And John Hickenlooper participate in a televised debate, hosted by denver7, the denver post and cpr news. This is live coverage on cspan. The radio and of of the denver post. We want to think the candidates for being with us tonight. Yes, they are socially distanced and following all protocols. Both are being tested regularly. A quick reminder about the rules for the debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We will ask specific yes and no questions throughout the debate. And we are asking that both candidates please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot of territory to get through tonight, so we must start with the pandemic. We have seen the consequences, economic devastation, especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, people struggling with Mental Health and suicides climbing. On monday, the president tweeted do not be afraid of covid, do not let it dominate your life.
Be really, really intentional about. Okay. Thank you very much. Great to have you here and thanks for participating. And i thought wed start whats before the senate, thats the next round of relief from the pandemic from the cares act, much has gone through. And whats next on the agenda . Were trying to get our friend on the other side to get to the table and talk about what should be next. So far theyve been unwilling to do so and weve worked hard on any version of the act to focus on a few tax revisions, increasing the charitable deduction and also something called a School Choice now act that will keep kids going to the same schools prepandemic. Were focusing on vaccines and therapy. Unfortunately, theres been so little cooperation on the other side, what they want and what we want are miles apart. Frankly, truly, and its hard to appreciate the challenge we are facing, the headwinds were facing. And i do think theres a moment that can be helpful to see how 4 trillion basically speaki
To sway your vote. Its turned ugly. The night over who gets to nominate a new Supreme Court justice, this is the u. S. Senate debate, North Carolina. Welcome. Im your moderator. Here tonight republican incumbent thom till else, and Cal Cunningham, gentlemen, welcome. Our debate is airing statewide, and we are livestreaming on nexstar. Along with myselfsh are moderators bob buckley, and angela taylor. 30 seconds for rebuttals, and 30 seconds for followup questions. We will be using this bell. You we begin with opening remarks. Senator tillis, you won the coin to say. We begin with you. I grew i worked my may up through business. My opponent has been running for he i believe you deserve results, not empty promises tonight im going to work hard for your vote. You now have 30 seconds. I know the value of public service. I learned it growing up in lexington, church, boy scouts, in iraq and afghanistan serving with the army. Tonight senator tillis will try to tell you something im not. The f
Substance, feeble in fact. That the court notwithstanding that strict scrutiny virtually always ruled for the government. Were going to leave this recorded program at this point. You can watch it online at cspan. Org. We go live now to a joint Economic Committee meeting looking at the impact of covid19. Watching live coverage on cspan3. Senator peters from michigan and many others who will be joining us from the house and the senate. Before i deliver my opening statement, i would like to acknowledge that today the United States passed another sad milestone that weve lost more than 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, to the husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren, even grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight harder to stop the virus from spreading so we can protect millions more from experiencing this loss. Members of congress and members of this committee, were all united to do our part. With that, let me turn it over to our
Chapel hill. Later, Washington Post associate editor rob woodward talks about his new book rage based on a series of interviews he had with President Trump. Nationwide protests were reignited yesterday in the wake of the grand jury decision on Breonna Taylors death. We begin with your reactions this morning to the case. If you live in the easterncentral part of the country, 2027488000. Mountainpacific area, dial in at 2027488001. Text us with your thoughts with your first name, city, and state , and on488003 twitter cspanwj. A grand jury indicted one of three officers in the Breonna Taylor shooting but not for her death. Here is Kentucky Attorney general David Cameron yesterday charges. G the after hearing the evidence from our team of prosecutors, the grand jury voted to return an indictment for three counts of wanton endangerment for wantonly placing the three individuals in apartment 3 in danger of serious physical injury or death. The charge one endangerment in the first degree is