Welcome, everyone, to our second class. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight, the making of the president 2020, better known as the political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different and yet related topics the first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part, id like to look at a few of the more recent president ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dahlic, a well known president ial historian. He writes, the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, franklin dellano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, lyndon baynes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, professor dahlics analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some
Between president ial candidates in 16 years and the first ever in which an incumbent president has participated, is taking place before the audience in the walnut street theater in philadelphia, just three blocks from independence hall. The audience may reach a hundred million in the United States and many millions overseas. Tonights debate focuses on domestic issues and Economic Policy. Questions will be put by Frank Reynolds of abc news, james gannon of the wall street journal, and Elizabeth Drew of the new yorker magazine. Under the agreed rules the first question will go to governor carter. That was decided by the toss of a coin. He will have up to three minutes to answer. One followup question will be permitted with up to two minutes to reply. President ford will then have two minutes to respond. The next question will go to president ford with the same time arrangements, and questions will continue to be alternated between the candidates. Each man will make a threeminute stateme
Latest figures show that only 25 percent of germanys and tense of care beds are available add a moment now as a result germany has also Just Announced and you partial lockdown thats going to take place starting november 2nd for overall dining andren ataman stablish meant theyre going to be closed and overnight hotel stay thats also going to be banned while schools they will remain open and i want our viewers to read this and speak of this really shows its by german chancellor Angela Merkel and explains how the situation in germany has become she says we are now at a point where we no longer know where 75 percent infections are coming from as you recall germany they were really on top of their game beginning of the pandemic in controlling their virus and Contact Tracing but it seems that theyre actually go. And the other way right now so this is just sat looking really bad for europe and it just seems cases are growing at the same time that cases and thats are growing right here in the
Of the country to the gulf region estimated value is over a 1000000. 00. Im told me all logic well welcome to the program the 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic has arrived in europe and its prompting National Lockdowns island has become the 1st e. U. Country to return to an almost full nationwide lockdown as it battles to stop a surge in corona virus cases Prime Minister Mikhail Mohsin said that all nonessential retailers must close for 6 weeks starting at midnight on wednesday schools will be allowed to stay open but bars and restaurants will only be able to be able to serve takeaways and people have been told to stay within 5 kilometers of their homes for all but essential purposes the Prime Minister appealed to the nation to respect the new measures. I understand and i feel very personally im profoundly the sense of disappointment the feelings of loneliness perhaps even this the despair that this announcement will bring for money the days are getting shorter and colder but i ask
Than 8100000 cases with nearly 220000 deaths the dire american figures have prompted its neighbor to the north to keep its border shut to u. S. Citizens canadas minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness tweeted we are extending nonessential travel restrictions with the United States until november 21st 2020 our decision will continue to be based on the best Public Health advice available to keep canadian safe canada is also seeing a rise in cases as the 2nd wave of covert 1000. 00 takes hold on that country with over 200000 confirmed it actions had nearly 10000. 00 deaths in total the country has been rather successful in fighting the virus but its not taking any chances new rules are kicking in of this week in regions of concern the countrys most populous province of ontario is ordering the closure of gyms and movie theaters a ban on Indoor Dining in restaurants and bars and restrictions of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors at public gatherings parts of europe are fo