In america is happening here in kentucky. Mitch mcconnell versus amy mcgrath. While were not in front of a live aw audience, we know the race and issues are too important not to debate. Ill talk about everything from the covid19 pandemic to the u. S. Supreme court. Tonight Gray Television welcome you to the kentucky debate. Good evening live from the studios of wkyt in lexington, im bill bryant and im joined by u. S. Senator majority Mitch Mcconnell and retired lieutenant amy mcgrath. Were 20 feet apart and each candidate will have time to answer questions and rebuttals will be permitted. A draw to determine who goes first and lt. Colonel mcgrath, well start with you. Nothing impacts more than the covid19 pandemic. The two of you sparred if you should be tested. If comes to that, the president and first lady had had covid19 and the governor and his family are in quarantine for exposure. What should be done. Its impacted all of our lives. If you take a step back senator mcconnell as the
Household name. People know his name from public institutions, obviously from the banking legacy. Theres not a lot about him. Can you tell us about him and what you found so compelling about him as an agent and an actor within this story, this landscape that you are drawing. It. When i first started looking into this time. , i know a lot more about roosevelt did about morgan. As is probably true of most people. When i realized as i began researching is that this was really morgans world that roosevelt very kind of quickly and abruptly and welcomed in terms of wall streets point of view, treated. By the time roosevelt became president. Morgan was at the peak of his power and if he was the king of wall streets literally called zeus. On the eve of the inauguration. Roosevelt Vice President morgan had created the first billiondollar company in the world. Still with us today. As a company that employed more than any other company and control enormous amount of production. It was a huge mono
Report 15 of the 35 senate races are considered competitive including the contest in kentucky where incumbent republican Mitch Mcconnell recently debated democratic candidate amy mcgrath. My name is courtney wheeler, University Kentucky student body president. I went bill bryant from wkyt. The mostwatched senate race in america is happening here in kentucky. Mitchuc mcconnell versus amy mcgrath. While we are not in front of a Live Audience window the race and what is at stake is important to not debate. Over the next hour i will talk with the candidates about everything from the covid19 pandemic to the u. S. Supreme court. Tonight Great Television uk Syrian Government looking you to the kentucky debate. Good evening live from the studios of wkyt in lexington, i am bill bryant enzyme joined tonight by u. S. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and by retired Lieutenant Colonel amy mcgrath. Were following cdc guidelines tonight while were in the sense to do the candidates and i are age
Next, on lectures in history, Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers president ial campaigns. She compares radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. This idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era of prosperity where america was a world leader and the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple. And it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And its a political construction. The 1950s in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal tha
Uk Student Government will bash welcome you to the kentucky debate. Studiosevening from the of wk y t in lexington. I am bill bryant. I am joined by u. S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and by retired Lieutenant Colonel amy mcgrath. We are following cdc guidelines tonight. While we are in the same studio the candidates and i are each 20 , feet apart. Each candidate will have 60 seconds to answer our questions and brief rebuttals will be , permitted tonight. A drawing determined the order of who will answer first. And Lieutenant Colonel mcgrath, we will begin with you. And our question is, going into this election, nothing impacts voters more than the covid19 pandemic. The two of you have sparred over whether each of you should be tested before this debate. It comes to that. The president and first lady have had covid19. Kentuckys governor and his quarantinenow in after an exposure. What should the federal government be doing right now to mitigate the threat of covid19 . Lt. Col