President george bush, arkansas governor bill clinton and independent candidate ross perot. Here now is mr. Ross perot. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] good to see you thank you. Now, governor clinton. [applause] and now, president bush. [applause] about 30 seconds, we will be going on the air. Good evening and welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are, independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, the republican nominee. I am jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i will be the moderator for this 90 minute event, which is taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mashek of the boston globe, ann compton of abc news and sander vanocur, a freelance jo
In 1986 president bill clinton and republican president ial nominee bob dole debate debater. Twice next their first debate which focused on domestic issues. Jim lehrer moderate at the debate. Good evening from the theater, in connecticut, i am jim lehrer from the news, our on pbs. Welcome to the first of the 1996 president ial debates, between president bill clinton the democratic nominee, and senator bob dole, there were republican nominee. This event has been sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, it will last in 90 minutes, following a format and rules agreed by the campaigns. There will be two minute opening and closing statements. In between, a series of questions. Each having three parts. A 92nd answer a 62nd rebuttal, in a 32nd response. I will assist to candidates in adhering to those time limits, with the help of a series of lights, its about to both. Under their rules, the candidates are not allowed to question each other directly. I will ask the questions, the
Now at 11, the glass fire creeping dangerously close to calistoga. We are on the front lines as crews try to keep the flames from reaching town. Last time it was really close to the house. We still have a lot of trees, so we are worried. Im tracking high fire danger, record height temperatures and a continuation of poor air quality in thursdays forecast. New rules are on the way to prevent a repeat of last nights debate debacle. Good evening, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the glass fire ranging dangerously close to calistoga and now shifting winds are raising the threat of new fires and bringing suffocating smoke back to the bay area. Andrea nakano is in calistoga tonight with the effort to keep the flames at bay. Reporter air resources and ground crews attacked this fire north of calistoga all day, and they did a really good job. But as you can see behind me there is still an intense fire burning on a hillside. And the problem is, calistoga is surrounded by flames. Air tan
From reaching town. Last time it was really close to the house. We still have a lot of trees, so we are worried. Im tracking high fire danger, record height temperatures and a continuation of poor air quality in thursdays forecast. New rules are on the way to prevent a repeat of last nights debate debacle. Good evening, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the glass fire ranging dangerously close to calistoga and now shifting winds are raising the threat of new fires and bringing suffocating smoke back to the bay area. Andrea nakano is in calistoga tonight with the effort to keep the flames at bay. Reporter air resources and ground crews attacked this fire north of calistoga all day, and they did a really good job. But as you can see behind me there is still an intense fire burning on a hillside. And the problem is, calistoga is surrounded by flames. Air tankers made drop after drop as the fire raced up the hillside, just up the highway 29 a dc10 and a 747 were part of the aerotec
San jose, 103 santa rosa, low to mid 90s around the bay as well. Because of this heat, san jose is opening cooling centers for today. Those will be open starting at 11 00 and the library in san jose will be open starting at 1 00 p. M. Today just to give people some relief from the heat. Were also talking about that dangerous fire weather conditions with the red flag warning that will in effect for north bay mountains. It does include the glass fire as well as east bay hills diablo range and Santa Cruz Mountains. We will see winds kick up and lower relative humidity values, critical fire weather conditions today into tomorrow. Lets check in on the latest on road closures due to the glass fire. Its a laundry list of closures on surface streets. I will stick with highways such as 128, 29, highway 12, some of the larger thorough fairs that remain shut down. These areas will be closed until further notice. East and west bound, highway 12 from mount hawk way to trinity road, north and south