I attended mass earlier today and prayed for Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and her family did the nation lost heroin and an icon. They also lost a mother. The grandmother and a matriarch. You know how hard that is to watch a piece of your soul absorb the cruelty and pain of the dreadful disease of cancer. I spoke to her daughter and granddaughter last night, expressing my whole familys sorrow, particularly my grown granddaughters, one of whom was a student of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs daughter at columbia. They made clear to me, the daughter and granddaughter, that until the very end, Justice Ginsburg displayed the character and courage we would expect of her. And givetheir hands them strength and purpose to carry on. It has been noted that she passed away on rosh hashanah. By tradition, a person who dies on the jewish new year is considered a soul of great righteousness. That was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A righteous soul. It was my great honor when i was in the senate and chairman of the Judicia
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Were going to try to do that im sorry the Vice President had more time than shes had so far and theres against President Donald Trump. Regarding men and women of our armed forces are absurd im sorry Vice President s up to the United States marine corps my son in laws deployed in the United States navy i can assure all of you with sons and daughters serving in our military President Donald Trump not only respects but reveres all of those who serve in our armed forces and any suggestion otherwise ridiculous labels i say in paris that ive heard people deserve this is your 3rd and people decided to tell various president s i did i could maybe get it or not susan i didnt want me to know for tonight joe biden here campaigns agreed to the rules for tonight i bait with the commission on present of us im here to enforce them which involves moving from one topic to another giving roughly equal time to both of you right which is what im trying very hard to go read it so i want to go ahead and mov
Heres what we can expect tonight in these covid times. For the first time ever, plexiglass will separate mike pence and Kamala Harris on stage. The candidates will be separated by a bit more than 12 feet apart. Tonights moderator, susan page of usa today, is not prerelease topics. The Debate Commission says there will be nine segments about 10 minutes each. Lets bring in tom bevan, president and cofounder of real clear politics. Tom, good evening and welcome back to our coverage. A little more than a week later. Lets start with the Vice President. What is mike pences challenge tonight . Hes got a tall order. I think mike pence is going to have to be very, very sharp. Hes got to present a robust defense of the Trump Administrations record. He has to present a forwardlooking vision as to what the Trump Administrations will do if they were given another four years. He has to press Kamala Harris on the questions that the campaign has not answered. Does she and joe biden support packing the
Susan good evening, from the university of utah in salt lake city, welcome to the first and only Vice President ial debate of 2020, sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Im susan page of usa today. It is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. In Kingsbury Hall tonight, we have a small and socially distanced audience, we have taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the bait, and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] susan senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington a