Meet the moderators for tonight's Vance-Walz VP debate: What to know about Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan ahead of showdown

CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan person been tapped to mean Tuesday night's vice statesmanlike statement between Democratic nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Republican nominee, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. 

The newswomen are successful complaint of 2 of CBS' premiere shows - pinch O'Donnell nan anchor of CBS Evening News and Brennan nan big of Face nan Nation, nan network's long-running Sunday show. 

For O'Donnell, 50, nan statement moderator gig is simply a swan opus of sorts, arsenic she will exit  Evening News aft nan November election and return connected a caller position astatine nan network. 

'I person spent 12 years successful nan anchor chair present astatine CBS News, connected to a regular broadcast and nan rigors of a relentless news cycle. It's clip to do thing different,' she said successful a connection successful precocious July. 

For respective years location were reports that O'Donnell, who took complete nan Evening News gig from Jeff Glor successful 2019, was connected her measurement out. 

The New York Post reported successful 2022 that amid third-place ratings, O'Donnell had a 'first-class attitude' pinch sources complaining astir her 'toxic behavior.' 

O'Donnell reportedly does a afloat 'dress rehearsal' of nan show a half-hour earlier it airs, pinch 1 root calling her a 'news actress.' 

'There was an incident past twelvemonth successful nan workplace wherever she ranted astir really her bronzer was wrong,' 1 root told The Post, noting really members of O'Donnell's hairsbreadth and constitution squad person ended up successful tears. 'We are successful nan mediate of a pandemic and group are dying,' nan root besides pointed out. 

O'Donnell's publicist Cindi Berger clapped backmost astatine nan paper: 'I americium vehemently refuting these outrageous and sexist claims!' erstwhile asked astir O'Donnell's curen of unit and sizeable wardrobe budget. 

Prior to taking over CBS Evening News, O'Donnell - a Washington, D.C. autochthonal - worked astatine nan Capitol Hill publication Roll Call and past worked up nan ranks astatine NBC News earlier moving to rival web CBS. 

She continues to beryllium a contributing analogous for CBS' 60 Minutes. 

O'Donnell is joined to Geoff Tracy, amended known arsenic 'Chef Geoff,' nan sanction of his celebrated D.C. restaurants. 

The mates person 3 children.  

She antecedently moderated nan South Carolina Democratic superior statement successful 2020 alongside CBS Mornings' Gayle King. 

Brennan, 44, took complete CBS' long-running Sunday show successful 2018 and besides serves arsenic CBS' chief overseas affairs correspondent.

The Face nan Nation big started her profession arsenic a business journalist, first moving for CNBC and then Bloomberg Television.  

In nan past, she has been a target of erstwhile President Donald Trump's ridicule. 

In a 2019 tweet, Trump called nan show 'Deface nan Nation.' 

'The CBS nary sanction (host)ess, and different guest, Peter Baker of nan Failing New York Times were wholly biased, boring and incorrect (as usual!),' nan then-president claimed. 

Brennan met her husband Yado Yakub successful college, erstwhile they were some studying astatine nan University of Virginia, but they didn't commencement making love until years after, according to People. 

They joined successful 2015 and person 2 children.