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
The people in that audience youre probably looking at very, very closely. Theyre all wearing masks. What youre not seeing is the people who are going to be up on the stage, the moderator and the two candidates. They will not be. Now, its required here that they all make sure that they keep those masks on in the audience or they will be kicked out. I think jerry baker is back with us gerry baker is back with us. I i a apologize for my confusion. Erasing the memories and all the other stuff that happened entertaining that might have been that these guys are going to keep it to a minimum. Do you think they can, they will . Well, i think we certainly wont see anything like last week, i think we can probably guarantee that. But Kamala Harris is sharp, aggressive, i dont think she can help herself. Shell want to prosecute the case as shes done in the past, shell want to prosecute aggressively, and Vice President pence is not going to take it lying down. I think itll be a sharp, lively debate
For him because of course the democrats have for a very long time pivoted to virtual fundraising virtual town halls virtual rallies joe biden and his campaign have put together a very tight social distancing protocols so its not that much of a pivot for them it is a much bigger deal for the democrats to for the republicans to change their style of campaigning for donald trump and he needs to change the narrative of this race because if you look at the most recent polls there was one yesterday nationally hes behind by 8 percent what is concerning for him is that has been the same since very early in this race since joe biden essentially was named as the democratic candidate but hes also behind in key swing states so. Hes hes going to got to get surrogates out there hes got to get them on the ground hoping that they can generate interest but the reality is when it comes to the Republican Campaign donald trump is box office thats who they want to see thats who they want to hear from and f
Biden and his wife test negative for the virus following concerns about exposure at the president ial debate earlier this week. Also the media says it could be open to a ceasefire as fighting rages in the to speak to the corner car back region. Crowds in india defy a ban on protesters anger grows over the gang rape and murder of 2 women. So that the white house says that donald trump is in isolation and is experiencing mild cope with 900 symptoms and in the past few minutes weve heard all previously announced Campaign Events involving donald trump and his family are being perspire and or to be held virtually officials are now rushing to find those the president has come in close contact with in the past few days. The 1st lady and a c. B. S. Aide have also tested positive a month out from election day the new uncertainty of the campaign trumps democratic rival j. Biden and his wife have tested negative for the virus there were concerns about exposure during tuesdays debate the president
Audience and we have taken extra precautions during the pandemic. Everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask and the candidates will be 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the debate and now when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as the president and first lady undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts to them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the virus. Commissionpaigns and have agreed to the ground rules for tonight. I am here to enforce them on behalf of the millions of americans who are watching. No one in either campaign or at the commission or anywhere else has been told in advance of the topics or the questions i will ask. Thi