Tonight, Tuesday, October 4 from 8:00PM ET to 11:30PM ET, independent news hour Democracy Now! will host special live coverage of the first U.S. vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Tim Kaine.

• 8:00PM-9:00PM ET: Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! will host a group of experts, scholars and activists for pre-debate discussion and analysis.
• 9:00PM-11:30PM ET: We will "expand" the vice presidential debate by giving third party candidates a chance to respond in real time to the same questions. Green Party VP nominee Ajamu Baraka has already agreed to participate and we have also invited Libertarian VP nominee William Weld.

Watch here: http://www.democracynow.org/live/expanding_the_debate_october_4th_vice