Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am dorothy ridings, president the legal woman voters. Sponsor of the Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat gerald dean perot. Our panelists tonight are john mashek, National Correspondent for u. S. News and world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, Norma Quarles, a correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for night bitter newspapers. Sander vanocur, senior corps responded for abc news is our moderator. Thank you dorothy. A few thing about the order of the format tonight. At the order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro one, she wants to speak last. Vice president bush will get the first question. The debate will be built on a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate question. A followup question. And then the same to the other candidate. Each candidate will get
By emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look across the history of this nation, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. In many ways that much more how ourly embodies relationship with immigration has been in the United States. One of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would pass in the years after that increasingly restrictive legislation. So we want immigrants to come. We beckon them with opportunity. We beckon them
Those results are not in yet but some of them are so lets tell you what we have right now early results show that former Vice President joe biden has won the state of North Carolina if you move up just a little the next state in blue is virginia bernie. Lets say joe biden has also won the state of virginia Bernie Sanders as one has helm state vermont so this is not a winner take all the delegate count is awarded proportionally right so some of that we dont know yet but we do know as we said that joe biden has taken the lead in the delegate count 116 coming into the night Bernie Sanders had led the 1st had not won all 4 contests but as a result of the 1st 4 contests in the 1st 4 states he had been leading the delegate count but as you can see Vice President joe biden has taken over so hes at 116 senator Bernie Sanders at 80 and Elizabeth Warren senator from massachusetts as is at 8 there 1991 is the number needed to get the nomination approximately a 3rd of the number that is needed is
Accusations affect impeachment . Parnas is under indictment from the Southern District of new york. He walks to work with the lawyers. Should we take his claims about ukraine a grain of salt. What about impeachment . Never ending grand jury like trial which critics warning democrats want . While they call witnesses like john bolton . With something momentous as this, should voters hear from those at the heart of the controversy, the bidens, about their involvement in ukraine . We have the debate. This debate. Critics pointing out Nancy Pelosis rhetoric getting increasingly heated, over over e top . Will that hurt impeachment in the eyes of voters as well as pelosis credibility . It is more than just pelosi and her souvenir impeachment pens. Pelosi claims impeachment is not about the evidence. It is really about allegations. This debate tonight, critics say past time for pelosi and leftleaning media stop with the rhetoric. Stick with the facts. Stop comparing trump impeachment to the cl
Kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u. S. Immigration. Many americans look to the statue of libertys famous poem by emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look at history, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. One of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would pass in the years after that i