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
Forward to the event on october 15th in miami, but there are safety concerns now that he and several top aides have tested positive for the coronavirus. On the campaign trail, biden express ed reservations. I think if he still has covid, we shouldnt have a debate. He added strict guidelines would need to be followed if the event dowels go ahead. Hours earlier trump claimed false ln on social media covid19 is far less deadly than the trushl flu that. Prompted twitter to mark it as false information while facebook took down the post outright. Trump also announced negotiations on the covid19 relea rerelief package are suspended. Thats a day after trump returned from the hospital being treated for the diseaease which has killed over 200,000 in the United States alone. Trumps doctors say hee had no symptoms as off t tuesday morni. Conflicting stimts about his condition over the weekend have raised questions about the true state of his health. The coronavirus continues to spread through the
Next, Chris Christie makes his first camping trip to South Carolina sinceaunching his 2024 bid for the white house to the former new jersey governor takes questions from voters during a town hall event in columbia. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, governor Chris Christie. [applause] [applause] hey, everybody. Please be seated. Thanks for coming. Thank you, nice cool day here in South Carolina. Its good. We left new jersey it was 88 degrees and i said man, thats not hot enough to lets get to columbia. So thank you all for having the. We appreciate it very much. Good to be back in South Carolina. I come here pretty consistently since 2010. I was elected governor of new jersey back in 2009. 2010 i came dander and campaigned for nikki haley which is running for governor in the first time. Came back down here in 2012 to campaign for mitt romney when he was running for president. Came back to as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2014. Campaigned again for gov
Next, Chris Christie makes his first camping trip to South Carolina sinceaunching his 2024 bid for the white house to the former new jersey governor takes questions from voters during a town hall event in columbia. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, governor Chris Christie. [applause] [applause] hey, everybody. Please be seated. Thanks for coming. Thank you, nice cool day here in South Carolina. Its good. We left new jersey it was 88 degrees and i said man, thats not hot enough to lets get to columbia. So thank you all for having the. We appreciate it very much. Good to be back in South Carolina. I come here pretty consistently since 2010. I was elected governor of new jersey back in 2009. 2010 i came dander and campaigned for nikki haley which is running for governor in the first time. Came back down here in 2012 to campaign for mitt romney when he was running for president. Came back to as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2014. Campaigned again for gov
Next, Chris Christie makes his first camping trip to South Carolina sinceaunching his 2024 bid for the white house to the former new jersey governor takes questions from voters during a town hall event in columbia. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, governor Chris Christie. [applause] [applause] hey, everybody. Please be seated. Thanks for coming. Thank you, nice cool day here in South Carolina. Its good. We left new jersey it was 88 degrees and i said man, thats not hot enough to lets get to columbia. So thank you all for having the. We appreciate it very much. Good to be back in South Carolina. I come here pretty consistently since 2010. I was elected governor of new jersey back in 2009. 2010 i came dander and campaigned for nikki haley which is running for governor in the first time. Came back down here in 2012 to campaign for mitt romney when he was running for president. Came back to as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2014. Campaigned again for gov