At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
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[applause] ladies, the president of the United States accompanied by the Prime Minister of the state of israel, his highness, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and the minister of the Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of bahrain. Hail to the chief] [cheers and applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Please. Thank you. The first lady and i are honored to welcome to the white house Prime Minister netanyahu of israel and misses netanyahu. Thank you so much. [applause] trump and the foreign emirates,united arab uae, thank you very much. And the foreign minister of bahrain, thank you. Thank you very much. We are here this afternoon to change the course of history after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries. We take a major stride toward a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. Momen
Morning on the program. Argument thate the debates present no information, if that is true it makes a compelling case for eliminating that. These are not based on what debate viewers believe, but what political pundits think. Viewers want debate and the numbers prove it. Two of the three clinton trump matchups set alltime debate viewership records with the first drawing about 84 million viewers. The largest viewing audience in the history of the televised debates that began with jfk and Richard Nixon in 1960. Here is another viewpoint from the New York Times. Charles saying im not looking forward to the president making forward im not looking to the hype. We may learn things. And those things are worth learning. When it need a debate comes to policy and character. What will it tell us that we dont already know . The debate will show us how the candidates converse and clash and how they attack or recover. But none of this at this late stage should be a determinant. You can add your voic
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members