And senator joni ernst challenger theresa greenfield. In true 2020 spirit, this debate will not be like others you have seen. Steve, myself, and our three moderators are here in person. Our candidates join us remotely. Senator ernst is in washington after several days of confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett. Miss greenfield is live from altoona. Moderators. T our we have the chief politics reporter for the des moines register. And ron steele is the evening news anchor at kwwl. Is anator joni ernst native of red oak, iowa, and served in the military for more than 23 years. Is the first female veteran elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Democrat theresa greenfield hopes to unseat senator ernst. She was raised on a small farm in minnesota and moved to iowa to attend college. She has a background in urban planning. In 2018, she briefly ran for congress in iowas third district. She lives and oman with her husband. Now for the rules of tonights debate. Candidates get 60 second
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A freshly agreed cease fire the u. S. President s doctor says donald trump has been cleared to return to work but wont confirm the fees tested negative for corona virus that comes after trump addressed a crowd of hundreds at the white house who spoke of a pandemic disappearing and attacked his democratic rival joe biden. And biden has criticized the trumpet ministrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic speaking at a Campaign Event in pennsylvania he highlighted his plans for the economy recovered 19 outbreak has left hundreds of thousands of americans unemployed more than 200000 have died a politician freed from prison by supporters just days ago is now the new Prime Minister of kyrgyzstan the parliament confirmed so dear jumper over after nearly a week of violent protests over a contested election Charles Stratford has more from bishkek. It seems as if yes certainly the situation is a lot calmer here the smalling but there are a whole host of Unanswered Questions with respect to
A crowd of hundreds at the white house production is set to resume at libyas Largest Oil Field sharon has been closed for most of the year almost all libyan oil exports were stopped in january by warlords for the for half the forces based in the east. Trying to has more from tripoli this comes as the International Community is trying to bridge the gap between the warring sides in libya and this is a step in the in the right direction of course becomes a little bit late last month in september the u. S. Embassy posted that i have to gave a personal commitment of opening of reopening the Energy Sector by september 12th that deadline passed and the oil fields werent open but this is one of the fields one of the most important fields in terms of revenue coming into libya. Turkish cypriot leader mostafa has cast his vote in the president ial election in the islands breakaway north can jos running for reelection was joined by his wife at a polling station in the divided capital nicosia the s
Others physically present in the room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except for the member or witnesses speaking, please also sanitize yourss seating area we use these chairs as a safety issue in an important matter of order and quorum for this proceeding. For members participating remotely, keep your video function on all times, when you are not recognized by the chai. Members are responsible for mutating and on muting themselves and please remember to meet yourself after you finish speaking. Consistent with House Resolution 965 in the accompaniedr regulation, staff only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when they are not under recognition to eliminate background noise. I see that we have a quorum and i now recognize myself for opening remarks, let me welcome or witnesses as i let the Ranking Member know, ill be going considerably longer than the customary five minutes by my this morning and ill yi