Vying to become the Vice President have sparred in their only debate ahead of next months election republican Vice President mike pence and his democratic challenger senator kamel harris clashed over the white houses response to the Pandemic Health care as a calls at the greatest failure of any president ial administration in history and its responded it calling bidens plan for prone to virus so similar to the president s in those plagiarism other points of contention with the opening on the Supreme Court bench after Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death abortion and the environment. Well joining me now in the studio for more coverage is stacy bivins from our u. S. Election team thanks so much for joining us so so much of the lead up to this debate was actually about the health of President Donald Trump after he spent 3 days in hospital with a coronavirus diagnosis. Do you think Vice President mike pence was able to get away from that topic during the debate no no. No the coronavirus was center stage where literally it was laid out the format with the content and. 12 feet apart or almost 4 metres apart because of the coronavirus with the plexiglass and that was because of what happened with President Donald Trump and what happened in the rose garden 2 weekends ago where all of these people from the republican camp were gathered inside and outside hugging each other kissing each other and mike pence with at the center of this there had to be this distance and thats right it does seem like coronavirus has been sweeping through the white house and among trumps inner circle and in fact it was contentious even whether this debate should take place with pence being there having been in such close proximity to some of these people yeah there are doctors that arent necessarily associated with the treatment of the President Donald Trump that said because pence was in such close proximity to him and all of these people that are part of the trump and his circle that it would be best if he did not take part but he did this and the Debate Commission set this up where they said that it was safe so fairytales of course that he had a negative test they eventually did agree to those plexiglas dividers that we saw in the debate it was controversial for some reason for the for the pens campaign thats right there seems like eventually they did agree to have 12 feet apart which is 4 meters and twice the distance of what you say you need to help slow the spread of the coronavirus you think impacted the debate in any way having it there i think that it just reminded people of the time they were and not that they need to to i mean theres millions of americans without jobs millions of Americans Without Health Care in the middle of a pandemic because theyve lost their jobs and so no you cant get away from it and it was come up come out the harriss main. Job to keep the debate focused on the coronavirus so no matter how tense pivoted and hes a great debater and he has that midwestern oh shucks charm she kept his feet to the fire when he came to the coronavirus and he certainly is an experienced debater she of course is a former prosecutor in california so she also brought that experience of to the table and coronavirus it was the 1st question right out of the gates from the moderator susan page shes the Washington Bureau chief of usa today and lets say a seasoned washington journalist. Do you think the Vice President was able to defend the administrations handling of the pandemic in the United States. Had we just landed to earth and not known what had happened with the president knowing january early february about the corona virus and how it spread and how dangerous and deadly it could be heat Vice President pence would have seemed very convincing it would so knowing what we have know now we would have to suspend our reality in order to take all of this and now we were up what 211000 people in the United States have died from the corona virus more than 7000000 are impacted by this so no i think that if you are a penn supporter or and a trump supporter you you probably feel like they did everything that they could do but if youre somebody who is having a problem feeding your kids you dont have a job you dont know how youre going to pay your rent then this debate isnt enough and that was couple of harriss direct appeal lets look now at clips from both candidates and just get a taste of what they had to say on the coronavirus. American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in history of our country and here are the facts 210000 dead people in our country in just the last several months. Over 7000000 people who have contracted this disease one in 5 businesses closed were looking at front line workers who have been treated like factor official workers from the very 1st day President Donald Trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the United States all people who had returned from china. Donald trump do what no other american president has ever done that was who suspended all trouble from china the 2nd largest economy in the world that was a couple of harris a clip of her referring to what i said earlier speaking about the coronavirus well i think its fair to say that there was no more attention than usual on this Vice President ial debate normally a kind of play 2nd fiddle to the president ial debates you might not even necessarily watch it but because both candidates are selling their fitness their ability to lead in the event that something could happen to the president with whom theyre serving do you think that they made their cases as potential leaders of the United States well i believe that this debate was easier to watch right and to listen to they didnt seem like children playing ground running around on a sugar rush we could understand what they were trying to say they were civil the discourse was much better than in the president ial campaign so yes they both came across as president ial and capable of doing the job i mean its not necessarily well lets not say it is but its not necessarily just or torkel exercise right because trump is 74 years old has coronavirus at the moment biden is 77 years old when he if he were not great at yasnaya imagine a 4 year terms of people are really looking at these 2 for a taste of what a future president might look like as well or their future ambitions to run for president himself yeah i think thats why pence costly tried to frame senator harris as this left extremists you know just imagine what a presidency would be like if she were charged with the Green New Deal and you know socialized medicine and and all of this so yeah its matters and matters more than it has been a long time all right well lets turn to some of the policy points that they discussed a jury in this debate. Pens and her. Were asked how their own states would handle abortion if the landmark ruling roe v wade were to be overturned by the Supreme Court and abortion is of course a flashpoint in the United States always but lets take a listen to how it played out in this Vice President ial debates let the American People fill that seat in the white house and then well fill that seat on the United StatesSupreme Court and to your point susan that the issues before us couldnt be more serious there is the issue of choice and i will always fight for a womans right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that of donald trump and and the Vice President michel im prolife i dont apologize for it and this is another one of those cases where theres such a dramatic contrast Joe Biden Kamel her support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding to planned parenthood of america and for our part i would never presume a judge in the county bearer would rule on the Supreme Court of the United States but will continue to stand strong for the right to life. All right so do you think that it is the Supreme Court seat that is vacant the reason that abortion has become such a touchstone in this election do you think sure but its more than that trump has is trying to keep his base intact and he has a strong evangelical following and they are prolife and so the types of culture. Wars matter and a lot of these people not all but theres a good percentage of these women joe evangelicals that are one. Topic voters so they might not like trumps tone about race or his the dismissiveness towards women but they really really care about abortion and so theyre focusing on this and with the Supreme Court pick if she if she makes it to the to the bench any kone barrett. She hasnt said directly that she is would try to overturn roe v wade but she has said that she would support legislation that would hollow it out and would make it more difficult for a woman to have an abortion so yes this is why its so important because if shes if shes a point to the court would shift in balance 6 to 3 being heavily conservative and this is what people have wanted and this is one of the things that trump believes that hes been really good at he cant really stand on the economy anymore but he feels like he can stand on these judge appointments right so what do you think of those voters are likely to get out of this debate listening to pence as you say theyre single issue voters theyre most interested in abortion above all in and in filling the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with somebody who they think will help change those policies right even if they dont like the policies of donald trump as you suggested do you think theyd be satisfied by pences response in this debate well i think that both sides would be satisfied from what they heard if you were a supporter of the harris biden ticket you are you were. So you were happy with the way that she showed grace and stuck up for herself when he was over talking her and if you are a supporter of trump hence you are glad that he mentioned all of these things about these the single voting issue i think that he really benefited from the fact that there wasnt a fat check because to go on to say that. Biden and harris support taxpayer abortion whereas that come from or late term abortion these are just weird things that who knows where he conquered that up all right so one of the other issues that did come up of course was the issue of our time arguably which was a Climate Change we hopped around from the economy to the looming jobs crisis to abortion of course coronavirus but this one i thought was quite interesting because pence refused to say whether Climate Change was in fact an existential threat but it didnt really go into great details on the topic the moderator the moderator was pushing saying you know the United States is having hurricanes and bearing down at the moment were seeing wildfires that are coming out of season it better really intense that have just scorched a huge tracts of land in california and of course was referencing Donald Trumps earlier comments on Climate Change do you think that their response is to this issue based on what the moderator asked or something that voters are actually listening to and paying attention to in this election well i think that some voters are paying attention especially if you live and the areas that are hit like california with the well fires more prevalent as you say and out of season right now the the theme of the day is the coronavirus and all the follow up the comes from it whether its unemployments or a lack of insurance or Food Insecurity and one of the richest countries in the world. That was the main point of tonights debate. It was certainly an interesting one to watch thank you for your analysis tonight. For all right well we would be missed if we didnt talk about the fly it stole the show and there was a lot of buzz on the social media when a fly it landed on a Vice President mike pence in fact a very visibly took up residence in the Vice President s white hair of more than 2 minutes and while he may have answered the questions on the fly he didnt seem to notice that the flight was on him. But that is your news update that is our dont forget you can always get you double your news on the go just download our app from the google play or from the app store ill give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you happen to be part of a news story yourself you can also use the new app to send us Photos Videos of whats been happening. You are watching news from berlin coming up next is our film documentary about new therapies maintain the site. Can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website its time to talk about im sorry richardson in berlin for me in the entire team and bringing you our Vice President ial Election Night coverage thanks so much for watching. And you hear me known here as were going to do and how the last 2 years General Software will bring you im going to call and see you know how to have a surprise to sew up with what it is possible who is from out who really want to move i dont want to hold up towards a problem full time on the way maurice and critics who want to join us from eccles law stops. By conditions our own the rights from cataracts to new science should most and Macular Degeneration millions of people worldwide suffer from pool vision. Climate reading fine print is almost impossible you have to hold the book up to your brain. Young people are increasingly affected around 270000000 people are visually impaired and 36000000 a blindfold wide. Sense of sight lines are vital role in our lives things are very difficult for rioters for the but often. Modern surgical techniques a less invasive and can help restore eyesight. And its a quantum leap of mine a revolution. From Stem Cell Therapy to laser surgery new treatments like giving patients hope. This Residential Development in the city of minds germany is home to. Her brother max and their parents. 13 year old lily is an ordinary teenager she goes to dance class twice a week and she likes to chat with her friends. And. Lily has been nearsighted since the 4th grade she has minus 4 diopters in her right eye minus 0. 5 in her left one when lily takes off her glasses the world looks like this even nearby objects appear blurred until eyesight is continuing to deteriorate mclellan. I see things best when theyre very close but it keeps getting worse. When i take off my glasses even my hands look splurge anything further away is even blurrier. Nearsightedness all myopia is the result of the shake of the art. Normally rays of light entering the eye of a refracted so they focus on the red at the back of the on when the eyeball is too long while the. On your 2 curved the light focuses at a point in front of the retina objects that are further away appear blue and. Thats always i saw with our eyes are designed for distance vision spending a lot of time looking at nearby objects put strain on our eyes when our eyes then gradually deform so that we can see nearby objects more easily but then we end up not being able to see objects at a distance as well. Thats whats called being near sighted. Myopia is partly hereditary least parents are also nice side should. He has an appointment at the eye clinic in mines for a thorough examination. Of the kind for heads the eye clinic and is the specialist in the sightedness in what. First comes the exam with the sleep plan or just too much so that your chin on the chin rest you knew. He 1st examines the oculus and optic nerve in both eyes. People should get a vision exam at least once a year. My opiate can promote the development of a serious od disorders it increases the risk of retinal detachment and cataracts. At. Least lily is nearsighted at minus 4 to 5 diopters thats fairly near sighted not as much as some but its quite a lot she started out with a quarter of a diopter when she was about 10 that tends to increase with age until maybe 18 or 20 seems to know what fica really is an example of how nearsightedness is on the rise. Hes investigating the cause of this increase in a large scale german study involving 15000 patients. The study has been underway for 12. Yes. 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