vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blamed china democratic candidate come along describe the trump administration's record as the greatest failure in u.s. history. international mediators to set to begin talks in geneva to halt the west fighting in decades between armenia and azerbaijan azerbaijan's foreign minister will be that. minister isn't attending instead he will travel to moscow on monday. opposition groups in kurdistan remain divided over who should take over as prime minister and use 3 different alliances are emerging after sunday's parliamentary election results and no. donald trump is assuring americans of his administration's response to corona virus the us president released a video failed outside the white house where he calls his corona virus infection a blessing from gold he also touted the experimental antibody called tail he use saying that he would make it free for everyone trumpets back in the oval office for the 1st time since he was released from hospital on monday i went in i wasn't

it is the bait day in salt lake city. mike pence and senator kamala harris will face off for the first and only time before next month's election. >> he did topics like healthcare and covid-19, griff jenkins in salt lake city with what we can expect to. >> reporter: outside the university of utah, and we don't have an official list released by susan peyser the debate commission, along with the administration's handling of it and the president's diagnosis front and center for the trump 2020 communications director, vigorously defend the administration's response to draw out senator harris on her record. >> kamala harris is still at this moment to cosponsor of bernie sanders's medicare for all language outlaws private health insurance for 180 million americans and he will try to expose the radical agenda they were carrying, talk about the fact that joe biden raising taxes on all-americans, in the grips of a radical left and the president will make it clear. >> reporter: harris who has been here since last friday prepping with pete but

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blamed china democratic candidate carla harris described the trump administration's record as the greatest failure in u.s. history. international mediators to set to begin talks in geneva to hope the worst fighting in decades between armenia and azerbaijan azerbaijan's foreign minister will be the boss armenia's medicine isn't attending instead he will travel to moscow on monday. in tunisia a place of 5 take as a protest rally against a new labor law it's a day of nationwide demonstrations maybe unions say it will rope workers rights and weaken environmentalists protection to. get more now top story in the lead up to the u.s. election donald trump has released a video message assuring americans of his administration's response to the coronavirus the us president called his infection a blessing from god and touted the experimental antibody cocktail he used saying that he would make it free for everyone trump was back in the oval office for the 1st time since he was release

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vice presidential debates in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response he blamed china democratic candidate carla harris described the trumpet ministrations record as chords the greatest failure in u.s. history. a former u.s. police officer charged over the death of george floyd has been released on bail set at $1000000.00 derek sjodin is facing murder and manslaughter charges after kneeling on floyd's neck during his arrest in may floyd steff cricket nationwide protests chervin is expected to appear in court again in march. the 2020 nobel prize for literature has just been announced it's gone to an american poets of the east bloc a nobel committee says being awarded for unmistakable poetic voice up next it's witness i'll have more news in about 30 minutes see that. you know. he's only sending. the assistant in the snake. anyway and i said to me dan a little more than we can. come into the meeting one time and you know what i'm a. serial . the date of. 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd the mothers you can do you know i think it will be your local next wil

todd: showdown in salt lake city, mike pence landing in utah with kamala harris.an: they will be separated by plexiglas on stage. griff jenkins has all the precautions. >> reporter: welcome to the university of utah campus come behind me they will the bait. an exciting time. everyone feeling the energy as both candidates are on the ground. it will look different in that you have the candidate separated by plexiglas to be seated by 12 feet apart, there will be no handshake, no mask and it will be moderated by is in page. it will be 90 minutes, broken down into 9, 10 minute segments. we will see how that goes. mike pence arrived last night, met by the governor and called into a virtual campaign events, the vice president says he is ready to go. >> it is on, i can't wait to take the day debate stand against kamala harris. to draw a contrast between donald trump's america first agenda and joe biden and kamala harris's agenda of higher taxes, open borders, green new deal. >> senator harris got a jumpstart on pence coming over the weekend, she visited sites that are ver

only vicest and presidential debate is in salt lake city. mike pencend kamala harris will spend 90 minute debating policy. susan page of usa debate will moderate. the vice presidential debate began in 1984. good evening and thank you for thisng us for coverage of vice presidential debate. here's the schedule. 8:40

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blame china democratic counties are coming to harris describe the trump administration's record as the greatest failure and u.s. history they knew and they covered it up the president said it was a hoax they minimize the seriousness of it the president said you're on one side of his ledger if you wear a mask you're on the other side of his ledger if you don't and in spite of all of that today they still don't have a plan. international mediators are set to begin talks in geneva to hold the worst fighting in decades between armenia and azerbaijan the diplomatic efforts is happening as intense shelling in the golan a cutback continues a local rights group says half the population has been displaced because of constant attacks by azerbaijan is very side says all meaning forces are targeting the major cities. into the asian police have fired tear gas at protesters running against a new labor law and the day of nationwide demonstrations they'll be union say it will erode worke

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response when you look at the biden plan it reads an awful lot like what president trump and i in our taskforce have been doing every step of the way quite frankly when i look at their plan that talks about van suggesting creating new p.p. eda vella ping a vaccine. it looks a little bit like plagiarism which is some joe biden knows a little bit about i think the american people know that this is a president who has put thank you guys america 1st in the american people i believe with my heart can be thank you out of the sacrifices they have made it safe thank you mr unless they knew what was happening and they didn't tell you and you imagine if you knew on january 28th as opposed to march 13th what they knew what you might have done to prepare they knew and they covered it up. the president said it was a hoax they minimize the seriousness of it the president said you're on one side of his ledger if you wear a mask you're on the other side of his ledger if you don't and in spite of all

vice presidential debate and salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blamed china democratic candidate come alive harris described the trump administration's record as the greatest failure in u.s. history. international mediators aside to begin talks in geneva to hold the worst in decades between armenia and azerbaijan azerbaijan's foreign minister will be that on me as minister isn't attending instead he will travel to moscow on monday. war now one of the top stories in the lead up to the u.s. election double trump has released a video message assuring americans of his administration's response to the coronavirus trump was back in the oval office for the 1st time since he was released from hospital on monday i went in i wasn't feeling so hot and within a very short period of time they gave me regeneration it's called regeneration and other things too but i think this was the key but they gave me regeneration and it was like unbelievable i felt good immediately i felt as good 3 days ago as i do now so i think this was a blessing from god t

vice presidential debates in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blame china across account of that come along as described the trump administration's record as the greatest failure in u.s. history. the 2020 nobel prize for literature has been announced it's gone to the american poets louise gluck the nobel committee says she's been awarded for her on mistake about poetic voice those all your headlines inside story coming up next. they say they want to create an islamic state in northern mozambique. linked to i said up posing a growing threat in the area so how are such armed groups growing stronger and will of a country to prevent if we gentle security crisis this is inside story. welcome to the program. villages beheaded and homes torched in northern mozambique more than 2000 people were killed and 300000 displaced over the past 3 years following attacks by fighter linked to i sail and as the security of from the armed group has grown significantly in recent months the lives of many more are now at risk the fighters seized a key port

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and blamed china democratic candidate coming to harris describe the trump administration's record as the greatest failure in u.s. history. well donald trump is a soaring americans of his administration's response to coronavirus u.s. president released a video filmed outside the white house where he calls his corona virus infection a blessing from god he will say touted the experimental antibody cult tale he knew saying that he will make it free for everyone trump was back in the oval office for the 1st time since he was released from hospital on monday i went in i wasn't feeling so hot and within a very short period of time they gave me regeneration it's called regeneration and other things too but i think this was the key but they gave me regeneration and it was like unbelievable i felt good immediately i felt as good 3 days ago as i do now so i think this was a blessing from god that i caught it this was a blessing in disguise i caught it i heard about this drug i said let

hours, we are expecting fireworks when mike pence and california democratic senator kamala harris face-off tomorrow night. we have a preview live from salt lake city. >> reporter: unlike the first presidential debate we won't know the topics until mike pence and senator, harris face-off tomorrow night in salt lake city but tonight joe biden is suggesting that might be the last debate we see. >> if he still has covid-19 we shouldn't have a debate. >> joe biden still says he looks forward to debating donald trump and the remaining two presidential debates but added a qualifier, if the president still has coronavirus the debates should be canceled. >> too many people have been infected and it is a very serious problem i will be guided by the guidelines of the cleveland clinic and what the doctors say is the right thing to do. if and when he shows up for debate. >> reporter: the cleveland clinic requires everybody to test negative. in a covid-19 possible scenario, regardless of biden's wish but the remarks are spotlighting the face-off between mike pence and senator kamala harris. that republicans move forward to fill the supreme court vacancy and con

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response when i look at their plan that talks about vance and testing creating new p.p.a. developing a vaccine. it looks a little bit like plagiarism which is some joe biden knows a little bit about i think the american people know that this is a president who has put blanco as vereker 1st in the american people i believe with my heart can be thank you proud of the sacrifices they have made it saved thank you mr unless they knew and they covered it up the president said it was a hoax they minimize the seriousness of it the president said you're on one side of his ledger if you wear a mask you're on the other side of his ledger if you don't and in spite of all of that today they still don't have a plan. and the national media is a set to begin talks in geneva to halt the worst fighting in decades between on niña as advised on that calling for a cease fire and to go in macau to back as by john's foreign minister will be at the talks but amin is minister isn't attending instead he will t

vice presidential debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response a. china democratic candidate come on harris describes the trumpet ministrations record as the greatest failure in u.s. history well let's get more on this now luntz georgia where we find less spin associate professor of political science at emory university it's how you wear this here or i'll just sirrah all this talk about the next presidential debates a somewhat eclipse the fact that there was a vice presidential debate held last night how do you think that debate when it's and do you think this changes anything in terms of where the contest stands right now. well thank you for having me i think that last night's debate was certainly more civil you could hear points the candidates didn't actually answer all of the questions i don't think that it actually changed the dynamics of this particular race not that many people expected it to we all know that in a vice president to contest the job of the vice presidential nominee is to defend and make the case for the presidential nominee and

it is debate day in salt lake city. mike pencend kamala harris will face off of the first and only time before next month's election. jillian: taking unheeded topics like healthcare and covid-19. griff jenkins has what we can expect. >> reporter: here we go. i am outside the perimeter because the secret service is sweeping in, the stadium behind me. as far as the topics we don't have an official list from moderator susan baines but over 90 minutes, she will try to break it down into 9, 10 minute segments and you can bet the coronavirus, the administration's handling a the president's diagnosis will be front and center, 2020 communications director says pence will defend their handling of the pandemic and try to draw out senator harris on her record. >> kamala harris is to let this moment a cosponsor of bernie sanders's medicare for all bill which outlaws private health insurance for 180 million americans. he will bring that up and try to expose the radical agenda, talk about the fact that joe biden wants to raise taxes on all-amer

only vicest and presidential debate is in salt lake city. mike pence and kamala harris will spend 90 minute debating policy. susan page of usa debate will moderate. the vice presidential debate began in 1984. good evening and thank you for thisng us for coverage of vice presidential debate. here's the schedule. commission on presidential debates will open the doors and turn on the light and welcome viewers to the debate. a little after 9:00, the debate will begin. it begins a few minutes after 9:00 so the networks can introduce coverage. c-spans up at 10:30 and will get your calls and reaction. that is what is coming up tonight. joining us is greta. what do you have? greta: let's start with a closer view. this is from the c-span twitter feed from yesterday set up at the university of utah. you can follow our coverage on twitter. lee from the new york times reported senator harris was prepping for tonight with hundreds of index cards and a mac -- a mock debate with pete pence andplaying mike an effort to lower expectations. the wall street journal repor

salt lake city. kamala harris and mike pence will be separated by a plexiglass screen, because of coronavirus.heir freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news. our main headline: all eyes are on the us state of utah, as mike pence and kamala harris take centre stage at the vice presidential debate. going to stay there and find out what we can look out for i

debate in salt lake city mike pence defended the u.s. response and he blamed china democratic candidate comma harris describe the administration's record as quote the greatest failure in u.s. history. scott lucas runs america unfiltered he's a professor at the university of birmingham in the u.k. scott welcome back who one is too shallow a question who got through to the people they wanted to get through to ear. well i think each side got through in a way that didn't happen in the 1st presidential debate because it was such a nightmare with donald trump's interruptions i think mike pence got through to that so-called trump base in a more measured way than the president i think can let her go to very sure performance got through to those who are already going to vote for the biden harris ticket and probably reach a lot of undecided voters especially in the moments when she politely but firmly push back comments as he tried to interrupt or i think the key thing peter is this 2 key things one is that because the biden heris camp is in the l

salt lake city. republican mike pence and democrat kamala harris, who have both tested negative for covid—19, will beeparated by a plexiglass screen because of the pandemic. two ex—british alleged islamic state suspects have been charged in the us with terrorism offences over the killing of four american hostages. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh are accused of belonging to an is cell dubbed "the beatles" involved in kidnappings in iraq and syria. the former us police officer charged with the murder of a black man, george floyd, in minneapolis has posted bail. footage from mr floyd's arrest showed the white officer, derek chauvin, kneeling on his neck for about nine minutes. that is it for me. the vice president will debate comes up and just president will debate comes up andjustan president will debate comes up and just an hour. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. prime minister narendra modi's dominance of indian politics is unquestioned. his ability to deliver competent government in a crisis... well, that's less certain. india now has

mike hanna al-jazeera washington. now that's a candidates vying to be the next vice presidents of the united states a preparing for a showdown in salt lake city the debates between mike pence son come along harris will likely focus on president trump's health and his handling of covert 19 well reynolds. amidst the head spinning events of the past week the vice presidential debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but as vice president mike pence and senator camel harris take to the stage in salt lake city the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the president's health mr biden's health as well frankly they are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history a book right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice in terms of substance the

vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris squaring off in salt lake city last night. hillary vaughn now with the highlights this morning. hillary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, maria. the biden campaign said senator harris would not be fact checking vice president mike pence on stage last night and she really didn't but pence did press harris for a firm answer on a lot of issues that she tried to sidestep last night including whether or not she and joe biden would raise taxes on day one if they win the white house. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. >> the important news, this is the truth. joe biden said it twice in the debate last week that he's going to repeal the trump tax cuts. >> that is absolutely not true. >> is he only going to repeal part of the trump tax cuts? >> if you don't mind letting me finish, we can have a conversation. okay? >> reporter: harris was forced to defend her and joe biden's evolved stance on fracking, as a co-sponsor of the green new deal, harris supported ending fracking and also the use of fossil fuels. she sai

could argue it's one of the more highly anticipated vice presidential debates tonight in salt lake city. mike pence and kamala harris going head-to-head on a range of topics, law and order, administration's covid response. juan williams joins me now. hello, my friend. time for you to wake up, right? if it is that highly anticipated, i think it might be the first time in 12 years we've seen this. i'm thinking sarah palin in 2008. >> yes, that was pretty good. >> bill: given the circumstances of the moment that's the reason for it. >> exactly right. you have to look at two imperatives. one the age of the principals. both in their 70s, of course, one of them just had covid. when we look at these two people tonight as americans, we're saying hey, these people have a real possibility of having to step in for the principal. >> bill: senator kennedy had a classic line. he has a lot of those. here is one of them now. roll this from hannity. >> here is what i think will happen at the debate. many members of the press, sean, have treated vice president biden and senator harris like your mom treats the good c

mike pence, has tested negative, but on tuesday, and we are told by the white house he and his wife were tested negative again today here in salt lake cityt is believed the president and adviser to the present did contract the coronavirus, so what they wanted to put in place was plexiglas between the two desks. mike pence's campaign felt the fact that they were just over 12 feet apart should be enough, but that is now taking place, so we will see the two candidates sitting farapart, will see the two candidates sitting far apart, sitting at desk with placing less screens in between. 0ne reason mike pence's camping would have been reluctant to happen is that will be a visual reminder right in the centre of the stage of the pandemic that has claimed, of course, in excess of 210,000 american lives. he, of course, is the leader of the task force. donald trump put him in charge of the administration's respond to that pandemic. and while it will visibly be there on the stage, kamala harris will be wanting to use her skills to hold to account the pens and trump administration for this pandemic going forward. absolutely. you touch upon present ——

salt lake city. my goodness. mike pence going head to head with kamala harris for the first and only debate. you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: i enjoyed this one. it is not going to happen but i am todd piro, plexiglas dividers, each candidate making the case for why their ticket will bring the country together, fox news team coverage all morning long. >> we start with griff jenkins live in salt lake city. good morning. >> reporter: the vice presidential candidates facing off in a more civil exchange, the plexiglas didn't stop things from getting fiery at times and heated, the coronavirus was front and center, and that was a big moment, watch. >> when i look at their planet talks about advancing testing, creating new ppe, developing a vaccine, it looks a little bit like plagiarism which is something joe biden knows a little bit about. >> the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country. we have to get a hold of what has been going on and we need to save our country and joe biden is the best leader t

vice presidential debate between mike pence and campbell harris is taking place in salt lake city utah the past faced off over a number of issues with coronavirus at the heart of many disagreements but overall the debate was more core deal than between trump and biden rob browns has more the thing about the presidential debate was there was such an outlier no one had ever seen anything like that in the history of debates it was more like a wrestling match than a debate so this one was more of a welcome return to the normal course of political debating scoring some points trying to come up with some some verbal zingers i don't think there were any particularly memorable a lines in here that are going to be repeated over and over but i think the debate was much more cordial much more loci much more polite donald trump has a short americans of his administration's response to the krona virus pandemic he released a video filmed outside the white house where he calls his infection a blessing from god the u.s. president was back in the oval office for the 1st time since he was released from

. >> the vice-presidential debate is scheduled for wednesday in salt lake city even though mike penceantining because he has been exposed to donald trump and the white house staff who have been infected by the coronavirus. jamie harrison had the good idea to bring a plexiglas barrier to his saturday debate with lindsey graham. he was a super spreader event that has apparently led to so many infections in the white house and beyond. the presidential debate commission has decided to install a plexiglas barrier to protect everyone from mike pence at the vice president debate. joe biden and kamala harris will make a rare joint appearance on the campaign trail after the vice-presidential debate in arizona. "new york times" released a national poll -- released a poll of likely voters in arizona that shows joe biden ahead of donald trump 49-41. and nbc walt "wall street journal" national poll of voters before he was forced to reveal he has coronavirus shows joe biden ahead by 14 points. his biggest lead ever recorded in that poll which shows joe biden at 53. and trump slipping down to 39. af

salt lake city. a short time ago, mike pence and kamala harris did their final walk-throughs ahead of tonight's 90 minute debate. to keep candidates safe, they will be separated by these plexiglass barriers. those barriers were a big point of contention for the pen's team, which finally conceded to allowing them last night. candidates will be seated at least 12 feet apart and any guest who refuses to wear a mask will be removed from the auditorium. wilson walker joins us now to set the stage for tonight's big debate. wilson. >> reporter: when joe biden picked kamala harris as his running mate, a lot of people immediately thought ahead to the debate we are about to see. the kamala harris resume comes with no shortage of debate experience, from her time at san francisco district attorney to her run for california attorney general. >> it is in my best interest that they respect your rights, that they know how to gather evidence, instead of gathering lawsuits. >> reporter: but that was the last time she was on stage alone with a republican. since then, she has largely been debating her own party. >> let's st

salt lake city. >>vice president mike pence and california senator kamala harris squaring off at the university of utah's kingsbury home divided by plexiglass 12 feet apart, a compromise as the white house deals with the covid-19 outbreak the 90 minute face-off in salt lake city starting out with the pandemic how calm were you when you were panicked about where you're going to get you next 1212 paper. >>how calm were you when your kids were sent home from school and you didn't know when they could go back how kind you when your children's couldn't see your parents because you are afraid they could kill them. >>pence the head of the coronavirus task force was pressed on the administration's response. >>well, the american people have demonstrated over the last 8 months. they were given the facts they're willing to put the health of their families and their neighbors and people they don't even know first. president trump and i have great confidence in the american people and. and their ability. the take that information and put it into practice moderating the debate usa today's washington bureau chief susan

issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but his vice president mike pence and sen camel harris take to the stage in salt lake city the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the president's health. mr biden's health is well frankly they are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history but right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is on it it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about in it it is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice in terms of substance the debate will almost certainly focus on how the trumpet ministration has handled the pandemic that puts pince who chairs the white house coronavirus task force in a difficult spot he ran the task force he was chosen by the president to do it he was responsible for those early you know statements about just flattening the curbs i mean i imagine those that are working with county laris in preparation for this debate are spending a lot of their time coming up with creative ways to lay this all

small business owners. >>> you are taking a live look at salt lake city, the stage for last night's first and only vice presidential debate, mike pence and senator harris going reporter from salt lake city to break down last night's events. good morning. we are having technical difficulties. hopefully we are going to get to her in just a bit. but let's get the latest on the debate from last night. okay. well we don't have that as well. we will move onto our political analyst melissa caen. >> we asked if she thought last night's debate could have flipped the vote for anyone who might be on the fence. >> i think we have that sound byte now. >> i don't think either of them did any damage to their party's potential. if you are an undecided voter going into this debate, you are probably an undecided voter coming out of this debate. neither candidate gave you a reason to vote against them. that's really the decision that a lot of undecided voters are trying to make now. >> this cnn poll shows 59% of registered voters say senator kamala harris did the best job last night. 38% disagree saying vice president mike pence had the better night. a

well, guys, tonight, was the first and only vice presidential debate between mike pence and kamala harris in salt lake city usually, vice presidential debates can be pretty boring so this year, they decided to spice things up and have it in utah when he heard the debate was in salt lake, mike pence was like, "ah, yes, sin city." [ laughter ] it was a big night democrats were hyping up the debate all day they were calling it the thrilla with vanilla with everything that's happened in the last few days, this was a pretty rough spot for pence. the first question the moderator asked was, so, how are things [ laughter ] yeah tonight's moderator was from "usa today." no one actually invited her. she just showed up outside the door with a continental breakfast. [ laughter ] of course, in light of the white house becoming a covid hot spot, new safety measures were taken for tonight's debate harris and pence were seated about 12 feet from each other, and separated by plexiglass. here's a photo of the stage. yeah that's not a debate stage. that looks like two bank tellers feuding with each other. [ laughter ] that l

salt lake city. >>vice president mike pence and california senator kamala harris squaring off at the university of utah's kingsbury home divided by plexiglass 12 feet apart, a compromise as the white house deals with the covid-19 outbreak the 90 minute face-off in salt lake city starting out with the pandemic how calm were you when you were panicked about where you're going to get you next 1212 paper. >>how calm were you when your kids were sent home from school and you didn't know when they could go back how kind you. >>when your children's couldn't see your parents because you are afraid they could kill them. >>pence the head of the coronavirus task force was pressed on the administration's response. >>well, the american people have demonstrated over the last 8 months. they were given the facts they're willing to put the health of their families and their neighbors and people they don't even know first. president trump and i have great confidence in the american people and. and their ability. the take that information and put it into practice moderating the debate usa today's washington bureau chief su

salt lake city. >>vice president mike pence and california senator kamala harris squaring off at the university of utah's kingsbury home divided by plexiglass 12 feet apart, a compromise as the white house deals with the covid-19 outbreak the 90 minute face-off in salt lake city starting out with the pandemic how calm were you when you were panicked about where you're going to get you next 1212 paper. >>how calm were you when your kids were sent home from school and you didn't know when they can go back how kind you when your childrln's couldn't see your parents because you are afraid they could kill them. >>pence the head of the coronavirus task force was pressed on the administration's response. >>well, the american people have demonstrated over the last 8 months. they were given the facts they're willing to put the health of their families and their neighbors and people they don't even know first. president trump and i have great confidence in the american people and. and their ability to take that information and put it into practice moderating the debate usa today's washington bureau chief susan pag

to be the next vice president of the united states preparing for a showdown in salt lake city the debate between mike pence and kamel harris will likely focus on mr trump's health and his handling of covert 19 rob reynolds explains. amidst the head spinning events of the past week the vice presidential debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but as vice president mike pence and senator camel harris take to the stage in salt lake city the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the president's health mr biden's health as well frankly they are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history a book right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about in it is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice in terms of substance t

mike pence and kamala harris will face off during the season's only 2020 vice presidential debate tonight. it's happening in salt lake citythe two candidates will be 12 feet apart, separated by plexiglass. give us your take on what will be discussed tonight and what strategy will come to foreon each side. >> mike pence did well in his debate against tim cane four years ago. he was widely seen as the winner of that debate. and the pressure is on the vice president to pick up this ticket. it has been a rocky couple of weeksing certainly with the president getting covid-19. i do think from a strategy perspective, we're going to see mike pence go after senator harris for liberal policies. you're going to hear raising taxes a lot. remember, the biden campaign has said it wants to raise taxes roughly 4 trillion, mostly on wealthy individuals but at the same time that's going to be, hey, we can't raise taxes especially in the middle of a pandemic and as we've had a recession. and from harris' perspective, i think she's going to remind everybody about covid and keep going back to that and not going too personal. i think the debat

but as vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris take to the stage, salt lake city, the mainue is literally a matter of life or death. >> i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the president's health, mr. biden's health as well, frankly. they are the two and oldest -- two oldest presidential nominees in american history. right now, it puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about, and it is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice. >> in terms of substance, the debate will almost certainly focus on how the trump administration has handled the pandemic. that puts pence, who chaired the white house coronavirus task force, in a difficult spot. >> he was responsible for those early statements about just flattening the curve. i imagine those that are working with kamala harris in preparation for this debate are spending a lot of their time coming up with creative ways to lay this all at the feet of the vice president and the president. >> the style of the two candidates is quite different. pence is stoic, unflappable, and

wednesday night, mike pence and kamala harris will face-off in salt lake city. me of the special safety measures being put into place. >> and mike pence and kamala harris go out it tomorrow they will be separated by plexiglass. it is going to look a lot like this when senator lindsey graham faced off with his opponent jamie harrison over the weekend. harrison actually brought his own plexiglass. there are other safety measures being taken. the rifles will 12 feet apart. the same distance that separated president trump and joe biden. >> the radical left -- >> will you shut up, man! >> in the audience member that will not wear a mask will be exporteescorted out and that's different than the presidents family defied order and set without masks. we have learned florida attorney general pam bondi has been playing harris in debates with harris/mike pence. one safety issue for the debates is the loud talking. as the candidates interrupt each other. >> $1 billion -- >> you know what, that it's absolutely not true. >> experts warn loud talk introduction increase the risk

. >>> we're hours away from the debate showdown in salt lake city between vice president mike pence andala harris. there's also questions about the vice president's health. the latest on all of that coming up on "gma." >>> coming up new at 6:00, some former jail employees in oklahoma are facing criminal charges accused of using the "baby shark" song as punishment. okay. listen to this story. according to court records the popular children's song was played on repeat while some of the inmates were forced to listen to it at high valium for hours. two of the detention officers under investigation say it was a joke. the oklahoma county district attorney is not laughing. he said playing the song "baby shark" on repeat put undue emotional stress on the inmates who were most likely already suffering from being handcuffed to the wall. that escalated quickly. >> it certainly did. >>> coming up next, some doggy doubt. the new research showing why your dog may not be excited to see your face. it happens. >>> as you get your day started, to wear a mask out in public around other people. sure it'll

we are focused on salt lake city utah the site of tonight's faceoff between vice president mike pences than a week after president trump tested positive for covid-19. kamala harris reportedly planning to take aim at vice president pence over his role as head of the coronavirus task force. as the biden team is looking to make the case against the second trump-pence term. watch. >> the debate is going to

salt lake city. this is going to be between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris. they're going to be facing off for the first time, and what cnn can report is that the biden campaign had raised concerns to the presidential debate commission about the amount of space between the two candidates on the debate stage and after negotiations. where they settled is that instead of there being 7 feet between the two candidates, we are going to see 12 feet, and finally the one thing we're not entoi entirely clear on right now because of the president's status is what's going to happen to the second presidential debate slated for later this month. christine and laura, back to you rjts four weeks . >> four weeks to election day, and mike pence and kamala harris are scheduled to face off. the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 seasons airs wednesday night on cnn. special coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made

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safe to interact with others. >>> taking a live look at salt lake city, stage for last night's first and only vice presidential debate. mike pencetor harris going head to head. after earlier technical issues we are joined now by our cbs reporter live in salt lake city to break down last night's events. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. there were some sharp exchanges right away between the two candidates over the coronavirus pandemic. they then clashed over other issues like the economy, taxes, supreme court, and whether there was justice in the case for breonna taylor. the debate last night looked different from what we have seen before. that's because the candidates were sitting 12 feet apart and behind plexiglas barriers. the coronavirus pandemic was center stage coming amid ongoing coronavirus outbreak at the white house. candidates also sparred over healthcare and trump administration's he was to dismantle the affordable care act. >> if you have a preexisting condition, heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, they're coming for you. >> obamacare was a disaster. the american people remember it well. >> the amer