0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest non commissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his running mate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , n
It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
Tim walz s record is a joke. Mind your own damn business. Donald trump s second running mate. I smile at a lot of things including bogus questions from the media. And the governor of minnesota these guys are creepy and weird as hell. With the election five weeks away, the campaigns meet facetoface for what might be the final time. We have people power on the side of donald j. Trump and that s going to carry the people. This is not about power. This is about public service. Tonight, team coverage with rachel maddow, nicolle wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki. Symone sanders townsend, and steve kornacki at the big board, alex wagner at the debate in new york city, and senators mark kelly of arizona and amy klobuchar of minnesota. Msnbc s special coverage of the vice presidential debate begins now. Hello there. Welcome. It is great to have you here. We know you have every choice in the world for where to watch the big debate, so we
With me. I will see you again tomorrow. Thank you for joining us is our and this is one of those news days where everything is busting out all over. There is a lot going on. And a lot of the big news in the country in the world right now is still developing tonight. I have to tell you, tonight, we are keeping our eyes trained on the Middle East with a significant Escalation And Expansion in the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah in Lebanon And Hezbollah is the iran backed Militia Group based in lebanon who are a key ally of hamas and Hezbollah And Israel have been Trading Fire for months across the border of those two countries since the Hamas Attack in israel last october. You will also recall earlier this Month Israel Sort of opened a new area launching attacks in lebanon that killed people including civilians in israel ramped up airstrikes across lebanon which killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands. They then killed the leader of hezbollah. Earlier today th
Particular, what youre talking about, about j. D. Vance, i feel like thats more so more true than ever this year. Yeah. They dont typically matter. But this one may. Yeah. Ne and we dont know which j. D. Vance we may know but we really dont know which one will come Tomorrow Night. So, well see. Ive got a big Rachel Maddow Show style spiel, a big Story T that i think people dont know about vance coming up a little later on in the show. Va oh, good. Thats my Homework Assignment for tonight. Well be watching. T. Thank you, jen. Much appreciated. Thanks at home for joining us this hour. This is one of those News Day where everything is busting out all over. Er theres a lot going on. And a lot of the big news in the country and the world is still developing tonight. So, i have to tell you, tonightn we are keeping our eyes trained on the middle east. A significant expansion in the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah in hebb non. Hezbollah, of course, is the iranbacked Militia Group thats b