you know why, because washington state has been doing it for decades. ary of state joins us now. welcome, first, secretary of state, washington state was really the first in the country to do all mail-in voting and you have been doing it for many years, how has it been going? >> we've had had great success in washington and i have to point that oregon was the first state and we were the second. eric: okay, i don't want to upset your neighbors to the south. how does it work and critics that it's right with fraud and could be wide spread with fraud and all the sorts of issues and criticizing what they call universal mail-in voting where ballots are sent to every registered voter. first of all, do you have that system and how does it work? >> we have had that system since 2011 and when people register to vote in washington, they provide their driver's license or state id card or social security number and we verify that those with databases and when ballots are returned from voters we check signature on the envelope to signature on file to initial registrat

then you went to washington state university in environmental engineering.that because of growing up at a site. by that time it was just starting to transition for dealing with all of these environmental ways. after graduating in civil engineering that i could find. i found a sure thing at hanford. it was really poor that year. i took a job out there. i worked in the 200 area. when you talk about being driven past the separation plant i was theirs and one of those trailers nearby working my first year as an engineer. see mike you would a bed in that very same place. and what was that like. it was designed by scientists and engineers. but the operators and the people that built hanford made very important contributions to the plan and that so much had to be invented from scratch and building the first nuclear reactors. they were the people that knew the plant best. not a lot of that was necessarily written down. they had spent decades working on that plant. there must have been generational issues there. with you coming into the plants. i did not work in manu

signed the bill to create the opportunity for washington to vote for suffrage for women and washington state, there is that vote is going to come up before washington men in november of 1910. so the suffrage amendment passes on november 8, 1910 in the becomes a fifth state in the union to pass suffrage, the people coming westward the people were risk takers looking to break out of a conventional life that they might've experienced in the east and a lot of suffragist came out here and worked hard because they saw the opportunity. >> since the seneca falls convention, 71 years would pass before congress proposed a 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. prohibiting the denial of voting rights based on gender. the amendment would require ratification by 36 states, by august 1920, 35 states had ratified the amendment with a tennessee legislator sent to vote on the matter, on the eve of the vote, one young legislator received a persuasive letter from his mother. >> a letter that was written by phoebe barnes and her son who was a brand-new legislature in 1920, he was 24 years old, he had just bee

in king county and washington state, cases of suspected fraud is incredibly low. 016, elections referred 17 cases of potential voter fraud. millionout of ballot one ballots cast across 30 states for a rate of just 100,000th of 1%. the u.s. postal service is a democracy, and i found recent reports of moving mailboxes, and i find it incredibly troubling. we benefit from relationships with postal service partners that we meet with regularly and daily during elections. good news is, we saw normal delivery times for in-bound ballots. however, let me be clear, i view any attack on the postal service as an attack of our right to vote. i will closely monitor changes and continue to meet to make sure we are in front of any issues ahead of november. also, there is speculation that ballot drop boxes are secure. i can assure you that our 70 plus boxes are safe. we even had one hit by a school bus, and i can attest that the box and its contents were fine. the school bus, not so much. finally, returning the ballots, they are indeed daily by trained staff in teams of two. finally

state. in all of the first about six were located here in the west. washington became a pivotal state making that leap into the 20th century, and after we passed it in 1910, there was a domino effect across the country. immediately, oregon passes it in 1911 followed by california, and then moved to the dakotas, nebraska, montana and progressed across to new york in 1919 and then the national amendment passes in 1920. so you could call us a big turning point in the effort to gain suffrage for women in the united states. in 1848, the big event that began the suffrage movement did happen in new york. that was the women's convention in seneca falls led by susan b anthony among other leaders. interestingly enough, right after that, she began, susan b anthony began a whirlwind trip to territorial areas of the united states and states to advocate for women's rights and to vote. one of the early leaders in the 20th century in washington state saw her in 1848 as an eight-year-old barnstorming through illinois. that is emma smith devoe who ends up becoming a leader of the

washington. there's a huge debacle in the state of washington. anybody plenty currently a student knows that nigerian group of some sort, of course to a billion dollars, and is the exact figure. it's been a complete mess. they shuts down an appointment for hundreds of thousands of washingtonians. immediately, upon the investigation, it has been a travesty. anyoneyo facebook, is a support group. i think there's of course to close to 20000 participants. i'm curious about what employers payy into an appointment insurance previous to be an entrepreneur but that is going way back. and 58 and going 159. curious, is based on a number of employees. are you multinational, small business with that rate is. does it vary from state to state. and, anytime you offer a system that's going to payay somebody $600 going to get some outliers. and when you include a lot of different people, the parameters change medically. there's a big assumption i think is that just go back, i think there's a huge divide us to whah pay ranges we need to work state to state. since

the democrat from washington state. congresswoman, thank you for making time to be our guest this afternoon. >>> another break and when we return, the push by this president to open schools 100% as he puts it. as you heard the congresswoman mention, it may be having the opposite effect in some places. [♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. try boost glucose control. >>> our strategy to safely re-open schools mirrors our approach nationwide as we race towards the competition. i'm not competing with anyone. we've got to open up our schools, open up our businesses. a lot of it has been open, but we can do better. >> president trump offered the same message yesterday. he has been pushing for weeks now that schools must re-open as his white house new guidance to do this is vague and encourages mask wearing. number seven on an ei

in washington state, suspected fraud is incredibly low. 016, elections referred 17 cases of potential voter fraud. that is out of $1 million compared across 30 states for a rate of just 100,000 of the%. the u.s. postal service is democracy and i found recent reports of moving mailboxes and i find it incredibly troubling. we benefit from relationships with postal service partners regularly in daily during elections. good news is, we saw normal delivery times for ballots. let me be clear, the postal service is an attack of our right to vote. i will closely monitor changes and continue to meet to make sure we are in front of any issues ahead of november. speculation that ballot drop boxes are secure. i can assure you there boxes that are safe. the contents in the box were safe in the school bus, the schoolbooks school bus was not safe. finally, both by mail removes barriers. i believe my job is not only to conduct actual elections but remove barriers from creating partnerships to provide grants for voter education, service and new language is

so here in washington state, we're an all vote by mail state. we take very seriously any changes to postal delivery, not just for elections but everything across the board for seniors and veterans and everybody else, small businesses who rely on postal service. so no, i'm going to be voting by mail. my wife will be voting by mail. we trust that system, but part of this lawsuit is to insure that the system works well so every vote counts. >> what is the bigger threat to the election, the post office not delivering ballots on time or the president undercutting confidence in mail-in ballots? >> katy, that's a good question. that's a hard question to answer. i guess what i would say is, it's been my feeling having litigated over 70 cases against this president, it's worth pointing out to your viewers woo ha one. the thing i have often said we can with our lawsuits undo much of the damage or bring back unlawful actions that the president does and make sure he follows the law. i will agree that the rhetoric that the president puts out there, i can't u

agriculture officials in washington state are bracing for an invasion of the asian giant hornet.lso known as murder hornets. a live one captu earli this w isn tohe neluurba o tl. washington, loves his loves th. >> bee keepers love their bees. each colony has its own personality. royalty which is why it was so upsetting to him when he found one of his favorite hives had been slaughtered. >> they killed all the workers, the drones, the queen. they slaughtered every last bee in the entire colony. royalty the likely culprit. something called the asian giant hornet, when you may also have heard called the murder hornet. more on that in a minute. >> they will slaughter the es insideip outth bupa barva it to their own young. royalty i know nature is violent, but that's like horror movie violent. >> yeah, it is total horror movie. our western honeybee is hopeless against this predator. royalty scientists think the hornets hitched a ride over on a cargo trip. chris hopes he doesn't get popular. he's an entomologist in charge of exotic pests in washington. >> their jaw can take a chunk of

washington. there is a huge debacle in the state. anybody politically astute nose it was -- knows it was hacked by to $1igeria group up billion. they shut down unemployment for hundreds of thousands of washingtonians immediately upon investigation, which has been a travesty. you could go on facebook. there is a support group. upwards of close to 20,000 participants. whatcurious about an employers pay into unappointed insurance. i am 58 going on 59. is it based on the number of employees? are they multinational? small business? what the right is? does it vary from state to state? anytime you offer a system that will pay someone $600, you will get some outliers, right? they will be -- when you include a lot of different people, the parameters changed dramatically. that is a big assumption just go back to work your job. there is a huge divide as to what the pay rate is when you do work state to state. it is no wonder people would say i will collect the $600 because i work hard and i get paid very little. at 59, i have worked since 16. i

plus the top official from washington state where they'll be voting by mail mostly. long haulers who appear to get over the disease but then spend months still not feeling well. >>> plus an examination of the friendship that biden and harris have. why begin with the fight over the funding for the postal office and the ramifications it may have. the president's story keeps shifting on the story of funding the post office. what is the latest? >> it has changed pretty much every day this week. what is important to look at, the president made clear, he understands what the problem is. the u.s. postal service is in desperate need of money. it's more important and pressing now given the critical role that they are likely to play in the election if they are overwhelmingly having people vote by mail. and the president stated it plainly had this week, he said that he wanted to block funding, he realized that democrats wanted to expand mail-in voting and we know his feelings on mail-in voting. he was making it clear it was in political terms viewing it, to say he wouldn't veto

her background was a long-time member of the washington state house of representatives. she has a lot of legislative experience before she ever comes to capitol hill. she was the chair of a couple different agree kmooes in the legislature. she serveds speaker pro tem. one of the things she did in washington was she was a prime mover behind establishing the ferry system in the state. so she has a lot of lgbtive experience. she's not your typical freshman lekted. she quickly moves into a position of influence. she gets a seat on the appropriations committee. she vies for a subcommittee chairmanship. one of the so-called cardinals of the appropriations committee. and she competes for a seat on the interior and related agency subcommittee. it's a tough competition, but she wins out. but the chairman of the committee, the chairman of the full committee, decides, well, he tested her in getting the chairmanship and he's going to test her as a new chairman. so the first time she comes to the full committee with her bill for interior agencies, which is hundreds and hundreds of mi

i'll be listening closely to what he says they are doing on the ground in states like washington and a dozen states that joined us here in washington state with this lawsuit that we filed earlier today. >> attorney general bob ferguson, thanks for joining us. good luck. >> thank you. >>> more breaking news coming up. we're getting details of what we'll be hearing soon from jill biden and bill clinton in night two of the virtual democratic presidential convention. hike! simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're following breaking news. more than 171,000 americans have died during the coronavirus pandemic as confirm cases approach 5 and a half million. new cases are trending downward here in the u.s

and washington state have 10,000 available. so seattle, the city of seattle and washington state itself, they have great people. they have to be allowed to do their job. i am urging them to deploy these resources to protect their citizens and stop the violence, and all the things that we watch on television going on, although a lot of the unfortunately fake news don't like to put it on because it shows the democrats are doing a very bad job of law enforcement. they have to put it on. they have to be honest with the people of this country. but i am offering all available federal support requested to stop the violence and arrest the criminals. we have to be asked by the governors or the mayors. we will be there very rapidly. it is ready, willing, and able. we are ready, willing, and able to go to these jurisdictions and take care of them. we will do them very quickly. you saw what happened in minneapolis. they ripped the city apart. when the national guard went in, it ended immediately. it was immediate. and lasted. aree acts of

plus the top official from washington state where they'll be voting by mail mostly. long haulers who appear to get over the disease but then spend months still not feeling well. >>> let's go to the white house and kaitlan collins. the president's story keeps shifting on the question of funding the post office, what is the latest? >> well, it's changed pretty much every day this week. and what's really important to look at here, the president has made clear he understands what the problem is. the u.s. postal service is in desperate need of money, it has been for a while, it's more important and more pressing now given the critical role they're likely to play in this election in we are having people vote by mail. the president stated it plainly this week, he wanted to block funding because he realized democrats want to be able to expand mail in voting and we know what his feelings are. he shifted from that after he got a lot of controversy over it. he was making it clear it was in political terms viewing it, to say he wouldn't veto coronavirus legislation if it include

jeff kent,rman, i am delegate from washington state. under the emergency procedures set forth under rule 37-numeral e, we will not be adopting an adoptionersion of the of the rules of the republican party until the convention in 2024. however, the republic test republican national committee will update as needed. i moved to strike the following clause from rule 12 -- "no subject shall be adopted -- no a member shall be adopted after september of 2018," and replace it with, "no such rule will be adopted after september 30 two years prior to the year in which the next national convention is to be held. the delegate from washington has made a motion to correct rule 12, the root pool -- the rules of the republican party. is there a second? >> my name is peter goldberg, i am from the largest state in the union, the great state of alaska, and i second mr. kent's motion. the book of the motion has been made and seconded. hearing no further discussion, the chair will call for a vote. in favor, signify by saying aye. >> aye. it.he ayes have the

julia butler hanson of washington state is one of the women in this era who is pushing the ball alongomen in terms of this apprenticeship they are serving as a group. she becomes a very influential member of the house. and her background was actually as a member, a longtime member, of the washington state house of representatives. so she has got a lot of legislative experience before she ever comes to capitol hill. she was the chair of a couple different committees in the state legislature. she served quite often as speaker pro tem. one of the things she did in washington was she was a prime mover behind establishing the ferry system. so, she has got a lot of legislative experience. and she is not your typical freshman when she is elected in 1960 in a special election. and she very quickly moves into a position of influence. she gets a seat on the appropriations committee in the house. and by the mid-1960's, she vies for a subcommittee chairmanship, one of the so-called cardinals of the appropriations committee. and she competes for a seat on the interior and related agencies subcommi

. >>> and from washington state tonight, researchers now reporting progress in the race to stop a giant hornet from japan before it wipes out honeybees here in the u.s. or causes harm to humans. scientists in washington state trapping the first male asian giant hornet, also known as the murder hornet. the insects can be five times the size of a normal honeybee and reportedly kill up to 50 people a year in japan. even beekeeper suits can't protect against their sting. officials hope to track the hornets and eradicate them before they can do damage here in the u.s. >>> when we come back on the broadcast tonight, the plane crashing through the roof of a home. the homeowner inside. >>> and we're tracking two new tropical threats. could they affect the u.s.? it's starting to happen every day. people are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and hel

state legislator. she served quite often as speaker. one of the things she did in washingtont she was a prime mover behind establishing the ferry system in the united states. scott a lot of legislative experience. she's not your typical freshman when she's elected in 1960 and a special election. she quickly moves into a position of influence. she gets a seat on the appropriations committee in the house and by the mid 1960s, she vies for a subcommittee chairman ship, one of the so this is one of the cardinals of the committee. she commits competes for a seat on the interior and related agencies subcommittee. it's a tough competition but she wins out. but the chairman of the committee, and then by the name of george man macron of texas, he said he tested or, and he's gonna tester as a new chairman. so the first time she comes to the full committee with her bill for in terrier related agencies which is hundreds of millions of dollars. it's a big appropriation he says to her julia this is great but you gotta cut 2 million dollars out of it. and she kind of looked at him and says

washington state is an all vote by mail state, that's how virtually everybody in our state votes.it's critical elections run mo smoothly, get their ballots on time and get them in on time which is central to our democracy. >> so the prime minister of new zealand has been congratulated around the world for handling the coronavirus. they get a few more cases and she shuts the whole country down again. she doesn't mess around. but she has now delayed the country's national election for four weeks from september to october because of this re-emergence of virus. i just want to make everyone understand this is not virus like we have it in the united states. it's nothing compared to that. but she is going to delay this saying difficulties with campaigning, voter safety. we have heard president trump float delaying the election before. do you think that this sort of gives him precedent to suggest this in a more serious way? >> no, absolutely and emphatically not, erin. i'm no expert on the laws of that country. i do have some familiarity with the laws of our country and the constitution i

the first murder hornet captured in washington state. experts now on the hunt trying to track down its nest before hundreds more hatch. >>> and space dads splash down. >> welcome back to planet earth. thanks for flying spacex. >> a history making mission for the endeavor, the spacex capsule successfully returning to earth with the first water landing in 45 years. >>> and we do say good morning, america, on this monday morning, a very busy monday morning. it's good to be with you. we want to get right to the latest. the entire east coast bracing for the strengthening tropical storm. take a live look at the radar. the storm taking aim at the carolinas, george. >> now you see jacksonville, florida right there. winds already up to 40 miles an hour. pretty powerful system set to batter seveeral states dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. >> that's right. south carolina with more than 91,000 cases. north carolina ninth in the nation with 125,000. and then florida which has the second most confirmed cases in the count

your state of washington votes, what, almost entirely if not entirely by mail, one of five states thati think votes entirely by mail. it's been done like that for years. how far did his testimony go today in reassuring you that the postal service will be reliable this coming election? >> we still have enormous legitimate concerns. the combination of the confession by donald trump that he wants to use the postal service as a mechanism to suppress the vote, this is a conscious and willful confession by him, together with the facts on the ground, which is in my state, the postal service, under this postmaster, broke and disabled about 40% of the processing equipment in the puget sound area. two of our cities have been ordered to shut down their processing, which is obviously going to have delays in delivery times, together with the fact that they warned us about the inability, together with his statement today that i found incredible. not only did he say, yes, these have been broken, but i'm not going to fix them. that's grossly unacceptable. so i'm glad we have started a lawsuit, and our

>> well, we saw mail-in, i happen to live in washington state. and washington state has had universal mail voting i can't remember but it is eight or ten years we have a republican secretary of state who is a big backer of it and to us it's this, we can see our voter turnout has increased we can see there have been no problems with fraud that you know, that have surfaced. i have terrible hand writing so sometimes it is true that somebody calls me and said do you need to sending a ballot in because you put your phone number and in there to be able to check and i said yes i've got in handwriting and never got any better. and it works. and so when covid was kick off, it seemed very clear that there's a choice between greater physical risk or this option of voting by mail, and we did not see it. and to be honest we don't see it as something that should be controversial. you had it. there are republican state that worked very well there, and it doesn't -- you know from the survey it actually doesn't seem to benefit one party or another. but what we wa

i can tell you every single signature in washington state as well as oregon and every state that does mail balloting gets checked. there are checks in place to make sure that that ballot would not be voted and we're working hard -- washington has been at the forefront of this to ensure that the voter lists are accurate. one thing washington and oregon and some of these other states have is they have more mail contact with voters so if a voter has moved or a voter has passed away and people do their duty and write on the outside of the envelope that the person is no longer there, that gets back to the election officials and helps them maintain very, very accurate voter lists over time. that's a very important aspect of it and states with a lot of mail voting have -- tend to have some of the most accurate voter lists. >> here is gregory, democrats line. >> caller: good morning. i see the -- i'm a democrat, obviously, and i see that trump is trying to cripple the post office right before the election and then i also see that we're -- you were talking about, you know, other people steppin

i think it's really important to realize that even in a state like washington or oregon, both of which their legislatures decided that they would have mail voting, it took years, according to the election officials in washington state, it took years before they were able to get their voter rolls cleaned up and make sure that the ballots they were sending were people who lived where they said they lived. even at the that, i know a family where the two daughters haven't lived in that family home in washington state one in eight years and one in ten years. and every election, even though they have told the election officials stop sending us ballots, the parents get a ballot for the parents and each of their daughters. i'm just telling you, when we have a situation where the voter rolls themselves are a mess, all over this country. that's been well documented. there are dead people on the rolls. there are noneligible people on the rolls. we found -- our foundation did a study in one county in pennsylvania and found one person who was actively registered seven times in the same county. and

every single signature in washington state as well as oregon and other -- and every other state that does mail balloting gets checked. there are checks in place to make sure that ballot would not be voted, and we are working really hard. washington has been at the forefront of this, to ensure that the voter lists are accurate. one thing a lot of the states have is they have more mail contact with voters, so if a voter has moved or passed away, and people do their duty and right on the outside of the envelope that the person is no longer there, that gets back to the election officials and helps them maintain very accurate voter lists. that is a very important aspect of it, and states with a lot of mail voting tends to have -- tend to have the most accurate voter lists. host: our next caller from silver spring, maryland. democrats line. caller: the way i see it, i see that trump is trying to cripple the post office right before the election, and i also see that you were talking about other people stepping in and other companies stepping in to try and help the problem. in my opinion, the

done it in washington state some time and good at it, proven it has integrity, increases participationhould be a modeled for other states. do you think the postal service has stress and strain as now we go into 50 states doing more mail-in voting? >> i don't think it's the volume of mail that the states will put in the system from vote by mail that will be a problem for the us ps. it's a resource issue. they need to be able to have staffing and capacity and throughput they normally have. cut that overtime or reduce the routes they run, it's going to have a ripple effect on ballot delivery and ballot return. it's really important that the usps has capacity to contact the election, you know -- deliver the ballots on our behalf. >> you mentioned at the top, nice to take the politics out of this, because we are in the middle of a pandemic and our elections are the most sacred thing we have. we're going to do it this way. listen to the president's take trying to make a distinction between traditional absentee voting and a new push for more mail-in voting. >> absentee is okay because you hav

states. delaware and washington, d.c. though have been removed from the list. >> erica hill, thanks for breaking it down for us across the country. and joining me now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta to dig a little bit deeper into all of this. first off, sanjay, it's great to see you. i want to get your reaction to what we heard the president say in this interview that the virus is, quote, under control as much as you can control it. >> well, that's not true. i mean, we have real-world evidence from many countries around the world of what a greater control of virus will be. it is a very contagious virus. there is no question as you open things up, you will have increased spread. but it's worth looking at the terms here. we're in what's called mitigation mode. it means we're trying to slow down the spread of this virus and we're not doing a very good job. what control would mean from a public health standpoint is more containment mode. that would mean roughly one in a million new cases to 1 in 100,000 n

and one has been trapped in washington state. >> reporter: and the a race against time in the hunt for the international killers with a deadly name, murder hornets. >> it can be really problematic in the united states specifically because it is an invasive species. so organisms like our honeybees have never really seen anything like this and don't know how to deal with it. >> reporter: rernsearchers finay trapping would, a clue a nest could be nearby. >> this is a worker hornet. >> reporter: and they are native to asia and first spotted in washington state late last year. they can grow to about 2 inches long. and now the clock is ticking to independent for find the nest before mid september where the new queens and drones will happen. so what will happen if they can't find the colony in time? that is coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your first look, i'm hundr f kaylee hartung. >> why do they have to put that picture in my face? >> we need to murder the murder hornet. >> how are they going to find it, like what is the strategy, do they need help? >> it will find you. >> reggie -- >> i don't

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eight states, plus washington, d.c., are mailing everyone a ballot. est a mail-in ballot. estimates say more than i think 75% of the population is eligible to vote by mail. have other states been asking you the best way to handle this? >> well, more the secretary of state than my office. but our evidence is so clear and unambiguous, that's why mail-in voting is increasing drastically in the state of -- or in the united states. so, it's happening, big time. i talked to governor whitmer about this. it's increasing in michigan. people love this. they sign up in droves. it's got a little bit of irony. i heard today that trump had a request for a mail-in ballot today. look. this is not about integrity. this is a interaction and it's hurting our democracy. you know, the postal service is integral to our country. you know that old quote, neither snow, nor rain, nor heat or gloom of night shall detract the postal service. but they never figured it'd have to meet donald trump. so we need both parties to stand against this outrage. there is potential relief in t

brian, washington state. go ahead. caller: good morning, washington journal. anks for taking my call. i have been voting by mail for over a decade here with numerous elections, including a race for state governor between dino rossi. very close race. it received a recount but they found no fraud, no hanging chad, no problems. everyone was satisfied with the results of the outcome. i would like to make a point my relatives in idaho just had a mail-in voting due to the virus for the first time in the state of idaho. one of the reddest states in america. idahoans thate the fraud and bogus votes in the state of idaho claims, the numbers there i think were 0, -- 00.0. no complaints. i just think this whole postal deal, which i love -- i live verbally. --rurally. newspapersig-city delivered to my mailbox if i want to subscribe to them. i love my postal service. these people are part of the community. this shutting down and slowing the mail here is a weak attempt by the republican party to privatize government agencies, just like they are trying to break our social sec

you wear masks in washington state. how realistic is it to think the other governors would follow? >> many governors are following. we were one of the earlier ones who have a mask requirement. and it's being very successful in my state, many states. in some of our areas, in fact very republican areas of our state, we have 90 to 95% compliance, because we were the first state to actually require businesses to require their patrons to wear a mask. and people are complying with that, both businesses and patrons. and as a result, we have some encouraging news. in yakima county, which was one of our hotspots, an agricultural area in central washington, we have knocked down the incidence of the pandemic. it's showing signs of working. so not only do we have broad public acceptance from republicans and democrats alike, but we're showing that it's actually working. and so i'm appreciative that we have a real leader standing up, which is joe biden, he's standing up and showing something that is based on science and is based on health, and it's based on common sense. and the more of us who do

. >> dana, to john's point, i spoke to the secretary of state in washington state who's a republican, she was on my program last week or two weeks ago. they have -- they mail out ballots to every household in the state. she said it doesn't impact republicans or democrats any differently. it's not -- doesn't favor a party over the other and the millions of votes cast they have had less than or just a little over 100 some people who voted twice, other people, a couple other people that tried to sign -- have somebody else vote. and those people are being pursued by the law now. well-known. statistically insignificant given all the amount of votes and invited the president to come to see how washington state does it and does it fairly and accurately and -- but of course he doesn't do that. >> right. again just to underscore what you said, this is a republican you are talking about. it really is remarkable even for donald trump that he goes to make a surprise appearance at the kind of scaled down convention that is going on to nominate him formally to be the republican nominee again. and t

we have illegal immigrants in the state of washington. state which has drawn a lot of illegal immigrants to the state to work. and they're going through the same sort of hardships that people are going through due to the coronavirus. it's important to note there are still tens of thousands of washington residents who have still not received unemployment checks from the state of washington and the employment services department. there's still literally people since march who have not received a check. in fact, some of them haven't received ane-mail or phone call from the department. as we're having this announcement of a $40 million fund, the governor, jay insley, former failed presidential candidate, who still isn't even addressing this issue -- in fact, they're claiming they figured it out, that the backlog of all those unemployment benefits has been cleared, when people are still coming forward and saying no it hasn't, we're waiting for our checks or we got a check and then it was paused and we stopped getting checks and people are gett

eight states plus washington dr, d.c., are mailing everyone a ballot. voters in err errs in 34 states a mail-in ballot. estimates say more than 75% of the population is eligible to vote by mail. have other states been asking you the best way to handle this? >> well, more the secretary of state happen my office, but our evidence is so clear and an ambiguous, why mail -in voting s increasing in the united states pop p . we know it's been effective. i spoke to governor whitmer about this. people love this. h they sign up in droves. it has a little irony. trump had a request for a mail-in ballot today. this is not about integrity. this is a distraction and it's hurting our democracy. you know, the postal service is integral to our country. you know that old quote, "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night shall detract the postal service" but they never figured they'd have to meet donald trump. so we need both parties to stand up against this outrage. there is potential relief in the courts that potentially could assist. by any means necessary, we h

. >>> concern tonight about the spread of the murder hornet after one was trapped in washington stateso far there had only been sightings in the wild, but this marks the first time the species was actually captured in the state. officials are encouraged since the trap appears to work, but the clock is ticking. murder hornets tend to breed in september. they are a significant threat to the already fragile honeybee population. ew. can only look at that image for so long, eric. >> yeah, i don't think we need any more bad news like that. this has been a tough year already. but we have good weather news for you. here's drew. >> yeah, we really do. we're going to keep that trend of just some really comfortable august weather. we have morning fog to afternoon sunshine. and in fact, as the days wear on in the week ahead we'll find cooler weather moving in and the chance of some drizzle. live doppler 7 along with satellite shows you we have the marine layer along the coastline and in fact it is dropping visibility in some spots. switch over to visibility mode on live doppler 7 and you can see

. >> reporter: kim wayman, a republican is secretary of state in washington, one of the five states thations entirely by mail. >> what we found our voters really do like it mplgt they like the convenience. they can vote on their terms and their time. >> reporter: mail in ballots are sent to all registered voters in washington state. once a ballot is completed it's placed inside a security packet which is sent back either through the portfolio service or after being placed in a special delegate box. >> i think the election system is a hot like banking. you build in a lot of security and control to prevent fraud but ultimately, if someone wants to try to cheat, they can. >> reporter: and she admits it has happened. during thele 2018 election, there were 142 cases of people accused of voting twice or mailing in aso 142 was a high n. until you consider that without a 3.2 million ballots cast that's a.004 fraud rate. >> i think most banks would kill to have that level of fraud rate. >> reporter: flooding the systems with fake ballots, completed ballots are sorted by machine and must have a ce

but at least one washington state football player who supports the we are united campaign claims he has already been cut from his team for speaking out in support of the demands. >> we do have a list of demands, but our primary focus is health and safety ask maintaining eligibility, and he reeded to tell me, my head come , it's one thing to say you're opting out for covid, but because a part of this is a completely different thing, and so he said you have to have your locker cleared out by monday. >> reporter: there are reports that handful of other washington state cougars football player have been cut from the team. in a response, the pac-12 sent a statement to espn saying they have seen the lot are, but have not heard from any of the players directly, saying neither the conference for our university athletic departments have been contacted by this group regarding these topics. the statement goes on to explain we have made its clears that any student athlete who chooses at new return to competition for health or safety reasons will have their scholarship predicted. also in the stateme

what are we seeing in washington state? the same thing across the country.kes in cases, we are having to slow down evident, schools will not be able to open in person. that is just lunacy at this point. they will open virtually. but we need money from the federal government to be able to address it in washington as elsewhere across the country. jonathan: i'm going to ask you the question, sort of, that i asked congressman jeffries in the last interview, and that is that congress left town without a coronavirus relief bill passed . post is a focus now on the office and securing the vote and mail-in voting. and yet unemployment benefits of stopped. there are all sorts of things where people are being --they are feeling it, they are being jammed a financially. their economic security, health security, food security, is now in jeopardy. why hasn't congress moved to bring relief to the american people? rep. jayapal: well, because the white house has refused to actually do what we need to do, even to the extent of just continuing what we have done-- what we did be

>> next on booktv is afterwards democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal of the state of washington talks about her life and political career. she's interviewed by democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. this is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> host: pramila jayapal, thank you for the conversation and thank you for writing the book. i have two julia was a pleasure reading the book. one of my enduring frustrations washington is we work together when we were in washington 18 hours a day and it was almost no opportunity for us to get to know each other as people. you make a few friends and stuff but what a remarkable story here. you arrive in the united states at 817 never having been here, born in india, educated in indonesia. granddaughter of a indian british police officer. remarkable mother and father, so motivated. tell us a little bit about comeo we'll talk about immigration because immigration in the policy issue that has suffused your public service. let's start with all the bit of what that

the six states that are fully vote by mail as it is right now, so you have washington state, oregon, colorado, a couple of other states. the secretary of state of washington says it takes between five and 10 years to really get this right. democrats are trying to rush this through in a number of states in five to 10 weeks, so the concern here, in my opinion, is not so much on the post office. the concern is on these governments who have been able -- in a case like nevada, let's take a real world application here. hold on. i have got to make one point here. so we talk about the ballots at the postmark. says that the statute you just have to have it postmarked by election day, and then you should then, obviously, that ballot is going to count. that is part of the rules. but if it is not postmarked in nevada, you can still turn that in up to three days after the election with no postmark. that is like keeping it open until you have enough votes to go and count them. most americans strongly oppose this kind of shady maneuver and politicalvesting, operatives handling things. hearing what t