Their parents were with them. Did the child have any option but to cross? Nowhere to go. Lately, as Trump has returned to holding big rallies in small cities, the memory of the campaign has been renewed.
In some ways, it seems like the part of the Presidential experience that is most real for Trump: the crowds, the last-call-at-a-beach-bar soundtrack, the emotional dial that he keeps rotating from rage to quips and back. Having campaigned, more than anything, on getting tough on immigration, Trump has had no recourse when his family-separation policy horrified many Americans. It was Biden, not Trump, who spoke about men and women who have lost a spouse to COVID and who insisted that the country needs to do more to honor its essential workers.
They deserve a minimum wage of fifteen dollars. Tennessee as debate host: How Belmont, Nashville and Tennessee have changed since hosting presidential debate. In January, the president congratulated Welker on nabbing the "Weekend Today" hosting gig at a news conference.
But last weekend, , he abruptly reversed course, firing off a tweet bashing her. Here we go again" Donald Trump Jr. Belmont: Student journalists from a Nashville middle school got a sneak peek at Belmont's debate prep. Here's what they learned along the way. The third and final minute presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will begin at 8 p.
He's accusing you of wanting socialized medicine. What do you say to people who have concerns that your health care plan, which includes a government insurance option, takes the country one step closer to a health care system run entirely by the government? Look, the difference between the president -- I think health care is not a privilege, it's a right. Everyone should have the right to have affordable health care. And I am very proud of my plan. It's gotten endorsed by all the major labor unions as well as, as well as a whole range of other people who in fact, are concerned in the medical field.
This is something that's going to save people's lives. And this is going to give some people an opportunity, an opportunity to have health care for their children, how many of you home are worried and rolling around in bed at night wondering what in God's name are you going to do if you get sick? Because you've lost your home insurance, your health insurance, your company's gone under.
We have to provide health insurance for people at an affordable rate, and that's what I do. Trump: Excuse me, he was there for 47 years -- he didn't do it. He was now there as Vice President for eight years. And it's not like it was 25 years ago, it was three and three quarters. It was just a little while ago, right? Less than four years ago. He didn't do anything. He didn't do it. He wants socialized medicine. And it's not that he wants it, his vice president -- I mean, she is more liberal than Bernie Sanders and wants it even more, Bernie Sanders wants it, the Democrats want it.
You're going to have socialized medicine. And by the way, so far, I respect very much the way you're handling this, I have to say.
But by the way, somebody should ask the question. He goes for a year Biden: My response is people deserve to have affordable health care -- period. Period, period, period. And the Bidencare proposal will, in fact, provide for that affordable health care, lower premiums. And they're going to have lower premiums, you can buy into the better plans, the cheaper plans, lower your premiums, deal with unexpected billing, and have your drug prices drop significantly. He keeps talking about it.
He hasn't done a thing for anybody on health care, not a thing. And this whole country will come down. You know, Bernie Sanders tried it in his state. His governor was a very liberal governor, they wanted to make it work He's running against Joe Biden.
I beat all those other people because I disagreed with them. Joe Biden, he's running against. This is a guy who's tried to cut Medicare. So I don't know. Welker: Vice Presiden, Mr. Trump: -- he tried to hurt Social Security years ago, years ago.
Go back and look at the records. He tried to hurt Social Security you've got If he's elected, the stock market will crash. Where I come from, in Scranton and Claymont, the people don't live off of the stock market.
Because that's his only measure. What happens to the ordinary people out there? What happens to them? And he doesn't come from Scranton. That's like, what -- he lived there for a short period of time before he even knew Welker: -- to my next question, gentlemen. As of tonight, more than 12 million people are out of work. And as of tonight, 8 million more homes have fallen into poverty, and more families are going hungry every day. Those hit hardest are women and people of color.
They see Washington fighting over a relief bill. President, why haven't you been able to get them the help they need? Trump: I do. But I still have to get, unfortunate -- that's one of the reasons I think we're going to take over the House, because of her. Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to approve anything. She'd love to have some victories on a date called November 3. Nancy Pelosi does not want to approve it.
We are ready, willing and able to do something. Don't forget, we've already approved three plans. And it's gone through, including the Democrats, in all fairness. This one she doesn't want. It's near the election, because she thinks it helps her politically. I think it hurts her politically. Biden: You know, the Republican leader in the United States Senate said he can't -- he will not pass it. He does not have Republican votes. You are the leader of the Democratic Party.
Why have you not [] Democrats to get a deal for the American people? Biden: Well, I have and they have pushed it. Look, they passed this act all the way back in the beginning of the summer.
This is like -- it's not new. It's been out there. And look at what's happening. He will not support that. They have not done a thing for them. Let him go bankrupt. What's the matter with these Trump: The bill that was passed in the House was a bailout of badly run high crime, Democrat, all run by Democrats, cities and states. It was a way of getting a lot of money, billions and billions of dollars to these cities.
It was also a way of getting a lot of money from our people's pockets to people that come into our country illegally. We were going to take care of everything for them. And what that does, and I'd love to do that, I'd love to help them. But what that does, everybody all over the world will start pouring into our country. We can't do it. This was a way of taking care of them. This was a way of sending them things that had nothing to do with COVID, as for your question, but it was really a big bailout for badly run Democrat cities and states.
I don't see red states and blue states. What I see is American United States. And folks, every single state out there finds themselves in trouble. They're going to start laying off, whether they're red or blue. Cops, firefighters, first responders, teachers -- because they have to balance their budget. And the founders were smart. They allowed the federal government to deficit spend to compensate for the United States of America. Welker: I want to talk about the minimum wage, gentlemen.
Vice President, we are talking a lot about struggling small businesses and business owners today. Do you think this is the right time to ask them to raise the minimum wage? We should be bailing them out now, those small businesses. They're not going to be able to make it back.
Schools, how they can make classrooms smaller, how they can hire more teachers, how they can put ventilation systems in. They need the help, the businesses, as well as the schools, need the help. But this, these guys will not help them. He is not giving them any of the money. Every state is different. It should be a state option. So it's very important. We have to help our small business Trump: How are you helping small businesses, when you're forcing wages.
What's going to happen and what's been proven to happen is when you do that these firemen. Is that still the case? I really like what I -- in a second administration -- but not to a level that's going to put all these businesses out of business. Look, I have a read on different places, I know different places. Biden: Two jobs, one job below poverty. People are making 6, 7, 8 bucks an hour. These first responders we all clap for as they come down the street, because they've allowed us to make it.
What's happening? Anything below that put you below the poverty level. And there is no evidence that when you raise the minimum wage, business has gone out of business. That is simply not true. Welker: We're going to talk about immigration. We're going to talk about immigration, now, gentlemen, and we're going to talk about families within this context. President, your administration separated children from their parents at the border, at least kids, You've since reversed your zero tolerance policy , but the United States can't locate the parents of more than children.
So how will these families ever be reunited? We now have a stronger border as we've ever had. They built cages. You know, they used to say I built the cages. And then they had a picture in the newspaper.
That was him. But a lot of these kids come up without the parents, they come over through cartels and the coyotes and through gangs.
Welker: Vice President Biden, let me bring you into this conversation. Quick response and then another question to you. Biden: These plus kids came with parents. They separated them at the border to make it a disincentive to come to begin with. Big real tough, really strong. And guess what? They got separated from their parents.
And it makes us a laughingstock and violates every judge of who we are as a nation. Trump: Kristen, they did it, we changed the policy. They did it. We changed it. They set up the cages. They -- who built the cages? What happened? Parents were ripped -- their kids were ripped from their arms and separated. And now they cannot find over sets of those parents and those kids are alone.
Nowhere to go, nowhere to go. It's criminal. Trump: Let me say this. They worked it out, we brought reporters and everything. They are so well taken care of.
They're in facilities that were so clean Trump: But just answer one question. Who built the cages? A big ask of that, who built the cages? Welker: Let me ask about your immigration policy, Mr. Vice President. The Obama administration did fail to deliver immigration reform, which had been a key promise during the administration.
It also presided over record deportations as well as family detentions at the border before changing course. So why should voters trust you with an immigration overhaul now? Biden: Because we made a mistake. It took too long to get it right. Too long to get it right. And all those so called Dreamers, those DACA kids, they're going to be legally certified again, to be able to stay in this country, and put on a path to citizenship.
The idea that they are being sent home by this guy, and they want to do, that is they go to a country they've never seen before. I'm not gonna go with you. Many of them are model citizens. We owe them.
Trump: He had eight years to do what he said he was going to do. And I've changed without having a specific -- we get rid of catch and release, got rid of a lot of horrible things that they put in and that they live with.
But he had eight years he was vice president. He did nothing except build cages to keep children in. Biden: The catch and release, you know what he's talking about there?
If in fact, you had family, came across, they're arrested. They, in fact, were given a date to show up for their hearing. They were released. And guess what, they showed up for the hearing. This is the first President in the history of the United States of America that anybody seeking asylum has to do it in another country. That's never happened before. You come to the United States and you make your case. They're sitting in squalor on the other side of the river.
It shows that he has no understanding of immigration of the laws. Catch and release is a disaster. A murderer would come in, a rapist would come in, a very bad person would come in -- we would take their name, we have to release them into our country.
And then you say they come back. You did Perry Mason, we're going to give you a court case. When you say they come back, they don't come back, Joe. They never come back. Only the really -- I hate to say this -- but those with the lowest IQ, they might come back.
Welker: All right. Let's talk about our next section, which is race in America. And I want to talk about the way Black and Brown Americans experience race in this country. Vice President, in the next two minutes, I want you to speak directly to these families.
Do you understand why these parents fear for their children? Biden: I do. You know, my daughter is a social worker. And she's written a lot about this. She's got a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in social work. So, one of the reasons why I ended up working on the East side of Wilmington, Delaware, which is 90 percent African American, was to learn more about what was going on.
When I didn't -- I never had to tell my daughter if she's pulled over, make sure she puts, for traffic stop, puts both hands on top of the wheel. And don't reach for the glove box because someone may shoot you. But a Black parent, no matter how wealthy or how poor they are, has to teach their child, when you're walking down the street, don't have a hoodie on when you go across the street, making sure that you, in fact, if you get pulled over, just Yes or No sir, just hands on top of the wheel.
The fact of the matter is there is institutional racism in America. And we have always said we've never lived up to it. Do we hold these truths to be sovereign, are all men and women are created equal? Guess what -- we have never ever lived up to it. We have constantly been moving the needle further and further between inclusion and exclusion.
This is the first president come along and says that's the end of that. We're not going to do that anymore. We have to provide for economic opportunity, better education, better health care, better access to schooling, better access to opportunity to borrow money to start businesses. All the things we can do. And I've laid out a clear plan as to how to do those things. Just to give people a shot. It's about accumulating the ability to have wealth, as well as it is to be free from violence.
And let me remind you of the question, I would like you to speak directly to these families. Trump: Yes, I do. And again, he's been in government 47 years. He never did a thing except in , when he did such harm to the Black community. And they were called, and he called them, super predators.
And he said that, he said it -- super predators. And they can never live that down. Nobody has done more for the Black community than Donald Trump. And if you look, with the exception of Abraham Lincoln--possible exception, but the exception of Abraham Lincoln, nobody has done what I've done.
Criminal justice reform, Obama and Joe didn't do it. I don't even think they tried because they had no chance at doing it. They might have wanted to do it. But if you had to see the arms I had a twist to get that done, it was not a pretty picture. And everybody knows it including some very liberal people that cried in my office--they cried in the Oval Office. He came in with this incredible idea for opportunity zones. People don't talk about it. Tremendous investment is being made.
Biggest beneficiary, the Black and Hispanic communities and then historically Black colleges and universities. After three years of coming to the office, I love some of those guys, they were great, they came into the office. And I did. But I saved colleges and universities. And we're going to talk about both of your records, but your response to that Vice President?
He talked about marauding gangs, young gangs, the people who are going to mauraud our cities. This is a guy who when the Central Park five, five innocent Black kids, he continued to push for making sure that they got the death penalty.
None of them were-- none of them were guilty of what the crime, of the crimes that were suggested. Over 1, The very law he's talking about is a law that, in fact, initiated by Barack Obama. And secondly, we're in a situation here where we-- the federal prison system was reduced by 38, people under our administration.
And one of the things we should be doing is there should be no, no minimum mandatories in the law. Nobody should be going to jail because they have a drug problem. They should be going to rehabilitation, not to jail.
We should fundamentally change the system and that's what I'm going to do. Why didn't you do that four years ago, even less than that? The US is currently experiencing a new wave of Covid cases , and nearly , Americans filed for unemployment assistance last week.
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