Democrats Walter Mondale and congresswoman ferraro in the general election, winning the popular vote 59 41 . Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by a major party. This debate from philadelphia is just under an hour and a half. [applause] dorothy 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 john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarles, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. Sandra van ocher, Political Correspondent for abc news, is our moderator tonight. Sandy. Sandy thank you, dorothy. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Con
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
About Justice Scalia. Here to talk about the success that the Trump Administration has had in nominating and appointing personnel to the federal bench. Whats the tally, whats your tally so far, how the president s doing . Guest its been a very impressive record so far. I think folks on both sides of the aisle can agree on that. Some of us celebrate it. Others lament it. But you have, in addition to two Supreme Court justices, you have some 43 appellate judges. Judges appointed to the courts of appeals. Thats double the number where president obama was at the same stage of his presidency. Eight years ago. Another judge to be confirmed today, i think, another one tomorrow. And you have 100 or so district judges. Slightly ahead of president obamas pace of eight years ago. Host we understand President Trump will be celebrating this today or at least noting it at the event at the white house. The headline from fox news, trump nears milestone, new milestone with judicial appointments. Aside
He wrote that into the highest most powerful office in the land. This is why i wrote that book. It is fundamentally unamerican. It is a threat to our country for the people and by the people. I think every american ought to be standing up to it right now. I would like to see a lot more of that. We had 15 minutes approximately. I also had to note that weve only had questions from gentlemen. So first this gentleman in the section. This is a question for dr. Saito. You said that they had been a exciting and away that trumps legal priorities and structures where would you say those illegals legal principles come from. And if the structure how do the laws change in response to history and how especially in light of the redefinition of how justice should be understood according to some elements if we have a car were cut timeless constitution we should have timeless rights versus more valuable rights. Youre getting pretty deep into constitutional institution. The cases that im speaking about
Impeachment process with Molly Reynolds. And a discussion on president it on the federal judiciary. Host as President Trump and many of his supporters call for the public naming of the whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry, there is bipartisan opposition on capitol hill and reluctance by News Organizations. Visit important to know the identity of the whistleblower . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, 2027488003. 2. You can send us a text. That is 2027488003. We are on twitter at cspanwj. Facebook. Com cspan is where you post. We will take a look at some of the key races across the country. Starting with the whistleblower in a report out this morning out npr, can trump legally the whistleblower . Experts say it would not violate any laws and picture of the president and rand paul. President trump and his allies have amplified their calls for the whistleblower who spark to the impeachment inquiry to be weather it would whether it would