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President biden will take the stage for 90 minutes and take questions from Moderator Kristen Welker of nbc news. Just 12 days to go in this election. Almost 50 million americans have already voted. A sign of the times. In a president ial race transformed by the pandemic and a sign of how engaged americans are in this race. Also, a warning sign for President Trump. Hes behind in the National Polls right now and the key battleground states. The pool of undecided voters is shrinking by the day. He has to do something tonight to shake up this race. Our chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl is on the scene in nashville. And george, when the president is behind, he goes on the attack. I e ....
Tonights debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and conducted under health and safety protocols. The audience in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers, boos, or other interruptions except for right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will remain on, but please speak one at a time. The goal is to hear each other so the American People can hear every word of what you have to say. If you are ready, lets start. We will begin with the ....
Candidates will face off for the final time. You are looking at live pictures from the debate hall at can the bell in nashville, tennessee. Were seeing records broken already. Nearly 50 million americans have voted, and thats more ballots cast before election day in 2016. A rot of people. This is presidenPresident Trumpt opportunity to go face to face with a former Vice President. As you remember, their second debate was canceled when mr. Trump balked at a virtual format after he tested positive for covid19. Now, each candidate held an individual town hall one week ago. Both were tame affairs, compared to that first meeting, which you can describe as an overthetop slugfest, marred by insults and interruptions that left many wishing the organizers could simply just cut the microphones. So tonight, while one candidate is answering a direct question for two minutes, the other c ....
Ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will remain on, but please speak one at a time. The goal is to hear each other so the American People can hear every word of what you have to say. If you are ready, lets start. We will begin with the fight against the coronavirus. President trump, the first question is to you. The country is heading into a dangerous new phase, more than 40,000 americans are in the hospital tonight with covid, including record numbers in tennessee. Since you last shared a stage, 16,000 americans have died. Please be specific, how would you lead the country during this next stage of the coronavirus . Pres. Tr ....
Right now as we welcome to the stage former Vice President joe biden, and president donald j. Trump. [applause] ms. Welker i want to say good evening to both of you. This debate will cover six major topics. At the beginning of each section, each candidate will have two minutes to answer without interruption. The debate will turn on your microphone only when it is your time to answer, and turn it off exactly when two minutes expire. After that, both microphones will remain on, but please speak one at a time. The goal is to hear each other so the American People can hear every word of what you have to say. If you are ready, lets start. We will begin with the fight against the coronavirus. President trump, the first question is to you. The country is heading into a dangerous new phase, more than 40,000 americans are in the hospital tonight with covid, including record numbers i ....