Between the president ial candidates and one between the vicepresident ial candidates. All are being arranged by the league of Women Voters Education Fund. Tonights debate, the first between president ial candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before an audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The Television Audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. Answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two
Both bush and obama to some extent were prisoners of the situation. Onouncer this sunday night q a, Robert Samuelson talks about his columns on business u. S. Conomic issues and the Economic Performance under president obama. Policies that essentially were aimed at buttressing his reputation and legacy and it seemed to me, undermined general confidence. Onouncer sunday night cspans q a. 1976 debate between gerald ford and jimmy carter. Then, jimmy carter and Ronald Reagan in 1980. After that, the debate when al gore in george w. Bush. President gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter debated in philadelphia. It was the first president ial sittingeaturing eight president. Debate, tvend of the interviewers interviewed during an audio loss. This is to hours. Edwin newman, moderator good evening. Im edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. Ford of michigan, republican candidate for president , and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic c
University in new york, beginning at 7 30 eastern with a preview of the debate. And, the predebate briefing for the audience. At 9 00 p. M. , live coverage of the debate, with reactions. The 2016 president of debate on cspan. Watch anytime ondemand at www. Cspan. Org, or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Ford76, president gerald and former georgia governor jimmy carter debated in philadelphia. It was the first president ial debate in 16 years, and the first televised residential debate featuring a sitting president. There was an audio loss toward the end of the debate, with nbc News Reporters interviewing officials from each campaign while the problem was fixed. This is two hours. Moderator good evening, i am edwin new win moderator of this , first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. Ford of michigan, republican candidate for president , and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. We thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for
Immigration is a disheartening spectacle, mr. Byron york says, and i think thats true. Another Associated Press article rarecently said this, backlash stirs in the United States against more Foreign Worker visas. But amid cause for expanding the nations socalled h1b visa program, there is a growing pushback from americans who argue that the program has been hijacked by Staffing Companies that import cheaper, lowerlevel workers to replace more expensive u. S. Workers, or keep them from e getting hired in the firpin the first place. It is getting pretty bad when you cant compete for jobs said a veteran Computer Programmer in boston. You hear references all the time that these Big Companies cant find skilled workers. Im a skilled worker. How about this paper. The stem crisis thats science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There are not enough stem graduates to fill the job needs. This article says this the stem crisis is a myth. Oche ed by robert sharet, contributor he hadder ifer
This race will not be about personality; and this campaign will not get into personalities. George bush served bravely in americas great war. George bush is a man of graciousness, honor, and integrity, who has given half a lifetime to his nations service. But the differences between us now are too deep. He is yesterday and we are tomorrow. [applause] he is a globalist and we are nationalists. He believes in some pax universalis; we believe in the old republic. He would put americans wealth and power at the service of some vague new world order; we will put america first. So, to take my party back and take our country back, i am today declaring my candidacy for the republican nomination for the president of the United States. [applause] pat you are watching cspans president ial campaign announcements. A reminder that you can watch all of these shows, including speeches and debates on our website. Just type go to the website go to the white house in the search bar. Our program continues,