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Vice Presidential Debate Highlights and Insights

top story this morning the first and likely only vice presidential debate of the election year is over Ohio Senator JD Vance Minnesota Governor Tim Walls faced off on the debate stage in New York City last night Christ Bernell live in studio right now breaking down the debate last night Kristen what's it good morning Kate and Patrick just a few five weeks before election day both VP hopefuls often dis focused on attacking each other's running mates Vance and walls also discussed a variety of issues like foreign policy abortion and immigration KLA Harris went out bragging that she was going to undo Donald Trump's border policy she did exactly that we had a record number of illegal Crossings we had a record number of fentol coming into our country and now now that she's running for president or a few months before she says that somehow she got religion and cared a lot about a piece of legislation we all want to solve this I most of us want to solve this and that is the United States Congress that's the border patrol agents that's the Chamber of Commerce that's most Americans out here that's why we had the fairest and the toughest bill on immigration that this nation's seen that piece of legislation in discussion had failed to pass in the Senate this past February Vance and walls did agree with each other when it came that for the need for more housing making child care more affordable and preventing gun violence in schools meanwhile the candidates disagreed on abortion taxes and what happened at the capital on January 6th Donald Trump and I are committed to pursuing pro- family policies making child care more accessible making fertility treatment it's more accessible cuz we've got to do a better job at that and that's what real leadership is these are women's decisions to make about their Healthcare decisions and the Physicians who know best when they need to do this and Vance was also asked about his past criticisms of trump and he responded quote when you get something wrong and you change your mind you have to be honest with the American people meanwhile wall said he enjoyed the debate and acknowledged that he mispoke on a few different topics reporting live in studio Kristen Bernell 12 News