In 1988 republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and democratic Vice President ial candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated in omaha, nebraska. A panel of four journalists asked questions of the candidate. Good evening. On behalf of the commission on president ial debates, im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss Mcneil Newshour and frontline. My colleagues are John Margolis of chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts, both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. Based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance one of the two men herep to t tonight will welcome president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. For the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidate
Going back and forth, there will be plexiglass tonight and social distancing tonight. We have more from what we can expect from utah. Were hours away from the first and only president ial debate. It will be an exciting night and one highly and faced. During a election year, it wouldnt draw a big audience. This year, all eyes are on Vice President mike pence and senator Kamala Harris. The president has covid19 and joe biden is 77 years old. Topics could include the economy, health care and the supreme court. A big focus will be on covid 19. Not only will the stage be different with plexiglass and 12 feet of space between the two. The pressure is on for the Vice President mike pence will have to talk about the handling of the pandemic. He will put harris in the hot seat too. He could push her on changing her stance on the green new deal. He may try to separate her from joe biden. Dont expect this to be as chaotic as the first debate. He said given the temperament it will be different. Mi
Harrison mike pence prepared to trade blows in a televised debate in a few hours taking place just over a week after the chaotic president ial showdown between trump and by. Live from moscow this is r. T. International on call in bray with the News Headlines stories and reaction were tracking for you this hour 1st then russia has dismissed the findings of the Global Chemical weapons watchdog the o. P. C. W which said nerve agent was used to poison a high profile kremlin critic alexina valmy. Until youre given documents materials samples material evidence we will consider all that surrounds this incident an unbridled Propaganda Campaign of lies were simply put a low grade provocation its purpose is. Obvious denigrate russia with unsubstantiated accusations and thereby create a far fetched reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country moscow says its still awaiting any response to its repeated requests to germany asking to be allowed to cooperate in the investig
People every day. Reject their new contract and create new legislation to defund thank you. Thank you, maam, for your comments. All right. We have 29 listeners and 12 speakers in the queue. Operations, lets hear from the next caller caller tonight im calling like so many of the other callers to object to the murderous, officials, and oppressive policing in this city, especially i wish we could change it. I dont exactly know the framework to have that conversation, but i know that our resources are misallocated and we have the resources to suppress a protest, but not see the future. When our food banks are begging for food and our nurses are begging for food and yet the police discussions of their vastly bloated budget to murderously oppress us are to be held behind closed doors. The discussion should be public. It should be our right as citizens to participate in is being renegotiated for three years behind closed doors . That alone is objectionable thank you for your comment. Operatio
Prepare for their first debate. Says it is close to compromise in australia that would force it to pay for news desk get a quick check of the market. Usurers are under pressure. Futures are under pressure. The s p 500 lost half a percent in the regular session. The volume was lower than the 20 Day Moving Average given that we had the first president ial debate coming up at about three hours. Data was positive. Consumer, its jumping u. S. Consumer confidence was jumping. Companies imported more on demand. That news sent the dollar weaker. We got some fiscal stimulus negotiations and talk about a potential deal continuing to affect the markets. Look at what oil is doing. It continues to fall down toward 39 per barrel. Thats the lowest level in two weeks. It is plunging below the 100 Day Moving Average for the First Time Since june. Top traders are saying that oil will not meaningfully recover for at least another 18 months. The resilience of the chinese economy that drives the ecocalenda