Americanswers! Presidential Debate Special
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
We answer your questions about the upcoming presidential debate.
Including:
- Their strategies - How they're preparing (and who's role playing Donald Trump for during Democrat rehearsals) - What the rules are
HOSTS:
* Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Sumi Somaskanda, BBC Chief Presenter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's Justin in the worldwide headquarters of America, |
| 0:07.5 | and American answers in London, England. |
| 0:09.5 | And it's Sumi here in the Washington, D.C. office. |
| 0:12.4 | Hi, Sumi, it's America Answers as normal on a Monday and really one subject I guess the debate. |
| 0:17.0 | I mean there's not much else to talk about is this? |
| 0:19.0 | No, this is the event that everyone's been looking for to event with a capital E. If there's |
| 0:24.3 | anything that can move the needle in the selection cycle from now until November 5th |
| 0:28.1 | it would be this debate Justin. Before we get to it I just want to issue a formal apology. |
| 0:33.4 | Okay, so me, you and I were in Chicago. |
| 0:35.3 | I've been on holiday since then, and I was expecting it to be an absolute disaster. |
| 0:40.1 | Not the Democratic Convention, but everything kind of around around it and I thought that it would be |
| 0:44.8 | as I'm showing my age really I thought it would be like 1968 and they'd be kind of fighting in the streets |
| 0:50.2 | and it would maybe spill into the whole convention and of course I mean it really was the opposite wasn't it I'd forgotten how what a wonderful city |
| 1:01.1 | Chicago is I kind of associated with delayed planes and things from my time |
| 1:05.6 | working in in in America but it is just the most extraordinary place isn't it? |
| 1:11.2 | It really is that was the last time I saw you, |
| 1:13.0 | Justin, was in the hotel that we were in in Chicago, but I went to university in |
| 1:17.4 | Chicago and it is absolutely one of my favorite cities in the world. It is stunning. |
| 1:23.4 | The architecture is absolutely beautiful. |
| 1:25.4 | The people have that Midwest charm, |
| 1:26.9 | so they're actually pretty friendly for a big city. |
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