understanding. i have really been able to connect with people in the audiences across pennsylvania that have stopped me and said hey, i had cancer, i had a stroke, i had these kind of issues. i said no, thank you for supporting me. the kind of race that is about standing for basic democratic values and issues that i think a majority of pennsylvanians supports. your campaign, as of yesterday, has agreed to a debate with doctor oz at the end of october. as part of, that one of your conditions is using a closed captioning system. can you explain to people how and why that is necessary? sure. absolutely. i m speaking with closed captioning right now. just because after the stroke that could have taken my life, the actual lingering issue of auditory processing. sometimes they may not be able to hear things, i might miss a word. and now i just want to make sure that i know exactly the
they said thank you and i said, no, thank you for supporting me. the kind of race that is about standing for basic democratic values and issues that i think a majority of pennsylvanians supports. your campaign, as of yesterday, has agreed to a debate with doctor oz at the end of october. i know as part of that, one of your conditions is using a closed captioning system. can you explain to people how and why that is necessary? sure. absolutely. i m speaking with closed captioning right now. just because after the stroke that could have taken my life, the actual lingering issue of auditory processing. sometimes i may not be able to hear things, i might miss a word. and now i just want to make sure that i know exactly the question that is being put to me. an example of what happened before the stroke. let me give you an example. thought i was going to i was
october 25th. federman had a stroke in may and says he will use closed captioning in next month s debate to ensure that he can get all of the questions. the actual is the lingering issue of auditory processing. sometimes i may not be able to hear things, or i might miss a word. and, now i just want to be able to assure that i know exactly the question that is being put to me. as he put it out, editorial boards from the pittsburgh gazette to the washington post are calling on federman to debate, the post even says that they are one debate is not enough. says that if federman can campaign with thousands of supporters he should be healthy enough, now, to debate. he has been dodging all questions, not just debate questions, but those from the press and from voters which is frankly insulting in a demo democracy. federman s campaign still tells us that voters still have two weeks after that of debate to admit cast their ballot, the
and mehmet oz. fetterman is recovering from a stroke in may. the actual lingering issue of auditory processing. sometimes i may not be able to hear things or might miss a word and now i just want to make sure i m able to know exactly the question being put to me. i understand how hard it is to deal with a stroke and heart failure. i am fine with him taking rehearsals. i would like more time in the debate. you have to have multiple debates according to the washington post . he shared cognitive test scores showing he is functioning in the normal range for his age. the times reports fetterman s campaign did not make his doctors available for interviews. oz says fetterman can speak in front of thousands of supporters he should be ready to debate now. one analyst says fetterman may be trying to take advantage of early voting ahead of the late october debate. it seems like he is trying
battle for who has power in the set it in the hotly contested senate race between dr. oz and lieutenant governor john federman. now the democrat senate nominees cam at pain, releasing cognitive test results, as federman has faced growing questions about his abilities, and his health after he had suffered a stroke right before the primary results and may. senior national rich edmonson has more for us tonight from washington. highridge. high martha. lieutenant governor john federman thinks he is fit to serve in the united states senate after a stroke. rich: federman has agreed to one debate with a republican oz, it is scheduled for october 25th, federman says he will use closed captioning and next month s debate to ensure that he can get all of the questions. the lingering issue of auditory processing. and sometimes i may not be able to hear things, or he might miss a word. and, now, i just want to be able