captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: senator kaine, thanks so much for being here. >> absolutely. >> stephen: it's so exciting to have a potential veep on. >> i'm a i never miss an episode of-- (whispering) >> the "late show." >> -- the "late show!" with -- (whispering) >> stephen colbert. >> -- stephen colbert. >> stephen: thanks! have you met my other guest, the great tony hale from hbo? >> yes, i love his show-- ( inaudible ) >> ah. it's "the late show" with stephen colbert. tonight, stephen welcomes tim kaine, mark strassmann, tony hale and car seat headrest. from new york city, it's stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) ? >> stephen: hey! thanks, everybody! whoo! what's going on? (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) #. >> stephen: hey, thank you so much! thank you so much! what's up? good to see you. welcome to the "late show." i'm stephen colbert. can you feel the electricity in the air? can't you? (cheers and applause) we're making the turn into the general election right now and the first debates are just a few weeks monday, september 26. trump vs. clinton. this t

hillary clinton and tim kaine. this is the final stop in their bus tour. it's 40 minutes. ♪ mr. kaine: hello, columbus. wow. man. we have had an intense week and we roll up here tired as could be, and you just gave us a shot of energy. mr. kaine: this is so cool. this is so cool. mr. kaine: hey, let me do a ouple thank you's. i want to thank roger peters, proud vietnam vet. i think one thing we showed this week in philadelphia is what a patriotic, upbeat, optimistic, pro-america party we are in the democratic party. mr. kaine: and you guys show us the great beauty of our country. was in philadelphia so different from that dark, twisted convention that the republicans put on the week efore? mr. kaine: i know we have the mayor and congressman strickland will be a fantastic senator. give them a round of pplause. mr. kaine: i really mean that, what we said about philadelphia. we felt the hospitality there was great, that the spirit of our democratic family was great, and it was such a contrast with the kind of dark, twisted vision that donald trump said is america, but really it is just a

have to rebrand ago more center monday vice presidential candidate time kaine made a stop in las vegas... and said something very similiar. kaine agrees the trump camp is trying to rebrand their candidate. (sen. tim kaine/(d) vice presidential nominee) "donald trump is trying hard to reboot his campaign right now. the third or fourth time he's brought in a new campaign team. he's trying to present himself now as somebody different than the man we've seen and heard from for over a year." nats cheering trump also canceleld events in colorado... denver... and oregon. this week trump was set to focus on immigration. border believe me the trump campaign didnt say why fridays event at southpoint was canceled... but peplowski says trump needs to make his move on the silver state... and fast. the latest polls say trump trails hillary clinton in nevada by 2 percent. mark peplowski professor of political science csn- in almost all of the close elections nevada has been a key component of the winner trumps going to have a tough time winning this state peplowski says in the next 86 days befo

the map that as seen virginia be a swing state in pass cycles. the selection of tim kaine is helpful based on geography which is not always the modern calculation of a running mate and then perhaps most importantly, on all issues he described himself as being someone who could brag about her when she might be uncomfortable talking about some of her own strengths and attributes and he can be an advocate in ways others cannot including herself on matters like trustworthiness where she's been dragging in polling on those specific points. tim kaine can be a partner on those. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you so much for that. i want to bring in former senate aide to hillary clinton and we also have a former adviser to senator john mccain. as you look at the headline today, it's got to be the polls. we look at the swing states and national polls. they're widening. they reinforce. they echo, they mirror what we've seen and on top of those numbers, the list of controversies that have risen over the last five, six, seven days i won't read them all but the khan family and questions about

>> the next vice president, my friend senator tim kaine. >> the next vice president of the united states, governor mike pence. john: mike pence and tim kaine will soon be a heartbeat away from the presidency. who are these people? and are they our only choice? fortunately not, there is the libertarian option. though the media rarely acknowledges that. how important is a vice president? all these became president. >> dick cheney was what some call a shadow president. john: other vice presidents don't do much. but even if they don't do much, the vp is a heartbeat away. so who are these men? that's our show tonight. [applause] john: all the coverage this campaign season focused on donald versus hillary. as it should. they are the presidential candidates. and trump is entertaining. and hillary, her scandals are entertaining. but the vice presidential candidates, they are mostly boring. i have been rinsing to speeches by pence and kaine. these two are unusually dull. what does a vice president do anyway? fdr's vice president said the job is not worth a bucket of warm spit. we'll do a f

in new hampshire. tim kaine wasting no time this afternoon going after donald trump and what kaine calls trump's vision for america. senator kaine: if you watch the other convention in cleveland, it was something different. it was doom and gloom and name america first. people told me that was a dark vision of america. i said that was no america. i said that was a guided tour through the mind of donald j. trump, a very frightening place to be. reid: kaine speaking at st. anselm college in manchester. earlier he stopped at a restaurant in concord accompanied by new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen. more from the vice presidential candidate coming up at 5:30. the republican vice-presidential candidate is also making plans to visit the granite state. mike pence will be at an event in manchester on thursday night. today he is in his home state of indiana, where he stopped for a burger and to shake hands in his native columbus. donald trump will be on the campaign trail in new england it will get underway starting at 7:30. diane: new at 5:00 two salem men , are facing a slew of drug char

. ((dave courvoisier)) >>> a busy week politically as virginia senator tim kaine made two stops in las vegas to talk jobs and the economy. this comes just a few days ahead of a northern nevada stop for hillary clinton... and a lake tahoe fundraiser for donald trump. political reporter patrick walker is live in the newsroom with more. ((patrick walker)) >> dave... today kaine focused on contrasting donald trump and hillary clinton over economic issues. it's something the businessman considers his strength. kaine laid out his running mate's five point plan to grow the economy. infrastructure projects... education reforms like free college tuition... and what he called "basic fairness" -- things like giving tax credits to businesses who share profits with employees. he also called for paid family leave and equal pay for equal work. to pay for it... the campaign plans on tax increases for big businesses and the wealthiest americans. kaine says that's a formula that will lead to job creation.: ((sen. tim kaine/(d) vice presidential candidate: "hillary clinton will be a 'you're hired' pr

donald trump on those subjects. >> kaine told members of the plumbers and pipefitters union that donald trump is anti-union and believes wages are too high. that led to the vice presidential candidate saying hillary clinton is the candidate who would strengthen the economy through infrastructure investments... immigration reform and reforms kaine said those initiatives are missing from donald trump's plan... and criticised the republican candidate for what he called a bleak picture of the country.: ((sen. tim kaine/(d) vice presidential candidate: "the republican convention was dark and gloomy and 'blame america first,' (boos) looked like gotham city 5 or something like that, and people say 'wow, that's a disturbing picture of america,' i said that is not a picture of america, that is guided tour through donald j. trump's mind and that's a very scary place to be.")) ((patrick walker)) >> trump was scheduled to campaign in las vegas friday... but his cai at southpoint was cancelled for unspecified reasons. nevada gop chairman michael mcdonald confirmed to me this afternoon... however...

in asheville tim kaine called north carolina really, really important. >> what the vice president am candidate had -- vice- presidential had to say about the economy. z23aoz zi0z >>> an idea that came out of the blue is aimed at showing love to the men and women who wear the blue. >> restaurants are stepping up to feed the force. an owner came up with the idea to provide meals to uniformed officers over labor day weekend. a facebook page is attracting more and more local restaurants positive attention to our local police officers by providing them with a free meal to any uniformed officer that comes in on those two days and in here or any of the other participating restaurants. >> o'malleys will also be selling t shirts donated by local printer. 100% of the proceeds will go to the program that provides any family who lost someone in the line for more information visit power website, wncn.com. >>> a wake county school board is meeting to finalize their budget. coming up next, a live report from the meeting on the changes coming this school year. >> and we've got another day of extr

from the plumbers and pipe fitters training center near lamb boulevard. we saw a visit from tim kaine today. >> reporter: good evening. tim kaine at the building behind me. wanted to make sure the working firmly in the clinton camp. that's because donald trump says he is the friend of the working guy. he will send jobs overseas, right, herb? >> i don't believe trump at all. he flip-flops too much. >> as far as unions, i wasn't haven't him come our way. >> reporter: he's here at the union training center who had one message for this crowd and their friends. >> this thing is real simple. do you want a president? that's what this comes down to. >> reporter: tim kaine says hillary clinton will get thousands of jobs. this man remembers another clinton in the white house. >> her husband did it already once and i think her and her husband are on the same pathway. he did good for us then. now. >> reporter: kaine is here because nevada is a tossup. it's tight here. >> nevada is really, really important. >> reporter: this man brought his son to watch democracy in action. justin's 10. >> i think

, hillary clinton's running mate virginia senator and loose-fit khakis model, tim kaine was there. the thrilla who's vanilla! now, see if you can guess which demographic they're hoping tim kaine will attract. ( speaking spanish ) >> stephen: they're pushing this spanish thing so hard that tonight they introduced him by breaking him out of a pinata. ( laughter ) ( applause ) finally, finally-- and finally, the moment we all were waiting for, president barack obama who- - gave a great speech. did you see it? amazing speech. the guy knows how to talk. he reminisced about his time in office. >> you fell for my brilliant wife and partner michelle. ( cheers ) who somehow has not aged a day. ( cheers ) i know. the same cannot be said for me. >> stephen: it's true. he has aged. jimmy, can we see a photo of him in 2008? there you go. and now in 2016? yikes! oh! that's without the makeup. that's without the makeup. you didn't see that? you have to see him without his makeup. that's what he looks like. he wasted no time building up hillary clinton's credentials. >> you know, nothing truly prepare

feel for those people there and what they're dealing with this morning. >>> tim kaine is launching a bold new line of attack against donald trump linking the gop nominee to the values of the kkk, watch. >>> hey, good morning, victor and christi, donald trump advisers always seem to invite a little controversy. this time, trump's campaign chief is in the headlines. >> reporter: trump's campaign chief steve bannon is drawing fire. >> latest shake-up was designed to, quote, let trump be trump. to do that, he hired steven bannon the head of a right wing website called breitbart.com. >> reporter: now bannon was charged with domestic violence stemming from a 1996 incident involving his then wife. according to documents obtained by cnn an argument over money allegedly got physical an bannon's then wife said she wanted a divorce. it wrote she appeared as if she was upset and had been crying. i saw her eyes were red and watery. she first said, oh, thank you, you are here. the report says she fought back, got away from bannon and dialed 911. neither a trump campaign spokesperson or bannon re

support in connecticut... while tim kaine did most of the campaiging this weekend for the democrats. brian webb brings us to speed as both camps took jabs at one nats "lock her up" with supporters in fairfield in fairfield connecticut chanting "lock her up", donald trump blasted his rival, chanting "lock her up", donald trump blasted his rival, democratic nominee, hillary clinton on saturady night ( sot donald trump / republican presidential candidate ) "she is going to raise your taxes and put more regulations for your businesses which is going to put everybody out of work.." a republican presidential candidate hasn't won connecticut writing off the state. ( sot donald trump / republican presidential candidate ) "we're making a big move for connecticut" trump says, in november, he can win states that have gone to democrats in recent elections including pennsylvania. friday trump warned the election could be rigged and now his campaign is recruiting "trump election observers"- (sot - trump fri) "the only way we can lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheatin

. until then, we will hear from hillary clinton's vice presidential running mate, tim kaine. at thee national urban league conference. ♪ >> let me ask you to proceed to your seats. thank you very much. give your selves a big round of applause. [applause] let me offer a few important thoughts. it has been their tradition of -- the tradition of the national urban league as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization to extend invitations to the candidates of the two major political parties in the united states to be a part of our presidential planning which is taking place every year at her annual -- our annual conference. i think it will be helpful for , going all recall the way back to 2003, the year before the 2004 election, the national early posted a presidential primary event at which a number of -- the national urban league hosted a presidential primary event at which a number of democratic candidates and even incumbent president george bush attended and participated. in 2004, when the nominees were john kerry and george w. bush, both of them joined us in detroit, michigan and address

clinton's running mate, tim kaine linked donald trump to the values of a white supremacist group. >> donald trump is their candidate. because donald trump is pushing their values. ku klux klan values, david duke values, donald trump values are not american values. >> kaine holding a rally this hour, we'll monitor his speech and report any developments from there. diane gallagher joining us now. any indication how this tone on race is resonating? >> sort of depends on who you ask. both candidates are playing in it at the moment, you know, tim kaine, obviously embracing the kind of attack dog persona that many raining mates do. amplifying sort of the tactic that the clinton campaign has been embracing, since earlier this week when hillary clinton gave that speech saying that donald trump's campaign is built on prejudice. the rnc as you've said attacked immediately saying this was not okay. sean spicer, the spokesman, saying that democrats who don't denounce kaine's comments are complicit. the trump denying any thing with the kkk and the clinton campaign is doing this to distract do

. >>> hillary clinton's running mate tim kaine made a push for pennsylvania voters for a second day in a row. nbc 10's lauren mayk joins us live. what was kaine's message today? >> reporter: he told voters that this is a job interview with them. an interview to be president. and he argued that donald trump's work is incomplete. tim kaine taking aim at republican nominee donald trump. as he warned clinton supporters not to stop working in pennsylvania. >> it's going to be a tough, tough election. >> reporter: here in the lehigh valley, he slammed trump for not releasing his tax returns, questioned his business dealings and relationship with russia. >> we're entitled to get the information to get to the bottom of this cozy bromance with donald trump and vladimir putin. >> reporter: trump supporters stood outside with their own message. >> hillary clinton is the most corrupt presidential nominee in u.s. history. >> reporter: as kaine rallied pennsylvania supporters here, trump headed for mexico. >> is that something that you would like to see hillary clinton or tim kaine do as well? >>

minutes. nobody was injured. >>> democratic vice president candidate, tim kaine, made a visit to the lehigh valley today and spoke to 700 people at the hanover township community center in bethlehem. walter perez was there and joins us live with all the details. >> reporter: hi rick, analysts say that winning pennsylvania is critical to winning the white house that is why both camps are campaigning and advertising so much in this region. >> tim kaine's trip to the region began with a stop at the hispanic center in the lehigh valley in bethlehem and spoke in front of 200 p.m. at a rally at the hanover township community center. he said donald trump has not been trance parents including his financial dealings and ties to foreign governments. and accusations of hillary clinton being in poor health are false. >> i just got added to this ticket and i can't keep up with hillary clinton, she is a tough, strong and healthy leader. >> kaine said that voters should be outs raged that donald trump has yet to release his tax information. >> he know he is not involved in hundreds of lawsuits

breaking news. >>> breaking news, democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine accuses donald trump of pushing the k.k.k. values of while sue premist supporters and that trump's values are not american values. kaine says trump is the main person behind the attack of president obama not being born in the u.s. it is reviving hillary clinton's 1980 speech about super pr predators. >>> donald trump zigzags on immigration. mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, trump recently backed off. now he backtracked saying those in the u.s. legally must lead and now he intends to start by deporting millions of "bad dudes." >>> a top army general will those his post and much of his pension after his secret life as a swinger is laid bear. could it have compromised u.s. security? i'll also speak with jack kingston. our correspondents, analysts, and guests have full coverage of the top stories. we start with donald trump and his twists and turns on immigration. it seems like trump is now back where he started on the issue. >> that is right he is preparing to give a big speech to give clarity to

kaine is expected to talk to adread of 300 this afternoon at 2:00. i had a chance to go around and see how things are going right now. security is tight here in the patrolling the parking lot. the secret service sweeping the inside of the building. tim kaine was in asheville last night. he talked about bringing new jobs to north american and urged voters not to trust donald trump. it will be interesting to hear what he has to say what a hillary clinton administration would mean to the military. andy wall is a teacher. he has education on his mind. >> i think where his priorities are are similar to where my priors are and my family's priors are. he is a man of service. his life has been a life of service. that's what i look for in somebody i would want to be my vice president. >> reporter: tim kaine tried to use his spanish to appeal to the hatted know win the military community over to the hillary clinton camp. >>> local election officials are scrambling to decide what to do about early voting now that a federal appeals court struck down the state's election issues. we'll have 17 days

presidential nominee tim kaine addressed the national urban league covers in baltimore today. he was introduced by the late president and ceo mark l'oreal and said donald trump decided not to attend the conference. this is about 45 minutes. >> let me ask you to proceed to your seats. thank you very much. give yourself a big round of applause. [applause] good morning. prepare fors, as we our presidential pottery -- event, let me offer a few important thoughts. ofhas been their tradition the national urban league as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization to extend ofitations to the candidates the two major political parties in the united states to be a part of our presidential planning which is taking place every year at her annual conference. i think it will be held for everyone to recall certainly that going all the way back to 2003, the year before the 2004 election, the national early presidential primary event at which a number of democratic candidates and even incumbent president george bush attended and participated. 2004, when the nominees were john kerry and george w. bush, both

candidate tim kaine in tallahassee, florida. 'll have that for you live here on c-span. ere on c-span. that event with senator tim kaine just getting underway. we'll take you there live to tallahassee, florida, live now. >> it's women's equality day because on august 26, 1920, the federal government certified that enough states had ratified the 19th amendment to the constitution giving women the right to vote and 96 years later, we're about to make the first woman president of the united states. that's what's so very exciting for me to be on the ticket. i'll just say, when hillary asked me about a month ago, i was so proud to work with somebody, president obama said this about her at the convention, that she would be the most qualified individual to be a nominee of a major party in the history of this party and i am proud to be a partner with hillary clinton like a lot of strong men in this country, my political career has been built on a foundation of support from strong women like my wife, campaign managers, cabinet secretaries, the agency heads, voters, donors, volunteers, and now

clinton right now, 40% are picking trump. >>> vice presidential candidate tim kaine is in lancaster right now, about to take the stage any minute. and nbc 10's lauren mayk has been talking to voters today. she's joining us live from there. lauren? >> reporter: jim and jacqueline, we're inside the gym at the boys and girls club here in lancaster. let me show you what's happening right now. we're waiting for tim kaine to take the stage. hillary clinton's running mate has been ramping up attacks on donald trump as he makes his first swing across pennsylvania. tim kaine making a stop in lancaster county. the democratic vice presidential nominee trying to make inroads in a traditionally republican county. but in a year that has an untraditional republican candidate. >> we have two candidates that are out there that not sure they're the best for the country. >> reporter: a race that has also gotten nasty, with more than two months to go. how are you feeling about some of the rhetoric and language being used? >> the worst campaign i've ever seen. >> on both sides? >> yeah, on both sides. >

stop. democratic vice- presidential nominee tim-kaine stopping in fayetteville this afternoon-- for a rally. nearly 300 people showed up at the cape fear 'botanical gardens' to hear kaine speak. the virginia senator trying to sell voters on focused in on how it relates to all those military families, linked to fort bragg. kaine made the case... there needs to be better 'job' training for service members-- once they transition into 'civilian' life. while kaine was in fayetteville-- his wife was in raleigh... 'anne - holton' talked to clinton campaign organizers and volunteers at the field office on east millbrook road. she thanked all of the workers... and discussed clinton and kaine's agenda for tax fairness. also in vote 20- 16... "donald - trump"... battleground north carolina. the charlotte observer reporting... trump will hold a rally in 'charlotte'.. 'thursday' night... and a fundraiser at trump national golf club near 'mooresville'. trump will get his first classified 'intelligence briefing', tomorrow.. in new york. he plans to take new jersey governor chris christie.. and lie

exclusiva con univisiÓn, kaine le llama idiota y payaso a donald trump. menos responde la pregunta de si hillary clinton y él de portarÍa a niÑos indocumentados. hillary clinton respondiÓ cosas en este que como secretaria de estado dio acceso especial a ver antes de la fundaciÓn clinton. indignación y horror causa la violaciÓn y mutilaciÓn de una niÑa de nuevo mÉxico un dÍa antes de cumplir 10 aÑos. su madre y un hispano son sospechosos. los niÑos que viajaban sÓlo desde repÚblica dominicana aterrizaron en aeropuertos equivocados con los documentos del otro. ♪ locutor: Éste es su noticiero univisiÓn con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. ♪ jorge: buenas noches. comenzamos con entrevista exclusiva con el candidato a la vicepresidencia por el partido demÓcrata tim kaine habló con nosotros en espaÑol y llamo idiota y payaso a donald trump. el senador dijo que no cree que donald trump estÉ cambiando su polÍtica migratoria y reafirmÓ su compromiso de no deportar niÑos ni inmigrantes sin antecedentes penales. tim kaine: yo dije que sus acciones son acciones de u

hurling claims of bigotry and racism at each other. tim kaine assuming the role of attack dog at a rally in tallahassee, florida, earlier, speaking at a historically black university. kaine telling supporters that donald trump embraces the ku klux klan values. >> he has supporters like david duke. connected with the ku klux klan who are going around and saying donald trump is their candidate because donald trump is pushing their values. ku klux klan values, david duke values, donald trump values, are not american values. they're not our values and we've got to do all we can to fight to push back and win. >> rnc chair reince priebus fighting back saying tim kaine sunk to new lows with dirty and deplorable attacks which have no place in this campaign. kaine is meeting with officials in pembroke pines, florida, and we'll keep an eye to see if he continues with this dialogue. this as hillary clinton is at the fbi office in white plains, new york, for her first classified national security briefing. and we're also learning new details surrounding that clean bill of health from donald tr

manaforte. >> kaine is saying trump is being too secretive for his finances, foreign ties, taxes and even his health. he speak in erie today. he said the republican nominee has utterly failed to answer basic questions about his finances and background. nbc 10's lauren mayk joins us from lancaster, where kaine holds a rally later tonight. lauren? >> reporter: jacqueline, this is not a county where democrats running for president have had a lot of success. but this is where democrat tim kaine is spending his time today. the campaign says that they believe there are voters here, in particular college educated voters, possibly republicans they can appeal to. it is a strategy similar to the one they're using in the philadelphia suburbs. on the ground in lancaster, volunteers and supporters await democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine. >> i was very surprised when they said he was coming. >> reporter: kathleen said she thought maybe they would get a visit later in the campaign. but kaine's first solo swing through pennsylvania includes a stop in lancaster. do you think having him here m

, home to the democratic presidential nominee, tim kaine. trump already taking some heat from a comment there about a gift from a veteran. here's what he said. >> something very nice just happened to me. a man came up to me and he handed me his purple heart. now, i said to him, i said to him, is that like the real one or is that a copy? and he said that's my real purple heart. i have such confidence in you. and i said, man, that's like -- that's like big stuff. i always wanted to get the purple heart. this was much easier. >> trump also going after hillary clinton, saying when it comes to her involvement with russia, she looks totally lost. listen. >> she wants to play the tough one? she's not tough. she's not tough. i know tough people. she's not tough. i mean she's just doing -- she's doing the handlers, they push her from place to place. that's all it is. you saw her speech the other night. i mean they talk about presidential. do you think she looks presidential? i don't think so. i don't think so. >> we have live fox team coverage. mike emanuel is standing by with the latest

democratic heavy hitters and tim kaine came together in a mission. in a mission to defeat the racist donald trump. >> think about everything you learned as a child. no matter where you were raised. how can there be pleasure in saying, you're fired. >> he's trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. give me a break. that's a bunch of malarkey. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: wow. wow. joe biden losing his cool and dropping the "m" bomb. and at the same time making the c-span viewers clutch their pearls. joe, you bad boy. actually for that joke i wanted to say pearl necklace. my writer told me in america a pearl necklace in america means -- you people are disgusting. that's all i will say. you're disgusting. i will say, i haven't seen joe biden this angry. it's like seeing your grandpa angry for the first time. i told you not to buy me a japanese lawn moor, malarkey! joe biden came out with fire. then tim kaine came out and said some things. >> can i be honest with you. i never expected to be here. i was born in minnesota. grew up in kansas city. my parents here tonight