Georgia democratic candidate for president. We thank you, president ford and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. There there are to be three debates between the president ial candidates and one between the vicepresident ial candidates. All are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund. Tonights debate, the first between president ial candidates in sixteen years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before an audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The Television Audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss
Between president ial candidates in 16 years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before the audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two minutes to respond. The next question will go to president ford with the same time arrangements, and questions will continue to be alternated between the candidates. Each man will make a threeminute stateme
The politicking on larry king with millions of americans hoping for additional stimulus checks and enhanced Unemployment Benefits can the parties agree on another bipartisan call the 19 relief package were talking about that would be honest to Senate Former u. S. Representative from ohio a former mayor of cleveland and a candidate for the democratic president ial nomination in 20042008 ok millions of americans hanging on to this whats going to happen and so theyre going to come to an agreement well they better have a situation where people are worried about being evicted about going into foreclosure they need money the government has no trouble when it comes to propping up wall street we have to do main street and that of course is going to me another stimulus check and it has to me Unemployment Benefits extended as well. If you were in congress what would be your plan well i do a couple things 1st of all i think that we are at the point where we need a bill that i talked about years a
Time for a National Health care program and its its astonishing to me larry that the democrats can take a stand for this in the platform in this election that they cannot say once and for all we have to have health care for all of our people if nothing else but what does it take that you cant even get it with a pandemic i mean come on. Harry truman proposed that in 1946. The year i was born so look i brought its the Democratic Platform Committee in 2000 and i was told by the Gore Campaign then that you know they asked me not to present it and so you have course i presented it anyway but the point is that this is an idea whose time its come again and again and again and now during the pandemic it is urgent that we strengthen the Health Safety net by making sure that everyone has access to health care and that the government plays a significant role in helping to pay for it one quote can President Trump do in this economy cant spend money thats congress can issue an executive order what
First program on my watch, as the former general manager of cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor for the broadcast division of united press international, the boys on the bus was required reading and i had the pleasure in the challenge, the legendary pie chamberlain of upi, a lot of you knew pie chamberlain. Looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history and heritage team, the 80 seventh president of the National Press club, the bureau chief of the gaylord News Washington bureau for university of oklahoma and a dear friend, mister gil klein. [applause] thanks so much. The role of the National Press clubs history and heritage group, the legacy of the clubs 112 year history as well as to explore the history of journalism especially in washington. We are pleased that on april 20 seventh the new book, new history of the club called tales from the National Press club is scheduled to b