Plans appear to be still moving forward for a vice presidential debate at the University of Utah on Wednesday, even as the future of the two remaining presidential debates is uncertain after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-ca) will debate at Kingsbury Hall, Nancy Peery Marriott Auditorium, but there will be several more feet of distance between the candidates, CNN reported.
A spokesperson for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which sponsors the events, did not return a request for comment.
Shawn Wood, a spokesman for the University of Utah, said that they had not heard of plans to postpone the event. “The university is ready to host the debate no matter what,” he said.
Two other presidential debates, scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami and Oct. 22 in Nashville, are uncertain given Trump’s diagnosis.
Tuesday’s first presidential debate at...
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-ca) will debate at Kingsbury Hall, Nancy Peery Marriott Auditorium, but there will be several more feet of distance between the candidates, CNN reported.
A spokesperson for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which sponsors the events, did not return a request for comment.
Shawn Wood, a spokesman for the University of Utah, said that they had not heard of plans to postpone the event. “The university is ready to host the debate no matter what,” he said.
Two other presidential debates, scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami and Oct. 22 in Nashville, are uncertain given Trump’s diagnosis.
Tuesday’s first presidential debate at...
- 10/3/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden likely will be the most watched political event of the cycle so far, but it’s the aftermath of the debate that will be almost as important as what they say and what they do.
The minutes, hours and days afterward will see an avalanche of analysis, polling and other data to try to frame who won and who lost. Key moments will get played and shared, and even debate moderator Chris Wallace will be scrutinized for his framing of questions and his control over the proceedings.
Chris Wallace Selects Presidential Debate Topics
There will be no shortage of ways to watch the debate, which starts at 9 Pm Et at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic. All the major broadcast and cable news networks will carry the feed, while it will be shown on platforms ranging from Roku to Twitter.
The minutes, hours and days afterward will see an avalanche of analysis, polling and other data to try to frame who won and who lost. Key moments will get played and shared, and even debate moderator Chris Wallace will be scrutinized for his framing of questions and his control over the proceedings.
Chris Wallace Selects Presidential Debate Topics
There will be no shortage of ways to watch the debate, which starts at 9 Pm Et at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic. All the major broadcast and cable news networks will carry the feed, while it will be shown on platforms ranging from Roku to Twitter.
- 9/29/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Democratic debate on Tuesday night has all of the ingredients of the most consequential one yet this cycle: Bernie Sanders, now the front runner, likely will be the main target of rivals’ attacks.
Michael Bloomberg, blanketing the airwaves with his campaign commercials, is looking for a reset after last week’s debate fumble.
And Joe Biden, leading in the polls for much the campaign season, desperately needs a great night to ensure a victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday to keep his presidential bid alive.
Just as last week’s Las Vegas debate was full of the type of drama that makes for some must-watch TV moments, the Charleston event could very well do the same. CBS News, sponsoring the debate with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, may not draw the record audience of last week’s debate, but it could still deliver a ratings spike.
“Since...
Michael Bloomberg, blanketing the airwaves with his campaign commercials, is looking for a reset after last week’s debate fumble.
And Joe Biden, leading in the polls for much the campaign season, desperately needs a great night to ensure a victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday to keep his presidential bid alive.
Just as last week’s Las Vegas debate was full of the type of drama that makes for some must-watch TV moments, the Charleston event could very well do the same. CBS News, sponsoring the debate with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, may not draw the record audience of last week’s debate, but it could still deliver a ratings spike.
“Since...
- 2/25/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ten presidential candidates took to a New York stage Wednesday for a special CNN climate crisis town hall, and over the span of seven hours, they outlined grand plans for a sustainable future, ambitious targets for zero emissions by mid-century, and plenty of warnings of the existential threat of environmental catastrophe.What they didn’t do was debate — and it showed. CNN didn’t try to jazz up this event with slickly produced intro-packages, nor did they fixate on candidate-to-candidate confrontations. They didn’t even have much of a time limit, save for commercial breaks.
What this was, was a gallery of candidates each explaining how they’d save the planet — whether it be via Joseph Biden’s plans to resuscitate and expand the Un climate agreement, or Bernie Sanders $16 trillion Green New Deal to transform the Us economy. No plan was too ambitious, or even all that controversial, before a crowd and questioners who,...
What this was, was a gallery of candidates each explaining how they’d save the planet — whether it be via Joseph Biden’s plans to resuscitate and expand the Un climate agreement, or Bernie Sanders $16 trillion Green New Deal to transform the Us economy. No plan was too ambitious, or even all that controversial, before a crowd and questioners who,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), told CNN on Wednesday that he estimates that confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would be at least by early September.
He also rejected calls by Democrats to delay the hearings until after the midterms.
No matter when the hearing is held, though, it is likely to generate much more interest from viewers than any recent Supreme Court nomination battle, given the stakes involved and promises by Democrats to mine through Kavanaugh’s extensive record and to press him for specific answers to his positions.
“He has to answer questions,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-n.Y.) told reporters. “The old dodge of stare decisis has been thrown out the window because Justice [John] Roberts, Justice [Samuel] Alito [Jr.] and Justice [Neil] Gorsuch claimed they would follow precedent and the minute they got on the court they did not.”
Then, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
He also rejected calls by Democrats to delay the hearings until after the midterms.
No matter when the hearing is held, though, it is likely to generate much more interest from viewers than any recent Supreme Court nomination battle, given the stakes involved and promises by Democrats to mine through Kavanaugh’s extensive record and to press him for specific answers to his positions.
“He has to answer questions,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-n.Y.) told reporters. “The old dodge of stare decisis has been thrown out the window because Justice [John] Roberts, Justice [Samuel] Alito [Jr.] and Justice [Neil] Gorsuch claimed they would follow precedent and the minute they got on the court they did not.”
Then, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
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