Biden, Sanders Debate One-On-One As Coronavirus Upends The Race
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Biden and Sanders started Sunday night's debate with an elbow bump and responded to the coronavirus crisis. They got into detailed arguments over their records on a range of issues, from bankruptcy to immigration.
This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, political correspondent Asma Khalid, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it is the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:05.9 | I am Danielle Kurtzleven. |
| 0:07.1 | I cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm Asma Khaled. |
| 0:09.6 | I also cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:11.3 | And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent. |
| 0:13.9 | All right. |
| 0:14.9 | It is Sunday, March 15, 1023 PM, and the CNN Univision debate featuring former Vice President |
| 0:21.0 | Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders has just wrapped up. |
| 0:24.5 | And guys, it was the first debate where it was just the two of them on the stage and also |
| 0:28.5 | no audience this time. |
| 0:30.3 | Woo-hoo! |
| 0:31.3 | Well, that meant for me I was not sitting in a press filing center. |
| 0:34.6 | Instead, I could enjoy this debate while eating ice cream and cookies on my sofa, which |
| 0:38.7 | is exactly what I did. |
| 0:40.0 | That's true. |
| 0:41.0 | Although we should add, this is under grave circumstances. |
| 0:43.4 | The nation is, the world is under threat from the coronavirus. |
| 0:47.7 | And let's talk about this. |
| 0:49.8 | You know, no audience, no press. |
| 0:51.8 | How do we feel like that affected the tone of what happened tonight? |
| 0:55.2 | And the substance. |
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