As it happened - pivotal Obama and Trump speeches

Summary

Donald Trump is facing a slew of claims of sexual misconduct from women
In Florida on Thursday, he fought back by strongly dismissing the accusations
First Lady Michelle Obama decried his actions as "intolerable"
Last week a video tape emerged in which Mr Trump boasted of groping women
A series of recent polls suggest a fall in his support to rival Hillary Clinton

Live Reporting

Courtney Subramanian and Max Matza

Kaine dings Trumppublished at 02:38 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kaine goes for Trump, attacking his comments on women (calling them pigs, slobs, dogs), African-Americans and birtherism, accusing the Republican ticket once more of an "insult-driven campaign".
Trump's spokeswoman later accuses Kaine of being too aggressive with moderator Elaine Quijano:
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Some of the most important lines so farpublished at 02:38 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Police biaspublished at 02:33 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Pence critcises Clinton for referring to bias in law enforcement, turning to Kaine and telling him: “Enough of this seizing on every opportunity to demean law enforcement.”
Kaine fires back: "People shouldn't be afraid to bring up issues of bias in law enforcement," Kaine said.
“I’m not afraid,” Pence said.
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Gun controlpublished at 02:32 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kaine argues for gun control, suggesting background checks could have prevented the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, which left 32 people dead.
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Graduation was held less than a month after the shooting
'Falling apart'?published at 02:31 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Trump himself is live-tweeting the debate - so far, he's only been reposting other people's comments on his account though.
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A familiar backdroppublished at 02:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Look familiar?
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'There they go again'published at 02:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Pence reprises Ronald Reagan's famous put-down in a 1980 debate against Jimmy Carter.
You're retiredpublished at 02:27 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kaine vows to defend Social Security, the US federal retiree programme. We will never engage in a risky scheme to privatise Social Security. Kaine cites Trump describing the programme as a Ponzi scheme.
Taxes clashpublished at 02:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Pence says Trump is a businessman, not a career politician, his tax returns shows he faced "some pretty tough times" 20 years ago and that he used the tax code "brilliantly". "Why won't he release his tax returns?" Kaine counters. Pence says Trump has created a business worth billions of dollars and created tens of thousands of jobs.
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Trump campaign confidentpublished at 02:22 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
His spokesman tweets:
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Impressively, Pence appears to tweeting while debating:
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(Yes, we know it's probably one of his team posting tweets for him)
'You're fired'published at 02:21 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Kaine says the US needs a "you're hired" president, not a "you're fired" president, which he says is what Donald Trump would be. He predicts Trump's plan of tax cuts for the rich would tip the country into recession. Trumps famous catchphrase on the Apprentice TV show, of course, was "You're fired!"
Count the interruptionspublished at 02:20 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
It does look like that is Kaine's job tonight...
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Obamacare 'crazy'published at 02:19 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Obamacare comes up, Pence uses Bill Clinton's words in Michigan yesterday against him, mentioning that he described the president's signature healthcare plan as "crazy".
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Former President Bill Clinton puts his foot in it in Michigan
On national debtpublished at 02:18 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Pence says Obama administration has almost doubled national debt and his state of Indiana has balanced budgets. That's a little bit different, he says, than when Kaine was governor of Virginia, casting him as a tax-and-regulations Democrat.
'Avalanche of insults'published at 02:15 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kaine interrupts Pence to say "You guys love Russia" after the Republican candidate started to describe the "newly emboldened" former cold war rival.
"I must have hit a nerve," Pence responded, pivoting to the US struggling economy.
Pence hits back that Clinton-Kaine have led a campaign of an "avalanche of insults". He says the Clinton foundation accepted donations from foreign governments while she was secretary of state.
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Attack dog Kaine?published at 02:14 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Why should we trust Clinton?published at 02:12 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Kaine says Hillary Clinton has been focused on helping others all her life. "She's always been about putting others first - that's a sharp contrast with Donald Trump - he built a business career off the backs of the little guy. I can't imagine how Governor Pence can defend the insult-driven style of Trump."
Kaine: Trump 'scares us to death'published at 02:08 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Kaine cites the young black student Barbara Johns, who led a school walkout leading to the court case which racially desegregated public schools. "I'm proud to be running with another strong history making woman," Kaine said about his running mate Hillary Clinton.
He says Clinton told him: "You’ve been a missionary and a civil rights lawyer, a mayor, a governor and US senator, I think you will help me to govern this nation - that’s what I bring to the ticket. The thought of Donald Trump as president scares us to death."
Why are you qualified?published at 02:06 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
By virtue of a coin toss, Kaine is first to ask the opening question, on whether he’s fit to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
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AND WE'RE OFF!published at 02:04 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
The vice-presidential debate has started - you can follow it here or watch it live on BBC World News, or BBC News if you are in the UK.
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