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