We now of course have that to the republican and Democratic National convention n and right now they are telling a story that Vice President harris is doing significant the better than President Biden has been doing and that is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch. That said, in absolute terms, the National Polls and the swing state polls, broadly speaking dont really give either Party Something to celebrate and Vice President harris may be doing better than biden was against trump but it doesnt mean she is clearly winning and it is a tie between the two category candidates. It produces all sorts of interesting dynamics but when it is as close and a little difference can make a very interesting not only contrast but can make a big difference for the ultimate results and Trump Campaign is maneuvering to try to get them out of the one debate and he agreed to it with Kamala Harris and
They are apparently better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said in absolute terms the polls and Swing State Polls broadly speaking dont really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris maybe doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesnt mean she was clearly winning against trump. Its basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for. When it is this close little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make an interesting not only for an interesting contrast, but can make a big difference in terms of the ultimate results. For example, right now Trumps Campaign appears to by maneuvering to try to get him out of the one debate he agreed to with Kamala Harris. That debate is supposed to happen two weeks from now on September 10th but Trumps Campaign and trump himself is trying to get out of it. T
Golden gate field. One specialist says this never should have happened. Golden gate fields racetrack remains cloyed until the end of the in. Here where horses galloped today was only walking. Been 24 confirmed cases since october 30th. But the outbreak has reached about 100 workers, theres employee housing mire the stables. All information has been reported. Since the outset of the pandemic Golden Gate Fields hat implemented safety measures. Dr. Schwartz berg spiced in infectious diseases. He questions the safety protocols. For a large group of people to get infected means a large group of people have to be together for a prolonged period of time. That should never happen in the midst of a pandemic. Last friday there was a one week temporary closure. All track facilities is have undergone cleaning and testing has been administrated to all racing employees. An outbreak like this will take an norm out amount of resources, time and energy and money to deal with. The track says the 1300 ho
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Association of broadcasters Educational Foundation and umc tv. We introduce the candidates tonight, the governor of North Carolina democrat roy cooper. And the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina republican dan forrest. And we should note the debate is happening of course during a critical time for the state, the covid pandemic. Many north carolinians have died of the virus. You will probably notice several precautions tonight inside of the studio to help ensure safety against covid19 including the fact theres no Live Audience tonight only the two candidates, the moderator and some studio technicians. In the last 12 hours, everybody in the building and in the studio tonight has tested negative. We quickly you want to review the rules of the debate and it will last for one hour. Then i will submit candidates and the radio Digital News Association of the carolinas havent been read or seen by the candidates or their staff. Each candidate will have one minute to respond to each question