The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of the historic coronavirus pandemic, economic hardship and a reckoning over racism, this November Americans will decide who leads the nation for the next four years: President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden. Ahead of the 2020 election, FRONTLINE’s critically acclaimed series “The Choice” returns with interwoven investigative biographies of both men, focusing on how they have responded in moments of crisis. In this 2-hour special from veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, hear from friends, family, colleagues and adversaries about the challenges that shaped Trump and Biden’s lives and could inform how they confront the crises facing the nation at this pivotal juncture.

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0:00.0	overnight growing national unrest with the nation in crisis. This is the story of two candidates forged in their own crises.
0:11.0	The city would gather around with us.
0:17.0	Personal tragedies.
0:18.0	A lot of people be elected and killed, the wife and baby daughter of white and a public controversies.
0:23.0	Trump's newspaper ads contribute to the city's racial polarization.
0:26.0	Challenges that shake them.
0:28.0	Anita Hill comes to Washington.
0:30.0	The Donald is facing an incredible cat crisis.
0:34.0	And show how they would lead a country now in crisis.
0:38.0	Together we are taking back our country.
0:41.0	The choice 2020.
0:43.0	We're in a battle for the soul of America.
0:45.0	Trump versus Biden.
0:54.0	Welcome to America wants to know.
0:58.0	I'm Ernie Anastas.
0:59.0	And this is the...
1:00.0	In 1992, I hosted a special show in New York where viewers asked a lot of questions about their favorite celebrities.
1:06.0	Many, of course, were interested in Donald Trump and what he was like as a young boy growing up in Queens.
1:12.0	I managed to catch up with Donald's parents, Mary and Fred Trump and ask them what was Donald's favorite game as a child.
1:20.0	He played monopoly.
1:22.0	Yes, indeed.
1:23.0	He played with his brother.
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