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Brennan the contrwie ews poll shows views om republicans. Cound. Make sure, because the only way were going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. Brennan that kind of talk from mr. Trump has fueled a furious political battle over the postal service. Well have the latest on efforts to ensure your vote gets counted. Plus, well hear what the g. O. P. Has planned this week from the head of the Republican Party. Biden National Campaign cochair mayor e Eric Garcetti will also join us. And will the convention be overshadowed by the arrest of former Campaign Aide Stephen Bannon. He has been charged in a fundraising scheme to build the border wall. This as a committee concluded that Paul Manaforts ties to russia pose a grave counterintelligence threat during the 2016 campaign. Well talk with the former head of the f. B. I. , james comey. And well get the latest on the coronavirus from dr. Scott gottlieb, and then talk with the robert robins, as some schools are forced to make dramatic changes in their covid era learning plans as children head back to school. It is all ahead on face the nation. Brennan good morning, and welcome to face the nation. With just 10 weeks until election day, former Vice President joe biden has maintained his 10point lead over President Trump, following the democratic convention, according to our cbs news Battleground Tracker. And there is yet another scandal facing theent on tof his convention, into audio recordings have surfaced of President Trumps sister, mary, sha brother. Cbs news has obtained those tapes, but we have not independently verified their authenticity. Weijia jiang reports. Reporter the recordings paint President Trump as a liar who does not read, and even paid someone to take his s. A. T. S. This morning mark meadows brushed off the statements on abc, saying just another day and another attack. President trumps niece, mary trump, who recently released a book criticizing her uncle, allegedly recorded conversations she had with her aunt in 22019. S a federal je at the time and said her brother is, quote, cruel. All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. And his base, i mean, my god, if youre a religious person, you want to help people, not do this. Reporter President Trump spent the week waging a personal war on mailin voting. President trump this will be one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of our country, thats how serious it is. And they all think im trying to steal an election. Just the opposite, i want the fair results of an election. Reporter but democrats are convinced the president is trying to control the outcome of the election by slashing resources to the u. S. Postal service, which could cause ballots to be delivered too late to count. Dont pay any attention to what the president is saying because it is all designed to suppress the vote. The bill is passed. Reporter in a rare ervice billion to help process ballots. Republican lawmakers agreed with President Trump. This bill is a sham. We are piling up money. We might as well put it on the national mall, have a bonfire. Reporter the bill would also reverse recent operational changes that resulted in nationwide mail delays, forcing the return of machines and mailboxes that were already removed. A new cbs news Battleground Tracker finds threefourths of republicans believe they are better off now than they were four years ago. Arrepublicans also agree with mr. Trumps handling of the economy, with 67 sayig it is in good condition. President trums o participate every night of the Republican National convention, which kicks off tomorrow. Campaign Officials Say he will present a contrast to the, quote, dim and dark view of the country that democrats offered. And the president s chiefofstaff promises americans will see a new side of the president. Margaret . Brennan thank you. We turn now to Republican National Committee Chair ronna mcdaniel, who joins us from charlotte. Good morning to you. Good morning. Great to be with you. Brennan i know youre quite busy. The r. N. C. Nomination formally of President Trump is scheduled for tomorrow. Will he be in charlotte at all . Can you tell us anything about what to expect . Well, he will be in North Carolina, unlike joe biden, who didnt go to wisconsin, the state where he held his event. The president hasnt confirmed if he is going to come by charlotte yet, but we have the delegates here. Brennan the a. P. Is reporting that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be addressing the forum from israel, where he is on official business. This lineup, when you start hearing about cabinet members being involved, first of all, its very unusual for diplomats to get involved in domestic politics, but it starts to look like using taxpayerfunded resources for a campaign. Will tax taxpayers be reimbursed . It is going to be paid for by the convention of the r. N. C. And the campaign. Everything we have put together has changed because of covid. The president rightly said were going to leave jacksonville because we dont want to have resources taken away from a city that is dealing with a pandemic, and he brought it back to the white house, which is his residence, and it is being paid for by the republican Taxpayer Committee and the brennan so you are saying that pompeos trip will be reimbursed by the campaign . I am just saying that the programming, the staging, everything were doing will be paid for by the Republican National committee and the campaign. Brennan you will have, as you said, some inperson activity there in charlotte. I heard you have somethi there for offbusiness. How you gnprotect th ng u know, margaret, i think it is really important to understand that the democrats and joe biden journalist said wer just said weregoing toy down again. From a safety perspective, we tested everybody before they came to charlotte. We have been test peop onsite. Were doing the things that will allow people to live their lives, have a convention, and do it in a healthy and safe way. Which most americans are doing as theyre going bacback to work, gong to grocery stores. And the democrats are saying, shut it all down. That is easy for hollywood celebrities and privileged politicians, but that is not good for average americans. Brennan i want to ask you about the election itself. The president says he expects it to be one of the most, if not the, most fraudulent election in history. But the Republican Party in iowa has mailed absentee ballots to voters, the g. O. P. Website is promoting vote by mail. Why is the Republican Party promoting something that the president says he is against . Im so glad you asked me this question. There is a very big difference between states that have tried and true absentee processes that have been in place have been tested and worked. Versus states like nevada, which 90 days from an election have up ended their protocol and put chaos in their process because they havent tested brennan but why does the president think they cant handle s o unverified voter rolls. I just talked to a voter this week who said she received three ballots for a different woman at a person at her address brennan a ballot or anic ballot . An actual ballot. Theyre not sending absentee request forms. Theyre sending live ballots, which i think is a huge problem. Brennan the republican parties in these states is promoting mailin voting no, were promoting people embracing the absentee processes that have been put in place that are tried and true. And were suing states that ar out from an election, which is adding chaos where we should have certainty. Brennan cbs news has a Battleground Tracker out, and it is showing a big divide between how republicans view the reaction to coronavirus and how voters see it. 73 say it is going well, and 38 of all voters say it is going well by comparison, and 50 of republicans say the number of dead is acceptable at 170,000 people. 33 of independents say it is acceptable, just 10 of democrats. How could that number be acceptable, and why is there such a big divide how republicans see it and how the majority of people do. I think th reallyai of course, re in this ith the president of the united states, who wants to see people pass away from this global pandemic, that came here from china, not being honest, from the w. H. O. Fail in their one duty, their one duty to identify a pandemic, and they failed the global community. Lets be honest, republicans do not want to see people suffering from this pandemic. We have all been affected by this. This is not a republican or democratic issue brennan so you say that number is acceptable . No, of course not, margaret. This is a global pandemic. Nobody wants to see somebody die from this. I have frnds die from this. This is not something people want. But the president s response has saved lives by shutting travel early, which joe biden zenophobic brennan from china, but not europe from china and europe. You didnt here joe biden come out and say we should shut down travel from china or europe. They have opposed this president every step of the way. In a time of crisis, when we should be coming together as americans, this should not be politicized. Brennan where area where republicans differ from voters over all is on the black lives matter movement. Most voters nationwide agree with the idea of it, and twothirds of the republicans strongly disagree. Eight in 10ref thinking hurt republicans chances of making gains with black voters . I think there is a big distinction between the words black lives matter and the movement, which has been led by people who embrace marxism, and who said on networks we want to burn this country down. I think you have to separate that. Because as we are seeing in the name of black lives matter, these riots and these looters, who really arent affiliated with any type of peaceful protests. We all condemn what happened to george floyd. E zeate oo much at discrimination. Eight in 10 republicans said too much attention on that issue, not the movement, but the issue. You know who has been given more the president got rid of the inadjustments iinjustices in oul system. This is the president who gave more loans to h. B. This itht created economic opportunities. And he has tackled discrimination. And he is going to continue to do so. Youll hear more of that next week as he talks about the policies he has put forward that has improved the lives of everyday americans. Brennan thank you for your time. We want to go now to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Good morning to you. Great to be with you, margaret. Thank you for having me. Brennan i want to talk about voting because your state was mentioned by ronna as having increased mailin ballots. More than 100,000 mailin otwereecd given that experience, doesnt it indicate there are some gaps in terms of your States Election integrity . Mayor democracy is not an easy thing. But i have great confidence in our counties to be able to run elections and to run them well. The difference is were trying to run elections that expand democracy, that give the vote to everybody. Where we see a war on voters in other states run by republicans who literally want to take people off the ballots, take them off the electioamilean georgia brennan and ronna is saying youre adding people no, were making sure that every american in california who can vote will vote. That is, i think, what a democracy is about. Why we make it so difficult for americans to vote seems to be antidemocratic with a small d. Were make sure we have a paper trail as well, something i think all folks, from the right and left, have called for for years. I dont understand why the president fears this. Brennan on the issue of the economy, that is one area where President Trump still seems to have better poll results than candidate biden does joe biden said a lot of things in this address this week, but he gave virtually no detail on his economic plans and no detailed criticism of President Trump either. Isnt that a mistake . Mayor, i facts, margaret democrats president s have added 60 million, and republican ones, 23 million in the last three decades. You want to see the stock market do better, it has always been undcr ppubl one. Were verof anve. Uses, andmeonui back betdnt you and didnt say how he was going to do it . Why not emphasize that . We have been talking until were blue in the face about the most progressive plans. Build back better has four plans one, build back energy in the economy and careers. Two, manufacturing back in america, unlike this president who said he would bring jobs back, but has been offshoring jobs since he has been president. And third, the carecomy. So many americans, and it is such a contrast in these compaigns. Joe biden and Kamala Harris are about what we can do to care for each other, whether it is our kids or seniors at the end of their lifetime. And something that is usually a peipheral issue, Racial Justice is the fourth pillar of that plan. We have detailed that. Go to President Trumps website, just like when he ran last time, there are two or three things on the economy and thats it. It was build a wall, get he has no plans and he is killing americans right now and killing our economy. It is such a contrast between two people have a heart and experience and a man who has neither. Brennan killing americans is a strong phrase there. Im going to ask you about what is happening with covid19 in your own city. You told cnn it is becoming much more of a latino dis. Whis it still such an issue that people of color in your city are disproportionately affected . Mayor a couple of statistics. We are at a Positivity Rate at 6 . Were really, i think, making huge progress and t were being left on our own. Were the first city to cut, i think, the africanamerican deaths to under the population here. For the are a couple of things. One, you didnt have federal assistance. You could be married to or the child of an immigrant, and you didnt get the same money your money your fellow citizens did. Theyre being pushed to work more. They dont have access to the unemployment. They dont have the social network we need. But were making huge inroads, including in the latino community. You saw this president plant a seed, demonizing latinos. Saying theyre rapists and murderers, and maybe there were a few good ones. The government thinks they osnt have to serve cities nnan bor maagemaclly shutff the power at a Hollywood Home after they were hosting large parties there because it wasnt abiding by your regulations regarding the pandemic. How many other houses are you going to shut off the utilities to . Why arent people listening . Mayor people are listening. Downbuwhere people sten, e. G easme to the young people who said shut it down because they say their peers acting irresponsible. 10 of people usually are responsible for about 80 of the cases. Were just not playing. Were not going to let people take our lives into their hands. Brennan mayor garcetti, thank you for your time. Face the nation will be face the nation will be back in one minute with former f. B. I. Director james comey. Stay with moderate to severe treplaque psoriasists uncover clearer skin that can last. In fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. Your rk yct you inf or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Tremfya®. Uncover clearer skin that can last. Janssen can help you explore cost support options. Brennan and we are back with former f. B. I. Director james comey. He used to be a registered republian, but this week he will be speak on the convention of founding principles. Which is a le w are not happy with President Trump. Good morning. Good morning, margaret. Brennan the Southern District of new york indicted former Trump White House official and Campaign Strategist Stephen Bannon for sociat beisraud. Case . It is another reminder of the kind of people this president surrounds himself with. It is a very serious case, the Southern District of new york has laid it out in a very detailed indictment called a speaking indictment, and he is in a world of trouble. Brennan a world of trouble, what do you mean by that . It is a very Serious Fraud case with a huge amount of money stolen from innocent victims, americans who thought they were giving money toesents ll on the mexi wen. That will drive up potential punishments for mr. Bannon. The indictment lays it out in such detail, including excerpts from texts. If youre Stephen Bannon and his lawyers, youre saying, im going down here. I dont the know what the next steps a trouble. Brennan the Senate Intelligence Committee Also sent a letter to the Southern District, asking hem to investigate bannon for lying to congress. Is there more that the public needs to know about Stephen Bannon and any links to election interference . I dont know. I dont know what the Southern District of new york is doing. I think this indictment surprised a lot of people because they did it like the pros they are, they didnt talk about it until theyre ready to bring