Partners. Seattle city club enhances voter access. Thank you to the Washington State coalition, aarp washington. To preserve social distancing, moderators are seated in the main studio, the candidates are elsewhere in the building. This debate will be moderated by political reporters. Good evening from the tvw studios in olympia and all of you watching. Candidates in our for governor, income and, jay inslee, and the Republican Police chief. Affirmative you can hear us from the city of . Yes. , we want to let viewers know they are upstairs from us in the studio. There are no Campaign Staffers allowed. No members of the production crew are in the room. They were not allowed to bring in notes, cell phones or computers. It is just them. The candidates have screens where they can see each other. They can see the moderators. I will go over the format. It is somewhat different from last weeks president ial debate. We will be with Opening Statements, questions will be asked of both candidates,
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
The latest campaign 2020 initiative. And Oakland University Political Science professor will talk about michigan is a key battleground state in november. Good morning. Its friday, september 20 fifth. We begin with your reaction to President Trumps remarks this week about a peaceful transfer of power. Supporting the biden harris ticket dial in at 202 7488000. If youre supporting the president and Vice President pence, bite dial in at 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate, 202 7488002. ,lso text us with your comments first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or join the conversation on twitter and facebook. Call,we wait for your heres a question and answer from the president on a peaceful transfer of power from wednesday evening. Inits win, lose, or draw this election, will you commit today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election. There has been rioting in many cities across this country, and your socalled red and blue states. Will you commit
Battleground states, looking at the key states that could play a crucial role in this years election. We turn our attention to the state of michigan, and we begin with Detroit Free Press washington correspondent Todd Spangler. Where do things stand right now in the state of michigan . s leadlooks like riding in michigan is still pretty solid looks like bidens lead in michigan is still pretty solid. The last one had him at eight points up. Looks like he is doing well. Not as big a lead as it was a month or so ago. Host why has he lost that edge . Guest frankly, as we get closer to the election, we always expected a tightening of the race. During the summer, the height of the black lives matter protests and some of the actions being taken by the administration, that number balloons, at one point as high as 16. We expected it to come down. Considering an election the four years ago trump won michigan by. 2 , eight is still a pretty big number. We expect it to come back down and narrow eve
Witnesses shocked at the flames. Oh, my god, thats so scary. The latest on this Emergency Landing. Happening now, wildfire rescues. More than 150 people evacuated by helicopter when their only escape route was blocked by flames. The desperate situation and those fightingor f tir lahebo. This weekend is critical. Fears holiday gatherings could cause a new surgin coronavirus caseme aasnscari down to contain the spread. And battling back. Serena williams finding her mojo in a comefrombehind victory against fellow american Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open. I hope that she saw her mama fighting. Did a tiny fan make the difference . Good morning. This is not a quiet and peaceful Labor Day Weekend by any means. Wildfires raging in california, forcing more than 150 people to be evacuated by heptpecolihoo s. Some people said to be critically injured. Meanwhile in portland, oregon, and in other parts of this country, its inflamed emotions over race, protesters throwing molotov cocktails, igniti