Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
Areas history and literary scene. We speak with author robert gross on his book the minuteman underworld. My rude rage of the flood, its april 3 unfurl. Here once the farmer stood and fired a shot her around the world. There is in the morning of april 19 that this exchange of fire took place. With just 2 to 3 minutes and yet, the 2 to 3 minutes, if you accept Ralph Waldo Emersons cover, with the two minutes exchanged the world. The shot heard around the world. The was historic. It was kind of a problem here and in the world i focus my story very much around everybody to this dramatic encounter, it was traumatic in that when the patriots marched with the kings troops, they dont actually know whats happening to them. They heard that there were people seeing flashes in the pan but the scout, he sticks around long enough to find out if they were firing bullets or not. So nobodys really certain whats going on. People have often said, what could inspire these farmers and shopkeepers and labo