Three hours of reaction to the debate. And once again, we want to show you tonight the debate. Ms. Welker good evening from Belmont University in nashville, tennessee. I am kristen welker, and i welcome you to the 2020 residential debate between president donald j. Trump and former Vice President joe biden. Tonights debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and conducted under health and safety protocols. The audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, boos, or other interruptions except for right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will
Another wave of covert 19 cases. Nigerias president sent out a warning to protesters after another night of widespread unrest and violence during the push for his resignation. So that in just an hours time u. S. President donald trump will meet democratic nominee joe biden for the final debate ahead of the elections on november the 3rd organizers in nashville in tennessee have made changes to the format same did avoiding a repeat of trumps interruptions during the 1st debate lets cross to our White House Correspondent can we how can his outside weather debate will be taking place in nashville in tennessee and say kimberly there will be an audience of tens of millions it promises to be quite a show so we have trouble maybe a breakthrough and biden i guess just needs to keep it steady. Yeah thats exactly it trying to avoid any major mistakes is really the goal for joe biden in all of this and for Donald Trumps part what hes trying to do is provoke that so what we expect throughout the 90
Before election day on november 3rd. The candidates will face off in about three minutes. Belmont university in nashville, tennessee. You may remember the first debate. It was filled with interruptions. Quite unorthodox. The commission on president ial debates decided to change the rules a bit. The microphone of the candidate who isnt speaking will be muted for the first two minutes of each separate debate topic. Lets get you to the white house correspondent, Kristen Welker, who is moderating the debate. The Debate Commission said she will not be responsible for Fact Checking the candidates but our analysts is standing by to do just that. For realtime Fact Checking, you can go to nbc news. Com. We just saw a few moments ago, the guests have been seated. The candidates are waiting to take the stage. Lets get to you. So much anticipation here at Belmont University. You can hear a pin drop as they walk out on the stage. Watch for President Trump to go after joe bidens son hunter biden. An
Month of september, strong Consumer Sentiment numbers to go along with them. And later, gilead pushing back after the World Health Organization says the drug remdesivir does not prevent death in coronavirus patients. Weve got the latest details as power lunch starts right now thank you, ty. The markets are marching back after a few down days. Dom chu has more on whats moving decent sized gains but off the high of the session. We are up 243 points with the dow at the highs of the session, up roughly 348 points. You can see there, yes, still strong gains but not nearly where we were earlier in the day. The s p has reclaimed that 3,500 mark, the nasdaq only up about one third of 1 . The leadership in terms of the s p 500 has been in one week industrials and technology, both up nearly about 1. 5 meanwhile, the biggest laggard off nearly 2 is the real estate sector some of the stocks to watch with regard to covid vaccines and everything else, pfizer shares, possible vaccine for emergency us
For amy coney barrett, and today they will begin floor debate on whether to approve the judge nominated by donald trump. They have been asking republican members to hold off, the democrats, but Mitch Mcconnell filed a motion on the barrett nomination, setting up a sunday vote and a confirmation vote for monday. The senate will be back in session on saturday at noon. Follow coverage on cspan2. Announcer 10 days left until election day, on november 3, when Voters Decide who will occupy the white house next year. Stay with cspan. Watch coverage every day on cspan. And read more on demand on cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app, your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Trump and President Joe Biden met on thursday for the final president ial debate. It was held at Belmont University in nashville and covered topics from the pandemic response, to national security, foreign policy, Climate Change and race. Kristen welker moderated. Ms. Welker good evening from Belmont Unive