Headquarters. Now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. And welcome back to our special coverage of the race for the white house. Tonights Vice President ial debate, now just moments away. That is the scene at the university of utah in Salt Lake City where Vice President mike pence, senator Kamala Harris are going to take a stage retrofitted with plexiglass shields to protect against covid. Everyone not on stage will be wearing a mask. The moderator, susan page, will direct nine tenminute segments on topics of her choosing. No new rules have been put in place to keep things in order. Our correspondents mary bruce and rachel scott are inside the hall and mary, the Biden Campaign insisted on these new covid protections. We can expect that senator harris is going to put mike pences record as head of the Coronavirus Task force on the stand. We heard that from her chief of staff just moments ago. George, Kamala Harriss goal here tonight is to put mike pence, the head of the Coronav
A round innovation there was a time when our country believed in science and invested in research and development so that we were in the innovation leader on the globe joe biden will use that money to invest in education so for example for folks who want to go to your Community College it will be free if you come from a family that makes less than 125000. 00 youll go to a Public University for free and across the board will make sure that if you have Student Loan Debt its cut by 10000. 00 thats how joe biden thinks about the economy which is about investing in the people of our country as opposed to passing a tax bill which had the benefit of letting american corporations go offshore to do their business. Thank you senator harris Vice President since your administration has been predicting a rapid and robust recovery but the latest economic report suggests thats not happening should americans be braced for an economic comeback that is going to take not months but a year or more you hav
Away from the one and only Vice President ial debate. Are you looking at live pictures from inside the debate hall in Salt Lake City. Lets talk about the state of the race, there is new polling that shows joe bied enexpanding his National Lead and in the battleground biden has a sizeable lead in pennsylvania, ahead in iowa, and wisconsin and tied with President Trump in ohio. Vice president mike pence and democratic senator Kamala Harris arrived a short time ago and this could be the most consequential Vice President ial debate ever. Both candidates at the top of the ticket would be the oldest president in history. President trurch as you know is being treated for coronavirus and potentially still con tablingous was in the oval office today just days after being released from the hospital. Pence and harris both have tested negative and even before they take the stage, there is a clear divide literally between them, they will be separated by plexiglass and seated 12 feet apart instead o
The Supreme Court, and health care. With me throughout the night are bloomberg contributors rick davis, partner at Stone Court Capital and jeanie, professor of Political Science at iona college. The economy, both candidates have been in debates before. Vice president pence against tim kaine four years ago. And senator harris against all the other Democratic Candidates for president earlier this year. And this is what they have had to say about the economy in prior debates. In the wake of a season where American Families are struggling in this economy, under the weight of higher taxes and obamacare and the war on coal and the stifling avalanche of regulation coming out of this administration, Hillary Clinton and tim kaine want more of the same. And youre measuring this greatness of this economy of yours, and he talks about the stock market. Well, thats fine if you own stocks. So many families in america do not. David ric davis, what we just heard from Vice President pence in that last f
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