FORECAST.
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WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE FIRST
TELEVISED DEBATE ...
BETWEEN THE TWO LEADING
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
GOOD EVENING, I'M SHANNON HEGY.
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AND I'M MIKE MONTECALVO.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOE BIDEN
TOOK THE STAGE IN CLEVELAND,
OHIO TONIGHT.
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THE TWO OFTEN TALKED OVER EACH
OTHER AND LOBBED INSULTS.
AT ONE POINT -- MODERATOR FOX
NEWS ANCHOR CHRIS WALLACE ASKED
THEM TO STOP INTERRUPTING EACH
OTHER.
"Joe you agreed with Bernie
Sanders as far left ... look I'm
not gonna listen to him."
"Vice President Biden, you are
holding much smaller events"
"Because nobody would show up."
"People with masks" (laughs)
"It's true. Nobody shows up to
his rallies."
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THE TWO CANDIDATES SPOKE ON A
NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ... THE
ECONOMY ... THE SUPREME COURT
... AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
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FOR MORE -- 12 NEWS REPORTER
SHIINA LOSCIUTO JOINS US NOW
FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH A RECAP.
SHIINA?
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BASICALLY EVERYTHING THATS TOP
OF MIND FOR LOTS OF AMERICANS
WAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT. ALL
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE
HEADLINES. LIKE THE PANDEMIC.
AND THE RIOTS THROUGH OUT THE
COUNTRY.
THIS INTERACTION HERE WAS
SPARKED AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT IF HE
BELIEVES SYSTEMIC RACISM EXISTS,
AFTER BIDEN RESPONDED THERE WAS
A LOT OF BACK AND FOURTH,
"the only way we are going to
bring this country together is
to bring everybody together,
there is nothing we cant do if
we do it together,we can take
this on and we can defeat
racism,"
"during the obama biden
administration, there was
tremendous division, there was
hatred, you look at Ferguson,
you look at many places, look at
Oakland, look what happened in
Baltimore, it was mroe violent
than what im seeing now. the
reason is, the democrats that
run these cities dont want to
talk like you about law and
order.: are you in favor of law
an order?
*arguing*
biden
"law and order with justice
where people get treated
fairly."
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THE CANDIDATES FOR VICE
PRESIDENT WILL DEBATE ON
OCTOBER 7TH IN UTAH.
FOR NOW IN THE NEWSROOM, I'M
SHIINA LOSCIUTO, 12 NEWS.
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MORE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE DEBATE
FROM YOUR LOCAL ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS --
AND I'M JOINED NOW BY ----12
NEWS POLITICS EDITOR TED NESI
FOR HIS ANALYSIS.
TED -- I THINK EVERYONE'S GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW
CHAOTIC THIS DEBATE WAS.
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YES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEARLY CAME IN
WITH A STRATEGY, AND ONE THAT HE
EMPLOYED AGAINST OPPONENTS IN
PREVIOUS DEBATES ....
JUST TO STEAMROLL OVER THEM,
CUTTING IN AND NOT EVEN OBEYING
THE MODERATOR'S RULES.
AT FIRST VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
DID SEEM A LITTLE RATTLED,
BUT EVENTUALLY HE WAS JUMPING IN
TOO.
AND MODERATOR CHRIS WALLACE
REALLY STRUGGLED TO KEEP THINGS
ON TRACK, AS YOU CAN HEAR IN
THIS EXCHANGE NEAR THE 60-MINUTE
MARK.
Wallace: "That's the end of the
segment. We're moving on."
Trump: "Can I be honest?"
Wallace: "No. The answer to the
question is no."
Biden: "That is absolutely not
true."
Wallace: "Gentlemen! I hate to
raise my voice but why should I
be different from the two of
you?"
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SO OF COURSE MIKE THE QUESTION
IS HOW MUCH THAT KIND OF
CHAOTIC, TALK-OVER-EACH-OTHER
ATMOSPHERE REALLY CHANEGES
VOTERS' MINDS...
OR DO THEY SORT OF SHRUG THEIR
SHOULDERS AND THE DEBATE DOESN'T
REALLY MOVE THE NUMBERS.
WE'LL FIND OUT.
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TED THE VERY START OF THE DEBATE
WASN'T AS CRAZY -- WHEN THE TWO
EXCHANGED VIEWS ON THE SUPREME
COURT SEAT.
AND THAT WAS ONE TIME WHEN THE
VOTERS COULD HEAR A CLEAR
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
Trump: "We won the election,
therefore we have the right to
choose her and very few people
knowingly would say otherwise.
And by the way the Democrats -