NYMag, “What to Expect in the Vice Presidential Debate“:
How can I watch it?
The debate will air on all major networks and cable news channels. You can also stream the debate online via Facebook (with ABC News coverage), Twitter (with Bloomberg coverage), and YouTube (with coverage from PBS, Fox News, Telemundo, Bloomberg, NBC News, and the Washington Post). You’ll also find feeds on many websites, including C-SPAN, CNN, and Politico. Basically, it’ll be hard to avoid.Who’s moderating?
Elaine Quijano, a CBS News correspondent and anchor for CBSN, the network’s 24-hour streaming news service. Quijano, who is Filipino-American, will be the first Asian-American to moderate a general election debate. At 42, she’s also the youngest moderator since Judy Wodruff moderated in 1988 at 41.What’s the format?
According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the forum will be divided into nine segments. Each section will begin with a question from the moderator, and the candidates will each have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the rest of the time for “a deeper discussion of the topic.”…
The Guardian‘s invaluable liveblog is here.
Mike Pence broke the law by taking federal money for refugee resettlement and then refusing to accept Syrians. https://t.co/rDtXWl1pyf
— Ben Taub (@bentaub91) October 4, 2016
TRUMP: Now this: THIS is good.
PENCE: I'm getting flak for that.
TRUMP: Cruel, illegal & cowardly, but unlike you, NOT boring. Hit this hard https://t.co/z3a3wUXaNx— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) October 4, 2016
ETA:
After watching Hillary in the first debate, I'm hoping Tim Kaine debates like a girl. #ImWithHer
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) October 5, 2016
Kaine’s doing real good, with the first couple questions!