Susan good evening, from the university of utah in salt lake city, welcome to the first and only Vice President ial debate of 2020, sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Im susan page of usa today. It is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. In Kingsbury Hall tonight, we have a small and socially distanced audience, we have taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate, and now, when i introduce the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after
Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with the white house, residence of the president and new headquarters of coronavirus. It has been five days since President Trump revealed that he had tested positive for covid19, which was his most depressing test result since he found out his wife was pregnant with eric. And since that time, the virus has been spreading faster than an hbo password on a college campus. Reporter this morning, the covid outbreak spreading through the white house has reached the pentagon, and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the militarys most senior general, mark milley, and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guards numbertwo officer, admiral charles ray. Reporter this as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in recent days s
Youre probably looking at very, very closely. Theyre all wearing masks. What youre not seeing is the people who are going to be up on the stage, the moderator and the two candidates. They will not be. Now, its required here that they all make sure that they keep those masks on in the audience or they will be kicked out. I think jerry baker is back with us gerry baker is back with us. I i a apologize for my confusion. Erasing the memories and all the other stuff that happened entertaining that might have been that these guys are going to keep it to a minimum. Do you think they can, they will . Well, i think we certainly wont see anything like last week, i think we can probably guarantee that. But Kamala Harris is sharp, aggressive, i dont think she can help herself. Shell want to prosecute the case as shes done in the past, shell want to prosecute aggressively, and Vice President pence is not going to take it lying down. I think itll be a sharp, lively debate, but i think itll probably
About the candidates but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now, when i introduce the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [cheers and applause] being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts and prayers for them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the coronavirus. The two campaigns have agreed to the ground rules tonight. Im here to enforce them, on behalf of the millions of americans who are watching. One note, no one in either campaign or at the commission or anywhere else has been told in advance what topics we will raise or what questions i will ask. This 90 minute debate will be divided into nine segments for about 10 minutes each. I will begin a segment by posing a question to each of you. Sometimes the same quest
By susan page was hosted by the university of utah in salt lake city. We have a small and socially distant audience and have taken special precautions. Everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express the enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] thank you. Senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts and prayers to them for their rapid and complete recovery and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the coronavirus. The two campaigns have agreed to the ground rules for tonight. Onm here to enforce them behalf of the millions of ameri