{"id":142526,"date":"2020-03-11T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/biden-sanders-to-debate-without-live-audience-as-coronavirus-fears-grow\/"},"modified":"2020-03-11T21:30:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:30:49","slug":"biden-sanders-to-debate-without-live-audience-as-coronavirus-fears-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/biden-sanders-to-debate-without-live-audience-as-coronavirus-fears-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, Sanders to Debate Without Live Audience as Coronavirus Fears Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on March 10 it is ditching plans to have a live audience for the Arizona debate scheduled Sunday between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-bernie-sanders\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-Vt.), because of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the request of both campaigns and out of an abundance of caution, there will be no live audience at the Arizona debate taking place on Sunday, March 15,\u201d DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DNC has been in regular communication with local health officials and the mayors office, which advised that we could proceed as planned,\u201d Hinojosa added. \u201cNevertheless, our number one priority has and will continue to be the safety of our staff, campaigns, Arizonans and all those involved in the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic presidential candidates earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sanders-biden-cancel-ohio-rallies-over-coronavirus_3265622.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">canceled<\/a> their election night rallies in Ohio on Tuesday citing concerns about the coronavirus spreading throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p>CNN, which is hosting Sundays debate with the Spanish-language Univision, said the decision to scrap plans to have a live audience at the next Democratic primary debate was made \u201cat the request of the campaigns and out of an abundance of caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network added that there would also be no press filing center and no \u201cspin room,\u201d following the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNNs top priority is the safety of our employees and community members,\u201d the network said in a statement. \u201cThis extends to guests planning to attend or cover our debate on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, at least six cases of the novel coronavirus had been confirmed in Arizona state. 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A running national tally kept by the Johns Hopkins University center tracking the outbreak puts the number of cases at 1,025, with 28 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Over t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-sanders-to-debate-without-live-audience-as-coronavirus-fears-grow_3267603.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ninebyninedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/download.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on March 10 it is ditching plans to have a live au..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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