CBS News on Friday announced guidelines for the vice presidential debate it is internet hosting Tuesday evening between Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.
Notably, the network said that the candidates' microphones will not be muted, however clarified in a press release that it “reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones.”
This is a shift from the CNN presidential debate in June and the ABC News presidential debate held earlier this month, the place microphones have been muted until it was the candidate's flip to talk.
CBS News also said that Vance received a digital coin toss for the proper to decide on the order during which every candidate provides their closing assertion, and he determined to talk after Walz. (There will be no opening statements.)
Walz will be standing on stage left (the proper aspect of the display for viewers), and Vance on stage proper. Walz will additionally launched first, as a result of he's in the incumbent president's occasion.
Candidates can not have notes or props with them.
The debate, set to be held in New York City and moderated by CBS journalists Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, is scheduled to be 90 minutes lengthy and will be held with out a studio viewers, just like the debates hosted by CNN and ABC News.
Each candidate will have two minutes to reply a query, after which their opponent has two minutes to reply. Candidates then have one minute every for extra rebuttals, and CBS News stated that the moderators can select to provide the candidates one other minute to complete a subject.
The debate possible be the solely time the vice presidential candidates face off onstage and comes simply over a month earlier than the presidential election.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a marketing campaign cease at Laborfest, Sept. 2, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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Both candidates have been making ready for the pivotal occasion.
Vance's debate preparations have included periods at his Cincinnati house and on-line periods together with his group and with Jason Miller, a senior adviser on former President Donald Trump's marketing campaign, a supply informed ABC News. And the Ohio senator is popping to Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer to assist him in debate rehearsals by taking part in Walz, sources conversant in the plans informed ABC News.
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona, Sept. 5, 2024. | Vice President candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a rally at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 12, 2024.
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Walz, in the meantime, has held mock debates, sources informed ABC News, with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, in his private capability, appearing as a Vance stand-in, and held coverage periods together with his personal longtime aides, Biden White House alumni and members of the Harris-Walz marketing campaign group.
ABC News' Hannah Demissie and Isabella Murray contributed to this report.
