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on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london: british prime minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britain s exit from the european union. division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. so we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. woodruff: we will take a closer loo ....
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london: british prime minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britain s exit from the european union. division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. so we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. woodruff: we will take a closer look at the implications of ma ....
i can. thank you very much. [applause]. thank you. thats with a great, thank you so much. and back tv on c-span 2 is live at the los angeles times festival of books, it s held on campus of university of southern california. it s been here for the last several years. prior to that held at ucla. it s currently in its 22nd year. now, we ve got a full day of coverage coming up in about a half hour is a panel on the republican party, hugh hewitt, the radio talk show host, cory fields who writes about black republicans and peggy grande who served as ronald reagan s executive assistant after he left the white house will be on the panel. that s in a half hour. here on the set on the campus we re joined by authority and professor michael eric dyson, the latest book tears we cannot stop. . doctor, why did you make this a sermon to white america. for america, you don t know i left crazy messages for peter flynn and loves me and he s a great man. i wanted to say that. i w ....
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 campaign s slide after donald trump s debate performance and a bad week of self-inflicted 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 re-election to be trump s 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 it s over, we re going to get immediate reaction from voters in cleveland. cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation, john dickerson, is in far ....
before between donald trump and hillary clinton. now, their lesser known v.p. picks mike pence and tim kaine face off in the most critical night of their political lives. our team is here, chuck todd, savannah guthrie, tom brokaw. traditionally the v.p. debates don t rock the vote. this is not a traditional campaign. this is not a traditional campaign. look, it s the big moment, right? a v.p. debate. road block coverage. these candidates are under a spotl before. that said if i asked everyone at this teenage to name a v.p. debate that changed the trajectory of any campaign we would all be silent and stumped because it isn t always a huge thing. i think both sides are going to be looking to land a punch. they re sitting around a table. first grade style. will they be able to really do that. i was otherwise occupied at the presidential debate. i hear your words were that was not a normal debate. will this be? well, if it s up to mike pence, yes, and that s the chall ....