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Heres what we can expect tonight in these covid times. For the first time ever, plexiglass will separate mike pence and Kamala Harris on stage. The candidates will be separated by a bit more than 12 feet apart. Tonights moderator, susan page of usa today, is not prerelease topics. The Debate Commission says there will be nine segments about 10 minutes each. Lets bring in tom bevan, president and cofounder of real clear politics. Tom, good evening and welcome back to our coverage. A little more than a week later. Lets start with the Vice President. What is mike pences challenge tonight . Hes got a tall order. I think mike pence is going to have to be very, very sharp. Hes got to present a robust defense of the Trump Administrations record. He has to present a forwardlooking vision as to what the Trump Administrations will do if they were given another four years. He has to press Kamala Harris on the questions that the campaign has not answered. Does she and joe biden support packing the
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Making history. Shes become the first black woman to stand on a Vice President ial debate stage the night officer, a prime opportunity to energize would be voters. She is the daughter of a jamaican father, an indian mother shes also served as the District Attorneys of San Francisco and then. The attorney general of the state of california. Harris is pointed questioning of the president s appointees in Court Nominees during Senate Hearings and what not have help make her a young star in the democratic born and raised in oakland harriss team predicts she will focus on the president s coronavirus response. They say she will also have the chance to explain her views on Law Enforcement. Area some progressive us have criticized her on as for Vice President pence he aims to highlight the administrations economic record the president has been touting a lot up until the time of the pandemic of course is still so much talk on capitol hill about whats to become of the stimulus package of discussi
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