Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour 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 to between 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 follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf 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. Th
Set moment up for rest of the u. S. President ial campaign. They are saying other than this mornings broadcast that this, tonight could be the most watched tv event in all of history. Good day, it is september 26th, 2016 who decided to come back from vacation. Hey, what is up. You know, i know what i messed being at the the link i was there for opening day i has to list ten that sproles play in an uber, yesterday. Oh, man. The highlights. The whole season has been a highlight. Think of this, sue serio if kenney bridgewhat the der not hurt his knee, everything would be different. We would have a different quarterback the whole season could look different, you know, as we go inside, football. The it is football weather out there. It is 41 degrees in mount pocono our new 4 00 oclock temperatures just a period. Thirtyeight last hour. Fortyfour in allentown. 49 degrees in trenton. If you are just getting up in pottstown outside your window it is 44 degrees. The mid 50s in the the city. Fift
Your excitement use the fox 29 good day and look for them here. Green grass on today. Thank you, i tried. It is close enough. We cannot wear green because of the green screen. But were all in wentzsylvania. And wentzsylvania feels like football wet they are morning. Crisp, yes. It is so crisp, that is how it feels outside this morning. We will give you a nine out of ten. Chilly morning, cloud coming in later on but bus stop buddy is ready, because he has his sweat shirt on for the first time, since school started, this year. Temperatures are in the 40s and 50s, those 40s in the suburbs as you can see right the here 42 mount pocono. Fortyeight in reading and lancaster. It is 48 in millville, new jersey. Even in Atlantic City International Airport it is 49. Here in philadelphia temperature at the airport is 56 with a 6 53 is your sunrise time. We have to wait almost an her for that to happen. Watching the cold front to the west bringing rain but not until tonight. Youll see increasing in
Refugees fled to europe. Many countries closed their borders. It was a trial by fire for a united europe. But the german chancellor called for solidarity. Weve done so much, we can do this. Michelle we have more on that coming up in the programme. But first to the mediterranean. Because of its long mediterranean coastline, italy has overtaken greece as europes migration frontline. Since the implementation of the euturkey refugee deal, the harrowing images of migrants attempting to reach greece have been replaced by those of people hoping to get to italy. Record numbers of migrants have drowned in the mediterranean over the past year. The men and women of frontex, the Eu Border Control agency, have saved 70,000 lives so far and hope to make the border stronger. Reporter on board the siem pilot. The norwegian ship has been sailing between italy and libya for months. Its part of the frontex operation securing the eu external borders. But the crew has its hands full rescuing refugees. If t
Candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic not democratic nominee, and george bush, the republican nominee. I will be the moderator for this 90 minute event, which is taking place before naughty ands here in the f let a complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions. They are john of the boston globe, and competition an of abc news, and sander van ocher andcompton of abc news, sander that contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Up toandidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. The order of those as well as the questioning was determined by a drawing. The first question goes to mr. Perot. He will have two minutes to answer to be followed by a rebuttals of one minute each by governor clinton and then president bush. Good evening. The first topic tonight is what separates each of you from the other . Perot, what do you believe tonight is the single most import