Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is among the candidates running for reelection. Tonight, he is facing his democratic challenger, amy mcgrath in a live debate from lexington, kentucky. My name is courtney. I am bill bryant from wk y t. The mostwatched senate race in america is happening in kentucky. Mitch mcconnell versus amy mcgrath. While we are not in front of a live audience, we know what is at stake is too important not to debate. I will talk with the candidates about everything from the covid19 pandemic to the u. S. Supreme court. Tonight, Gray Television and u. K. Student government will commute said the debate welcome you to the debate. I am bill bryant. I am joined by u. S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and by retired Lieutenant Colonel amy mcgrath. We are following cdc guidelines tonight. The candidates and i are each 20 feet apart. Each candidate will have 60 seconds to answer our questions and brief rebuttals will be permitted tonight. A drawing determined th
Im brian thomas great to have you with us today in the United States the 2 candidates vying for the vice presidency have sparred over the coronavirus and other contentious issues republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence and democratic challenger harris clashing over the trumpet ministrations response to the pandemic with paris hammering on the Coronavirus Task force now in the white house other hot button issues the positions open the position open rather for the Supreme Court justices seat and abortion as well as the ongoing unrest in american cities. Joining us now for analysis is a correspondent stuff on assignments you know washington and bevans from our u. S. Election team here in the studio good day to both of you stacey a very different debate than the one we saw just last week were these 2 candidates able to convince the public of their of their positions and what was your impression of their performance well this was definitely a more civilized debate easier to under
Callahan. In a unique partnership tonight, we are working together with the Portland Press harold and the Bangor Daily News to get you the answers you need to cast your ballot. Coincidentally, this first meeting of the candidates falls on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks, a day when we remember the heroes and honor the lives lost. It is also a day when americans feel even more patriotic than they usually do, and part of our civic duty is to make informed choices on election day. We want to help you do that, so we are going to be asking questions for the four candidates. The incumbent is republican Susan Collins, seeking election to a fifth term. The democrat is speaker of the main house, sara gideon. There are two independents, max linn and lisa savage, who belongs to the green independent party, but is not running as a Party Candidate on the ballot. There has been plenty of heat in the campaign. Our hope is to shed some light on important issues. The first round of ques
To a Senate Committee hearing looking at college ath lecks and athlete compensation. Live coverage on cspan 3. But in the institutions of Higher Education themselves, and then before that in 1929 a report from the carnegie education was being neglected and commercialism reigned. The ncaa had been formed to protect the safety of players and deal with corruption. Now, my second experience forming an opinion about the subject were talking about today came from my service of that Night Commission when i was president of the university of tennessee. Our Commission Recommendation was that University President s take charge, assert themselves, take charge of College Athletics, to take charge of the huge amount of Television Money it attracted and restore academic and financial integrity to the programs. As a result over the next several years academic standards became more stringent, Financial Support for student athletes increased, college presence asserted more responsibility for financial
Partnership we are working together with the Portland Press harold and the Bangor Daily News to get you the answers you need to cast your ballot. This date falls on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks and we remember that heroes and honor the lives lost. It is also a day when americans feel more patriotic than they usually do. Part of our civic duty is to make informed choices on election day. For the next hour we are going to ask questions of the four candidates for mains u. S. Senate seat. The incumbent is republican Susan Collins seeking election to a fifth term. That challenger democrat from linnouse sara gideon max an independent and lisa savage also independent. Our goal is to shed light on important issues. The first round of questions will be addressed to each candidate and they will have one minute. Subsequent rounds will address policy issues with one minute for the first answer and we will be open to followups and discussion. We are going to pose some questions s