Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour 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 to between 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 follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf 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
And the presidency focuses on u. S. President s and first ladies to learn about their politics, policies, and legacies. All this month in prime time and every weekend on American History tv on cspan3. Each week during the 2016 election, road to the white house rewind brings you archival coverage of president ial races. Up next, the first debate between Vice President al gore and Texas Governor george bush from the 2000 president ial race. From the university of massachusetts in boston, topics include tax policy, Medicare Prescription Drug proposals, education reform and abortion. Governor bush defeated Vice President gore in the general election in one of the most highly contested races in u. S. History. This is just over 90 minutes. 30 seconds. 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 first of three 90minute debates between the democratic candidate for president , Vice Presi
Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour 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 to between 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 follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf 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. Th
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Now to breaking news in Westchester County. Crews spent all night battling a fire that broke out early this morning. Flames broke out this morning on gra gramatan avenue. Tracie strahan is there. Reporter every time we think theyre getting it under control, new pockets of flames break out. They have a couple of hoses on it here. Theyve had their hands full since 1 00 this morning. Well show you the video of the flames that engulfed this entire strip. It started at 226 gramatan avenue. They say it quickly spread. Right now this is a threealarm fire. Hundreds of firefighters on scene from neighboring departments as well. Theres also a twostory structure right on top contain containing contain containing apartments. They did have to be evacuated. Where they are right now, its unclear. Were waiting to speak to the police chief about that. As we bring you back live, you can see the smoke here continues to billow from this strip. Again, no signs of slowing down. Back to you. Its been a long