Once again back in the studio welcome to those as well as the listeners. The candidates you will hear from tonight. We will start with one minute Opening Statements from each candidate and then get into the questions alternating who answers first each time and we will end with one minute closing statements. We have a lot to get to. We drew at random to see who goes first and we will start tonight with state senator. A good evening. I am barbara. Im a mother, doctor and state senator. I went into medicine to improve peoples lives and went into Public Service for the same reason. In the legislature of kansas i was known as a leading advocate for fully funding public education, expanding affordable healthcare, balancing the budget and keeping taxes low. I was a woman who stood up to both parties if that needed to be done. And was also willing to work with anyone as long as they were doing what was right for kansas. And that is exactly what i will do in the United States senate. Roger mars
Marshall and the democrat barbara w a. News, this isness a campaign 2020 Candidate Forum. Candidate forour him. I am joined by melissa berger. And also tom shine, once again back in the studio area welcome. The candidates that you will , the democratght and the republican. We will start with Opening Statements and then we will get into questions. Questions alternating who answers first each time and we will end with one minute closing statements. We have a lot to get to. We drew at random to see who goes first and we will start tonight with state senator. A good evening. I am barbara. Im a mother, doctor and state senator. I went into medicine to improve peoples lives and went into Public Service for the same reason. In the legislature of kansas i was known as a leading advocate for fully funding public education, expanding affordable healthcare, balancing the budget and keeping taxes low. I was a woman who stood up to both parties if that needed to be done. And was also willing to wor
Veteran m. J. Hegar in a debate sponsored by nexstar broadcasting. This is an hour. This is the u. S. Senate debate in texas. Good evening and welcome to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in houston. Youre watching us on one of 14 next Star Media Group stations. Were broadcasting live from el paso out to texarkana and houston to amarillo and beyond. Youll also be able to follow us along with our discussion on twitter now at tx Senate Debate. Tonights debate is between the democratic nominee m. J. Hegar and the republican incumbent senator john cornyn. Were joined tonight by a virtual audience. On one screen we have supporters of senator cornyn tuning in from home and on the other side, we have supporters of m. J. Hegar. Thanks to aufl you for joining us virtually tonight from across the state. Here we have no live audience. We are following coronavirus social distancing guidelines set up by the c. D. C. To keep us all safe here this evening. Each candidate and their staff have
To sipriani boulevard. Well update this two situation as it develops. It doesnt appear that the fire is completely out, but based on the amount of smoke, it certainly looks like they are making good progress. As we get more information, well bring it to you. Back now to the problems with the edd. If you need to file for new unemployment payments, youll have to wait two weeks. Thats because the state says the two week shut down should help speed up problems with the system and help get your payments. Tom evacuation joins us now live with a look at some of the big problems facing the systems and how they plan to fix it. Tom . Well, advised that given the States History of making changes, the edd is making plans in this plan goes awry. The backlog has been grow big 10,000 applications every day, is over the weekend, the edd announced it will not accept new Unemployment Insurance applications for two weeks, so it can install a new system to speed up the whole process. This will process abo
A nominee friday or saturday. Senator majority leader mitch mccolonel elhas already vowed to hold a vote. Elections have consequences. Its called you pick people for the Supreme Court. Reporter the president previously said hell pick a woman. The choice has become a central focus of the election and could give the president a boost, especially with conservatives. I think that there is a potential advantage this gives the president , maybe even those running for senate. It is going to be, you know, buckle up. Speaking to those republicans out there, senate republicans, who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the constitution. Reporter democratic president ial nominee joe biden spoke directly to those gop senators, pleading with them not to follow mcconnell. Biden centered his argument arout round the issue of healthcare and the Affordable Care act. When a vacancy occurs if the last year of the first term, you can see Lindsey Graham said lets let the next pre