Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart live from philadelphia and we are now ten hours away from the biggest night of the Election Cycle so far. Here in battleground, pennsylvania, former President Trump and Vice President harris will have their first debate ever. And this is how the stage is set. It marks the Vice President s first debate as the president ial debate, following the debate in june that changed the entire course of the election. Harris suddenly gained traction in key state polling. This is a Razortight Contest showing 70 of adults plan to watch all or most of tonights debate. Joining us now here in philadelphia, Nbc News White House correspondent, monica alba, Nbc News correspondent, garrett haake, and the Communications Director for Kamala Harris, and former spokesperson for doug burgums campaign. This is going to be one interesting evening either way. How is the Harris Campaign measuring the success, or what are the key points that
Nervousness, on the state of the race, quite a lot of nervousness from some democrats. Jesse: can harris handle the heat, 24 hours before the debate. It will take almost super human focus to deal with donald trump. I don t think she s abandoning her ideals, i think she s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks in order to win the election. Bernie sanders does it again. Hold it. Cannot speak english in my front yard, screaming at me, throwing mattresses in my front yard. Is america becoming a haitian nation. It s so unsafe in my neighbourhood. Plus eat [ bleep ] jesse watters [ ] it s the last night of debate camp for kamala and the camp councillors are leaking. I m picking up nervousness on state of the race, i m getting democrats texting, a long call with a strategist, and i can fill you in on that a bit more, but i m hearing quite a lot of nervousness from some democrats. Debate camp must not be going well, because now they re setting expectations really low. She s never
And mustaffa on the lion king. James earl jones was 93. And that s tonight s read out. Inside with jane psaki starts now. Reporter: well in just over 24 hour, kamala harris and donald trump will face off on the debate stage in philadelphia. The great steve kernaki standing by to tell us where this race really stand and what impact this debate may have. What is impacting the candidate about these recent polls. I m also going to talk to another former prosecutor from california, congressman adam schiff. The moderator of the last debate has a book out and she s going to join me as well. Let s get you all caught up on what s happening. Late today vice president kamala harris touched down in philadelphia for what is going to be one hell of a high stakes meeting with former president trump. And now as is always on the eve of the debate. There s a lot of expectations setting out there about how this all might go. Including from kamala harris herself. Who had this to say about her opponent on
The Vice President spent The Weekend in pittsburgh preparing for the debate. During a Radio Interview that aired this morning, she talked about what she expected from trump during the debate. He plays from 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 we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruths. For his part, Donald Trump held a rally in battle ground, wisconsin, on saturday. As both candidates prepare for tomorrows debate, new polling shows an extremely tight race. A New York times Sienna College national poll gives trump a 1 Point Lead over the Vice President. The Yougov Poll of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin show a close but tied race in the battleground states, with the results in the margin of error. With us now, Nbc News correspondent, garrett haake,
Welcome to the bilge weekend story, big story. The countdown to debate, adeba poll out today shows donald trump has a one point lead over kamala harris and thatea meannss this debate is crucial, for harris. Trump is doing better with those who say the economy and inflation are major issues. N thear states are looking more promising for her than they were for joe biden, sshe is not at level democrats typically get with nonwhite voters. Voters need to know where harris stands, political analyst admit she is at her best when she is worshiped. She is someone we know rehearses attack lines, and workshops them. Sometime they appear rehearsed. A careful balance she has to achieve. Workshop, not worship, either way you get the point. Alexis mcadams is live in pittsburgh she has about tw48 hours to go. Who doesn t like to be worshipped. That is not what is happening on debate stage. : he she has a couple more days,es shdae has been hungering down for debate prep, figuring out how she will take