Were learning that the post master general himself will testify friday before a Republicanled Senate committee. This will be his first chance to answer questions about those delays in service and the implications for our election come november. Meanwhile, President Trump taking his voting rhetoric even further. In just the last two hours, the president raising the possibility of redoing the election. He said universal mailin ballots would be a disaster. He called them rigged. Your daily reminder, there is no evidence of widespread fraud when it comes to mailin voting. Also on the president s mind, the Virtual Democratic National Convention and first lady, former First Lady Michelle Obama at that same event this morning to honor womens right to vote. The president calling obamas keynote speech divisive. The overarching message democrats are hammering home at this unconventional convention, only one clear choice for americans in november. That seems to be their message in d. C. Has reporters across the country covering todays convention. In wilmington, delaware, ahead of night two. Take us through what we can expect tonight. Well, craig, you know the good thing is we got a sense of what day one looked like. We will know what the flow looks of this unconventional convention. So, where we saw Tracy Ellis Ross keeping things going and moderating. Tonights theme is leadership matters. Well hear from former president bill clinton and john kerry and then well hear from new leaders of the Democratic Party with al alexia and jill biden the second former lady. Its a sign this campaign is still introducing dr. Jill biden to the country. Shell give her speech at brandywine high school. The high school she taught english at several years ago. Also, there will be some official business going on tonight. This is still a convention and that formal nominating process for Vice President joe biden. It will take us across all 47 states and territories as they do that in the official role call nominee. As for the Vice President , hell have some Virtual Events today. Hell do an event with marin miranda and attend some of the state delegations virtually. Theyre trying their best to keep everyone engaged despite this being that virtual convention. A very busy day. Craig . All right. Shaq brewster there with a look at whats coming up. Ally, the first nights theme was we the people. We got to hear from former First Lady Michelle Obama. How is her speech setting the tone for what we will likely hear through the rest of this convention . Craig, you have to consider Michelle Obama the first and the second night of this Democratic Convention. The first night was largely laying out the case against President Donald Trump and really highlighting a trio of issues that have been hitting all of us, frankly, over the last few months. The pandemic, the economic recession and issues of racial injustice. So, Michelle Obama speaking very frankly and soberly to those issues while also outlining the kind of leadership that joe biden brings to the table. Listen to how she did that. Donald trump is the wrong president for our country. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consco consulation or any semblance of steadiness what we get instead is chaos, division and a total and other lack of empathy. If you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this. If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will. If we dont make a change in this election. And, craig, you called this an unconventional convention. I love the play on words there, but its true. This was kind of a hard thing to get in the groove of because it looked so different than everything we experienced through the lens of what a convention should look like. But at the same time, the format did have some benefits to it. For example, that kind of speech that Michelle Obama gave, thats one that would have been a little bit harder to replicate the intimacy and the sober nature of it if you had a raucous cheering Convention Floor before you. At the same time, it also allows democrats to highlight average voices that may not be on a typical convention stage. The kind of voters that shaq and i in a normal world would be out talking to every day. Were given a platform to highlight why these issues are important. Theyre not just pie in the sky policy issues but things hitting people at home and in their wallet and in their real lives. As we talk about this whole mess with the post office going on right now. Michelle obama was calling people to action saying now is the time to request your ballots. I think thats really important as we try to get into this whole situation of voting by mail new or novel, no . This is a practice that has been around for a long time. Democrats trying to hammer that home, as well. Thank you. Senator Bernie Sanders calling on his supporters to unite behind joe biden. Senator says that the stakes couldnt be higher. If donald trump is reelected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. To every one who supported other candidates in the primary. And to those who may have voted for donald trump in the last election. The future of our democracy is at stake. Nbcs jacob. What has been the reaction to sander supporters to that message of unity . How is it shaping their thinking ahead of november . Thats a good question, craig. If you want to understand what progressive voters think, no better place to come than los angeles county. The biggest county. The most populous county in the country. Senator sanders beat joe biden. Vice President Biden here by almost 10 percentage points. With all those other candidates in this primary election and here in silver lake, almost like a progressive within the progressive bastion and i want to introduce you to someone. Running for city council here in the city of los angeles and you had a lot of overlap. Your voters and your campaign really sort of relied on the Progressive Energy or maybe it was vice versa with Bernie Sanders of that campaign. We heard Bernie Sanders last night talk about trump as an authoritarian and also working with conservatives. What was your take on what he had to say . I think what his message was to everybody was that right now, americas facing a threat from authoritarianism and trump and for everybody who believes in a Better Future for america agrees on that. But because he also focused on policy more than anyone else did last evening. He talked about the 15 minimum wage and fighting Climate Change and the green new deal. He talked about things that i think are at the core of the progressive platform. So, i think he really made it clear that the agenda is to defeat trump but also push forward the progressive policy platforms that people have been fighting for across the country for a very, very long time. So, nithya if youre going to win here in los angeles and defeat a sitting incumbent, youre going to need those progressive voters in support of senator sanders and warren to show up come november. And we know when we looked back four years ago, that didnt necessarily happen here. Do you feel like the voters that youre going to need to win, the voters that joe biden and senator harris are going to need to win are going to show up here in los angeles . To me as somebody who has been here in l. A. Working with voters, talking to volunteers, we have only seen a surge in enthusiasm for working at the local level. After the primary ended. I think that there is a real hope that this National Agenda can really be achieved at the local level. In fact, a lot of the things he was talking about last night. The 15 minimum wage started in seattle. That started at the city level. We can make huge advances here towards getting 100 renewals and impabl 4 Million People in the city of los angeles. We can do so much here locally and to me the people who have been engaged with the campaign are so much more aware of the potential for local politics to drive us towards that change that he was articulating last night. I know we have to go, but just real quick before we do, how much further would you like to see that National Platform go to line up with the local issues that youre pushing for here on the ground . You know, i think that there are National Groups who are pushing that agenda. For me, the focus is on getting rid of trump at the national level, but locally to make that agenda clear at the local level. Because we do have so much power here. And i think what we can achieve at the local level is really incredible. Nithya, appreciate you talking to me and craig. What she says is a really important point. The progressive fire on the local level whether or not it translates with the National Ticket is key to ultimately succeed come november, craig. Jacob soboroff there for us in los angeles. Jacob, thank you. Lets turn now to former Los Angeles MayorAntonio Villaraigosa and served as chair back in 2012. Good to see you, mr. Mayor. Thanks for your time this morning. One of the messages good to see you, too. During that first night was unity. How effective was senator sanders at delivering that message, mayor . I think he was very effective. Look, hes the pied piper of progressives in our country. Hes made it absolutely clear. Hes all behind joe biden. And that its important for us to have people like john kasich at that convention. That its important for us to bring together the country around the notion that whether youre a democrat or a republican that we can do better. That we must do better. That we need a president who can unite us and inspire us and who can bring us together for a common and Better Future. You, the theme tonight is leadership matters. And theres a new nbc news wall street journal poll i want to call your attention to it. It shows voters backing President Trump over mr. Biden when it comes to the economy. When it comes to crime. But voters backed mr. Biden over the president when it comes to handling this pandemic. And race relations. Given tonights theme, how does your party effectively make the case that mr. Biden is the right leader for right now . Well, first of all, were moving in the right direction. You know, two months ago that on the economy was probably Something Like 30 points. Its gone down to ten. And its going to keep on going down. Because the economy is not working for too many people. California and other states have a great deal of homelessness, of poverty and i think people are starting to realize that even when the economy was hot, it was hot for, you know, the people at the top and not for enough people in the middle and the bottom. So, i think what we need to do is to continue to hammer home that we need an economy that works for more people. That we need an economy where people who have worked but because of coronavirus cant work. They need unemployment. We need to have a safety net for those people. We need to retrain people for the new economy and we need to get them ready to get back to work. While i have you, mr. Mayor. If senator harris is elected in november, perhaps youre aware that her senate seat becomes open. It will fall to Governor Newsom to appoint someone to complete that term. Are you remotely interested in being considered for that seat . I am passionate about public service. I think, you know, people are watching and looking at whats going to happen but we have to win an election first and ill do Everything Possible to make sure that the biden harris ticket is elected. I want to serve. And the best way i can serve between now and then is to work my tail off to make sure they get reelected. To be clear, that did not sound like a no. Its not a no. What it is, its a focus on whats at hand. You know, never count your chickens before theyre hatched. We have a lot of work to do. This is going to be a close election. They engage in voter suppression. Theyre calling into question the notion that absentee ballots and voting by mail are somehow going to create a situation where people could steal an election. The only person we saw is donald trump. We have to work our tail off to get these two people elected to unite our country and to come together again. And then we can think about vacancies in the u. S. Senate. 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A postal Union President says the early hours dont bother her, but what does are the dramatic changes shes seen recently in the way mail is delivered. Our Cardinal Rule is not to delay the mail to have someone come in and tell us were not going to deliver all the mail every day is a complete change in the culture that we were taught from day one. Reporter cash along with fellow poster workers michael of long island and daily of cleveland told me the new mandates implemented by post master general are causing an unprecedented slow down in mail. We want to just do our jobs to the best of our ability and, look, be given the resources to do them. Reporter dejoy, a republican mega donor and trump ally who took over as post master general in june argues his cost cutting measures are aimed at overhauling an agency suffering billion dollar losses. Overtime pay for workers, erased, post Office Operating hours reduced leading to service slow downs and delivery delays from coast to coast. We have mail that has been left in the plants. The way theyre stopping it. The mail is just not making it to transportation. Have you seen any improvements at all based on the changes the post master general has made . Nope, not a thing. None. From the top down. From the top down. Reporter the postal workers we spoke with insist the post office has the capacity to handle the expected surge in mailin ballots. We handle over a billion christmas cards every holiday season. We can handle a couple hundred million ballots coming through. Reporter they say theyre up to the job, if only given the chance. And, craig, the concerns about the delays extend well beyond the mailin ballots and retirees facing delays waiting for their checks and Small Business owners already slammed by the pandemic and more challenges because of these delays and military veterans who are dependent on mailorder prescription drugs from the va. Normally a three to fourday wait taking three to four weeks in some places, craig. Well, you know, my dad was a mail clerk for 40 years. I appreciate your commitment to the story and thank you for highlighting those postal workers who are just out there trying to do their job. Thank you, geoff. Right now, voters in florida are casting ballots. Its primary day from state level offices there. And it could be a test for, could b