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Next, a Political Science professor teaches a class about president ial debates and their influence on voters. We will start today by talking about candidate debates. That is my favorite thing about a campaign. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates became a highlight of the campaign season. I it is something we expect to happen. Guess its also common in high profile races. So when was the first debate . As a historical trivia question. Anybody know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats Lincoln Douglas. The famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. In illinois in 1858 and they had numerous debates. Around the state of illinois. Kind of an odd situation. That they ran against each other u. S. State. Douglas was elected by the legislature.
Vehicles are targeted in lagos has Rights Groups say the number of demonstrators killed by police on tuesday was higher than previously reported. Protesters keep up the pressure on colombias president to resign as thousands marched through the capital bogota. And in some of the clearest language yet the head of the Roman Catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. We begin in the United States where top intelligence Officials Say russia and iran have both detained some Voter Registration information the directors of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Say theyll be consequences for any Foreign Countries that interfere in the vote lets go straight to mike hanna in washington d. C. Mike so what are we to make of these claims by the f. B. I. In this press conference now significant is the timing of all of this mike. But it was certainly a very dramatic News Conference hosted by the director of National Intelligence along with the director of the f. B. I. Int
A Police Crackdown on tuesday is higher than previously reported. Thousands marched through the colombian capital bogota calling on the president to resign. And in some of the clearest language yet the Catholic Pope says same sex relationships should be protected by law. But we begin in the United States for top intelligence official say russia and iran have obtained some Voter Registration information the directors of National Intelligence and the f. B. I. Say there will be consequences for any Foreign Countries that interfere in the vote mike hanna has more from washington d. C. Well it was certainly a very dramatic News Conference hosted by the director of National Intelligence along with the director of the f. B. I. Intelligence sources for a long period of time have been warning that russia is involving itself in the us electoral process just as it did back in 2016 when President Trump won the election however on this particular occasion though both the director of National Intell
Happen. When was the first debate . This is a false hint. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. They had numerous debates. Kind of an odd situation. The real first president ial debate was between kennedy and nixon in 1960. Richard nixon had been Vice President for eight years. Much better known than kennedy. Nixon had taken advantage of television. He was known as a fierce debater. They decided to sponsor a series of debates. Confident and willing. He was the front runner. The consensus was, these debates cost nixon the election. Which was very close. It elevated kennedy immediately. Now they are on an even level. The senator and the Vice President. Also his appearance was much better. Much more handsome. More telegenic. There have been some studies on this. The people who listens to the , and they were very boring back then. They had very long answers. They are more interesting now. Those who listen to the first debate on radio thought nixon won. Those who watched