president debate like this it hasn t happened in the era of television debates. there have been presidential matches on the ballot paper before but not before all of the voters in the us to watch for an hour and a half to two hours to watch and see what they make of each candidate. so much rhetoric exchanged between them of course this time going around the debates conditions to make the debates conditions to make the debates with. .. debates conditions to make the debates with. the microphone will be used and they wa nt to want to be allowed to advise with their advisors we will see how all of that plays out. let s have a look at our north america editor sarah smith looks at what we can expect later today. two old men who the voters already know very well. they really do not like the choice they are being given. he is hoping to make his opponent look even worse. the campaigns are trying to recognise what they see as their opponents recognise what they see as their opponent s
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on a former president. that means it s going to be a dramatic day. both have a body of work that can be defended and criticised. voters know just what to expect. first time campaigns have gone outside of the commission for presidential debates and on the deal themselves with only one media organisation. that being cnn. that s why there s so much cnn branding everywhere else because they ve been very much in control of this. and it s the first debate as well where the candidates microphones will be muted when they go over time. so we will have to wait and seejust go over time. so we will have to wait and see just what impact that has on the debate. let s have a look now i just what has on the debate. let s have a look now ijust what is in store for us injust a now ijust what is in store for us in just a couple of hours time. we have this report from our north america editor. two old men whom the voters already know very well well enough to say they really don t like the cho
moment asjoe biden and donald trump face in atlanta. good evening and welcome to newsnight, live on weeknights and packed full of political vitamins, interviews and tonight insights about the rematch betweenjoe biden and donald trump that kicks off in three and a half hours. donald trump s are playing, it has just arrived in atlanta. and we are waiting for him to disembark from that. it has landed for at least three minutes but no sign of him. last time 73 million americans watched the debate. polls suggest this time it could be even higher with 115 million voters likely to tune in. lets go straight over to to cnn hq in atlanta, who are hosting the debate, to the spin room, to speak to catriona perry, the bbc s chief dc presenter. any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building already - any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building alread
Week and follow it on all of the cspan networks. And online any time at cspan. Org. A rebroadcast of washington today and live on cspan radio. The bill before us, three things that every republican and democrat should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. Second, it extends Health Insurance for nine million Vulnerable Children and third, it will enable congress to resume bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. Host with that, the federal government is beginning to reopen after a weekend shutdown that moved into a third day and welcome to washington today. It is monday, january 22. We have a new countdown clock, 17 days until the government funding runs out. Today is a shortterm continuing resolution which expires on february 8 in exchange for ending the stale mate, republicans have promised to take up the daca bill. Steve scalise returned to the capitol after surgery that was art of h