I will be moderating tonights debate. And john lewis re this is a big week for this campaign. Radio debatea earlier this week. We would like to welcome our audience statewide. We are coming to you statewide on montana pbs stations. We are going nationwide on cspan. Wherever our viewers are tuning and we welcome you. Ground rules to go over. No Opening Statements tonight. The candidates will be answering questions from our panelists. We will give them 60 seconds from those answers. They will have two minutes for a closing statement. Then we will take a one minute break midway through. Quick ground rules. We are here from bozeman with a small group of Campaign Friends on both sides of the aisle. We are asking everyone to hold applause until the end. We are not one answer cell phones during this debate. Lets do our first introduction for a republican nominee, ryan zinke. He is a thirdgeneration montanan, a standout athlete at whitefish high school. He was a standout in several sports. He
Next, the campaign 20 14 coverage continues with the debate in the montana at large House District race. After that, conversation with bill gates on the ebola let and other Global Health issues. And then another chance to look at the u. S. Response at home and abroad. Now, our coverage of campaign 2014 continues with the u. S. Thet large debate tvate is courtesy of k tv q and the Montana Television stations. About one hour. The Montana Television network, campaign 2014. The house debate. Made possible thanks to support from the greater montana foundation, founded by montana broadcasting. Foundation, foundea broadcasting. It supports communications on issues, trends, and values of importance to montanans. Debate night here. We thank you for tuning in. I will be moderating tonights debate. And john lewis re this is a big week for this campaign. Radio debatea earlier this week. We would like to welcome our audience statewide. We are coming to you statewide on montana pbs stations. We are
Ends delays on marriages in those states. That would make samesex marriage legal in 30 states and the district of columbia. The justices have left unresolved the question of samesex marriage nationwide. Bill clinton is in arkansas today campaigning for senator mark pryor running for a third term. We will have live coverage of the president s comments 1 30 eastern. The Cook Political Report says the race is a tossup. We will have live coverage of the North Carolina u. S. House debate between Renee Ellmers and democratic challenger clay aiken. The incumbent leads the race in recent polls. Governorut incumbent dan malloy and his republican challenger tom foley debated last week at the university of connecticut. The debate touched on ethics, crime, business, and at the economic growth. There is a look at a portion of that debate. Someone who takes the safety of our citizens seriously , i am proud of the changes made with gun laws are safer. We limit the size and capacity of the weapons tha
Joining us in the phone is josh, join following the story from the white House Advantage point. Thank you for being with us. Let me ask you about the white house response. Is the administration staying ahead of this story . They are and their big concern is trying to reassure the public that this is not the time to panic. There has been a lot of discussion across the United States and elsewhere about the ebola issue, which is a legitimate concern. Situation we had in africa at this point. There is only one diagnosed case and the white house is trying to delay concerns that this is something people need to have we are going to leave this conversation and take you live to atlanta. Will hear from three speakers and we will take questions. Our first speaker is cdc director dr. Tom friedman. Hello, everyone. Exactly one week since the first patient with ebola in this country was diagnosed in dallas texas. It is a good time to look back on what is happening that week and see where we are lik