Then she was my number one draft pick and we will see how she works out. Chris we will get reaction to the bidenharris ticket from Trump CampaignSenior Adviser steve cortez and ive directed the secretary of the treasury to get ready and send direct payments, 3,400 for a family of 4 to all americans, democrats are holding this up. Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gave a damn. Chris we will ask our sunday panel about continuing stalemate over a Coronavirus Relief packet. Plus our power players of the week. The hope Still Believes and the dream shall never die. Chris look back at great moments of Democratic Conventions past all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. Well, the coronavirus has changed everything this year including the nominating conventions for president. Normally we would be reporting from the fox anchor booth in milwaukee but tomorrow democrats will kick off almost all Virtual Event and senator Kamala Harris will officially become the first woman of color on a major party ticket. In a moment we will speak can convention cochair new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy but first bring peter doocy in well in delaware where they will accept speeches, peter . Peter they have been away from cameras this weekend. They have not stood side by side to answer questions since announcing the ticket. But they are practicing lines like this one that will feature 17 rising stars. As somebody who has presented my fair share of arguments in court, the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and shut. Peter thats lines similar to what harris used when she was comparing against biden in primaries and landed her on the ticket where she will speak as Vice President ial nominee the night before joe biden. Is anyone surprised donald trump has a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board . Peter for this years convention dont think balloon zoom drop. What weve never seen before is a president say, im going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting. [laughter] peter last night the president said more mail ballots could mean delay declaring a winner. Youre not going to know this, possibly if you did it right for months or for years because these ballots are all going to be lost. Peter congress controls the power to have purse and they are right in the middle of august recess but the speaker of the house nancy pelosi ready to call everyone back to fund the Postal Service, chris. Chris peter doocy reporting from delaware, thank you. Governor phil murphy, cochair of Democratic Convention. Governor, whats the central message that the Biden Campaign wants to get across this week and how much harder is it going to be to get that message across when instead of hoopla of a convention we will see people deliver speeches from the living room . Governor chris, good to be with you. The theme uniting america says it all. This is a moment in American History where weve got to put the us versus theme in Rearview Mirror and come together in common purpose. New jersey by the way is in many respects the most diversed state in america so thats a particular badge of honor. As you put it, it is Unconventional Convention to say the least but i think the lineup is overwhelmingly come peopling and the theme is overwhelmingly compelling, i think its going to be a terrific week. Chris lets talk about the big new issue thats just risen and youre in the front lines as you pointed out in production open. On friday just 11 weeks before the election, you directed that new jersey will send ballots to all plus 6 million plus voters who are on your roles there so they can do mailin balloting for president. Does it make sense, youve never done this before, does it make sense to change the system this close to the election . Governor chris, weve actually had a pretty deep history with vote by mail and we just had a primary which was a little bit different only because it was a primary but we learned a lot from it and we liked what we saw. You know, ensuring voter security is completely understandable. Ive spoken to the president about it and by the way i send our prayers in his direction over the loss of his brother but weve got enough experience to believe between the option of vote by mail to drop your ballot in secured box that is we will have all around the state to show up actually on election day and hand your ballot over or failing all of that to vote in person. Its a hybrid model, actually. We think based on our experience especially from this primary the system is going to work for us. Chris well, you say you have a history of it but lets review that history because you had some problems in your primary last month. Some people got the wrong ballots, some people didnt get ballots at all. You had a different election in patterson, new jersey in may and four people were charged with voter fraud for harvesting ballots. I mean, that doesnt sound like a very good record, sir . Governor so, chris, the patterson experience was local election in may before the primary. I actually view that differently. I view that as positive data point. Some guys tried to screw around with the system, they got caught by law enforcement, they have been indicted, they will pay a price. So i actually have some optimism from that people try to screw with the system and they failed. The primary in july, im not suggesting you always have a thousand. You dont do that in inperson elections either theres always some glitches that youre dealing but overwhelmingly successful and, again, our hope to expand democracy and we believe this is the right way to do it. Chris but to answer some of the questions the president raises, whats the whats the danger, you know, people move, you send a ballot to to me at my house, but ive moved and now somebody else has got my ballot and they want to fill it out. What are the safeguards that you have that when you send a ballot out to somebody that they are going to be the one that sends ballots back and its their vote . Governor again, folks including the president who have concerns about voter security we all want to make sure that every vote counts, that every person gets to vote once. Weve got checks and balances for all of that, chris. Again, this is reality and learning from prior experiences. We actually have highdegree of success on the very point youre raising in terms of tracking people down in the july primary we just had, and, again, remember we are giving people the option to deliver ballot in secure box or in person. If theyre concerned on the Postal Service there are a number of ways to get vote counted. Chris they sent letter out to 46 states including new jersey recently in which they said that with this huge surge in mailin ballot, 33 million votes, absentee and mail in in 2016, we could be talking double or triple that, with this huge surge that they cant guaranty that theyre going to be able to get all the ballots out and return them in time to be counted. What do you think of that and what do you think of the president s opposition to the democratic proposal for 25 billion more for the Postal Service . Governor yeah, i support unequivocally more money for the post office, chris. We will do it a number of days after the election day where your mailin ballot can be counted for the reason you raised in terms of volume. This is the last thing we should be doing, politicizing the Postal Service. Its not as though it exists just vote by mail. Think of the seniors that relien it for rely on it for medicine and we need to fund the Postal Service and root for its success as oppose to the opposite. Chris do you think that the president and his post master general who is a big trump fundraiser, contributor, do you think they are playing politics with the Postal Service . Governor i cant say. Ive not dealt with the postmaster general and i have dealt with the chief operating officer of the post office and we will continue to by the way. We were very tough and strong on them during the primary and i can assure you that we will be doing the same during the general to make sure their performance is what it needs to be and also again back to congress, we need to fund properly and i strongly support that. Chris lets turn to the other big news this week, joe bidens new running mate, Kamala Harris, and her voting record in the senate. Harris was the first senator to cosponsor medicare for all before walking that back and including private insurance. She supports the green new deal, she wants to ban fracking and last year an independent group ranked her as the most liberal member of the u. S. Senate. Question, sir, is Kamala Harris too far to the left for swing voters . Governor chris, listen, i think shes a fantastic choice, both in her personal history, from an immigrant family, a woman, a woman of color, her professional experience as attorney general, as prosecutor, as a u. S. Senator, how she complements the how she complements Vice President biden. I think when you look at that ticket and you look at this party in this moment in time in our country, i dont think we could ask for a Better Running mate for Vice President biden. Chris what do you think of the president s continuing refusal to dismiss the claim that she is not eligible to run and serve as Vice President . Governor well, its not true and i and i hope and pray that the president moves off of that and gets to the substantive of the stuff. You put up a bunch of things that i suspect the president is not going to agree with. Lets hope for a debate based on substance, Campaign Based on substance, on the issues. This is one of the most extraordinary moments in our nations history. We owe it to our citizens, we owe it to members of both parties to focus on the facts, on the vision, on where we are going to go as a country and i hope we get to that sooner than later. Chris lets talk about the campaign, lets talk about joe biden as i mentioned President Trump is going to be campaigning around the country in key swing states this week while joe biden remains in delaware where he has been either delaware or a few miles away in pennsylvania throughout this this campaign since the Public Health crisis. I understand we are in the middle of the pandemic but would you like to see joe biden get out, to campaign more, to travel to more states and would you like to see him submit, participate in more interviews like youre doing right now . Governor listen, i cant speak for the Vice President but i think hes done this exactly as one would hope. We are in the midst of a pandemic. New jersey has paid an extraordinary price, over 14,000 lost lives. Its a lot better than it was a few months ago but, boy, we are not out of the woods yet, so balancing Public Health with the sacred right of voting as discussed with democracy, im sure the Vice President will be between now and election day up to his eyeballs in interviews and debates. Im sure he will get out there but weve got to get that balance and balance right. Thats a message i think thats being sent to america by the Vice President that this is a moment in time unlike any other and balancing Public Health with democracy is something that we have to get get right and i believe hes gotten it right so far and im sure he will continue to. Chris well, let me ask you about that. Lets talk finally about the coronavirus. Vice President Biden made this proposal this week. Take a look. Every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing. The estimates by the experts are will save over 40,000 lives in the next 3 months. Chris now, you have mandated that in your state people Must Wear Masks if theyre outside and cant socially distance. At least 6 feet apart. Do you think governors, all governors across the country should issue that kind of mandate . Governor i do, chris. I think the science and the data, the facts are unequivocal. It used to be up until a few weeks ago that the science said by doing so youre protecting others but the science now says it works both ways and i think if we had a a national as weve called for many weeks if not months, a national masking policy, i think we could accelerate dramatically driving this virus into the ground. Its been a big weapon for us in new jersey, but as a nation we are only as strong as our weakest link to have a national strategy, i think, would be a gamechanger. Chris governor murphy, thank you, thanks for joining us today. We will be following all of the events at the convention this week but i have to say i will miss seeing you in milwaukee. 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President trump will campaign in key battleground states while joe biden and Top Democrats make the case against his reelection. Joining us now from Trump Campaign headquarters in virginia is Senior Adviser steve cortez, steve, welcome to fox news sunday. Steve good morning. Chris does the Trump Campaign, does President Trump acknowledge that Kamala Harris is eligible to be the next Vice President of the United States . Steve yes, he made it clear in press conference and he said this is not an issue that we are going to be pursuing. Chris on the other hand, he didnt strike down the claim and im asking you about that because he once again yesterday was offered the opportunity to dismiss the false claim that because her parents werent were immigrants rather that she is not eligible to run even though she was born in the state of california. Here is the president this week on that subject. I heard it today that she doesnt meet the requirements and by the way the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highlyqualified, verytalented lawyer. I have no idea that thats right. I would have assumed the democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for Vice President. Chris isnt this just like the birth other claims that the president made against barack obama . Nothing can be easier than to say its a false claim, she is eligible, not to say, well, im not going to make an issue of it. Why not just say, its wrong, its false . Steve chris, yesterday he made it again very clear in press conference because there were questions after press conference on friday, by the way, the president has given press conference almost every day in star contrast to joe biden and continues to hide basement available to the press and on the issue of Kamala Harris, he said this is not something we will be pursuing. He never brought this up. The Campaign Never brought this up. Members of the media have asked him about it and trying to create a controversy that simply doesnt exist. Chris i will press it one more time and you can accuse me of being one of those media people, why say its wrong, its different to say its flat wrong, shes eligible to be the Vice President , why doesnt he say that . Steve look, again, i dont know why its incumbent upon him to opine on legal scholarship of the constitution and the 14th amendment. I dont think thats his place as president. What hes saying is we have not made an issue, we will not make an issue of this. Its a nonstarter from our point of view for the president and the campaign. Chris lets talk about a different issue. Your real problem with Kamala Harris which is that you say shes too far to the left. You heard me discuss that with governor murphy, but i want to put some other aspects of her voting record. She walked back support for medicare for all to include private insurance as part of the plan as California Attorney general, she supported the Death Penalty and as attorney general she resisted inner City Police Officer shootings of citizens, steve, none of that is far left. Steve look, i would say this about Kamala Harris when you look at her record, she seems to be an opportunist and