Linwood Woody Kaine, son of U.S. Sen. and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Isabell Kimball. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Jonathan Adams. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Glenn Kimball. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Haley Ryan. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 
 
 Anton William Bueckert. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriffs Office. 
 
 Fans of President Donald Trump confront protesters at the “March 4 Trump” rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, March 4, 2017 (Will Ashenmacher/Pioneer Press) 
 
 Supporters of President Donald Trump arrive at a March 4 Trump rally Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the state Capitol in St. Paul. About 400 attended the rally while 50 others joined a counterprotest, according to the Minnesota State Patrol, which is in charge of Capitol security. (Will Ashenmacher / Pioneer Press) 
 
 Supporters of President Donald Trump gather in the rotunda of the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday afternoon, March 4, 2017. Protesters tried to disrupt the day's events and six were arrested. (Will Ashenmacher / Pioneer Press) 
 
 Clad in black and wearing a mask, the youngest son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine wrested himself from the cop and then “squared off” with him. 
 
 Woody Kaine, 24, was among five masked, black-garbed people suspected of lobbing a smoke bomb minutes earlier inside the Minnesota Capitol rotunda Saturday afternoon. 
 
 Officers had chased him down, but Kaine wasn’t about to submit, according to a more detailed account provided Wednesday by St. Paul police. 
 
 In the end, it took three officers, a “knee strike” and a chemical spray to subdue Kaine after he was identified as one of the counterprotesters who allegedly used fireworks or a smoke bomb to disrupt a rally in support of President Donald Trump at the Minnesota State Capitol, according to police spokesman Steve Linders. 
 
 NEW: Videos show smoke bomb thrown during Trump rally at Capitol, protesters ordered out 
 
 Linwood Michael Kaine, who attended Carleton College and lives in Minneapolis, and four others were arrested on suspicion of second-degree riot after the “March 4 Trump” rally in St. Paul. A sixth person was cited for disorderly conduct. Counterprotesters — some with apparent anti-fascist and anarchist leanings — clashed with Trump supporters in the Capitol rotunda after they disrupted the permitted event with air horns, whistles and chants. Video of the scene shows a black-clad person wearing ski goggles lobbing the smoke bomb, which allegedly struck a 61-year-old woman. She was uninjured, police said. 
 
 None of the five has been charged. While the Ramsey County attorney’s office has said “there were insufficient facts to prove felony-level riot,” the case remains an “active investigation,” according to the Minnesota State Patrol. St. Paul City Attorney Samuel Clark said his office is investigating the case for possible misdemeanor charges. 
 
 KAINE’S ARREST 
 
 Here’s how Woody Kaine’s arrest went down: 
 
 The Minnesota State Patrol contacted St. Paul police to assist, reporting that troopers had identified five people who lit off fireworks inside the Capitol, Linders said. The State Patrol asked St. Paul officers to arrest the five. 
 
 Police approached them at a park near the Capitol, identified themselves as officers and the people ran in different directions. But officers caught up with them, according to Linders. 
 
 An officer ordered a man, later identified as Linwood Kaine, to the ground. He refused, Linders said. 
 
 “The officer was able to get ahold of Mr. Kaine, but he got up, squared off with the officer and the officer tried to take him to the ground again,” Linders said Wednesday. Another officer arrived and sprayed a chemical irritant toward Kaine. 
 
 “He then was taken to the ground, but continued to resist, at which point another officer deployed a knee strike to get him to cooperate with the officers and put his hands behind his back,” Linders continued. “After the strike, Mr. Kaine cooperated and was taken into custody without further incident.” 
 
 Both pro- and anti-Trump groups were aggressors at various times during rowdy confrontations that broke out Saturday, according to Daniel Springer, who was there recording the event on video. 
 
 Neither Kaine nor the four others arrested with him has been charged, and police haven’t said who specifically they believe threw the smoke bomb — an act that Springer caught on video. The smoke bomb happened early, he said, and was unprovoked. “It wasn’t even during the tense part of things,” Springer said. “It was completely unnecessary, in my opinion.” 
 
 The Pioneer Press has been unable to reach Kaine or any of the other people arrested with him Saturday. 
 
 Tim Kaine, who represents Virginia, where he previously served as governor, was born in St. Paul. On Tuesday night, when the Pioneer Press first reported the story, he released a statement: “We love that our three children have their own views and concerns about current political issues,” he said. “They fully understand the responsibility to express those concerns peacefully.” 
 
 POLITICAL QUESTIONS RAISED 
 
 John Krenik, chairman of the Republican Party in St. Paul, was not at Saturday’s rally, but described disruptors as “being bullies against free speech.” 
 
 Krenik also said that because St. Paul is a DFL town, he thinks “politics had something to do with” the county attorney’s office decision to not charge Kaine. 
 
 “I have contacted the U.S. Department of Justice for a full investigation and review of St. Paul City Attorney Samuel Clark and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi’s actions in not prosecuting these terrorists’ criminal acts,” Krenik said in a statement. “I am asking both John Choi and Samuel Clark to recuse themselves and appoint outside review of these terrorists’ actions, as their objectiveness has clearly been clouded by their political affiliation and Democrat Party loyalty.” 
 
 The Ramsey County attorney’s office said Monday it had “declined to file criminal charges as there were insufficient facts to prove felony-level riot. We referred the case back to the investigative agency (Minnesota State Patrol), and it is our understanding that they have presented the case to the St. Paul City Attorney’s office for consideration of misdemeanor-level riot charges.” 
 
 Choi, who received the DFL endorsement when he ran for office in 2010 and 2014, said in a statement Wednesday that neither he nor anyone in his office, knew of Linwood Kaine’s connection to Sen. Tim Kaine until it was reported by the media. The Pioneer Press posted an article about it Tuesday night. 
 
 “Quite frankly, it would not have mattered, as special privilege for a senator’s son runs counter to a bedrock principle in our office, which is the rule of law in that no one is above it,” Choi said in the statement. “The suggestion itself is offensive and implies that we should charge people with felony crimes with insufficient evidence. … If more information is gathered that could prove felony riot, we will review the new evidence as we would in any case.” 
 
 St. Paul police spokesman Linders and City Attorney Clark have said they were unaware Linwood Kaine was Tim Kaine’s son until Pioneer Press reporters informed them Tuesday evening. 
 
 On Tuesday, Clark said his investigation was continuing. On Wednesday, Lt. Tiffani Nielson, spokeswoman for the State Patrol, said, “The incident remains an active investigation.” ||||| Video (05:02) : Police and protesters were in a long standoff after a march shut down I-94 for several hours Saturday night and into Sunday morning. 
 
 A dramatic protest late Saturday and early Sunday on Interstate 94 in St. Paul turned violent, with 21 police officers injured and more than 100 people arrested. Under occasional clouds of colored smoke, fireworks, hurled rocks and tear gas, confrontations continued until 4:30 a.m. Sunday, as demonstrators responded to the police killing in Falcon Heights of Philando Castile. 
 
 Just a few hours later, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Police Chief Todd Axtell stood together and denounced as “a disgrace” the pelting of officers with rocks, bottles and other items. 
 
 At an 8 a.m. news conference, Axtell said 21 officers from all law enforcement agencies on the scene were injured in the mayhem. One of them suffered a broken vertebra after a concrete block was dropped on his head; he was still hospitalized as of Sunday afternoon, police said. The State Patrol said six of the 21 were troopers who were slightly hurt by thrown objects. Steve Linders, St. Paul police spokesman, said he doesn’t know how many other officers are still in the hospital. 
 
 The all-night faceoff on a major freeway drew national attention. President Obama also weighed in Sunday, saying at a news conference during a one-day stop in Madrid that “any violence directed at police officers is a reprehensible crime.” 
 
 Obama added, “Whenever those of us who are concerned about failures of the criminal justice system attack police, you are doing a disservice to the cause.” 
 
 Gov. Mark Dayton, whose Summit Avenue residence has been the site of a protest encampment, said Sunday that “the occupation and shutting down of Interstate 94 last night were unlawful and extremely dangerous. … I urge all Minnesotans to remain calm and peaceful during this very difficult time.” 
 
 Gallery: No letup by activists angered by police killing of Philando Castile Gallery: No letup by activists angered by police killing of Philando Castile 
 
 Roughly 50 of the arrests came during the “freeway riot,” which began shortly before nightfall Saturday and continued until police cleared the freeway after 1 a.m., allowing the interstate to reopen in both directions, Linders said. 
 
 State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Troy Christianson said those arrested were likely to be held in the Ramsey County jail until Monday. 
 
 “More than 20 verbal warnings” to disperse were issued before the apprehensions began, the State Patrol said in a statement, adding that 49 adults and one juvenile could face charges of third-degree riot, a gross misdemeanor. 
 
 Another 50 or so arrests were made about 4 a.m. Sunday near Grand Avenue and Dale Street. Those demonstrators were cited with misdemeanors at the scene and released, Linders said. 
 
 The officers were hurt from demonstrators “throwing rocks, bottles, fireworks and bricks,” Linders said. Demonstrators were seen on a pedestrian overpass throwing objects including bricks and rebar at officers and dumping liquid on them. 
 
 At Sunday’s news conference at police headquarters, the mayor called the violence “shameful” and said it “doesn’t honor anyone’s memory … including Philando Castile’s.” 
 
 Echoing that sentiment was Philando’s mother, Valerie Castile. “When demonstrations become violent, it disrespects my son and his memory,” she said in a statement Sunday. “Philando was a man of peace and dignity. Please, I ask you to at all times remain peaceful in your expressions of concern regarding his death at the hands of the police. I promise that we will not rest until justice prevails.” 
 
 Axtell began his comments by holding up a chunk of concrete as an example of what was thrown at his officers. 
 
 “This is the first time in my 28 years we have observed this level of violence toward our public servants,” Axtell said. “It’s really a disgrace.” 
 
 The chief said the protesters “turned into criminals. I am absolutely disgusted, [and] I am not going to tolerate it. This is just something that doesn’t happen in St. Paul.” 
 
 Activists converged Sunday afternoon for another march, this one starting at the St. Anthony Police Department. The officer who shot Castile is a member of that city’s police force. 
 
 Unrest in the Twin Cities drew the head of the national NAACP to Minnesota. Cornell Brooks met with Dayton and other local leaders Sunday afternoon and also spoke at Progressive Baptist Church in St. Paul, calling for laws to counter racial profiling by police. 
 
 About 10 p.m. Saturday, officers had issued their 16th order to vacate the interstate, and protesters were not budging. At one point, two dozen officers in riot gear pressed on the crowd, a paddy wagon following behind. 
 
 As police advanced on I-94 near Lexington Parkway, some among the hundreds of protesters retreated up an adjacent hill and left the freeway. Some people began to march back to the tents-and-tarps encampment at the governor’s residence, where demonstrators have kept a constant presence since shortly after Castile’s death. 
 
 About 11:15 p.m., police began arresting people one by one, escorting them to a repurposed Metro Transit bus. Officers in riot gear used smoke bombs and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. 
 
 In the heat of the protest, as many as 300 people were spread across both the eastbound and westbound lanes, and about 200 police officers were present. State Patrol squad cars had the interstate blocked for 5 miles in both directions and entrance ramps sealed off from Hwy. 280 east to downtown St. Paul. 
 
 William William, a seventh grader in St. Paul, was among the children who marched with parents Sunday to support Philando Castile. About 250 people marched from Maxfield Elementary Magnet school to the JJ Hill Montessori School, where Castile worked for many years. 
 
 State Patrol Col. Matt Langer, joining the mayor and police chief at the Sunday morning news media briefing, said, “Protesters have ample safe areas to make their voices heard. The freeway is not one of these options.” 
 
 About 9 p.m. on Twitter, Black Lives Matter Minneapolis posted: “We shut down 94 for Philando. We are gonna need bail money. Please make a gift now.” 
 
 The protest quickly grew into the day’s biggest and most disruptive demonstration in the Twin Cities, following a peaceful daylong gathering at the governor’s residence and a separate rally at Loring Park that spilled into the streets of downtown Minneapolis, where protesters briefly stopped traffic at 9th Street and Hennepin Avenue, blocked an entrance at the Basilica Block Party and marched past Target Center. 
 
 Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria supervisor from St. Paul, was fatally shot by a police officer Wednesday night during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights. The aftermath, as he lay dying in the driver’s seat, was livestreamed on Facebook by his girlfriend sitting alongside him while her 4-year-old daughter sat in the back seat. 
 
 The girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, said Castile was shot for no reason. The officer, Jeronimo Yanez, said through his attorney that Castile was displaying a handgun and was warned to comply with the officer’s orders. 
 
 Star Tribune staff writers Claude Peck, Randy Furst and Karen Zamora contributed to this report. ||||| Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, center, applauds during opening remarks before the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential... (Associated Press) 
 
 Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, center, applauds during opening remarks before the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick... (Associated Press) 
 
 FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the vice presidential debate between Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine (all times local): 
 
 10:45 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says Donald Trump will unite the country by changing Washington. 
 
 Pence is answering the final question at the vice presidential debate about how he and presidential candidate Donald Trump would unite the country after the divisive election. He is Trump's running mate. 
 
 Pence says the U.S. is divided because of economic despair and the country's declining stature in the world. He says Trump will fix that because he's a businessman accustomed to dealing with difficult situations. 
 
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 10:42 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine has answered the debate's final question, about unifying the country, by saying Hillary Clinton's record shows she knows how to get people to work together. 
 
 Kaine is using part of his answer to attack Donald Trump, saying "he's run a campaign that's been about one insult after the next." Kaine says his and Clinton's motto, by contrast, is "stronger together." 
 
 Many voters consider both candidates highly divisive. But Kaine says that, as senator of New York and secretary of state, Clinton has proven she can unite Democrats, Republicans and independents — and will do so after Nov. 8. 
 
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 10:40 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says his running mate, Donald Trump, would never support legislation to punish women for getting abortions. 
 
 Trump said earlier in the campaign that women should be punished for getting abortions, but then reversed himself and said it was doctors who should face sanctions. 
 
 Pence was asked by Democrat Tim Kaine in Tuesday's vice presidential debate about the comment. Pence responded, "He's not a polished politician like you and Hillary Clinton." 
 
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 10:35 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine says the Clinton Foundation has helped provided lifesaving medical treatment for millions of people across the world. 
 
 Mike Pence says the Trump foundation is a private family foundation that does good as well. 
 
 The candidates are clashing over their running mates' charitable foundations at Tuesday's vice presidential debate. 
 
 Pence says the Clinton Foundation is a platform that lets the Clintons travel the world and hire people. The Republican notes that the foundation accepted millions of dollars from foreign leaders while she was the secretary of state. 
 
 Kaine charges that the Trump Foundation is "an octopus-like organization with tentacles all over the world." He says it's impossible to know about all the connections because Trump won't release its tax returns. 
 
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 10:32 p.m. 
 
 Democrat Tim Kaine says the president should "take action" to defend the United States against a possible North Korean nuclear strike. 
 
 Kaine says Congress passed new sanctions against North Korea and the U.N. followed suit. 
 
 Republican Mike Pence says he and Donald Trump would make the nation stronger and deter countries like North Korea, Russia and China that are emboldened by what he calls the Democratic administration's weakness. 
 
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 10:30 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says Donald Trump never suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin was a better leader than Barack Obama. 
 
 In fact, Trump has called Putin, "a leader — unlike what we have in this country." 
 
 Pence says his running mate referred recently to the "small and bullying leader of Russia" being "stronger on the world stage than Obama." He said he was simply "stating facts" about what Trump had said. 
 
 Pence's opponent, Tim Kaine, says Pence iss putting a positive spin on the original quote and it was a case where voters can "check the tape." 
 
 Kaine is accusing Trump and Pence of not being able to tell the difference between "leadership and dictatorship." 
 
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 10:26 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says he's "happy" to defend his running mate Donald Trump, but he's still not doing it. 
 
 Pence and Tim Kaine are clashing sharply in Tuesday's vice presidential debate over the records of their running mates. 
 
 Kaine has repeatedly accused Pence of not standing up to a variety of Trump comments and positions. 
 
 Pence said he is "happy to defend" Trump — but then moved on to a discussion about Russia without addressing numerous issues raised by Kaine. 
 
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 10:23 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine says Americans should wonder whether a President Donald Trump could meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and put national interests above his own. 
 
 The Democratic senator from Virginia notes that Trump has praised Putin and that Trump's former campaign aides had financial ties to the region. 
 
 Kaine suggests Americans can't be sure that Trump doesn't have business ties to Russia himself, since the GOP nominee hasn't released his tax returns. 
 
 Kaine insists Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton "stood up" to Putin for his invasion of Georgia in 2008 and his aggressiveness involvement in the Syrian civil war. 
 
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 10:18 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are clashing over nukes. 
 
 Hillary Clinton's running mate suggested at Tuesday's debate that Ronald Reagan was worried about someone like Donald Trump in the 1980s when he warned that "some fool or maniac could trigger a catastrophic event" with nuclear weapons. 
 
 Pence responded that the comment was "even beneath you and Hillary Clinton — and that's pretty low." 
 
 Kaine pressed Pence on Trump's suggestion that more countries should be allowed to have nuclear weapons. The New York businessman has suggested that countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea could be armed. 
 
 Pence did not answer when Kaine asked whether "more nuclear weapons would make us safer." 
 
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 10:17 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence is calling for military strikes on Syria if Russia does not back down. 
 
 Pence made the call at Tuesday's vice presidential debate. He says GOP nominee Donald Trump will rebuild the military and make America strong enough to prevent disruptions like the civil war in Syria. 
 
 Trump has not made a similar call for military action in Syria. American officials have complained that Russian moves in Syria are intended to prop up Assad's regime. 
 
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 10:15 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine says the "intelligence surge" he and running mate Hillary Clinton have promised involves expanding America's intelligence gathering capabilities and building stronger global alliances. 
 
 Kaine said during Tuesday's vice presidential debate that he and Clinton want to hire more security and intelligence officers, but also partner with private firms. He adds that the U.S. will have to rely on friendly countries around the world. 
 
 Kaine says Republican Donald Trump can't be trusted because he has said NATO is "obsolete." 
 
 Kaine's opponent, Mike Pence, argues Trump "never said that." 
 
 Pence then attacked Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state. 
 
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 10:10 p.m. 
 
 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is weighing in on the vice presidential debate over Twitter. 
 
 Walker helped Mike Pence prepare for Tuesday's vice presidential debate by playing Tim Kaine. But Walker says on Twitter that "even during debate prep, my lines weren't as canned as Senator Kaine's are." 
 
 Walker says Pence "is having a great discussion with voters. Senator Kaine is interrupting with canned talking pts." 
 
 Walker isn't attending the debate, but he did post a picture of what appears to be a screen image from his television. 
 
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 10:05 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says President Barack Obama deserves credit for bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. 
 
 But Pence says Hillary Clinton is to blame for "creating a vacuum" to allow the Islamic State to grow. 
 
 Pence says "America is less safe today" than it was before Obama became president. 
 
 Pence and Trump have tried to blame the growth of the Islamic State on Clinton, who served as secretary of state under Obama during his first term. 
 
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 10 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine says Hillary Clinton is the only presidential candidate who can confront Islamic State group militants. The Democratic vice presidential nominee adds that Donald Trump's temperament isn't suited for the role. 
 
 Kaine notes at the vice presidential debate that Trump engages often in verbal fights on social media. He says the Republican nominee "can't start a Twitter war with Miss Universe without shooting himself in the foot." 
 
 He adds that Trump has said he "knows more about ISIS than the generals" and wants to "tear up" established international alliances. 
 
 Kaine says Clinton is prepared to lead on the world stage, noting her experience as New York senator in the wake of terrorist attacks in 2001 and her tenure as secretary of state when the Obama administration carried out the assassination of Osama bin Laden. 
 
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 9:58 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence is promising Donald Trump's administration would remove "criminal aliens" and enforce the nation's immigration laws. 
 
 The Republican governor of Indiana is not repeating Trump's plan to implement a "deportation force" to remove immigrants in the country illegally, however. 
 
 Pence is largely offering softer rhetoric on immigration than Trump often does. 
 
 Democrat Tim Kaine says Pence is "trying to fuzz up what Donald Trump said." Kaine notes that Trump said immigrants "will all be gone." 
 
 Pence says Trump would focus first on border security, remove "criminal aliens" and then "enforce the law" for people who overstayed their visas. The law calls for such people to be deported. 
 
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 9:55 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine has turned an attack on Hillary Clinton for her "basket of deplorables" comment back around on Trump. 
 
 Kaine says that at least Clinton expressed regret for her comment calling some Trump supporters "irredeemable." 
 
 Kaine says "you will look in vain" to find a time when Trump has apologized for comments he has made that have offended people. 
 
 Pence is blasting Kaine for calling Trump's campaign an "insult-driven" campaign. 
 
 Pence says what Trump has said is "small potatoes" compared to what Clinton said about Trump supporters. 
 
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 9:50 p.m. 
 
 The two vice presidential candidates are clashing on immigration. 
 
 Gov. Mike Pence is defending running mate Donald Trump's proposal to deport millions of people here illegally and slamming Democrat Hillary Clinton for supporting what Pence calls "amnesty." 
 
 Sen. Tim Kaine responds that he and Clinton support comprehensive immigration reform and Pence and Trump are for a "deportation nation." 
 
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 9:47 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine has turned a question about police and what some perceive as the unfair targeting of black Americans by law enforcement into a string of verbal attacks on Donald Trump. 
 
 Kaine says criminal justice is about respecting the law but also being respectful. He is reminding debate viewers that Donald Trump has previously suggested immigrants from Mexico are rapists and criminals. 
 
 Kaine notes that Trump has referred to women as "slobs and pigs," ''dogs" and "disgusting." He is also recalling Trump criticizing as a "Mexican" an Indiana-born federal judge overseeing a fraud case involving Trump University. 
 
 Debate moderator Elaine Quijano moved onto other topics without giving Kaine's opponent, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a chance to respond. 
 
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 Tim Kaine and Mike Pence agree that community policing should be a priority. 
 
 But they're differing sharply in Tuesday's vice presidential debate on other criminal justice issues. 
 
 Pence is defending Donald Trump's support for a police practice known as stop-and-risk, something Hillary Clinton opposes. Kaine says stop-and-frisk would be a "big mistake" because it divides communities and increases polarization between police and the people. 
 
 Kaine is also calling for tighter gun control, referencing his experience as governor of Virginia at the time of the Virginia Tech shooting that left 32 people dead in 2007. 
 
 Pence says Trump wants to "restore law and order," and he says law enforcement should not be demeaned at "every opportunity." 
 
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 9:40 p.m. 
 
 Vice presidential nominees Tim Kaine and Mike Pence are assuming familiar partisan postures on the so-called third rail of American politics: Social Security. 
 
 Democrat Kaine pledges that Hillary Clinton's administration would never privatize Social Security and is blasting Pence for supporting such an idea as a congressman. 
 
 The Virginia senator says Democrats want to shore up the popular program by raising the cap on income subject to payroll taxes. It's currently $118,500. 
 
 Pence is not directly answering the privatization charge. He is accusing Kaine of using on "old scare tactic" common in Democratic campaigns and says Democrats just want to raise taxes. 
 
 The Indiana governor insists that he and Donald Trump will cut taxes and still pay for Social Security and Medicare. Those two programs approach 40 percent of all federal spending in some budget years. 
 
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 9:35 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence says Donald Trump used the tax code "brilliantly" to avoid paying federal income taxes for years. 
 
 Pence is describing Trump as "a businessman" who faced some "pretty tough times" 20 years ago and used the tax code just the way it was intended. He is knocking Democrats Tim Kaine and Hillary Clinton as "career public servants." 
 
 The New York Times reported over the weekend that Trump may have avoided paying federal income taxes for nearly 20 years after suffering business losses of more than $900 million in 1996. 
 
 Kaine is challenging Pence's defense. He says, "I guess all of us who do (pay taxes) are stupid?" 
 
 Kaine is also pressing Pence on why Trump is the first presidential nominee in decades not to release his tax returns. Pence promises Trump will release his returns once a routine audit is complete. Trump has said the same for more than a year. 
 
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 9:32 p.m. 
 
 Donald Trump pledged to live-tweet the vice-presidential debate — but so far he is retweeting it. 
 
 The Republican nominee tweeted "Both are looking good! Now we begin!" in the first moments of the showdown between his running mate, Mike Pence, and Democrat Tim Kaine. 
 
 He then tweeted an odd message at Fox News host Megyn Kelly, with whom he feuded early in the campaign, to note that he is watching the debate from Nevada. 
 
 But Trump's next 10 posts were all retweets, mostly those that praised Pence's performance in the debate's first half-hour. 
 
 He also retweeted a pair of graphics that made unflattering comments about Clinton and Kaine's records. 
 
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 9:30 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence and Tim Kaine are sparring over what their economic records as governor say about what they would bring to the White House. 
 
 Pence slammed Kaine for proposing to increase taxes as governor of Virginia. 
 
 He says Kaine is a "very fitting" running mate for Clinton because they both want more of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. 
 
 Kaine criticized Pence for opposing a minimum wage increase as Indiana governor. Kaine says Clinton would be a "you're hired" president, while Trump is pushing a "you're fired" plan. 
 
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 9:25 p.m. 
 
 Hillary Clinton's running mate is defending her tenure as secretary of state. 
 
 Sen. Tim Kaine said during Tuesday's vice presidential debate that Clinton helped revive the hunt for Osama bin Laden that led to the al-Qaida chief's death. 
 
 Kaine says Clinton also negotiated an agreement for Russia to reduce its chemical weapon stockpile and contributed to the Iran nuclear deal. And he argues the U.S. is better off with fewer troops in the Middle East. 
 
 Donald Trump's running mate is Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. He says Clinton is to be blamed for withdrawing troops from Iraq too soon. 
 
 Kaine notes that President George W. Bush signed the agreement to pull American forces from Iraq. 
 
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 9:20 p.m. 
 
 The vice presidential candidates have come out aggressively, frequently interrupting each other and questioning the trustworthiness of the presidential nominees. 
 
 Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana opened a question about Donald Trump's presidential worthiness by saying to his opponent, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, that he and running mate Hillary Clinton know a lot about "an insult-driven campaign." 
 
 Pence said the Middle East was "spinning out of control" because of Democratic leadership. When he mentioned Russia, Kaine interjected, "You guys love Russia." That was a reference to Trump's praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
 
 When Pence said Trump had made millions, Kaine claimed Trump "paid no taxes." 
 
 Pence said: "There's a reason why people question the trustworthiness of Hillary Clinton. And that's because they're paying attention." 
 
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 9:17 p.m. 
 
 Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine is slamming Donald Trump in the opening minutes of the vice presidential debate against Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. 
 
 Kaine says Trump is running an "insult-driven" and selfish campaign. He says Pence is "Donald Trump's apprentice," referencing the old reality TV show. And he accuses Pence and Trump of "loving" Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
 
 Kaine is also referencing comments Trump made when he launched his campaign, saying Trump called Mexicans rapists and criminals and saying he pursued an "outrageous lie" that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States. 
 
 Pence tried to interject, saying, "Let me interrupt you to finish my sentence if I can." 
 
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 9:15 p.m. 
 
 Mike Pence is pitching his small-town Indiana upbringing as a key asset in his career in government, and says he can use it to help Donald Trump bring change to Washington. 
 
 The Republican vice presidential nominee says he has a "lifetime of experience" steeped in values from his immigrant grandfather and his childhood. 
 
 He said at the start of the vice presidential debate that he "never dreamed" he'd be able to parlay that start in life into the Indiana governorship or a spot on the national GOP ticket. 
 
 Pence misidentified the host institution of Tuesday night's debate. He said "thank you to Norwood University for their wonderful hospitality." The Farmville, Virginia, school hosting the event is Longwood University. 
 
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 9:10 p.m. 
 
 Tim Kaine says the thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief "scares us to death." 
 
 But the Democratic vice presidential candidate says he trusts running mate Hillary Clinton with his son's life. 
 
 The Virginia senator's son is serving in the Marines. Kaine made the comments Tuesday night during his debate with Republican Mike Pence. 
 
 He is also citing his own experience "at every level of government" to explain why he's qualified. Kaine has served as a mayor, a governor and a senator. 
 
 Kaine notes that he's proud to be running with "a history-making woman." Clinton would be the first woman elected president. 
 
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 8:40 p.m. 
 
 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is embracing the Reverend Jesse Jackson as the two pose for pictures and talk before the debate on the Longwood University campus in Farmville, Virginia. 
 
 The two are among dozens of political dignitaries, university officials and students taking their seats before the vice presidential debate begins. Among them are senior Virginia senator Mark Warner. 
 
 News photographers and TV cameramen are wading through the crowd, waiting for the signal for the audience to take their seats before the program begins shortly. 
 
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 8 p.m. 
 
 Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine have arrived at the site of the first and only vice presidential debate. 
 
 The candidates will face off just past 9 p.m. at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. 
 
 Advisers for the candidates suggest there could be fireworks during the 90-minute affair, although vice presidential debates rarely change the direction of a presidential race. 
 
 Elaine Quijano of CBS News serves as the moderator. 
 
 Neither candidate is as well-known as his running mate. Pence is a first-term governor and previously served as a congressman. Kaine is former Virginia governor and now serves the state in the Senate. 
 
 Donald Trump is campaigning in Colorado, but he said he'd be "live tweeting" the debate. Hillary Clinton is at home in New York.
– Tim Kaine's youngest son probably wouldn't have gotten arrested had his dad fared better in the November election, and not exactly because of the privilege of the vice presidency: The Pioneer Press reports that six people were arrested or cited Saturday at a "March 4 Trump" rally of about 400 in St. Paul, Minn., and 24-year-old Linwood Michael Kaine was one of them. The younger Kaine was arrested on suspicion of second-degree rioting at the state Capitol, where cops say a group of 50 or so anti-Trump protesters raised a ruckus by blaring air horns, being verbally disruptive, setting off fireworks, and even a smoke bomb that reportedly hit a 61-year-old woman in the head when it was thrown into the crowd. A St. Paul police rep says "some force" was needed to haul "Woody" Kaine to the Ramsey County jail. He wasn't charged, nor were the others, though the St. Paul city attorney is looking into whether any misdemeanors are warranted. Kaine was released Tuesday morning while the case is further investigated. Per WCCO, the Minnesota Republican Party put out a statement Monday blaming Democrats for "coordinating disruption and violence" both during the election and afterward. The senator, meanwhile, issued his own statement to the Press, noting he and his wife "love that our three children have their own views and concerns about current political issues," adding his kids know well how to "express those concerns peacefully." (Tim Kaine once ran for his Senate seat against a cat.)