DAN, THANK YOU. >>> THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, J.D. VANCE AND TIM WALZ AGREED TO A DEBATE. THEY WILL GO HEAD TO HEAD RIGHT HERE ON CBS. POLITICAL REPORTER, MARSHA KRAMER, IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE DETAILS. MARSHA. >> BOTH CANDIDATES ARE ALL IN FOR A DEBATE HERE IN NEW YORK, HOSTED BY CBS EVENING NEWS ANCHOR AND MANAGING EDITOR, NORAH O'DONNELL, AND FACE THE NATION MODERATOR AND CBS FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT, MARGARET BRENNAN. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR, TIM WALZ, AND OHIO SENATOR, J.D. VANCE, TAKE THE DEBATE STAGE IN AN INCREASINGLY INTENSE 2024 ELECTION CAMPAIGN. WHERE ISSUES LIKE THE ECONOMY, BORDER CONTROL, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARE TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BOTH MEN SEEM ANXIOUS FOR THE CHANCE TO MEET UP. >> ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THIS JOB IS GOING TO BE, I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE DEBATE. >> WHEN KAMALA HARRIS INTRODUCED HIM AS HER RUNNING MATE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE AS MANY DEBATES AS POSSIBLE, VANCE SAID TODAY IN A POST ON X. >> WE BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS TRY TO PERSUADE THEM. >> HISTORICALLY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES GENERATED A LOT OF ATTENTION. NEARLY 58 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IN 2020, WHEN THEN VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE DEBATED THEN SENATOR, KAMALA HARRIS. >> THE DEBATE WILL BE OCTOBER 1 RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. VANCE WOULD LIKE MORE DEBATES, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT WILL HAPPEN. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, I'M MARSHA KRAMER, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK. >> MARSHA, THANK YOU. >>> AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF ON MONDAY. STAY WITH CBS NEWS NEW YORK FOR COVERAGE OF THE DNC. JESSICA MOORE WILL BE REPORTING LIVE