Were going to try to do that im sorry the Vice President had more time than shes had so far and theres against President Donald Trump. Regarding men and women of our armed forces are absurd im sorry Vice President s up to the United States marine corps my son in laws deployed in the United States navy i can assure all of you with sons and daughters serving in our military President Donald Trump not only respects but reveres all of those who serve in our armed forces and any suggestion otherwise ridiculous labels i say in paris that ive heard people deserve this is your 3rd and people decided to tell various president s i did i could maybe get it or not susan i didnt want me to know for tonight joe biden here campaigns agreed to the rules for tonight i bait with the commission on present of us im here to enforce them which involves moving from one topic to another giving roughly equal time to both of you right which is what im trying very hard to go read it so i want to go ahead and mov
President ial debates will open the doors and turn on the light and welcome viewers to the debate. A little after 9 00, the debate will begin. It begins a few minutes after 9 00 so the networks can introduce coverage. Cspans up at 10 30 and will get your calls and reaction. That is what is coming up tonight. Joining us is greta. What do you have . Greta lets start with a closer view. This is from the cspan twitter feed from yesterday set up at the university of utah. You can follow our coverage on twitter. Lee from the New York Times reported senator harris was prepping for tonight with hundreds of index cards and a mac a mock debate with pete pence andplaying mike an effort to lower expectations. The wall street journal reports that harris tried to lower expectations coming describing pence as a formidable bader. She says debate her. She says she will make this about leadership during the pandemic. That is what democrats plan to do. They plan to make it about all pandemic, all the tim
Heres what we can expect tonight in these covid times. For the first time ever, plexiglass will separate mike pence and Kamala Harris on stage. The candidates will be separated by a bit more than 12 feet apart. Tonights moderator, susan page of usa today, is not prerelease topics. The Debate Commission says there will be nine segments about 10 minutes each. Lets bring in tom bevan, president and cofounder of real clear politics. Tom, good evening and welcome back to our coverage. A little more than a week later. Lets start with the Vice President. What is mike pences challenge tonight . Hes got a tall order. I think mike pence is going to have to be very, very sharp. Hes got to present a robust defense of the Trump Administrations record. He has to present a forwardlooking vision as to what the Trump Administrations will do if they were given another four years. He has to press Kamala Harris on the questions that the campaign has not answered. Does she and joe biden support packing the
If you are watching or listening live, we encourage your reactions and questions on social media using the hashtag debates and listen and learn vote. We are also broadcasting live from the studios where we will hear from two candidates vying for the office of governor, republican Lieutenant Governor spencer cox and democrat Chris Peterson. For the safety of all involved in the debate process, we are adhering to social distancing guidelines, and there is no studio audience tonight. The questions for the debate will come from myself, students from Utah Valley University, members of the news media and the viewing audience participating on social media and response times to questions are defined but will vary from one to two minutes if needed. Candidates will have the opportunity for a 32nd rebuttal. Prior to the debate tonight, a virtual coin toss determined spencer cox will provided the pe initial response to the first question and will alternate who answers first on the remaining questi
Taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the bait, and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] susan senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts and prayers for them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflicted by the coronavirus. The two campaigns have agreed to the ground rules tonight. Im here to enforce them, on behalf of the millions of americans who are watching. One note, no one in either campaign or at the commission or anywhere