President george bush, arkansas governor bill clinton and independent candidate ross perot. Here now is mr. Ross perot. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] good to see you thank you. Now, governor clinton. [applause] and now, president bush. [applause] about 30 seconds, we will be going on the air. Good evening and welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are, independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, the republican nominee. I am jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i will be the moderator for this 90 minute event, which is taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mashek of the boston globe, ann compton of abc news and sander vanocur, a freelance jo
Building infrastructure over the next ten years. Its not easy to do if you dont have to pick up a 30 million tab to defend your country. The European Community is in a position to pay a lot more than they have in the past. I agree with the president. And for us to bring the money back and here and we can only be a super power if were an economic superpower. One minute, sir. I agree with the general statement. I disagree we need 150,000 troops to fulfill our role in europe. We must maintain an engagement there. Theres dangers there. Theres other trouble spots in the world, which are closer to europe than the United States. But two former defense secretaries recently issued reports saying that 100,000 or slightly fewer troop troops would be enough. We have to do things that are costly and i dont believe nor do we need to keep 150,000 troops in europe given how much the red army under the control of russia has been cut. The arms control agreement concluded between mr. Push. I dont think w
Now, president bush. About 30 seconds we will be going on the air. In about 30 seconds we will be going on the air. Good evening, welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, republican nominee. I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this 98 minute event, taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mack she of the boston globe, and compton, and sandra van ocher. A format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. That agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The order o
Really sad. That is absolutely heartbreaking. Oh, brandi. You need to keep on keeping on. Thank you for the work you do, and thanks for coming to talk to us about it. In the meantime, there are a slew of new headlines in the Trump Classified documents case, along with reports of that new audiotape. The implications of all of this with the author of these stories, our new hour starts right now. A very good day from all of you to msnbc World Headquarters in new york, thank you to alex witt reports. We begin this hour with new reaction to the big debt ceiling deal, with President Biden having signed it today. His historic First Oval Office address dominating the front pages of newspapers across the country, highlighting his pronouncement of crisis averted, and his message of unity and bipartisanship i know bipartisanship is hard. And unity is hard. But we can never stop trying, no matter how tough our politics gets, we need to see each other not as adversaries, but as federal americans. T
I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this event. It is taking place in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions to want. John masic of the boston clobe, ann compton and sandra van oker. We will follow a format agreed to by representatives of the clipton and bush campaigns. It contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The first question goes to mr. Perot. He will have two minutes to answer followed by rebuttals of one minute each by president clinton and then president bush. Gentlemen, good evening. The first topic tonight is what separates each of you from the other . Mr. Perot, what do you believe tonight is the single most important separating issue of this is . Campaign . The principle issue that separates me is that people came together on their own and put me on the ballot. I was not put on the ballot by either to have two parties. By any foreign