Welcome to this evenings here in nashville. I am janet brown, executive director of the commission on president ial debates. Over the next few minutes, you will hear ground rules for the and many expressions of gratitude to the people and organizations who got us here tonight. I would like to start with three of them, who are genuine champions of debate and true cpd, dr. To the robert fisher, the president of beaumont university. It served as a backup site in 2016. To make thised evening happen in spite of a lot of challenges 2020 has brought to this campus and all the others across the country. They dont come any better than bob and his colleagues. The second is nashvilles on martin slutsky. [applause] marty has been the cpds executive producer since 2000. 23rd debate. S we could never do this without marty. He is a treasure. Cochair, is our third scott writings, who is not here with us this evening. She has been in louisville, she isy at home, but here in spirit. She is an asset to t
There are cameramen, lighting people, people who produced this great background. We have over 60 of them and we have had 4 debates in 4 different parts of this country, and thanks to United Airlines who stepped up to the plate and is providing have charge air service for our entire crew providing free of charge air service for our entire crew, so we really owe United Airlines. This one sounds funny, but we also owe anheuserbusch a great thank you, not only for their beer, but what they have done for this commission for many, many years. Its a little less of a list now. Normally, if we were here, there would be 900 of you probably in this audience, but with coronavirus, it just was not necessary for us possible for us to do that, but they have always provided a giant tent with the food to feed 5000 reporters that usually come from all over the world, our crew, newspeople who are here, and anheuserbusch is with us again this year, and we thank you. The pentagram was really responsible fo
President ial debates mikes will be muted so cut out interruption. And nasa prepares for a touchdown on an asteroid to unlock some of the secrets of our universe. And. All the sport that is cowboys suffer a crushing defeat against the arabs on a cart and still remain top of the division. How are we begin the news hour with sudan that could be about to end more than 25 years of International Isolation and boost its transition to democracy the us President Donald Trump says hes ready to remove the country from a list the state sponsors of terrorism thats likely to bring an injection of International Investment and allow urgently needed debt relief will speak to. Correspondent had a morgue and a moment but 1st heres her report. This is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u. S. List of state sponsors of terror and kept most Foreign Investors away for more than 25 years. In august 1908 truck bomb attacks on the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more
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