the second presidential debate is sunday night at washington university in st. louis, missouri. watch our coverage. at eight: 30, we have a predebate briefing for the audience. and reactiondebate to follow. watch live on c-span. watch on-demand using your desktop or tablet using c-span.org, or listen on your phone using the c-span radio app. debate in 2000 between vice president al gore and texas governor george w. bush was in the town hall format and was held on the campus of washington university in st. louis. lehrer ofator was jim pbs. it is about one hour 30 minutes. [no audio] 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
i am the only person who is ever balanced the government budget. you cannot just get there by balancing the budget, you have to grow the economy by putting people first. real people like you. i did not want my child to grow as the first generation of americans to do worse than their parents. we can do better than that. i ask for your help in doing that. ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the debate. i would like to thank our audience of 209 uncommitted voters who may leave this evening committed. hopefully they will go to the polls on november 3 and vote. we would like you to join us for the third and final residential debate next monday. i am carol simpson, good night. [applause] watch live on c-span. listen to live coverage of the debate on your phone with the free c-span radio at available on the app store or google play. this debate in 2000 between vice president al gore and texas governor george w. bush was in format. hall the moderate the moderator was jim lehrer
this is just over 90 minutes. moderator: 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] moderator: 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
this awarded the state electoral votes and presidency to governor bush. this is just over 90 minutes. jim lehrer: good evening from the field house at washington university in st. louis. i m jim lehrer of the news hour 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] jim lehrer: 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. jim lehrer: 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 ident
lehr. thank you and good night. [ applause ] coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. the abraham lincoln presidential library foundation published a book of musics by public figures and ordinary americans celebrating or responding to lincoln s gettysburg address. editor of gettysburg replies, the world responds to abraham lincoln s gettysburg address reads passages from the book saturday night at 8:50 p.m. eastern. his presents still resonates from the words he has written and the artifacts and documents that he has left behind for our prosperity. he was a complex man who looked at complex issues plainly and purely. he accepted and spoke the truth. many believe lincoln transseconded all over presidents to have served before him and since. then on real america the march in washington on august 28th, 1963, the u.s. information agency filmed the march on washington for jobs and freedom and produced a documentary for foreign audiences. and sunday at 4:30