Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
Headquarters. Now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. And welcome back to our special coverage of the race for the white house. Tonights Vice President ial debate, now just moments away. That is the scene at the university of utah in Salt Lake City where Vice President mike pence, senator Kamala Harris are going to take a stage retrofitted with plexiglass shields to protect against covid. Everyone not on stage will be wearing a mask. The moderator, susan page, will direct nine tenminute segments on topics of her choosing. No new rules have been put in place to keep things in order. Our correspondents mary bruce and rachel scott are inside the hall and mary, the Biden Campaign insisted on these new covid protections. We can expect that senator harris is going to put mike pences record as head of the Coronavirus Task force on the stand. We heard that from her chief of staff just moments ago. George, Kamala Harriss goal here tonight is to put mike pence, the head of the Coronav
The people in that audience 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
The Supreme Court, and health care. With me throughout the night are bloomberg contributors rick davis, partner at Stone Court Capital and jeanie, professor of Political Science at iona college. The economy, both candidates have been in debates before. Vice president pence against tim kaine four years ago. And senator harris against all the other Democratic Candidates for president earlier this year. And this is what they have had to say about the economy in prior debates. In the wake of a season where American Families are struggling in this economy, under the weight of higher taxes and obamacare and the war on coal and the stifling avalanche of regulation coming out of this administration, Hillary Clinton and tim kaine want more of the same. And youre measuring this greatness of this economy of yours, and he talks about the stock market. Well, thats fine if you own stocks. So many families in america do not. David ric davis, what we just heard from Vice President pence in that last f
Audience and we have taken extra precautions during the pandemic. Everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask and the candidates will be 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as the president and first lady undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts to them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the virus. Commissionpaigns and have agreed to the ground rules for tonight. I am here to enforce them on behalf of the millions of americans who are watching. No one in either campaign or at the commission or anywhere else has been told in advance of the topics or the questions i will ask. Thi