Question, then open discussion for the rest of each segment. Both campaigns have agreed to these rules. For the record, i decided the topics and the questions in each topic. I can assure you that none of the questions have been shared with the commission or the two candidates. This debate is being conducted under health and safety protocols designed by the cleveland clinic, which is serving as the Health Security advisor to the commission for all four debates. As a precaution, both campaigns have agreed to candidates will not shake hands at the beginning of tonights debate. The audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent, no cheers, no boos or other interruptions, so we and more importantly you can focus on what the candidates have to say. No noise except right now as we welcome the republican nominee, President Trump, and the democratic nominee, Vice President biden. [applause] vice pres. Biden how are you doing, man . Pres. Trump doing well. Chris gentlemen, a lot of peop
Facing the Vice President candidates at the university of utah in salt lake city. Real quickly joined by charles payne, lou dobbs. Lou, what do you think the president has to do tonight . Lou first and foremost, be himself. And to use his original mind, as im sure he will, and his sense of humor. Those are two advantages he has that he exploited in 2016 to his great and winning effect. I expect him to do precisely the same thing tonight. Neil you know, charles payne, debates were going up over these in the years dating back to 1976 with jimmy carter and gerald ford, you have to present yourself especially joe biden, youre as well known. Not quite as well known, obviously, as the president of the United States, but you have to reintroduce yourself. Both men, essentially, reintroducing themself. Likability come up as some intangible, george bush had that against al gore, ronald reagan, certainly, in that one and only debate with jimmy carter. Your thoughts on that intangible quality. Cha
Nashville. There will be one in between facing the Vice President candidates at the university of utah in salt lake city. Real quickly joined by charles payne, lou dobbs. Lou, what do you think the president has to do tonight . Lou first and foremost, be himself. And to use his original mind, as im sure he will, and his sense of humor. Those are two advantages he has that he exploited in 2016 to his great and winning effect. I expect him to do precisely the same thing tonight. Neil you know, charles payne, debates were going up over these in the years dating back to 1976 with jimmy carter and gerald ford, you have to present yourself especially joe biden, youre as well known. Not quite as well known, obviously, as the president of the United States, but you have to reintroduce yourself. Both men, essentially, reintroducing themself. Likability come up as some intangible, george bush had that against al gore, ronald reagan, certainly, in that one and only debate with jimmy carter. Your
Grounds. Nikei down. 4 . The japanese yen hold steady against the u. S. Dollar. Industrial production beating estimates. The asx 200 down 1. 5 as the aussie dollar continues to strengthen against the u. S. Dollar. Quarter end demand from iwiorters as well, and k stocks reversing yesterdays losses. Holding steady after falling for the lowest level in a week. Steady ahead of the first u. S. Debate. Continues to lose ground after a touched the lowest level in almost two weeks. We are seeing the offshore yuan holding steady. We might see some china bashing in that debate. That is it from daybreak asia. Coveragemarkets returns at 11 a. M. Hong kong. This is bloomberg. From bloomberg headquarters to our tv and Radio Audiences, i am david westin. Welcome to a special edition of balance of power, coverage of the first president ial debate. President donald trump and joe biden will share a stage for the first time tonight in cleveland as they debate each other at a campus shared by case western
Donald trump and joe biden will take the stage for 90 minutes. Six topics on the table. The big question, will the candidates do anything tonight to change the course of this race . President tru behind right now, has been for months. And our statistics guru nate silver at fivethirtyeight calculates that joe biden has a 78 chance of winning the white house. But there are three debates, five weeks to go and President Trump has a history of shaking things up. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl is on the scene in cleveland. George, donald trump goes into this debate with his back against the wall. By every publicly available measure, he is losing this race. Trailing in the national polls. No consistent lead in any of the top dozen most competitive battleground states. He needs to change the dynamic of this race and tonight is the best chance for him to do it. Hes been here before, four years ago, his campaign was collapsing and he turned it around in part with a debate. And goin