Theater, here are your moderators, charles thank you for joining us tonight for wisconsin u. S. Senate debate. We have a great audience tonight. Is take a moment to say thank you for those that are joining us. That means you can clap. [applause] as you can see we have a full house tonight, this debate is being forecast from superior to eau claire, madison to green bay, this is we are welcoming a National Audience with cspan watching. Lets go over the rules agreed to by each candidate, they have six seconds for opening and closing statements, their six seconds 60 seconds to answer questions. If a candidate runs overtime this is what you will hear. If an opponent refers to another candidate in their answer the candidate will get 30 seconds for a rebuttal. Each candidate will have a onetime 62nd rebuttal 60 second rebuttal. Mr. Johnson, you will get one minute, you get to go first. Thank you. I would first like to thank wtmjtv for hosting this debate. This election offers a clear choice.
Dont miss a single election moment on cspan and take us with you on the go with cspan now our free mobile video app. Be sureo sit cspan. Org campaign 2022, your website for all of our midterm coverage on demand. Cspan or unfiltered view of politics. Coming up next, republican senator ron johnson and democratic challenger mandela barnes. The two candidates discussed a number of issues including abortion and immigration. This debate last about one hour. Your moderators, charles thank you for joining us tonight for wisconsin u. S. Senate debate. We have a great audience tonight. Is take a moment to say thank you for those that are joining us. That means you can clap. [applause] as you can see we have a full house tonight, this debate is being forecast from superior to eau claire, madison to green bay, this is we are welcoming a National Audience with cspan watching. Lets go over the rules agreed to by each candidate, they have six seconds for opening and closing statements, their six seco
Sourced. 99 are getting pushed around and the 1 are not giving a dam. Amazing that this is the second story of the day, a huge one. Obstruction of justice. Reports out that the special counselor is zeroing in on President Trump perhaps with criminal charges surrounding james comeys finding and trying to halt the russian investigation. So much to cover. Good to be here in washington where were going to begin where House Republicans are meeting as we speak to talk over yesterdays tragic shooting. The house officially convenes in about 60 minutes, but today no such thing as business as usual. Not after this. Each and every lawmaker arriving here this morning. It is painful, painfully aware, that one of their leaders, majority whip Steve Scalise remains in Critical Condition, hospitalized just a few miles away. Youre looking at live at Nationals Park where the game is still scheduled for tonight. This game, this unity, important more than ever. And our team is covering every angle. I want
She will appear. Bl blasey ford wants the fbi to investigate her nomination that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh pinned her down and groped her when she was in high school, making her fear for her life, at the time. This was more than 30 years ago. Senator grassley gave a lengthy explanation why the fbi will not investigate. Writing in part, quote, the fbi does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. We have no power to commandeer an executive Branch Agency into conducting our due diligence. Meantime, blasey ford has yet to officially respond to this friday deadline, which two sources tell us may not be such a strict demand, that 10 00 a. M. Deadline, saying its possible she would be able to speak even after her answer came in later in the morning or in the afternoon. In the meantime, her attorney issued this statement. Quote, the committees stated plan to move forward with the hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair o