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
Michael dukakis. Candidates took questions on taxes, the budget deficit, defense spending, and each candidates choice of running mate. Good evening, on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second president ial debate. Im bernard shaw of cnn, cable news network. My colleagues on the panel are and cotton of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And Andrea Mitchell of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, the republican nominee, and governor michael dukakis. [applause] for the next 90 minutes will be questioning the candidates in a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening. And the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and
Charles, what do you think is most at stake for the president tonight . If you buy the consensus he is down in the polls, whatever you think of the polls he has got to make the stronger pitch, a, do you buy that and what does he do . I think he has got, he has got to again remind people, because we talked earlier about the fact that you know, at this point a lot of folks are taking their own personal economy for granted. A lot of people still have jobs. Their wages have gone up. They have bought a house. Homeowner ship the highest level since Third Quarter of 2018. The highest ever for hispanics. He has to remind them, listen this, doesnt happen by accident. You went through eight years we recovered from a recession but it was the worst postrecession recovery in history. We were limping along. When my policies hit there is a direct line. You know the tax cuts went into effect in january of 2018. That year immediately we saw bluecollar wages skyrocket. It wasnt a tax cut that just benef
Lou dobbs, maria bartiromo. Charles, what do you think is most at stake for the president tonight . If you buy the consensus he is down in the p, whateverou think of the polls he has got to make the stronger pitch, a, do you buy that and what does he do . I think he has got, he has got to again remind people, because we talked earlier about the fact that you know, at this point a lot of folks are taking their own personal economy for granted. A lot of people still have jobs. Their wages have gone up. They have bought a house. Homeowner ship the highest level since Third Quarter of 2018. The highest ever for hispanics. He has to remind them, listen this, doesnt happen by accident. You went through eight years we recovered from a recession but it was the worst postrecession recovery in history. We were limping along. When my policies hit there is a direct line. You know the tax cuts went into effect in january of 2018. That year immediately we saw bluecollar wages skyrocket. It wasnt a t
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