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not so, necessarily, in the town hall debate. the dynamic there is understanding the concern of the voters, addressing the concerns that the voters raised in the town hall debate, and to demonstrate that ability. we've seen some of our , thedential candidates clip you play, george h.w. bush. famously in that debate, checking his watch a few times throughout the debate. other candidates throughout this debate's performances not illustrating that ability with citizens. that is an interesting innovation or change in the ways in which we structure our presidential debates today. host: you mentioned the moderator. what is the ideal role of a moderator? certainly, you get a lot of criticism, and a lot of pushback from the candidates, from the campaign, from other journalists in terms of suggesting how the moderator should handle the role from the debate commission's standpoint. they select moderators who are that in charge of these debates. now, in the structure of debate, the 90 minute debate, we will have six segments. , the sixators

i did a town hall before all this.reaks he's going in amongst the people, talking to them. that's what he thrives on is that face to face. now that's taken away. how hard is it for him to connect with voters when you think about how things are now? >> as you know, erin, joe biden a people person. he cares about each of us individually. he cares about the american people. while it's a consequence of covid that we can't have the face to face, hand to hand warmth that we would like as individuals, and joe biden understands and respects that, i think what you'll see tonight out of him and his town hall will be in stark contrast to what we saw from donald trump a few days ago. trump was disconnected from reality. he lied. he was mean spirited. he couldn't relate to the individuals he was speaking to. tonight you'll see joe biden be joe biden, warm, knowledgeable, empathetic, fact-based, and committed to doing his utmost relating to the individual concerns of each of the voters that he'll speak with. so, i think you'll hear

this is going to be a town hall unlike any other. biden has done quite a few town halls since he's entered the 2020 race but tonight will be very dimpfferent. he is traveling to scranton, pennsylvania. a state president trump won in 2016 but joe biden is hoping to bring back to the democrat column. his campaign trying to appeal to voters in areas like scranton. today released ads of manufacturing and featuring a former trump voter who now supports biden but as for this town hall this is going to be biden's first town hall since he became the democratic nominee and it's going to be completely different from what we have seen before. as you can see, i'm standing in the middle of a parking lot but in just a few hours this will be transformed into a drive-in style town hall. cars will come in carrying voters, set up in each of their own designated spaces. there are lines marking where these cars will be placed. then coming to actually asking the questions, there are microphone stands set up close to the stand in a way that voters don't h

president trump appeared at a town hall event in philadelphia last night for undecided voters.y, what are you doing here?" after a town hall participant confronted president trump last night over his lack of support for a national face mask mandate, trump said, quote, "there are a lot of people that think that masks are not good. it's true. i mean, not as many as there used to be, of course. during last night's abc news town hall, president trump mistakenly claimed that people would be protected from the coronavirus when they develop a, quote, "herd mentality." now, obviously what he meant to say was "i am bad at this and i resign." that's right trump said people who developed, quote, "herd mentality." you mean herd immunity herd mentality is what it's called when you kill 200,000 people and supporters vote for you anyway. when asked at an interview yesterday about the upcoming presidential debates against former vice president joe biden, president trump said biden may be, quote, "taking something that gives him clarity." oh, like his daily press briefings? during the town hall

we are fact checking what he said at the town hall. that happened just over an hour ago. we're going to continue to do that for you, fact check what he said at that town hall over an hour ago. >>> while president trump shrugs off the impacts of the climate crisis on america's environment, hurricane sally battering the gulf coast, especially alabama and florida with heavy winds and drenching rains. sally moving very slowly, only 2 miles per hour. that could cause historic life-threatening flooding. we're going to go live to both alabama and florida in the hour ahead so make sure you stay tuned. we have a big show for you this hour. join me now, cnn white house correspondent john harwood and our resident fact checker daniel dale who no doubt has been very busy this evening, so just to give him a moment to even just do some last-minute checking, i'm going to start with john. so, john, tonight's abc town hall, the president, he had to face serious questions from voters. take a listen. >> i'm conservative, pro-life and diabetic. i have had to dodge people who don't care about

i want you to hear more from the town hall. president confronted by voters. >> you have coined the phrase make america great again. when has america been great for african-americans in the ghetto. do you know how tone deaf that is? >> we have tremendous african-american support. you have probably seen it in the polls. we're doing extremely well with african-american, hispanic american at levels you have rarely seen a republican have. if you talk about make america great, if you look at just prior to i'm talking about for the black community. you look prior to this horrible situation coming in from china, when the virus came in, that was the probably the highest point homeowner ship for the black community. homeowner ship, lower crime, the best jobs they have had, highest income, the best employment numbers they have ever had. if you go look over many years you can just go back six or zen months from now. that wasth best single moment in the history of the african-american people in this country. >> guess what? he never answered

what makes all these town halls different from the actual debate is this, they will not -- they will o hall hide and wait for the next question in the debate in a different way. >> harris: interesting. the cars, as far as we know, where there for covid-19 reasons. like a drive-in type of situation. i mean, that's just what i can report to you from what we have read. >> [laughs] >> harris: new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez says she is optimistic that progressive democrats can push joe biden to the left if he is elected president. watch. >> what is most important is to make sure we ensure democratic victory in november and we continue to push president biden on the issues from to climate change to foreign policy, making sure that we continue to fight for the progressive agenda in our future. >> harris: so, when aoc, as she is sometimes called -- especially on social media -- says the quiet part out loud, does that make more progressive voters not even want to vote, let alone vote for joe biden? or do they believe -- >> i think she wants -- well, i don't know if i can go th

the town hall was also important. also important is to listen to bob woodward at greater length with anderson for a full hour on his extensive conversations with the president over the months. and i know one thing stood out to you, and that is thousahow t president talked about vaccines. let's listen to that. >> are you going to acknowledge that the in the last six, seven months you made some mistakes in judgment on the virus? >> i'll see how it all turns out. i took a big chance on vaccines. i upped the program pulledn. you wouldn't be looking at vaccines for three years. we're looking at them next week. >> i understand. i understand. >> what you don't understand! a vaccine takes years before it even gets tested! we're testing vaccines in three weeks already! >> what'd you hear there, sanjay? >> there was a couple of things that really jumped out at me. obviously, he's very angry at that point, talking about this. but i want to show you also what was happening in the country on july 21st. we went back and looked at t

for the candidates but they had town halls around issues and the town halls around issues our problem because when you stay at these town halls they are usually produce in front of a live audience of activists configuration and they are rewarded with applause. those candidates who best reflect the most aggressive edition of their their issue sophia for climate climate change town hall and "cnn" devoted seven hours of program into its climate change town hall you are going to get candidates competing or approval of the audience which is how people watching at home know if you've done well or not and they are competing with more radical proposals. there are video clips on those climate change town hall's of kamala harris complaining about last extracts which had nothing to do with climate change but it's a very funny clip and andrew yang talking about forcing people to drive electric cars. this is where the party started going off the rails. "cnn" was pushing them they are. the best example are worst example was the town hall they did on lgbtq issues were in the middle of the town hall

issues and the town halls around issues are a problem because when you state these town halls, they are usually produced in front of a live audience, at least they were before coronavirus. they are produced in front of a live audience of activists on that particular issue and they will rewarded with applause those candidates who best reflect the most aggressive position on their issue. so if you have a climate change town hall and cnn devoted 7 hours to climate change town hall, you're going to get candidates competing for the approval of the audience which is how people watching at home know whether you've done well or not, they are competing by offering more and more radical proposals. there are still today video clips circulating from those climate change town halls, kamala harris complaining about plastic straws which has nothing to do with climate change but funny clip if you're on the conservative side. andrew yang talking about forcing people to drive electric cars. this is where the party really started going off the rails and cnn was pushing them there. the best example or

was that the president, you know, there's a reason why the president hasn't done these town hallscy throughout his presidency. i remember when president obama, for example, was trying to sure up support for obamacare as he was trying to get passed through congress in the early part of his presidency he would criss-cross the country, take questions from voters try again to gin up support for obamacare. that's how he approached sort of the policymaking process and getting the public on board with it you don't see the president doing that and that's why i think it was sort of a unique setting for the president to put himself in last night takingquestions directly from voters rather than from journalists, whom he could easily demean, where as last night he had to take questions from voters who had real issues to present to him. >> and it's an important medium for both candidates to be in because voters are what matter politico andrew desiderio. thanks for getting up early. >>> still ahead, everybody, more from last night's town hall event including the president on how his campaign me

essentially a drive-in-style town hall due to the coronavirus pandemic. drive by in their cars, stay in their car while he ask the question. people undergoing a health screening test as they arrive, their temperature checked. and anderson cooper will be away from the stage as he answers questions. the first holding since becoming the democratic nominee. in addition to the town hall we'll see him here in pennsylvania in a few hours. biden also held a conference call with senate democrats a little earlier today where he talked about the state of the race. several of the senators who were on that phone call telling our colleagues up on capitol hill that joe biden said he is not taking anything for granted right now in this race, despite polls having him up ahead of president trump nationally and in some battleground states. those senators also said they left with the impression biden would be maintaining a vigorous schedule in those final weeks before the election, but tonight we will hear from joe biden directly at this town hall as he makes his case not ju

the town hall.e president had done his job from the beginning all the people would still be alive. he is talking about coronavirus. all the people. i'm not making this up. actually you are making that up. it could have been fact checked by the moderator last night. for twitter to allows the videos to be shared if he were president no one would have died in the u.s. i would think twitter would flag that as well. that won't be happening either i'm afraid, trace. >> trace: the moderator anderson cooper last night in the joe biden town hall not calling joe biden out on a number of things that were clearly false. some would say moderator is not there to fact check in realtime. what are your thoughts on that? >> cnn introduced a fact checking chyron in realtime during the republican national convention during president trump's peach and fact checked on the screen. you have a control room who can do that. it was retired last night. it was served softball questions. i play softball. these were beach balls,

questioning of this president yet, donald trump tonight took questions from undecided voters at a town hall anchored by george stephanopoulos of abc news it was held in philadelphia. having limited his media exposure to largely friendly outlets, having limited exposure period to the american people, the president seemed to be clearly taken aback by the sharp questions and some of the follow-ups in some cases indeed one of the first questions concerned trump's comments to veteran journalist bob woodward about the risks of the virus. >> i wanted to -- i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down. >> yes. >> because i don't want to create a panic >> here's what the president was asked about that tonight >> if you believe it's the president's responsibility to protect america, why would you downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm low-income families and minority communities? >> yeah. well, i didn't downplay it i actually -- in many ways, i upplayed it in terms of action >> did you not admit to it yourself, saying -- >> what i did with china, i put a ban on

to those of you at home, please give us some feedback on this town hall. ould like you to fill out a short university of indiana survey that can be found on our website at indiana town halls.org. >> appeared together on capitol hill for the second time this week to testify on the economic impact of th the corona virus. the senate banking hearing gets underway at 10 a.m. eastern members of the white house task force gave an update on the federal response to the pandemic including the development of vaccines. from the senate health committee this is three hours.

to those of you at home, please give us some feedback on this town hall. would like you to fill out a short university of indiana survey that can be found on our website at indiana town halls.org.

again, you get to decide how you think the person at the town hall, the center of the town hall, how he did. that is a your business. but i thought it was really good. it was really handled well. and there weren't people crowded into a place. they were all socially distanced and it was done very well. and you actually got some information out of it. so, president trump was at a rally in wisconsin, as well. this is a different story. we'll talk about that, too. biden taking questions from voters. taking on president trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. watch this. >> the idea that you're going to not tell people what you have been told, that this virus is incredibly contagious, seven times more contagious than the flu. you breathe the air. you get it sucked into your lungs. what has he done? imagine and, by the way, columbia university medical school pointed out if he had just acted one month -- one week earlier, he would have saved 37,000 lives. all the way back in march, i was calling for the need for us to have masks, have the president stand and tell us what's goin

this was the first of a kind drive-in style town hall. featured some of the most extensive in person live questions joe biden has recently received offering a bit of a preview of what a debate might look like. biden and trump are set to face off in less than two weeks. biden saying he is looking forward to debating the president and offering a different vision for where he would take the country. laura and christine. >> arlitt, thank you so much for that. >>> before labor day warnings were everywhere. take precautions, avoid holiday crowds, stay safe or risk spreading the virus. how did we do? since then the case curve has spiked upward. still, president trump holding another rally with no social distancing, no masks in site. he was in wisconsin where new cases have almost doubled in two weeks. the president mocked the social distancing at biden's town hall. for trump, it's all about branding. >> by the way, officially this is called a protest, you know that? we no longer call it rallies. we don't use the term rally, okay? rachel knows. w

trump was treated earlier this week during his own town hall with abc.ok. >> if you were president, could you see a scenario where you down played critical information so as to not cause panic? >> if you believe it's the president's responsibility to protect america, why would you down play a pandemic? >> how will you handle russia's involvement with trump? how will we know he has comprised the united states? >> how do you stop police killing blacks at three times the rate of killing whites? >> what is your plan to build a bridge with voters from the opposing party. >> why did you throw vulnerable people like me under the bus? >> jesse: wow! you look at the montage like that, dana, it's a pretty stark contrast. >> dana: yeah, so, if i were a presidential candidate -- i'm looking down here because i have something to read you. it's going to make everyone laugh -- i'd rather be trump than biden in this scenario. the debate is ten days away. you have to practice like you play. and president trump takes tough questions all the time. he bats them around. some

town hall with president trumpmp seemed to focus on race. george stephanopoulos did his best to push the left's favorite narrative about the audience. so kid the police. >> prior to this horrible situation, that was probably the highest point. the lower crime, the best jobs they've ever had, highest income. the best employment numbers they've ever had. >> under your administration under obama administration, we need to see when was that great. >> i have great respect for all races, everybody. this country is great because of it. >> laura: joining me now carroll swain, black voices for trump board member. carroll, that question, asked the president about his slogan maga, suggesting that it's never been great for black america., your response to this tonight. >> well, all i can say is that america has been great for me and for many others who came from poverty, white and black who have been able to overcome the circumstances of their birth and to attain the american dream. i think that the people who say that america is not a great country are

our 21st town hall.o wrote in with questions or sent in videos. if you didn't get your question answered tonight the conversation continues at cnn.com/coronavirusanswers. a programming note saturday morning cnn and "sesame street" teaming together for a town hall for families. love "sesame street." the abcs of back to school. saturday morning 10:00 a.m. eastern here on cnn. the news continues now with chris cuomo. chris? >>> all right. thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." now we know the president lied to you about the worst medical crisis in our generation. we know he encouraged you to do things that were bad for your health -- ignoring masks. going to crowded rallies. defying governors who told you the truth about the need to socially distance and shut down for a while. the remaining question is why would he do this? early on when it was mostly b

we are having the first drive-in town hall, got about 100 people here.outside scranton, pennsylvania. we've got about 100 folks here from pennsylvania, surrounding areas, who have come. they've brought their vehicles. some have brought chairs. they're either sitting outside their vehicles or going to be sitting inside the car. and it is a chance for them to hear and ask questions to former vice president biden. >> we're just a little over five or six weeks from election day, november 3rd. this could be a really huge, very significant night for the former vice president, right? >> yeah, look, we're in the final stretch here. we have the first debate coming up in a very -- even shorter amount of time, less than two weeks. so, there is certainly a lot of expectation and a lot of pressure on both these candidates and a lot of the people here are very curious to hear what the vice president has to say, how he responds to questions from the audience. i'll be able the do follow-up questions as well. and it'll be a chance for the american people to see joe biden

town hall came just two nights after president trump had his own town hall with abc news. and biden cast this campaign as one between scranton and park avenue and he slammed the president for downplaying the coronavirus, calling it close to criminal. joe biden took aim at president trump's response to the coronavirus, in his first town hall since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. >> the idea that you're going to not tell people what you've been told, that this virus is incredibly contagious, seven times more contagious than the flu, he knew it and he did nothing. it's close to criminal. >> reporter: biden told voters why it's important to trust health experts on matters involving the pandemic, like vaccine development. >> i don't trust the president on vaccines. i trust dr. fauci. if fauci says a vaccine is safe, i take the vaccine. we should listen to the scientists. not to the president. >> reporter: the former vp was asked about attorney general bill barr's recent comment s comparing coronavirus sta stay-at-home orders to slavery. biden put the blame on trum

last night's town hall shows what a bubble he's in.s to rewrite history of the situation we're in that's why the woodward tapes are so interesting, it will make it really hard for him to rewrite his record of what took place here i think the biggest challenge for him right now is his job approval, his popularity is stuck in the mid-40s and every week that goes by, like the past one where he's having to answer for dishonesty, for things that prove he can't be trusted, all that does is keep his job approval really low, and it's really hard to be reelected as an incumbent when you're stuck in the mid-40s on your job approval. >> and the michael caputo issue, donna, first of all, taking a political lens to crucial scientific information in the cdc, and also this, you know, incitement to insurrection and violence, which no one in the white house has discounted, and the president himself last weekend in nevada and before that in new hampshire was talking about insurrection might be necessary if -- depending on how the vote goes. so how can y

alex, thank you. >>> at this hour, the abc news town hall is under way. president trump and george stephanopoulos. the president taking questions directly from uncommitted voters. no questions off-limits. and it comes amid this pandemic, as the u.s. now nears 200,000 american lives lost. 49 days until the election and our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl from philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump is taking questions from uncommitted and socially distant voters at our abc news town hall meeting in philadelphia. topic a, the coronavirus. student ajoni powell asked him this question. >> if you believe it's the president's responsibility to protect america, why would you downplay a pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm low income families and minority communities? >> yeah. well, i didn't downplay it. i actually, in my ways, upplayed it in terms of action. >> did you not admit to it yourself? >> yeah, because what i did, with china, i put a ban on, with europe, i put a ban on and we would have lost thousands of mo

since our last town hall, many schools and colleges have reopened. number of them have seen outbreaks. several promising vagccines hav entered large-scale trials but is now on hold after a subject develop developed adverse effects. telling bob woodward how much deadlier than the flu the virus was. he said that, february 7th, to woodward. a time when taking concrete and decisive action may have saved thousands of lives. we looked at these numbers before but imposing social distancing, just a week sooner, might have prevented 36,000 deaths. two weeks sooner could have reduced fatalities by 84%. the president knew it was airborne and deadlier than the flu in february, he continued to hold massive indoor rallies. he continues to hold those rallies. tonight, there is one in michigan in violation of his own safety guidelines. not a political town hall. but politics and public health, when they intersect and intertwine. we'll talk about that tonight. >> also, tonight, we are going to be joined by the country's top health scientist, dr. frances collins. he's

. >> the president hitting the campaign trail as joe biden hosts a drive-in town hall. >> it's all about his re-election. >> the push for support as early voting kicks off in some states. trump facing new criticism from a former staffer who claims he called his supporters disgusting. >>> the cdc facing new backlash as a report claims coronavirus testing guidelines were released without being reviewed by scientists. >>> plus, how the post office wanted to get involved in fighting the coronavirus and why the white house said no. >>> police officers under attack. brazen new violence in cities across the country targeting law enforcement. gunmen even opening fire on police officers' homes. the manhunt overnight. two major cities. >>> plus, the historic wildfires forcing a national park to close today. >>> nowhere to go. how not taking a vacation can take a toll on your health. >>> and later, puppy love. the new dating app to help your pets find their fur-ever friend. >>> good friday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we do begin with the re for the white house just 46 days until el

we know there was plenty of biden supporters at that cnn town hall.want to kevin, if you saw both, what is your take on it? there wasn't a lot of pushback on anything the vice president had to say. they all seem friendly, excited to see him unlike the people who didn't seem so excited to see the president earlier this week. >> it was definitely a different format, for sure. of course this president is running as an incumbent and has a record to run on. he has to defend a lot of his policies and should be able to take these hard questions. two mercedes point, if you're complaining about the questions you are probably losing. we will see a week and a half from now, chris wallace is going to host the first presidential debate. we know him well in terms of his interviews, and he pulls no punches. again, i think what you saw tonight with joe biden was a prepared individual ready to lead on day one and what you saw in philadelphia was the president was a man who can't answer a simple question with regard to his health care plan, which we are still waiting f

joe biden holds a socially distanced town hall while donald trump holds a packed raucous campaign rally. >>> and the white house hits back to a former aide to vice president mike pence who is criticizing president trump and endorsing joe biden. live from cnn world held quarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> more than 30 million people worldwide have now been infected with the coronavirus since the disease first appeared in china back in december. according to johns hopkins university, the staggering figure is triple what it was just 12 weeks ago and the global death toll is climbing rapidly to the 1 million mark. europe is now experiencing what some fear is a second wave. cases have been rising sharply in recent weeks, especially among people under age 50. but just three countries account for more than half of all the world cases. u.s., india, and brazil. the u.s. surpasses all others with more than 6.6 million cases and close to 200,000 deaths and the u.s. centers for disease control and

as joe biden is set to narparticipate our town hall this evening. about 35 cars will be driving here into this parking lot carrying those voters who are going to ask joe biden questions. the cars coming into designated spots as i'm standing in right now. you can see the different numbers for each of the spots these cars will be in. . >> there are two microphones up front so they can ask questions of joe biden. positioned in such a way they won't have to touch them. if they don't want to go up to the microphone, a microphone will be brought to their cars. behind me you'll see two chairs where joe biden and our moderator, anderson cooper will be sitting a well distance away from each other as the voters here. everyone coming on site will have to answer a screening questionnaire along with temperatures taken. cnn complying with state and local regulations of the state due to the pandemic of this is just the latest event we're seeing transformed due to covid-19 as we've seen so many campaign events adapted in the wake of the pandemic. brooke. >> drive-i

it's a little bit risky, anytime that you do a town hall.ady remember that debate where george h.w. bush looked at his watch and was asked how the debt or the deficit personally impacts him and kind of botched that. so it's dangerous. donald trump, you know, he's donald trump, right? he's going to say some crazy stuff. he's going to make up things, he's going to talk about his, you know, hot girlfriend who lives in canada, which is like this health care plan that probably doesn't actually exist. but at the end of the day, i think that he probably helps himself at the margins. people like him or they hate him. there's a sliver of people who are still deciding. and so i think that when he puts himself out there, it's better than not doing so. >> matt, toluse, thank you both very much. >>> all right. we need to get to our top story. hurricane sally just made landfall moments ago in gulf shores, alabama. much of the gulf coast is being slammed by torrential rain. wait until you hear how much they're expecting. we have a live report for you, next

the president did a town hall with abc last night, john. what did he say about his covid-19 response? >> as he has for many months now we've seen him in the daily briefings and in other venues as well defending his response to coronavirus. listen to this exchange with george stephanopolous. >> president trump: i think we could have had two million deaths if we didn't close the country. i think we did a great job. we had the greatest economy ever and we have to close it. if i didn't close it i think you would have two million deaths instead of having the 185, 190. 1 is a terrible number. >> president trump saying coronavirus has been the toughest thing in his presidency. biden mixed up iraq and iran yesterday when talking about america's war dead. listen here. >> there is always a black box that i have here that says daily troop updates. u.s. troops died in iran and afghanistan, 6,000 as of today, 923. >> joe biden got it correct later on when i talked about iraq and afghanistan and raised eyebrows when at a hispanic heritage event in consis

leo terrell and dan bongino, in this town hall tonight, isn't it amazing? not a single question about his praise of the former klansmen leo terrel. the one that filibustered of the civil rights act, and also was against the voting rights act. he partnereded with that guy in the late 70s to stop integration of schools. he didn't want his kids going to school that were racial job jungles. now i'm just guessing, i don't know, his name was donald trump. they probably would have asked that question, don't you think? anderson must've forgot it, i will write it out for him next time. >> i hope he is grilled at the first debate because let's be very clear. joe bidenme has a history of racists attitude and conversation with klansmen, but robert kkk bird. everyone knows it it's a double standard. donald trump has done more for black americans than any of his predecessors. especially obama and biden. what's unfairr about this is tht when the trump administration goes out in the touts what they have done for black americans, i the left-wing media will not give him cred

president trump making his case to undecided voters in an abc news town hall. what he said about race relations. how he defended his handling of the pandemic and his answer when asked about health insurance for pre-existing conditions. >>> new details on police in rochester trying to cover up the death of daniel prude. their effort to keep the video secret and handwritten message in red saying, quote, make him a suspect. >>> plus, the rush to save a construction worker dangling from the side of this building after a collapse. >>> teens pack onto a golf cart heading down the highway. >>> just ducky. the story behind the release of thousands of ducks. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the emergency ones on the gulf coast at this hour. >> hurricane sally growing into a category 2 storm overnight. people from alabama to the florida panhandle are bracing for more than two feet of rain. >> new video coming in shows neighborhoods already under water. winds are topping 100 miles per hour, and there's another concern today. the high tide. >> abc's elwy

format or eight moderatorfour, in a town hall format or eight moderator four, maybe in a town hallht moderatorfour, maybe greater specificity in the questions, one thing that chris wallace did what she was very typical of debate moderators ask these multipart questions and i think that sometimes if you ask a much more specific question and then follow—up and demand an a nswer then follow—up and demand an answer it makes it harder for the candidate to get away with rambling off on some of the topic. those are things that they could do. it would be nice for them to discuss specific issues was that we have enormous numbers of challenges in us foreign relations right now. we need a substantial debate about what the united states should do and its relationship with china, the european union, what you do in the middle east, trade tensions that need to be addressed. we have big questions on the direction of the us economic policy. it's interesting because in some respects the closest we came to a subsidence debate in the last one was on matters of climate and matters of the economy. even

the democratic nominee is participating in a town hall in scranton, the town wherein he was born.resident trump had a rocky time you might remember in an abc town hall in pens penalty other night. tonight's event comes as biden looks to press his advantage in key battleground states, an effort that includes this new ad focusing on the coronavirus and a convert. >> i voted for trump in '16, and i'll be the first to tell you i made a mistake. pandemic, it's been tough on everybody. you know, president trump, he's not responsible for this virus. nobody was going to be able to stop that, but he was totally negligent on how he informed the people. i mean, the guy -- the guy gets the blame for what's happening. >> joining us now to discuss the national political reporter for politico and laura, it is a great opportunity for the former vice president, essentially a book end. president trump went the other night in pennsylvania. joe biden gets to go tonight. president trump had a problem answering questions about the coronavirus, answering questions about pre-existing conditions and healt

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not so, necessarily, in the town hall debate. there is understanding the concern of the voters, addressing the concerns that the voters raised in the town hall debate, and to demonstrate that ability. we've seen some of our , thedential candidates clip you play, george h.w. bush. famously in that debate, checking his watch a few times throughout the debate. other candidates throughout this debate's performances not illustrating that ability with citizens. that is an interesting innovation or change in the ways in which we structure our presidential debates today. host: you mentioned the moderator. what is the ideal role of a moderator? certainly, you get a lot of criticism, and a lot of pushback from the candidates, from the campaign, from other journalists in terms of suggesting how the moderator should handle the role from the debate commission's standpoint. they select moderators who are that in charge of these debates. now, in the structure of debate, the 90 minute debate, we will have six segments. , the sixators identify to

. >> if i remember correctly, the next debate is supposed to be a town hall forum style. so there will be, you know, citizens asking the candidates questions. do you think that last night's performance will play in a town hall format? >> no, absolutely not. all candidates ahead of those town hall debates are prepped to be even more respectful than they might otherwise be to avoid some of the contentious exchanges that might occur in a debate simply with a single moderator. they are told that this is -- this is something that can turn people off. so, for president trump, especially, this holds potentially great peril. but he obviously doesn't worry about that, jonathan. i think, again, we're trying to judge him by the tradition of the way candidates approach these debates. you have to wonder what's in his head about what he thinks about this. the idea that he could say the things that he said all threw the debate, particularly at the end about the proud boys and have any hope they're going to be able to win over female voters in the suburbs is folly. i think that the presi

>> face-to-face with american voters for a town hall in the battle ground state of pennsylvania. >> why don't you wear a mask more often? >> pressing him on issues from the pandemic to race justice. did donald trump win over any voters tonight? >>> "nightline," the president and the people, starts right now. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight, with election day less than 50 days away, president trump found himself in front of a different audience, uncommitted voters in the swing state of pennsylvania. and for the very latest, we go to jonathan karl, who was in the room with the president in philadelphia. jon? >> on balance, this was a pretty good event for donald trump. he got to show another side of himself, an empathetic side, talking about the incredible death toll from covid-19. this was something we rarely see from the president. that said, he also said again he has absolutely no regrets for anything about the way he handled the crisis. he wouldn't do anything differently, and he said some things that are sure to generate controversy. during one exchange with a pastor

. >> i checked out biden and an old 50s drive-through meets anemic town hall, okay? it was ridiculous. >> sean: how does anderson not asked the question about hysterical xenophobia and fearmongering? you knowo partnering school immigration and a racial jungle. >> laura: no, no, he didn't debate biden as he did trump here there was no debating the candidate, that is only when trumpets involved. we will get back to the rally but sean i enjoyed your show and you did both the analysis and the rally which we will do as great job. thank you so much. i am laura ingraham and this is the ingram an but let's get baco president trump. >> homicides and democrat-controlled cities yet these failed policies nationwide, they asked, what about nationwide what about the fact that you had your democrat national convention whereby the way we had for more abuse millions and millions of more abuse. we had millions more. i thought it was a great thing. did anybody hear herschel walker that night? you talk about a good football player, it was some player and what a great guy but all of them

while joe biden holds a town hall later in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. good morning, i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. coronavirus pandemic was the focus for both candidates yesterday. mr. president said a vaccine could be ready as soon as october. disputing a longer timeline from the director of the cdc.