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
Republic does not seek war. Its determined to defend its landing with sea and air. I just spoke this evening a source in iran who tells me the countrys foreign minister and other Senior Iranian officials have been meeting throughout the night to prepare for a potential u. S. Attack. Something tells me they might expect strikes on irans missile facilities. Thats what general jack keane suggested we do on this program last night. Law makers from both parties gathering in the situation room today to discuss iran. But its unclear what the president s response will be. He suggests iran may not have fully intended to take the drone out. I find it hard to believe it was intentional. It could have been someone who is loose and stupid. Well be able to report back and you will understand exactly what happened. But it was a very foolish move. Trish its very clear the president wants definitive answers as to why this happened, where it happened as the world remains on edge in anticipation of milit
Its determined to defend its landing with sea and air. I just spoke this evening a source in iran who tells me the countrys foreign minister and other Senior Iranian officials have been meeting throughout the night to prepare for a potential u. S. Attack. Something tells me they might expect strikes on irans missile facilities. Thats what general jack keane suggested we do on this program last night. Law makers from both parties gathering in the situation room today to discuss iran. But its unclear what the president s response will be. He suggests iran may not have fully intended to take the drone out. I find it hard to believe it was intentional. It could have been someone who is loose and stupid. Well be able to report back and you will understand exactly what happened. But it was a very foolish move. Trish its very clear the president wants definitive answers as to why this happened, where it happened as the world remains on edge in anticipation of military action. Joining me right
Jim 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 agreed to between the two campaigns. Well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttal is limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to follow up and extend any give and take any 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. The questions and the subjects were chosen by me alone. I have to
30 seconds. Moderator 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 agreed to between the two campaigns. Well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttal is limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to follow up and extend any give and take any y 3. 5 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 were chosen by me alone. I hav