History. First, the democrats name the kennedyjohnson ticket and now in chicago, the republicans, who elected Abraham Lincoln just 100 years ago, pin their hopes on nixon and lodge. President eisenhower poses with his Vice President in chicago. The illinois metropolis had given the chief executive one of the most heartwarming receptions of his career upon his arrival to address the gop convention. [applause] thank you, ike day is the theme for the thunderous welcome. The enthusiasm spills over to the convention hall, where ike and maim the old center stage, while Convention Business waits in the wings. [applause] the partisan crowd receives an accounting of the republican administrations twoterms of stewardship. Remarks concerned the issue of whether people everywhere want to live under communism, or free system. He hurls a challenge at soviet premier nikita khrushchev. I challenge him to this. Will he agreed to the holding of free elections under the sponsorship of the United Nations,
At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
Tonight, and we expect a large assume those debates even increase in their viewership where a lot of the political campaigning conventions, other forms of political communication, has waned over the past several years. Not so with debates. We actually set a record four years ago. Brought theey largest crowd, but that first debate was almost 82 Million Viewers. The alltime record. Most of those viewers tuning in, what we have learned, as high as 90 plus percent of those are there to cheer on their candidate and to root for the candidate that they already are committed to. Typically a small slice of viewers and voters who have not been following the race very closely, who are uncommitted, and what we found that small slice, they use the debates to make a candidate choice, a voting commitment. That number, typically in our studies, has been anywhere from 2 to 4 , never more than 5 . And yet, in terms of a race where the dynamic is affected, particularly bad around states, that slice of de
Pieces, competition antitrust law and Consumer Protection which covers a wide swath of territory but includes everything from gardenvariety scams to fight the enforcement in both of those areas squarely in the middle of a lot of really interesting changes that our society is going through and technology which all of us are dealing and not many of us are using. Host technology and telecommute occasions have become a bigger part of your portfolio over the last couple of years, havent they . To some extent yes. I say to some extent because telecommute occasions are much more the purview of the Commerce Department then the ftc but for example with respect to privacy we do work there with respect to advertising claims we do work there and certainly technology is a big part of what we do. Host antitrust when it comes to technology, correct . Guest yes, very much so. Host there was a recent article in the wall street journal talking about the potential lawsuit against facebook. Could you tell
Today because of coronavirus. Deaths all across this nation. And undoing tables, kitchen tables that weeks and months ago were filled with a loved one, a mom, dad, brother or sister. In many cases, the pain was made a lot worse. With people tell me this Close Friends of the family telling me because they were unable to visit their elderly parent or grandparent in the nursing home before they passed away. No matter how many stories i heard from the nurses, saying they held up the cell phone to the patient on the ventilator, in the bed. That is all they can speak to. Were notthat people able to hold Funeral Services where they could pray together and remember the loved ones that they lost. Rituals have come to help us cope with pain and loss, to help us honor the lives of those we loved. They are just not available in the middle of this pandemic. Me now is that we have been living with this pandemic for so long, that i worry that we risk become numb to the toll that is taken on us and ou