Ac360 starts now tonight on 360 breaking talk debate and the race ahead. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We re just 55 days until the election. We begin with the impact last night s first and only scheduled presidential debate could have on a race that s now a sprint. An estimated 67. 1 million people watched according to nielsen figures out in the past 45 minutes including taylor swift, whose first move was to tell her 283 million instagram followers that she d be voting for kamala harris her posting in turn has sent more than 300,000 visitors and counting to the federal government, voter information website. Now, the day began with the absence of campaign politics in a remembrance, the alqaeda attacks, which united americans determination 23 years ago today the two candidates together in lower manhattan along with president biden, former mayor bloomberg, and giuliani and others remembering the nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11, politics return later today outside the flight 93 nat
Hi there, everyone. It is 4:00 in new york with 55 days to go ahead of election day. The first and potentially only debate between kamala harris and the disgraced twice impeopled four timed indicts expresident has injected a jolt into the race thanks to a masterful performance by kamala harris. We turn that 90minute debate watched by a whopping 57. 75 million people into what the new york times called a quote referendum on donald trump. A speech with words and with her body language and facial expressions and even a simple handshake. That image there of vice president kamala harris from the moment she took the stage, walking straight up to donald trump and introducing herself. And insisting on shaking his hand set the tone for her control of the room for the next 90 minutes and what would prove to be a powerful reminder that donald trump, who had seven prior presidential debates was immediately outmatched by vice president harris s talent and prosecutorial skills. And i m going to actu
An absolute stunner of a president ial debate. Now the question, will there be another . That Donald Harris laid the traps and Donald Trump jumped and big ly. And overnight, Taylor Swift makes the Endorsement Millions have been waiting for. Donald trump hit the Spin Room telling cnn come this was my best debate. Not everyone agrees. What his campaign said about his performance today. This morning, on the 23rd anniversary of September 11th, President Biden and Vice President harris are set to visit each of the three sides of the 9 11 terror attacks. Donald trump and his running mate, Jd Vance, will commemorate the somber day at Ground Zero today. With John Berman and kate baldwin, this is cnn news central. This morning, this might be what happens when you have a plan. The reviews are in from punch bowl news. Harris triggers trump and it unraveled from there. The Wall Street Journal editorial board, the president let her rattle him. She won the debate. The New York times, Kamala Harris e
Sold for less than 20. Go to dealdash. Com and see how much you can save this election. Stay with cnn with more reporters on the ground and the best political team in the business, follow the candidates follow the voters. Follow the facts. Follow cnn live from the national Constitution Center in philadelphia, pennsylvania here again, David Muir and Linsey Davis. Welcome back. Tonight, the time has come for closing statements. And Vice President harris we begin with you so i think youve heard tonight two very different visions for our country one that is focused on the future and the other that is focused on the past and an attempt to take us backward but were not going back. And i do believe that the american people know we all have so much more in common than what separates us, and we can chart a new way forward and a vision of that includes having a plan, understanding the aspirations, the dreams, the hopes, the ambition of the american people. Which is why i intend to create an Oppo
Watching thanks. Cnn, news central, and im Brianna Keilar alongside Boris Sanchez, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former president Donald Trump, Steppedup Cross paths for a second time today, both visiting shanksville, pennsylvania to commemorate 23 years since the 9 11 Terrorist Attacks. The two president ial candidates already came facetoface this morning. They shook hands ahead of a ceremony at Ground Zero in manhattan. This moment of civility, it comes after a fiery showdown at the debate Last Night with Vice President went into the evening with a strategy, a plan to try to throw the former president off his game. And trumps seem to take the bait again and again. His former national Security Advisor has said he is dangerous and unfit his former Secretary Of Defense has said the nation, the republic would never survive. Another trump term. You take a guy like esper, he was no good. I fired him. So he writes a book, another one writes a book because with me they can write books. W