President ial debates will open the doors and turn on the light and welcome viewers to the debate. A little after 9 00, the debate will begin. It begins a few minutes after 9 00 so the networks can introduce coverage. Cspans up at 10 30 and will get your calls and reaction. That is what is coming up tonight. Joining us is greta. What do you have . Greta lets start with a closer view. This is from the cspan twitter feed from yesterday set up at the university of utah. You can follow our coverage on twitter. Lee from the New York Times reported senator harris was prepping for tonight with hundreds of index cards and a mac a mock debate with pete pence andplaying mike an effort to lower expectations. The wall street journal reports that harris tried to lower expectations coming describing pence as a formidable bader. She says debate her. She says she will make this about leadership during the pandemic. That is what democrats plan to do. They plan to make it about all pandemic, all the tim
Ladies and gentlemen, could i ask you to take your seats please . The 2020 Vice President ial debate here at the university of utah. Im janet brown, executive director of the commission on president ial debates. We are delighted you are here. In the next few minutes, you are going to hear thanks that her own a lot of people for making tonight possible. We will also cover some housekeeping rules for this evenings debate, which start with please make sure your cell phones are turned off on all functions. Cannot make any noise, and please open your programs and take a look at some of the many people that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to for this evening. I would like to start with pentagram, which is of thoughtful which is responsible of the new book of s andommissions name cover. With ankle for the support of our work for years and the state of federal communications, which has just come on board this year. We thank you all. As we speak, there is a washington Filing Center being hosted
Opened at about 8 30 p. M. We will go live at the time. And as always on cspan movable be getting your reaction after the debate and ashes. All earlier today President Trump and first lady departed the white house for marine one including air force base and took air force one to the short flight to clean cleveland. Joe biden flew in from delaware among those traveling with him, the former Obama Administration point person on ebola. And hes been helping with the debate preparation and his sister valerie biden. That joining from the debate hall in cleveland is michael from the wall street journal. How have you been covering the president ial politics and debates. Ive been covering President Trump since hes been a candidate in 2015. In a cover him to the white house and my background uncovered congress a little bit before that and then State Government i was in ohio with state politics there and spent quite a bit of time in florida. Before coming to washington in 2013. Is electionyear hun
And were hoping they can get the upper hand on these fires pattern. A cooldown as our high over the next couple of days temperatures reach into the while were seeing higher upper 60s. Each morning well start out morning humidity and cooler with some fog and also at times temperatures. A live look outside in walnut some smoke drifting by. Creek. Even though the sun hasnt come once that fog clears out but up theres still a lot of smoke that also will, once again, that in the air. Our temperatures in the low 60s marine layer coming back is helping to improve our air this morning. At noon were in the upper 70s. Quality and we should see more going into saturday and sunday. Mike, you were tracking a fire up in the north bay. Its still going to be lower whats going on with that . Compared to what weve had you know, it sounds like, recently with mid80s in the kari, it may be a smaller fire, south bay. Upper 80s for the inland east perhaps roadside, unfortunately, bay and 94 further to the nor
It is also a foggy and hazy start to the day with patty drizzle as well as along the coast and the bay. Heading to the afternoon, near normal daytime highs in the upper 80s around 90 in concord and livermore. Low 80s and san jose. The upper 60s in san jose several disco and low 70s in oakland. We talk more about the heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for the Holiday Weekend, coming up. Speaking of the Holiday Weekend, we see later conditions on the freeways and for the most part. That is good news. There are a couple of hotspots. Westbound 37, you have brake lights and for the commute working out of the east bay into marin county. I vallejo. You have a slow ride westbound. No accidents. Just a bit busy. We are seeing slightly slower speeds westbound 580 into the past. It is actually pretty clear out of tracy picked the drive times are pretty much in the green for all of the major freeways. 21 minutes to a five through 680. Changes for mass transit. I will have that in the next