at ro khanna joins us now from first, washington, d.c. he is a member of the house committee on oversight and reform, where postmaster general louis dejoy is set to testify a week from today. welcome back to democracy now! why don'n't you lay out for us e crisis of the post office with president trump openly admitting on fox that he is trying to defund the polic post t officece of people cannot maiail in their votes, although he and his wifee plan to.o. >> i it is a very serious issue. ththe presidencies t the polling that overwhelming g democrats wt to vote by mail because that listen to a lot of the science and d people are concerned a abt the safety on the pandemic come and a lot of republicans don't want to vote bmamail. so is popostmaster general hasas taken a deliberate attttempt to remove vote sorting machines. coincidentally, these machines are being removed in battlegrground states. sosome reportsts they are removn areas where hillary clinton has done well. the postmaster general is -- he isrdered shortening and lessening the sta

neil: this, at the same time one of your colleagues, the democratic congressman ro khanna, touched on the notion of taxing well. not just your income but your

and joining us now, ro khanna of california, he is on the house oversight and reform committee. congressman, good to have you here. i spoke to gerry connolly yesterday and he is calling for the postmaster general's resignation. do you believe he needs to resign? >> absolutely. this is more serious in my opinion than the ukraine issue, this is more serious than russian interference. you have a postmaster general who is dlieliberately removing mail sorting machines in battleground states and disen franchising millions of people. we need to have him removed and give the postmaster general money with specific instructions of what needs to be done. >> and what do you make of the announcement that the postal service will stop removing the collection boxes ahead of the election now? >> well, this that is not the main issue. i'm glad they are doing it, but the main issue is that they have cut the staff, people can't work overtime, they are cutting staff, they are removing mail sorting machines. so there are structure all issues at the post office that will make it very difficult for mai

let's bring in congressman ro khanna, former campaign cochair.u had the former governor of ohio who is talking right before bernie sanders. take a listen to what casey said. >> i'm sure there are republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a democrat. they feared joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind. i don't believe that because i know the measure of the man. it's reasonable, faithful, respectful, and no one pushes joe around. >> dana: not long after that, you had bernie sanders with his comments. what did you make of that? >> i think it shows the broad coalition supporting joe biden and the idea that working-class americans have been left behind isn't republican or democratic idea. it's common sense that they deserve a raise and that something that a lot of people can get behind. >> dana: so i've been wondering about this because the trump campaign is trying to say that the biden team is going to be excessively liberal, radically liberal and a way to the far left and then you have john kasich and other for

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khanna: pursuant to house i inform the , house that mr. khanna will vote aye on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of texas, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the mr. gonzalez will ote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for the purpose does gentlewoman from california rise? the gentlewoman from texas. garcia: as the member designated by ms. escobar of pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. escobar will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas rise? ms. davids: as the member designated by mr. clay, pursuant i house resolution 965, inform the house that mr. clay will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. case of hawaii, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. case will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose

khanna, pursuant to house resolution 965, mr. khanna will vote aye on h.r. 8015. as the member designated by by mr. cardin pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. khanna will vote aye. as the member designated by mr. gonzalez of texas pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. gonzalez will vote aye on h.r. 85015. . . . jeff jelf as the member designated by pursuant to h.res. 65, chairwoman johnson will as the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on h.r. 8015. as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on h.r. 8015. as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote ea on h.r. 8015. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the distinguished rules committee chairman seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to house res

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one of those california congressman ro khanna, rebuking biden's biggest argument against "medicare for all," the price tag. he wrote in op-ed, i will vote no on the platform, when we say health care is human right we must truly mean it and fight for it. i believe if we remain stuck on such concepts as inaffordable, we remain constrained in a. one estimate says it would cost $32 trillion in federal money over 10 years. there are so far 360 delegates signed a pledge to vote against this platform if "medicare for all" is not a part of it. neil: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. hillary vaughn following all of that in wilmington, delaware. in the meantime to bring you up to date on what the president will be doing, he is countering all the attention democrats are getting with the convention going on virtually out of wisconsin by campaigning in that crucial swing state as well. he narrowly won the state, also be in minnesota, he narrowly lost that state, both important battleground states. ed rollins joins us how important, of course the former reagan campaign manager, fox news contribut

those that could be on the list, becerra, betty ye, ro khanna, ba barbara lee and london breed. and the governor will have an update on the state's response to the pandemic today. on monday, he said that he didn't see a pattern in the backlog of nearly 300,000 covid-19 tests. he also wouldn't go into specifics as to why dr. sonia angell resigned as director of the department of public health. we'll bring you his update live at noon. frl . >>> contra costa county health officials say two new testing centers should be up and running this week. the new testing centers will be at the county's north richmond center and at the richmond civic center. they are also providing additional equipment to make sure that they get the test results in one to two days and they are also looking the test samples. and as there have been long delays in gre emerging this morning about the safety of allowing schools to hold classes in person. and this comes as covid-19 cases have spiked in one georgia school district. joe would jobi jobina has more. >> northern 1,000 students in georgia are at home in s

becerra, state controller, congressman ro khanna, barbara lee, london breed. we shall see. >>> happening today, governor newsom will have an update on the state's response to the pandemic. monday said he did not's any trend in the backlog of nearly 300,000 covid-19 tests. he also would not go in to specifics as to why dr. son rig noon.f pub health.oue >>> contra costa county health officials say two new testing centers should be up and running this week. the new testing centers will be at the county's north richmond center and at the civic center. the county is also providing additional equipmnt at its two lab facilities and look to other labs for help in processing the test samples. >>> more questions are emerging about the safety of allowing schools to holdlaoms vi19 cases have spiked in one georgia school district. jobina fortson is joining us with no are from the live desk. >>> more than 1,000 students in georgia are at home in self-quarantine because dozens of their classmates tested positive for the coronavirus and we're learning now from parents that so

>>harsh criticism from representative ro khanna who represents parts of silicon valley republicans say it's about efficiency democrats say the recent changes at the u.s. p s or an underhanded attempt to manipulate the upcoming november election and now there are calls for both parties to head back to washington and back to the table but as britt conway reports for us tonight, it's an unprecedented move. >>neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night, but the unofficial motto of the united states postal service never mentioned a presidential election. now it's in the middle of a battle between republicans and democrats the post office has been losing money for over 10 years, let's say the post office house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the house to return from recess, this week. it's an unprecedented move to be in session at any time during one of the party conventions, both of them are coming up. pelosi says she wants a vote on the delivering for america act which would keep the postal service from making any changes to operations that were in place at the beginning of the y

bay area congressman ro khanna and jane kim, a bernie sanders delegate from here in san francisco whoalifornia political director for his 2020 campaign, say they both plan to vote no. >> many delegates are voting against the democratic party platform that the dnc committee has put forward. now, again, this does not mean we don't all come together to fight for vice president biden in this upcoming election. but it does mean that bernie supporters and other progressive delegates will continue to push on our nominee to better represent the whole of the democratic party. >> a spokesperson for the dnc pointed abc news to the platform, which says the party welcomes advocates who want to strengthen the affordable care act and those who want a more extensive approach. >>> ahead on "abc 7 mornings," another wrinkle to the pandemic -- school. >>> and a live look from our sutro tower camera looking over san francisco and the bay. it is 75 degrees right now in san francisco. >>> here's a live look at live doppler 7. you can see thunderstorms across the bay yesterday. lisa is saying we could see m

and ro khanna, the congressman from california, asked it. he said postmaster general dejoy, if you, as you said in your statements twice now, that the usps is up to the job, can fully handle these ballots in a timely manner, safely and securely on election day, what is your plan? what is your specified and detailed plan for doing that? mr. dejoy hemmed and hawed for a second, he said i'll have to get back to you. maybe i can get you a summary of our goals. no specified plan. to build quickly on the great point that monica made about the president trying to thread this needle between absentee voting and vote by mail, he said today in florida, absentee voting, they do absentee voting, it's good. everything else is all bad. very very bad is the phrase he used. florida no longer has a category for absentee voting. it's all vote by mail. the president has voted twice now, vote by mail, from here in the white house, sending his ballot to florida, so to chuck's point, she views it as an existential threat and that's why he continues to do this cons

i think that naz and khanna should have the same opportunities. it's only fair that you can go out and dine and have an opportunity to eat somewhere like this. so thank you for my testimony. >> clerk: hello. >> hello. my name is perla martinez, and i grew up in the mission district. growing up, the mission has definitely changed, and the reason why i'm calling is because i am in support of arcana. i am a mother of an adult who is now a vegetarian. when we come back and try to get vegan food, there's not many options. there's one that's kind of overpriced. as a latina, single mother, it would be easier to support my child as a vegetarian but also a lot of new happenings now. people are learning about nutrition now, and learning to be vegan, vegetarian. i think that's a way to support the new generation that's coming, the classes that are available, for kids to learn. myself, i had no idea what to do when my daughter said i'm vegan, mom. the need for a vegan restaurant is in high demand. also for a mom, the opportunity to go out and listen to local

democratic ro khanna is slamming nancy pelosi over the house taking a month long recess.s legislation. ♪ ♪ jillian: it looks like we do not have that sound bite but i will tell you more. he says he is still in washington advocating with a deal with the white house. the white house returns september 14th. the search is underway for a suspect accused of stealing president trump's campaign signs. the man caught on camera snagging a sign off a front porch in maryland. several other campaign signs were stolen in the same area. the hartford county sheriff's office posting the video on facebook writing in part, quote we all have differences of opinion, let's respect those opinions. and how about this? country star cane brown and his friends had to be rescued by police after getting lost on the singer's 30-acre nashville property. brown wearing shorts and t-shirt left phone in the truck and friend's phone about to die in now deleted facebook post the singer writing, quote: 30 minutes turned into three hours. it started raining, turned dark and dropped to 40 degrees. wow. okay. th

host: to let you know, congressman ro khanna of california, cochair of the california delegation, itrted that he voted no on the platform is because of that medicare for all. virginia, independent line. joe, hello. caller: hey, good morning. i have a couple comments about what your guest is saying about their essentially voting platform, like, sounds like your --le basis is vote outfront out trump. that is not a platform, not pushing for positivity. you cannot fight against what hateful,as a bigot and the worst thing for america in history, by just saying, oh, vote him out, vote him out. that is all you need to do, nothing else matters. well, that is not true. there are a lot of things that matter a lot more than just getting trump out. i just heard you speak about all this stuff the house is pushing that gets blocked by the senate and this and that. yeah, we americans come as normal people, we understand that, but we also know that for every bill, at least from what i have seen, i am an independent, but i do not like all the extra crap that the house tries to put into these bills ju