we'll send it over to kristen welker for "nightly news." >> we'll be back at 6:00. >>> tonight, the rising tensions in america, now at the heart of the 2020 race president trump hours away from visiting kenosha despite local leaders pleading with him to stay away, fearing it will inflame the situation amid growing protests over the shooting of jacob blake. >>> in portland new details on the trump supporter kill there while the candidates for president spar over who is to blame. >>> joe biden back on the campaign trail with his strongest words yet. >>> a new series, a reality check on violence in american cities, what the statistics show. >>> hundreds of thousands desperate, still without power amid the destruction from hurricane laura how long will they have to wait >>> the u.s. surpassing 6 million coronavirus cases, outbreaks exploding on college campuses the covid s.w.a.t. team being deployed to one university. >>> the shocking death of chadwick boseman, "black panther" star keeping his battle with cancer secret for years, the new warning for all americans. >>> the major change at the m

. >>> i'm kristen welker in for lester. we begin tonight with flash points in american cities, large peaceful protests but some marred by violence, all of it at the center of the 2020 presidential election. joe biden now accusing president trump of encouraging the unrest and distracting from the covid crisis the president wasting no time firing back, trying to paint biden as weak. it comes as president trump is poised to visit kenosha, wisconsin where some demonstrations have turned deadly. we have it all covered and begin with gabe gutierrez on the ground in kenosha. and a warning, some of the video may be hard to watch >> reporter: from kenosha to portland, tonight's mounting tensions. >> get up. >> as president trump prepares to visit wisconsin following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> we need him here, we need strong leadership. >> a president visiting town obviously takes a lot of resources that could be put some place else. >> reporter: in a letter to the president wisconsin's governor writes in part i a concer

we'll send it over to kristen welker for "nightly news." >> we'll be back at 6:00. >>> tonight, the rising tensions in america, now at the heart of the 2020 race president trump hours away from visiting kenosha despite local leaders pleading with him to stay away, fearing it will inflame the situation amid growing protests over the shooting of jacob blake. >>> in portland new details on the trump supporter kill there while the candidates for president spar over who is to blame. >>> joe biden back on the campaign trail with his strongest words yet. >>> a new series, a reality check on violence in american cities, what the statistics show. >>> hundreds of thousands desperate, still without power amid the destruction from hurricane

it will be nbc's kristen welker's first time moderating.elker is both a white house correspondent and co-anchor of "weekend today. ">>>talk about a win that hurts. the 49ers suddenly have a lot of injured top players including jimmy g. just ahead an update on yesterday's big hits leaving at least one star likely out for the season. >>> happening now for you southwest airlines says they will keep that middle seat blocked off to help passengers social distance through the thanksgiving holiday. that middle seat will be empty through november 30th unless you are traveling with your family so you can all sit together. all southwest passengers aged 2 and older are also required to wear those facemasks. that goes for check-in, boarding during and after the flight. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everyone. all the losses certainly not worth the win for the 49ers against the jets. the niners suddenly hurting very badly. defensive stars nick bosa and sullivan thomas suffered knee injuries as did running back mostert who had a big touchdown run

have been announced, usa today's susan page, and chris wallace of fox news, and our very own kristen welker hallie >> a well skevd honor for her, peter, thank you. >>> as the 2020 race heets up a new alert about russian efforts to spread disinformation about joe biden's mental health, part of a homeland security bulletin drafted in july, but never officially released. geoff bennett has our reporting on why it was held back. >> reporter: the draft bulletin from the department of homeland security details russian efforts to spread misinformation about joe biden's mental health. the unclassified report published by abc news is titled russia likely to denigrate health of u.s. candidates to influence 2020 election it does not cite intelligence but rather stories critical of biden that aired on russian state media. concluding russian malign influence actors are likely to continue denigrating presidential candidates through allegations of poor mental or physical health to influence the outcome of the 2020 election. on the other side the draft highlights efforts by china and iran to spread allegati

nbc's kristen welker batting cleanup for that last presidential debate.ere anything that could dissuade you from participating and how have you begun to prepare? >> i've begun to prepare by going over what the president has said, multiple lies he's told. what i'd love to have is a crawler at the bottom of the screen, a fact checker when we speak. if we really wanted to do something, i think that would make a great, great debate if everything both of us said was instantly fact checked by an agreed-to group of people out there. but that probably wouldn't get very far in the debate. i'm looking forward to debating the president, and i'm going to lay out as clearly as i can what i think we have to do to bring this country back and build it back better. i'm looking forward to the debate. >> thank you, mr. vice president. one of the things i've heard a lot from voters across the country is a lot of them are worried and concerned about some of the ongoing violence we've seen including the situation in kenosha, wisconsin, where you're headed. obviously you're not

bader ginsburg her legacy as a pioneer of gender equality lives on in those she inspired here's kristen welker. >> reporter: outside the supreme court from these young girls a unanimous opinion honoring justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> changed her life and ours. >> reporter: 10-year-old olivia began learning about the feminist icon when she was in third grade. what do you like about justice ruth bader ginsburg >> i really like the fact that she stood up for everybody's rights, men and women. she used her mind to fight for what she believed in. >> i don't think she could have a better role model >> reporter: this 9-year-old wrote about her in a book report. >> this is important because she tried to make women's rights equal. ruth is strongd 33,000 times ginsburg's appeal spanning generations for mothers and daughters learning about her to young, aspiring jurists donning their own lace collars and law school students lucky enough to meet her. >> it was completely humbling to be in her presence. >> reporter: would either of you be where you are today without justice ginsburg >> i don't think so. >

nbc's kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: outside the supreme court from these young girls, apinion honoring justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> changed her life and ours. >> reporter: this 10-year-old began learning about the feminist icon when she was in third grade. what do you like about justice ruth bader ginsburg? >> i really like the fact that she stood up for everybody's rights, men and women. she used her mind to fight for what she believed in. >> i don't think she could have a better role model than ruth bader ginsburg. >> reporter: this 9-year-old wrote about her in a book report. >> ruth is important because she tried to make women's rights equal. ruth is strong and tough when things get bad. >> reporter: her mother posting it online, now viewed 33,000 times. ginsburg's appeal spanning generations, for mothers and daughters learning about her to young aspiring jurists donning their own lace collars and law school students lucky enough to meet her. >> it was completely humbling to be in her presence. >> reporter: would either of you be where you are today without justic

debate, october 15th moderated by c-span steve sculley and one final debate will be moderated by kristen welker. the trump campaign released a statement claiming some of the moderators are clear opponents of president trump. the biden campaign responded saying they are looking forward to participating regardless of who is moderating. >>> 4:38. up next on "today in the bay" new orders from san francisco police. why the department says officers cannot take part in the 2021 pride march. >>> plus, it might be hot this weekend, but walmart is already talking about hot toys for the holidays. just for the record, 113 days until christmas. we'll show you what the company says your kids should be playing with this year. ladies... check it out. so strong. so... not ripped. what're we talkin about... that's the hefty ultra strong bag hefty! hefty! hefty! (whispers) gimme. (confused) give me the bag? get hefty ultra strong at a low price >>> right now at temperatures starting out nice and cool. we will have a mild day ahead, but some heat for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in the forecast coming u

nbc's kristen welker will moderate. >>> our other top story tonight, the flames ripping through wine country. we have new video, new information just coming into our newsroom. this is in napa county just minutes ago. pictures of the fire from our photographer, a reporter there. tonight we have learned there are new evacuation orders in napa county. the town of calistoga still remains evacuated but also now areas west of there from highways 29 and 128 to the county line between diamond mountain road and petrified forest road. residents there told to leave right now. also the town of angwin and the area of pope valley. this map shows the fire's perimeter today. you can see it's burning in both napa and sonoma counties. a sliver of good news tonight, containment has gone up slightly from zero to 2%. the flames have burned more than 46,000 acres, destroying at least 113 structures. that includes 28 homes in sonoma county and 52 homes in napa county. several wineries damaged or destroyed as well as several hotels. thousands of people remain under evacuation orders and warnings at this hou

show. >>> we're staying focused and working hard to deliver the truth, no matter what it is, kristen welkers this year's outstanding woman in broadcast journalism. congratulations, kristen. >> look at you! we are back on this saturday morning, september 26th, a huge congratulations to my friend and colleague for receiving that big honor thursday night at the washington women in journalism awards. congratulations, well deserved. >> thank you. i was so honored and it was just so nice to have friends and families and colleagues zoom in to celebrate. it was really special. >> nice to have anything to celebrate. >> exactly. exactly right. upme e want to begin this half court seat left by justice ruth bader ginsburg left later today. and nbc news has learned that he has decided to select amy coney barrett, a favorite of conservatives. barrett is a federal appellate court judge and a devout catholic who in the past has suggested that roe v. wade was incorrectly decided. if confirmed, barrett will become the court's youngest justice at 48, potentially able to move the court to the right for decades

. >> they announced the moderateors and kristen welker. is there anything that could dissuade you and how have you begun to prepare? vice-president biden: i'm going over what the president has said and multiple lies he has told. what i would love to have is a fact checker at the bottom of the screen if we wanted to do something. that would make a great, great debate if both of us said was instantly fact checked by an agreed-to group of people. but that probably wouldn't get far in the debate. i'm looking forward to debating the president and i'm going to lay out as clearly as i can what i think what we have to do is bring this country back and bring it back better and i'm looking forward to debate. >> thank you, mr. vice president. one of the things that i have heard a lot from voters is that a lot of them are worried and concerned about the ongoing violence including the situation in kenosha, wisconsin. i'm curious, you are not president now but donald trump is, but if you were president, what would you do to ensure that people are kept s

weekend today co-anchor kristen welker will moderate that one in nashville.allace, the first one new polls show the race tightening in a battleground state. steve kornacki is at the big board with more. >> a conflicting picture but remember, we always talk about you can lose the popular vote but win the electoral college, win the electoral college but lose the popular vote. first of all, this is the national picture, these are the national polls that are out there, exactly a month ago to y today, this is where they stood nationally. biden was leading by 7.4 points in the national average of polls. lot of things have happened since then. democratic and republican conventions. we have just gotten a flood of polls, really in the last couple of days. where does the average nationally stand in a fraction of a point higher than it did a month ago for vice president biden. 7.5, that continues to be joe biden's lead in the national polling. now, let's take a look at the state level. let's take a look at one of the most important states, pennsylvania, 2016, that's one

c-span and nbc's kristen welker for debates two and three. oliver darcy is joining me., you have a lot of fox news hosts accused of and on the other happened, you have chris wallace, who has certainly challenged the president on a number of issues. i know those are interviews i have appreciated as he's done them. >> chris wallace is a talented journalist and done a really good job in the past moderating debalts. this is a lot bigger than chris wallace. >> you have to keep in mind they have trafficked in lies. they've made discrediting other news organizations and journalists a core tenant of their programs. you have hosts on the network, who are literally advising the president. so, when chris wallace is awarded the first debate by the commission on presidential debates, a nonpartisan group that selects the groups and operates them. it's a slap in the face 92 other news organizations and other journalists who have endured venomous attacks because of their insistence on telling the truth no matter how costly it is. chris wallace is a great journalist. but when he gets aw

that will be kristen welker's first time moderating. >>> well, nearly all small businesses are struggling to survive the pandemic. some face an extra challenge. not only are they dealing with the fall-out of covid, they face ignored challenges that come with being minority businessmen and women. we want to shine a spotlight of the struggles and successes of black owned businesses trying to make it in the bay. joe takes us to an oakland garden with an impassioned florist is helping to deliver a message of social justice. >> babies, carnations. >> reporter: you heard of people building a business from the ground up. it began with the soil gardening alongside her grandfather in east oakland. >> my love and appreciation for things that would grow out of the earth i believe started from there with him. i just recognize the beauty in flowers, different types and textured. >> reporter: that bloomed into her business which she runs out of her oakland. >> this is my shop. this is my little shop in my garage. >> reporter: as the pandemic spread, the garage was no longer filled with flowers. >> with

focus on the moderator, steve skully from c-span and the final debate october 22nd, moderated by kristen welker. >>> things are changing at wine country. >> there are new evacuation orders in western napa county. people living their c los angelange calistoga are being told to leave immediately. >> here is a look at where the fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma county. this map shows the fires permitted today. flames burned more than 46,000 acres. containment up to 2%. so far this fire destroyed 113 structures that includes 28 homes in sonoma county and 52 homes in napa county. several wineries damaged by these flames. 14,000 people remained under evacuation order as another 19,000 are on standby prepared to leave at a moment's notice. >> we continue to follow these fires from multiple angles. melissa colorado who's on the ground for us the past 48 hours. what are you seeing right now, melissa? >> reporter: raj, driving up and down at silverado used to be this picture-esque experience but now we are passed by so many fires. this place had it all, a wine cellar and vineyards. this is wha

c-span's steve scully will handle the other debates it was a moment of glee, hearing the news kristen welker will be amazing at this. >> one of the hardest working people at this network, and she is going to be terrific at that job. it'll be great happy for kristen. >>> new details this morning on the fierce critic of vladimir putin, who became violently ill last month the government in germany, where he is being treated, said he was poisoned with a nerve agent. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more on this richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. russian officials initially suggested that navalny was suffering from low blood sugar, but the german government clearly didn't think so and brought in military chemical weapons experts. navalny remains in a german most outspoken hospital in a coma alexei navalny, vladimir putin's critic, was poisoned with a powerful nerve agent according to the german government chancellor angela merkel called the poisoning an attack, raising serious questions only the russian government can and must answer while the kremlin denies pois

the moderators are set, chris wallace from fox news, steve scully from c-span, and our own kristen welkere trump campaign said, these are not the moderators if the campaign had been allowed to have any input. some can be identified as clear opponents of president trump, meaning joe biden will actually have a teammate onstage most of the time to help him excuse the radical leftist agenda he is carrying. neera tanden from the center from american progress handled joe biden's prep in 2008 ahead of his debate with sarah palin. i'm so interested to get your reaction to that statement. immediately some people were saying, oh, it sets the stage for trump or his campaign to complain about anything that might not go well in the debates, raise questions about whether there will be any debates. what do you make of that statement? >> i think he's literally trying to work the ref. he's trying to communicate to his own base that it's not fair, that they should look at it as an unfair process, so if he doesn't do well, he'll be able to blame it on the moderators. i think he's basically trying to set the

c-span steve scully will be the moderator of the october 15th debate and nbc's own kristen welker willthe final debate on october 22nd. susan dupage will moderate the vice president at debate. joe biden raised a whopping amount amount of $364 million in august. it reflects both excitement with biden's choice of kamela harris to be his running mate and the traditional fund-raising boost of a nominating party convention. according to the campaign, 95% of donations were from grassroots supporters and 1.9 million people made their first donation in august. to put the number in perspective, in august of 2015, hillary clinton and donald trump rais raised $300 million in august. >>> for a check of your weather let's go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. what do you have for us today? >> good morning, alicia. we have a severe weather threat for our nation's capitol and maybe a few tornadoes. the heatwave is off the charts for september. yesterday we had a line of storms with a lot of wind damage around the baltimore area. today we're going to do it again. we have showers and thunderstorms rolli

between donald trump and joe biden will be chris wallace of fox news, steve scully of c-span, kristen welkerge of "usa today" is handling the vice presidential debate between mike pence and kamala harris. joining me now, the co-chair of the commission on presidential debates, frank fahrenkopf. mr. chairman, thanks so much for being here. what influence did the campaigns have on the selection process? >> none at all, michael. we don't consult the campaigns. we start about six months out from the first debate to monitor those people who are on television or radio, to see what they're saying. if it's a print reporter, what they're writing. we're looking for someone who is no so biased one way or another, that they can't be a fair facilitator, a moderator of the debates. but -- and we're looking at those individuals. we're not looking at the newspapers they worked for or the television networks they work for. it's individual reporters, and whether or not they have the character and ability that we're looking for. >> what amount of discretion is now placed into the hands of the four regarding que

>> he does that, and kristen welker, who will moderate the final debate, the one that takes place in nashville, she has the same makeup where she can come up with six subjects focused on during the 15-minute sections we divide the 90 minutes into. again, it's up to the moderators to make the decision of what they're going to cover and how they're going to proceed. it's not our -- it's not within our decision-making. >> right. when people say climate change is not on the list, it sounds like you're saying, hey, there are three more debates, two more for presidential candidates so let's see what happens in october. >> there's no question in my mind that the debates coming up, that will be a subject well versed and reviewed. >> there will be no drug test, obviously, but what about the covid-19 crisis, what will happen with the participants of the debate? i know, for example, instead of having hundreds in the audience, there will only be dozens. >> as you know, brian, we have the great fortune of having the cleveland clinic assisting us. not only are they co-hosting the first debate in c

it will be moderated by nbc's kristen welker, her first time moderating.h white house correspondent and co-anchor of the "weekend today" program. >>> san diego county may get a better sense tomorrow where it stands on reopening. that's when the state will update every county's color coded ranking status. the county will slide back into the most restrictive purple tier. frustrated parents want public schools to resume in-person classes and they're afraid if the county moves back to the purple tier the wait will last longer. one single mother of four says she's on a leave of absence at work that's ending soon. >> my 75-year-old parents are going to try to teach my kids, you know, this stuff that they're not learning. >> countywide cases are holding steady but an outbreak at san diego state is weighing down the numbers. >>> it was a big weekend for movie lovers in marin county who have not gone to a theater at least in the county in six months. slowly but surely movie theaters are starting to reopen. a few people returned to this one here, scinemark in san ra

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. >> and welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. it is a somber day. flags are here in the nation's capital, from the white house to the supreme court, all in honor of ruth bader ginsburg, she was small in stature, peter, but a towering figure in american history. >> yeah, you're exactly right. 87 years old, but celebrated by a new generation as the notorious rbg. she dedicated her life to expanding rights, and her dissents, i think, were even more powerful because of the discrimination, the sexism that she herself experienced as a young woman and as a young lawyer. this was the emotional scene on the steps of the supreme court last night. look at the crowd there. people coming to mourn, to pay their respects. their numbers swelling as the night went on. and as ginsburg is remembered, attention is already turning to what happens next. who will fill her seat. and as importantly, who will make that decision. >> yeah, that is the big question. our t

but let's offer our good wishes to kristen welker who will have the task of trying to wrangle this in a couple of weeks. >> i think a lot of us are feeling their pain this morning, that's for sure. mike, i'll let you catch one the candidate. let me move to grand rapids, that's where we find dasha burns. we checked in yesterday with what people were looking for. i imagine if folks were looking for substance, they know they didn't get it with the debate. how did the debate play, again, debate in quotes, play with the voters out there in kent county? >> reporter: right, chuck. well, we're coming up on our one-year anniversary with some of the voters we've been following here sense last november. i want to reintroduce our viewers to jerry steponovich. he's been one of the big surprises. i met him at a farmer's market during the impeachment inquiry. at that time, he was calling it a witch hunt. he was a big supporter of the president back then. but sense then, and in part due to the pandemic and some of the other headlines we've seen on this twisty election cycle, he has pulled back a litt

our own kristen welker, your colleague, co-host of the "today" show" on saturdays is going to moderate the third debate, october 22nd, belmont university in tennessee right outside nashville. could not be more thrilled. this is so great for our colleague and friend. >> reporter: and now i've got goosebumps just hearing you say that. i've spoken to her, she is thrilled. >> just announced. >> reporter: nobody is better deserving. she's going to be terrific. >> no one works harder. we all work hard, you work hard, everybody else at the network. but she does more homework than anyone i've ever known. this is the best news of all. thank you so much, peter alexander. >>> and on that happy note, we of course will continue with politics. democratic presidential candidate joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden traveling to kenosha, wisconsin on thursday, they've said, where it's been peaceful for the last few nights. on tuesday, jacob blake's uncle joined community organizers at a block party and barbecue, calling for justice a week after police shot blake seven times in the back, he was grievou

we are thrilled that nbc's kristen welker will host the third debate. a statement from the trump campaign reads in part, quote, these are not the moderators we would have recommended. some can be identified as clear opponents of president trump, meaning joe biden will have a teammate on stage, unquote. danielle, what is the strategy? wasn't the trump campaign asking for more debates than the three that are being planned and also asking for them to start sooner than september 29th? >> yes, all of that would be true. the reality is that the trump administration doesn't want a debate that is going to have, you know, questions, facts, really hold him accountable for his record, which is abysmal because he's a failed president. he doesn't want any of that. and so if he can't have a slate of fox news or info wars or rush limbaugh up there throwing softballs, then apparently it's going to be a terrible debate, according to trump. >> rick snider endorsed joe biden this morning. what do you make of that in terms of michigan? there are a number of people who usua

2020 race the gang is getting back together with one exception, a notable one here our friend kristen welker, part of the 2016 road warrior team, she's a little busy these days preparing to moderate a presidential debate. successful road warrior graduate let's dig in with our current crop, nbc's mike memoli following the biden campaign in hermantown, minnesota, near lake superior nbc garrett haake is in midge gee, minnesota and nbc's hallie jackson, one of my fellow 2016 road warriors, now the chief white house correspondent, she's with us, too welcome everybody. as voting begins in some places around the country, mike memoli, let me start with you. the biden campaign, joe biden set to be in duluth today on the shores of lake superior looking at a clinton state here barely in 2016. you're in a part of the state where donald trump, at least in 2016, made pretty major inroads into traditional democratic turf what's the former vice president doing up there today >> reporter: yeah, steve this is really -- as we talk about these campaigns, people tend to boil it down to one thing. it's either a t

. >> last, quickly, they announced format and kristen welker batting cleanup for the last presidential debate. anything that could dissuade you from participating and how have you begun to prepare? >> i've begun to prepare by -- by going over what the president has said, the multiple lies he's told. what i'd love to have is a crawler bottom of the screen. a fact checker when we speak. if we really wanted to do something, i think that would make a great, great debate, if everything both of us said was instantly fact checked by, by an agreed to group of people that we move forward, but that probably wouldn't get very far in the debate. i'm looking forward to debating the president, and i'm going to lay out as clearly as i can what i think we have to do to bring this country back and build it back better, and i'm looking forward to the debate. >> thank you, mr. vice president. one of the things i've heard a lot from voters across the country is that a lot of them are worried and concerned about some of the ongoing violence we've seen in cities in this country. including the situation in k

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. >> welcome to "today" and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. kristen and dylan, nice to see both of you. i'm sure you and your husbands are all fired up for the fighting irish of notre dame, the texas longhorns, the clemson tigers. fingers crossed that these guys keep playing. >> yeah, my husband's a big notre dame fan. it seems like a tiny little taste of normalcy. everyone hoping it goes smoothly. >> and patriots fans play again this weekend. so dylan, you'll be watching football as well. >>> now, the complete and utter devastation that is happening out west. dozens of wildfires still burning out of control this morning. but firefighters could be getting a little bit of help in their battle this weekend. nbc's erin mclaughlin is in orville, california, with the very latest. erin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. after a week of historic fires, this is what much of california's wilderness looks like. acre after acre of scorched earth. but with improved

in a moment we're going to talk to andrea mitchell and npr's nina totenberg >> first kristen welker joinsf you mourners have been gathering here at the supreme court all weekend long paying tribute to the late justice ruth bader ginsburg with cards and remembrances she was a feminist icon who transformed the world around her. small in stature, but her legacy, larger than life justice ruth bader ginsburg not just a pioneer but a powerhouse paving the way for generations of women so have greater rights under the law. >> that's what i think a meaningful life is one lives not just for one's self but for one's community >> reporter: she graduated at the top of her columbia law school class but could not get a job in a firm because she was a woman. ginsburg instead became a professor and advocate for women's legal rights eventually arguing six cases before the supreme court aimed at ending gender discrimination she won five of them >> men and women are persons of equal dignity and they should count equally before the law >> reporter: those landmark cases are part of what earned her a seat on th

kristen welker won outstanding broadcast journalist last night at the washingtonian women in journalismet 'em >> we haven't even seen her for a month now. >> it's the year of kristen. you know why she's in the boiler room prepping and prepping. >> you've got an exclusive this morning. >> i do. i didn't win any awards, but i'm excited. carson gave you a taste of it yesterday. this morning my full and exclusive conversation with the father and the bride steve martin and kimberly williams paisley what they shared about this new mini movie and why so many of us are drawn to the first two original films >> i love it you know what? if there were awards, an award for cutest jacket would go to you, jbh it's cute from the front, but let's see the back there we go. >> i love new york, people i love new york. >> we love jenna >> thank you, guys >> oh, my jacket says i heart jbh. >> oh, it does >> no. we're back in a moment here's a check of your local news, your weather, and these messages here? nope. ♪ here. ♪ when the middle of nowhere... is somewhere. the all-new chevy trailblazer. ♪ theinflamm

kristen welker batting cleanup for the presidential debate.uade you from participating and how have you begun to prepare? >> well, i have begun to prepare by going over what the president has said, the multiple lies he's told. what i would love to have is a crawler at the bottom of the screen, a fact-checker when we speak. if we really wanted to do something, i think that would make a great, great debate if everything both of us said was instantly fact-checked by an agreed-to group of people out there that we move forward. but that probably wouldn't get very far in the debate. no, i'm looking forward to debating the president, and i'm going to lay out as clearly as i can what i think we have to do to bring this country back and build it back better, and i'm looking forward to the debate. reporter: thank you, mr. vice president. one of the things that i have heard a lot from voters across the country is that a lot of them are worried and concerned about some of the ongoing violence we have seen in cities in this country including the situation

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the final debate will be moderated by nbc news and today --w coanchor kristin walker kristen welker.- between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris. that debate scheduled for some timber seventh -- october 7. now here with our colleague, steve scully. congratulations, we are looking forward to it. guest: in the first interview i comen c-span -- i have full circle. host: you are hosting a town hall debate in miami, what does a town hall debate look like in covid-19. guest: we are going to learn the process, but in talking to the commission. some background, the first town hall took place in virginia and that came from negotiations between the clinton campaign and the bush campaign. does is commission now they work with the organization and they will select approximately 30 undecided voters who will be in the debate october 15th and they will have questions. my role is to facilitate other questions, not to tell them what to ask. just so i am aware of what the questions will be so there is no duplication. and then to carry on the conversation. to geter thing, we want quest