Now to tonights debate between President Biden and former President Trump. Each will make his bed to the American People with just under four months before election day. Good evening. I am dana bash. I am jake tapper, lead an anchor of the state of the union. Dan and i will coanchor the state of the union. Our job is to facilitate a debate between the two candidates tonight. Before we introduce them, we want to show the rules of the debate with the audience at home. Former President Trump will be on the left side of the screen. President biden will be appearing on the right. A coin toss determined their positions. Each candidate will have two minutes to answer a question in one minute each for response and rebuttal. An additional minute for follow up clarification or response is that the moderators discretion. When it is time for candidate to speak, his microphone will be turned on and his opponents microphone will be turned off. Should a candidate interrupt when his microphone is view
Now to tonights debate between President Biden and former President Trump. Each will make his bed to the American People with just under four months before election day. Good evening. I am dana bash. I am jake tapper, lead an anchor of the state of the union. Dan and i will coanchor the state of the union. Our job is to facilitate a debate between the two candidates tonight. Before we introduce them, we want to show the rules of the debate with the audience at home. Former President Trump will be on the left side of the screen. President biden will be appearing on the right. A coin toss determined their positions. Each candidate will have two minutes to answer a question in one minute each for response and rebuttal. An additional minute for follow up clarification or response is that the moderators discretion. When it is time for candidate to speak, his microphone will be turned on and his opponents microphone will be turned off. Should a candidate interrupt when his microphone is view