Association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan forrest. And we should note the debate is happening of course during a critical time for the state, the covid pandemic. Many north carolinians have died of the virus. You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative. We quickly you want to review the rules of the debate and it will last for one hour. Then i will submit candidates and the radio Digital News Association of the carolinas havent been read or seen by the candidates or their staff. Each candidate will have one minute to respond to each question
You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative. We quickly you want to review the rules of the debate and it will last for one hour. Then i will submit candidates and the radio Digital News Association of the carolinas havent been read or seen by the candidates or their staff. Each candidate will have one minute to respond to each question and a 32nd rebuttal opportunity. I will reserve the right to ask followup questions as needed. The debate will end with the 92nd closing statements by each candidate. A device will notify them added their remaining time. We ask the candidates to adhere to the time limits so we can do just that. In earlier claim tossed to determine the Opening Statement and first question respon
Debate. The 2020 gubernatorial candidates debate is presented through a partnership with the North Carolina association of broadcasters education foundation. Good evening and welcome. Im the North Carolina tv news anchor your moderator for tonight and welcome to the 2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Debate produced in association with the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan forrest. And we should note the debate is happening of course during a critical time for the state, the covid pandemic. Many north carolinians have died of the virus. You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody i
News anchor your moderator for tonight and welcome to the 2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Debate produced in association with the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan forrest. And we should note the debate is happening of course during a critical time for the state, the covid pandemic. Many north carolinians have died of the virus. You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative. We quickly you want to review the rules of the debate and it will last for one hour. Then i will submit candidates and the radio Digital News Assoc
North carolina Gubernatorial Debate produced in association with the North Carolina association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan we should note that this debate tonight is happening of course during a critical time for our state, the covid pandemic. Many North Carolina people have died of the virus. Many are ill. Our prayers go out to the families involved. In fact, you will probably notice several physical precautions tonight inside the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 spread, including the fact theres no Live Audience in the studio tonight. Only the two candidates, the moderator, and some studio technicians. And in fact, in just the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative for covid19. We quickly want to review the rules of the debate tonight. It will last one h