candidate for president, vice president al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. let s welcome the candidates now. before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. tonight s questions will be asked by st. louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. earlier today each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. those cards were collected and then given to me this afternoon. my job, under the rules of the evening, was to decide the order the questions will be asked and to call on the questioners accordingly. i also have the option
welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate of president, and vice president al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. bush of texas, and let s welcome the candidates now. hello. hello, jim. good to see you. governor. good to see you both. nice to see you again. how are you all? before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri along with his son and former chief of staff died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. tonight s questions will be asked by st. louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. earlier today, each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. those cards were coll
highly contested races in u.s. history. the outcome was not decided until five weeks after the boaters went to the polls, when the u.s. supreme court stopped the florida recount. this awarded the state s electoral votes to president bush. mr. lehrer: good evening from the field house at washington university in st. louis. i m jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. and i welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate for president, vice president al gore, and the republican candidate, governor george w. bush of texas. let s welcome the candidates now. [applause] before proceeding tonight we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri, who , along with his son and his former chief of staff, died in a private plane crash last night near st. louis. a reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the formats and the rules were worked out b
and this is the ingraham angle in washington tonight. more cocaine found in the nibuildinggh? biden s s.o.s. to the prez. that is tonight s focus of the angle. they try to sell you a new comeback kid story. biden seems to have momentumo we are the race is close. a msnbc poll shows the race itightening and gaining. the trend with all the national polls is the race is tightening. laura: oh, really! h media report said enthusiasm is building. the biden campaign hit record fund-raising numbers. in the 24 hours after biden remarks after reelection campaign raked in $10 million. record-breaking $10 millionor staggering $25 million even before thursday s historical hall , biden had twice the cash on hand as trump. laura: theuenc influencers were gearing up to take down trump. imagine if he did win the election. h it is over.ause we will have civil strife in all the things he said because everybody is onto hiayinm to prh what he will is saying. t otwhat he envision
government building? yeah, we are going to bring you all the details in moments. but, first, biden s sos to the press, that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right, for months, they tried to sell you a new comeback kid story. biden seems to have some momentum. i mean, the race is very close. brand new nbc poll appears to show the race tightening and biden momentum gaining. the trend was all of the other national polls is that the race is tightening. laura: well, media reports insisted that enthusiasm was building. the biden campaign hit record fundraising numbers. in the 24 hours after biden s remarks his re-election campaign raked in $10 million. a record-breaking campaign fundraiser. the event pulled in a staggering $25 million. even before thursday s historic haul, biden had more than twice the cash on hand as trump. laura: of course the librescus and influencers were gearing up to take down trump. imagine if he actually did win the election, it s over.