Thomas jeffersons correspondence and other papers be accessiblewill to scholars and the public. [applause] good evening. Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am the president of the league of women voters, sponsor of tonights Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat Geraldine Ferraro. Our panelists for tonights debate are the National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, normal quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. , politicalocher correspondent for abc news, is our moderator. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro elects to speak last so Vice President bush will get the first question. The debate will be built upon a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate a question, a follo
Washington bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy the thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro won the toss. She elected to speak last. Vice president bush will get the first question. The debate will be built upon a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. Four a reporter will ask a candidate a question, a followup question, then the same to the other candidate, then each candidate will get to rebut the other. The debate will be divided into two parts, there will be the first section on domestic affairs, the second on Foreign Affairs. Manner of address was decided by the candidates. Vicefore, it will be president bush and Congress Woman for her. We begin with john. John adams, one of the nations first president s, said, today i am nothing, tomorrow i may be everything. I
Foreground in the and the 117 Member States have flags flying and now the door. Is a moment which will live in the memory of those who witness it. All the sixth is greeted by a World Organization made up of member nations who can count over 2 billion people of many kinds and creeds, an organization with which meant that into being 20 years ago. Which man brought into being 20 years ago. He is being greeted by the United Nations chief of protocol. He met him at Kennedy Airport this morning. The secretarygeneral awaits inside the threshold of United Nations building. He greets the crowds and photographers on either side and thees through what we call walls on his way to this historic moment of the greeting by the secretarygeneral. The papal party follows him and he passes into the main hall of the building. [applause] greets hisry general holiness. [applause] the cardinals are presented, the secretary general greets them as they come in. [applause] open the open speaks to them. Not only
Question because i think you raised something and i want to be absolutely clear here. Godis an offense against because gods truth. The laws that god has set down in the ways of living that he has given us in order to make us happy and have good strong relationships to love one another those archers that do not change. Truths that do not change. A person who has samesex attraction that state of being is not a sin. What the bible does condemn his people who are acting on that, people engaging in homosexual behavior. Why . That is not the way our sexuality is to be lived. That is something off there. Thats an offense against god who created our bodies, male and female, to be intimate with male and female in order to not just bond in love, but to procreate. So homosexuality did upon acted upon, homosexual sex, is an offense against god in the church is not backing off of that. What i want to be clear is that i am talking about a person who experiences an attraction to someone of the same s
Busy transforming stage in the alter to get ready for another historic event, a mass in front of the hundreds of thousands perhaps even millions, on the Ben Franklin Parkway. It is all part of the day to second of what has been a busy schedule for the pope since a arriving in philadelphia over 20 hours ago. We hope he is getting those last bits of sleep before another jammed packed day of event. We are keeping him busy for sure. Today is sunday september 27th, glad you are with us im Nicole Brewer. Im quarter von tiehl. We are live at the Ben Franklin Park because. You mentioned those crews transforming stage you can still them still at work doing a terrific job. Ben franklin parkway i got to tell you, they have done a terrific job these sanitation crews cleaning the the street getting garbage out of the way and wiping them down. They look brand new ready to start crowds to start filling that parkway for mass this afternoon at 4 00 p. M. Quiet right now but again you want to get here e