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Good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the debate between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. They will be conducted within for th formats agreed to by the two campaigns. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes, rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and extend any particular give and take 3 1 2 minutes. No single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects were chosen by ....
Mr. Lehrer good evening from the Clark Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs, and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic candidate for president , Vice President al gore and the republican candidate, governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates, and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed to between the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight, well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator, i have the option to follow up and to extend any particular give and take another threeandahalf minutes. Even then, no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates, under their rules, may not question each other di ....
Is the second week of gains for the dow and a third for the s p. Nasdac fighting for gains for the week as you can see higher right now for the week, eight points and the dow and the s p certainly hanging on as well. Well speak to steve forbes but we want to give with Edward Lawrence from washington with all the latest from the president. Edward . Reporter yeah, the president right now just landed in new york city. He is on his way to a hospital over in new york city. Hes going to see his brother whose said to be very very ill. We do have live pictures from outside the hospital waiting to see when the motorcade does come up in front of that hospital there. The president or Senior Administration official saying the president has a very special relationship with his brother there, you see the live pictures of them waiting on the president who literally is en route to th ....