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
Most people say they have already made up their mind and even big events like the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg have not led many to say whether they should change their votes so far. A couple of Opinion Pieces leading up to tonights event, on from the university of californias Mitchell Mckinney will join us later on this morning in the program. He says this, theres argument that the debates are not substantiated and present no new information area if thats the case it makes a compelling case for eliminating them but these accusations are not based on what debate viewers believe but on what political pundits think. Viewers want debatesand the numbers prove it. In 2016 two of the three planes and trump matchups set a viewership record with the first drawn about 84 Million Viewers and the largest viewing audience in the history of the televised debates that began with john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Theres another viewpoint on the New York Times. Im not lo
Will be no breaks. That to the disappointment of the joe biden campaign, fearing that he may struggle to keep up with President Trumps customary highenergy performance. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany this evening said this about her expectations of tonights showdown. There is no comparing the record of obama biden and President Trump. When you look at President Trump, record lows in unemployment, a vshaped recovery, when you look at obama biden, slowest economic recovery since world war ii, health care, same thing. Premiums up, drug costs up under obama. President trump brought those down. So a pointbypoint comparison from the handling of swine flu to the handling of covid, there really is no comparing the records because President Trump stands tall. Lou well, tonights festivities are taking place at the famous cleveland clinic. Officials are expecting tensions to be running high outside that building. As you see there, more than 300 Ohio National guardsmen have been call
Greene discuss how roomy remember the civil war and whether to remove or contextualize confederate monuments. Then sunday, at 6 pm eastern, on american artifacts, we will preview photographs of native americans. Which includes more than a half million images. At 8 pm on the presidency, a look at president ial retreats, including abraham lincoln, harvard Hoover Mountain fishing camp, and stories of the kennedys. Clintons, and obamas, and marthas been yard. And monday night, at 8 pm eastern, august mark the 75th anniversary of the bombings up hiroshima and nagasaki. American history tv and washington journalist back of the events that led to the bombing and their legacy with author ian toll, and president trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv, this Labor Day Weekend on cspan three. From our lectures in history series, San Diego State University Professor Pierre Asselin teaches a class on the vietnam war. Looking at the conflict f
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 47, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the vought nomination. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton whats happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and an affront to the civilized world. In a year in which so much has happened we may look back in the near future and view this moment in hong kong as the single biggest moment of the year. The presiding officer will the senator suspend. The senate will be in order. Members take their conversations off the floor. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton mr. President , whats happening in hong kong right now is a tragedy, as it crime, its an affront to the civilized world. In an eventful year with so much happening every single day, we may look back in the nea