acc and s.e.c.are three of the power 5 leagues who are slated to play football in 2020, at least as of now. president trump has weighed in tweeting that student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled and play college football. trump is not alone in this thinking as my next guest tweeted. midwest battleground states swing voters who see the s.e.c. or acc play football this fall will punish candidates who don't constantly and loudly oppose the big ten's decision. to put it in geographical context the big ten schools make up the midwest major programs in swing states like michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. the pac-12 represents schools on the west coast. acc and s.e.c. cover south plains, great plains and east coast with some of those schools presiding in swing states like florida. so should college football return? and will the return of a fractured college football season play a role in the election? joining me now is chief pollster at the trafalgar group robert kahal

the acc and s.e.c.'s are right now advising them they can safely play college football this fall and according to espn and yahoo sports the big 12 conference plans on joining the acc and s.e.c. in playing football this fall. now, the pac-12 it cited the number of positive cases and difficulty obtaining rapid accurate testing where their schools are located as reasons why the conference decided to cancel all fall sports and if conditions improve, the league would consider a return to competition after january 1st. >> we cannot bubble our student athletes like pro sports can. we're part of a broader campus communities. student athletes are living with peer students on campus, interacting. the health, safety and well-being of our student athletes and all of those connected to pac-12 sports has been a top, top priority. it was a top priority today. >> now, the big ten meanwhile pulling the plug on fall sports including football today. and the commissioner said there's too much unknown about the virus. >> as

so far s.e.c. are good to go. your reaction to the big ten postponing the entire fall season, the commissioner said it became quote/unquote it was too much of a health risk. what do you think of about that? >> personally, i think there is so much going around. it is nice to have somebody make some decision in regards to football. but, for coach has been teaching us that we have to stay ready whenever the call comes. if it is time to play we'll be ready to play. and if we stay prepared we won't have to prepare for the season and that is our mission and focus and that is the case for the next few weeks, too. >> i see you're already in athens, ready to roll if the call comes down to play. but how do you feel personally, matthew? just given all of the potential risks, are you willing to risk it to play? >> personally, there is risk to everything. there is risk with football and driving a car. but with my faith, i'm supposed to live my life without fear and with our medical staff, i'm sure that i have the confidence th

usaa >>> the big 12 conference joining the s.e.c.g forward with plans to play college football this fall. andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. good morning. >> good morning, erica. so the country's biggest conferences remain split on how to deal with the pandemic. on one side, you've got the big 10 and the pack 12 who say their medical experts are advising them not to play football this fall. and on the other side, you have the big 12 s.e.c. and acc who say their experts are telling them they can play safely. this is where college football stands right now. who is playing, who is not. big 12 commissioner said yesterday, their medical experts said that if it wasn't safe, they would stop immediately and he explained the reasoning to move forward. >> reasonable people can disagree on it, but -- and, you know, the pack 12 and big 10 a seeing much of the same information that we're seeing. but our board believes in our scientist and has come to a conclusion that's different. and so have the leadership of the s.e.c. and the acc. >

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big 12 announced plans to join the acc and s.e.c. playing football a few minutes ago.g 12 commissioner saying, opinions vary regarding the best path forward as we see throughout higher education in our society overall but we are comfortable in our institution the ability to provide rigorous testing and surveillance, and mitigation practices optimizing health and safety of our students. notre dame playing acc this fall and their coach on the "today" show and a challenging environment but thinks with the health and safety protocols in place, they can play safely. >> we believes based upon the medical information we have, we believe we have some of the best advising us and taking enhanced medical procedures as long as we have a committed group, and our student athletes have been committed since day one. >> i would rather take that risk playing a game i love and fighting for my career once i leave notre dame. i think a lot of guy feel that way and expressed that sentiment across the country in their last and/or junior year. >> reporter: tell you what, s.e.c. and others pla

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. >> jonathan allen, now the s.e.c. is doing some sort of investigation. what is the number one thing that they need to get to the bottom of? peter navarro who represents the white house said this is a great deal for the government. the loan is fully collateralized. in your reporting, because i haven't been able to, is there any evidence of how a deal like this would be collateralized? this company has very little assets. you know, it's interesting. the u.s. development finance corporation said they were going to collateralize it, but if you look at kodak's s.e.c. filings, it's hard to see how they amount to enough money to collateralize such a loan. if they were able, to they'd be able to borrow from a private bank. they wouldn't need the u.s. government to step in here. so i think the big question for the s.e.c., as it always is, is who knew what and when and what did they do with that information? but i think there are other questions, larger questions here, as well, stephanie. and some specific questions, too, and i think one that rep t reporters are g

experts but it's interesting the medical experts the big 10 and the 12 have relied on the z c the s.e.c. the big 12 they have their own obviously why are they not coming to think intensive in wisconsin head coach paul crist on tuesday after his announcement had some really interesting thing things to say so let's take a listen that. i think every one of us knew that this was one of the possibilities. you know just this morning we didn't know you know a couple guys who just want to know you know and as so i think that. we don't. see a lot of coach speak there but he's right they just want to know whenever lawrence from clemson he did highlight the hash tag we want to play with a list of demands that hopefully we'll see in the future and regina with college football and college sports in general being affected one thing that has not been as much in the headlines is these other sports jobs and how they're going to be affected by kobe 19 is this going to change the media landscape for sports journalists absolutely we're concerned about that before all of this one sports shutdown in march th

the s.e.c. trying to decide what comes next. sources do say that the big 12 conference as of this moment will continue to plan to have a football season albeit a reduced one this upcoming fall. the s.e.c. commissioner has said he wants to speak directly with officials with the big ten, with the pac-12, to see what led them to decide to cancel their season before they make a decision in the s.e.c. acc also saying they are flexible at this point in time, as they're trying to figure out a way forward to continue to have those fall sports in play. keep in mind, this isn't just football we're talking about, steph. this is a myriad of other sports, tens of thousands of student athletes will be impacted, and in addition to the potential economic impact, and a lot of these college towns. so president trump, one of the most outspoken advocates to keep this season moving forward, however, at this point in time, officials say that really they're relying solely on the advice of a team of medical personnel t

the commissioner of the s.e.c.oin us live in just a moment but first kaylee hartung joins us from the campus of defending national champions lsu in baton rouge, a place she knows very well. good morning, kaley. >> reporter: that's right, robin. good morning. this entire situation has college football players' and fans' heads spinning. they were releasing updated schedules last week and this week it starts with reports that the entire season might be cancelled. this as the coveted trophies they're fighting for but they're just fighting for a chance to futu ocoe >> it's a roller coaster emotionally for our players and staff. >> reporter: reports the big ten is on the verge of canceling its season leading to strong reactions from coaches in the conference. >> the virus is going to be here whether we play football or not. >> reporter: if the big ten, one of the most influential conference in football backs out, there's concern that others could follow. >> it's probably a very high percentage that ultimately the confere

. >> yeah, so right now you basically have big 12, s.e.c. and acc trying to run across the street and hope nothing goes wrong. you have the big ten and pac-12 waiting for the car to go by and the big 12 made the decision yesterday. this is who's playing, not playing. big 12 commissioner said that the medical experts told them it wasn't safe, they would stop immediately and he explained the reasoning for moving forward. >> reasonable people can disagree on it, but -- and, you know, the pac 12 and the big ten are seeing much of the same information that we're seeing. but our board believes in our scientists and has come to a conclusion that's different. and so have the leadership of the s.e.c. and the acc. >> all right. the nfl and the players association meanwhile agreeing to extend the daily covid-19 testing for players and coaches through at least september 5th. five days before the season opener. originally the testing was set to take place the first two weeks of training camp. according to the union's website, 56 players so far have teste

you think about the other conferences in the power five that we're not really hearing about now, the s.e.cg as scheduled, their players are practicing, teams are practicing and commissioner was on "good morning america" this morning saying they're not going to be in any rush to make any kind of a decision. >> the s.e.c. looks like they're looking at every possibility to see if they can pull it off. a lot of push from players they want to see it. also you can hear otherwise as well. good to see you, andy. thank you so much. >>> russia claims it is the world's first covid vaccine. do they have the science to back it up? we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy. usaa insurance is made it's more than ju

what's the likelihood we have a season where you've got acc teams playing s.e.c.nd you got this sort of superconference as a result any chance of that >> i don't think we have the time to do that. plus also understand nebraska says they want to play football. well, the big ten owns the rights to nebraska football. if nebraska -- you just can't go rogue here ohio state's talked about maybe that they're going to try to play from what i was told by my source yesterday, the s.e.c. is sort of open for business saying, who wants to come in and play football with us. and i think you're going to have a couple of outliers that are going to try to push that. what do you do if you're the big ten and nebraska says to heck with you we don't care about what your guidelines are, we're going on our own. do you keep nebraska in the big ten? do you want to fight something like that? i just think that this is -- it's unchartered territory for a lot of reasons we have a lot of adults in the room, but i don't know if we have grownups. and you have the players, the athletic directors a

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since then, the s.e.c. has opened an investigation.s is looking into the deal and the stock has fallen back down to $9 and the deal officially on hold while dfc waits for the results of the investigation. that ceo and some of the largest shareholders, clearly insiders, in the last two weeks when the stock ran from $2 to $60 or thereabouts, do we know if they sold out, if they cashed out of any of these monster positions? >> so no executives of the firm as far as we can tell have sold out of their monster positions. the stock was valued near $100 million. it's now back below 20 which is still more than most of us will make in a year but it's fallen back significantly. two people connected to the company, however, did sell. one gentleman -- >> who? >> moses who is not a board member but he is the father-in-law of a board member and a large shareholder. sold in the middle of the run up. and another gentleman, mr. far funkle who is a board member donated his shares to a local synagogue which isn't a sale but he'll get the tax benefits of t

the sac and s.e.c. saying, we're not sure yet. but what kind of mixed message does this send?, science won in the big 10 and pac 12. these conferences are the behemoths of our country. they want to play football and they realize they just couldn't because they listened to the science, listened to the doctors, listened to the medicine. that is the fact. and for other conferences, the other big three as you mentioned that are still out there, the big 12, acc and s.e.c., the big question for me today are who are their doctors? who are they listening to? because obviously the last thing the big 10 wanted to do was what they did. >> we hope to have a good doctor with us here. dr. kraft, how could -- explain to us, how could a college football team play safely in a city or a state or around a school where there are high incidences of coronavirus? i think you just said, you know within you sort of said the answer to the question. if there is a high incidence, it's very difficult or impossible. i think, you know, this is a small aspect of a greater public health problem that we still

>> well, if you're in the south or the southeast, s.e.c., acc country, you know, they're moving forwardscheduled. like football season is on, teams are practicing right now. but it is not the same everywhere. big ten presidents are meeting discussing the fate of the college football season, pac-12 le leaders expected to meet today as well. few things on the table pushing the season back to late september, or postponing the football season to the spring, but as, you know, this was developing yesterday, certainly seemed like the big ten was moving towards postponing the fall football season. but as that was happening, you had players, big time coaches, other conference commissioners, even president trump coming out and saying, no, we want football this fall and the players were led by clemson quarterback trevor lawrence, he said they want universal health and safety protocols across college football and want to play this fall because he thinks that's where players will be the safest. >> we feel safe here. we feel safer here than anywhere else, honestly. you go outside of these walls and g

the s.e.c.ner says he wants to have a conversation with the officials in the pac-12 and the big 10, specifically to try to hone in on what information was shared with them that really tipped the scales in doing away with the season altogether and pushing it back until spring 2021. and then you have the acc, which has gone on record to say they want to remain flexible at this point in time, is they can continue at least the hope of having not just a football, but a fall sports season. obviously football, of course, being the main conversation point here, but we're talking about multiple sports, thousands of student athletes here that are going to likely be impacted by this. and we're having a chance to hear now from some of those in the pac-12 on just why they chose basically to push this back and i want you to take a listen from an official at oregon state. >> got some areas in our conference that are some of the hottest spots in the united states such as southern california, los angeles, and ph

and the other side you have the s.e.c., a.c.c. and big 12 saying their medical experts say they could go on with the season this fall and the big 12 made the announcement this morning that they would play in the fall with the s.e.c. and a.c.c. and in a statement brad baulsy said opinions vary regarding the best path forward as we've seen throughout higher education and our society overall but we're comfortable in our institutions ability to provide a structured training environment rigorous testing and surveillance, hospital quality sanitation and mitigation practices that optimize the health and safety of our student athletes. now notre dame is usually independent but they are planning to play in the a.c.c. this fall. and their head coach brian kelly was on the "today" show this morning and he said it is a challenging environment but he thinks with all of the health and safety protocols in place, they could play safely. >> we believe based upon the medical information that we have, and we believe that we have some of the best tha

now, we're not talking about the big ten or the pac-12 or the s.e.c. just yet, but these decisions put pressure on the schools and the leagues that are still trying to play because their medical advisory groups are telling them that it is not safe enough to continue with the testing and the protocols that are in place, with travel, without these athletes being in a bubble environment like the nba or wnba. so, this is significant because it's just going to continue to put pressure on other leagues that have not yet made a decision about their fall football season. >> so, dr. mcdougal, i know there are a lot of people, fans and otherwise, asking, what's going on here, what happened the last week? why are college sports having this moment of self-doubt? and i know you point to the fact that, go back to the spring, go back to the very guidelines that the ncaa gave itself for reopening. these are the core principles of resocialization of collegiate sport. number one on this list is a downward trajectory of covid cases or positivity percentage. and all you h

the other two major conferences, the s.e.c. and a.c.c., are also planning to go forward with their seasons, but that supposedly could change. let's bring in morgan chesky in arlington, texas. where we're trying to figure out what is happening with the future of college football here. and with, i guess, the bigger question, morgan, is why the big 12 and pac-12 did what they did, the other three conferences, why do they think it's financially viable or smart for them to go forward and not stick together for the spring. >> well, check, there have been certainly a lot of closed door meetings that have been happening over the past several days as officials and commissioners of these respective conferences have been meeting with health panels, with, of course, boosters, with their coaches, to try to figure out the best push method forward amidst all of this, but as it stands right now, with the pac-12 and big 10 deciding to postpone their season until the spring, the consensus from the officials on those conferences is they looked at

. >> reporter: the question now, whether other dominoes will start falling, like the s.e.c., a football powerhouse with schools in some of the hardest hit states, including florida, which today marked its highest single-day death toll with 276 new fatalities. and in texas, the positivity rate has jumped to more than 20%, up from 12% two weeks ago, even as testing is fling sharply. restaurants in the state still open for indoor dining at 50% capacity. an indoor dining place with me and my family. and i just don't think they should be open right now, not while the case numbers are as high as they are. >> reporter: the records come as schools are reopening, many in person. in the houston area cy-fair district protests over being in the classroom. >> i'm having to put myself and my family at risk for a job i could do online, and i could do well online. >> reporter: in georgia, more than 800 students and staff are now in quarantine just a week after school opened due to possible covid exposure in a district that doesn't require masks. and desperation among all age groups as those $600-a-week

the home sharing company said it admitted a draft rhetorician straight into the s.e.c. or the details were not released. including how many shares will be offered. the price range or the timing. airbnb recently was valued at $18 billion. >>> the time is 447. a war of words between president trump and goodyear tires. resident troubles calling for a boycott of goodyear over a zero tolerance policy that reportedly banned its employees from wearing his make america great again at. another conservative gear. an employee leaked a slide from a presentation at the company and it was with diversity training. it appeared to label what was acceptable and what was unacceptable. the white house press secretary called for goodyear to clarify its policy. >> there was an image that was put out that showed certain -- was acceptable, black lives matter insignia, what was not allowed was blue lines matter. what was clearly targeted was a certain ideology. >>> goodyear says it asked its employees not to express support in the workplace for political candidates, campaigns, or any other caus

that's in his letter that is submitted to the board included in the s.e.c. filing disclosing this change to the company's board, prett notable move and speaks to the split within that murdoch family over some of the political content of news corp back over to you >> we know, julia, already there's a family rift of james and his wife and his brother lockland over climate change denialism that has been put forth by fox news and the other outlets and not entirely a surprise with the division >> perhaps not surprisingly james donated to vice president biden's campaign fund and investigating in a number of start-ups around the world specifically in india an backing some climate change initiatives as you mentioned. >> julia, thank you. mike, comment on news corp >> yeah. so, you know, one of the things that news corp is contending with isn't just the news department but obviously they have some challenges in other areas of their business including issues related to sports that are just a by-product of the pandemic there's business implications and not thinking tha

legitimate questions when you're an athlete being told hey we're not play the other power 5 constancy s.e.c. big 12 in a sea of decide you know we're still going to forge ahead the seed met today to discuss some of these ideas they've all been relying on medical experts but it's interesting the medical experts the big 10 and the 12 have relied on the z c the f.c.c. the big 12 they have their own obviously why are they not coming to the same consensus and wisconsin head coach paul crist on tuesday after his announcement had some really interesting thing things to say so let's take a listen to that. i think every one of us knew that this was one of the possibilities. you know just this morning we didn't know you know guys we just just want to know you know and that's true i think. we don't. see a lot of coach speak there but he's right they just want to know what travel are from clemson he did highlight the hash tag we want to play with a list of demands that hopefully will see in the future. regina with college football and college sports in general being affected one thing that has not been

but the s.e.c. is now investigating what happened. can you say a word or two whether you think there might have been some kind of a problem in terms of how those arrangements were made? is there any grounds for concern from your perspective? president trump: i don't know. i wasn't involved in the deal. the concept of the deal is good. i'll let you know. we'll do a little study on that. we'll find out. if there is any problem, we'll let you know about it very quickly. i wasn't involved in it. it's a big deal. it's a way of bringing back a great area too, in addition to pharmaceuticals. kodak has been a great name, but obviously pretty much in a different business. and so we'll see what that's all about. but we'll let you know very quickly. yeah, please. reporter: i want to follow up, before i ask a coronavirus question, on lebanon. you called this an attack. are you confident that this was an attack and not an accident? president trump: it would seem like it, based on the explosion. i've met with some of our great generals and they jus

the s.e.c. is one of a handful planning to play football. just a few weeks.thers have postponed all fall sports. is this the right move? >> three of the power five conferences are planning to play, have an abbreviated schedule, conference games only and it would be easier to change plans if you're only dealing with teams in your own conference. i think it's the right thing to do right now as long as there's other plans and our university at south carolina the stadium will be -- not be full, of course. i believe they plan to invite up to about 20,000 people, the stadium holds 80,000 people so you'll get the noise, the fans. but there will be separation there. by the way, it's the players who are petitioning to play, the players and families. they have worked so hard for this moment but, but you know, two major conferences have pulled the plug on the season and just like when bobby thompson was hero and bill buckner was a g.o.a.t. you never know which you are until after the game is played and said and done. >> i went to university of texas. they find themselve

october he sought permission to go over 10% and granted flexibility up to 25% provided they notify s.e.c. of any trades up or down in holdings within two days they must remain tacit investors. we await disclosures for the second quarter we know in the first quarter he was a seller, selling out of goldman sachs entirely reducing holdings in jpmorgan and synchrony slightly there was an enormous sell on wells fargo in may indicating it was likely one of their major holders but we don't know who yet. until we get buffett's q2 we don't know whether latest purchases of bank of america is a relative vote of confidence in bank of america or large absolute confidence in bank of america and change of heart from what he was doing in q1. likely the former not the latter also worth noting, by the way, a seller of goldman sachs in march, as we believe there buffett was, was a badly timed seller goldman sachs was rallied sharply from that point. take what you will from the timing of this buying in bank of america. certainly a bit of a vote of confidence in brian moynihan's company. >> while this buying

we had an outbreak, and i taulgt at an s.e.c. stool.hinking, we have parts of the country that really get this and other parts that don't. where we have young people who are moving in dorms this weekend. i have seen dorm pictures, and as a professor, a person who is like, don't kill my mom. my parents live down south, yeah, i'm with ryan reynolds all the way. but i'm wondering how we get to some clear messaging about this. and one of the things we have done wrong, we haven't spoken to people's mental health. part of what young people are saying, they need connection. they don't know how to cope with this massive shift. they don't have the mental resources to do that. we keep expecting folks to be adults in the room. we can't keep restricts, restricting, restricting, without having a national conversation about how people are supposed to cope. what does it look like to be healthy? my hope goes out to young people. and our argument, we want to you be able to have full lives. don't risk it all for one year of parties and connecting with yo

you know, insinuating that the s.e.c., acc and big 12 are those that are trying to run across the street and hoping everything will go fine. now, everyone on that panel that spoke earlier today are in agreement, it would be wise to not play college sports this fall and while college sports, some is up in the air, some not. the nfl will go on as planned, you know, there is not a blanket policy in terms of what teams will be doing top let fans in to stadiums. it's up to each individual team. the dallas cowboys, they say they will be allows fans in the stadium. owner jerry jones said that yesterday and a few hours ago they let, released their safe stadium policy for the season, brooke. they're going to have all the fans wearing masksen eneand key this, fans in pods in the stadium. you have to only sit with your family or friends. cowboys stadium there holds 80,000. they may be letting in up to 50%. that's 40,000 fans at an nfl game if jerry jones gets his way. >> pods in a stadium. listen, unchartered turned indeed. we'll see what that looks like. andy, thank you so much as we continue the

these are pretty strict implementations of these s.e.c. accounting laws.re huge companies, as you know, one of the biggest if not the biggest of what's here in new york, alibaba. david: what you hear are the opening bells for the stock market. trading has begun. we saw the market jump around in various directions before the jobs report came out. of course, it was a positive jobs report. we added 1.76 million jobs in the month of july. that of course was a lot less than june where we added 4.8 million but it was much better than expectations. the unemployment rate also came down to 10.2% which is still extraordinarily high for the united states. however, we were expecting it to come down to only 10.5%. so it was a beat on the unemployment number, a beat on the number of jobs created. that turned the market around. it had been triple digit down. it went green after the jobs report but as you can see, it is now trading triple digit down as well. that may be due to some of the international events i was talking to susan li about. but there's a man who can answ

the big ten, s.e.c. and other major conferences are also at the same crossroads. >>> a lot of people buzzing about former cal golfer collin morikawa. we've done a bunch of stories about this guy. he won the pga championship yesterday at harding park. the only mistake he made was during the trophy ceremony. what a great smile and great swing he has. 23 years old. the only two golfers that won a major at that age, jack nicklaus and tiger woods. his coach at cal tells us morikawa pours milk in his bowl first and then adds cereal. >> no, usually the cereal and then the milk. is that the key to winning the pga? >> if that's the case, i'm going to start doing that. he's never seen someone do that before. perhaps that's the real breakfast of champions. what a great story. we've known this guy for a lot of years. this is his first major. he gets a $2 million payout. his life is all of a sudden going to change over night after winning yesterday. >> i think he can pour a lot of milk into the trophy and the cereal

the timing is uncertain, though, as it is expected to file paperwork with the s.e.c. shortly.illion, down from a $31 billion valuation. yasmin, back to you. >> all right, karen tso live from london for us. thank you so much, karen. good to see you. >>> coming up, axios' "1 big thing." and ahead on "morning joe," more on joe biden's historic selection as kamala harris as his vice presidential running mate. reverend al sharpton joining the conversation to explain what she brings to the ticket. also, chicago mayor lori lightfoot on kamala harris and the violence plaguing the city of chicago. "morning joe" is moments away. n. ♪ here's your iced coffee! ♪ america runs on dunkin' >>> put your left hand on the bible and raise your right. do you solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith allegiance to the same? do you take this obligation clearly without any mental obligation and purpose of evasion and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which you are about to en

. >> wow, that does put it in perspective and why many conferences, including the powerful s.e.c.no matter what how dire of a situation could these college football cities face if they head into the fall with no football, no additional round of covid-19 relief. will they be able to survive? >> there will be many businesses that will fail, no doubt about it. it's the locally owned serving businesses that power of economy, because they retain dollars in the economy for ripple effects, additional spending. if they're gone, so are those dollars. even an economy as big as columbus's suffers. >> we also want to know, this is for the fall semester right now, the big ten has not made a decision yet about winter sports. >> correct. >> bill lafayette with us. >> bill, you're in a college town, who are you going to root for then? >> the buckeyes, of course. i have a class i'm teaching at ohio state this fall. >> look howlett he brightened up. of course, the ohio state. >> you know it. >> we hope the situation will be slightly better in the winter. a bunch of folks in michigan are like, no. >

early july which was after bannon was already moved out of office to make room for the head of the s.e.c. that the president wanted to nominate for that job, so what this official says is, yes, the attorney general was literally right when he said quote/unquote, months ago, meaning july and august, but that he didn't know about the bannon case until after berman was gone. >> all right, pete williams if d.c. pete, thank you as always. >>> after imposing strict coronavirus restrictions, europe is now seeing a spike in new cases, how much worse can it get? >>> how realistic is it that vice president pence say we might actually have one more than covid vaccine by the end of the year, is that a true statement? we'll break that down. you're watching msnbc. msnbc. from prom dresses... ...to soccer practices... ...and new adventures. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a

three other conferences, the acc, big 12 and s.e.c. still have not decided whether to play in the fall. officials say there are concerns such as how to contain and isolate student athletes to prevent the spread of the virus. to the health and safety of student athletes are first and foremost. we are disappointed. we really are. we felt we had put in place the outstanding protocols for student athletes here. we felt it was a possibility. i wish we could have a little bit more time to evaluate. we certainly understand this was the time had to pull the plug. >> the mountain west conference which includes fresno state voted to cancel its season. >>> the latest state report on new coronavirus cases includes cases held up due to a technical glitch in lab reporting the state log 12,500 cases yesterday. that is a large increase over the day before with added cases. there are also 109 deaths. the 14 day average is 139 deaths. that has been steadily increasing since early july. test positivity is down to just over 6%. that's a drop of 1.5% hospi

meanwhile the s.e.c., the acc and the big 12 plan to continue with their football seasons as scheduled, north carolina and pitt. they've had zeroe recou and think they can play. it seems it really comes down to which doctors you believe on what is safe right now. and who knows? we'll find out what happens in the next few weeks with those conferences that elect to try to go forward. on to baseball news and the verdict is in. the a's outfielder will receive a six-game suspension for charging the astros' dugout on sunday. a player was suspended for 20 games because of this. he was egging laureano on. laureano claims that cintron made comments about laureano's mother. major league baseball, they are not going to tolerate brawls in the midst of a pandemic. the penalty if you're wondering would equal 16 games in a regular season. >> just something we have to deal with. i don't make the decisions. the best thing to do is to get it behind us as quickly as we can. >>> nba. blazers star damian lillard. look at this shot. the pride of oakland. he was not going into the bubble to way of his time.

and meanwhile s.e.c., acc and big 12 still plan to continue with the season as scheduled. >>> and former number two executive at pinterest is suing the companyusg it of gender bias. she was chief operating officer before being fired. and she claims that pinterest paid her less than her male peers and excluded her from making any decisions. and the lawsuit follows two employees complaining about racism at pinterest on twitter. pinterest has not commented on the lawsuit. >>> new at 6:00, swri ol viola celebrating her 55th birthday and says that she bought the south carolina home where she was born. and get this, it was located on a former slave plantation. she tweeted the picture with a message that says the above is the house where i was born. august 11th, 1965. it is the birth place of my story. today on my 55th year of life, i own it, all of it. davis ended her post with a cherokee birth blessing that say may you live long enough to know where you were born. that is beautiful, friend. >> that is. i really like seeing that. >>> coming up next, the popular 90s sitcom that is getting a 21s

>> reporter: s.e.c.that were the circumstance, operate on our own. i'm not sure that's the wisest direction. >> reporter: both the s.e.c. and acc are weighing their options while prioritizing student health their players still hoping the games go on. >> to potentially have the season taken away, it would be heart breaking >> reporter: and this morning still no official word from the big 12 sources say as of this moment, they do intend to have a fall season in the meantime for those teams to go rogue and play on their own, they may run into trouble with conference contracts that could forbid them to do that or usher in some heavy duty fines >> all right morgan chesky for us this morning. thank you. >>> notre dame is one of the most storied programs in the history of college football. and for this year after a century of being an independent, they're members of the acc which still plans on holding its season brian kelly is the head coach of the fighting irish daelin hayes is one of the best outside linebac

they're in the s.e.c. and haven't made a final decision.to see fans and even at 50% how many would be there in the stadium? >> reporter: i had a reaction when he said that because i know the capacity at lsu's football stadium is over 100,000 people. he wants fans to be in the stands but he wants it to happen safely but, of course, 50% would be 50,000 fans come this fall. you know how much lsu fans love their football but, again, safety is the top priority and all decisions will be made with that in mind. >> yes, safety first, and i know you're happy to be at home. baton rouge is your home where you were raised and good to have you there and i'm sure family is happy to see you. thank you, thank you, thank you. you take care, kaylee. back to amy. >>> we'll move on to that pop-up party on a new york city bus. dozens of people without masks taking over the bus. you see them there dancing, jumping and most definitely not social distancing. our transportation correspondent gio benitez joins us with more on the investigation now into this dangerou

is a big story as the big 12 continues to move forward in preparations to play and along with the s.e.cd a.c.c. and now the ncaa is saying it is likely not a possibility. so we'll continue to follow it. >> carolyn manno, we appreciate it, thank you. >>> protesters in belarus are not giving up. they're demanding the country's president step down. fred pleitgen is there and tells us what they're risking. from prom dresses... ...to soccer practices... ...and new adventures. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh...i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 8 million dogs. nice. and...the talk

and meanwhile the other power five conferences, the s.e.c., acc and big 12 still plan to continue with the football season as scheduled. >>> a new twist on traditional college fairs. they are going virtual. this is put together by ping by talo. schools all over including the university of san francisco and as far as the university of pennsylvania are ready to make connections with bay area students. and abc 7 news spoke with talo's ceo about what the fair has to offer. >> for all the tieens, juniors and seens, why should they take part in this verirtual college fair? >> it is always challenging to get that right fit. when you can't visit colleges, we wanted to create that experience and help bring them colleges that they might not be the perfect fit but maybe there is that perfect fit and for ten minutes to create that quick connection, help to identify 24e78s wi themselves with new colleges, i think that it is absolutely worth their time to be able to engage. >> the college fair is degree for students. you can sign up tallo.com. >>> and coming back with another full 90 minutes of news

they moved the s.e.c. schedule to start on september 26th. we have a little bit more time. let's see how this goes, but follow the science and do it safely. i want to see college football as much as anybody. >> i'm sure your opponent, tommy tuberville, who was a college football coach will bring that up. a lot of people look at this as an uphill battle running for re-election. you are an incumbent but this is a state sending republicans to the senate. how do you see this playing out? >> well, it's going to be a close race. look, we have always run as an underdog from the minute i got in the senate. we knew it would be an uphill battle just for historical reasons. but we have done the things that the people of alabama like. i get branded as a socialist or a liberal or whatever, but it's just not my record. in fact, the u.s. chamber of commerce had recognized me for my exam -- being a champion of the free enterprise system. we have done a things that have helped alabama farmers, health care, teachers. i think people have -- of alabama are going to see i have their back. my op