s response to the pandemic, healthcare, Climate Change, racism, and u. S. Immigration policy. Mr. Biden kids ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to go. It is criminal. It is criminal. S. Trump they went down they are so will taking care of. Amy we will air excerpts and speak to Erika Andiola of raices action epidemiologist dr. Ali , khan, Rashad Robinson of color of change. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. As the u. S. Death toll from covid19 topped 223,000, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden met in nashville, tennessee in the , thursday second and final debate of the 2020 campaign. They sparred over the Trump Administrations response to the pandemic, Climate Change, racism, u. S. Immigration policy, and health care. Completednt, trump bidens public run Health Care Plan with medicare
Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
Seeing in gold on this map is actually advisories that will be in effect later this weekend starting sunday at 11 00am and lasting through monday at 11 00am the issue here is stronger winds and weve seen in weeks now and maybe one of the strongest winds events of the year so far up to 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour. So we are going to be seeing. Some conditions that are not looking necessarily ideal come the latter part of the weekend meaning you should just enjoy today and tomorrow as much as you can ahead of what will be that increase in wind speeds come sunday, 50s and 60s are current temperatures with way how at 53 berkeley in conquered each at 55, hanging on to the 40s right now in fairfield saint helene and cloverdale but dont worry. Youve got some really comfortable weather ahead of you just like the rest of the bay area well im talking your daytime highs what to expect for the entirety of the weekend. All still to come first though obviously need to track of traffic with robin and it
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
Three hours of reaction to the debate. And once again, we want to show you tonight the debate. Ms. Welker good evening from Belmont University in nashville, tennessee. I am kristen welker, and i welcome you to the 2020 residential debate between president donald j. Trump and former Vice President joe biden. Tonights debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and conducted under health and safety protocols. The audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, boos, or other interruptions except for right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will