Making history. Shes become the first black woman to stand on a Vice President ial debate stage the night officer, a prime opportunity to energize would be voters. She is the daughter of a jamaican father, an indian mother shes also served as the District Attorneys of San Francisco and then. The attorney general of the state of california. Harris is pointed questioning of the president s appointees in Court Nominees during Senate Hearings and what not have help make her a young star in the democratic born and raised in oakland harriss team predicts she will focus on the president s coronavirus response. They say she will also have the chance to explain her views on Law Enforcement. Area some progressive us have criticized her on as for Vice President pence he aims to highlight the administrations economic record the president has been touting a lot up until the time of the pandemic of course is still so much talk on capitol hill about whats to become of the stimulus package of discussi
Headquarters. Now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. And welcome back to our special coverage of the race for the white house. Tonights Vice President ial debate, now just moments away. That is the scene at the university of utah in Salt Lake City where Vice President mike pence, senator Kamala Harris are going to take a stage retrofitted with plexiglass shields to protect against covid. Everyone not on stage will be wearing a mask. The moderator, susan page, will direct nine tenminute segments on topics of her choosing. No new rules have been put in place to keep things in order. Our correspondents mary bruce and rachel scott are inside the hall and mary, the Biden Campaign insisted on these new covid protections. We can expect that senator harris is going to put mike pences record as head of the Coronavirus Task force on the stand. We heard that from her chief of staff just moments ago. George, Kamala Harriss goal here tonight is to put mike pence, the head of the Coronav
Away from the one and only Vice President ial debate. Are you looking at live pictures from inside the debate hall in Salt Lake City. Lets talk about the state of the race, there is new polling that shows joe bied enexpanding his National Lead and in the battleground biden has a sizeable lead in pennsylvania, ahead in iowa, and wisconsin and tied with President Trump in ohio. Vice president mike pence and democratic senator Kamala Harris arrived a short time ago and this could be the most consequential Vice President ial debate ever. Both candidates at the top of the ticket would be the oldest president in history. President trurch as you know is being treated for coronavirus and potentially still con tablingous was in the oval office today just days after being released from the hospital. Pence and harris both have tested negative and even before they take the stage, there is a clear divide literally between them, they will be separated by plexiglass and seated 12 feet apart instead o
The people in that audience youre probably looking at very, very closely. Theyre all wearing masks. What youre not seeing is the people who are going to be up on the stage, the moderator and the two candidates. They will not be. Now, its required here that they all make sure that they keep those masks on in the audience or they will be kicked out. I think jerry baker is back with us gerry baker is back with us. I i a apologize for my confusion. Erasing the memories and all the other stuff that happened entertaining that might have been that these guys are going to keep it to a minimum. Do you think they can, they will . Well, i think we certainly wont see anything like last week, i think we can probably guarantee that. But Kamala Harris is sharp, aggressive, i dont think she can help herself. Shell want to prosecute the case as shes done in the past, shell want to prosecute aggressively, and Vice President pence is not going to take it lying down. I think itll be a sharp, lively debate
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