This is just over 90 minutes. Moderator good evening from the field house at Washington University in st. Louis. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. [applause] moderator before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today each of them wrote a question o
This awarded the state electoral votes and presidency to governor bush. This is just over 90 minutes. Jim lehrer good evening from the field house at Washington University in st. Louis. Im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. Lets welcome the candidates now. [applause] jim lehrer before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. Jim lehrer a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being
Lehr. Thank you and good night. [ applause ] coming up this weekend on American History tv on cspan 3. The Abraham Lincoln president ial Library Foundation published a book of musics by public figures and ordinary americans celebrating or responding to lincolns gettysburg address. Editor of gettysburg replies, the world responds to Abraham Lincolns gettysburg address reads passages from the book saturday night at 8 50 p. M. Eastern. His presents still resonates from the words he has written and the artifacts and documents that he has left behind for our prosperity. He was a complex man who looked at complex issues plainly and purely. He accepted and spoke the truth. Many believe lincoln transseconded all over president s to have served before him and since. Then on real america the march in washington on august 28th, 1963, the u. S. Information agency filmed the march on washington for jobs and freedom and produced a documentary for foreign audiences. And sunday at 4 30 p. M. Eastern t
56 right now in millville. 54 in wilmington and trenton is 55 degrees. A cooler start. Fog in some spots but it clears. A pretty nice day overall. Partly to mostly sunny skies. 63 at 9 00. By lunchtime, up to 67. And into the 70s this afternoon. Neighborhood by neighborhood to show you which areas will get warmer than others. First, jillian has traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Lets talk about the boulevard right now. Its looking good right here. A live look at the boulevard out near broad street. You can see both directions are clear. No lane restrictions. No accidents to report. Elsewhere on the boulevard we are dealing with construction out here. Its road repaving project on boulevard southbound between comly and levett. For drivers in new jersey, majors free of accidents but we have this road work on 295 right at route 168 out there in both directions and is scheduled to be out there for a little bit longer for another hour or so. Just keep that in mind. Good news is traffic can
Nbc 10s keith jones is following the latest develop. S from our digital operation center. Thats right. Every Single Person on that crew is in quarantine right now. The 33yearold is now the fourth american diagnosed with the deadly disease. He was hired by nbc news on tuesday. But he had been working in liberia for the past three years. He started feeling symptoms yesterday. Tired, achy and a slight fever. Among the fore member, dr. Nancy schneiderman, she was just interviewed over the phone on msnbc. Heres a little bit of what she said under quarantine still in africa. We will be taking our temperatures twice a day. If any one of us spikes a fever, we will report ourselves to authorities. We are taking it seriously, but i want people to know we are well. Theyre not releasing the camera mans identity at the request of the family. The company is doing everything that i have can to get the best possible treatment for this employee. Theyre being closely monitors. And, of course, when they