House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, said he spent weeks watching Walz’s past debates to play him during Vance’s debate preparation.

“My team and I spent about a month going through every debate Tim Walz has ever had over the last 20 years,” Emmer told CBS News. ‘My job was to master not only his phraseology, his catchphrases, but also his mannerisms. We wanted to give JD the best possible facsimile impression of Tim Walz.”

Emmer said Walz is an “excellent debater” who comes across as a “folksy” and “outdoorsman” type of guy, but “after that there is no substance.”

As Walz prepared for the debate, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said was the stand-in for Vance.

Here are the Democrats who will appear in the spin room on Walz’s behalf, according to the Harris campaign:

• Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota;
• Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona;
• Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado;
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois;
• Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas;
• Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee;
• Senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico

A source familiar with the Trump campaign said a number of surrogates will appear in the spin room after the debate and speak in favor of Vance:

• Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s eldest son;
• Representative Byron Donalds of Florida;
• Representative Elise Stefanik of New York;
• Senator Katie Britt of Alabama;
• Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas;
• Howard Lutnick, a billionaire businessman who is chairman of the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald;
• Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump

“60 minutes” announced hours before the vice presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with correspondent Bill Whitaker for an interview that will air during a primetime election special on Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

“60 Minutes” also invited former President Donald Trump to speak with correspondent Scott Pelley, and while the former president’s campaign initially agreed to participate, the move was reversed.

The news magazine said Pelley will discuss the matter during Monday’s broadcast.

“Our election special will air the Harris interview on Monday as planned. Our original invitation to former President Donald Trump to be interviewed on 60 Minutes stands,” the program said.

For more than fifty years, “60 Minutes” has invited Democratic and Republican tickets to their pre-election broadcasts.

Trump and then-candidate Joe Biden, as well as their running mates, sat down for interviews with “60 Minutes” in 2020, but the former president cut off his interview with Lesley Stahl briefly.

Both campaigns agreed to a 90-minute debate with two four-minute commercial breaks. Campaign staffers are not allowed to interact with the candidates during the breaks.

There will be no audience – a measure that was also implemented during the two previous presidential debates.

At the start of the event, moderators will introduce the candidates in order of incumbent party, with Walz coming first. There will be no opening statements.

Walz will stand behind the lectern on the left side of the stage, which is to the right of the viewers’ screens. Vance stands on stage on the right side of the stage, but to the left of the screens.

Candidates who cannot bring pre-written notes or props to the stage will be given two minutes to answer a question and two minutes to respond. They are given one minute for rebuttals. At the discretion of the moderators, candidates may be given an additional minute to continue the discussion.

Unlike presidential debates, a candidate’s microphone is not muted when their opponent speaks, but CBS News reserves the right to mute the microphones.

Vance won a virtual coin toss on Thursday and chose to come in second with his closing statement. Each candidate will be given two minutes for their closing remarks.

No topics or questions are shared with the campaigns in advance.

The debate will take place on Studio 45 at the CBS Broadcast Centerlocated in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. After the debate, campaign surrogates and the press head to the spin room in Studio 42, another studio in the 800,000-square-foot Broadcast Center. Members of the media will follow the debate and archive their stories from a press pen set up in the cafeteria.

Until this summer, Studio 45 was where “Inside Edition” was recorded. “Captain Kangaroo” was also recorded at Studio 45 from 1964-1981.

CBS News moved into the facility in 1964 and Walter Cronkite broadcast the 1964 election results from Studio 41, where the “Drew Barrymore Show” is now held.

Read more and look behind the scenes here.

Most voters say they will watch Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate and want to learn something about the candidates, while many also say — perhaps unsurprisingly in this partisan environment — they are watching to show their support. or to see if the other party is making a mistake.

Part of the role of any vice presidential candidate is rallying the base, and both Walz and Vance enter Tuesday’s debate in good positions within their own parties: a large majority of Democrats think Walz makes their ticket better , and most Republicans think Vance is contributing to the debate. their card too.

Walz and Vance are both described as “competent” by most voters, but the debate also poses a challenge for both. Neither has yet convinced a majority of voters of an essential part of the job: that they would be qualified to be president if the need arose.

Read more of the CBS News poll here.