And i think you owe an explanation to the American People why is it Somebody Just had a News Conference a little while ago who was essentially supposed to work with you and your family but what he said was damning and regardless of me i think you have to clean it up and talk to the American People maybe you can do it right now. Vice President Biden you may respond and then i want to follow up on the election secured i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life we learned that this president paid 50 times the tax in china has a secret bank account with china does business in china and in fact is talking about me taking money i have not taken a single penny from any country what so ever ever number one number 2 this is a president i released all of my tax returns 22 years go look at them 22 years of my tax return you have not released a single solitary year of your tax returns what are you hiding why are you unwilling to Foreign Countries are paying you a lot russia i
In bell month university in nashville, tennessee. Just this week the Debate Commission made a change in the debate rules. One candidates microphone will now be muted while his opponent delivers an initial two minute long answer at the start of each of six topic segments. The topics tonight chosen by the moderator are fighting covid19. American families. Race in america. Climate change. National security. And leadership. The final debate has in the past focused on foreign policy, and the Trump Campaign complained about the changes made as a result of the cancelation of the second debate which the commission decided would have to be done virtually. This debate on the latest kal ender date in recent his it tree comes as the Coronavirus Infection rate is again rising across the United States. And after the president himself contracted the virus three weeks ago. This matchup comes as early voting continues and at an historic pace in all 50 states with more than 47 million americans having a
Tonights debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and conducted under health and safety protocols. The audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, boos, or other interruptions except for right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will remain on, but please speak one at a time. The goal is to hear each other so the American People can hear every word of what you have to say. If you are ready, lets start. We will begin with the fight against the coronavirus. President trump, the first question is to you. The country is heading into a dange
Short two to three week circuit breaker. The northwest of england, the northwest, the northeast. The list is growing longer. Tom it is going to be interesting. To say the least, the lockdown in america is not a lot done but is very regional, as mentioned in the debate last night. The upper middle west really hit hard right now. In new york city with our news, ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and joe biden covered a wide range of issues in last nights second debate. Amongst them, racism, corruption, and the manner in which the president handled the coronavirus. Trump no choice. We cannot lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. He says we are learning to live with it. People are learning to die with it. He also said the vaccine would be coming in weeks. In that of a guarantee is that a guarantee . Pres. Trump it is not a guarantee, but by the end of the year. Mr. Biden anyone responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of america. Ritik
Candidates will face off for the final time. You are looking at live pictures from the debate hall at can the bell in nashville, tennessee. Were seeing records broken already. Nearly 50 million americans have voted, and thats more ballots cast before election day in 2016. A rot of people. This is presidenPresident Trumpt opportunity to go face to face with a former Vice President. As you remember, their second debate was canceled when mr. Trump balked at a virtual format after he tested positive for covid19. Now, each candidate held an individual town hall one week ago. Both were tame affairs, compared to that first meeting, which you can describe as an overthetop slugfest, marred by insults and interruptions that left many wishing the organizers could simply just cut the microphones. So tonight, while one candidate is answering a direct question for two minutes, the other candidates microphone will be muted. The moderator, nbcs Kristen Welker, has chosen six topics fighting covid19, A