woodruff: senator bentsen. bentsen: this late conversion is interesting to me. (laughter and applause) i must say, when they talk about boston harbor and he says he hasn't done anything, the facts are he has a $6-billion program under way on waste treatment. and it was this administration, their administration, that cut out the money early on to be able to clean up water, and made it impossible to move ahead at that time on boston harbor. we are the authors, the democratic party, of clean air, of clean water, of the superfund. i am one who played a very major role in passing the superfund legislation. and every environmental organization that i know, every major one, has now endorsed the dukakis-bentsen ticket. and i am one who has just received the environmental award in texas for the work i've done to clean up the bays, to clean up the water, off the coast of texas. no, i think we know well who's going to help clean up this environment. the record is there, the history is there. and dukakis and bentsen will be committed to that. woodruff: tom brokaw, a questio

bentsen voted against it. the very tool that has been used to bring the federal budget deficit down. we are going to need all of the tools possible to bring it down. we need the tools of a line item veto. 43 governors have that but not the president of the united states. the united states needs to have a line item veto. on requested and unnecessary's president put a line through that, send it back to the congress and let congress vote again. congress has got to help out when it comes to reducing this deficit. >> tom brokaw, last russian. sen. bentsen: i would like to ask you about your's let personality. you were running on a ticket with michael dukakis, a man opposed to the death and only, in favor of gun control, yet at the same time you're running for the united states senate in the state of texas where your position on many of those issues as well now and opposed to him. how do you explain to the people of texas had he can be a social conservative on this cutting issues and still run with michael dukakis o

bentsen? sen. bentsen, your closing statement. sen. bentsen: in just 34 days, america will elect new leadership for our country. it is a most important decision. because there is no more important job than governing this great country of our hands leading us into the future. michael dukakis and lloyd bentsen offer you experience, capable leadership to meet those challenges of the future. the opposition says lower your sites. mike dukakis in lloyd bentsen think america can do better. that america can't it just coast into the future clinging to the past. this race is too close. the competition is too tough. the stakes are too high. michael did caucus lloyd bentsen think america must move into that future united in a commitment to make this country of ours the most powerful, the most prosperous nation in the world. pastericans we honor our and we should. but our children are going to live in the future and mike dukakis does the best of america is yet to come. takingt will not happen care of our economy putting in on automatic pilot. not h

judy woodruff senator bentsen. :senator bentsen: this late conversion is interesting to me. [laughter] [applause] senator bentsen: i must say, when they talk about boston harbor and he says he hasn't done anything, the facts are he has a $6-billion program under way on waste treatment. and it was this administration, their administration, that cut out the money early on to be able to clean up water, and made it impossible to move ahead at that time on boston harbor. we are the authors, the democratic party, of clean air, of clean water, of the superfund. i am one who played a very major role in passing the superfund legislation. and every environmental organization that i know, every major one, has now endorsed the dukakis-bentsen ticket. and i am one who has just received the environmental award in texas for the work i've done to clean up the bays, to clean up the water, off the coast of texas. no, i think we know well who's going to help clean up this environment. the record is there, the history is there. and dukakis and bentsen will be committed to that. [applause] judy

dukakis-bentsen administration. ben quayle: to tell farmers not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans -- that is the kind of policy you will get under a dukakis administration. thet 8:00 p.m. eastern on presidency -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure no agency had entree to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the release of 2500 daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> leading up to tuesday's debate between senator tim kaine and governor mike pence, we look at past vice presidential debates, starting with the 1984 debate between george h.w. bush and geraldine ferraro. geraldine ferraro: you can walk around saying things are great -- that is what we are going to be hearing. i expect they expect the american

between dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. would be pushing very hard to open up those marks and send the for the american farmer and recapture those foreign markets and i think we can do it. >> to come in and tell our grow farms and soybeans, that is the kind of for policy you will get under the caucus administration. kissinger said he wanted to make sure that no agency had no particular entree to president-elect's and. controlsinger wanted to all of the president slow and did not want the agency to sell itself as a premier actor in the intelligence community. --with a recent relief historians at the next and havedential library

i picked lloyd bentsen. mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal to the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of the people that we will pick to serve in our administration. mr. shaw: to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for joining us this evening. governor dukakis, yours is the first closing statement, sir. gov. dukakis: 28 years ago, as a young man just graduated from law school, i came to this city, came clear across the country, to watch john kennedy be nominated for the presidency of the united states, right here in los angeles. i never dreamed that some day i would win that nomination and be my party's nominee for president. that's america. that's why i'm proud and grateful to be a citizen of this country. 26 days from today you and millions of americans will c

bentsen? sen. bentsen: i think to have spent art of my life seeing some of the struggles in one of the lowest per capita incomes in the united states and that is one of the reasons i worked so hard to assist on education. when i found the bankers in that area could not handle loans because some of the details and expense, cannot make a profit, i went down there and helped with a nonprofit organization to buy up those lines from them in and manage them and do it in a way in which they continue to make those loans. they have. they have educated more than 20,000 of those students learned out more than 100 dollars and it has not cost the taxpayers of this country one cent. that is why worked to bring better health care to people because what i have seen in the way of poverty in that area and the lack of medical attention and trying to see that is turned around. that is why i worked so hard on the welfare reform now. to break the cycle of poverty. for the chance to step up in life. >> we have now come t

. -- dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. here is a preview. >> i am surprised. i think i just heard is as ferrero say she would do away with all covert action, and if so, that is -- that has serious ramifications. this is serious business, and sometimes it is quite support for a friend, and i believe that there. but let me leave you with the difference, ms. ferraro, between iran and the embassy in lebanon. iran, we were held by a foreign government. had a wantonou terrorist action where the government opposed it. we went to lebanon to give peace a chance, to stop the bombing of citizens in a root, to remove thousands of terrorists from we sought ae did -- government of reconciliation. for somebody's to suggest that ,hese two men died in shame they gave peace a chance, and our allies were with us -- the british, french, and italians. let me just say, first of all, that i almost resent, vice president bush, your patronizing attitude, that you have to teach me about foreign policy. [applause] ms. ferraro: i have been a member o

was the senator lloyd bentsen in 1988 was the one of the most debate history. but senator dan quayle got the last laugh. he and george h.w. bush won the election. four years earlier, bush was on the receiving end, with congresswoman geraldine ferraro, the first woman to be a vice presidential candidate.di >> but let me help you with the difference, ms. ferraro, between iran and the embassy in lebanon. >> i almost resent, vice president bush, your patronizing attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy.t >> reporter: a big moment fory. her, but she and walter mondale lost. political science at george washington university, says a v.p. debate is unlikely to change the course of a campaign, and it's important for the candidates to know their place-- especially this year. >> tim kaine certainly does noti want to overshadow hillaryot clinton, even he could. on the other side, i just don't think there's anybody that could overshadow donald trump as the vice presidential nominee. >> reporter: there are some d other do's and don'ts. do smile and use first n

. >> the 1988 debate with senator dan quayle and texas senator lloyd bentsen. >> i have far more experience than many others that sought the office of vice president of this country. i have as much expense in the congress as jack kennedy did when he sought the presidency. >> senator, i served with jack kennedy. i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. [cheers and applause] >> and the 2008 vice presidential debate between delaware senator joe biden and alaska governor sarah palin. >> let's commit ourselves, everyday american people, i think we need to band together and say never again. >> the middle class needs relief, tax relief. they need help now. we will focus on change with barack obama. >> watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span and any time on c-span.org and listen anytime on the c-span radio app. >> each week, american history takesmerican artifacts you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. the moses myers house was owned by the first jewish family in norfolk, virginia, in the 19th century

quayle and lloyd bentsen. >> we would be pushing very hard to open up those markets and stand up for the american farmer and see that we recapture those foreign markets. i think we can do it. >> to tell our farmers not to grow corn or soybeans, that's the policy you will get and what i think the american farmer will rightly reject. kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had entrÉe to president next in. can -- control the intelligence flow. >> daily briefs of richard fiction -- nixon and gerald ford. these are the changes they have made to the daily brief. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> c-span is visiting pablo, colorado this weekend. we will visit the air museum in here about the contributions to world war ii. >> we are at the aircraft museum in tableau, colorado. this museum is located at what was the site of the world war ii army air base. ii,he opening of world war there was a tremendous need for training americans. to the bombing of pearl harbor, pueblo had been identified as a potential location for a training facility. 1941 thate in surveying began here i

morning on road to the white house, the 1988 vice presidential debate between dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. hard would be pushing very to open those markets to stand up for the american farmer. . think we could do it >> that is the kind of foreign policy he will get under the dukakis administration. announcer: at 8:00 -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and iron, one of the earlier steel producers. we are at the steelworks center of the west in pueblo, colorado. our mission of our organization is to interpret the history of the cf&i, colorado fuel and iron company, which was the american west's largest industrial leader. i

the republican ticket of george bush and dan quayle defeated democrats michael dukakis and lloyd bentsen in the general election, winning the popular vote 53-46. this debate from los angeles is about an hour and a half. bernard shaw: on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second presidential debate. i am bernard shaw of cnn, cable

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presidential debate between republican indiana senator dan quayle and democratic texas senator lloyd bentsene would be pushing very hard to open those markets and stand andor the american farmer see that we recapture those foreign markets. i think we can do it. >> to come in and tell our farmers not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of farm policy will get under a dukakis administration and one i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> and on the presidency. >> henry kissinger to make sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the cra at 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the library and museum discuss the changes president's have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american schedule, go to c-span.org. each week, american history brings youamerica" archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century

the republican ticket defeated democrats michael dukakis and lloyd bentsen winning the popular vote

the republican ticket of george bush and dan quayle defeated democrats michael dukakis and lloyd bentsen in the general election, winning the popular vote 53/46%.

i've never seen a vice presidential debate -- and i go way back to dan quayle and lloyd bentsen and allhat -- where the candidate didn't stand up for his running mate, for the presidential candidate. that's kind of your job. >> nia, jan, how about trump and clinton tonight? >> that was the lowest-rated vice presidential poll since 2000, just as the presidential debate was the highest-rated presidential poll. so, i think it's not the most significant. nobody made any big gaffes. as sam says, kaine came out of character to be the pit bull, but i think that reflects concern on the part of the clinton campaign that "we need to leave no stone unturned." >> trump/clinton tonight -- what do you think, nia? >> i think the tune-in will be pretty high. i don't think it will be as high as the first debate. the first debate was such a debacle, and people were really amazed. i think people will maybe continue to tune in as the debate goes on, if they look at their social media and hear, "oh, this is kind of interesting." but i think a lot of the hype is gonna start to wane. >> governor christie is t

presidential debate between republican indiana senator dan quayle and democratic texas senator lloyd bentsen. >> we would be pushing very hard to open those markets and stand up for the american farmer and see that we recaptured those foreign markets. i think we can do it. >> to come in and tell our farmers not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of farm policy you will get under a dukakis administrator and one that i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> at 8:00 eastern on the presidency. >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence float and he did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier after in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the c.i.a. of 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. weekend, we visit peirce mill.

[applause] bentsen jumped on dan quayle. dan quayle has had roughly the same amount of experience. 2 terms in the congress and senate. he founded the job training partnership act that says to american working men and women filled out of work for no fault of their own, that they will have jobs moving into a new competitive age. we need that kind of thing. he, unlike my opponent, is an expert in national defense, help amend the imf treaty so that we got a good sound treaty when these people were talking about a freeze. ifwe listened to then we would have never had a treaty. i have great confidence in him. it is turning around. the american people are fair. they don't like it when there is an unfair hunting of people. they want to judge it on the record itself. i am proud of my choice. i don't think age is the only criteria. i will tell you something -- i am proud that people 30 years old and 40 years old now have someone in their generation that is going to be vice president of the united states. i made a good selection. the a

[applause] bentsen jumped on dan quayle. dan quayle has had roughly the same amount of experience. 2 terms in the congress and senate. he founded the job training partnership act that says to american working men and women filled out of work for no fault of their own, that they will have jobs moving into a new competitive age. we need that kind of thing. he, unlike my opponent, is an expert in national defense, help amend the imf treaty so that we got a good sound treaty when these people were talking about a freeze. ifwe listened to then we would have never had a treaty. i have great confidence in him. it is turning around. the american people are fair. they don't like it when there is an unfair hunting of people. they want to judge it on the record itself. i am proud of my choice. i don't think age is the only criteria. i will tell you something -- i am proud that people 30 years old and 40 years old now have someone in their generation that is going to be vice president of the united states. i made a good selection. the a

-- vowed sunday morning at 10:00 a.m., the vice presidential debate between dan quayle and lloyd bentsenwould be pushing very hard to open up those marks and send the for the american farmer and recapture those foreign markets and i think we can do it. >> to come in and tell our grow farms and soybeans, that is the kind of for policy you will get under the caucus administration. kissinger said he wanted to make sure that no agency had no particular entree to president-elect's and. controlsinger wanted to all of the president slow and did not want the agency to sell itself as a premier actor in the intelligence community. --with a recent relief historians at the next and havedential library discussed the changes that the presence have made to the -- debriefs.de my name is mark cohen. i'm a master student at the university of albany. a trustee on the sunni board. i would like to see this campaign address higher education, mental health, student loan interest rates, and campus safety are critical more than ever. do to makeu going to sure not only are the issues addressed or that the student

would like to start with the topic of presidential leadership. 28 years ago tomorrow night, lloyd bentsen said the vice presidential debate was not about the qualifications for vice presidency, but how, if tragedy should occur, the vice president has to step in without margin for ever, 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 that equip you to step into that role at a moments notice? sen. kaine: it is so great to be back at longwood in farmville, virginia. this is a very special place. 65 years ago, a young, courageous woman, barbara johns, led a walkout at her high school. she made history by protesting school segregation should she believed our nation is stronger together and walkout led to the brown versus board of education decision that moved us toward equality. i am so proud to be running with another strong history making woman, hillary clinton, to be president of the united states. i'm proud of her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, n

. >> and then on road to the white house rewind, the debate between dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. >> we would be pushing hard to open up those markets and stand up for the american farmer, seeing that we recapture the foreign markets. i think we can do it. >> to come in and tell farmers not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the policy that you will get under their administration and the farmer will reject. eastern -- 00 >> kissinger wanted to make sure that no industry had entree to nixon. they wanted to control the intelligence flow and didn't want the agency trying to sell themselves as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release of 2500 daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the presidential library and museum discuss the changes that have been made to the daily briefs. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> what makes movies or stories and theople in crisis, crisis changes them or everybody else and if you do not show conflict or flaws, or somebody growing out of those flaws, you are seeing something you canno

one would be lloyd bentsen and dan quail in 1988 and the other would be joe biden and sarah palin eight ago. but usually there's a lower ketone to these vice presidential debates. they are two relative nice guys doing it so their main drama this time will be the way each of them tries to position the other by connecting them to their respective running mates. >> how do they do that? to quote you and others we've had on set, tease are two really nice guys, not the same controversial figures, not perhaps the same show we saw at hofstra. how do they thread the needle and get forth the policies they need to and not say something wrong? >> so i think for pence he has a little bit harder task. we'll start with him. his job will be to connect tim kaine not so much with the ethical issues the republicans are raising about hillary clinton but rather policy failures. he'll be saying, obamacare even bill clinton is saying it didn't work. the mess in syria. look at hillary clinton and her failed foreign policy. it will be a policy-type approach to make tim kaine defend her and i think that will be

but it bears remembering that despite that putdown, lloyd bentsen went back to the u.s. senate and dan quayle became vice president. >> hard to believe that was almost 30 years ago [chuckling] 1988. thank you, marc sandalow. that vice-presidential debate is at 6 p.m. tonight on kpix 5. thank you, marc. >>> time now 5:10. distracted driving is a bigger issue recently than ever before. how semi trucks are now being used in the fight against texting and driving. >> plus some local college students trying to get an uber when they were picked up by a strange man. who police are now looking for. >> from the kpix weather center, good morning, everybody. while the rain is drying up here, we are tracking landfall with hurricane matthew. the details straight ahead. >> and our only slow traffic of the morning is along the altamont pass. we do have some ace train delays. we'll tell you about those coming up next. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, girls over the weekend. >>> uc-davis police are looking for the man who pretended to be an uber driver and pick

morning on road to the white house, the 1988 vice presidential debate between dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. hard would be pushing very to open those markets to stand up for the american farmer. . think we could do it >> that is the kind of foreign policy he will get under the dukakis administration. announcer: at 8:00 -- >> henry kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and ironon

of course we lloyd bentsen and dan quayle. we remember some of sarah palin and joe biden.going to remember this? but you're absolutely right, julie, mike pence with a great debate can shift the narrative enough for the sunday debate. harris: tomorrow night catch it right here the battle for virginia on fnc for the cool kids. tune in all day for the best predebate coverage and analysis after the event as well. your night is made and pop your popcorn. alec baldwin made eagerly awaited premier with donald trump. can comedy shows like these have a real-life impact on the race? stay with us. >> he started the "birther" movement. >> you did. [laughter] >> he said climate change is a hoax, invented by china. >> it's pronounced. gina. attention! did you or anyone in your household work around asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, or equipment? if you or a loved one have an asbestos-related disease, you may have a right to vote on a plan to reorganize and pay claims in the garlock/coltec bankruptcy. garlock's and coltec's products were used in industrial and maritime settings, incl

kennedy, and drew a famous rebuke from democrat lloyd bentsen. >> jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you are no jack kennedy. (applause) >> reporter: then, there was 2000, when two experienced politicians and debaters met: democrat joe lieberman and republican dick cheney. >> reporter: while this year's debate participants were prepping today, their top-of- the-ticket running mates were out stumping. hillary clinton, not far from philadelphia, talked up her proposals to help families, and went after donald trump on the way he talks about women. >> think about it. my opponent insulted miss universe-- i mean how do you get more acclaimed than that? but it wasn't good enough. we need to laugh at it, we need to refute it, we need to ignore it and we need to stand up to it. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama was also campaigning for clinton again, this time in charlotte, north carolina. >> hillary clinton is tough. see, i've watched her. when she gets knocked down, she doesn't complain. she doesn't cry foul. no. she gets right back up. >> she complains about how i've used the

. >> the 1988 debate with dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. experiencear more the many others that sought office of press presidency in this country. i have as much experience in the congress as jack kennedy did when he sought the presidency. senator, i served and new jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. [applause] >> and the 2008 vice presidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin. , just's commit ourselves every day, american people, hockey moms across the nation, we need to band together and say never again. >> the middle class needs tax relief, they need help now, and the focus will change with barack obama. >> watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and any time at www.c-span.org and listen at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the c-span radio app. >> hillary clinton announced her plan to create a national service reserve during a campaign rally yesterday in fort pierce, florida. she also outlined plans to increase participation in americorps and the peace corps. this is about 45 minutes. [cheering] [a

the 1988 vice presidential quayle andeen dan lloyd bentsen. >> we would be pushing very hard to open up those markets and stand up for the american farmer and see that we recapture those foreign markets. i think we can do it. >> to tell our farmers not to grow corn or soybeans, that's the policy you will get and what i think the american farmer will rightly reject. kissinger wanted to make sure that no agency had entrÉe to president next in. can -- control the intelligence flow. >>

bush that is followed by the 1988 debate between senators dan quayle and lloyd bentsen. and later, the debate between senator joe biden and governor sarah palin from 2008. in 1984, new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro became the first woman to participate in a presidential campaign debate. that debate with george h.w. bush took place in philadelphia and was sponsored by the league of women voters. it is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> good evening, good evening from the civic center in philadelphia, pennsylvania. i'm dorothy ridings, president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of tonight's vice presidential debate between republican george bush and democrat geraldine ferraro. our panelists for tonight's debate are john mashek, national correspondent for u.s. news & world report, jack white, correspondent for time magazine, norma quarrels, correspondent for nbc news, and robert boyd, washington bureau chief for knight ridder newspapers. politicalocur, senior correspondent, is the moderator. sander vanocur: a few words about the order of the format tonig

i would like to start with the topic of presidential leadership. 28 years ago, lloyd bentsen said the vice presidential debate was not about the qualifications for the vice presidency but about how a vice president has to step in without any margin for air takeut -- error to responsibility for the biggest job in the world. what about your quality, skills, and temperament that equip you to step into that role? mr. kaine: thank you for being here tonight and governor pence, welcome. it's so great to be back at longwood university. this is a very special place. 65 years ago, a young, courageous woman, barbara johns, led a walkout of her high school and made history by protesting school segregation. she believed our nation was a stronger together and that walkout led to the brown versus board of education decision that moved us down the path for equality. i am so proud to be running with another strong history making woman, hillary clinton. i'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, being safe in the world not only with the strong military a

quayledebate between dan and lloyd bentsen. >> we would be pushing very hard to open up those markets and stand up for the american farmer and see that we recapture those foreign markets. >> come in and tell our farmers not to grow corn, not to grow soybeans, that is the kind of policy you will get under the dukakis administration and what i think the american farmer will rightfully reject. >> henry kissinger, as he said, one to make sure no agency had particular entree to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the cia and some 2500 presidential daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and use and discuss changes president made to the daily brief. for a complete american history tv schedule, go to .ww.c-span.org >> a weekend long, we are joining cable partners to showcase the history of pueblo, colorado. to learn more about the six -- the cities on our tour, visi

would like to start with the topic of presidential leadership. 28 years ago, tomorrow night, lloyd bentsen said, the vice presidential debate was not vice presidency 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 equip you to step into that role at a moment's notice? senator kaine? >> elaine, thank you for being here tonight, and governor pence, welcome, it is so great to be back at longwood virginia. this is a very special place. 65 years ago, a young, courageous woman, barbara johns, led a walk-out of her high school. she made history by protesting school segregation. she believed our nation was stronger together. and that walkout 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 woman, hillary clinton, to be president of the united states. i'm proud because her vision