Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. Before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. Those cards were collected and then given to me this afternoon. My job, under the rules of the evening, was to decide the order the questions will be asked and to call on the questioners accordingly. I also have the option of asking
A 2 thirds by the thirtys by the government with all due respect on the part of those who opt for this. To sign a faith in people that youre putting yourself above as with dorothy and seeing citizens as children they dont understand the u. S. Supreme court has rejected a republican bid to limit when mail in ballots can be received in 2 key swing states pennsylvania and North Carolina it means that votes that have been posted on november 3rd can be counted for several days off towards azerbaijan has accused of killing at least 21. 00 civilians and a missile strike bringing a fat attempt at a cease fire and to dash the attack on the city of bada is the deadliest against civilians since fighting fat a month of their. More than 40 people are missing in vietnam after typhoon struck the region the government says at least 13 people have died from landslides caused by the storm strong winds ripped off roofs and uprooted trees its one of the strongest storms to hit jet in decades and hurricane
But its reported one of the lowest death rates and politicians say the rise in new cases is slowing aid workers in vietnam say that at least 50 people have been killed and dozens of missing after a powerful typhoon triggered landslides in some remote areas at least 12 fisherman have also been killed Florence Louis reports from kuala lumpur the 2 villages where the worst of the landslides took place is in a coastal province in Central Vietnam and this is a region that still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed about 130 people and destroyed hundreds of homes the government says this typhoon that hit has damaged 50000 homes and left millions of people without electricity and heavy rain is forecast to continue until at least saturday. U. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe has described the Chinese Communist party is the biggest threat to religious freedom he was speaking during a visit to indonesia he said the party had tried to justify its brutalization of muslims as ne
In georgia, senator perdue is running for reelection. We will show you a debate where he squares off with democratic candidate jon ossoff. The georgia Great Television station presents republican incumbent david perdue and democratic challenger jon ossoff in the 2020 georgia u. S. Senatorial debate. Now, here is your moderator, mike cihla. Moderator good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im mike cihla. Wtoc is hosting a debate for the senatorial race with candidates republican incumbent david perdue and jon ossoff. In addition to wtoc, this debate is also airing in acosta, columbus, albany, thomasville. The candidates are eight feet apart and as you can see, there is a plexiglas divider between them. We are following cdc recommendations. Here are the rules for tonights debate. Candidates will have 1 30 for opening and closing statements, 1 15 to answer a question when it is posed to both. Candidates can request a rebuttal if they are named or attacked by the candidate in their answer.
Highly contested races in u. S. History. The outcome was not decided until five weeks after the boaters went to the polls, when the u. S. Supreme court stopped the florida recount. This awarded the states electoral votes to president bush. Mr. Lehrer good evening from the field house at Washington University in st. Louis. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. [applause] before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who , along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the comm