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[applause] ms. ridings: good evening from the municipal auditorium in kansas city. i am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final presidential debate of the 1984 campaign between republican ronald reagan and democrat walter mondale. our panelists for tonight s debate on defense and foreign policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate; marvin kalb, chief diplomatic correspondent for nbc news; morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine; and henry trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent for the baltimore sun. edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. ed. mr. newman: dorothy ridings, thank you. a brief word about our procedure tonight. the first question will go to mr. mondale. to have minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. the answer to that will be limited to 1 minu ....
this is an hour and a half. [applause] ms. ridings: good evening from the municipal auditorium in kansas city. i am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final presidential debate of the 1984 campaign between republican ronald reagan and democrat walter mondale. our panelists for tonight s debate on defense and foreign policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief diplomatic correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent for the baltimore sun. edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. ed. mr. newman: dorothy ridings, thank you. a brief word about our procedure tonight. the first question will go to mr. mondale. he ll have 2.5 minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. the answe ....
every four years, the presidential candidates turn from politics to humor at the l al smith memorial dinner. i have travel3ed the circuit for many years. i never understood how the absence of one individual could cause three of us to not have seen. you have said many times in this campaign, you want to give america back to the little guy. i am thatresident, man. it is in the honor to share this. your great-grandfather was my favorite kind of governor. the kind who ran for president and lost. you are right, a campaign can wire a lot of wardrobe changes. blue in the morning. coat forourt sport dinner. it is nice to wear what we wear around the house. watch the dinner with hillary clinton and donald trump. listen at 9:00 p.m. eastern with the radio app. now republican candidate donald trump speaks at a campaign rally in new hampshire. this is just under one hour to rea. mr. trump: thank you. wow. wow. great crowd. they said just before i came on, this is the big ....
between incumbent president gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter. the debate took place in philadelphia and focused on domestic issues, taxes and the economy. a technical problem with the audio feed caused a 28-minute delay in which the candidates remained at their podiums. the league of women voters hosted this event, and our coverage is from nbc news. good evening. i m edwin newman, moderator of this first debate of the 1976 campaign between gerald r. ford of michigan, republican candidate for president and jimmy carter of georgia, democratic candidate for president. we thank you, president ford, and we thank you, governor carter, for being with us tonight. there ought to be three debates between the presidential candidates and one between the vice presidential candidates. all are being arranged by the league of women voters education fund. tonight s debate, the first between presidential candidates in 16 years and the first ever in which an incumben ....
for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up on american history tv in primetime, road to the white house rewind looks at past presidential debates. next, the september 23rd and aucts 26th, 1976 debates between president gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter. later, the october 11th and 15th 1992 debates between president george h.w. bush, then arkansas governor bill clinton and texas businessman ross perot. next, road to the white house rewind brings you archival coverage of presidential races. from 1976, the first debate between incumbent president gerald ford and former georgia governor jimmy carter. the debate took place in philadelphia and focused on domestic issues, taxes and the economy. a technical problem with the audio feed caused a 28-minute delay in which the candidates remained at their podiums. the league of women voters hosted this event, and our coverage is from nbc news. good evening. i m edwin newm ....