A heartbeat away from the presidency, the other will be the answer to a trivia question. Tonight, their one and only debate. Democrat kaine has the simpler task do no harm. But pence must try to arrest the Trump Campaigns slide after Donald Trumps debate performance and a bad week of selfinflicted wounds. Kaine is 58, in his first term as u. S. Senator from virginia. He ao mayor of richmond. Pence is 57. He is in his first term as governor of indiana. He gave up running for reelection to be trumps running mate. Pence served six terms in the u. S. House of representatives. The debate tonight is being held at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. The moderator is my colleague, Elaine Quijano, of our streaming news service, cbsn. And as soon as its over, were going to get Immediate Reaction cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation, John Dickerson, is in farmville tonight. John. Scott, in a year where voters say they dont want politics as usual, we have two veter
A heartbeat away from the presidency, the other will be the answer to a trivia question. Tonight, their one and only debate. Democrat kaine has the simpler task do no harm. But pence must try to arrest the Trump Campaigns slide after Donald Trumps debate performance and a bad week of selfinflicted wounds. Kaine is 58, in his first term as u. S. Senator from virginia. He also served a mayor of richmond. Pence is 57. He is in his first term as governor of indiana. He gave up running for reelection to be trumps running mate. Pence served six terms in the u. S. House of representatives. The debate tonight is being held at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. The moderator is my colleague, Elaine Quijano, of our streaming news service, cbsn. And as soon as its over, were going to get Immediate Reaction cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation, John Dickerson, is in farmville tonight. John. Scott, in a year where voters say they dont want politics as usual, we hav
President of the United States, a heartbeat away from the presidency, the other will be the answer to a trivia question. Tonight, their one and only debate. Democrat kaine has the simpler task do no harm. But pence must try to arrest the Trump Campaigns slide after Donald Trumps debate performance and a bad week of selfinflicted wounds. Kaine is 58, in his first term as u. S. Senator from virginia. Mayor of richmond. Pence is 57. He is in his first term as governor of indiana. He gave up running for reelection to be trumps running mate. Pence served six terms in the u. S. House of representatives. The debate tonight is being held at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. The moderator is my colleague, Elaine Quijano, of our streaming news service, cbsn. And as soon as its over, were going to get Immediate Reaction cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation, John Dickerson, is in farmville tonight. John. Scott, in a year where voters say they dont want politics a
President of the United States, a heartbeat away from the presidency, the other will be the answer to a trivia question. Tonight, their one and only debate. Democrat kaine has the simpler task do no harm. But pence must try to arrest the Trump Campaigns slide after Donald Trumps debate performance and a bad week of selfinflicted wounds. Kaine is 58, in his first term as u. S. Senator from virginia. He also served as governor and mayor of richmond. Pence is 57. He is in his first term as governor of indiana. He gave up running for reelection to be trumps running mate. Pence served six terms in the u. S. House of representatives. The debate tonight is being held at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. The moderator is my colleague, Elaine Quijano, of our streaming news service, cbsn. And as soon as its over, were going to get Immediate Reaction from voters in cleveland. Cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation, John Dickerson, is in farmville tonight. John. Sc
Ifill im gwen eiffel. Woodruff welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the Vice President ial debate between republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine. The stage is said at longwood, university in farmville, virginia, with the level of anticipation pales in comparison to last weeks showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump there is still a lot on the line. Ifill there s. Its a chance for to introduce themselves to the nation but more important, to bolster the top of the respective ticket. Elaine quijano of cbs news will moderate. Joining us are regular contributors, syndicated columnist mark shields, from the Cook Political Report amy walter and Washington Post columnist mike it gerson. Welcome all. Here is the question of the night. Why does the Vice President ial debate matter . Michael gerson . Well, i think republicans need some good news after historic trouncing. Theres morale issue here. And they need a good night. Woodruff amy walter 124. I agree. They have t