This is the opportunity to get some clarity about the candidates and where they stand clear whoring one holding this form in person however with the senate so in session Susan Collins cannot attend in person we were told sarah would not appear in person is senator collins did not so we are having a virtual gathering. The candidates tonight in alphabetical order Susan Collins, sarah gideon and max went and lisa savage. Will be posing questions to the candidates each have one minute to answer each candidate will have an opportunity to ask a question of another candidate with the same time limit and each will have a time limit for a closing statement and senator collins i will begin with you so to block consideration of expensive pandemic when he falls and rest confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee and things you have disagreed with the Washington Post to white house not to strike a deal with pelosi before the election with the planned confirmation of judge. Next me to the Supreme Court
Anything to in conjunction with the chamber of commerce we are the four candidates for u. S. Senate and maine the 300,000 and residents have cast ballots but many will do so with absentee voting are at the polls on november 3rd this is the opportunity to get some clarity about the candidates and where they stand clear whoring one holding this form in person however with the senate so in session Susan Collins cannot attend in person we were told sarah would not appear in person is senator collins did not so we are having a virtual gathering. The candidates tonight in alphabetical order Susan Collins, sarah gideon and max went and lisa savage. Will be posing questions to the candidates each have one minute to answer each candidate will have an opportunity to ask a question of another candidate with the same time limit and each will have a time limit for a closing statement and senator collins i will begin with you so to block consideration of expensive pandemic when he falls and rest con
We present the four candidates. Nearly 300 people have already cast ballots, but many more will do so in a early absentee voting or at the polls. This is an opportunity to try to get clarity about the candidates and where they stand. We had planned to hold this in person and were set up to do so , however with the senate still in session, senator collins cannot be there in person. When we should that news with the other candidates sara , gideons Campaign Said she would not appear in person if collins did not, so we have moved to a virtual gathering. Our candidates are Susan Collins, the democratic speaker of the house sara gideon, max linn and lisa savage. I will be posing questions to the candidates and each will have one minute to answer and followup discussion will be at my discretion. Each candidate will have an opportunity to ask a question of another candidate and each candidate will have one minute for a closing statement. Senator collins, i will begin with you, Mitch Mcconnell
However with the senate so in session Susan Collins cannot attend in person we were told sarah would not appear in person is senator collins did not so we are having a virtual gathering. The candidates tonight in alphabetical order Susan Collins, sarah gideon and max went and lisa savage. Will be posing questions to the candidates each have one minute to answer each candidate will have an opportunity to ask a question of another candidate with the same time limit and each will have a time limit for a closing statement and senator collins i will begin with you so to block consideration of expensive pandemic when he falls and rest confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee and things you have disagreed with the Washington Post to white house not to strike a deal with pelosi before the election with the planned confirmation of judge. Next me to the Supreme Court. I still support leader mcconnell for your party does he make it harder to find Bipartisan Solutions . Collins let me thank you in
Be changing of course were going to be anywhere from mild. So even warm in some spots not hot though were going to be very below normal for this time of year. So i will get to all those details in just a few minutes now back to the news okay. Thank you very much were back at 6 oclock weve got update you on the latest with the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is set to very soon now pass. Another grim milestone with a 141,000 americans dying from the virus across america nearly 60,000 people are currently hospitalized with infection. The cdc now forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will be killed by the virus. By august 8th, and now Health Officials and government leaders are pushing for americans to where masks. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended doing it President Trump is now also telling americans that its necessary to wear masks in fact tweeted a