Precaution on television for that. This is how we prevail with joy. And how an exciting president is leading away. We now invite you to enjoy our Virtual Program coming to you from our air force pavilion Leadership Academy oval office with congressman matt mates jan gates. And john hi bush. Congressman matt gates. Welcome too the library. I wish we had you here and not social distance as you are on the different coast. What a terrific book. Congratulations. Sweetie thank you so much it was a joy writing it. Particularly a joy to participate in a life and trim vibrant movement in our politics today. Whether one is on the political right or political left, what we see is a lot of energy, passion and this he hasnt. I was glad to reflect on my perspective. Host i think i read in the book you love sports for you like baseball, he likes sports. I was a kid is in the baseball a lot. There is a book that came out maybe youve even read it it was by a pitcher for the yankees, same as jim boutin.
Text message. 2027488903. Again, the text number only. 488903. Please include your first name and your city on that text message. Here this evening looking at some of the reaction to tonights debate. Lets start with reporters take on it. Susan page moderated the one and only Vice President ial debate. She writes, this isnt the first time an incumbent president had a disastrous first debate, then seemed to learn some lessons for the second. She said witness reagan in 1984 and president obama in 2012. Someone who covers politics for the Washington Post notes the Vice President looked at his watch toward the end of the debate. Didotes that george w. Bush the same thing during one of his debates. He said the gaffe wasnt that bush looked at his watch, it was that he did so at a town hall debate where voters were asking him a question. He said it looked like an insult to those voters. Minutessays it took 41 to get a malarkey reference tonight. , a tweet that the 1988 Vice President ial debat
Constitutional principles. During this conversation, he talks about his new book firebranddispatches from the frontlines of the maga revolution book he is quoted as saying is your indication for fight. Energy and images and stories and this is not my chronological diary. This is how we prevail. And exactly how an exciting presence is leading the way. We know you invite you to our virtual oval office, me rep. Mat gaetz and the director john. Host welcome rep. Matt gaetz. What a terrific book and congratulations. Matt gaetz thank you so much and is particularly enjoyed to participate. It is a vibrant woman in our politics today. Whether one is on the political right for the political left what we see is a lot of energy in action and enthusiasm. Host i think i read in the book that you love sports in baseball. And when i was a kid and into baseball a lot. There was a book that came out. Maybe youve read it. And there was a picture for the yankees and his name was jim and i think the book
Philanthropist. Also save the giant panda at the zoo and also bringing the magna carta to the archives. So how do you do it all . What about your leadership . I feel i was as good of a leader as the people i interviewed so i talk about what i try to do as a leader to recognize i went out to interview the most famous that i knew who were leaders in business or culture and the book is a summary of what they told me it takes to be a leader. You feel any particular qualities of leadership from these people . So tell me what you found to be the most important quality or the connected thread . Assistance is number one because nobody wakes up and can get anything done that they want nobody has ideas that are sold brilliant when jeff basil so i will sell books on the internet people laugh also communicate with other people and learn on teach them so they can work with you and also its important to be humble with the humility that gets further than arrogance but in the end those that are they w
Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight, well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf minutes. Even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates, under their rules, may not question each other directly. There will be no opening statements, but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The