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Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza fears proposed U.S. Postal Service service reductions could make it harder for the state to pay people and vendors.

Should the games go on? >> no. i think its just not feasible. >> reporter: doctors and nurses agree: stop the olympics, say these signs in a tokyo hospital with fears of a new "olympic" variant. >> there is still a possibility the olympics could become a source for virus transmission around the world. >> reporter: but $16 billion is the estimated cost of canceling the games, and the first international athletes from australias womens softball have already arrived. every olympian has to sign a wa...

Democrats that he is sabotaging the upcoming election. >> the insinuation is quite frankly outrageous. >> reporter: he acknowledged with mail volume down, some sorting machines and blue mailboxes have been removed since he became postmaster general 67 days ago. part of a longstanding trend. democrats demanded to know whether dejoy, a trump megadonor, was doing the bidding of the president. >> did you discuss those changes or their potential impact on the november election with the president or a...

The death toll rising tonight. hundreds of homes destroyed. citizen fire brigades trying to protect their homes. the other major threat tonight -- two tropical systems expected to become hurricanes and both now forecast to hit the u.s. in the coming week. meteorologist rob marciano standing by to time it out. the alarming news tonight about the coronavirus. the cdc now projecting up to 30,000 more lives lost in just the next three weeks. colleges in at least 36 states reporting outbreaks on ...

Victim in the state. david? >> that is just awful. victor oquendo tonight. victor, thank you. were going to turn now to the u.s. postmaster general, in the hot seat today over those delays in delivering mail, the changes at the post office. he was asked if he spoke with president trump about changes in the u.s. postal service, and what hes saying is causing the slowdown, and can he promise every ballot will be delivered in time to be counted in this presidential election? heres our chief white...

>> thats it for this edition of "the daily rundown." see you back here tomorrow morning. coming up next on msnbc, "jansing & co." then at 1:00, dont miss andrea mitchell reports. im filling in, among our guest also be andrea saul, the u.s. postmaster general, and more. in an unknown sky. their safety systems built of brain and heart, transforming strange names from tall tales into pictures on postcards home. and the ones who followed them, who skimmed the edge of space, the edge of heaven, the...