Following is a New Hampshire elections 2020 special presentation, the exchange candidate debates from nhpr in partnership with New Hampshire pbs. Laura welcome to nhprs candidate debate for New Hampshire u. S. Senate. I am laura knoy along with annie ropeik. These debates are produced in collaboration with nh pbs, and we are following Health Guidelines as we bring them to you. All of us are in separate studios here at nhpr. All of us wore masks in public areas of the building today. Each candidate will have 60 seconds to deliver an opening statement. We will then move to questions, with 60 seconds to respond. In many cases, we will ask at least one followup question or clarification, which will get an additional 30 seconds. In the case of a direct attack on a candidate, that person will be given 30 seconds to respond. If the attacks continue, at some point, we will just have to move on. Our candidates are the incumbent senator, Jeanne Shaheen. Senator shaheen, welcome. Sen. Shaheen nic
Clerk thank you. We have four yeses. Motion passes. Thank you, madam secretary. Please call next item, please. Clerk next item, number 20, discussion item, executive directors report. I will keep mine very short, however, i do want to point out that weve been extremely lucky since the shelter in place order. Weve been able to hire two of our t members of our Leadership Team into permanent positions. Ba do is on the reporting side, and were more than happy that bill and his team have adopted him and have assured us that they will be always available to help him be successful in his job. A second key hire that we have brought on board last month and a project that ive been working on for 15 years, and that is to get a Quality Assurance Operational Risk office started in the department, and i have been working with mr. Derwin brown for nearly two years, i think over two years, frankly. Tried to convince him that he needed to leave the l. A. County plan and come up and join us in San Franc
Symonds of the scottish fishing port of peterhead ill be assessing the mood here over the fishing rights the main obstacle to post trade talks with the e. U. And im santa how much and i have all the sport the Atlanta Braves to take it to a nothing lead in the National League championship series. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced following days of heavy fighting between Government Troops and taliban fighters in southern afghanistan it began on saturday and aid agencies now say hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with the fighting is in Helmand Province and centered around the regional capital of lashkar gah or the u. S. Has been carrying out air strikes to defense Afghan Security forces though this is the 1st Major Taliban offensive since peace talks with the Afghan Government began last month and it could come. Kates the United States plans to bring the whole remaining forces by Christmas Well weve got 2 reporters on this story a summer binge of baiters life or is indoor b
All of us wore masks in public areas of the building today. Each candidate will have 60 seconds to deliver an opening statement. We will then move to questions, with 60 seconds to respond. Ask at cases, we will least one followup question or clarification, which will get an additional 30 seconds. In the case of a direct attack on a candidate, that person will be given 30 seconds to respond. Somee attacks continue, at point, we would just have to move on. Our candidates are Jeanne Shaheen. Senator shaheen, welcome. Sen. Shaheen nice to be here. Also with us, republican nominee corky messner. Mr. Messner, thank you for your time as well. Mr. Messner thank you. We will start with 62nd opening statements. We will go in alphabetical order. Mr. Messner, your opening statement. Mr. Messner thank you and thanks for having me. I am corky messner. I grew up in a bluecollar family, left home at 17, went to west point, became an infantrymen in the army. I have two sons. After i served, i became a
[inaudible] senator blumenthal. Thank you very much. Thank you for being back. You very much, mr. Chairman, thank you for being back, your honor, and thank you to your family as well. I want to begin by saying, perhaps not surprisingly to you, that i was really disappointed by your responses to a number of my colleagues most recently on the coons issue of whether you would purchase fate in a decision involving the upcoming election if you were confirmed. I continue to believe that if you were to participate in a decision involving that enduring,it would do explosive damage to the court. I think you know it would be wrong, not because of anything you have done. Fact, i am not raising the issue of whether you have done any sort of deal or commitment because of what donald trump has and my republican colleagues, because they have indelibly put at issue your integrity through their statements. The president has said that he is putting you on the court as the ninth justice, so you can decid