? ? that is longwood university in virginia, the scene of the vice presidential debate last night. and abc's ali dukakis takes a look at the moments that are sure to get attention in the days ahead. good morning, ali. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. viewers expected a tamer tone were treated to a tumultuous debate, not unlike what we saw between hillary clinton and donald trump. the first meeting between the nominees' running mates were tim kaine and mike pence showed both ready for battle. the claws were out between have vice presidential picks tim kaine and mike pence tuesday night. >> i can't imagine how governor

insult-driven, selfish-me style donald trump. >> senator, you and hillary clinton would know a lot about an insult-driven campaign. >> reporter: engaging in an intense war of words so aggressive, it required the moderator's intervention. >> gentlemen, the people at home cannot understand either one of you when you speak over each other. i would please ask you to wait until the other is finished. >> reporter: constant interruptions and continuing campaign attacks. >> she had a clinton foundation accepting contributions from foreign governments. >> you are donald trump's supremist. let me -- >> senator, i think it's my time. >> kaine clearly aiming on taking down donald trump. >> donald trump can't start a twitter war with miss universe without shooting himself in the foot. he loves dictators. he's a personal mount rushmore. >> please, did you work on that one a long time. that had a lot of creative lines in it. >> i want to see if if you can defend any of it.

defend his bombastic running mate. >> used the tax code the way it's supposed to be used brilliantly. >> how do you know that? >> because he's created a business that's worth billions of dollars today. >> how do you know that? >> donald trump and i would never support legislation that punished women who made the heartbreaking choice to ends a pregnancy. >> why did donald trump say that? >> we just never would. >> why did he say that? >> look, he's not a polish politician like you and hillary clinton. >> reporter: pence proving less reactive to provocation than his running mate. >> ronald reagan said something interesting about nuclear proliferation back in the 1980s. he said the problem with nuclear proliferation is some fool or maniac could trigger a catastrophic event, and that's his running mate, who reagan warned us about. >> senator, senator, that is even beneath you and hillary clinton, and that's pretty --

supporters are knocking her running mate's performance, the interruptions did not serve the senator well. next up, round two for the presidential contenders who will face off in a town hall style debate forum hosted by martha raddatz days away this sunday. kendis, diane? >> thank you. coming up, actor ben stiller's recent health scare. >> the actor opens up about the controversial screening test that he says saves his life.

? ? ? >> what's the matter with you? >> such a good movie. >> such a great movie. it's twaed actually kind of hard to believe that ben stiller's "meet the parents" is now 16 years old. >> >> hard to believe. >> that's a long time. >> the actor, we don't see his serious side, but he's opening up with his battle with cancer two years ago and the controversial screening test he says saved his life. here's abc's david wright. >> i had prostate cancer a couple years ago. >> reporter: on the howard stern

your life when you get a diagnosis of cancer. you can't plan for a movie because you don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: saying his doctors caught cancer early because of a noninvasive blood test called the psa. >> it's a controversial subject the psa test. it's the only early screener for prostate cancer. >> so do you think everyone should get that psa the test in their 40s? >> i do personally. >> reporter: our own dr. rich doesn't endorse the test for good reason. >> the problem with the test is that it overdiagnoses prostate cancer. it picks up all kinds of things that never would have caused harm. >> reporter: stiller disagrees. >> i feel it saved my life. >> reporter: stiller had surgery two years and and is now cancer free, but the doctors say the danger of overscreening is you

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? ? ? what is that? >> a simulator? >> it's a video game of some sort. >> okay. all right. this morning, a generous college student, a patient bride, and one cute baby. >> here's two truths and a why. >> reporter: good morning, you two. we begin with basketball, an amazing shot that was anything but a free throw. in fact, $10,000 was on the line when kansas university's director of basketball

unbelievable half court shot. the winner of those $10,000? ku's sophomore jordan spears who says she's giving that $10,000 to her nana who raised her and her four siblings. she's the first in the family to graduate high school and first to attend college, and she gives all credit to her grandmother. an unbelievable shot there, and an unbelievable story from that family. congrats to that family. up next, good things come to those who wait. and that's why jewel's wedding was so incredibly special. the bride waited two years to get married so her father was healthy enough to walk her down the aisle after being badly burned in a welding accident. he was in the hospital for 51 suffered two strokes and two heart attacks, but after extensive rehabilitation was able to give his daughter away at her wedding just last month. jewel said her dad has always worked so hard in life, so no, it wasn't surprising to her that he worked so hard to see her as a bride. and, finally, i'd ask why, but looks like this little guy asked plenty of questions of his own already. 4-month-old danny is the star of a viral instagram account called

his most animated expressions caught the attention of sites like the "huffington post" and "daily mail." he has a big personality and elastic face that you see there he got from his dad. goes to show some people are born comedians. something tells me both of your mothers knows something about that, diane and kendis. >> oh? >> how did you see our baby photos? so halloween is coming up. >> i know. and we need your costume suggestions. we are even giving away a mug -- >> the new one. >> -- for whoever is the first to suggest a costume that we pick. #wnncostume on our twitter account, and we got some interesting ones. >> yeah, uh-huh. >> we got frankenberry and count chocula. >> temperament and stamina. >> how do we dress up as that?

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