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8:03 AM

US Presidential debate live: Law enforcement and racism

Trump accused Biden of not supporting law enforcement.

 

“If he ever got to run this country and they ran it the way he would want to run it … Our suburbs would be gone,” Trump said, noting that law enforcement unions have been endorsing him.Biden pushed backed accusing Trump of racism.

 

“I was raised in the suburbs. This is not the 1950s. All these dog whistles and racism don’t work anymore. The suburbs are by and large integrated,” Biden said. Trump wants to “rile everybody up. He doesn’t want to calm things down. I’m saying let’s get everybody together, figure out how to deal with this. What he’s doing, he just pours gasoline on the fire constantly at every single solitary time,” Biden said.

7:32 AM

US Presidential debate live: Coronavirus and the economy

Trump accused Biden of wanting to shut down the country to deal with the pandemic and said states should reopen. “People know what to do, they can social distance they can wear masks they can do whatever they want. We have got to open these states,” Trump said. “This guy will shut down the whole country,” Trump said.

 

“He’s going to be the first president of the United States to leave office having fewer jobs than when he first got elected,” Biden said. “You can’t fix the economy until you fix the COVID crisis,” Biden said.

 

As Trump interrupted Biden shot back: “You’re the worst president the country has ever had.”

7:19 AM

Joe wants to shut down this Country. I want to keep it OPEN!, tweets Trump

7:17 AM

My economic plan will create millions of jobs, says Biden during US Presidential debate

7:16 AM

US Presidential debate live: Trump says COVID response would have been worse under Biden

Biden cites the stats, slams Trump for saying “It is what is.”

 

“It is what it is because you are who you are. That’s why it is. The president has no plan.”

 

Trump responds: “If we would have listened to you the country would have been left wide open. Millions of people would have died not 200 thousand. One is too many.”

7:13 AM

US Presidential debate live: Trump questioned the effectiveness of masks as a means of mitigating the spread of coronavirus

Biden noted health experts have said 100,000 lives could be saved over the next few months, if Americans consistently wear masks and practice social distancing.

7:08 AM

“There’s nothing smart about you, Joe,” Trump said during Presidential debate

After Biden criticized Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the president replied by insulting his opponent’s intelligence.

 

“There’s nothing smart about you, Joe,” Trump said.

7:05 AM

US Presidential debate live: Moderator Wallace stands up to Trump

As Trump attempted to cut off the debate’s moderator, Chris Wallace, Wallace said: “I am the moderator of this debate and I would like to ask my question.”

 

Trump shot back, “I guess I’m debating you not him.”

7:01 AM

US Presidential debate live: Don't trust Trump over coronavirus vaccine, says Joe Biden

7:01 AM

US Presidential debate live: Trump knew about coronavirus in February, says Joe Biden

6:58 AM

Russia, China, India don't give you the correct numbers (on coronavirus): Trump

6:57 AM

US election LIVE updates: Trump still doesn't have a plan to tackle coronavirus, says Biden

6:46 AM

US election 2020 LIVE updates: First question to Trump is on the supreme court

Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked about the supreme court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

Trump justified advancing the nomination by saying “elections have consequences,” referring to his White House victory in 2016, and by pledging Barrett would be “as good as anybody that has served on that court.”

 

“We won the election, and therefore we have the right to choose her,” Trump said.

 

Biden responded by saying the results of the upcoming election should determine who nominates the justice to fill the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

 

“We should wait and see what the outcome of this election is,” Biden said.

6:43 AM

Market update: Asian markets dip as investors brace for US presidential debate

Asian shares slipped and the dollar was under pressure on Wednesday in the lead up to the first U.S. presidential debate, as financial markets looked to take a measure of both candidates.

 

The first face-off between Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, set to begin at 0100 GMT, is seen by some political analysts as Trump's best chance to upend a race where he has consistently lagged in opinion polls.

 

Gains for Trump in the debate could lift otherwise cautious market sentiment, said Michael McCarthy, chief strategist at broker CMC Markets in Sydney.

 

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> edged down 0.1% in early trade. It is headed for a monthly drop of 3.3%, the largest fall since March.

 

Japan's Nikkei <.N225> was down 0.2% and Australia's ASX 200 <.AXJO> fell 1.3%, while markets in Seoul <.KS11> rose 0.8%.

6:38 AM

US election 2020 LIVE updates: Trump and Biden take stage in first presidential debate

The first 2020 presidential debate has started. The candidates will not have opening statements, and President Trump will receive the first question from the moderator.