Mount Washington University, in st. Louis. The audience was made up of undecided voters chosen by the galaxy organization. Good evening from the field house at washington arizonian st. Louis. I am jim letter, or of the news hour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President all galore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush from texas. Lets welcome the candidates, now. [applause] before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mail karen ham, of mystery, along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night, near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue know that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The four months and the rules were worked out by the commission, and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters, who identify as being on committed by t
Strong safety net. There needs to be a safety net in america. And, yes, farmers are the first environmentalists. And when they decide not to plow a field that is vulnerable to soil erosion, that may cause them a little money, but it helps the environment. I think we ought to have an expanded conservation reserve program. And i think that the environmental benefits that come from sound management of the land all to represent a new way for farmers to get some income that will enable them, enable you to make sensible choices in crop rotation, and when you leave the land fallow and the rest. Now, i go beyond that and say i think we need much more focus, Rural Economic Development programs. I see a time when the internet based activities are more available in the rural areas than where the extra source of income that farm families used to have from shoe factories is replaced by an extra source of income from working in the information economy. So we need to do a lot of things but ought to s
Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. Before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. Those cards were collected and then given to me this afternoon. My job, under the rules of the evening, was to decide the order the questions will be asked and to call on the questioners accordingly. I also have the option of asking
Welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate of president , and Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas, and lets welcome the candidates now. Hello. Hello, jim. Good to see you. Governor. Good to see you both. Nice to see you again. How are you all . Before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri along with his son and former chief of staff died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today, each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. Those cards were collected and then given to m
This is a partnership between public media, the league of women voters. Civic Engagement Center and history, philosophy and social science department, and the vote everywhere initiative. Our candidates our democratic nominee and incumbent congressman. Early voting begins this weekend and election day is november 3rd and absentee ballots are already in the mail. Voting access has been expanded this year to address concerns amidst the pandemic and here are the ground rules each candidate has one minute for opening and closing statements. The first position will go to mr. Price. We are still taking questions from the voters and candidates will take turns answering questions. Each candidate has two minutes per answer. As moderator i reserve the privilege to add a followup question if i feel the answer isnt clear. No candidate has seen the questions of the candidate exceeds the time limit i will alert them by ringing the bell like so. If you have a question to submit, we are monitoring twit