Spirit this debate will not be like others. Our candidates join us remotely. After several days of confirmation hearings, miss greenfield is live from altoona. Matt breen anchors the evening news, the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines Register and ron steele is evening news anchor in waterloo. Senator joni ernst running for her second term in u. S. Senate, native of iowa answer for 23 years, normally the first woman in iowa to serve in federal office but the first female veteran elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Teresa greenfield, raised on a small harmon soda, moved to iowa to attend college, has a background in planning and real estate and development in iowa. In 2018 she briefly ran for congress, she was in the morning with her husband. For the rules of the debate, candidates get 50 seconds to answer a question. Of the candidate is mentioned by name she will get 30 seconds to respond. The yellow light indicates 10 seconds remain. Candidates get 60 seconds for closing st
Will begin with President Trump on the campaign trail and on the attack. Not against his opponent but the countrys top Infectious Disease experts. In a series of insults on twitter, he said he is a disaster and called fauci and other experts idiots, with just 15 days until the election and down in the polls in nearly every battleground state, tonight the president appears intent on minimizing the onavirusrus pandemic, telling Campaign Staffers that americans are tired of hearing about the virus and just want it to be left alone. But the president s comments come as the countrys leading Public Health experts are now warning that the next three months will be the worst of the pandemic. Nationwide the number of new single day infections has reached a new high. Since this summer and hospitalizations are up in 39 states. Tonight in a cbs news exclusive were inside one of the hardest hit hospitals in wisconsin, a state where new infections have exploded and where doctors are struggling to ke
The dest, kcci, moines register, kwwl, and ktiv and senator joni ernst challenger theresa greenfield. In true 2020 spirit, this debate will not be like others you have seen. Steve, myself, and our three moderators are here in person. Our candidates join us remotely. Senator ernst is in washington after several days of confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett. Miss greenfield is live from altoona. Moderators. T our we have the chief politics reporter for the des moines register. And ron steele is the evening news anchor at kwwl. Is anator joni ernst native of red oak, iowa, and served in the military for more than 23 years. Is the first female veteran elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Democrat theresa greenfield hopes to unseat senator ernst. She was raised on a small farm in minnesota and moved to iowa to attend college. She has a background in urban planning. In 2018, she briefly ran for congress in iowas third district. She lives and oman with her husband. Now for the ru
Dont touch the doorknob if its too hot. This could be quite a mess. There are already long lines. Voting is under way in several states, including california, where not only are people casting their ballots, theyre also cleaning them. Sacramento county officials are asking people to stop disinfecting their mailin ballots. The registrar of voters says they have received at least 100 ballots damaged by disinfecting alcohol spray. In one case the registrar says someone microwaved their ballot. Jimmy well. That makes sense. What set doing you use to microwave a ballot . Potato . I have to say, if youre purelling and microwaving your mailin ballot, im okay with you sitting this one out votewise. There are brazen attempts to steal this election going on already. After months of trump yammering about how the vote is rigged, the vote is rigged, the vote is rigged, the California Republican party stands accused of setting up illegal ballot boxes to collect votes. More than 50 unofficial ballot
Greenfield. Raceical report rates this a tossup. Due to technical difficulties by the host, a portion of this debate not be shown. Kcci eightatching a news commitment 2020 special. U. S. Senate debate. Good evening and welcome to des moines for a live debate between iowas two candidates. The dest, kcci, moines register, kwwl, and ktiv and senator joni ernst challenger theresa greenfield. In true 2020 spirit, this debate will not be like others you have seen. Steve, myself, and our three moderators are here in person. Our candidates join us remotely. Senator ernst is in washington after several days of confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett. Miss greenfield is live from altoona. Moderators. T our we have the chief politics reporter for the des moines register. And ron steele is the evening news anchor at kwwl. Is anator joni ernst native of red oak, iowa, and served in the military for more than 23 years. Is the first female veteran elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Democ