Albany, thomasville. The candidates are 8 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 four 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. The candidate will have 45 seconds for a rebuttal. We also have directed questions for individual candidates. 1 15 for aave response. The other candidate will have 45 seconds for comment if they choose to. Rebuttal rules will go into effect. The candidates tonight are republican incumbent david perdue and democratic challenger jon ossoff. 1 34 1 30 first starting remarks. Sen. Perdue my mom and dad were Public School teachers in middle georgia and i grew up working on our family farms. I worked my way through georgia tech and went on to have a Business Career and became a fortune 500 ce
President ial candidate tax plans. At 8 45, pennsylvania senator bob casey on the Upcoming Senate vote on Amy Coney Barretts confirmation to the Supreme Court. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for october 22. The fbi and the director of National Intelligence have accused two countries of attempting to influence this years election. Russia and iran, who according to officials not only gave voter info, but also according to officials sent emails aimed to intimidate voters and damage the president. Well see what officials have to say and get reaction from capitol hill and get your thoughts on this first hour of the program. Heres how you can call us pure 202 7488001 if you support President Trump and mike pence. 202 7488000 if you support joe biden and kamala harris. If you an undecided voter or support another candidate and want to give your thoughts on this latest, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and also post on twitter. Our Facebook Page is also available
Pg e did an ounce it is cutting power to 386,000 customers across northern california, starting tomorrow. Including nearly 100,000 here in the bay area, they say this is the biggest event of the year. The National Weather service has issued two overlapping red flag warnings for the bay area, the first goes into effect at 11 00 tomorrow morning, the second one starts at 8 00 p. M. , at that point, the entire bay area region will be under that warning, the National Weather Service Today also upgraded its high wind watch to a high wind advisory, starting at 4 00 p. M. Tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage of the fire danger, greg liggins tells us how fire crews and people around the bay area are getting ready. Mark tamayo is catching those conditions. Over the past several weeks, we have had several red flags fire warnings, this one has been in a league of its own, extreme conditions with not only strong, gusty winds, also very dry conditions, and we are not just targeting a few isolated p
But chairman Lindsey Graham said from the outset he would give both sides plenty of time to ask their questions. He started the q a. This scalia, he asked . Referring to the late anton scalia which barrett clerked and she share. Of the same philosophies. No, you would not get a justice scalia, you would get a justice barrett, she said. Dianne feinstein stepped in a controversy when barrett was nominated for a court of appeals position ago. There was none of that today and feinstein had questioning about roe v wade. Do you agree with Justice Scalias view that roe was wrongly decide . I do want to be forthright and answer every question so far as i can. I think on that question, you know, im going to invoke jug keegans description which i think is perfectly put when she was in her confirmation hearing, she said she was not grading precedent or give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. I think it would actually be wrong in a violation of the canons for me to do that. As barrett business out tha
The latest on this tragic story, kate . Reporter absolutely. It actually happening as we speak. Im going to step out of the way so that you can see all of the Police Officers, the tremendous support from law enforce 789 ced so many members of the San Francisco Fire Department who are here paying respects to jason cortez who died this morning around 11 00. His body was taken to the medical examiners van, which is still here on site and they have a plan to process through the streets to honor him and his service. Lets go ahead and take a look. This is firefighter paramedic jason cortez who died just before 11 00 this morning from his injuries. He was 42 years old. He started with the San Francisco Fire Department in 2007, and was recently assigned to station number three in the tender loin, which sffd says is the busiest station in the country. Around 10 00 this morning cortez was participating in a drill at this tower facility in the Mission District just two miles from San Francisco ge