In a close general election by less than 1 of the popular vote. Good evening, i am bill of abc news. It is my privilege to provide this series of the two major president ial candidates. Like the last meeting, the subjects to be discussed worriedly suggested by questions from a panel correspondence. Programs, first two the two candidates will not be sharing the same platform. In new york the democratic president ial nominee, john f. Kennedy, separated by 3000 miles in a los angeles studio, and Vice President richard im now joined for tonights discussion by which permits each candidate to see and hear the other. Good evening. Good evening. Now meet the panel of correspondence. Correspondent frank mcgee n. B. C. News. Child. C. B. S. News. Douglas. Cater reporter baggage the rosco drama new york herald. As you probably noted before reporters include a newspaperman out a magazine report. These two selected by a lot by the press secretaries of the candidates from among the reporters problem
Howe. Mr. Howe and good evening, senator kennedy. Mr. Kennedy good evening, mr. Howe. Mr. Howe now let me read the rules and conditions under which the candidates themselves have agreed to proceed. As they did in their first meeting, both men will make Opening Statements of about eight minutes each and closing statements of equal time running three to five minutes each. During the half hour between the opening and closing statements, the candidates will answer and comment upon questions from a panel of four correspondents chosen by the nationwide networks that carry the program. Each candidate will be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. Each answer will be limited to two and onehalf minutes, each comment to one and onehalf minutes. The correspondents are free to ask any questions they choose in the field of Foreign Affairs. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine the final question. Reversing the order in their first mee
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Lower 60s. Also, the drought update came out this morning. Usually during the summertime were not looking at a lot of changes here. Were still looking at extreme Drought Conditions for far he was in a confrontation with another employee last night just northern california. Here in the bay area we are in a before 10 00. Severe drought. This manna 34yearold man from now, when we talk about Drought Conditions, we look at the fact antioch was trying to steal that our vegetation is very dry, steaks from behind the butcher and we are also going to have shop. Another employee confronted the the potential of some more of that hot weather over the next man. They got into a fistfight. According to the employee i couple of days. You add in dry vegetation and a spoke with this morning, the shoplifter collapsed and stopped high wind and that means fire danger for the bay area. Breathing during that fight. As we go into the weekend, even hes under the impression it as our temperatures drop, were mig
Good afternoon. I call this meeting, i called the string to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at any time. We have a number of numbers participating remotely. Welcome. Before we proceed i like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if you are having or expensing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participate in remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing unless they expand connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate, to fully participate on camera. It is at the committees, it is Committee Policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning her microphone on or off during an in person hearing. This is at a courtesy to all members on the committee and so that