Most people say they have already made up their mind and even big events like the death of Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg have not led many to say whether they should change their votes so far. A couple of Opinion Pieces leading up to tonights event, on from the university of californias Mitchell Mckinney will join us later on this morning in the program. He says this, theres argument that the debates are not substantiated and present no new information area if thats the case it makes a compelling case for eliminating them but these accusations are not based on what debate viewers believe but on what political pundits think. Viewers want debatesand the numbers prove it. In 2016 two of the three planes and trump matchups set a viewership record with the first drawn about 84 Million Viewers and the largest viewing audience in the history of the televised debates that began with john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Theres another viewpoint on the New York Times. Im not looking forward to the president making a scene, telling lies. Im not looking forward to the assessment of the moderators or the height. Often learn things, we do. Those things are worth learning what is most important, policy characters, we know dont need a debate. What will it tell us that we dont already know . Today will show us how the candidates converse and clash and how they recovered were not when bruce. But none of this at this late stage should be indeterminate of one how one votes these are two viewpoints and you can add yours to the next and this first hour. The line 2027488000 for those of you who support joe biden. Harris, 2000 27441 and if youre undecided its 2027488000 two. Text us, to us and you can also post on facebook. President ial debates, do they matter . How would you answer the question 50 . I need to see the debate pointblank. I need to see the debate. I think its necessary. Ithink they still matter. And its an opportunity for me as a viewer and a voter to be able to see exactly where these guys positions are right out of their mouth. No fake news, no whatever. I need to see you today. I for one support biden simply because i cant take the dog and pony show anymore n. Host so you learn moreby what the candidate says for the clash of ideas that people bring to the table . Caller clash of ideas and what their solutions are for our problems, our many problems that we have nowadays. Host as part of as those problems whats top of the list you would like to see candidates address . Guest covid19. Thats a Health Insurance topic and although the economy matters, really just pick a topic. Theres so many ever since this gentleman became president. Imembarrassed to say really, its an embarrassment but right now , we have a pandemic and washington it is simply not taking it seriously. Chloe is in california. A supporter of President Trump on the debates. Good morning, go ahead. Julie from california, areyou there . Im here. I am just very happy to see consistency, always being transparent. I was so disgusted that whenever trump is available, interviewed by anybody, town halls or anything, one station airs it. We all know what that one is and when you hear people say you only watch one channel, rythats the only one that you to us. Andthey twist everything so i am so excited for this debate. Biden cant even read a cue card. It is just silly. Host when the debates themselves, what would you say to that . As far as the debate itself. Caller it definitely matters. You got to be able to respond in no and hold your ground so solidly that you can either one, make the executive decision and hold to it. Or admit that you are not sure and are willing to listen to other people and bend. In i think theyre flexible he is in there but i also am very supportive of a backbone. I dont want people that are pushovers. Host julie in california of the New York Times reminds us that the commission on president joby and Chris Wallace have t leased tonight topic and they will be the pandemic, the economy, Supreme Court, integrity of the election and the trump and biden records rightdoublequoteletr the rae and violence in our cities. The latter has led some democratic objections to its remainder on violence in cities the centerpiece of mr. Toms advertising over the summer rather than around Police Brutality and calls for racial justice. Again our coverage starts at 8 00 oclock in the debate starts shortly after 9 00 oclock. You can see it on cspan uninterrupted and also we will give you a chance to respond after the debate is overpaid go to our website at cspan. More org for more information. Linda in mississippi, supporter of joe biden you are next. Caller good morning. I support, race matters to me because especially this debate. We have had so much chaos and misinformation in the last, flat out lies, and when they are on stage and you hear them out of their own mouth asked the question that this country needs to hear and that trump will probably lie as he normally do but it is up to the moderators to speak. [inaudible] the caller before me said biden could not complete a sentence. That is trump he could not complete a sentence. Host linda, when it comes to the debate you talk about the moderator how much interactionon do you want to see from the moderator tonight . Caller i want him to be a fact checker. If either one of them mr. Represents truth i think he needs to come back and asks that question again because this country or we are fighting for the soul and life of this democracy. You cannot go another four years with chaos and lies and distorting the truth. We dont even know who he owes money to, who trump owes money to and whether he is already compromised or not. We need to know. Host linda, in mississippi from our facebook page, several of you posting this morning before the show saying when it comes to the debates one viewer says they dot for undecided voters or unmotivated voters but many will watch the debate with their minds india very biased view although it is good for those who take secondary sources as a source of information. Kathy collins from facebook say no, they arent debates either and its too late the debate to be over by now. Start voting has already started. John from facebook saying not as much when two other candidates are intentionally excluded. I assume youre referring to the libertarian in the Green Party Candidates who are running for the office of president of the United States but again those are some of the facebook postings and you can see more on facebook. Com. Do president debates matter . A supporter of President Trump this is pat, hello. Caller yes, good morning. I like the debates and i think it brings out a lot from the topics doesnt sound like my questions are going to be answered. For instance, i want to know if trump will do away with the payroll tax which would affect Social Security and i want to know what he will doat about healthcare. Thats another thing. If i cant vote for trump i wont vote for anybody. I cant vote for biden or harr harris. I just cant. The debates are important to me but as i said, i dont think my questions will be answered. Thank you. Host and in jamaica, new york. Supporter of joe biden. Go ahead. Caller yes, good morning. Thank you for taking my calls. I dont think the debate will be make a big difference. Ive long made up my mind from the beginning because i could never support someone like a cult leader like trump because thats what he is and the people who are following him are cults. I would never vote for him. I will watch the debate and i dont know what i will learn but i just want this whole election to be over because if trump is elected another four years democracy in america will be gone pretty we will become russia. Host if youve already made up your mind what you get from the debates then what is the value of watching . Caller i will watch it to see because its a debate so i will watch it. I was torn between wanting it but i kind of think i will watch it. I know what trump will do. I saw how he treated hilary on the debate stage he is a bully. He going to come out with his bullying tactics and its just sad that we even that america has the people in this country are so ignorant that they have the nerve to vote for someone like this crazy man. This man is totally out of his mind. Host and in jamaica, new york. When it comes to Chris Wallace which the previous caller brought up this is a quote attribute it to him when it comes to tonights debate saying that mr. Wallace we want to be as invisible as possible as a moderator and goes on to say he would be the next president of the United States ande my job s to be is an invisible as possible he said monday during fox news and im trying to get them to engage to focus on [inaudible] if ive done my job right at the end of the night people will say quote, there was great debate and who is the moderator and lets hear from jason, virginia, supporter of President Trump. Go ahead. Caller thank you for having me. Im calling because i fully support the president and i think the mediay is three, four years of gas lighting hasas not work because the American People he is not lost his base in his base has only expanded. If you look at the votes across the country for the primaries in most states where there was a primary forward public and don trump got more votes than all the democrats combined. To me there was a sign he was ahead but when it comes to the debate i think the democrats will do everything they can to try to fact check him but distortingt means the truth and its rich coming from a party that has been lying to us about russia collusion, ukraine and many other things that they just did not tell us about currently. I would love to more about hunter biden when youveen asked questions about what we would like to know moreab about and i like to hear Chris Wallace asked tough questions and i think to be honest the biggest detriment to joebi biden has been the meds duplicity and not asking tough questions. I feel bad for any journalists who calls himself a journalist who is working at any of these networks that goes out and covers joe biden and doesnt ask him a tough question or even a neutrally tough question. When he watched his press gaggle he never asks a question and they are always leading and always kind and gentle and always for him. Ive never heard him ask the tough question in the press gaggle for the lastn few weeks. Host that was jason in virginia, New York Times reporting that the president has undertaken a less formal debate prep and has been used with aids about bringing up the business dealings of mr. Bidens son hunter and the Sexual Assault allegations that have otherwise faded from the campaign adding that mr. Trump has engaged in the month of the tax on bidensn mental acuity but have lowered the bar for the democrats. Carrie is next up from wisconsin, supporter of joe biden. Go ahead. Caller yes, i dont know if i will watch the debates or not but i have been following the news and the campaign f there hs been so many things that trump has said that is not true and he has been caught up by it but always has fake news but its true for the fact that hes been lying all the time andfa i just dont host if you express those concerns why, i guess debate over whether you will watch it tonight or not y. Caller well, i might just watch a little bit of it but if he plays the way he did in 2016 against Hillary Clinton i wont watch him very much because he makes up too many stories and i just said people are getting dont trust him anymore because hes been caught up on these lies and says he will do this and do that for everybody and he will do something and we will have a Health Insurance there but hes been saying that for all time but the republicans have been in control there when he was first in office w about two years and they did not knew nothing about it and they did not come with no plan. Host how do you think mr. Biden will perform tonight . Caller well, with the help of god he does good. [laughter] host you sound a little go ahead. Caller it will be rough gohagainst President Trump becae trump, you know, you know how he treats peoplele. Host terry in wisconsin. Jennifer is up next from california, supporter of President Trump. Good morningll. Caller good morning. Let me briefly, im not watching them because its a commercial tv events. Its not informative. If Chris Wallace wants to be invisible we would have someone who is not a tv personality in the first place. Biden should not be called Vice President hes not Vice President really and thats all i had to say. Host when you say is a tv production why does that discount whether you will watch it or not . Caller because its a commercial tv, its entertainment. Thats all it is but everyone already knows what these people have to say and its not for informative value. Thats all. Host so you dont learn anything from them or get value . No, i seen them enough on television and mr. Trump for the last few years and biden before that. Theres nothing new to learn. Weve heard this stuff before. Every year they gang up on trump anyway. It there is nothing new for us to learn here. Host how do you think he will perform . Caller trump has a strong personality and great with people. I dont know, depends on if biden is acute or not before the events and how the questions would go. There is a bias against trump already by anybody including chris matthews, Chris Wallace. So what is the purpose in watching if hes commercial, tv, entertainment hes not a real ernojournalist. Host that is jennifer in california. As a matter on those that have not made a decision that when it comes to debates and whether the add value to that and there was online event sponsored by Brookings Institution yesterday and part ofit that which you cod still see on cspan, university of pencils Kathleen Jamieson spoke about those who might very well be influenced by debates. People who are more susceptible to influence are those that are arent tightly angled theyre not tightly angled to voting at all and are not as consistently voting for one party when they have not crossed and to the extent thatbo they feel ambivalent about both candidates and they are not already incurred in party and the question is will they vote at all. [audio difficulties] and then secondly, how do i increase focused issues that they ares focused on and what they want the president to do framed in a way that leads him to believe are blocked in their selfinterest and share their values. If i can communicate those two things among the pool that are on the margins. [audio difficulties] most people are already decided in most elections just out of the box but you have capacities within those arent is anchored by party and are feeling ambivalent and dont have [inaudible] that is potentially what matters and however they are less likely to be feeling debates downstream of the debates and forms the means or the clips that they search within their media spheres. Host much more of that if you go to our website cspan. Org and that is the site also to find information about the debates including tonights and how you can view it and all the information leadingebw up to te debates when it comes to campaign 2020. Again, the website cspan. Org, jane from twitter says the debates give us the opportunity to see each nominees demeanor. If the answer questions to deflect or become defensive or fuargumentative hopefully we wil hear actually plans and policies on restoring of the u. S. David ritter says they matter and they should matter. We need a president who can think fast on his feet and think logically and exhibit good reasoning and argumentation skills. We need a president with some intellectual help and our standard now is rockbottom. Juanita from twitter saying that this one matters a bunch too many folks to not Pay Attention to the government and this is why debates matter adding i plan to stay with joe biden and some of the voices on twitter and facebook available tool, including 202 7488000, supporter of joe biden this is diane in ann arbor, michigan. Go ahead. Caller yes, hello. I will be interested in hearing the debates become informative and content backed content of fact. In a way they could do this is to have a committee of experts of Balance Committee and have a fact checknd or a line going across the screen. I remember when debate where the i think the audience was being monitored and that the wait was going up and down whether i agreed with it and i would like to hear experts do the same thing so that the debates arent just a platform for them to put out there same rhetoric and if they had questions that would set out information you know that is where we get, we would get the content that we are looking for on the undecided folks because if you just throw softballs at them they will go back and forth, fake news, whatever and i think this line of fake news is not informative and is getting very, very old. I think they get a bigger audience and they would get higher marks if they would give the listeners content because this is just nothing but a show. They need to have a fact check, live back checked as they go. Is that mostly the analysis of these types of events take place in the next day in the newspapers and do you think that is offered people insight as well as what was said by the candidates and how that squares to whether it is true or not . Caller i think it has to happen in real time as the audience hears it because who will necessarily follow all the different channels in all the different media to get answers to that. I think the people if they are willing to give up their time in the audience to listen to this i think this is a very good thing they need to inform the people and i think the folks that are putting on