This special edition of nightline, your voice, your vote, will be right back. H air. So, you can have open window freshness. Even with all the windows up. Enjoy fresh, any time, with febreze. beeping sound how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. It was a recordsetting election. More than 140 million americans voted. But tonight the two president ial candidates defining the day with completely different messages. One urging calm, one alleging conspiracy, as more than 500,000 ballots still must be counted to determine a winner. Battleground pennsylvania. A big prize. 20 electoral votes hanging in the balance. Counting continues here for the third day. Blue voters like lauren swann hoping the keystone state will deliver joe biden the white house.
I am bernard shaw of cnn. Cable news network. My colleagues are ann compton, of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And andrew mitchell, of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. For the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates by representatives of the two campaigns, however there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleague and i can ask this evening and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor jackies. You have two minutes to respond. Governor if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, which you favored and irrevocably Death Penalty for the killer. No i dont, bernard. And i think you know that i post Death Penalty, all of my life. I dont see any evidence, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with crime. We have done so in my own state, and its one of the reasons why we hav
[ cheers and applause ] 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 in the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for the killer . No, i dont. I think you know i opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent. I think there are per and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. We have down so in my own state. Its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america, why we have the lowest murder rate in any industrial state in america. But we have work to do this nation. W
About decorum violations in debate number one. And. Its foolish to think they will calm down and play right in game two. Just get it off the table, clear that fat elephant out of the room so we can move on in unwiding the joe biden systemic racist bells. The president has to press joe biden so he cant slither out of answering necessary questions about not being on the take. Joe, be honest. Show off the rolex you got as a gift. And that chinese bank thats greased you and your cracky son, allegedly. When trump cuts off joe, it allows him to weasel out of the answers on Court Packing and family foibles. If god forbid the emails contain damning quid pro quo truth nuggets, you realize you will have to impeach him too. Instead of a mute button they need an amplifier. So when one candidate is making a better policy question. These guys dont need confines and rules like they are playing cricket with the queen. They need a psych test. If only Moderator Kristen Welker were bold enough to test th
With miss dewy by his side. He makes another strong bid for the northwest ballots. It appears he has at least one supporter. Those are some of the regions finest sentiment specimen. Well know soon. November is just a rant the corner. President truman continues his swing around the circuit. Meeting former president in texas. The chief executive gets a president which he says he passed around the white house lawn for the next four years. He goes to the home of his friend, where he has breakfast and its a warm welcome. Later in nearby san antonio heat vista alamo, historic sure im of texas independence. In austin, a big crowd reads the president as he continues his campaign for lone star states 23 electoral votes. Civil, writes the president stuck at republican say they dont want unity. On his tour the president spoke with the former speaker of the house. At port, worth hundreds of thousands turned out as he fights to win the southern vote. Do we defeats. Truman the famous photo of the Ch