Lehrer good evening from the university of miami Convocation Center in coral gables, florida. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. And i welcome you to the first of the 2004 president ial debates between president george w. Bush, the republican nominee, and senator john kerry, the democratic nominee. These debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. Tonights will last 90 minutes, following detailed rules of engagement worked out by representatives of the candidates. I have agreed to enforce their rules on them. The umbrella topic is Foreign Policy and Homeland Security, but the specific subjects were chosen by me, the questions were composed by me, the candidates have not been told what they are, nor has anyone else. For each question there can only be a twominute response, a 90 second rebuttal and, at my discretion, a discussion extension of one minute. A green light will come on when 30 seconds remain in any given answer, yellow at 15, red at five seconds, and
Good evening mister president saturday carry. First president goes to senator kennedy. You have two minutes. Do you believe you can do a better job than president bush and preventing another 9 11 terrorist attack on the United States . Yes i do. But before i answer further let me thank you for moderating, i want to thank the university of miami for hosting us and i know the president will join me in welcoming all of florida for all of this debate. Youve been through the roughest weeks it anyone can imagine, our hearts go out to you and we admire your pluck and perseverance. I can make american safer than president bushes made say made us, and i believe president bush and i both love our country equally, but we just have a different set of evictions convictions on how you make america safe. I believe america is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and leading strong alliances. Ill never give a veto to any country over our security but i also know how to lead those alliance
Possiblement for those joining us on the live stream or by phone you can submit your questions by emailing events events mei. Edu and theres 500 of you so theres a lot of interest in saudi arabia. Ill open this question to potential of our panelists and that is, has mbs continued to get away with murder . We are at yet another anniversary of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, theres been new and interesting reporting on how he was being tracked before his death and so im just going to open it up with that question. Lets start with ladies first, susanne and then ben. Thank you for the insight and its great pleasure. Mbs is in he middle of a storm right now. He is one who is considered as the responsible and who provided the who ordered the killing. So, did he get away with it . Actually depends very much on how he keeps how he plays his cards. Right now he is making more and more enemies and if you have so many enemies inside the family and kingdome and dont have support outside o
That russia respect red lines and provide what it calls clarifications from moscow on the alleged poisoning of alexy in the valley as russia still hasnt received any evidence of abuse allegedly found in germany. And the Washington Post claims a new cia report shows Vladimir Putin himself is quote unquote probably leading a Smear Campaign against democratic president ial hopeful joe biden the whole reports based on information from anonymous sources. Good morning from russia to no one here no moscow time this wednesday 23rd of september im kevin 0 in here for the next half hour with our latest from the newsroom so 1st and fast safe and effective and reliable thats how. Its dubbed the pioneering russian covert vaccine sputnik vade the 1st registered of its kind speaking at the Un General Assembly putin stressed World Leaders need to find a way to make that job freely accessible to everybody and even offered free doses to any u. N. Work. When we are ready to share our experience and conti
Becomes one of the 1st in the country to get a shot. This morning i got a call from the creamy stain i am an ideal candidate here this is your vaccine down there is not much in there looks like a couple of drops ok i was reading. Just in one of the afternoon get out soon for russia and this wednesday the 23rd of september its kevin owen here at arties world news age q with this latest half hour and the great youve chosen to watch as the 1st russian Opposition Leader election a volley weve heard the last few hours has been discharged from the Charity Hospital in berlin where he was being treated monks much scrutiny following alleged poisoning doctors say they hope he will make a full recovery numerous western nations are calling on russia to investigate the case claiming the nerve agent novacek was used roman cross rough in central moscow picks up the story. On the violin these condition had improved drastically over the last few days now doctors at the clinic where he has been staying