing between now and january. jonathan: john

have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire, msnbc news capitol hille great kasie hunt, and politics and journalism professor at morgan state university, msnbc political contributor jason johnson will join us in a moment. jonathan, i want to starts with you and go to kasie and get her take about what's happening on capitol hill or what's not happening on capitol hill with the coronavirus outbreak. and then i want to go to mike barnicle, and you and i are both going to pile on mike barnicle and ask him how he allowed red sox pitching to get so bad. jonathan, let's talk about a piece you dropped this morning for the associated press about donald trump and the campaign and something that you've been saying for some time. that is that his staff keep telling him, his campaign advisers keep telling him, mr. president, stop thinking this is going to be like 2016. there's not going to be a last-minute surprise. that's not when the charge starts. it starts right now. it starts right now because early voting is coming up. and a lot of people's opinions about you

significant or you see a strike that hits the ground you see fire that's up on the hill call us immediately in berkeley jonathanmccall kron 4 news we want to go back now to kron four's noelle bellow just outside of healdsburg in sonoma county with what's going on and that's a mandatory evacuation order area. noel. >>yeah that's right there's not a lot of traffic on this road if you are on this road. you're likely an emergency vehicle i have seen one or 2 folks who are on atv's who have been kind of making sure that they put water on their properties and what not tonight because i'm here west of healdsburg on west side road now this is a main drag through dry creek valley if you know this area you know there's lots of wineries out here. i actually spoke with someone who owns a winery up here in this dry creek valley area. they said about 6,000 of their 7,000 acre vineyard had already gone up in flames just a couple of days ago. that's what fire crews are hoping to not see happen again tonight. lawrence earlier was talking about the winds and how they are going to be changing direction. we've got a lot of fire cr

hill. you may get a change from mr. kudlow. jonathan: looking for to that conversation. 8:30 a.m. eastern, we get the jobs report. one hour later, we catch it -- we check in with. larry kudlow from new york city -- check in with larry kudlow. from new york city this morning, good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." ritika: all eyes are on this morning's upcoming job report. after a surgeon coronavirus cases across the u.s., all signs point to a slowdown in job gains last month or worse. it is following a combined rise -- of 7.5lli million in may and june. negotiations on a new arenavirus relief bill edging towards the break of collapse. a meeting thursday between white house officials and congressional democrats ended with each side accusing the other of being unwilling to compromise yet the main sticking point is the top line number. the democrats want $3.5 trillion of aid. republicans want $1 trillion. shocked by it is the executive order barring americans from doing business with the company, and plans to challenge the order. holding stumbled on the news. .hares fell as

jonathan lemire, we have economists, we have people on the hill, we have business owners, we have ceos. we even have -- well, we have white house officials that are sort of scratching their heads and asking what exactly happened on friday. the president tried to look like he was in control by pushing unconstitutional presidential directives which seem to go in all of these different directions and if that wasn't enough, friday night we had yet another trump friday night massacre where the new head of the post office just again not trying to hide it at all. apparently doing whatever he can to sow chaos inside the post office as he and donald trump appear to be working together to sow seeds of doubt on whether the post office is going to be able to carry out its functions as we move towards the most important election of our lifetime, certainly the most important election as it has to do with the post office's participation. try to tell us all the things that were going on friday and this weekend. >> joe, it was a remarkable weekend. i was traveling with the president as part of the pres

deborah and canton georgia for president trump three she spoke about jonathan niese lake cristina marcos and john miller to go to the hill web site they have a story by things to know on the democratic platform. just to give you some of the highlights point number when they make is not every democrat is back in the platform. were she to toledo of michigan publicly announced they would vote against their platform saying it doesn't go far enough in overhauling the u.s. health care system with a goal of achieving universal coverage. they also say the platform papers over some differences adding democrats tried to strike a balance for convention to feature both a former republican governor john kasich and alexandria ocasio cortez. >> i'd like to turn it over to the first-generation united states citizen. his parents immigrated to the united states illegally. he does a great job. [applause] >> thank you guys. i receive it. i'm really happy to be here but i'm going to add a little twist today because i think it needs to be added so my speech is going to be a little different for some of the huge shout out to all those latinos

hills. officials are warning people be prepared in case you're told to leave kron four's jonathan mccall has how fire crews are preparing. >>as wildfires continue to scorch hundreds of thousands of acres across california from dry lightning in the area last week people living in the berkeley hills are now on alert as a potential second round of strikes now threatens the area i've never seen. >>out a lightning event like we had last week berkeley fire battalion chief bill key ho says it's something that sticks out in his 33 years as a firefighter with the threat of another round of dry lightning in the area and he's hoping to avoid a similar scene in the berkeley hills in the coming days, it's unprecedented. >>the weather behavior that we're having and to have a second event coming. a week later is concerning keough says the department is upping the staffing and station crews in the hills. >>to get a quick jump on the fires if they do spark. if it happens again and it will. on monday tuesday wednesday which is supposed to. and looking into about you can't stop lightning right so that's going

jonathan: a reunion. a virtual one. this is bloomberg. roadblock in is a the capitol hill talks for a new virus stimulus package.is mitch mcconnell's insistence or be legal liability protection for businesses, schools, and colleges. mcconnell says he will not let the bill pass republican-controlled senate without a temporary shield. democrats say they will not accept the republican plan as it stands. joe biden good name his running mate as early as midweek. bloomberg has learned the presidential nominee has finished interviewing the candidates. joe biden promised in the spring he would pick a woman to be his vice presidential candidate. vladimir putin is claiming victory in the race to develop the coronavirus vaccine. the prime minister says the country has come out with a vaccine. vladimir putin says one of his daughters has taken the vaccine. trials normally last for months and involve thousands of people. for the first time in more than 100 days, new zealand has reported its first local cases of the coronavirus. that prompted authorities to put the country's largest cities on lockdown to prevent another outbr

. >> jonathan, finally to you, the president seems to be disappointed with the fact capitol hill is goingarings at the beginning of next week. he blamed the senate for it, but it's not the senate that's going to be holding that postmaster general hearing. >> right, it's the house. and certainly, this is the first time that the president has gotten some of the basic facts wrong based on the legislative process. this is more than once now that he's urged them to hold the hearings not opposite his convention next week. but he is eager to provide, i should note, counter programming against the democrats. he won't be shy tonight weighing in on the speeches by hillary clinton, barack obama, and kamala harris. and then tomorrow, of course, just hours before joe biden speaks and accepts the democrat's nomination, the culmination to this point of his political career, where will the president be? joe biden's backyard. he will be visiting scranton, pennsylvania, biden's birthplace, and delivering a speech on the, quote, half century of failure by joe biden. that's what the campaign has said. so the

jonathan? reporter: hi, there, neil. the move to online learning at unc chapel hill takes effect come and it will involve all undergraduatesses offered at that institution. administrators made the decision after at least 130 students and five staff members tested positive for coronavirus, more positive tests are expected in the near future. four clusters were reported at two campus residents halls, an off-campus apartment and a fraternity house. they have a off campus dorm with students. >> socially distance to wear mask like i did, you can still get it. reporter: another college town, stillwater, oklahoma, is making headlines after a oklahoma state university student posted video on social media with students in long lines and crowded bars. young people are lower risk for complications and death they're contributing to a trend that concerns international health officials. >> -- is changing. people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, are increasingly driving the spread. many are unaware they're infected, with very mild symptoms or none at all. reporter: or none at all. the concern is that those asymptomatic cases may unwittingly spre

along with joe and me, we have white house reporter for the "associated press," jonathan lami lamire, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie dc," kasie hunt, host of msnbc's "politi "politicsnation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton, and nbc news and msnbc contributor shawna thomas is with us. so, after weeks of speculation, joe biden has announced senator kamala harris as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election. in texts and emails to campaign supporters shortly after 4:00 p.m. yesterday, biden broke the news, writing in part, "i've decided that kamala harris is the best person to help me take this fight to donald trump and mike pence and then to lead this nation starting in january of 2021." and shortly after that, he posted the announcement on twitter, calling harris a "fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the country's finest public servants." biden's announcement comes more than a year after he and harris, a former presidential rival, clashed over biden's record on race during the first democratic debate. >> ooh. as will ferrell --

hill. didn't really happen. the issue is, how do you even quantify how much more economic damages done each week that goes by? jonathanthink kathy jones of charles schwab put it nicely. the policy mistake is being made. the deadline was effectively the end of july, and here we are in august. lisa: people are saying the federal reserve is going to come in and just do more if the federal policymakers do less, fiscal policy doesn't come in. that seems to be the best we are seeing, with some of the higher-quality names continuing to rally. jonathan: coming up on this program, anna han, wells fargo equity strategist, and michael mckee on the economic data. u.s. cpi and around 40 minutes. we will bring you the data live. equity futures up on the s&p 500 0.7%. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." ♪ ,onathan: from new york city this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live on bloomberg tv and radio. tom keene is away. he will be back on monday. alongside lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. with your economic data in united states, here is michael mckee. michael: we are looking at consumer price index. it comes in double what h

north carolina and chapel hill reversing course and switching to remote learning after least 13130 students tested positive r coronavirus just a week into the semester. jonathanmove to online learning only takes effect tomorrow, affecting all undergraduate courses and administrators made the decision after four clusters of cases were reported at two campus residence halls and a fraternity house. the school has designated the campus dorm to house students with suspected cases as they await test results. >> if you can stay home, do online classes, even if you have to socially distance and wear a mask like i did, you can still get it. >> university in ministry leaders issued this statement. has much as we believe we have worked diligently to help in create a safe living environment, we believe the current data presents an untenable situation as we have always said the health and safety of our campus community are paramount and we will continue to modify and adapt our plan when necessary. an editorial in the daily tar heel state ute newspaper uses an expletive to describe the university administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak and while it acknowledg

capitol hill in other news a delegation of west african leaders has arrived in mali to push for a swift return to civilian rule following 'd a military coup former nigerian president goodluck jonathan is part of the group representing the regional bloc. there isn't. that on tuesday rebel soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional leader but haven't given a timeframe. we see what is happening in my. projects basically. by. al-jazeera damage race is following developments from abuja in nigeria he says ecowas delegates may struggle to get the former president trained feted realistically to achieve what they will achieve in bamako it's hard to say however one thing is the. indication that a course is somehow softening its initial stance and rhetoric about the coup in mali 1st a 2nd day after the coup was executed of course and i want a rough tough measures thing to land and air blockade of mali. sort of restricting trade and money inflow from member countries into mali as well as other measures that include suspending the country from membership of the organization decision making bodies so right now mile of course also said it wants a swift return of biblical cater to power whic

hill. it has moved to all classes online now just one week after the new semester began after about 130 students tested positive for the virus. jonathanhey gave it a shot and showed up for in-person classes and it isn't happening anymore. >> they did indeed. zoom cases identified four clusters. two on-campus residence, one off-campus and one at a fraternity house. the school has designated a campus dorm to house students with suspected cases as they await test results. there were reports of students gathering without masks or social distancing as they returned to town for school. videos on social media show long lines and crowded bars in another college town, this one being stillwater, oklahoma. the oklahoma state university student who posted these videos says he wasn't surprised at what he saw but wanted to draw attention to the problem. although young people are at lower risk for complications and death, they do pose a risk of unwittingly spreading the virus to others. >> pandemic is changing. people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are increasingly driving its spread. many are unaware they are infected with very mild symptoms or none at

. >> well, to that point, jonathan, just a couple of hours ago i was talking to garrett haake who was saying in his conversations on the hille has been no contact between the democrats and the white house. is there even any indication that anybody in the building behind you is feeling the pressure to get back to bargaining, that they're going to be able to sit down and somehow hammer something out? >> the white house is certainly signaling that they're open to negotiations, that would like talks to resume. now, having said that, the president tweeted today, reiterating a claim he made last night on the tarmac in new jersey that democrats have reached out to him and said they want to have these negotiations, but calls to the senate minority schumer's office and house speaker pelosi's office reveal they certainly didn't. it's not clear which democrats reached out. when we asked the press secretary at a briefing a few hours ago she said she wouldn't get into the president's call log. therefore, we're not sure which, if any, democrats have reached out. this may be the president saying we want to talk. his own advisers and aides

jonathan: from new york city for our viewers worldwide, good morning, good morning. "the countdown to the open" starts right now. equity futures just about positive. we begin with the big issue. chaos on capitol hillent flying solo. president trump: democrats are obstructing all of it, therefore i'm taking executive action. we have had it and we will save american jobs and provide relief to the american workers. jonathan: reaching for the power of the pen, signing a series of executive orders including redirecting disaster relief fund to provide $300 a week in federal aid to the unemployment and differing payroll taxes. corner,s painted into a leaving it unclear whether they will challenge the legality of latest moves. >> i associate my remarks with senator ben sasse who says they're unconstitutional.

jonathan ferro. "the countdown to the open" starts right now. 30 minutes until the opening bell. erasing this morning's losses on the s&p. 24 hours to go with party leadership on capitol hill progress but facing down the embarrassing prospect of returning home this weekend without a deal. the white house had to be offering 400 week -- $400 a week in supplemental unemployment benefits. democrats still pushing $600. is friday. friday is very much a self-imposed deadline. it can move. the brutal reality is it is a week overdue. chuck schumer stating "while we have started to generate forward momentum, we need our partners in the white house to go much further on a number of issues." how much further. in the words of mark meadows, "democrats and republicans are still trillions of part."

hill. back to you. jackie: blake burman, thank you so much for that. here now talking more about what is going on in washington and the markets, liz peek, foxnews.com columnist, jonathan hoenig, capitalist pig hedge fund founding member. great to see you both, both fox news contributors. jonathan, let's go ahead to start with you. we're trying to work things out in washington. the market is hoping there will be some sort of deal. nothing is nailed down just yet. a lot of american citizens riding out the pandemic are hanging in the balance here. what is the tipping point? how long does washington have to get its act together, basically? >> well, jackie, we're literally in uncharted territory here. both on enormity of the shutdown, slow down, recession and size of some of these dollar figures talked about. i'm old enough to remember when obama's 800 billion-dollar stimulus program was considered big. whether democrats or republicans they were talking about trillions, multitrillions of dollars of stimulus, certainly having impact in the market. a lot of money printing, et cetera. it makes it more difficult as an investor because they're not only trying to navigate what i

capitol hill i want to take you to political developments around mali now a delegation of west african leaders have been meeting with the ousted president. i jarius former president goodluck jonathan is the one leading a delegation from the economic community of why. african states or eco us who've also met with molly's current military to is a member cato is ousted in a coup on choose day rebel leaders say they plan to appoint a transitional leader but they've not given a timeframe the coup has drawn international condemnation but has been celebrated by opposition supporters in mali there was. a preview of what is up in the name of the political right to work at this. earlier years it was a person already used it was the believe at the end of the form of some 2 thirds with the people and it really. doesn't work that. well i'm a dangerous is following developments from a budget and says that the objectives from the end voice doesn't match up with those from the kutas. realistically to achieve in what they will achieve in bamako is hard to say however one key thing is the indication that a cause is somehow softening its initial stance and rhetoric about the coup in mali 1st day 2nd

hill in washington. now a delegation of west african leaders has arrived in mali to push for a swift return to civilian rule following a military cool former nigerian president goodluck jonathan is part of the group representing the regional brawl. on tuesday rebel soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional but haven't given a timeframe. but if you're going to appreciate what is happening in london when we were working this. way. for security you stick with it and it didn't. come up. with the way. following developments from nigeria how is this. being received in bamako given that most don't want. to back in pollard don't want a reversal of the cool what can this allegation realistically achieve. well right now the surprise is that after 15 minutes meeting with leaders of the military government the course delegation was seen walking out of that meeting apartment lee setting a precondition for the meeting to continue because reports indicate that they were seen heading towards cutty the military barracks where cater the prime minister as well as other members of his cabinet are reported to have been detained by the military although the military said they were not detai

nbc news news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie d.c.," kasie hunt. reporter for associated press, jonathanumnist from washington post, david ignatius. david, i want to the start with you really quickly this morning. you wrote a striking column last week about just an absolute bombshell of a report that the republican senate intel committee put out, and perhaps it was because of the convention. perhaps people just don't want to talk about russia anymore because they're so tired of it, but it is extraordinary because all of the questions we have, let me just say so many of the questions we had that were unanswered bit mueller report were actually introduced by republicans, why didn't trump -- why weren't there charges. why didn't mueller push for charges against don jr. and jared kushner. we found out the republicans sent a criminal referral for those two. a lot of unanswered questions by mueller that were actually touched upon by rubio's committee. >> joe, it was a devastating report that deserves to be read much more wildly than it has been. it's important, first of all, that's a committee

hill. it's empty because congress left without a stimulus deal, and it isn't coming back until september. jonathan hoenig, come back in. jonathan, i think markets like it when the government is not in session. they can't do so much damage to the markets. when they are doing stuff they shouldn't be doing. and you know, it assumes that the president's executive action wins the day. >> well, i mean, you and i are kind of [ inaudible ] because there's an expectation that government needs to pass -- when they say stimulus [ inaudible ] so we are all on the same page. we know from history once again that that government spending actually slows economic growth. the money spent is either taxed or borrowed. it's sucked out of production, it's sucked out of funding the next companies, the next paypal, the next amazon. in my opinion, the trillions that have already been spent, a lot of it has gone to waste and fraud. we talked about people using that ppp money to buy a lamborghini, et cetera. the next best thing the government could do is probably take some time off. don't pass another big spending bill. ins

other things to do or maybe sit down with jonathan swan my old colleague over at the mill who is currently at ax yols or bob cusack the editor and chief of the hills every other campaign has done after they announced their ticket. they are not doing it because they can't defend their agenda. and kamala harris, if you wanted to bring her up as an example, she says that she believed joe biden's accusers yet she goes to work for the guy even though she believes the women that are accusing him of shower. or i don't hear anybody from the democratic party saying boy, we had bill clinton speak last night he is not only accused of shower. but rape. the me too movement guys appears to at leastth people in the media who scream about it they are taking the week off because no one is bringing up those questions and the bottom line is if you want to sit in the oval office or you want to sit on air force 2, you better take questions from the press or else you don't deserve to be in that office if you can't defend your agenda around the green new deal, taxes or horrible portland, seattle, new york, atlanta or minneapolis. they won't condemn it. that comes from

they were in a bun ga low in beverly hills and they were watching shark week and he went on and on how much he hated sharks. >> good point. >> let's bring in jonathan reporter for the associated press. you were on the trip, you can get into sharks and mosquitos if you like, but what was the event like? as joe biden was looking to the future and painting an optimistic future. the president going into the carnage saying if joe biden is president, we'll see more of portland. we should point out this is president trump's america right now. >> his dislike for sharks is well known in the same 30 sendings he came out against mosquitos and sharks. but later admitted his desire for more water pressure in the shower. anti-shark and mosquito and pro-water pressure is pretty potent platform. yesterday the president was just outside of scranton, an effort at in your face counter-programming. a troll move to try to rattle joe biden on the day of his speech. he delivered it in front of a couple hundred people who were, mika, i would say, half wearing masks. not totally socially distanced, main three or four feet rather than six. this is what we're seeing now. the

jonathan lamire, shawna thomas still with us. and joining our conversation, msnbc contributor and so much more, mike barnicle, nbc news capitol hillmsnbc, kasie hunt, and professor at princeton university and author of the book "begin again," eddie glaude jr. guys, good morning. we've got a great crew assembled. kasie, let me begin with you about these senate negotiations. we heard yesterday late in the day from mitch mcconnell that he may be open now to this $600-a-week unemployment benefit being extended. that had been a big point of contention. that expired at midnight on friday. tens of millions of americans going without that $600 check as we speak. how close do you think we are to a deal here? >> i still think we have a little ways to go, willie, but you're right. and i actually asked mitch mcconnell about the $600 yesterday, and his answer was pretty noteworthy. he didn't come out and say, "i support that," but what he did say, functionally, was that, hey, this isn't going to be the way it was last time. i'm going to move forward, even though i know many republicans aren't going to back this. so, i think the question is rea

hill from last summer? china called. no, they didn't. he lies, he makes things up. he did that again yesterday. now that we find ours seelves i that position, jonathanng through the week with so many americans suffering? >> joe, you're right. there seems to be a lot less to these executive actions and not even all executive orders than the white house certainly initially framed. this was a political move in many ways. this was the president trying to largely stay on the sidelines for the first few weeks of the negotiations to insert himself in the center of it, in the white house's framing making himself a man of decisive action. it follows a pattern, joe, of the president here in this stretch run of this year, under three months until the election, really betting big on himself. he's always been one, of course, to be reluctant to see the spotlight, has always fancied himself his best prep secretary, trying to win a news moment, chang that cable chyron on the bottom of the screen. and we have seen him now once again push himself forward alone for the daily coronavirus task force briefing, thinking that it's his best opportunity to show a somewhat so