Tonight, with just over a month to go until election day, the first and only meeting between

the two men who hope to become Vice President of the

United States. With the American South still reeling from a hurricane and war in the

Middle East boiling over, last night two guys walked into a television studio in New York and tried to prove

they were ready to be a heartbeat away from the US presidency. The stage is

said, governor,

senator, thank you for joining us.

Let's get started.

Tonight our country is facing several ones.

What followed, the first and only vice presidential debate of this election year was a strangely

congenial face off with a few bumps along the way.

Thank you senator for describing the legal process.

We have so much to get to, Senator.

Tim Walls, the Minnesota governor who rose to national prominence by calling Republicans

weird. He didn't use that word once. As for J.D. Vance, instead of talking

about childless cat ladies, he tried to come off as warm and understanding, even when pressed about issues like abortion.

I grew up in a working class family in a neighborhood where I knew a lot of young women who had unplanned pregnancies and decided to terminate those

pregnancies because they feel like they didn't have any other options.

And you know I one of them is actually very dear to me and I know she's watching

tonight and I love you and she told me something a couple years ago.

Usually in a VP debate the contenders have just one goal.

Don't mess things up.

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