from the adjournment of this republican national convention until the successor committee has been ratified by the next republican national convention. mr. chairman, i move the adoption of the resolution. thehe delegate from district of columbia has made a motion to adopt the resolution. is there a second? >> my name is john fry, delegate from connecticut, and i second the motion. >> is there any discussion? hearing no discussion, the chair will call for a vote. all in favor signify by saying aye. opposed signify by saying nay. the motion is adopted. i can gradually each of you on their election. the chair recognizes the delegate -- you can applaud, that's all right. we can be excited. [applause] >> the chair recognizes the delegate from michigan for the purpose of offering a solution. i offer the file -- in my >> the following resolution -- resolve that the secretary of the convention is hereby directed to prepare and publish for the convention a full and complete report of official proceedings under the direction of the republican national committee, and as authorized to

trump campaign tells me there isn't anyone they think will make a difference in the race republican national committee spokesperson, liz harrington says all of the options are out of touch with america i think his short list. >>has shown. >>they are not shying away whatsoever from the left wing fringe of their party biden is expected to announce his running mate before the democratic national

trump campaign tells me there isn't anyone they think will make a difference in the race republican national committee spokesperson, liz harrington says all of the options are out of touch with america i think his short list. >>has shown. >>they are not shying away whatsoever from the left wing fringe of their party biden is expected to announce his

trump campaign tells me there isn't anyone they think will make a difference in the race republican national committee spokesperson, liz harrington says all of the options are out of touch with america i think his short list. >>has shown. >>they are not shying away whatsoever from the left wing fringe of their party biden is expected to announce his running mate before the democratic national convention which is now just a little

trump campaign tells me there isn't anyone they think will make a difference in the race republican national committee spokesperson, liz harrington says all of the options are out of touch with america i think his short list. >>has shown. >>they are not shying away whatsoever from the left wing fringe of their party biden is expected to announce his running mate before the democratic national convention

is the national spokesperson for the republican national committee. person for the republican national committee to be convention getting underway this week in charlotte, north carolina, and virtually, so walk us through, right now, what will happen each evening. guest: well, good morning, steve. thank you for having me. we are really excited. we are kicking off four days of what i think will be a big contest. laste, if they tuned in week to the really down and out, dreary, negative, divisive message of the democrats, we are going to offer an optimistic vision, and inspiring story of not only what americans have , and what thisng administration has done, but looking back in our history, what we can learn from it, the inspiring story of what makes this country so great. and we are also going to be looking forward to what president trump can accomplish in a second term. and so it is a unifying message. it is one that sets this country apart, throughout human history, and it is really one that president trump has followed through on, when you look at the

katty: you ran the republican national committee from 2009-2011.ou lead the party to victory in the house of representatives. do you recognize your party today? michael: no, i don't, and that's been part of my own psonal journey in all of this, is watching sort of the value set, fundamentally, particularly in the economic space, where we've always been, as you know, republicans were the first to start screaming file if the deficit was one dollar over zero or the debt was increase but now, the government republican business seems to be the order of the day. i don't cognize these folks on some of the family value issues that they t supposedly wa uphold. particularly when your consi the titular head of the party. so there are number of issues and ways this new emerging party , and i won't even call it the republican partylfis setting it i think we saw last night, it is definitively trump. katty: michael, what happens to the republican if trump wins, and what happens to the republican party if he loses? michael: i think the same thing happens, it's jus

straight ahead why the republican national committee says democrats are pushing quote conspiracy theorieswhen they accuse the president of interfering with mail-in voting. plus a preview of what to expect from the republican national convention next week. rnc national spokeswoman liz harrington jointly to discuss all this on the other side of the in your family, that paved the way. find their stories. make them count. at ancestry. jon i'm jon scott and this is "the fox report." the bottom of the hour and if you are just joining us as a look at our top stories. there are more than 23 million confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world with just over 801,000 death. here in the west are more than 5.6 million infections or 176,000 deaths. the white house task forces the highest rate of infections. 100,000 people is in georgia which surpassed 5000 deaths today. democratic nominee joe biden says he would shut down the country to stop the spread of the virus if scientists recommended it. he will do whatever it takes to save american lives. and the house voting right now in the bill for $25 b

straight ahead why the republican national committee says democrats are pushing quote conspiracy theories they accuse the president of interfering with mail-in voting. plus a preview of what to expect from the republican national convention next week. rnc national spokeswoman liz harrington jointly to discuss all this on the other side of the break. (announcer) now more than ever, it's important to lose weight, improve your health, and strengthen your immunity. starvation dieting, processed foods, shakes, and diet gimmicks have made us heavier and sicker. the solution for losing weight the right way is golo. we help transform your body and change your lifestyle, so you can lose weight and get healthier. over 20,000 people of all ages, and entire families, switch to golo every week, because golo works. golo is a unique approach to weight loss that targets insulin resistance and body fat. insulin resistance makes it easy to gain weight and harder to lose it. golo is a patented system that uses natural plants and minerals, and sound nutrition to help your body convert fat to energy faster. s

. >> the dewey story is a republican national committee film promoting governor thomas dewey of new york by telling his life story. this is part of the library of congress online national screening room. ♪ >> dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, dewey was appointed special prosecutor for the governor. >> mr. dooley, you have been given the most difficult task. the opportunity of helping the people of the city. what can we do to help you? >> there is a detective in new york who i think is one of the best detectives in the united states. i would like to have him head my squad of effectives. >> from the beginning, dewey face and almost hopeless job, clearing out gangsters whose hold had been tightening over years. >> you have been looking for mason again. >> are you going to keep out of our territory? >> i am not. >> i do not need any protection. ♪ >> dewey's staff began the attack by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of hard, patient, dangerous work, dewey had collected enough evidence to move

joining us tonight, republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel.t to have you with us, and congratulations on what has been an extraordinary convention, i will say. the opening day of your convention was the best i have seen in, and i started watching pretty carefully back in 1976, so good work. your feelings about it's going and what we should expect tonight. >> well, i think what we achieved with our convention exactly what we wanted to which is we wanted to tell the stories of the policies of the trump administration through the eyes of the american people and how it has benefited them personally. and give a narrative of their stories. a business owner where the ppp loan helped her or the right to try -- or a lobsterman from maine or a dairy farmer from wisconsin. and these are people in their own words saying we are so much better off because of president trump. and we know that these are people who have been forgotten by the democrat party. so while they had hollywood celebrities and elites, we are the party of the real american people, and pr

announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the republican national committee. >> hello! this convention will come to order! [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the republican national convention. offering today's invitation, -- invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. >> thank you, ronna. my name is jay and i am a republican. i am also a catholic donald trump republican. by the grace of god, i am an american. so let us pray. thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and vice president that reflect the values of our founding fathers. and are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. there is no choice to fight for the unborn. for those of us who are true to our catholic faith, we pray for an end for the intrinsic evil that is abortion. give us the strength to fight for our religious freedom as

republican national convention. president trump will make his case to americans for a second term but there won't be a new party platform this year. republican national committee says they won't release one opting instead to support mr. trump's agenda. his family members feature heavily on the list of speakers. he will appear every day. he is going to arrive in charlotte, north carolina, monday morning. >> reporter: the city of charlotte, north carolina, will play a role in the republican national convention. perhaps not the big role they planned but a lot of the activity taking place here monday will be very important for president trump's campaign. the delegates will come from there and cast their ballots for president trump and mike pence to be there. president trump will be here. he and the vice president will thank the delegates for their participation. he'll deliver belief remarks. this is not his formal acceptance. that's not going to happen until later in the week on thursday when the president officially accepts his nomination. most of the activity will shift from charlotte to washington almost immediately. many of the speeches that will take place th

it was paid by the political campaign, by the republican national committee. looking at a back drop and to suggest that the back drop is not appropriate because it indicates a conflict of interest, that's just not accurate. he is not the first president to accept the nomination. you know that roosevelt, a democrat, accepted it from the oval office. the vast majority of americans loved the message that the president brought last night. he spoke from his heart to the heart of the american people. it was really about a message that we need to unite. instead of tearing down. instead of complaining about what the message was, why don't we come together and unite. the vast majority of democratic run cities are experiencing real problems. >> john: in 1940 the setting for the speech was somewhat more subtle. >> only base it was actually paid for by federal dollars instead of the republican national committee that paid for it last night. this president never does anything subtle. the message that came forth last night was unmistakably a contrast between joe biden and t

. ♪ ♪ lou: the communications director for the democrat national committee tweeted that her party is run by women. republicanittee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel tweeted: a woman actually runs the republican party. and she is exactly right. and joining us tonight the woman who runs the republican party, republican national committee chairwoman ron ron that daniel. i want to compliment you on that tweet. that was -- [laughter] that was a terrific comeback, and it's a delight to have you with us. i've got to ask you because you going to be putting on a convention next week. how do you think this one's going so far, and how much inspiration are you taking from it in. >> well, watching their convention is like watching alternate reality, lou. you and i are watching them completely lie to the american people about the accomplishments of the trump administration, all that he has done to lift the lives of so many americans through deregulation, through tax cut, through energy independence, through decisive leadership from taking care of our veterans, i mean, on issue after issue president trump has led. and it's just fr

theater in 1940, you very well could have seen this advertisement put together by the republican national committee for wendell willkie. >> whether you are in oregon or florida, new jersey are california, you have a right to know how well your republican candidates for breton and vice- president understand agricultural problems and their personal an interest in farming. for this purpose, this motion picture has been produced. the two most talked-about men in american life today are the central figures of this picture. wendell willkie of indiana and charles mcnary of oregon. mr. welty visits a family of one of his former split -- mr. willkie but it's a family of one of his formfarmer. they does not let anything stand in his way. these are practical corn belt farmers. his interest in america's young people is a general -- genuine. in them, he sees the future of america. >> from the republican national committee -- amity shlaes, he described himself as a liberal. this is an important point to understand. rebels, in the 1940 is a very different term. -- liberals in the 1940 as a very different terms. w

fox learned that the trump campaign and republican national committee raised $76 million over the last four days. for comparison, the biden campaign and the democrats raised 70 million during their convention. so the republicans definitely came out on top there. as for president trump right now, he's in the air and on his way to his first campaign event since the convention. before he left the white house this afternoon, we saw a continuation of the president using his executive power to make another one of those made-for-tv moments. >> we're taking alice from commutation to a full pardon. >> he gave her a pardon on the unconventional convention with 2020 fireworks instead of the balloon drop. the tradition of criticizing your opponent is stronger than any virus with president trump mentioning joe biden 42 times during a marathon 70-minute speech. >> joe biden's plan is not a solution to the virus but rather it's a surrender to the virus. >> during his speech, president trump promised a vaccine before the end of the year, possibly sooner. roughly 2,000 supporters sat shoulder to should

just a few weeks after trump was inaugurated the republican national committee, national republican party, they sent out a press release announcing effectively that the republican party and the trump universe were now melded, that the trump guys would be coming in and taking over. now, i have to tell you, they have since taken down that press release we just put up on the screen. they've made no mention of the fact they deleted it. they've just tried to disappear it. because they're embarrassed about it now. but nothing ever really goes away on the internet, and we captured it. so we still have it even though they've deleted it. and even now, three-plus years after they put this up, it is still amazing to see. look. "today republican national committee finance chairman steve wynn announced additional members of the rnc's finance leadership team," describing these long-time friends of the party and supporters of this administration. "elliott broidy, michael cohen and louis dejoy will serve as national deputy finance chairmen of the rnc." this was april 3rd, 2017. trump gets sworn in in jan

we turn now to republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel, who joins us from charlotte.ood morning to you. >> good morning. great to be with you. >> brennan: i know you're quite busy. the r.n.c. nomination formally of president trump is scheduled for tomorrow. will he be in charlotte at all? can you tell us anything about what to expect? >> well, he will be in north carolina, unlike joe biden, who didn't go to wisconsin, the state where he held his event. the president hasn't confirmed if he is going to come by charlotte yet, but we have the delegates here. >> brennan: the a.p. is reporting that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be addressing the forum from israel, where he is on official business. this lineup, when you start hearing about cabinet members being involved, first of all, it's very unusual for diplomats to get involved in domestic politics, but it starts to look like using taxpayer-funded resources for a campaign. will tax taxpayers be reimbursed? >> it is going to be paid for by the convention of the r.n.c. and the campaign. everything we have put t

and if you went to the movie theater, you could have seen this ad put together by the republican national committeeor wendell willkie. >> whether you are in oregon, a farmer in new jersey or california or a wheat grower in kansas or minnesota, you have a right to know how well your republicans -- your republican candidate for president and vice president understand your interest in farming. this motion picture has been produced. the two most talked about men in american life today are the central figures of this chair. wendell l willkie of indiana and charles mcnary of oregon. mr. willkie visits with a family at -- and at his left is mary. it is a hot day and mr. willkie refreshes himself at the old pump before the inspection begin. these are not hyde park estates. these are practical corn belt farms. in america's young people, it is genuine. in them, he sees a future of america. host: from the republican national committee. he describes himself as a liberal. and this is an important point to understand. liberalism in the 1940 is a very different term than how we view it today. amity: when willkie

liz harrington will be joining us, spokesperson for the republican national committee, to talk about can expect moving ahead. c-span's "washington journal" continues in a moment. ♪ called the 48le democratic national convention to order. made historyats last week with the first-ever democratic national convention, with delegates and speakers from around the country taking part. today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, watch speeches from a former secretary of state hillary clinton, former president bill clinton, former first lady michelle obama, former president barack obama, 2020 vice presidential candidate kamala harris -- sen. harris: and we will act with the same faith in you that we ask you to place in us. campaign 2020 candidate joe biden. mr. biden: who we want to become a that is all on the ballot. >> and if you missed any of the coverage, watch any time demand at c-span.org/dnc. ♪ >> this week, it is the republicans' turn. starting monday and for four days, the republican national convention. hear their vision and priorities for the next four years. watch president trump and vi

the republican national committee chairwoman rhonda mcdaniels was on face the nation yesterday.e's what she had to say about the role the president is going to play this week. >> he will be in north carolina, unlike joe biden who did not go to wisconsin, the state where he held his convention. the president has an event planned in asheville. he has not confirmed if he is going to come by charlotte. we have delegates here. ap is reporting mike pompeo will be addressing from israel where he is on official business. when you start hearing about cabinet members being involved, first of all it is unusual for diplomats to get involved, but it starts to look like using taxpayer-funded federal resources for campaign. will taxpayers be reimbursed? >> i can only tell you that the events we have put forward from the rnc and the campaign are going to be paid for by the convention and the campaign. everything we have put together has changed because of covid. the president rightly said we are going to leave jacksonville because we do not want to have resources taken away from a city dealing

republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel says voters will see president trump each day of the convention and it will showcase america outside of hollywood, that's a dig at the celebrity appearances at the democratic convention. the full list of speakers is unclear. the trump campaign says first lady melania trump will speak tuesday, vice president mike pence is scheduled for wednesday, republicans have also announced speeches from senators tim scott and joanie ernst, nikki haley and south dakota governor kristie nome among others. charlotte was the initial convention site. then the pandemic had them adjusting. masks are mandatory and they spaced chairs six feet apart. republicans will broadcast speeches from across the country, including here pretty close to the white house and fort mchenry in baltimore. the republican convention wraps as we were talking about with the president giving a speech at the white house. afterwards, the republican national committee applied for a permit to try to shoot off fireworks at the washington monument to close out the week's events. ar

. >> harris: i want to bring in now ronna mcdaniel, republican national committee chairman. respect and love to kristin fisher, but really wanted to get to you right away. i was taking notes for the better part of an hour there, the president kicked off some accomplishments, and they were . headed up the republican national committee now, it was the president's response to joe biden what you expected to see? >> i think the democrat convention was a masterpiece in fiction. they got hollywood screenwriters and actresses to paint a picture of america that wasn't real, and they used rhetoric, but they didn't talk about policy. you saw the president today layout on issue after issue the things he has accomplished in the white house on foreign policy. he was the one, when syria crossed that redline, he took action. he was the one who took out soleimani. he is the one who has taken on isis. issue after issue. he is the one who cut taxes to the lowest in employment level for african-americans and hispanics and asian-americans. joe biden went on tv and spewed fiction, and a really da

just a few weeks after trump was inaugurated, republican national committee, republican party, announcing effectively that the trump guys would be coming in, taking over. now, i have to tell you, they have since taken down that press release we just put up on the screen. because they're embarrassed about it now. but nothing ever, really, goes away on the internet. and we captured it so we still have it, even though they've deleted it. and even now, you know, three-plus years after they put this up, it is still amazing to see. look. today, republican national committee finance chairman. describing these longtime friends of the party and the supporters of this administration, elliot broidy, michael cohen, and louis dejoy will serve as national deputy finance chairmen of the rnc. trump gets sworn in, in january. the republican party announced this, like, six or eight weeks later. but look at who they announce. the new deputy finance chairs of the rnc. number one is michael cohen. the same michael cohen, ultimately, convicted on multiple felonies. sentenced to years in federal prison. current

the president is set to begin the republican national committee over this coming week, and the president certainly looking for a win. so this appears to be the one that the president was able to find for himself. but, again, the way that the president described this adds a breakthrough, something historic. not the case. jury is still out on convalescent plasma, but there is some promising data behind it. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> now, one vaccine expert says authorizing the plasma for emergency use isn't a case of presidential heroism against a slow bureaucracy. he says there is a reason why the treatment hasn't been approved before now. >> you have to prove that the plasma made a difference and all the data so far really haven't done that. that's why the fda was low to approve the drug through eua. now we get an approval. the question is are there more data we haven't seen? if there were more data, you would think they would present those data because it only makes their case better. by not presenting, you wonder if there are any new data. and if there aren't, what just h

trump campaign tells me there isn't anyone they think will make a difference in the race republican national committee spokesperson, liz harrington says all of the options are out of touch with america i think his short list. >>has shown. >>they are not shying away whatsoever from the left wing fringe of their party biden is expected to announce his running mate before the democratic national convention which is now just a little over one week away reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>in world news tonight, at least 17 people are dead and more than 100 people are injured after an air india express plane crashed after skidding off the runway breaking into 2 as it landed. the cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed, although there was heavy rainfall and low visibility in the area. the plane was. on a flight to be transported. and it's true that was the point of the flight was it was taking stranded indians who had been trapped for a while. because of the coronavirus travel restrictions. 180 passengers and crew were on board several victims were taken to the nearby hospitals to be treated. m

told tonight that speech has been vetted by attorneys, attorneys for the white house, the republican national committee trump campaign. what's unclear still, anderson, is whether or not state department attorneys have actually looked over what mike pompeo is expected to say tonight because right now he's facing accusations he is violating state department legal guidance by giving this speech but also he's being accused by a democratic house member he is potentially violating federal law by making this appearance tonight. white house officials have not seemed concerned about these acquisitions given this review that under went these speeches, not just mike pompeo but every speech you see at this convention is reviewed by this group of attorneys in the days before it's scheduled to air so that's the question and it comes amid a larger backdrop of not only whether or not his vie lates these diplomatic traditions but also melania trump being in the rose garden using a federal government property to make a political pitch to voters. >> we will watch. thanks very much. let's go to our panelists. senator sant

united states working job in politics mostly for the last 10 years used to work at the republican national committee headquarters through the sewer. welcome to the stream it's great to have you on the street and tell everybody who you are and what you do hey everybody have 3 other wonderful to be here my name a send up of the van and i am the national advocacy executive of the indian american muslim council and we through where we we engage on civic and democratic issues at the grassroots level and i work as a u.n. consultant an educator emergency education really. great nice to have and thank you so much and sima welcome to our conversation tell everybody. hi everyone i'm a journalist based in washington d.c. after i would us india relations for the last 25 or the years i am a columnist for the economic times see why in the united states the indian american vote so important stace year. mainly because in the battleground states they could be decisive. and there are 1200000 in american waters in about 9 battleground states and we north from 2016 that the democrats he lost by a few 1000 votes in. at

you've had the street and the grass roots versus the top down message of the republican national committeeat the nba did was say, wait. we're going to insert ourselves in the national media conversation so that we're now going to have a fairer fight because a fight between the republican national committee and donald trump and on one side and lebron james and the whole of the nba, these sports stars who are massively popular, wealthy because they are so popular, idolized, dired by not just black kids but majority of the nba fans are white fans. they have stood up and command the spotlight. they command attention. they have said, no. this isn't just an issue that's about law and order. this isn't a story about the radical left. this is a story about police brutality. this is story about what you can see with your own eye os on the tape of the 7 shots in the back of that man on monday. we're going to make sure there's an argument here that's played out where it's a fair fight in some sense. in terms of the media attention that this side of the argument gets. that's what the power of this is.

. ♪ >>> the republican national committee is getting set to fire up the national convention this week democrats aren't ready to give up the spotlight quite yet. >> fox's hilary von has more. >> reporter: even though the dnc is done the biden campaign has no plans to go dark as the republicans have their convention next week they want their message to drown it out so they're treating next week like round two of the dnc. >> we're going to spend next week demonstrating how donald trump has failed various segments of america. we're going to talk about working families and talk about his failure on covid-19, and healthcare. >> reporter: the campaign will feature press conferences with heavy weights. there are two big names missing from that line up. joe biden and kamala harris. the duo is off the trail today but will be showing up on voters tvs tomorrow as their first interview as the ticket. biden says he's prepared to put the country back in quarantine and scientists said he should. >> in order to put the country back into order you have to fix the virus. >> reporter: biden has made a ca

. >> the dewey story is a republican national committee film promoting governor thomas dewey of new yorkhis life story. this is part of the library of congress online national screening room. ♪ >> dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later, dewey was appointed special prosecutor for the governor. >> mr. dooley, you have been given the most difficult task. the opportunity of helping the people of the city.

former chairman of the republican national committee and the newest member of the lincoln project, a blican who ran the party when it had historic gains, michael steele. also managing editor of the washington examiner magazine jay caruso. and author rick tyler. his new book" still right". rick, i knew you were a hippy. willie, take us through the first night. >> the republican national convention kicked off yesterday by officially reno, ma'minating donald trump for president of the united states. the speakers painted a bleak picture of a potential joe biden presidency while portraying donald trump as the man standing between order and anarchy, with one speaker calling him the, quote, body guard of western civilization. republicans also misrepresented the president's record, describing him as a leader who acted quickly against the coronavirus and also as a fighter for social justice. this while the president continued to rail against mail-in balloting. >> they'll be sending them, they'll be dumping them in neighborhoods, people will be picking them up, they'll be bribing people to pick

the republican national committee argued liberals revolt against biden-harris ticket. >> she will have to hide her time as a prosecutor from the anti-police left. before saying her pick shows radical extreme i was have seized control of the democratic party. >> she's radical left and now she tn the u.s. senate. >> the president called harris nasty, a mad woman and renewing the racist birther conspiracy theory he pushed for years about president obama. >> i heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements and by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified and very talented lawyer. i have no idea if that's right. >> he wrote an article saying there could be a problem. oakland, california. >> joining me now is the independent senator from vermont, bernie sanders. senator sanders, welcome back to "meet the press," while this is a convention sunday and we want to talk about the campaign, i want to start with the postal service, you've spent a lot of time in your career fighting on behalf of the postal service in different ways, fighting to make sure stuff doesn

tomorrow morning on "face the nation," margaret brennan's guests will include republican national committeeir ronna mcdaniel; former f.b.i. director james comey; and los angeles mayor eric garcetti; plus the president of the university of arizona, dr. robert robbins, on the struggle to reopen schools. tonight, new concerns about the coronavirus. health officials in several states are linking new infections to the 10-day motorcycle rally in sturgis, south dakota. schools are also struggling, this as the u.s. death toll today topped 176,000. that's the worst of any country by far. here's michael george. >> hi! >> reporter: as students move on to campus for fall classes in a pandemic... a pandemic... >> i wanted the full experience, which i won't be getting this year, but it is what it is. >> reporter: the first lesson students may learn this fall-- what not to do. theensiod at se notre dame student newspaper put it bluntly, "don't make us write obituaries." at the university of virginia, football players have been kept a bubble.e. the coach now questioning how the coach now questioning how he

the republican national committee and a lot of conservative groups have been filing tens of millions of dollars of lawsuits to slow mail-in voting throughout the country. even though republicans in the past have benefitted from that practice. the president has asserted time and again, without evidence, that it will be used to conduct widespread voter fraud. he's convinced himself. he ld told aides privately that is how the democrats are going to steal the election from him so he's choking it off. we're seeing delays in postal service throughout the country. pennsylvania last night, a vital battleground, which is going to have far more mail-in balloting this time around, he's already sounding the alarms that they're not going to handle the capacity there with the post office being so diminished. the president has fought efforts despite what he said in the white house yesterday, he fought efforts to expand funding there. that's a topic of disagreement between the white house negotiators and the democrats trying to hammer out this bill. yes, this is in part to sow chaos and doubt in the

may now joy is a close confidant of president trump he's also a former chairman of the republican national committee so already questions about his political partisanship have been raised since he's been taken to this post but the chaos that has erupted within the postal service since he took over has deeply concerned democrats in particular but all those who want to see the smooth running of elections which in this time of pandemic is very likely to rest very much on mail in ballots in which the postal service will play a fundamental role and now the postal service says that it may not be able to turn around ballots quickly enough to allow postal voting to be a viable option so the house committee will be asking questions about this it will be asking questions about why he's made these sweeping changes within the postal service which have included for example a slashing of overtime decommissioning off a number of mail sorting machines louise to joy he says this is all to cut costs but many in the public believe that it is perhaps a way in which to delay any form of postal voting within the presiden

>> i think this administration, this republican national committee must think that americans, people in color have not been paying attention to trump dain that donald has engaged in with people of color and issues that matter to them over the last four years. the patronizing, the stunts that were pulled tonight, the speeches that made issues to trump has completely ignored, the nagget that they had the racial to talk about justice, donald trump has done nothing to ensure it has become law and he imposes most of it f not all of it, the continued racism and bigotry that eminates from this white house and this president, this convention thus far has been dark and really has shown disdain for people watching it if they haven't been paying attention. >> joe, you want to respond? >> just more doom and gloom. the president stepped up and made sure that nunding for historically black colleges and universities is now guaranteed and did the first step act. it is not lip service. and that's what this president is all about and this convention. it's about the theme tonight is land about opportun

no doubt that the ballroom if you will, the dozens and dozens of staffers both in the republican national committeebe looking for phrases, looking for words that they will then turn into television commercials attacking biden, attacking harris as being inauthentic, for being phonies, for being fraudulent. the question in my mind really is whether or not the vice president is going to run at his record. this was someone run at his record. this was someone who was in favour of bussing which is very racially to visit. someone who is in favour of the 1994 crime bill which many democrats now deem as racist. kamala harris herself, so it was very tough on crime that's her time as the district attorney in california. the republicans are going to use those histories against the democrats. the question is what are going to say tonight that the trump campaign we use again 70 days to comeit might look one—sided at the moment but we have the republican convention next week and three televised events and some 70 odd days in the running. lots to play for. thank you very much for the moment ron. one other story wh