but i know what i do know, i know how to tell the truth. cheering. and i know like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. cheering. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, was at the rally and described whether it will make a difference for voters come november. well, bear in mind we ve got another debate potentially in september. i think for a lot of people here just listening to what the supporters were saying, they view it as a bad night what happened last night. they don t try and sugar coat it. i say it wasn t great. one woman said to me i was very upset by the reviews and wanted to come here to support him. they believe we re injune, that the election is in november, we ve got some time to go. people will forget. but i don t think, or we will have to see, it will quell the fears that we are seeing in the democratic party because president biden will be doing more appearances. there will be another debate in september which he said
cheering. i know like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. cheering. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal was at the rally and described whether it will make a difference for voters come november. well, bear in mind we ve got another debate potentially in september. i think for a lot of people here, just listening to what the supporters were saying, they view it as a bad night what happened last night. they don t try and sugar coat it. they say it wasn t great. one woman said to me, i was very upset by the reviews and wanted to come here to support him. they believe that we re injune, the election is in november, we ve got still some time to go. people will forget. but i don t think, or we will have to see, it will quell the fears that we are seeing in the democratic party because president biden will be doing more appearances. as i mentioned, there will be another debate in september, which he has said he will do, donald trump has
as he s always said, labour say he won t commit to anything that cannot be funded in future. so that s, i guess, a sort of clarification from labour there just to kind of calm anyone who might have heard that and had any concerns. of course, there is another huge political race going on over the atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate between joe atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump. let s get some more on that, i am joined by democratic strategist and former presidential campaign strategist to the republican party. thank you both very much for being here on bbc news. laura, ifi very much for being here on bbc news. laura, if i can start with you, we have seen a lot of reaction to joe you, we have seen a lot of reaction tojoe biden s performance described by some as panic. what would you say, what is your response to what you have seen? i say, what is your response to what you have seen? you have seen? i would call i
us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long simmerin
i used to, but i know what i do know, i know how to tell the truth. cheering. and i know like millions of americans know, when you get knocked down, you get back up. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal was at the rally and described whether it will make a difference for voters come november. well, bear in mind we ve got another well, bear in mind we ve got another debate potentially in september. i think for a lot of people september. i think for a lot of people here are just listening to what people here are just listening to what the supporters were saying. to what the supporters were saying, they view it as about what saying, they view it as about what happened last night. they don t what happened last night. they don t try what happened last night. they don t try and sugar coat it. i say don t try and sugar coat it. i say it don t try and sugar coat it. i say it wasn t great. one woman said say it wasn t great. one woman said to say it wasn t grea