MY CO-ANCHOR SHEREE PAOLELLO
JOINS US LIVE FROM LONGWOOD
UNIVERSITY, IN FARMVILLE.
SHEREE, YOU TALKED WITH
UNDECIDED VOTERS TODAY, HOW
IMPORTANT IS THIS DEBATE IN
HELPING THEM MAKE UP THEIR
MINDS?
SHEREE: FOR SOME, REALLY
IMPORTAN
THIS IS NOT HEAVY ANTICIPATION
OR EXCITEMENT BACK IN 2008
BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND SARAH
PALIN.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY
SAY
THEY DO NOT LIKE THE TOP TICKET.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER
TWO SAYING COULD I PUT MY
, SUPPORT AND VOTE BEHIND THE
SECOND IN COMMAND.
THE SMALL FARM TOWN THAT
SURROUNDS LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY IS
PAINTED IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
BUSINESSES ARE DECKED OUT, AND
AMERICAN FLAGS HAVE TURNED INTO
HAIR ACCESSORIES AND COOL SHADES
.
PEOPLE ARE FILLED WITH AMERICAN
PRIDE.
JENNA O'MALLEY IS 18, ITS HER
FIRST ELECTION AND SHE ALREA
KNOWS TO HAVE HER VOTE.
AND HOMETOWN BOY VA, SENATOR TIM
KAINE, IS LOVED IN THIS TOWN
BUT MANY LONGTIME VOTERS I
TALKED WITH STILL DONT KNOW WHO
THEYRE GOING TO VOTE FOR IN 35
DAYS.
I'M ACTUALLY STILL UNDECIDED.
I HAVE NO IDEA I'M STILL SO
TORN.
SHEREE: ARE YOU DECIDED?
>> NO NOT YET.
SHEREE: WHICH IS WHY TONIGHTS
DEBATE BETWEEN SENATOR KAINE AND
INDIANA GOVNOR MIKE PENCE IS
MORE THAN JUST EXCITING FOR TH
SMALL TOWN OF 8000 PEOPLE.
IT COULD DECIDE WHO GOES RED AND
WHO GOES BLUE
ON NOVEMBER 8.
>> IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT THIS
TIME.
SHEREE:
THE HOPE FOR VOTERS IS
THAT WE GET BACK TO THE ISSUES
TONIGHT.
THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THINGS
THEY CARE ABOUT.
TH WANT TO GET AWAY FROM ALL
THE DISTRACTIONS THAT DOMINATE
THE HEADLINES.
SPEAKING ABOUT DISTRACTIONS, THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HAVE
BEEN UP TO THEM.
TODAY, DONALD TRUMP SPOKE AT A
ROUNDTABE WITH THE TOP ENERGY
EXECUTIVES IN THE COUNTRY.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS CURRENT
REGULATIONS ARE DAMAGING THE
COUNTRY'S ENERGY BUSINESS.
HE ALSO SAYS THERE'S A PLACE FOR
THE NATION'S MINING INDUSTRY IN
THE NATION'S ENERGY PLAS.
A DIRECT ATTACK ON THE EPA'S NEW
REGULATIONS THAT FORCED MANY
MINES AND COAL BURNING POWER
PLANTS TO SHUT DOWN.
RIGHT NOW, DONALD TRUMP IS
SPEAKING AT A RALLY IN PRESCOTT
VALLEY, ARIZONA.
TODAY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, IS
FOCUSED ON PENNSLYVANIA.
CRITICAL TO A WIN IN NOVEMBER.
SHE MADE TWO APPEARANCES THERE
TODAY, THE FIRST A VOTER
REGISTRATION RALLY WITH HER
DAUGHTER CHELSEA IN HAVERFORD,
PENNSLYVANIA, THE SECOND A RALLY
IN HARRISBURG.
MEANTIME HER HUSBAND, BI
CLINTON WAS IN OHIO, SOMETHING
-- STUMPING IN ATHENS AND
STEUBENVILLE TODAY.
BUT TONIGHT ITS ALL ABOUT THE
RUNNING MATES.
AND WHILE SOME ARE SAYING THIS
DEBATE COULD BE A SNOOZE FEST,
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAYS
YOU CAN EXPECT A QUOTE 'FIERY
PERFORMANCE' FROM MIKE PENCE.
HE WILL FIGHT TO DEFEND TRMP'S
CONTROVERSIAL WORDS AND TWEETS
AND WILL GO AFTER HILLARY
CLINTON.
WE CAN SEE ALL OF THAT.