Product and auto designers who create massproduced consumer goods that filled the suburbs of america. Narrator this is levittown, pennsylvania, a new suburb and community of 60,000 people midway between philadelphia and trenton, new jersey. With its giant Shopping Center, winding names winding lamed named for flowers entries, it is typical of communities all over america, where families are pursuing the American Dream to give their children a better chance in life. Are people of modest means. Nearly all our young people. A large proportion our veterans. And while many religious groups have established churches, they have not yet had time enough to develop programs to adequately serve the community. Most levittowners are proud and happy in their new environment. For many, it is the first house of their own ad represents a major financial investment. Social life is mainly confined to visits from the neighbors. There are communitywide events, but it is too early yet for most residents to
Im scott slayton. You are watching the Atlanta Press club Loudermilk Young the debate series. This is the general Election Debate for candidates running for the special election for the seat currently held by kelly leffler. We panelist for joining us from their homes or other remote locations. Candidates. Eet the they are doug collins, a republican from georgias ninth congressional district, a seat he has held since 2013. , a republicanfler appointed to the u. S. Senate in january, 2020, to replace a retiring senator. Slowinski, a real estate developer. Ander, a realist airmen. And Greg Bluestein is a political reporter with the atlanta journalconstitution. And the producer of morning edition. Secondses will have 60 to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to rebuttals. If candidates feel they should get a rebuttal, they should raise their hand. When candidates are answering questions, i will hold up a piece of paper letting them know they have 10 seconds remaining. Now, lets get
In the texas 32nd congressional district, the incumbent democrat faces this challenger. They rate this race likely democratic. Democratic. Just want to review the rules of it. They are fairly simple. Two minutes for Opening Statements from the candidates. Nd for questions there will be a 92nd response for each candidate and a 45 second rebuttal for each candidate. Any further response or followup will be up to me. There the timekeeping, will be about four boxes on the one of those will have questions for use in this debate. When the candidate gets down to about 15 seconds left in their answer, that box will turn yellow. It will time is up, turn red. We will also have one minute closing statements in reverse order of opening. So, in keeping with the agreement reached between the two candidates, the opening genevievewill go to collins. Ms. Collins good evening. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you to the congressman for joining me and being flexible. Thank you to all of you for tuning in.
Different. Studio,lists are in the Jennifer Vann and john to stay so. The candidates are in a different studio, separated by several feet as part of covid19 precautions good we look forward to a robust debate. Lets look at the candidate backgrounds. Governor whos planning and management faced a life or death tested this year. Governor sununu there were tough decisions we had to make. For known for pushing progressive reforms. Ive been pushing for families every step of the way. Adam they have two different approaches be it republican governor chris sununu has spearheaded much of the state response to covid19 and move forward on another of this years issues, police reform, using an executive order to implement a first round of changes. Governor sununu we are not a crisis point but i dont want to wait for a crisis. New hampshire does democracy better than any other state. Feltes worked on expand Health Care Coverage. He says he will not lose focus on solutions that help workingclass fami
Considered most newsworthy to participate in the debate. Candidates get one minute to answer questions and 32nd rebuttals a lot of the moderator discretion. We think both candidates. Our opening question is about the covid19 pandemic and it goes to you first, senator feltes. Thanksgiving is a little more than fiveweek the way and it is fair to say that a sense of connection is more important to people and it has been. The reality is we are seeing cases of covid every day and rising numbers across the country. How do you lead granite stators through the end of the year as they no doubt want to be together with loved ones but fear that could put them in others at risk . Sen. Feltes families are sacrificing and struggling. Hundreds of lost loved ones, tens of thousands of lost jobs, thousands more their homes, cases are going up right now in schools shutting down. Obamacare, the Health Care System we rely on, is in jeopardy right now. Working families dont know what the next week will rin