Good evening from the clerk Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts and boston. Im jim of the news hour of pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90 minute debates between the democratic candidate for Vice President , president , are gore and the democratic candidate traditionally bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to buy the commission and the campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes, rebuttals are limited to one minute. As moderator i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular given take it another three and a half minutes. But even then those who go answer can exceed to minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements and each candidate may have up to timmins for closing statement. The questions and the subjects were ch
Mount Washington University, in st. Louis. The audience was made up of undecided voters chosen by the galaxy organization. Good evening from the field house at washington arizonian st. Louis. I am jim letter, or of the news hour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President all galore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush from texas. Lets welcome the candidates, now. [applause] before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mail karen ham, of mystery, along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night, near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue know that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The four months and the rules were worked out by the commission, and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters, who identify as being on committed by t
Provider. Vice president al gore expected his partys president ial nomination at the 2000 Democratic National convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next president of the United States, al gore. [ cheers and applause ] thaup [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee. And then those who braved the first snows of iowa, and new hampshire. And all of you here from all over this country. Who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. And i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken out so eloquently, someone ive loved with my
Strong safety net. There needs to be a safety net in america. And, yes, farmers are the first environmentalists. And when they decide not to plow a field that is vulnerable to soil erosion, that may cause them a little money, but it helps the environment. I think we ought to have an expanded conservation reserve program. And i think that the environmental benefits that come from sound management of the land all to represent a new way for farmers to get some income that will enable them, enable you to make sensible choices in crop rotation, and when you leave the land fallow and the rest. Now, i go beyond that and say i think we need much more focus, Rural Economic Development programs. I see a time when the internet based activities are more available in the rural areas than where the extra source of income that farm families used to have from shoe factories is replaced by an extra source of income from working in the information economy. So we need to do a lot of things but ought to s
Good evening from the Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston, im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic. Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed toby the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to followup and extend any particular give and take another three and a half minutes. Even then no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects we