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
This hour up on Capitol Hill, we should note a Gold Medal Ceremony for the eu 13 u. S Service Members killed and the botched withdrawal from afghanistan, they will be honored of members of both parties are honoring fallen. Well dip into that live in just a few moments from now. So stay with us for that. But in the meantime, joining me now to talk about the debate is former deputy Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris, rachel palermo, and former were Trump Administration official matt mowers rachel, let me start with you first. What do you want to hear from Vice President Harris Tonight . I mean, does she have to look at tonight . Is kind of an introduction to voters and were seeing polls that show a huge chunk of voters just, they just want to know more about the Vice President i think its a really important opportunity for people to continue to get to know her. Theres going to be millions of eyes on her tonight and people are seeing that the more that people do get
Tonight. On to beat. Why kamala harris is preparing for a circuit s in a faceoff that will define the rest of this race plus this is the new narrative of vial, the lemmings in the mainstream me this week if it wasn t clear, then it is now in a chilling warning. Donald trump says, he ll throw his political opponents behind bars also liz cheney calls trump and vance sexist. There misogynistic pigs. Nikki haley gives the republican ticket some blunt advice. Change the way you talk about women. You don t need to call comme la down and we fact check the latest conspiracy. Donald trump s saves the world from a game of duck hunt live at the table. David urban, ana navarro madison, jesse auto and keith boykin welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening i m. Abby phillip in new york let s get right to what america is talking about. 24 hours from now, vice president kamala harris and donald trump will not only face off in philadelphia for their very first and possib
Anderson Cooper Welcome back to the whole story. Im anderson cooper. President Bidens Decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many americans, including some of his own campaign and White House staff. Even after the disastrous Cnn Debate against former President Donald Trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed Dug In. So the question is, what finally changed his mind . Over the next hour, cnns Pamela Brown examines the Rise And Fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] Pamela Brown voiceover it was summer 2017, Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his Home State of delaware. Evan osnos Joe Biden found himself in a place he hadnt been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny it was
Whole story. I m te house staff. Even after the disastrous cnn debate against former president donald trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed dug in. So the question is, what finally changed his mind? over the next hour, cnn s pamela brown examines the rise and fall of candidate joe biden from his motivations for running against donald trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] pamela brown (voiceover): it was summer 2017, joe biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his home state of delaware. Evan osnos: joe biden found himself in a place he hadn t been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny: it was always hanging over the question, would he get back in and run? jill biden: every single day, would come up to me at work or in the grocery store or the pharmacy, people on the