And as you can see, there is a plexiglas divider between them. We are following cdc recommendations. Here are the rules for tonights debate. Candidates will have 1 30 for opening and closing statements. The candidates will have 1 15 to answer a question. When a question is posed to both. The candidates can request a rebuttal if they are named or attacked by the other candidate in their answer. If that request granted is granted, they will have 45 seconds for rebuttal. They will have a u 15 for a response 1 15 the other candidate will have 45 seconds for comment if they choose to, then rebuttal rules about a direct attack would go into effect. Again, the candidates are david perdue and john osoff. You both have 1 30 for opening statements. Senator perberd due, you won the coin flip, so lets start with you. Thank you, mike, and thank you to wtoc for hosting this tonight. You know, my mom and dad were Public Schoolteachers. I grew up working on our family farms. I worked my way through ge
Senator toomey good morning, everyone. Im the c. E. O. Of lehigh public media. Gives me great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, tim good morning, everyone. Im tim fallon, the ceo of Lehigh Valley public media and it gives me a great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, the honorable patrick toomey. Sen. Toomey thank you, tim. Take your time, its all right. Good morning. And thanks for being here. A special thanks to my family for joining me today. For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say
Twice. Report from theyre going to care about capital as rockets rain down knocking out power and driving residents of the disputed region underground. Police in baton rouge to use water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of protesters demanding the release of Political Prisoners. And the London Marathon defies the pandemic and throws up a surprise winner. 48 hours after the u. S. President was taken to hospital with code 19 its still not clear how sick he actually is doctors treating donald trump say theyve given him dexamethasone a steroid the World Health Organization only recommends for severe cases this after his oxygen levels dropped briefly on friday and saturday but they also insist hes doing well and could be discharged from hospital as early as monday mike hanna reports from bethesda where trump is being treated. The team of doctors of urge for another update and the president s personal physician 1st explain the reason for the particularly rosy prognosis that was given 24
For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say very clearly that representing the people of pennsylvania, this big, beautiful, con my indicated, diverse state, has been an extraordinary, amazing honor. It still is, and its been by far the highlight of my professional life. The reasons that ive reached this decision are not political. Theyre personal. The decision is consistent with a longheld view ive had in support of term limits. I committed myself to limiting my terms in the house. I didnt do that in the senate but id always thought that id probab
Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a