First, democratic representative al green of texas, then scott perry of pennsylvania. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 1, 2020. The senate convenes at noon, and the house is in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, which means we will be with you for two hours. We begin taking stock of tuesdays first president ial debate. With criticism pouring in from both sides of the aisle, the commission on president ial debates announced yesterday it would make changes to the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. As we wait to see with those changes will be, we are asking you what you would suggest. How would you alter the debate format, if all . Phone lines are split up as usual. If you support the trump pence ticket, 202 7488000 202 7488001. If you support the aydin harris ticket, 202 7488000 biden harris ticket 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. O text us, 202 7488003 twitter,lso find us on cspanwj. You can start calling and now as
And to the Washington Times as well, trump biden debate baffles the world. Those are some of the headlines this morning from the major papers. Amid that criticism, this was the statement put out by the commission on president ial debate yesterday. The commission sponsors televised debates to the benefit of the american electorate. Last nights debate made clear the additional structure to be added to the remaining format added to the format of the remaining debates. Will be carefully considered considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce that these measures shortly. The commission is grateful for Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last nights debate and intends to ensure the additional tools to maintain order. Both asked about this issue and talked about it while they were on the campaign trail. We start with joe biden yesterday. Last night was i think a wakeup call for all americans. What i tried to do last night, i tried to speak directly in
20 years ago, yesterday day, president George W Bush addressed the nation after the Space Shuttle columbia disaster. And its in a moment like following other moments in his presidency, the horrors of 911, the global war on terror, the invasion of iraq, but also high points in the presidency. President bush was trying to bring the together in a moment of grief, but also to try to provide a vision of hope and common. And its in moments like this that the extraordinary resources, the Miller Center and these scholars that you have with you here today provide for us. We have, as you all know, because we released the George W Bush oral history in the fall of 2019, right before pandemic Russell Riley and Barbara Perry with a number of colleagues have brought the oral history of this presidency. And today were here to celebrate one of the first fruits of that project. That is what we call basic research. And from that basic, our scholars take and produce books of scholarship where. They learn
20 years ago, yesterday day, president George W Bush addressed the nation after the Space Shuttle columbia disaster. And its in a moment like following other moments in his presidency, the horrors of 911, the global war on terror, the invasion of iraq, but also high points in the presidency. President bush was trying to bring the together in a moment of grief, but also to try to provide a vision of hope and common. And its in moments like this that the extraordinary resources, the Miller Center and these scholars that you have with you here today provide for us. We have, as you all know, because we released the George W Bush oral history in the fall of 2019, right before pandemic Russell Riley and Barbara Perry with a number of colleagues have brought the oral history of this presidency. And today were here to celebrate one of the first fruits of that project. That is what we call basic research. And from that basic, our scholars take and produce books of scholarship where. They learn
20 years ago, yesterday day, president George W Bush addressed the nation after the Space Shuttle columbia disaster. And its in a moment like following other moments in his presidency, the horrors of 911, the global war on terror, the invasion of iraq, but also high points in the presidency. President bush was trying to bring the together in a moment of grief, but also to try to provide a vision of hope and common. And its in moments like this that the extraordinary resources, the Miller Center and these scholars that you have with you here today provide for us. We have, as you all know, because we released the George W Bush oral history in the fall of 2019, right before pandemic Russell Riley and Barbara Perry with a number of colleagues have brought the oral history of this presidency. And today were here to celebrate one of the first fruits of that project. That is what we call basic research. And from that basic, our scholars take and produce books of scholarship where. They learn