Tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] Judy Woodruff for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. By prior agreement between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle, and you have two minutes to respond. Senator, you have been criticized, as we all know, for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war,
A few parties in the weeks ahead. He france has reimposed a Public Health state of emergency nationwide president calls that the Health System is reaching of limits and announced a curfew and parents and 8 other cities from saturday people wont be allowed to leave their homes between 9 pm and 6 am except for essential reasons as that of frances intensive care beds currently occupied by covert patients. Protesters calling for reforms to thailands constitution and want to keep half set up camp outside the Prime Ministers Office in bangkok when says much was the biggest in 3 months of demonstrations against the government which these power in a military coup and 2014. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and on instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that 2 important differences between the United States and germany the approach to keeping people healthy and the approach to keeping people employed if you live in the you with us you
Staking out its claims on every continent with its sprawling belton Road Initiative impacting how most every country does business officials in beijing as setting the Global Standards intake by drawing up their own treaties and deals and theyve got the up ahead with an immense amount of financial 5 power but chinas also highly secretive fad restrictive the question is is china more of patna old rival. President xi jinping has promised time and again to open his mammoth economy to the world to lead an International Investment and allow for a level Playing Field german executives ive spoken to say its going in the other direction they say chinese officials at clamping down on foreign firms more than ever china and the European Union have been hammering out a comprehensive agreement on investment for 7 years now but after multiple rounds of negotiations theyve basically got no way. The skyscrapers of shanghai have all been built in the past 30 years. Almost all the big German Companies ha
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
Thomas jeffersons correspondence and other papers be accessiblewill to scholars and the public. [applause] good evening. Good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. I am the president of the league of women voters, sponsor of tonights Vice President ial debate between republican george bush and democrat Geraldine Ferraro. Our panelists for tonights debate are the National Correspondent for u. S. News world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, normal quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, Washington Bureau chief for knightridder newspapers. , politicalocher correspondent for abc news, is our moderator. A few words about the order of the format. The order of questioning was determined by a toss of the coin. Congresswoman ferraro elects to speak last so Vice President bush will get the first question. The debate will be built upon a series of questions from the reporters on the panel. A reporter will ask a candidate a question, a follo