Debate coverage on CBS News 24/7 will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. MT. The debate will begin at 7 p.m. MT. with analysis from the NPR politics team afterwards. You can read more on CPR's 2024 Election coverage here.
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Vice presidential candidates Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off during their only debate in New York City tonight, hosted by CBS.
The VP debate comes after Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump squared off last month. It will likely be the final staged event between the Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz campaigns before Election Day. Harris has challenged Trump to another debate and has accepted an invitation from CNN for Oct. 23. Trump has declined the invitation.
Trump announced Vance as his running mate on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Harris chose Walz just weeks after she was chosen to replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.
Here's what to know:
CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell as well as "Face the Nation" moderator and CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan are moderating.
People can watch live coverage on CBS News 24/7 starting at 2 p.m. MT, ahead of the debate, which will run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. MT.
NPR will have a live blog and provide on-air analysis afterward.
The event will also air live on CBS, CBS News Streaming Network and Paramount+ and stream live without a cable login on CBSNews.com.
Here are the rules agreed upon by both campaigns:
- The debate will last 90 minutes
- There will be no audience
- Candidates will each take a stand behind podiums. This is notably different from recent vice presidential debates where the candidates have been seated.
- No prewritten notes
- Topics and questions will not be shared in advance
- Unlike the presidential debates, microphones will remain on but CBS News reserves the right to turn them off
- Each candidate will get two minutes to answer each question, then each candidate gets one minute for further rebuttals
- Candidates will have two minutes for closing statements
- Vance won a virtual coin toss and will go second with his closing statement
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