from wtvr cbs 6, anchor stephanie rochon. also joining us, the state director of aarp virginia, bill kallio. and from wcve-fm, vice president and general manager bill miller. thank you all for being with us this evening. it was determined by a coin toss that tim kaine will be the first to deliver his opening statement. mr. kaine, the floor is yours. >> thank you, bob, and good evening to all. it's great to be here with the league of women voters, aarp, those in the studio and especially those watching at home. i'm especially proud to be in the studio of my hometown public television station, wcve. i'm a huge public broadcasting fan. i think public broadcasting does great work and i pledge to not fire big bird and not to defund public broadcasting if i go to the u.s. senate. what i will do is work to accelerate the economy and add jobs using virginia lessons that i learned as mayor of this city and governor of stra. if we invest in talent, vest in infrastructure, level the playing field for small businesses, we'll grow the eco