Would be good to do three things. Some we will look back at of the history of debate, president ial debate history. Then we will turn to two experts on debate. , theeen Hall Jamieson renowned scholar from the university of pennsylvania, one of the countrys foremost experts on media and politics and the founder of factcheck. Org. Experienced, and republican strategist and Media Consultant who has worked in many president ial campaigns including the campaign of mitt romney in 2012. In our third segment we will take questions from the audience. You can submit questions in the chat function or via twitter. Via eventss 2020 or at brookings. Edu. Lets have a look at the very first president ial debate between kennedy and neck than. Here is a picture of them that shows really the problem. The very first televised president ial debate was between these two men in 1960. The idea did not come from the candidates or plug or parties, came from the networks. Kennedy quickly accepted. Nixon against
Markets this morning are lower. Mixed picture at the start of trading, dow industrials down 68 points. Nasdaq up 30 and the markets were able to cut losses almost by half. Dow, s p 500 are on track for winning week despite 140 points lower for the white house. Battle for the white house goes prime time. Biden breaking down the election as scranton versus park avenue. Power panel hour. Cohost of the 5, Juan Williams is here and joe concha to tackle what is going on and backlash of facebook spying on instagram users tapping into your phone camera. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning look like this. European indices are mix. Cac lower by 15. We did get positive news on the brexit front. European Commission President saying shes convinced a deal is possible following a round of informal talks in europe. Take a look at indices. You will see the shanghai composite was up better than 2 . Some op the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump
The press speech and assembly is also being burned from right out from under our feet and im not talking about some ticky tack parlor game the address for the news cameras between thin skinned u. S. President donald trump and c. N. N. Gadfly jim acosta no im talking about the sledgehammer to the shin bone style attack on the freedom of press currently being carried out by the u. S. Government on wiki leaks founder and publisher Julian Assange this week as the saga continues his fight against u. S. Extradition in london courts over charges of violating the United States espionage act sky news is reporting that a songe is now facing 18 brand new charges by the u. S. Government after being arrested in his cell while awaiting the start of his extradition hearings at the old bailey on monday and they say this isnt politically motivated. Certainly does smell a politically motivated accord. To the independent the new indictment supersedes the previous ones although the 18 charges including pl
S p up 42 at 4 00 oclock on wall street. Getting tough on china, acceptable or the tom cotton is here, introducing a bill to revoke chinas nation status and whether tiktok and oracle will keep your data safe. Ken cuccinelli on actions to block chinese products made with forced labor. Wild fires raging on the west coast as the gulf coast is feeling the power of Hurricane Sally, we have the latest on the deadly threats. One soda company has a new drink that could help you sleep. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check european markets, rising from may to july, cac quarante is up 20 and dax index in germany higher by almost 40 points right now. In asia markets mostly higher signs of make recovery in china. Up half of 1 in the month of august. Months are released by the communist party as we always like to remind people, shanghai up half percent. Some of the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump headed to philadelphia this morning after pushing the
And thousands of acres is not the only american beauty burning right now my friends our very 1st and most important constitutional amendment protecting the freedom of the press speech and assembly is also being burned from right out from under our feet and im not talking about some ticky tack parlor game the address for the news cameras between thin skinned u. S. President donald trump and c. N. N. Gadfly jim acosta no im talking about the sledgehammer to the shin bone style attack on the freedom of press currently being carried out by the u. S. Government on wiki leaks founder and publisher Julian Assange this week as the saga continues his fight against u. S. Extradition in london courts over charges of violating the United States espionage act sky news is reporting that a songe is now facing 18 brand new charges by the u. S. Government after being arrested in his cell while awaiting the start of his. Extradition hearings at the old bailey on monday and they say this isnt politically