Mount Washington University, in st. Louis. The audience was made up of undecided voters chosen by the galaxy organization. Good evening from the field house at washington arizonian st. Louis. I am jim letter, or of the news hour on pbs. And i welcome you to this third and final campaign between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President all galore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush from texas. Lets welcome the candidates, now. [applause] before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mail karen ham, of mystery, along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night, near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue know that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The four months and the rules were worked out by the commission, and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters, who identify as being on committed by t
Despite restrictions to try and slow the spread of the run of ours. Italy is reporting hospitals stretched to meet capacity, and france is also struggling with a break or number of corona virus. Patients. 74 migrants believed to have drowned after the ship heading for europe capsized off the coast of libya. More than 100 people were on board when the incident happened at the port of the libyan coast guard rescued. More than 40, its the latest in a spate of migrant bird sinkings in the mediterranean. This is the news from bergen. You can follow us on twitter and instagram at news, or visit our website at www. Dot com. , u. S. President truong predicted that the media would stop talking about the coronavirus pandemic a day after the election. But the election was more than a week ago, and people are getting sick like never before. 1000 hospitalizations are at an all time high here in europe 2 weeks into their 2nd national lockdowns, germany and france say that the surge in new infections
Strong safety net. There needs to be a safety net in america. And, yes, farmers are the first environmentalists. And when they decide not to plow a field that is vulnerable to soil erosion, that may cause them a little money, but it helps the environment. I think we ought to have an expanded conservation reserve program. And i think that the environmental benefits that come from sound management of the land all to represent a new way for farmers to get some income that will enable them, enable you to make sensible choices in crop rotation, and when you leave the land fallow and the rest. Now, i go beyond that and say i think we need much more focus, Rural Economic Development programs. I see a time when the internet based activities are more available in the rural areas than where the extra source of income that farm families used to have from shoe factories is replaced by an extra source of income from working in the information economy. So we need to do a lot of things but ought to s
Good evening from the Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston, im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic. Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed toby the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to followup and extend any particular give and take another three and a half minutes. Even then no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects we
Good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the debate between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. They will be conducted within for th formats agreed to by the two campaigns. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes, rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and extend any particular give and take 3 1 2 minutes. No single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects were chosen by me alone. I have told no one from the two campaigns or the commission or anyone else involved what they are. Theres a small audience in the hall tonight. They are not here to part