 Third party and independent candidates, including Jill Stein of the Green Party, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Claudia de la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, were not included in the debate. Stein filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission saying CNN's excluding other candidates was tantamount to an illegal corporate contribution to the Biden and Trump campaigns. More on the debate later in the show with our media critic, John Jeter.