Thats a sharp contrast with donald trump. Donald trump always puts himself first. He built a Business Career in the words of one of his own Campaign Staffers off the backs of the little guy. And as a candidate, he started his campaign with a speech where he called mexicans rapist and criminals, and he has pursued the discredited and really outrageous lie that president obama wasnt born in the United States. It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an africanamerican could not be a citizen of the United States. And i cant imagine how governor pence can defend the insultdriven, selfish me for donald trump. Governor pence, let me ask you. You have said donald trump is quote, thoughtful, compassionate and steady. Yet 67 of voters feel he is a risky choice. And 625 feel he does not have the right kind of temperament to be president. Why do so Many Americans think mr. Trump is simply too erratic . Well, let me say first and foremost that senator, you and Hi
Skill of your candidate. Say like oh, my guy has never done this before and the other guy, hes really, really good. You havent seen them gaming expectations between the two of them. And we just heard about carol pence being on the debate time in high school and very confident in this. We havent seen those games and i think the expectations are very high. Someone pointed out kaine has been down, no scheduled events for what, five days . These are both preparers, both students and serious guys . Right, and the washington lawyer you know is out there playing the opposite number to him. Playing pence to him. So he will be very prepared. I do think the question is what will be the advantage of each candidate. I think its to go after Hillary Clinton not to go of the trump. He will score, on the other hand, i think that kaine is not comfortable going after Hillary Clinton trump, so i think hes going to play defense. I expect the offense is going to come from pence tonight and surprise everybo
Commander in chief scares us to death. Donald trump is committed to restoring the borders of the nation. On the economy, there is a fundamental choice for the electorate. Do you want a youre hired president in Hillary Clinton or youre fired president in donald trump . I dont think thats such a hard choice. Under the past administration that Hillary Clinton was apart, we almost doubled the national debt. Hillary clinton and tim kaine want to build on obama care. I come from a state that works. I finished my term with 2 billion in the bank. Thats a little different than when senator kaine was governor here in virginia. To beat terrorism, there is one person that can do it. Thats Hillary Clinton. She worked a tough negotiation with nations around the world to eliminate the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program without firing a shot. America is less safe today than it was the day that barack obama became president of the United States. Absolutely inarguable. It is a combination of factors, but m
Then ill ask followup questions to facilitate a discussion between the candidates. By coin toss, its been determined that senator kaine will be first to answer the opening question. We have an enthusiastic audience tonight. Theyve agreed to only express that enthusiasm once at the end of the debate and right now, as we welcome governor mike pence and senator tim kaine. [ cheers and applause ] good to be with you. Good to be with you too. Its an honor. Thank you. Gentleman, welcome. It truly is a privilege to be with both of you tonight. Id like to start with the topic of president ial leadership. 28 years ago, tomorrow night, Lloyd Bentsen said the Vice President ial debate was not about the qualifications for the Vice President but about how if tragedy should occur the Vice President has to step in without any margin for error, without time for preparation, to take over the responsibility for the biggest job in the world. What about your qualities, your skills, and your temperament eq
Intense grilling of the fbi director today. Were going to break why did he never say anything about the investigation into the were going to break that all down for you. It looked like it was on the brink of collapse yesterday, 24 hours later, a very different story right now u for that republican obamacare replacement plan. Word that there could even be a vote tonight. Rounding out our agenda, obamas big announcement. Although we had a formal bidding process to determine where the president ial library was going to be, the fact of the matter was it had to be right here on the south side of chicago. Former president announcing hes going to be cutting a very big check today. We will tell you what that money will go to. A lot still ahead this hour. Plus, we are watching on your screen right now, live, that is the scene on the house floor or roll call vote being held as we speak on that spending bill. This would keep the government funded through september. This would avoid a government s