Michael dukakis. Candidates took questions on taxes, the budget deficit, defense spending, and each candidates choice of running mate. Good evening, on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second president ial debate. Im bernard shaw of cnn, cable news network. My colleagues on the panel are and cotton of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And Andrea Mitchell of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, the republican nominee, and governor michael dukakis. [applause] for the next 90 minutes will be questioning the candidates in a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening. And the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and
The motto of this great state, South Carolina. But it might as well be the theme of my entire life. I am the son of a team mom. I was raised by grandparents, with a fourth grade and eighth grade education. I went to yale, i went to georgetown law school. I worked on capitol hill be right i worked for the private sector. Now im a candidate for United States senate. Excuse me if i pinch myself. I have lived the American Dream and spent my entire life fighting for others to make sure they do the same. We have been divided for too long. Too many folks here in South Carolina lack the opportunity to live the American Dream themselves. Tonight, you will probably hear from Lindsey Graham and he will scare you to vote for him. I hope tonight to inspire you to support me. Thank you, sir. Senator graham, you have one minute. Sen. Graham you have nothing to be afraid of. Thank you for tuning in. Thank you to everybody who has gotten me here. We live in difficult times. 2020 is the most incredible
Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for he killer . No, i dont, bernard. And i think you know that ive opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. Weve done so in my own state. And its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america; why we have the lowest murder rate of any industrial state in america. But we have work to
Became a place for political rallies, civil rights events, and home to Country Musics grand ole opry. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the that is the church part of the history. The Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which can be renting 43 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of the 1940s, 19 50s, 1960s and 1970s, so
Live the American Dream themselves. Tonight, you will probably hear from Lindsey Graham and he will scare you to buffer him. To vote for him. I hope tonight to inspire you to support me. T ouworld came crashingwe have dre working, a vaccine is around the corner, this is a choice election. Socialism. Versus law and order versus chaos. Thank you very much. John one, thank you both for being here this evening. Gentlemen, thank you for being here this evening. It is our hope in our nation to give our nation an example of what civil discourse looks like, and how to engage in passionate, respectful debate. So i thank you for that in advance. Mr. Graham, the last 24 hours the list of Public Officials infected by covid19 has grown exponentially. People of faith think a well across our country are praying for it faith and goodwill are praying for everyone to make a full recovery. But it cannot be ignored that many infected attended large gatherings and completely this regarded the protocols put