Nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Im susan page of usa today. It is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. In Kingsbury Hall tonight, we have a small and socially distanced audience, we have taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the the debate, and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] susan senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington after testing positive for covid19. We send our thoughts and prayers for them for the rapid and complete recovery, and for the recovery of everyone afflict
Thank you so much, mr. Chairman. It is always a joy to partake in the convention of the naacp. I think this is my second event. Lifelong member, partially by force because of my dad. And now as an adult, certainly want to be a part and always excited to support what you are doing and a shoutout to my brother, the president , Derrick Johnson. Senator harris, it is so great to see you. Ill refrain from calling you kamala today, because i think its so important that they put some respect on your name. So im going to lead by example. We know you are in the middle of debate prep. I wish i was in the room with you to give you some oneliners, but hopefully, we can get you ready and most comfortable today. How are you doing, how are you feeling . Senator harris i am doing well. So good to see you. I just want to thank you for that introduction. Thank you for not only talking about the head of the naacp, but my pastor, dr. Amos brown. Thank you to Derrick Johnson for your ongoing leadership. We
Justice ginsburg will be buried next week and a private ceremony at Arlington National ceremony. Peter baker of the New York Times is reporting President Trump has selected judge amy coney barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to people close to the process, caution sometimes upends his own plan, but hes not known to have interviewed any candidates for the post. The president is scheduled to make his announcement saturday at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Cspan will have live coverage calls and by your social media coverage. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris told the naacp leadership summit black lives matter was the most significant agent for change within the criminal Justice System. She talked about the governments Coronavirus Response and her vision for the future of america, as well. So much, mr. Chairman. It is always a joy to partake in the convention of the naacp. I think this is my second event. Lifelong member, partially by
I wish i was in the room with you to give you some oneliners but hopefully we can get you ready and most comfortable today. How are you doing, how are you feeling . Senator harris i am doing well. Thank you for that introduction. Thank you for not only talking about the head of the naacp but my pastor, dr. Amos brown. Thank you to Derrick Johnson for your ongoing leadership. We talk so often these days about the importance of everything that is at stake and making sure everyones voice is heard. So its good to be with everyone and, angela, its so good to see you. Im good. One day at a time. 39 days before an election that will determine the course of history for generations to come. Angela yeah, it will. With that, i want to start because i know that part of whats happening in debate prep they got to get you a background. One of the wraparound. One of my favorite things to do for the podcast is a wraparound. We want to loosen up and dive right in. We want to consider this as family time
The people in that audience youre probably looking at very, very closely. Theyre all wearing masks. What youre not seeing is the people who are going to be up on the stage, the moderator and the two candidates. They will not be. Now, its required here that they all make sure that they keep those masks on in the audience or they will be kicked out. I think jerry baker is back with us gerry baker is back with us. I i a apologize for my confusion. Erasing the memories and all the other stuff that happened entertaining that might have been that these guys are going to keep it to a minimum. Do you think they can, they will . Well, i think we certainly wont see anything like last week, i think we can probably guarantee that. But Kamala Harris is sharp, aggressive, i dont think she can help herself. Shell want to prosecute the case as shes done in the past, shell want to prosecute aggressively, and Vice President pence is not going to take it lying down. I think itll be a sharp, lively debate