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19/09/2020 GMT

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Katty Kay and a panel of leading US politicians discuss the big issues facing the USA now

Katty Kay and a panel of leading US politicians discuss the big issues facing the USA now.

The upcoming elections in the US are the focus for this month's World Questions. 
Katty Kay in Washington D.C. chairs a lively debate with four leading US politicians from across the country to discuss the big issues: Covid-19, the wearing of masks, support for the poor, Black Lives Matter, law and order and the recent wildfires. An audience from across the US joins remotely with questions to the panel coming from around the world. 

The panel:
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City
Rep. Bruce Westerman,  Arkansas
Mayor Aja Brown, Compton City 
Mayor Francis Suarez, Miami City 

Producer: Helen Towner
Studio Managers: Lee Chaundy, Henry Dutton & Duncan Hannant

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: Statue of Liberty in a medical mask. Credit: Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

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