Three hours of reaction to the debate. And once again, we want to show you tonight the debate. Ms. Welker good evening from Belmont University in nashville, tennessee. I am kristen welker, and i welcome you to the 2020 residential debate between president donald j. Trump and former Vice President joe biden. Tonights debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and conducted under health and safety protocols. The audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, boos, or other interruptions except for right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will
Another wave of covert 19 cases. Nigerias president sent out a warning to protesters after another night of widespread unrest and violence during the push for his resignation. So that in just an hours time u. S. President donald trump will meet democratic nominee joe biden for the final debate ahead of the elections on november the 3rd organizers in nashville in tennessee have made changes to the format same did avoiding a repeat of trumps interruptions during the 1st debate lets cross to our White House Correspondent can we how can his outside weather debate will be taking place in nashville in tennessee and say kimberly there will be an audience of tens of millions it promises to be quite a show so we have trouble maybe a breakthrough and biden i guess just needs to keep it steady. Yeah thats exactly it trying to avoid any major mistakes is really the goal for joe biden in all of this and for Donald Trumps part what hes trying to do is provoke that so what we expect throughout the 90
Before election day on november 3rd. The candidates will face off in about three minutes. Belmont university in nashville, tennessee. You may remember the first debate. It was filled with interruptions. Quite unorthodox. The commission on president ial debates decided to change the rules a bit. The microphone of the candidate who isnt speaking will be muted for the first two minutes of each separate debate topic. Lets get you to the white house correspondent, Kristen Welker, who is moderating the debate. The Debate Commission said she will not be responsible for Fact Checking the candidates but our analysts is standing by to do just that. For realtime Fact Checking, you can go to nbc news. Com. We just saw a few moments ago, the guests have been seated. The candidates are waiting to take the stage. Lets get to you. So much anticipation here at Belmont University. You can hear a pin drop as they walk out on the stage. Watch for President Trump to go after joe bidens son hunter biden. An
Charles, what do you think is most at stake for the president tonight . If you buy the consensus he is down in the polls, whatever you think of the polls he has got to make the stronger pitch, a, do you buy that and what does he do . I think he has got, he has got to again remind people, because we talked earlier about the fact that you know, at this point a lot of folks are taking their own personal economy for granted. A lot of people still have jobs. Their wages have gone up. They have bought a house. Homeowner ship the highest level since Third Quarter of 2018. The highest ever for hispanics. He has to remind them, listen this, doesnt happen by accident. You went through eight years we recovered from a recession but it was the worst postrecession recovery in history. We were limping along. When my policies hit there is a direct line. You know the tax cuts went into effect in january of 2018. That year immediately we saw bluecollar wages skyrocket. It wasnt a tax cut that just benef
Lou dobbs, maria bartiromo. Charles, what do you think is most at stake for the president tonight . If you buy the consensus he is down in the p, whateverou think of the polls he has got to make the stronger pitch, a, do you buy that and what does he do . I think he has got, he has got to again remind people, because we talked earlier about the fact that you know, at this point a lot of folks are taking their own personal economy for granted. A lot of people still have jobs. Their wages have gone up. They have bought a house. Homeowner ship the highest level since Third Quarter of 2018. The highest ever for hispanics. He has to remind them, listen this, doesnt happen by accident. You went through eight years we recovered from a recession but it was the worst postrecession recovery in history. We were limping along. When my policies hit there is a direct line. You know the tax cuts went into effect in january of 2018. That year immediately we saw bluecollar wages skyrocket. It wasnt a t