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In 1988 republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and democratic Vice President ial candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated in omaha, nebraska. A panel of four journalists asked questions of the candidate. Good evening. On behalf of the commission on president ial debates, im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss Mcneil Newshour and frontline. My colleagues are John Margolis of chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and brit hume of abc news. The im...

Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. In 1988, republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. Good evening. Im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss newshour and front line. My colleagues on the panel are john margoules of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and britt hume of ab...

Tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee...

Judy woodruff on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbs macneillehrer news hour and frontline. My colleagues on the panel are John Margolis of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based...

And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its political gaffes through the decades. The great edward r. Murrow said when politicians complain that tv turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there and that tv has merely demonstrated that not performers are well trained. Today on through the decades, we look at politicians who didnt give their best performances on the political stage as they attemped to run for office. And the Television C...

They were assisted by a number of agencies, but the work of one deserves special thanks and that is the work of the and National Security agency. 25thvent marks the cias major declassification event since 2007 and our second. Who we are fortunate once again to have people with us to know more about the president s daily brief than anybody else i can think of and thats john brennan and jim clapper. Both have been very supportive of intelligence transparency efforts. Director clapper has institute...

Neither tweets, no, im not on instagram, im not on that does not now, im sure many of you but youve got other people who understand social media, that are part of that in the department of justice . Yes, no, absolutely. Though its not you. But also, they dont particularly recommend that im highly on social media when youre in this role because we do the terrorists and also spies under our mandate. And i think youve heard so, just to kind of do you i mean, ive read a little bit about your divisio...

Our master of ceremonies a great american. [applause] good morning and thank you for joining us for such an amazing experience. This is your world war ii memorial. Im honored to be a master of ceremonies. Im trying to make sure the microphone is close enough. We salute those of the greatest generation who helped to preserve the freedom to run the globe. We offer a special salute to the men and women in the armed forces who continue to serve and sacrifice in our ongoing war right now of terrorism...

And some of us need health care some of the time but all of us need health and wellbeing all of the time. So im hoping that in the future we continue to talk about patientcentered care a tremendous advance and talk about personcentered care that brings the wellness and prevention themes into discussion. Also, populationcentered care. We have a country growing rapidly diverse by the day and many of you may know the projections by 2043 well be a majority minority country. Im the sop of korean immi...

Quayle defeated Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen, winning the popular vote 53 to 46 . This debate is a little over one hour is little over an hour and a half. Woodruff on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbs macneillehrer news hour and frontline. My colleagues on the panel are John Margolis of the chicago tribune; tom brokaw of nbc news; and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights deba...