Term limited after eight years in office. [applause] i am steve barnes. The rules for the debate as always were agreed upon by all of the candidates prior to the debate and they are these, each nominee will have one minute to respond to questions in the candidates will have 30 seconds for rebuttal if they elect to use those 30 seconds, and at the conclusion of questioning, each candidate will have one minute for closing statement. The order of candidate questioning was determined prior to the debate in a drawing overseen by the candidates themselves or their representatives. Our first question will come from donna. Thank you all for being here, we appreciate it. The first question, i want to talk about National Versus state politics. To an extent, National Politics have had an influence on local politics but in this election, it seems we may have lost balance. Are we talking too much about washington, d. C. . Is this a referendum on donald trump and joe biden or a race between you cand
Sanders that we are putting kids on a pathway to prosperity and building a skilled, qualified workforce at home so everyone has opportunity. Making sure the communities our kids grow up in are safe. These are the things i will focus on and prioritize as governor and these are the things i spent the last two years talking about in the state of arkansas. Mr. Jones, you have one minute. Jones thank you to the moderators. Sarah, thank you for being here for the first time. This has always been about arkansas. I am a seventh generation arkansan. We set out to listen to our kansans all over the state. We traveled to all the counties and heard from arkansas and what they are saying is they really want us to get back to the bread and butter matter. That is why our agenda is straightforward. It is about spreading pb and j across the whole state. Think about a bad pita butter and jelly sandwich. Sometimes you take a night and all you get is dry bread. We need preschool broadly across the entire
Commencements since becoming president. It comes after the white house fallout of the sudden dismissal of james comey during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the Trump Administration or rather trump campaign, i should say and russia. Now this is as four candidates prepare to interview today for the fbi director job. We have a team of political reporters and analysts standing by here. Lets begin with cnn washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles who is at the commencement. You see him there on the left. What are you hearing from the crowd there . I understand theres about 7,000 students and families who will be watching. What are they saying . What do they expect . Reporter well, this is expected to be a pretty friendly crowd for the president. This is a group of people and voters in particular that generally supported him during the election and, of course, here at Liberty University their president Jerry Falwell jr. A very influential evangelical leader that allowed the th
Thanks. Those are some great points on this major day. Martin luther king day and where are we . Live from washington, d. C. Overlooking the Nations Capital. In four days, donald trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. This morning, theres some fighting going on. Fighting an icon. Congressman and civil rights warrior john lewis set to speak out for the First Time Since trump attacked him on twit over this. President elect as a legitimate president. As a growing rift as members of congress announce theyre boycotting his swearing in. The head of the Inauguration Committee joins us live. Health care for all. The president elect in a brand new interview overnight promising to repeal obamacare but Keep Health Care for everyone while across the nation massive protests to protect obamacare taking place. And the game of spy blame. The head of the cia criticizing trump. I dont think he has a full appreciation of russian capabilities, russian intentions. Accusing hi