YOU ARRIVE TOO LATE.
>> THEY HAVE LOST MONEY.
THEY’VE BEEN INPACTED BY THE
VIRUS.
AND WORKERS HAVE DELIVERED THE
MAIL.
THEY DELIVER OUR MEDICINE.
THEY DELIVER OUR PACKAGES AND
EVEN THE BILLS.
THIS BILL IS ONLY A BAND-AID
BILL, A SHORT-TERM FIX, WON’T
SOLVE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS.
I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.
IT NEEDS REFORM.
ARTHEL:
ERIC: THAT’S DON YOUNG.
HE’S ONE OF 26 REPUBLICANS WHO
VOTED ALONGSIDE THE DEMOCRATS
YESTERDAY TO APPROVE THAT $25
BILLION BILL OF EMERGENCY FUNDS
FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED IT A,
QUOTE, DEMOCRATIC HOAX, SAYING
THE POST OFFICE DOESN’T NEED THE
MONEY AMID CLAIMS OF ELECTION
TAMPERING BY REPUBLICANS.
WELL, THOSE CHARGES SAYS THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE, QUOTE, AN
OVERREACTION TO SENSATIONALIZED
MEDIA REPORTS.
JOINING US NOW IS ALENA TREN.
WE’VE GOT THE BILL.
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW?
>> WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE
OF WHAT WE SAW ON FRIDAY WHEN
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, LOUIS
DEJOY, TESTIFIED BEFORE A SENATE
COMMITTEE.
THIS IS STILL A MASSIVE
CONTROVERSY.
WE KNOW THAT THE HOUSE PASSED
THIS BILL YESTERDAY AND THOSE 26
REPUBLICANS THAT DID VOTE WITH
DEMOCRATS WILL DEFINITELY BE A
BIG SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION
TOMORROW AS WELL.
BUT IT’S REALLY GOING NOWHERE.
THE BILL IS GOING TO DIE IN THE
SENATE.
WE’VE SEEN SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL SAY HE
WILL NOT PASS A STANDALONE BILL
ON USPS FUNDING AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS ALSO THREATENED TO
VETO IT IF IT ENDS UP AT HIS
DESK.
IT’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO
CONTINUE.
BUT THE CONCERNS ARE VERY REAL.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AHEAD TO THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION, MORE
AMERICANS THAN EVER BEFORE IN
HISTORY ARE PLANNING TO VOTE BY
MAIL, GIVEN THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC AND SO MAKING SURE THAT
THE BALLOTS DO GET IN ON TIME
AND THAT THERE’S NO REFORMS
BEING MADE RIGHT NOW WHICH DEJOY
DID SAY HE WOULD SUSPEND SOME OF
THE PLANNED CHANGES UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION BUT MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY SO
THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOTE AND
VOTE SAFELY FROM THEIR HOMES ARE
ABLE TO DO SO.
ERIC: HOW COME ONE OF THE
CRITICISMS WAS THERE WAS NO
CONSIDERATION OF THE CORONAVIRUS
IN THIS BILL BY THE DEMOCRATS,
THE REPUBLICANS SAY THEY HAVE
$10 BILLION BILL FOR THE POST
OFFICE AND $300 IN CHECKS THAT
THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, WHY DID THEY NOT --
THEY SAY THIS IS FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT IT WASN’T ADDRESSED.
>> RIGHT.
SO THIS IS -- I MEAN, AS A
REPORTER WHO COVERS CAPITOL HILL
AND THESE LEADERS EVERY DAY,
IT’S BEEN A VERY FRUSTRATING
PROCESS, SEEING WHAT’S GOING ON
IN THESE STIMULUS TALKS.
LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ARE STILL
VERY FAR APART ON WHAT THEY
THINK IS NEEDED IN THIS NEXT
STIMULUS BILL.
NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE AND
REPUBLICANS ARGUE THAT THEY
THINK THERE’S AGREEMENT ON SOME
THINGS LIKE $10 BILLION FOR MORE
MONEY FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE.
DEMOCRATS WANT MORE.
THEY AGREE IT NEEDS MORE MONEY.
THEY AGREE THAT THEY WANT TO GET
STIMULUS CHECKS OUT AND SO
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING, WE SAW
MARK MEADOWS SAY THIS TODAY ON
THE SUNDAY SHOWS THAT WHY DON’T
WE JUST PASS THESE -- ALL
MEASURES NOW IN ONE BILL AND
CONTINUE TO WORK ON OTHER
THINGS.
DEMOCRATS ARGUE THAT WHAT
REPUBLICANS AND THE WHITE HOUSE
WANT IS NOT ENOUGH, THAT IT
NEEDS TO GO MUCH FURTHER.
IT IS A BIT OF MIXED MESSAGING.
WE DID SEE DEMOCRATS WERE
PUSHING THE STAND DISS ALONE
BILL ON POSTAL SERVICE AND THE
REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY DON’T
WANT TO DO THAT.
MESSAGING IS ALL OVER THE BOARD.
I THINK THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO
TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THIS
FUNDING ACTUALLY GETS PASSED IN
BOTH CHAMBERS.
ERIC: YOU MENTIONED ONCE IT
GETS TO THE SENATE MITCH
McCONNELL’S TURNED THUMBS
DOWN, HERE’S WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE
IT CLEAR HE WILL NOT SIGN THE
SPEAKER’S PARTISAN STUNT INTO
LAW AND THE SENATE WILL
ABSOLUTELY NOT PASS STANDALONE
LEGISLATION FOR THE POSTAL
SERVICE WHILE AMERICAN FAMILIES
CONTINUE TO GO WITHOUT MORE
RELIEF AND HERE’S JARED KUSHNER
TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE THIS
MORNING.
>> THE PRESIDENT WANTS A FAIR
ELECTION.
WE HAVE A WAY OF VOTING THAT’S
BEEN TRIED AND TRUE FOR MANY
YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THE OTHER
DAY, IF YOU CAN PROTEST IN
PERSON, YOU CAN VOTE IN PERSON.
I THINK THERE’S A NOTION HERE
DR. FAUCI SAID IT’S SAFE TO VOTE
IN PERSON.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW IS, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE BALLOT HARVESTING
THAT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA,
THERE’S A LOT OF DIRTY THINGS
THAT HAPPEN IN POLITICS.
ERIC: AND THEN WAIT FOR
TOMORROW, CAROLINE MALONE, THE
CONGRESSWOMAN FROM NEW YORK,
SHE’S THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND LOUIS
DEJOY IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF
MALONE TOMORROW MORNING AND MAN
OH, MAN THE MALONE, SIRAJ PATEL
RACE IN MANHATTAN, THE PRESIDENT
SAID THEY SHOULD DO IT OVER
AGAIN.
65,000 MAIL-IN VOTES, MAILED IN
FOR THE PRIMARY, 12,005 A
HUNDRED WERE REJECTED.
PATEL HASN’T CONCEDED.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE
STATE OF BALLOTS, THAT’S NOT THE
MAIL.
>> NO, IT’S GOING TO BE -- IT’S
AN UNPRECEDENTED THING THAT
WE’RE FACING.
I THINK YOU JUST SHOWED JARED
KUSHNER SPEAKING THIS MORNING
ABOUT HOW THE VOTE BY MAIL
SYSTEM HAS WORKED IN YEARS PAST.
THIS IS IN THE -- WE NEVER FACED
A PANDEMIC LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
AND THAT REALLY IS GOING TO GET
IN THE WAY OF THESE VOTES AND
LIKE IN NEW YORK, THERE WERE A
LOT OF ISSUES OF BALLOTS.
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN
NOVEMBER.
IT’S EXPECTED THAT WE’RE SEEING
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ALREADY
WITH THE MAIL.
AND SO THAT’S WHERE EVERYONE
AGREES THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
MORE FUNDING TO HELP HANDLE THIS
MASSIVE INFLUX.
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO HELP THAT.
THERE IS THIS PARTISAN
IN-FIGHTING BACK AND FORTH.
THEY NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE
AND FIND AN AGREEMENT.
ERIC: AND WAIT UNTIL DEJOY SITS
IN FRONT OF CONGRESSWOMAN MALONE
TOMORROW, WHEN SHE TELLS HIM
WHAT HE TELLS HER, CONSIDERING
THE STATE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN