candidate for president, vice president al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. let s welcome the candidates now. before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. tonight s questions will be asked by st. louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. earlier today each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. those cards were collected and then given to me this afternoon. my job, under the rules of the evening, was to decide the order the questions will be asked and to call on the questioners accordingly. i also have the option
welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate of president, and vice president al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. bush of texas, and let s welcome the candidates now. hello. hello, jim. good to see you. governor. good to see you both. nice to see you again. how are you all? before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri along with his son and former chief of staff died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. tonight s questions will be asked by st. louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. earlier today, each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. those cards were coll
highly contested races in u.s. history. the outcome was not decided until five weeks after the boaters went to the polls, when the u.s. supreme court stopped the florida recount. this awarded the state s electoral votes to president bush. mr. lehrer: good evening from the field house at washington university in st. louis. i m jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. and i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. let s welcome the candidates now. [applause] before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who , along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out b
this afternoon. on that helicopter, three crew members. we know at least one of them was known to a nearby hospital. what we do not know is the medical condition. how are they doing or their names. that is information we are trying to get as we speak. when it comes to the golf course, there were witnesses out here. we were hoping to speak to one but we were turned away by the military police. they tell us the the witness, that is, he told us he saw the helicopter coming down and it was spinning. spinning around before it crash landed near the third hole. you will notice in the distance, police. they are making sure that no one makes their way to the golf course here. at one point they were turning people around on the society hill road to make them turn around and go back up the roadway. but again we are in the letter town, maryland, and st. mary s county, southern maryland. this is a big story. this is a big the fact they are not letting people return home without proof of
a three-day manhunt was underway for stevens who shot and killed an elderly man on sunday who appeared to be a total stranger, and posted video of the killing on facebook. police were calling this a nationwide search for stevens. a $50,000 reward was being offered. pennsylvania state police tweeting out that stevens has shot and killed himself. a noon news conference is scheduled and we will bring it the latest details as they come in. amy aubert, abc 7 news. jummy: you can see right now we are preparing for a news conference. it is a live look inside where the news conference is set to cleveland.in in as soon as it begins we will carry it live. more breaking news closer to home, h reid falls on a pe that man is in critical condition. suzanne kennedy is live. suzanne: we want to show you the situation, you can take a look behind me and see independence avenue is closed in front of the rayburn house office building. that tree is an american now and lost a large branch this mor