| Trump and Biden will hold town halls at the same time; the president of Kyrgyzstan resigns. Heads up: If you live in the US, today is your last chance to fill out the 2020 census — online, by phone, or by mail. Here's how to respond. Tonight's Sentences was written by Benjamin Rosenberg. | | | | | | | Trump and Biden hold dueling town hall events in lieu of the second debate | | | | | Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images | | - After President Donald Trump refused to agree to a virtual debate against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the second debate, which was scheduled for Thursday evening. Both candidates will hold their own town hall events instead. [Vox / Ella Nilsen]
- Biden's event will be hosted by ABC's George Stephanopoulos at 8 pm ET in Philadelphia. It will be an in-person town hall, but in compliance with state and local health regulations and health experts' guidelines. [ABC News / Meg Cunningham]
- Trump's simultaneous event will be held in Miami, where the debate was going to take place. It will air on NBC and will be moderated by Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Trump and Guthrie will be situated at least 12 feet from both each other and the audience. [NBC News]
- The format isn't new to either candidate. Trump held one with Stephanopoulos in Philadelphia last month, while Biden has had several, including one with NBC in Miami. The dueling events will set up competition between the candidates and networks for viewership ratings. [Philadelphia Inquirer / Rob Tornoe]
- Three days after the first presidential debate, Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House coronavirus cluster made the vice presidential debate uncertain, but it was still held in person last week, albeit with some extra precautions. [Politico / Alex Isenstadt and Christopher Cadelago]
- The Trump campaign claimed a virtual debate would give Biden the chance to receive outside help. Trump has repeatedly and baselessly questioned Biden's mental acuity, suggesting that he was using an earpiece at the first debate and demanding that he take a drug test. [Washington Post / Timothy Bella]
- When the Biden campaign said he would not attend the debate if Trump refused to go, the commission canceled it. The third debate is scheduled for October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee, and Biden said it should be in the town hall format the Miami debate would have followed. [Vox / Catherine Kim, Hannah Brown, and Cameron Peters]
- Trump's campaign wanted to move the last two debates back a week, to October 22 and 29. But the Biden campaign wasn't happy with that, saying no presidential debate in the last 40 years has taken place later than October 22. [Politico / Quint Forgey]
- Both candidates will likely discuss the push for more Covid-19 stimulus relief, health care, and the Supreme Court. For Trump, the town hall will be the first time he will be asked on a non-conservative-leaning network about his personal experience with the virus. [CNN / Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, and Dan Merica]
| | | President of Kyrgyzstan steps down to avoid bloodshed | | - After disputes over elections this month led to massive uprisings, President Sooronbai Jennbekov said Thursday that he will resign. "Blood will be shed. It is inevitable," he said. "I don't want to go down in history as a president who shed blood and shot at his own citizens." [AP / Daria Litvinova]
- Jeenbekov is the third president of the small central Asian nation to be removed from office in the last 15 years. Jeenbekov's allies claimed victory in parliamentary elections on October 4, but they allegedly used fraudulent measures to turn out votes. [CNN / Mary Ilyushina]
- Sadyr Japarov, an opposition leader, was freed from prison by protesters last week and restored to his previous office of prime minister. His supporters have said they will storm government buildings if he is not elevated to acting president. [Washington Post / Robyn Dixon]
- Japarov was four years into an 11.5-year sentence for hostage-taking. But after the sitting prime minister, Kubatbek Boronov, resigned on October 6, Japarov was nominated to take his place. Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court overturned Japarov's conviction. [The Diplomat / Catherine Putz]
- Kyrgyzstan is a former Soviet republic, and one of several to endure recent turmoil. Belarus is engaged in protests against an authoritarian leader, and Armenia and Azerbaijan have renewed fighting over a disputed territory. [The Hill / Tal Axelrod]
| | | | | | | After her communications director and a flight crew member tested positive for Covid-19, Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris has canceled in-person campaigning through at least Sunday. | | | [AP / Bill Barrow] -
Poland is home to a number of "LGBT-free zones," which cover about a third of the country. President Andrzej Duda, a Trump ally, said the LGBT "ideology" was more dangerous to Poland than communism. [CNN / Rob Picheta and Ivana Kottasová] -
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef off the northeastern coast of Australia, has lost half its corals, researchers say. Scientists blamed climate change, which is putting fish and other marine life at risk of losing their habitats. [NYT / Maria Cramer] -
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday evening that Americans may have to "bite the bullet" on large gatherings for Thanksgiving this year. The US's top infectious disease expert said his own Thanksgiving will look very different. [CBS News / Juan Flores] | | | | | "We'll pass on this sad excuse to bail out Joe Biden and do a rally instead." | | | | | | | | | | |
What the candidates can (and can't) do about police reform. [YouTube / Madeline Marshall] Correction: Wednesday's newsletter misquoted Hector Barajas, a spokesperson for the California Republican Party, on ballot harvesting. He told the New York Times, "The way Democrats wrote the law, if we wanted to use a Santa bag, we could."
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