This is one hour. Vivian my name is schiller, and i am the executive director of a program of the aspen institute. Welcome to those of you joining us on zoom and also welcome to viewers watching us on cspan. This is, to say the least, no ordinary election year. Beober is already proving to an Advent Calendar of surprises. As a reminder as we countdown to election day, we are facing record levels of mailin voting. Concerns about the United States also service, confusion about drop boxes, holding paces that capacity due to the pandemic, allegations about ballots being lost and stolen, and as of last night, questions about what happens if one or more candidates is incapacitated. But it is important also to remember that only three days ago, though to many of us it seems like months ago, the president once again alleged to a national audience, and with no evidence, that mailin voting leads to fraud. He also refused to say that he what accept the results of the election. I think i speak for
At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
Afternoon, and thank you, everybody, for the opportunity to participate. For this session, just a quick framing, when we look back at the spring when covid19 disrupted 7 billion students worldwide, leaders, educators, teachers, students and families showed remarkable adaptable and dedication as they worked to keep learning happening for all students. When we start a new school year, they have inspired reimagining of Education Systems to build a system of learning thats personalized around the opportunity and that is supported by teachers and technology. From our own work at microsoft we know from mch that we called the class of 2030 in life where theyre learning that moving forward we see an increase in importance of social, emotional skills, higher level cognitive skills, personalized learning becoming critical as well as teaching is a growth profession as we move forward. So from our work, were looking to work on technologies that help all students develop the skills essential for wo
Most people say they have already made up their mind and even big events like the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg have not led many to say whether they should change their votes so far. A couple of Opinion Pieces leading up to tonights event, on from the university of californias Mitchell Mckinney will join us later on this morning in the program. He says this, theres argument that the debates are not substantiated and present no new information area if thats the case it makes a compelling case for eliminating them but these accusations are not based on what debate viewers believe but on what political pundits think. Viewers want debatesand the numbers prove it. In 2016 two of the three planes and trump matchups set a viewership record with the first drawn about 84 Million Viewers and the largest viewing audience in the history of the televised debates that began with john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Theres another viewpoint on the New York Times. Im not lo
Morning on the program. Argument thate the debates present no information, if that is true it makes a compelling case for eliminating that. These are not based on what debate viewers believe, but what political pundits think. Viewers want debate and the numbers prove it. Two of the three clinton trump matchups set alltime debate viewership records with the first drawing about 84 million viewers. The largest viewing audience in the history of the televised debates that began with jfk and Richard Nixon in 1960. Here is another viewpoint from the New York Times. Charles saying im not looking forward to the president making forward im not looking to the hype. We may learn things. And those things are worth learning. When it need a debate comes to policy and character. What will it tell us that we dont already know . The debate will show us how the candidates converse and clash and how they attack or recover. But none of this at this late stage should be a determinant. You can add your voic