Trump, Biden to hold rival TV town halls instead of debate

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President Donald Trump will feature in a televised town hall Thursday on NBC News, the network said, setting up a  direct scheduling clash with rival Joe Biden who had already planned his own version.

 

feature: 나타나다. 특징을 이루다, 특징, 특성 televise: 티비로 방송하다. scheduling clash: 일정 충돌

The two were originally meant to have been meeting for their second debate on Thursday evening. Instead, they will be simultaneously, but separately, talking to voters in TV studios -- NBC for Trump and ABC for Biden.

 

be meant to: ~하기로 되어있다, ~할 예정이다. simultaneously: 동시에

Trump will be in Miami, the network said, while Biden, who had already booked his appearance last week, will be in Philadelphia.

 

book: 예정하다. 예약하다.

Their scheduled debate had also been designed as a town hall where the two candidates would have fielded questions from voters, but this was upended after Trump contracted the coronavirus.

 

town hall: 시민초청 공개회의 field: (자) 수비를 보다  (타) 질문,요청 등을 처리하다/ (후보를) 내보내다 upend: 뒤집다. upended(수동): 뒤집어지다 contracted: 계약하다. (병에) 걸리다.

Debate organizers said they wanted to switch the format to a virtual appearance, for safety reasons, and Trump refused, forcing cancellation of the event.

NBC News said Wednesday it had received a statement from the clinical director at the National Institutes of Health and lead infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci that they had "a high degree of confidence" that Trump is now "not shedding infectious virus."

 

infectious diseases: 전염병 confidence: 확신, 자신감 shed: 헛간, 창고, (타)없애다 , 떨어지게하다 (자) 떨어지다 shedding:(진행형) 

Trump and the NBC host will be socially distanced at the outdoor venue and the audience will wear safety masks, NBC said.

 

socially distance: 사회적 거리두기를 하게 하다.

Biden has been frequently testing for coronavirus and reporting negative results since Trump's illness. (AFP)

 

negative results: 음성 판정