It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
Moines registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my record speaks to that, wolf. In 2002, when the congress was debatin
Im wolf blitzer, along with cnns abby phillip, and the Des Moines Registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right, so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So, lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my recor
Frank bowman on procedures for Senate President ial impeachment trial. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. [video clip] and courage, that is how i will make you proud every day as you are nominee and as the first woman president of the United States of america. Host the gender question taken head on by senator Elizabeth Warren at last nights debate in iowa 19 days before democratic voters cast the first in the nation vote in caucuses in that state. We want to asked all of you, can a woman beat President Trump in 2020 . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. You can text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488003. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at or go to twitter at cspanwj facebook. Com cspan for. Lets start with one of the first questions, it went to senator sanders with him to respond to the allegation made by sena
Address Climate Change, student debt, and the impeachment trial of President Trump in the senate. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Thank you so much. Thank you, liz for that beautiful introduction and for your great leadership. Thank you. All right, thank you very, very much. And then also i want to thank todd, beautiful job. Thank you for your work and all you do for working people. Thank you for that. Molly, who has been with me since the st. Patricks day parade. Where are you, molly . There she is, very good and i also know rob is here. Thank you. Rob is way ahead of his time on Climate Change and you should all be really proud of the work that he has done and then also where are you . Right over here. Thank you. Its great to have her nationally. Everyone comes up to me all the time. Janice, where are you, janice . A new member of the iowa city council. Thank you, and janices support means so much and i also want to mention our great organizers ray rachel, keira, mohammad, and claire