postmaster general lewis dejoy will testify before republican led senate committee. >>and this will be joyce first chance to publicly address accusations about changes that he's implemented. john lawrence reports. >>the man responsible for us mail delivery thrust into the spotlight. postmaster general lewis dejoy is drawing bipartisan concern over changes put in the place since his tenure began in june. he's since promise to pause changes until after the election, the point about the machinery being out exposed to the elements is how difficult it will be to her first what he's done. >>even if there is some commitment confirmed in writing to joyce administration has removed letter sorters ended overtime pay and reduce postal operating hours in numerous states. an internal email obtained by cnn instructs workers not to reconnect any machines taken off-line without approval, some of the damage has already been done in you know cause some distrust in the american people to use the mail system critics of the joy and ally and supporter of president trump say his changes co

longtime jobs of the postal service and the actions taken by postmaster lewis dejoy and his predecessors, the postal service has to continue operated in 2021 and the postmaster general, with respect to election, despite wide-eyed -- there is no basis in fact to support the reason for this. mister chairman, i ask unanimous consent for the majority, including wall street journal editorial column by the legal post. of former commission of the post office -- >> all three of these, a lot of majorities, make very clear the ones at the postal service legislate to increase the long-term challenges of the postal service and make it harder to ensure its survival. finally i would be remiss if i did not mention bringing a bill into this committee, to not receive a markup. when democrats flipped the majority they made a congress and signed it into a rule. it was a markup and jurisdiction. the majorities wants to violate that. just as they have repeatedly done, to make matters worse, the postmaster general in the house next monday, repeatedly file it, this is especially so. a new way of doing business

then hear from post master general, lewis dejoy.tal workers and others have been watching him closely to see how much he will serve trump's interests in the elections. president trump said he opposes the much needed funding for the postal service, because he does not want to see it used for mail-in voting this november. he has raised unfounded concerns that mail-in voting would be somehow fraudulent. voters are taking extra precautions because of the coronavirus pandemic. >>> samantha heartwig is the head of branch 9 letter carriers. thank you for speaking with us. so, on thursday, in a briefing for democrats from a former postal service inspector general, who resigned in protest in april said the trump administration, appeared to want to turn the agency in to a political tool, he said that you represent letter carriers in minuneapolis area, what is it lining for your people to be in the middle of this issue. to have the service politicalized and your clients effectively taking sides? >> yeah, it's, it's tough for the terriera carri

>>welcome back everyone happening today another congressional hearing for postmaster general lewis dejoy he'll be grilled about the changes that went into effect this summer. but some say could hinder mellon voting this november. john lawrence has the latest. >>rally supporting the post office held in numerous cities, this weekend when >>why don't we stand. >>the protesters are upset with recent organizational changes postmaster general lewis dejoy implemented months ahead of the 2020 election and it will register ging to see the u.s. we touted as like a perfect democracy when this is happening critics of the joy and ally and supporter of president trump say these changes will hinder mail in voting. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night. >>stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. but of course no one foresaw that any american president would willingly crowbar mail system to sway an election on saturday. the u.s. postal service got a vote of support from the house of representatives the yeas are 257. >>and the nays are a 150. the bill is passed

today, lewis dejoy is facing a tough grilling from law makers in the house.d about postal changes since june. democrats are especially worried that his cost-cut measures will threat voting by mail for the election. dejoy, who's a major donor, is pledging to hold off on changes until after november's election. and he reached out to urge them to stop attacking mail-in voting. he also defended the changes and denied they were politically motivated. many democrats remain skeptical of dejoy's motives. >> i want to begin by assuring the public that the postal service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's ballots securely and on time. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. >> according to this document, these delays are not just a dip. this document warns the post master general of significant and wide-spread drops across the board. and first-class marketing, periodicals and other categories. this document shows that these delays are not a myth. or conspiracy theory. as some of my colleagues have argued. these st

david: this morning eric, a group of protestors stood outside postmaster general's lewis dejoy's apartmenty friend of the president under increasing pressure and criticism for his stance on funding his agency making sure millions of mail-in ballots are counted properly. >> should he resign? >> oh, he shouldn't even be there to begin with and any way to get rid of him, please do so. david: president trump openly work to go destroy the post office and sabotage is the ability to deliver absentee ballots, time to be counted this from house speaker nancy pelosi, she continues in the time of a pandemic. the postal system is election central. now, eric, this is interesting. right now more than half of all u.s. states will not count postmarked ballots that arrive after election day. many of these absentee ballots don't even come to people in the mail until about a month before election day, so if there are significant delays in the post all system, it's scared to think that some mail-no votes will come after election day and may not be counted, eric. eric: in the congressional race in new york cit

if you continue to stand idly by as this president's handpicked postmaster general, lewis dejoy, deliberately sabotages a beloved public service in the lead-up to november's election, your own voters are bound to turn against you. 46 states have received warnings from the postal service that dejoy's changes leave them unable to handle mail-in voting. including every single state trump carried in 2016. and, sure, the president and his lackey are doing their best to target the cuts to democratic strongholds. this map shows the removal of sorting machines, causing capacity to drop precipitously in key democratic areas. but here's the problem with that. a lot of the mail that your rural constituents rely on gets sorted in urban centers. including life-saving medications, social security checks, and even if dejoy and trump somehow manage to target ma mail-ballots exclusively, more than one-fifth of your voters plan to vote by mail, plus nearly half of all independents, and those are votes you're going to need to hold on in november. a few of your cleolleagues have realized what a bad gamble this i

visit ncicap.org] postmaster general lewis dejoy testified before congress amid concern about changes to postal operations and the impact on upcoming november elections, live friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs. on monday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two, , andaster general dejoy robert duncan, chair of the u.s. postal service board of governors, testified. watch live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. house of house speakers pelosi has called members back to washington to work on legislation concerning the united states postal service. they gavel in saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with votes expected about one hour later. see the debate and votes live on c-span. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government

that requested a review, the inspector general is reviewing potential ethics complaints against lewis dejoy, an ally and donor of trump and president trump came out and confirmed he was holding up a coronavirus stimulus deal over money to help the postal service. >> now they need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. in the meantime, they aren't getting there. by the way, those are two items. if they don't get those two items, you can't have universal mail in voting because they aren't equipped to have it. >> later in a news conference, the president chose slightly different wards implying it was democrats holding up the deal but the point was the same. >> if the post office, if they don't approve a bill and the post office therefore won't have the money and if they don't approve a big bill, a bigger bill and they're not going to have $3.5 million, how can you have those votes? it would mean is the people have to go to the polls. >> the comments come after the president spent months and despite those in charge of natio

but lewis dejoy is working hard.he post office has, for decades, lost billions and billions of dollars. i read numbers today that are unthinkable. what they want to do now is hit the post office with millions of ballots from certain states. and if you look at what happened in new york and virginia and various other places, it is a catastrophe, they are losing 20% of the votes. nobody knows what happened. we are going to see what happens, but i do say this -- universal mail-in voting is going to be catastrophic, it is going to make our country a laughingstock all over the world. you cannot send out millions of ballots and look at the -- you have seen them, there are many. look at new york and new jersey, the catastrophe in new jersey. new jersey had more than just patterson. look at what is going on in virginia, look at what is happening with mail-in voting. it is a disgrace. absentee is good. mail-in universal is very bad. there is no way they will get it accurately, they are off by 20% and 30%. this is beyond the po

internal watchdog for the postal service is reviewing recent changes by the postmaster general lewis dejoy also looking into whether dejoy followed the ethics rules. 10 page letter demanding answers. but kate, dejoy has denied that all these changes would disrupt service, instead saying that these cuts are necessary because of the financial condition that the usps is in. >> thanks for that. appreciate it. >>> "outfront" now, the democratic secretary of state of vermont, thanks so much for being here. "the washington post" is reporting that 46 states got letters from the postal service that they might not be able to deliver ballots in time. have you received one of these letters? >> to my knowledge, we have not received the letter from the postmaster general at this point. i guess it could still be in the mail. >> i guess -- and there's some joke there. what do you think of this warning though, secretary? 46 states. it's likely to be an issue for vermont as well if they think that they're not going to be able to turn ballots -- get ballots back in time. what do you make of this warning? >>

well happening now another congressional hearing for postmaster general lewis dejoy he's been grilled about the changes that went into effect this summer that some say could hinder mail in voting. this november. john lawrence has the latest. >>rally supporting the post office held in numerous cities, this weekend when >>why don't we stand. >>the protesters are upset with recent organizational changes postmaster general lewis dejoy implemented months ahead of the 2020 election and it will register ging to see the u.s. we touted as like a perfect democracy when this is happening critics of the joy and ally and supporter of president trump say these changes will hinder mail in voting. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night. >>stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. but of course no one foresaw that any american president would willingly crowbar mail system to sway an election on saturday. the u.s. postal service got a vote of support from the house of representatives the yeas are 257. and the nays are a 150. the bill is passed. the bill would

>>the protesters are upset with recent organizational changes postmaster general lewis dejoy implemented months ahead of the 2020 election. it is a little bit disturbing to see the u.s. we touted as like a perfect democracy when this is happening critics of the joy and ally and supporter of president trump say these changes will hinder mail in voting. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night. >>stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. but of course no one foresaw that any american president would willingly crowbar mail system to sway an election on saturday. the u.s. postal service got a vote of support from the house of representatives the yeas are 257. and the nays are a 150. the bill is passed. the bill would give the agency 25 billion dollars in reverse the actions that slow down mail delivery until the pandemic is over. >>however the usps released a statement sunday night saying parts of the bill while well-meaning will constrain the ability of the posial service to make operational changes that will improve efficiency reduce costs and ultim

postmaster general lewis dejoy is drawing bipartisan concern over changes put in the place since histenure began in june. he's since promise to pause changes until after the election, the point about the machinery being out exposed to the elements is how difficult it will be to her first what he's done. >>even if there is some commitment confirmed in writing to joyce administration has removed letter sorters ended overtime pay and reduce postal operating hours in numerous states. an internal email obtained by cnn instructs workers not to reconnect any machines taken off-line without approval, some of the damage has already been done in you know cause some distrust in the american people to use the mail system critics of the joy and ally and supporter of president trump say his changes could hamper mail in voting in november. >>during a pandemic the president has repeatedly made unfounded fraud claims about voting by mail. >>saying it's a democratic attempt to prevent a second trump term this is just a way to trying to steal the election and everybody knows it. because the only way th

. >> reporter: friday night democrats took a postmaster general lewis dejoy. in a 10 page letter the demand answers on how changes to mail is delivered. and appears you are now using funding shortfalls, which are being aggravated by the president himself, to justify sweeping operational changes that experts warn could degrade delivery standards. now governor's are concerned about how their states residents will vote are speaking out now. >> out congress will work with the president to address his concerns and work together to build this into the next stimulus package. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom is adding california to the growing list of states expanding mail in balloting and ballot drop-off locations. the postal service inspector general is now investigating delays in service and other issues in response to inquiries from lawmakers. >>> workers at oracle park protested outside of the ballpark this evening with a picket line and a caravan as well. they say the giants abandoned them during the coronavirus pandemic. organizers say more than 1000 food and

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>>in a heated house hearing postmaster general lewis dejoy was on the defense over controversial changes at the post office i never put a limitation on over time dejoy said decisions about limiting hours or removing equipment or made by other managers despite that california congressman harley rouda questioned why the joy isn't moving to reverse those decisions you know how absolutely insane. this is this is like telling jamba juice they can't plug in the blenders to do their job there must be a reason i didn't do it. but in the organization is you're the head of the unit, you're the head of the business, the buck stops with you the but come with me she gets club then that's outrageous statement democrats say restoring post office equipment would also help americans leaking confidence in the upcoming presidential election. what is the harm to do it til election day in washington and it makes plenty of sense to me makes not if it will restore people's faith in a democracy and avoid a polarizing like it, but i think it got a billion get me to billion and i'll put the machines but congressm

postmaster general lewis dejoy testifies before congress amid concerns about changes to postal service operations and the impact on upcoming november elections, live idea 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs. monday live at 10:00 a.m. esther ot c-span2 -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, the house oversight and reform committee. live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span on monday on c-span2, on demand c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. now, president trump's news conference today at the white house. he spoke about his tweet on the goodyear employee policy concerning political speech, the coronavirus response in the presidential election. this is half-an-hour. thank you, very much. before i provide an update on our continued progress against the china virus, i would like to discuss actions against the iranian regime. i am directing the secretary of state mike pompeo to notify the u.n. security council that the united states intent to restore all previously suspended united nations s

jillian: postmaster general lewis dejoy will testify answering questions amid accusations the trump administration is trying to halt the usps to hinder meal in voting, a series of changes meant to save money for the postal service, $25 billion into the postal service. in an exclusive fox news interview sean hannity blasted the democrats claiming they are the ones trying to steal the election. >> now they are talking about sending 51 million ballots out to anybody, nobody knows who is going to get them. it is a horrible thing, a fraudulent election. everybody knows it. you don't have to know politics to know it. 51 million ballots will be indiscriminately sent out to people who didn't ask for them. i just got a ballot, let me vote. it is a terrible thing. they are trying to steal the election. jillian: house oversight committee pushing to have the postmaster general testify. congressman fred keller on the committee joins us in the next hour. todd: the race to develop a vaccine for covid-19 nearing the homestretch. johnson & johnson adopting the largest ever vaccine trial. it begins next month, 60,0

. >> monday lewis dejoy testifies on postal service operations and the upcoming presidential election. watch live at 10 am eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org orlisten live on the free c-span radio app . >> senator martha mcsally is a republican from arizona and she is the author of this new book , "dare to fly: simple lessons in never giving up". senator mc sally, how did you become known as the 8:10 check who likes to dance. >> thanks for having me on. i went from being a motion sick little girl to being our first woman in us history to fly a fighter jet in combat and when obama was finally made, it was against the law, it was against policy i broke through that barrier putting women and girls behind me and it was not an easy journey and you know, i was trying to show i could fly the jet. doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl, it just cares whether you can fly and shoot straight but it was a challenging time so i decided to beat them at their own game . one of those things was turning the back over a little while i shared how somebody said that to me and i thought if i died

. >> and tomorrow we're set to hear from the post master, lewis dejoy. we know about the hear sng. >> reporter: it's going to be all virtual. this came about in large part because houses democrats are having their own hearing monday. i'm told senate republicaned decided to hold this hearing to get in front of the democrat's hearing and give the post master an opportunity to lay out his side of what's been going on at inu.s. postal service on friendliar ground than he will get with the democrats. there are many democrats on the committee who have significant questions about things they've heard and seen and told about over the last couple of weeks due to operational changes, delays they've heard about from constituents. and things they've seen on social media, is what i hear about a lot. keep an eye on gary peters, he's been very focussed on this over the last several weeks and keep an eye on republican chairman. this committee focuses on this issue and has over the last several years. and expect dujoy to have the first opportunity to speak publicly. we'v

under new leadership from trump ally and donor lewis dejoy.nnounced today it will be instituting a management hiring freeze and requesting future buy out. the moves are the kind of thing democrats have asked the u.s. ps not to do. >> i'm proud of the postal workers across america. they have a hand tied behind their back with the leadership. >> congressional democrats led by warren called for the inspector general to investigate oer operational changes. >> we have little faith they're not trying to politicize the post office. >> the measures were to cut costs. but postal workers and unions claim it's led to a slowing of the mail. and could impact vote by mail in the fall. something the postmaster general denies. >> despite the contrary we're not slowing down mail. >> the lawmakers say the postal service has become a political football and describe the services response to congressional requests as quote seriously lacking. they want the ig to look into business conflicts dejoy may have. he took the helm june 15. he's the first postmaster general

. >>> later this morning postmaster general lewis dejoy will testify at his second hearing.vernight the u.s. postal service warned about some of the measures in a bill passed by the house. the bill would prevent changes like dismantling sorting machines or removing the collection blue boxes until the pandemic has ended. the postal service says while the changes are well meaning they will con strain the ability to improve service. >> the senate is not expected to consider the bill. president trump has raled against voting by mail over a tweet flagged by misinformation. the former head of the federal election commission says it's more likely earth will be hit by asteroid that mail in voting would lead to a rigged election. >>> some of the most salacious claims raised questions over her sources. we now know where some of it came from because she secretly recorded conversations. the president's sister, maryanne trump barry, a retired judge, offered her niece a blistering assessment of how her brother has operated as president. >> all he wants to do is appeal to his base. he has

. >>> postmaster general lewis dejoy facing serious scrutiny from house democrats who question his motiveob. with the surge of mail-in voting because of the pandemic and the president railing against the vote by mail, dejoy says he played no role in the dismantling of sorting machines. he showed a surprising lack of knowledge. >> what is the cost of a first class postage stamp. >> 55 cents. >> just wanted to check. what about to mail a postcard? >> i don't -- i don't know. >> you don't know the cost to mail a postcard? >> i don't. >> what if i want to mail a -- you said 55 cents for a first class stamp. what if it's one of those greeting cards that's a square envelope. then what is the postcard? >> i'll submit that i know very little about postage stamp. >> congressional republicans claim any problems plaguing the agency predate dejoy's arrival. >>> a lawsuit by the new york attorney general reveals the trump administration's dealings are under scrutiny. prosecutors are trying to determine whether the president improperly inflated and deflated his net worth to obtain tax benefits and favo

todd: it all comes as postmaster general lewis dejoy says he will suspend changes to the postal servicepelosi says the decision does not reverse damage already done, plans to hold a vote on a bill to block those changes. university students are required to take in ethnic studies course to graduate. governor gavin newsom signing the bill into law, the first change at the public university system curriculum, the requirement is not go into effect until 2024 bit csu must offer courses on race and ethnicity starting next year. in california, mandatory evacuations underway as wildfires rapidly spread in northern california overnight. the governor declaring a statewide emergency. wildfires near napa nearly tripling inside, 32,000 acres. video showing claims considering a webcam on top of a mountain overnight. adam klotz joins us as the world suffers extreme heat. >> it is hot, it is windy and incredibly dry so we see wildfires are threat over the next couple days. these are red flag warnings, high wildfire dangers are being driven by those very dry conditions, and extreme heat, heat advisories

this is now the man in the hot seat, yyou lewis dejoy, a forme trump donor. democrats want him to testify august 24th. all the criticism has left to one change though, the postal service announcing today that it will stop removing mail collection boxes through late november following the complaints about how some had already been taken away. 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 r

lewis dejoy was sworn in for the job back in june, before then he was a well-known businessman and majordonor. also contributing heavily to president trump's campaign. and since taking over, dejoy has made a number of changes, including efforts to cut back on employee overtime, also called for overhauling the operations of the post office, holding some deliveries a bit longer, all in an effort to save money. but when it comes to the election, the post office says it is ready, issuing a statement saying the postal service's financial condition is not going to impact our ability to process and deliver election and political mail. but the changes have sparked controversy. on saturday a group of demonstrators showed up outside of dejoy's d.c. home to protest and now the post office inspector general is reviewing the recent changes. >> so to slow down the mail at any time is disgraceful. to slow it down at covid is despicable and hurts people's lives. it also hurts many of our postal workers. >> democrats have set a deadline for friday for the postmaster general to turn over documents related

that is why pelosi will be back to vote on a bill to undo changes when postmaster general lewis dejoy took over. they want all ballots to be treated as first class mail. senate democrats are that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell bring the senate into session too. they believe there is presidential interference. >> he says he wants to slow undo the mail to hurt the elections and make people doubt the results of the election. maybe he is worried he is going to lose. it doesn't matter. reporter: president trump is skeptical about voting by mail. >> absentee ballots are great. you request an ballot. i signed an absentee ballots. absentee ballots are great. they have work, proven in florida but universal mail-in is a very dangerous thing. it is fraught with fraud and every other thing that can happen. we have to be very, very careful. we have a great big election coming up. i think we're going to do very well and i want to make sure the election is not stolen. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi indicated some weeks ago she would not do a piecemeal bill dealing with coronavirus this

including policy changes, some reversed and some partially carried out but perhaps the key reason why lewis dejoy is under suspici suspicion, keeping them honest suspicion flows from the fact dejoy is a mega donor to a president that doesn't like people voting by mail and doesn't want to give the post office money to make it possible. it not us saying it but the president himself. >> they want $3.5 million for something that will turn out to be fraudulent that's election money basically. now, they need that money to have the post office work to take all of these millions and millions of ballots. in the meantime, they aren't getting there. by the way, those are two items. if they don't get those two items, you can't have universal mail in voting because they aren't equipped to have it. >> more on this from cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta. what is it about democrats taking on the postmaster general? >> the white house issued a veto threat to house democrats are going to try to pass and they are likely to pass and veto that legislation in a statement put out to reporters, the white ho

. >> reporter: lewis dejoy firmly rejected accusations from some democrats he's abtajjing the upcominglection. >> the insinuation is quite frankly outrageous. >> reporter: he acknowledged some sorting machines and blue mailboxes have been remove since he became post master general 67 days ago. a trump megadonor is doing the bidding of the president. >> did you discuss those changes or their potential impact on the november election with the president or anyone at the white house? and remind you you're under oath. >> i've never spoken to the president about the postal service other to congratulate me when i accepted the position. >> reporter: the president, the post master general said he favors mail-in voting and has voted himself by mail for years. his advice to everybody who wants to be sure their vote is counted, vote early. and he said it twice. vote early. jonathan carl, abc news, washington. >> important advice. >>> all right, happening today house speaker nancy pelosi is lead atrost office $25 billion d banning any operational changes that have slowed mail service across the cou

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. >> reporter: lewis dejoy firmly rejected accusations from some democrats he's sabotaging the upcoming election. he acknowledged with mail volume down some sorting machines and blue mailboxes have been removed since he became post master general 67 days ago, part of a long-standing trend. democrats demanded to known whether dejoy, a trump megadonor was doing his bidding. >> did you discuss changes with the president or anyone at the white house and remind you you're under oath. >> i've never spoken to the president about the postal service other than to congratulate me when i accepted the position. >> reporter: stark contrast to the president. the post master general says he favors mail-in voting and has voted by mail himself for years. vote early, and he said it twice. vote early. jonathan carl, abc news, washington. >>> good advice. and happening today house speaker nancy pelosi is leading a vote on giving the u.s. post office $25 billion and banning any operational changes that have slowed mail service across the country. in citross the country.eottsre save the postoffice.net shows

. >> lewis dejoy testifies on monday, ron johnson use the panel as hostile so johnson today called himke. >> a lot of question being ginned up right now. >> the deal toward the president curtailing vote by mail. it encourages mail in voting. >> deliver every ballot or crosses every ballot. >> you support voting by mail? >> reporter: they might not be on the same page. >> they send in a ballot. >> he denied claims to slow service to boost the press. >> did you discuss those changes or the impact on the november election. >> i never talked about the postal service. any negative impact on the election. >> 46 states to deliver delays leaving ballots uncounted but he says a similar notice went out in 2016. >> there have been no changes with regard to election mail. >> donald trump says mail in voting creates chaos. >> there's a theory if you don't have it by the end of the year crazy nancy pelosi would become president. >> not entirely true. it presumes policy is reelected as speaker next year and the fact the house and senate convening joint session of congress to ratify the electoral coll

united states postal service say new rules, enacted by the new postmaster general, trump loyalist, lewis dejoyre delaying mail delivery across the country. >> we're getting a lot of reports, from both workers and customers that, over the last two weeks, their mail service has really been degraded. >> a usps internal memo obtained by cnn tee tails some of the changes he has made, including overtime and extra trips for postal workers. quote, one aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees, the memo reads is that, temporarily, we may see mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks, which is not typical. the u.s. postal service says it is not slowing down the delivery of election mail or any type of mail. but with a record number of ballots expected to be cast by mail because of the pandemic, delays could throw the november election into disarray and undermine the confidence the vote was fair. >> i am afraid that the election mail will, somewhere, get lost in the shuffle. i am terrified of that. we'll do everything we can to pull the mail out. and to make sure it goes f

post master general, lewis dejoy will be on capitol hill friday to answer lawmakers questions.hile the campaign for president is heating up. president trump punching back after the first night of the democratic national convention. >> it was a night where democrats landed blow after blow on the commander and chief. headlined by the former first lady michelle obama. >> he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is. >> those last words, it is what it is. seemingly an attack on trump's use of the dismissive term to describe the staggering coronavirus death toll in the country. >> they are dying. that's true, and you have -- it is what it is. >> all this while the coronavirus hotspots continue to pop up across america. the president entertaining the idea of promoting ab extract of a toxic plan because it was suggested by a big supporter, mike lindel, the ceo of my pillow. he claims it was tested and being looked at by the fda, but co

tremendously and the president has talked a lot about fraud with vote by mail and that's something that lewis dejoy, listen to this change with rob: portman republican senator from ohio. every ballot, we process every ballot in time, that it receives >> so you do support voting by mail? >> i do. >> reporter: dejoy said his advice be to vote early. the postal service warned 46 states that delays in delivery could leave ballots uncounted and he told senators he doesn't anticipate any issues with mail- in votes this fall and the system has slack to handle a potential up-tick. >> there has been no changes in any policies with regard to election mail, for the comfort of the 2020 election, and as you stated, this letter was sent out before my arrival. >> reporter: but gary peters of michigan the top democrat on the committee is skeptical the postal service is as efficient as it used to be and he worries about slowdowns. >> around july 11 you start seeing drop, july 18 it falls dramatically so that's a pretty big drop in on time mail delivery that we are seeing. >> reporter: dejoy says the postal service

lewis dejoy is a businessman who contributed enough money to donald trump's campaign to secure the position of postmaster general, which is now the most important job in the trump campaign. he is not a member of the trump re-election campaign because that would be a crime, a federal crime, just like tampering with the mail is a federal crime. we have had 75 postmasters general, and none of them have been accused on the senator floor of tampering with our election process until now. louis dejoy is doing what vladimir putin would be doing if he were running the postal service. he has reassigned or displaced 23 experienced postal executives who know how to deliver the mail and have been making sure mail-in ballots get delivered for many, many years. now louis dejoy wants to change how much states, state governments have to pay for postage on mail-in ballots. he wants to raise the postage fees for mail-in ballots. and that kind of tampering with our election, which could be the kind of tampering with the mail that the biden justice department might consider a crime next year if they investigate

. >> reporter: the postmaster general lewis dejoy assuring the public that the united states postal service will be able to handle election mail this fall, even as people have noted changes at usps have slowed mail and package deliveries and shaken confidence that ballots will be delivered and counted on time. dejoy says he will pause the changes until after the election. >> suddenly we are seeing, in the midst of the pandemic, sorting machines, hundreds of them being taken out. >> on monday he will also answer questions by the house oversight committee. but first, on saturday, an unusual weekend session in the house. they will debate and likely vote on the $25 billion delivering for america act. the bill is in response to concerns that the united states postal service is underfunded and not able to quickly handle an influx of mail in and absentee ballots leading up to the election. the white house has already threatened a veto, saying usps does not need a $25 billion bailout, it needs reforms that will return it to a trend of long-term financial self- sufficiency. any republicans agree. >>

>>in a heated house hearing postmaster general lewis dejoy was on the defense over controversial changes at the post office i never put a limitation on over time dejoy said decisions about limiting hours or removing equipment or made by other managers despite that california congressman harley rouda questioned why the joy isn't moving to reverse those decisions you know how absolutely insane. this is this is like telling jamba juice they can't plug in the blenders to do their job there must be a reason i didn't do it. but in the organization is you're the head of the unit, you're the head of the business, the buck stops with you the but come with me she gets club then that's outrageous statement democrats say restoring post office equipment would also help americans leaking confidence in the upcoming presidential elections. what is the harm to do it til election day in washington and it makes plenty of sense to me makes not if it will restore people's faith in a democracy and avoid a polike it, but i think it got a billion get me to billion and i'll put the machines but congressman jim j

trump recently installed a new post master jen lewis dejoy who also happens to be a major trump donorally went about restructuring the post office, including organizing the leadership structure, instituting a hiring freeze, banning overtime and trips by postal carriers that were designed to ensure that mail is delivered on time. all of this, as you can imagine, and you may have experienced, has significantly slowed mail delivery nationwide. dejoy says this has to do with the postal services finances, but it comes back to the need of most americans to vote by mail this year because of the pandemic. and trump's desire to suppress that. yo

under new leadership from trump ally and donor lewis dejoy, the u.s.will be instituting a management hiring freeze and requesting future buyouts. the moves are exactly the kind of thing democrats on the hill have asked the usps not to do. >> i am proud of our poster workers across america, but they've got a hand tied behind their back with this new leadership. >> reporter: congressional democrats, led by senator elizabeth warren, called for the u.s. postal service inspector general to investigate operational changes at usps. >> we have little faith they're not trying to politicize the post office. >> reporter: usps says the measures were to cut costs. but postal workers and unions claim it's led to slowing of mail and could potentially impact vote by mail in the fall, something the postmaster general denies. >> despite any assertions to the contrary, we are not slowing down election mail or any other mail. >> reporter: the lawmakers say the postal service has become a political football and describe the service's response to congressional requests as "

as a result, top democrats are calling for an investigation into postmaster general lewis dejoy.for making sweeping policy changes there. in a letter the inspector general they say it's led to slower and less reliable mail. quote, these changes threaten the well being of millions of americans that rely on the service for delivery of service security checks and prescriptions and threaten mail in ballots in the 2020 general election. senator the ranking member of the homeland security committee that's looking into this. welcome to "prime time." >> great to be with you. >> what is the strength of your case at this point? >> right now, it's an investigation. we want to look into what we're hearing from constituents across the state of michigan that are saying over the last few weeks in particular they have seen the mail delivery delayed. waiter longer for important mail. we have senior citizens who need drugs that are delivered by mail and are concerned they are not getting them on time. social security checks. we have folks who get bills that need to be paid and if they're not there

trump recently installed a new post master jen lewis dejoy who also happens to be a major trump donor and who has no experience in running the post office. dejoy specially went about restructuring the post office, including organizing the leadership structure, instituting a hiring freeze, banning overtime and trips by postal carriers that were designed to ensure that mail is delivered on time. all of this, as you can imagine, and you may have experienced, has significantly slowed mail delivery nationwide. dejoy says this has to do with the postal services finances, but it comes back to the need of most americans to vote by mail this year because of the pandemic. and trump's desire to suppress that. you don't have to take my word for it. listen to this. >> they want 3.5 trillion -- billion dollars for the mail-in votes. universal mail-in ballots. they want $25 billion, billion, for the post office. now they need that in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. if they don't get those two items, that means you can't have universal

lewis dejoie is one of his contributors, who has contributed a lot of money. and he was sent there to do the president's bidding. and the president wants to stop the post office from being able to take those ballots and to ma make sure that they are counted. and he's absolutely shown us that he's willing to do anything. >> congresswoman, when you talk to the speaker later today, what are you going to say to her about these covid relief talks? obviously, both houses of congress are out now. how do you shake things loose and move things forward? a lot of americans are depending on that relief bill. >> the first thing i'm going to do is thank her for offering up $1 trillion and moving away from the $3.4 trillion that we voted out of the house. she has gone into these negotiations showing that she is willing to compromise. they will not come up with another trillion to make it $2 trillion to deal with what is needed in our cities and our states, and to make sure that the renters have some support. you know, the renters are now in a position that if we don't get th

. >> monday lewis dejoy testifies on postal service operations and the upcoming presidential election. watch live at 10 am eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org orlisten live on the free c-span radio app . >> senator martha mcsally is a republican from arizona and she is the author of this new book , "dare to fly: simple lessons in never giving up"

mail in november to avoid poile polling places because of coronavirus the new postmaster general lewis dejoylready ordered the removal of blue mailboxes from many neighborhoods. the shutdown of mail sorting machines and ending overtime for workers. he now says he'll was hold further changes until after the election. but will not restore the cuts already made the joy is an ally and financial contributor to the trump campaign. the bill now goes to the gop led senate. president trump says if it reaches his desk. he will veto it and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at a stick with us here on kron 4 pam and i will be back in the top of the hour with more wildfire coverage on kron 4 news at 9 we'll see then. >>local news stations. >>breaking news tonight at 9 calfire issuing new evacuation warnings in the east bay tonight as the scu lightning complex fires continue to scorch sections of the east bay, the south and a central valley. this is new video shared by governor gavin newsome today at the scu lightning complex it is now the second largest wildfire burning in the state's history. thank you f