Travelers, but look now good morning youre live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington tonight, perhaps the most important 90 minutes of this year as a polarized nation comes together for the only scheduled debate in this bitter race for the White House. This is the stage where Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet facetoface for the first time. With less than two months until election day. Both candidates are determined to find an edge heres why this New York Times Sienna College Poll i like some of the other polls out there showing no clear leader with both Harris And Trump locked in a statistical deadheat tonight. A chance to pull away he played with this really old and tired playbook, right . Where he, theres no floor for him in terms of how low he will go and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth and trumps Team Planning to treat Kamala Harris as the incumbent, tying her to the pr
Senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Senator, why has the replacement ofjoe biden with kamala harris, on the democratic side of this presidential race, why has it knocked the trump campaign so badly off balance? i think it was a. . . It s taken a while for them to get their sea legs, but i think they re good to go now. I thought he would be replaced. You know, we were all saying, as republicans, the guy is not capable. He s in decline. And all of a sudden he leaves. You know, it sjust switching up candidates that late, it took a while to absorb that, but i think he d be ready. . . This coming tuesday is the debate, and i think it ll be probably the most consequential debate maybe in a long time, if not ever. You talk about the way in which, for so long, the trump campaign was built around the idea thatjoe biden was too old, he wasn t competent. Yeah. Right, right, right. There s a big problem now for trump, isn t there? he s the old guy. He s 78 years old. And people
Senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Senator, why has the Replacement Ofjoe Biden with Kamala Harris, on the democratic side of this president ial race, why has it knocked the Trump Campaign so badly off balance . I think it was a. Its taken a while for them to get their sea legs, but i think theyre good to go now. I thought he would be replaced. You know, we were all saying, as republicans, the guy is not capable. Hes in decline. And all of a sudden he leaves. You know, itsjust switching up candidates that late, it took a while to absorb that, but i think hed be ready. This coming tuesday is the debate, and i think itll be probably the most consequential debate maybe in a long time, if not ever. You talk about the way in which, for so long, the Trump Campaign was built around the Idea Thatjoe Biden was too old, he wasnt competent. Yeah. Right, right, right. Theres a big problem now for trump, isnt there . Hes the old guy. Hes 78 years old. And people looking at him
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