Votes in the democrat running for a second term against Burgess Owens. Live coverage on cspan2. Tonight we will hear from the incumbent democratic congressman then mcadams and his republik and challenger, mr. Burgess owens. The safety of all involved in the debate process we are hearing the social distancing guidelines and there is no studio audience. The Debate Commission has established a format that allows each candidate one, two minutes for the initial reply to a question. I will then direct followup response to then questions. I will be taking questions from members of the news media, students from salt lake Unity College and from members of the viewing audience participating on social media. Prior to the debate a virtual coin toss determined that Burgess Owens will provide the initial response to the first question. We will alternate who answers first on the remaining questions. Lets get right to it. Mr. Owens, welcome. Good to see you. We wanted to, we wanted to let voters see s
Says america doesnt need them because barack obama was elected. First, Elizabeth Warren is on the rise. We are looking at new Monmouth University polls in to cnn, and while it shows president ial candidate joe biden leading the pack among democratic voters nationwide with more than double the support, it is the battle really for the number two spot turning heads here. Elizabeth warren has surged 5 from last month and she is now neckinneck with Bernie Sanders, virtually tied for second place. Joining me now is patrick murray. He is the director of the Monmouth University institute, a polling institute. So this is quite the move that were seeing here by Elizabeth Warren. Do you know why were seeing this . Yes. She is solidifying her support among liberal voters right now and i think thats the key, and it has been a slow, steady progress over the past two months for her, unlike some other candidates in the past who jumped on the polls, harris, buttigieg, orourke when they first announced.