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from farmville, usa. now pence has to try to refocus that republican campaign against clinton while defending trump. tim kaine has to do everything in his power to prevent that from happening. it won't be the sexiest debate in history but it could be the most illuminating. the states that could make or break this race, pennsylvania, ohio, florida. today new polls from those big battlegrounds. plus, all of florida under a state of emergency as floridians and tourists prepare for hurricane matthew, a powerful now category 4 monster blasted through cuba and haiti now headed towards america's east coast. we'll look at where the meteorologists believe it could hit. and who could be in lots of danger. let's get to it. >> announcer: live from farmville, virginia, shepard smith reporting. >> farmville. good afternoon from the spin room here on campus at longwood where reporters will speak with supporters of the vice presidential candidates after tonight's throw-down in farmville. analysts say it will be a critica

we are hours away from another debate in farmville, virginia. joining us now is the executive mpicrats,of tru supporters of trump who are democrats. hillary clinton was doing a press conference just before doing the show. she said that mike pence has a huge burden in defending his own record and donald trump. do you think there is a big burden for that? what is the most burdensome thing he will have to do? for think it is laughable hillary clinton to say that mike pence has a big burden. tim kaine has to answer for 30 years of failed to look service by hillary clinton. she is a career politician and has nothing to show for it. it's much bigger than the successful business record that mike pence gets to tout for donald trump and his own personal record of success for governor, cutting taxes and lowering unemployment. andas a great story to tell i hope he gets a chance to do that tonight. >> am i right that you are a supporter of bernie sanders and barack obama? there issues are closer to hillary clinton the donald trump. fordo you want democrats

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lou: we're back live at farmville, virginia, longwood university. a beautiful place, and we're just about an hour away from the first and only vice presidential debate. they take the stage here in a little while. millions of people across the country expected to tune in tonight, but will it be the most watched vice presidential debate ever? many think so. the record holder is the 2008 presidential debate between biden and palin. nearly 78,000 people tuned into watch that debate. the second was between george h.w. bush and geraldine ferrareo. there is the metrics against which our performance will be judged.g and lee carter, political communications expert and partner, good have you both here. >> great to be here. lou: lee, this is quite something. what do you think pence is he's got a balancing act he's got to do, both entertaining and educated and informed tonight. it's going to be a big night for him. lou: a big night. what do you think, tucker? >> vouching for trump helps, pence is such an evidenceingly decent guy, temperamentally moderate person

lauren taylor/farmville, va: both pence and kaine took turns taking jabs. kaine- and i think that's who gov. pence's running mate is .. exactly who president reagan warned us about. pence- senator, that was even beneath hillary clinton and that's pretty low. lauren taylor/farmville, va: and then came the fireworks. kaine- lets talk about .. pence- let me interrupt you so i can finish my sentence.. while she was secretary of state. candidates talking over each other lauren taylor/farmville, va: and university students witnessed the action. student- i think that actually being there in person and seeing how the candidates really expressed themselves, said a lot to me. and being a young person, i think i really am more informed about making a decision. student- it was just so much better than seeing it on tv. it's just a better experience, to feel all the energy of the it was great. lauren taylor/farmville, va: several students i spoke to say they already made up their minds as to who they would be voting for in this upcoming election before tonight's debate.

this is longwood university in farmville, virginia. across the street here from longwood is the sunrise learning center and jackson's the oldest kid here. how old are you? >> 9. >> you can't vote but if you could, who would you vote? >> i don't know. >> jackson summarizing the sentiment i think a lot of americans are dealing with right now. jackson, thank you for stopping by. some students here. you are students at longwood? >> a sophomore. >> what are you studying? >> social work. >> are you old enough to vote? >> yes, registered yesterday. >> so you're excited about this. why did you register? >> i don't know, they pressured me into it. >> whom are you voting? do you find telling me? >> honestly, i don't think i want to. >> who is going to vote? you seem excited about it. >> i'm not a highly political woman so i have searching to do as far as decisions but i definitely want to vote whether it's like the right decision or the wrong decision, i'd like to say i had some sort of part in it. everybody is stressing, like our duty as a citi

welcome to farmville, virginia. i don't know if we could have gotten a more perfect day. >> a gorgeous day, a great place to be. bill: what is kaine's objective? to go after donald trump or promote hillary clinton. >> to talk about two very different visions of this country. i listened to kellyanne say that and i agree with that. i think it's about change and what kind of change. we believe donald trump is suggesting a lot of policies that would take us back from his economic policies from big tax cuts mostly benefiting the wealthy expecting that to trickle down to everybody else. what was it like, trumped up, trickle down. there are so many other stories in the past week. you think about this f.b.i. story where they reached an agreement to smash the computers of some of hillary clinton's aides? >> i think -- that would be my phone, that's my mother probably calling. what i would say is two things. one is i think it's mike pence who will be on defense. donald trump had a horrible debate performance, then got into a

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i'm in farmville, virginia. at longwood university. at 9:00 p.m., the one and only vice presidential debate. you can see people here already waiting for this big event. tim kaine and mike pence will be here to sell themselves. most importantly to advocate for the tops of their tickets. hillary clinton has jumped out to a new lead over donald trump in the wake of the first presidential debate. call it a bounce. in the latest cnn/orc poll, clinton leads 5 points by likely voters. one is an increased support of independents. after the debate, they moved 25 points toward hillary clinton. secretary clinton is taking steps to closing the enthusiasm ga gap. 50% of supporters say they are enthusiastic of voting for her. that is up from four points in september. enthusiasm among donald trump has ticked downward two points over the same period. another finding of the poll in the wake of the report that trump had gone two decades without paying federal income tax. 86% of registered voters believe paying taxes is a civic duty. some polled say it i

things are more low-key in farmville... with a popular barbecue joint called "the fishin' pig" and a pottery studio. and it is a toss up for the city official with the best name. farmville's vice- mayor is "chuckie reid".. and we have city councilman 'bob beers." you can catch all of the action in farmville tonight at 6, here on fox5. we will have a special post- debate show at seven-70. and don't forget hillary clinton and donald trump will take the stage at unlv on october 19th for the final presidential debate. between cute home decor and clothes... many people have a target addiction. and now, that trip become even more exciting. what the store is now offering... to try and get more millennials in the store. and actor ben still opens up... about receiving a scary cancer diagnosis. what he is crediting, for saving his life. i'm one of the lucky ones. i had breast cancer, but they caught it in time. there are many women who depend on planned parenthood for that kind of screening and care. so i'll never understand politici

debate in farmville, virginia. joe, i think increase in enthusiasm is obviously good news for the clinton camp. what do you think is the cause of it? >> i think, one, her her debate performance and i think trump's following up with that with some of the pit falls that he has had over the last five or six days clearly as energized her supporters. the thing about this, brit, was there is no doubt that trump supporters were more energized and enthusiastic throughout the whole year throughout the primaries and now in the general. what democrats were hoping would make up for that was clinton's advantages on her organization being able to organize and get out the vote much stronger than what they thought trump was going to do. that was going to be the great equalizer. if this poll is right and her energy level has come up with her supporters, now that increased organizational ability, that get out the vote ability turns to an advantage, not an equalizer. that will be interesting to see if other polls start to confirm thi

farmville, virginia. the moderator is my colleague, elaine quijano, of our streaming news service, cbsn. and as soon as it's over, we're 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 don't want politics as usual, we have two veteran politicians sitting across the table from each other in a year where the candidates at the top of the ticket have traded some pretty harsh insults, you have two men known for their more peaceful demeanor. it could be a substantive debate, except for the political pressure tonight is for both men to keep everyone focused on the flaws of t >> pelley: nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. >> reporter: scott, kaine's goal tonight will be to force pence to defends, or disins himself from trump on any number of fronts from trump's taxes to his comments about women, to his role in the birther movement. kaine is also going to try to argue

>> well, tim kaine is from the state we are in farmville, virginia. you have places around dv and northern virginia where there's a lot more democrats who make up almost as much as the rural areas in farmville. they are going to be straddling the line trying to a not mess up in any way but try to get across their points because they are the stalwarts of their party. pay attention. this ticket tonight you are going to see them again because in four or eight years they will be running for president. >> one of the problems both of these candidates have had is pulling over millennial voters. what can either one of them do to win over a little bit more of that demographic? >> for obvious reasons millennials are focused on the economy and the job situation. i think the advantage falls to mike pence because he's the standard for the populus still running. mike pence is traditionally more of a conservative small government social conservative religious backing kind of guy. donald trump has the energy like bernie sanders. when trump talks about trade and immig

longwood university in farmville, virginia. the site of the vice presidential debate where the crowds are growing. one fan berkeley peterson has been out here all morning. christine, who will do a better job in the vp debate? tie. when we ask people about the favorability, tied. 31%. 31%. so, you know, going into this is like the definition of vanilla, but you think, ellis, it is a vanilla that could make or break the dessert of the campaign. >> i love the dessert analogies. thank you for that. i would go with cardboard. flat characters. conventional standard issues. tonight we have a chance to let them turn into human beings for most americans. there is really some opportunity for a bit of movement. >> what about mike pence? the story in "usa today" how he has to connect with women. when you look at the last week, the controversy from donald trump to beauty queens and no evidence of hillary clinton's fidelity. do you think he will try to appeal to women? >> yes. don't forget, before the election what we knew mike pence was for

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here you're going to be in farmville, virginia. virginia tech, i commended tim kaine for his efforts as governor after the terrible tragedy and shootings on that campus. where you are is a place where as a senator about ten years ago i led what's called a civil rights pilgrimage where the faith and politics pilgrimage to understand what happened there in farmville. many, many years ago where they shut down the schools rather than integrate. and the very poignant hardships and -- that people have to struggle through and families separated and children, some sent all the wait to iowa to get an education. those schools were shut down in prince edward county i think for five years. that's going to come up somehow in this debate and tim will bring it up and he'll probably bring it up, home field advantage. but it will fit into a narrative he'll talk about as a civil rights attorney, what his father-in-law did, and how our country needs to be together rather than divisive. >> well, exactly. so as you know, donald trump is having a proble

it's so nice to be here in beautiful farmville, virginia. i'm brooke baldwin, you hear the students behind me. they're small but mighty and crowd here. let me said the scene for you. [ cheers and applause ] a presidential proxy war is about to take place here a couple hours from now. running mates mike pence and tim kaine squaring off in their first and only debate. the stakes are huge. the debate

farmville. lambasting at longwood university. the rumble of running mates. governor mike pence and senator kaine going head to head for their first only only official date. >> john berman breaking out the thr thesaurus for that one. phil mattingly in the debate hall, what are we expecting tonight? >> i'm stuck on berman now, an impressive trio right there, look, tonight, it will be a similar format in some ways to what we saw in that first debate. you're not expecting the same type of audience but you are expecting a lot of people to tune in. what you'll have is 90 commercial free minutes. it will be on that stage behind me right now. both candidates will be seated. tim kaine will. the stand-ins are going through things, the comes to the actua debate, this is important, i think a lot of people are trying to move past what this means. for both of these candidates facing off with one another, clearly the biggest stage of their career, even though they're accomplished politicians that have been through a number of debates before, this is an opportunity a little

from farmville, virginia, i'm elaine quijano of cbs news. good night. [ applause ] >> the republican and democratic nominees to be vice president of the united states, and a debate which stands in stark contrast to what we saw last week before the republican and democratic standard bearers' aggressive interruptions to begin tonight. donald trump -- i should say, mike pence's attacks on the clinton leadership and trustworthiness issues, tim kaine demanding that mike pence defend donald trump's position throughout. by pence to turn around the recent slide in the polls and reset the deck for donald trump, providing a roadmap for future debates between donald trump and hillary clinton. the question is, did it succeed tonight? kellyanne conway, donald trump's spokesperson, stepping into this room behind us this evening, as the debate itself was wrapping up, just moments ago. donald trump live tweeting throughout. and the analysis will come next. but one thing is for certain. there was no late evening fade. ther positions of the day. and certainly

it's not too far from farmville. what can our government do to make sure everyone regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation have the opportunity to compete and succeed. then you will get on to issues people actually care about for the future. neil: in your fine state, maybe kaine, i don't know. hillary has opened up an 8-point lead. what do you make of that? >> i think it's going to be tough. virginia as you know has turned purple in the last two presidential elections. they have done well. i was involved in the 2012 one. i think what donald trump will have to do is make sure people know what his ideas are for the future. i don't think he should be distracted by things that don't matter, that don't affect whether you can make america safer or more prosperous or more great for all americans. i think his energy policies compared to those of hillary and tim kaine who for cap and trade, tim switched his position. now he's against exploring for oil and gas off our coast. those issues will resonate throug

before.raig boswell cbs news farmville, virginia) tonight's vice presidential showdown here in farmville comes a little over a week after the first presidential debate... and in the first cbs news poll taken since that debate...clinton now has a four-point lead nationally over her republican rival. tonight, the virginia senator will try to keep the momentum on clinton's side.(sot tim kaine) you know, just gotta for their second presidential debate this sunday in missouri. craig boswell cbs news farmville, virginia. clinton has ?two? campaign stops in ?pennsylvania? today. trump campaigns in ?colorado and arizona.? 3 donald trump is coming back to wisconsin. the republican presidential nominee will be here this saturday.no details on where just yet. yet.trump's son-- donald junior-- will be in brookfield will campaign for hillary clinton in both madison and green bay. and chelsea clinton.. who was just in green bay last friday.. is coming back to wisconsin on monday. we're still waiting for the details of that visit. milwaukee area leaders announced their plans to remove the estabrook dam

thank you to prince edward county, to farmville, to our devoted donors. thank you to the thousands who have worked so hard in so many roles to make tonight happen. and thank you with all my heart, absolutely all my heart. utmost monthn your after month to produce this grand culmination in the first semester of the year, in this pageant of democracy. and i will close with this thought. faculty have our always believed that tonight, opportunity is an our students will cherish always . maybe even more in time to come than they know even now. we are one of america's 25 oldest public universities. our mission for the centuries and today is to educate citizen leaders. a high hope of this great occasion tonight as well, welcome to longwood and thank you all. [applause] jenna: ladies and gentlemen, i want to -- i want you to join me in welcoming mrs. karen holton and pam pence. [applause] thank you so much. good evening, ladies. and now were -- now i would like to introduce our moderator for tonight's debate, elaine q uijano, cbs correspondent. [applause] elaine:

this is beautiful farmville, virginia. it's a small community. it's about an hour's drive from richmond, virginia. longwood university, one of the 100 oldest schools in america. that's where we are today. the civil war actually ended right here on this campus. and now more than 150 years later, longwood university again, the center of american political life, at least for a day. the vice presidential debate starts here in six hours from now. let's begin it all with katy tur, she's out with donald trump in arizona. where he'll be later tonight. tell me what's up with donald trump and what he's anticipating from mike pence. >> reporter: well, he assumes pence will be doing well against kaine, that's what the campaign is hoping for. pence has a mountain to climb today, just trying to reason how he's been on the disagreement side of donald trump, things like ttp and the muslim ban. he voted for the iraq invasion. these are things he doesn't agree with donald trump and they are fundamental issues of his campaign. how can he defend himself against thos

(standup: craig boswell/ cbs news/ farmville, va) the fiery discussion here in farmville was amplified on social media... on facebook the most talked about moments were the candidates trading jabs on an "insult-driven" ours is an insult driven campaign? did you hear that? our is an insult driven campaign? to be honest with you if donald trump had said all the things// he still wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton leveled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. (sot kaine 22:07:37) he is asking everybody to vote for somebody that he cannot defend. both campaigns claimed victory as soon as the debate ended... (sot kellyanne pence but he couldn't stop interrupting the female moderator, it was really unhinged. democratic senator amy klobuchar came to kaine's defense: (sot) pence had a mission and that was to try to change a trajectory of a very bad week for donald trump. that didn't happen. trump and clinton meet face to face for their second presidential debate this sunday in saint louis. craig boswell cbs news farmville, virginia. c

. >> reporter: farmville, virginia has a population of just over 8,000. but that swelled this week as hordes of journalists, political operatives and security details crammed into town and onto longwood university. staging a debate broadcast to 50 million viewers brings the kind of media spotlight most colleges cannot fathom; most simply can't afford it. but past debate site hosts estimate the attention is equivalent to $45-50 million of paid advertising. >> people think hosting one of these is one in a lifetime >> reporter: longwood president taylor reveley is a presidential scholar himself and the third member of his family to run a virginia university. the debate cost longwood, a public institution, about $5.5 million, including $2 million paid to the commission on presidential debates. he says that specially earmarked fundraising, not student fees or scholarship funds, financed longwood's debate effort. adding that the buzz around the debate increased the number of alumni donors by almost 25% this year. the crux of the, the general election season is

tim kaine, republican mike hensel face-off tonight in farmville, virginia. fox business will have analysis of tonight's debate starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. lou dobbs tonight and at 8:00 p.m. to midnight, stay tuned here to fox business and get ready for a new wave of google gadgets. today the company expected to invest smart phones to compete with apple's newly released seven as well as the home device aimed at amazon .co and home devices. u.s. stock market futures this moment we had a great last quarter which kicks it off yesterday with down arrows. this morning down futures are up 36. s&p futures up five. lauren, that is what his top any now. >> donald trump see chicago is a war zone. whole foods look at the city of these opportunities not to make money, at least it is social good. reporter: we come to you from the englewood area. this neighborhood, the second most violent in chicago in the past year. last week alone 95 people shot in chicago. 12 of them fatally. this is something that has become a campaign issue with donald trump repeatedly poundin

governor pence well cobble, it is so great to be back at longwood university in farmville, virginia. this is a very special place. 65 years ago a young courageous woman, barbara johns, led a walk out of her high school, moton high school she made history by protesting school segregation, she believed our nation was stronger together and that walk-out led to the brown versus board of education decision that moved us down the path toward equality. i am so proud to be running with another strong history-making

. >> you're welcome to farmville, virginia, or as i heard it called this weekend the thrilla in vanilla. have you remembered the first opening act to whatever concert you'd went to? these guys' job is make sure not to do anything wrong, highlight policy position, and they don't do anything wrong that we're not talking about tomorrow. everybody's going to be tuned in next monday to see the trump/hillary round two fight. >> what do you think? >> i agree. they've got additional incentive to go hard after the top of the ticket on the other side. hillary and donald trump are the most unpopular major party nominees in american history. so i think we're going to see a bit of a race to the bottom tonight. >> so what about the issues, though, aaron? is there a specific issue they should touch on for their candidate to improve? >> look at it from mike pence's point of view. what he needs to do tonight is attack on policy on those issues that are going to appeal to traditionally democrat voters off of hillary clinton. for example, trade, immigration. he needs to go after voters who traditionally w

i'm chris matthews live from longwood, university, in farmville, virginia. and here we are, here we are, in fact, 30 miles from appomattox courthouse, where general lee surrendered to general grant, thereby ending a civil war that cost the lives of 600,000 americans. well, tonight, we're here at longwood university for a battle in a political conflict between two very different points of view. it's the vice presidential deet

lauren taylor/farmville, va: that's right, 100 longwood university students were granted tickets to this vp debate and for some it

pence debated in farmville. was elaine cijanos. good evening. from longwood university in far vote, virginia. welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2016. i am elaine quijano. correspondent for cbs news. it is an honor to moderate this debate between senator tim kaine and mike pence. onsy are proud fathers of sson serving in the u.s. marines. there will be nine different segments covering domestic and foreign-policy issues, and each segment will begin with a question both candidates will each have two minutes to answer.

we're live in farmville, virginia, which is the site of the vice presidential debate. but we start with some breaking news. affecting our friends in florida. hurricane matthew, one of the biggest in a decade is on the move. shifting closer and closer to the east coast at this hour. the storm is now deadly. florida and north carolina already issuing states of emergency. we are tracking all of this for you. >>> meanwhile, ainsley, breaking overnight. wikileaks reveals its highly anticipated october surprise. or make that surprises for hillary clinton. will it sideline her bid for the white house? moments ago we got part of the answer. stay tuned. we'll fill you in. >>> okay. the vice presidential nominees, just hours from their first and only face-off. this morning, new signs we could see a different side of each candidate. >> i think you're going to see a feisty mike pence take on the record of hillary clinton. >> okay. that's just one side of one -- >> feisty side. >> the things you'll need to watch for live from farmville because your mornings are better when we're se

i have to tell you i'm a small town boy from place not too different from farmville. i grew up in the corn field with my back yard, my grandfather emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. my mom and dad built everything that matters in small town in southern indiana. they built a family and a good name. and a business and they raised a family. i dream some day of representing my hometown in washington, d.c. but i honestly, elaine, never imagined i'd have the opportunity to be governor of the state that i love. let alone be sitting at a table like. this in this kind of a position. so, to answer your question, i would say, i would hope that if the responsibility ever fell to me in this role, that i would meet it with a role that i'm going to meet the responsibility, should i be elected vice president of the united states, that's to bring a lifetime of experience. a lifetime growing up in a small town, a lifetime where i served in the congress of the united states or where i've pled a

. >> reporter: dan was born and raised in farmville. the rule virginia town is decked out in red, white and blue. it is even serving up sugar cane sodas and pumpkin pens lattes. >> we are a little town. to have the eyes of the world on us >> reporter: an estimated 50 million people are expected to tune in. cbs news, farmville virginia. >> at to this newscast coverage begins right here on cbs 5. is then followed by a special edition of cbs 5 news and an all-new episode of ncis and 9:00. you can end your day with your top stories and tomorrow's forecast on cbs news at 10:00. leaving more deaths donate -- leaving more devastation behind. slamming into haiti. the storm made landfall backing wind up more than 145 miles an hour. also dropping several inches of rain. at least four people pronounced dead. >>> look at how big this storm in -- is. this is new video from the international space station. the storm is covering most of the caribbean. now barreling towards cuba and then thst us. florida possibly in the crosshairs. people are lined up

you're watching cnn, spiders and all in beautiful farmville, virginia. we're thrilled to be here on the campus of longwood university. we'll be right back. >> the people getting killed in this deal are small business people and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies. why? because they're not organized, they don't any bargaining power with insurance companies and they're getting whacked. so you've got this crazy system where suddenly 25 million more people have health care and people are busting it sometimes 60 hours a week wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. it's the craziest thing in the world. >> let me bring my panel back. we heard bill clinton back. the a-team hillary clinton surrogates are out and about but it's making news when you hear "crazy" and "obamacare" coming from bill clinton in the same breath. dana bash, let me defer to you. a, is he right? b, how much cleanup needs to be done? >> is he right on the policy? this is basically the talking points from republicans since befor

here is a preview. >> the vice presidential debate in farmville, virginia, picked hillary clinton tim kaine form governor tim kaine against donald trump's number two, republican indiana governor and former 12 year congressman, mike pence. >> we have two seasoned politicians who know how to talk in rough terrain and respond to difficult questions. >> tim kaine is a former harvard trained trial lawyer has been in defense debate. and mike pence is a former radio talk to host has been preparing in overdrive to avoid the criticism of being unrepresented that dogged trim. tim kaine is building up clinton in a state she needs to win. and for mike pence --. >> lot of defense to steer away from what donald trump say. >> a new washington post/abc news poll finds that 40% of americans cannot name either party's vice president candidate so they have their work cut out for them tonight from farmville, virginia. >> you can watch the debate right here on abc7. our coverage starts at 6:00 p.m., followed by "dancing with the stars" at 8:00 and then a special abc7 at 9:00. "jeopardy," and "wheel," at 1

. >> good evening, from longwood university in farmville, virginia, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2016, sponsored by the debates. i'm elaine quijano, anchor at cbsn and correspondent for cbs news. it's an honor to moderate this debate between senator tim kaine and governor mike pence, both long time public servants, also proud fathers of sons serving in the u.s. marines. the campaigns have agreed to the rules of this 90-minute debate. there will be nine different segments covering domestic and foreign policy issues. each segment will begin with a question to both candidates who answer. then item ask followup questions to facilitate a discussion between the candidates. by coin toss, it's been determined that senator kaine will be first to answer the opening question. we have an enthusiastic audience tonight. they've agreed to only express that enthusiasm once at the end

you've got a lot of support here in farmville. thanks for being with us today. >> thank you, andrea. >> coming up, more from farmville, virginia and the site of the vice presidential debate. this is "andrea mitchell reports" live from the campus of longwood university. hey listen, when you tell our friends about your job, maybe let's play up the digital part. but it's a manufacturing job. yeah, well ge is doing a lot of cool things digitally to help machines communicate, might want to at least mention that. i'm building world-changing machines. with my two hands. does that threaten you? no! don't be silly. i'm just, uh, going to go to chop some wood. with that? yeah we don't have an ax. or a fireplace. good to be prepared. could you cut the bread? ...doesn't go on your wrist. technology... ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with class-leading horsepower. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. i am proud of you,

. >> good evening from longwood, university in farmville, virginia, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2016, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i'm elaine quijano, anchor at cbsn and correspondent for cbs news. it's an honor to moderate this debate between senator tim kaine and governor mike pence. both are longtime public servants who are also proud fathers of sons serving in the u.s. marines. the campaigns have agreed to the rules of this 90-minute debate. there will be nine different segments, covering domestic and

center of the political universe feels like it's here in longwood, there is a lot of action away from farmville in longwood university that's going on today. you have nearly the full contingent of high-profile clinton surrogates on the campaign trail. we're talking bill clinton, michelle obama, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. and hillary clinton out there this morning campaigning hers f herself. she held a town hall in pennsylvania where there was a very poignant moment with a 15-year-old voter.

. >> good evening, from longwood university in farmville, virginia, and welcome to the first and only vice presidential debate of 2016, sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. i'm elaine quijano, anchor at cbsn and correspondent for cbs news. it's an honor to moderate this both are long-time public servants who have also proud fathers of sons serving in the u.s. marines. the campaigns have agreed to the rules of this 90-minute debate. there will be nine different segments covering domestic and foreign policy issues. each segment will begin with a question to both candidates, who will each have two minutes to answer. then, i'll ask followup questions to facilitate a discussion between the candidates. by coin toss, it's been determined that senator kai opening question. we have an enthusiastic audience

cnn's sunlen serfaty and phil mattingly are in farmville here at longwood university. phil, we want to start with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. for weeks, maybe months hillary clinton's campaign advisors have been pining, begging, pleading for donald trump's taxes to become center stage in this presidential race. trump has assiduously avoided doing that. no longer because of the revelations from that weekend "new york times" story, this is all anybody is talking about on the campaign trail, including donald trump. >> i understand the tax laws better than almost anyone, which is why i am the one who can fix them. >> reporter: dangerous campaign liability or political opportunity? >> i have brilliantly used those laws. >> reporter: donald trump hoping for the latter after the leak of a few pages of his 1995 tax returns. attempting to turn the fact that he may not have paid federal income tax for years into a testament of his business expertise. >> as a business person i've legally used the tax laws to benefit, really i mean it's to my benefit, and

he's live in farmville, virginia, the site of tonight's vice presidential debate. hi, phil. >> reporter: hey, alisyn. in an election year that's running increasingly low on days until the actual voters go to the polls, donald trump's taxes are all anybody's talking about. whichever candidate gets the upper hand on this issue, they may very well win the white house. >> i understand the tax laws better than almost anyone, which is why i am the one who can fix them. >> reporter: dangerous

farmville. you're both, i know, besides being statespersons and men and women of the world who care about this country, you're also political tacticians and strategists. you know, what is -- let's try, you're both here supporting secretary clinton and tim kaine, who's a very likable guy. we all like tim kaine. but let me ask you, tell me about that battle between the two different personalities, mike pence and tim kaine. size them up, as debaters, as personalities. >> first of all, both very strong. i've known tim now for two decades. i have known governor pence for a long time. i served a as chairman of the national governor's association, he has a much harder deal tonight. tim kaine talks about hillary clinton's vision, build the middle class, getting people back to work. mike pence tonight has to defend all of the things you've been talking about on this show. i think he has a much tougher road tonight, to be able to have to defend all of the things -- >> can he pivot? >> he's going to have a

(craig boswell/ cbs news/ farmville, va) the fiery discussion here in farmville was amplified on social media... on facebook the most talked about moments were the candidates trading jabs on an "insult-driven" campaign. (pence) if donald trump had said all the things you said he said, he still wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton leveled when she said that half of our supporters were a basket of deplorables. trump and clinton meet face to face for their louis. craig boswell cbs news farmville, virginia. ((sharie johnson)) >>> the presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail.. this morning, donald trump will be in henderson. he'll hold a rally at 11:30 am at the henderson pavilion... and then travel to reno for another rally. meanwhile, hillary clinton is holding private events today in d-c. /// more supporters here in las vegas tomorrow. the vice presidential hopeful will talk about clinton's plan for the economy... at the united brotherhood of carpenters training center. doors open at 4:30 p-m.... and the event starts at 6:30. for more information on t

connell mcshane at the debate site in farmville, virginia. peter barnes from d.c., and lori rothman watching the markets from the floor of the new york stock exchange. start the clock. t-minus six hours away from today's vice presidential debate. pictures from inside the debate hall, and again as we mentioned this is longwood university in farmville, virginia, where tonight's highly anticipated vp debate will take place. america will get its first and only glance at the republican vice presidential nominee mike pence and democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine as the two square off in 90-minute debate amid new controversies surrounding both campaigns. the debate is divided in nine segments of 10 minutes each. we can anticipate fire works and can the vice presidential debate change the trajectory of a presidential race? take it to fox business' connell mcshane standing outside the debate hall in farmville. doing predebate spinning, john podesta s ing court and the pressure is on governor mike pence of indiana after the performance from

kras craig boswell is in farmville. good morning. >> reporter: tim kaine and mike pence not only have to introduce themselves on the national stage, they'll have to defend their running mates. they'll have 90 minutes to do so in a debate broken down into ten-minute segments. mike pence took aim at hillary clinton's record as secretary of state in a campaign event in virginia. >> our allies are less secure and our enemies are more emboldened and that all changes the day that donald trump becomes president. >> reporter: both vice presidential nominees are expected to go to great lengths defending their running mates something that a professor feels could prove harder. >> given some of the controversy in the newspapers recently about trump's tax returns and other issues that he's raised regarding the past public lives of various public people in public lives, i think mike pence has a tougher job in terms of making up for some lost ground. >> reporter: pence also sought to make light of trump controversy last night. >> we c

i'm shepard smith live from longwood university in farmville, virginia. this is fox news special coverage of the vice presidential debate. tim kaine and mike pence will face off. tonight america is watching to see how it goes. this has been donald trump's most difficult week yet, after he blasted a former miss universe and called her out for gaining too much weight. "the new york times" published a tax return that