Good morning, it is Sunday September 8. 58 days until election day. Im Melissa Murray Filling in for my friend Ali Velshi whos up for the day. In two days, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will finally meet Each Other in person for the first time. The two candidates have never even spoken to Each Other before. But on tuesday night, they will go headtohead in a 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia. The debate will certainly highlight the two Contrasting Visions For The Future of the country. And as you imagine, they are preparing for the upcoming meeting in very different ways. Harris has been in pittsburgh since thursday where shes doing Debate Prep with a little campaigning on the side. Yesterday the democratic nominee visited a local spy store, where she briefly met with workers and patrons and bought seasonings. But most of her time in pittsburgh has been spent inside a hotel where shes been huddled with a team of advisers getting ready for tuesday. Harris hasnt participated in a debate s
I melissa Murray Filling in for my friend ali velshi, who has the day off. In just a couple of days, Harris And Donald trump will finally meet Each Other in person for the first time. The two candidates have never even spoken to Each Other before. But on Tuesday Night they will go headtohead in a 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia. The debate will certainly highlight the campaigns, Contrasting Visions For The Future of america. And as you imagine, they are preparing for the upcoming meeting in very different ways. Harris has been in pittsburgh since thursday where shes doing Debate Prep with a little campaigning on the side. Yesterday the democratic nominee visited a local spiced or where she met with workers and patrons and bought seasonings but most of her time in pittsburgh has been spent inside a hotel where shes been huddled with a team of advisers hitting ready for tuesday. Harris hasnt participated in a debate since facing Mike Patton during the Vice President ial debate four year
19 dead students, two dead teachers, and the police force that failed them. the lead starts now, what went wrong, on may 24th, 2022, the justice department is out with its new uvalde report, what families of victims killed that day say now about the long list of failures the attorney general is calling out. donald trump s latest immunity defense, presidents can do anything, even when they cross the line. online, in the middle of the night, was it a message to his base for the u.s. supreme court? the disturbing find in gaza by israel looking for hostages , the discovery at a cemetery leading to a brand-new investigation. i am jake tapper in new hampshire, the side of our call with nikki haley. i will be moderating the town hall and there is so much new hampshire voters want to ask the former united nations ambassador and south carolina governor. much more coming up on the race for 2024. we begin with law and justice, the 2022 elementary school massacre in uvalde
i m the granddaughter of a factory worker and the grandmother of a wonderful 1-year-old child. and every day i think about what we need to do to make sure that opportunity is available, not just for her, but for all of our children. debates are a flawed test, to put it mildly, for choosing a president. once elected, presidents don t debate. they don t debate anyone. it is not part of the job, but giving speeches is. presenting their thoughts in a carefully composed way usually with the assistance of a teleprompter is part of being a president. done right, the opening and closing statements for the candidates could be the most presidential moments you see in the debate. as for the timing of the debate, the networks have been debating on the lengths to sell more air time. donald trump is right about that. cnn scheduled the democratic
debate. they don t debate anyone. it is not part of the job, but giving speeches is. presenting their thoughts in a carefully composed way usually with the assistance of a teleprompter is part of being a president. done right, the opening and closing statements for the candidates could be the most presidential moments you see in the debate. as for the timing of the debate, the networks have been debating on the lengths to sell more air time. donald trump is right about that. cnn scheduled the democratic debate to begin at 8:00 p.m. and the first time we heard the candidate speak was 8:48 p.m., and two hours after that the debate was over, and no one complained that it was too short. joining us now, political analyst for msnbc, alex, so two hours is that enough of trump and company?