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ANCHOR INTRO:

THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST ENDED WITH SOME VIEWERS CALLING IT A DISASTER AND OTHERS SURPRISED BY HOW CIVIL IT WAS. THE CANDIDATES DISCUSSED IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE RACE IN AMERICA. ONE THING’S FOR CERTAIN, AMERICA IS AS DIVIDED AS EVER.

CNN’S NIGEL SAVAGE HAS THE STORY. NIGEL?

REPORTER INTRO/STAND-UP:

HI DAN, I’M HERE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OUTSIDE OF THE CURB EVENT CENTER AT BELMONT UNIVERSITY WHERE THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE JUST TOOK PLACE. I’M HERE WITH MARK SMITH A TRUMP SUPPORTER AND KARA JONES A TRUMP PROTESTOR WHO SAYS THAT THIS ELECTION COULD BE LIFE OR DEATH FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE HER.

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VO (PROTESTERS CHANTING OUTSIDE OF THE CURB EVENT CENTER)

TONIGHT DURING THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE JOE BIDEN DISCUSSED IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTRY. ONE OF THESE ISSUES WAS “RACE IN AMERICA”.

DONALD TRUMP

SOT: 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.

VO(DONALD TRUMP TALKING)

TONIGHT TRUMP SAID THAT HE’S DONE MORE FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT AND ATTACKED BIDEN AND OBAMA FOR NOT HELPING THE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

KARA JONES/ TRUMP PROTESTOR

SOT: TRUMP IS A LIAR AND A RACIST. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEING KILLED EVERY DAY BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US AND HE HASN’T DONE A THING BECAUSE HE DOESN’T CARE.

VO(KARA JONES TALKING)

KARA SAYS IN THIS COMING ELECTION SHE’S VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE HAS A PLAN TO HELP PEOPLE OF COLOR.

JOE BIDEN

SOT: WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, BETTER EDUCATION, BETTER HEALTHCARE, BETTER ACCESS TO SCHOOLING, BETTER ACCESS TO THE 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.

VO( JOE BIDEN TALKING)

BIDEN’S PLAN TO HELP BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IS FOCUSED ON POLICE REFORM AND PROVIDING PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

MARK SMITH (TRUMP SUPPORTER)

SOT: TRUMP HAS BEEN RUNNING THE COUNTRY GREAT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND HE’S DEFINITELY HELPED PEOPLE OF COLOR. HE’S DONE WAY MORE THAN OBAMA AND JOE EVER DID.

VO(MARK SMITH TALKING)

MARK SAYS THAT HE’S VOTING FOR TRUMP IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION BECAUSE HE’S DONE SO MUCH FOR THE ECONOMY AND POC LIKE HIM.

((NATS- CLAPPING AND YELLING AT THE END OF THE DEBATE))

REPORTER STAND-UP/TAG:

AS YOU CAN SEE DAN THERE ARE MANY CONFLICTING OPINIONS ON THIS DEBATE AND ESPECIALLY ON TOPICS LIKE RACE IN AMERICA. REPORTING FROM THE CURB EVENT CENTER IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, NIGEL SAVAGE, CNN NEWS.