Figure with a little septor. At the end, look, its a snake. And i think that is tim kaine up in the upper lefthand corner there maybe flying in on a broom to help hillary potter. You would think that the president ial campaigns would get this web site thing together but they dont. They really dont. Hillary clinton within the last hour sent out a text announcing tim kaine as her running mate. It says, im thrilled to tell you this first, ive chosen tim kaine as my running mate. Welcome him to our team. Moments after that on the Hillary Clinton twitter page, they posted a video of tim kaine. Remember, folks, tough times dont last but tough people do last. Weve been through tough times as a nation, but we are tough people. They sent a text, posted a tweet, posted a video and posted the announcement on espaniole. We are in the first hour of knowing who Hillary Clintons running mate is going to be and they have rolled this out like a marching band at state finals. Boom, boom, boom, ducks in a row, except for the web site. The great equalizer, web squatters. Virginia senator tim kaine is 58 years old. He was also famously on the Vice President ial short list for president obama in 2008. He was an early endorser of president obama in his primary campaign against Hillary Clinton in 2008. President obama named senator tim kaine he wasnt senator then, named tim kaine to run the dnc shortly after president obama was inaugurated. He ran for the u. S. Senate in 2011. He won that u. S. Senate seat. He has previously been governor of virginia. Before that he was the lieutenant governor, and before that he was a mayor. Hes a devout catholic, grew up near kansas city, his dad was a welder. He has big, ornate eyebrows which his staff tease him about. Hes on the Senate Foreign relations committee. He played an aggressive role in trying to get congress to debate and authorize military force against isis. He is broadly seen in Democratic Politics as a nice guy. He is broadly liked, the equivalent politician in terms of democratic candidate who doesnt have an enemy in the world was klobuchar. And liberals wanted Hillary Clinton to choose someone more liberal. Well hear a lot more about that tonight. Tim kaine has been saddled for a long time with the idea of with the moniker of being the boring choice, the safe choice of the v. P. Oh, hes boring, hes the safe choice. Im not sure the Clinton Campaign sees boring and a safe choice as a down side to tim kaine. They may seem that as an up side. Announcing your pick at 8 15 p. M. On a friday night is what you would do if you were trying to maximize attention to your veep choice. Kristen, its great to see you. Thanks for being with us. Reporter rachel, thanks for having me. Appreciate it. 8 15 p. M. On a friday, it usually news dump territory, not something you want people to notice. Why did the announcement get pushed to so late at night . Reporter were still trying to nail that down. At first we thought it could be because of what happened in munich. Campaign Officials Say that wasnt the reason. They say there was some miscommunication within the campaign. We thought it was going to happen hours ago, rachel, but again, it is happening now after secretarys event here in tampa. I think part of that is putting the final touches on this rollout. About an hour ago, Campaign Chair john podesta who werent going to be secretary cln that the framing of that phone call, when she announced hip, when she told him, when she made that offer, look, she really wants a governing partner. It was part of what felt like a dr delay from our standpoint. Theyre hoping that they will get a bump tomorrow. As you pointed out, rachel, hes going to but one of the key things for secretary and his Foreign Policy experience and his very long resume, the if a that he served as senator but he served as a former governor to virginia. So all of those things id say contributed to this decision by Hillary Clinton, which is a little bit later than we were anticipating. We had been advised that friday, that today was probably going to be the day. This obviously parallels the announcement in 2008 right after barack obama accepts the n nomination for the Democratic Party. The next day the Republican Party announced sarah palin to sort of quack that pick. But in thinking the two parties here, they had some unexpected things about the rollout of mike pence. In the Donald Trump Campaign reported some of the maybe he rel was considering other people on his short test right until the very end. Is there anything indication that anything like that happened in the Clinton Campaign . Or does it seem to you they were shore about cane. I think thats a great point, april. Based on my reporting, back in april there really wasnt wiggle room. She was given a binder by john podesta with about 3 games or near the top of the list but look, she had that event with him, that rally in virginia last week. The Campaign Secretary joe clinton felt very, very close to that. I am told that she felt as though they had Good Chemistry not only as well as par day anding whats significant about what is he is the only candidate who she met with twice. So that she wasnt wavering on this choice. Having said so, she wanted to make sure im on the road before making a final decision. One more point ill make. Stra teej i tried for the last 48 hours. They kept it is he close to the valuable. We saw the public petition for cain and warren. With caused a lot of political sense as a running money, maybe the possibility among hopes like a good really, good. If it was me, we knew it waenlt going to be against k. K. T. Well, the timing, i was always looking for the curveball in the last few weeks. The head fake or whatever, you didnt really see it. When you look back a lot of times when you see in these pictures are candidates that are addressing a klum he needed something that seemed dramatic and, sighting and totally unpredictable. He got more than he bargained for arguably. Thats how he came up with a. Al gore meefd that blind and himself personal scandals who had been the biggest critical of ib you dont look at the rollout of trip, it made it urgent that they someone who lost her place. Christian is talking about the safe snm spm you can prioritize that more than you normally would. Whether or not having a candidate who is fluent in spanish, even though he may have some impact there. I think we have the board ready for you. Absolutely. We are going to keep reporting out this announcement tonight and also the reaction. Timkin. How would you describe your position . I say people use labels all the time. A kind of like, look, im a pornl injury. I think even as a mother matter of politics, even about more alts and repro kuks and inand the last tng woo need is twice is none o space because of his favorite, it is that a Strong Enough defense of that constitutional right, particularly among voters who might railroad a right a crucial question in terms of how they vote and wh they vote this lks. Is he seal, president of planned parenthood. Good your reaction to the kim came nomination . Hes very enthusiastic. He 131 mapt and attacks on aks so try to lib iial weve ever h. The flofrm is strong are than it ephs spch spch in 2005 we looked up his positions on abortion. He said on his web site at the time, i have a beth based on tin and then he losts four things, enforces the current virginia restrictions and forces a part lk, ensure womens access to health care and economic thunt he would promote adoption for spg way was that. I feel he has been really strong on the issues, we have the strongest position harl hi ever, ulgt pmt fmt beside being so extreme on gay land elizabeth. Diyou of of of of of of at this of of health hl 6 i think well settle the issue to a certain extent as to whether on tim kaine he may have to explain his evolution. Thanks for explaining where you are. At the seem richards, president of planned parenthood. In a moment we are going to be jond joined by one of Bernie Sanderss supports are. Stay with us. Constipated . Trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcolax, designed for dependable relief senator kaine is known for holding some centrist and establishment position, sort of middle of the party positions, for liberals who supported Bernie Sanders in particular or were hoping that Hillary Clinton would keep moving left on policy, particularly economic policy, tim kaine was not necessarily her first choice for running mate. Joining me is my friend ben gellias. Hey, its great to see you. Whats real is this puts a lot of pressure on her. Tims a nice guy. A lot of latinos appreciate he speaks spanish but they know they could have had castro. Hillary clinton is at the center of the stage with the spotlight basically on nobody else, having to convince the base of the Democratic Party not just to vote for her but to turn out and to work and to get excited and to push unlikely voters. Thats where the challenge is going to be is going to come from. And tim is a nice guy. Hes not the most courageous politician in the Democratic Party. Its not clear how he helps. In terms of what the Vice President does, i think weve seen some radically different approaches over the last few administrations but the aside from that radical outcrop, Vice President isnt that much of a policy job. Its sort of more of an understudy job. You do get stuff you get put in charge of and dispatched to do things. Is there anything that Hillary Clinton could do in term of her own policy positions that might make you feel more confident in this choice . Frank will you, were going to look to her. Shes going to have to be the one to really convince the base of the party that they should really fight for her. She has to give us something to fight for. So far what we have really is someone to fight against donald trump. Theres a lot of folks who could have helped her win more than tim kaine is going to help. Ben, thanks for coming in on short notice to talk to us tonight about this. I really appreciate it. Thank you. 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I think the feeling about job job f then a red line in case against a Major Insurance Company on which he received a monday frously large settlement. So theres a lot in his background, i think his people would say, that kmends him to the left. And also his faith. Hes a def out interests sfnchs this is a guy who is as comfortable quoting sculptures, nal use, it is nong shoppia point tim cane rying to response it, as you might mention. There were not a lot of members of the clong, let alone the senate for him to do the root thing on that. And these are the lungs. boy sorry. dad dont worry about it. vo at our house, we need things that are built to last. Thats why we got a subaru. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Built a sandcastle . Id . Ha, no, i switched to geico and got more. More . 24 7 access online, on the phone or with the geico app. That is more. Go get some mud. All that more has to be why theyre the secondlargest auto insurer. Everybody likes more. Mhm, i think so. Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. I know youre bushed. Tomorrow at noon Hillary Clinton and tim kaine will appear together for the first time as the democratic president ial and Vice President ial ticket. Thats at noon eastern and on sunday a special note about meet the press. Its going to be live from philadelphia on sunday. Im going to be on meet the press this sunday and come monday it is the democratic convention. The evening coverage starts monday, chuck todd at 5 earn, then chris hayes at 6, then ill be joined by Brian Williams and Kress Matthews and the whole team going until we are no longer coherent. Its going to be a big week. Get your sleep while can you. Thats no time soon. This was a is this a tweet . No, its a text. Its a fundraising text from the trump folks. Tim kaine is hillarys vp pick, the ultimate insiders. Obama, hillary and kaine. Dont let obama had a third term. Kaine is able. I see what you did there, senator. And this reaction from missouri, senator claire mccaskill. Hes a kind and thoughtful person. Hell be a wonderful vp. Congratulations to my friend. And republican senator jeff flake, trying to count the ways i hate tim kaine. Drawing a blanc. Congratulations to a good man and a good friend. You are a Hillary Clinton supporter