And his relationship with the left of the Democratic Party. Will their performance swing any votes . Well have analysis of the debate with the bbcs katty kay and laura trevlyan as well as amanda renteria, former National Political director for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and republican strategist ron christie President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are now about half an hour away from their first debate of this years us president ial election. With a distinct lack of Campaign Events due to the pandemic, the political clash is seen as the best chance for both sides to make their case to the country. But this contest wont be quite like anything weve seen before, while as many as 100 million americans will tune in to watch the two men go head to head, only 70 will be in the room to see donald trump and joe bidens verbal joust. Laura trevelyan is our correspondent in cleveland. What are we expecting . High drama. Ican what are we expecting . High drama. I can tell you thatjoe biden
So allowed to have civil unions, so how much of a shift is this in the vatican stands . Within the past hour, the former us president barack obama has sharply criticised his successor donald trump in his successor donald trump in his First Campaign speech in support of the Democratic Pa rtys support of the Democratic Partys president ial candidate and his former Vice President joe biden. Speaking at a rally in philadelphia, barack obama said donald trump is not shown interest in anyone else but himself. He also criticised the president s and with the economy and the pandemic. Blood, the thing is, this is not a reality show. This is reality. And the rest of us have had to live with the consequences of him proving himself incapable of taking the job seriously. At least 220,000 americans have died. More than 100,000 Small Businesses have closed. Millions ofjobs are gone. 0ur proud reputation around the world is in tatters. Right now, as we speak, donald trump will not even extend relief t
Hello and welcome to our bbc special coverage. So here we are, the last us president ial debate before americans go to the polls a week on tuesday. On a stage in nashville, tennessee this evening, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden will have 90 minutes to make the case to any undecided voters who are left that they are the best person to lead the nation for the next four years. There will be policy, there will be political posturing, but what about simple politeness . Unlikely. Youll remember the last time these two men shared a stage, it was a loud, raucus, messy affair so many interruptions by the end, neither of them came out looking particularly good. This time, the rules have changed a bit. The Debate Commission has introduced a mute button, giving each candidate two minutes, uninterrupted, to make their case, at the start of the six sections of the debate. But after that, its open debate and the gloves are off. So lets get right to it. Laura trevelyan is at Belmo
And the first Asian American Vice President. She says voters have sent americas children a clear message to dream with ambition. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. Once again, donald trump heads for the golf course. His Campaign Still refuses to admit defeat. Its the first full day since joe biden became president elect of the United States. When he spoke to his supporters last night in delaware he said it was time to stop treating opponents as our enemies. Today he has been seen again but this time taking a private moment to attend church in greenfield. Mr trump has still not conceeded the election. He has been on the move as well today. Again he has gone to play golf, as he did yesterday when the results were coming in. In his victory speech mr biden said his administration would marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope. Well have reaction to t
Kentucky. California went as expected to joe biden kentucky. California went as expected tojoe biden who is also projected to win Washington State and oregon. In the last few minutes, florida has been projected to have been won by President Trump. With 29 Electoral College seats, the state was seen to be crucial for a trump victory. A short time agojoe biden told supporters he Still Believes he is on track to win. He said it was clear a result could take a while because of early and mail in voting and said it would not be over until every vote was counted. Good evening. Your patience is commendable. We knew this was going to go on but who knew we would go into maybe tomorrow morning, may be longer . We feel good about where we are. We longer . We feel good about where we a re. We really longer . We feel good about where we are. We really do. I am here to tell you we believe we are on track to win this election. We knew, because of the unprecedented early vote, mail in vote, it would ta