Vice President Joe Biden denied taking money from foreign actors on Thursday as President Trump took him to task over details surrounding his son's business dealings in Russia. Exceeds 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths", "Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87", "Rushing to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, McConnell shows power trumps principle", "Here's what happened when Senate Republicans refused to vote on Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination", "Debate organizers reveal 6 topics for first Trump-Biden showdown", "Trump interrupted Biden more than 10 times as he tried to answer one question. [10] Various newspapers were contacted and numerous letters were sent in an effort to generate interest and garner support for the proposal. Trump tried to defend his immigration policy that lead to thousands of children being separated from their parents — with some 500 whose parents have not been located. It will be divided into six 15-minute segments that the moderator has chosen. "I just hope there's a way in which the debate commission can control the ability of us to answer the questions without interruptions," Biden said the day after the first debate. "[75][76][77] Researcher Rita Katz, executive director of SITE Intelligence Group, told The Washington Post that Proud Boys memberships on Telegram channels grew nearly 10 percent after the debate. But to dismiss Obama’s aid to Ukraine as “pillows and sheets” is ridiculous. [48] Trump criticized Biden's handling of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, a pandemic in which an estimated 60 million cases in the United States occurred, with an estimated death toll of about 12,000. Biden walked onto the debate stage wearing his black mask and took it off as he approached his podium. It will be held Thursday, Oct. 15 in Miami, Florida.

[10], In order to qualify for the debates sponsored by the CPD, presidential candidates must meet the following criteria; vice-presidential candidates qualify by being the running mate of a qualifying presidential candidate:[11], Three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate were initially scheduled:[13], The first debate was held on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT at the Samson Pavilion of the Health Education Campus (HEC), which is shared by Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. The commission was also set to certify that both Trump and Biden have met the 15% polling threshold needed to qualify for the debate at the Monday meeting. Tonight, Biden said he would “encourage” mask-wearing - no Constitutional problems with that! The Commission on Presidential Debates did not immediately specify if Trump's diagnosis would affect the second debate. Wallace will then use the rest of the time in the segment to facilitate further discussion on the topic, according to the commission. Trump also repeated the claim that he "got back" Seattle and Minneapolis from left-wing protesters, and continued to repeat conspiracy theories about voter fraud. A short time later, Trump declared, “I am the least racist person in this room.” The president has faced widespread criticism for his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. She replied, Kahn told Guy Raz, during an All Things Co… In recent debates, colored lights resembling traffic lights have been installed to aid the candidate as to the time left with green indicating 30 seconds, yellow indicating 15 seconds and red indicating only 5 seconds are left.

[31] A few days before the debate, the US reached the milestone of 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. Harris's husband Douglas Emhoff wore a face mask, while Pence's wife Karen Pence did not, in apparent violation of a Commission on Presidential Debates rule requiring that every attendee, except the candidates and moderator, wear a mask while in the debate hall. Trump claimed that all he knew about the movement early on was that protesters chanted “pigs in a blanket" and "fry them like bacon,” which was an isolated incident and condemned by BLM leaders. I condemn the Proud Boys. "[117] The Biden campaign later scheduled a nationally televised town hall on ABC with George Stephanopoulos on October 15. If necessary, a buzzer may be used or a flag. We’re going to choose science over fiction.

U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, as The Post previously reported. In that year, President Bush was criticized for his early hesitation to join the debates, and some described him as a "chicken." “Thank you and I appreciate that,” he said when Kristen Welker gave him time. “People are making six, seven, eight bucks an hour,” Biden said. "[88] Pence subsequently agreed to a plexiglass barrier, so there were two barriers; one by each candidate.

He had also taken issue with the topics announced for Thursday's debate for not being focused more on foreign policy. After this, the opposing candidate has around 1 minute to respond and rebut her/his arguments. Trump returned to his emphasis on Biden’s long tenure in government, saying he was “all talk and no action” and should have achieved his objectives when he was previously in office. It was moderated by Howard K. Smith and included a panel composed of Sander Vanocur of NBC News, Charles Warren of Mutual News, Stuart Novins of CBS, and Bob Fleming of ABC News.