President ial and parliamentary elections but opposition parties say the vote has already been corrupted by manipulation and violence. Im going to have you with us germany closes down at least partially today german chancellor Angela Merkel and now its a limited National Lockdown for most of november the goal is to stop an out of control rise in corona virus infections bars gyms and theaters will shut next monday the bundesliga will have to proceed without stadium audience but schools and shops will stay open the government is earmarking up to 10000000000 euros and Financial Support for businesses hit hardest by the shutdown. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily coronavirus cases on wednesday chancellor Angela Merkel in the country 16 state premiers quickly found consensus. Theres a. Lot of it today is a difficult
Florida really is a microcosm of the nation. As florida goes, the nation goes. Four years ago, donald trump one foot up by 113,000 votes in a state of more than 10 million voters. He carried that narrow victory to the white house across the nation. Statea is a divided politically. We have diversity, diverse ethnic diverse in ethnic ways, economically as well as demographically. Voters,ters, younger byple who are divided democratic and republican. As florida goes, the nation will go. We have seen voting problems in the states. Is the state ready . I think the state is ready. It is remarkable because we have ago withcy of 20 years recounts and florida has we crafted and updated its voting systems that the state is very prepared for what we are seeing is kind of a record surge in early voting turnout and that is bit it has been going smoothly. What changes were made . Guest for one thing, we have for it a statewide standard the standard for recounts. Each county does not independently dec
On a ceasefire in the going to karabakh. Unrest in athens after leaders of the far right Golden Dawn Party a found guilty of running a criminal gang. And for the 1st time in its history the nobel prize for chemistry is said by 2 women that were developing the ability to edit d. N. A. The 2 candidates to be the next Vice President of the United States are preparing for a showdown in Salt Lake City in the coming hour as clear plastic barriers will separate my pens and call me the house who both reportedly tested negative for corona virus but the virus is likely to dominate the 90 minute debate which will focus on president Trumps Health and has been astray sions handling of the pandemic. Amidst the head spinning events of the past week the Vice President ial debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually v. P. Debates are side shows with the kids dates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger b
Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight, well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf minutes. Even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates, under their rules, may not question each other directly. There will be no opening statements, but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The
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