The two candidates vying to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. Donald Trump And Kamala harris were on stage in the Swing State of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash, with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. Topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. It was a prime time show down, which often turned personal. And while Pollsters Crunch their data to work out how the candidates performances went down with voters, both campaigns are claiming they came out best. Moments after the debate, Donald Trump entered the spin room, insisting tojournalists that hed won the night. Our senior North America Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was watching the debate in philadelphia. The abc News President ial debate. Here now, David Muir and linsey davis. Good evening. Im David Muir, and thank you forjoining us for tonights abc News President ial debate. Not just the first debate for these two as president ial candidates, but th
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at One. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have clashed in their first debate of the election campaign. The pair sparred over immigration, abortion and the economy and traded attacks over each other S Record in government. Vice president harris called the former president a laughing stock on the world stage, and said hed be manipulated by dictators if he returned to the white house. Donald trump criticised american Military Aid to ukraine, as well as accusing Kamala Harris of having no economic plans. Our senior North America Correspondent, gary odonoghue, has the story. The abc News President ial debate. Here now, David Muir and linsey davis. Good evening. Im David Muir and thank you forjoining us for tonights abc News President ial debate. Not just the first debate for these two as president ial candidates, but the first time these two have ever met. That was about as friendly as it got as they came to debate in p
Of the election campaign. 00 01 01,354 2147483051 37 15,392 the pair sparred over 2147483051 37 15,392 4294966103 13 29,429 immigration, abortion shes a marxist. Everybody knows shes a marxist. People start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. But soon they got on to issues such as immigration, a key concern for voters and one that could be a strength for the former president , though he chose to focus on unsubstantiated claims about migrants eating peoples pets. In springfield, theyre eating the dogs. The people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Theyre eating. The Vice President could scarcely contain herself. Of the people that live there. Moderators attempted to Fact Check the former president on several occasions during the debate. Abc news did reach out to the City Manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community. Well, ive seen people on te
Hello. Kamala harris and Donald Trump have clashed in Theirfirst Debate of the election campaign. The pair sparred over immigration, abortion and the economy and traded attacks over each other S Record in government. Vice president harris, called the former president a laughing stock on the World Stage and said he would be manipulated by dictators if he returned to the White House. Donald trump criticised american Military Aid to ukraine, as well as accusing Kamala Harris of having no economic plans. Lets speak to our North America Correspondent nada tawfik, who is in philadelphia. What is the general consensus of who won this debate . If what is the general consensus of who won this debate . If you look at several of who won this debate . If you look at several poles of who won this debate . If you look at several poles of of who won this debate . If you look at several poles of this i look at several poles of this morning, more americans thought that kamala won this debate and it wa
Lets start with the startling claim that trump made about migrants eating pets. Yes, this is one key moment. Trump made this baseless claim about immigrants and a city in ohio. In springfield, theyre eating i the dogs, the people that came in, theyre eating the cats, theyre eating the pets of i the people that live there, and this is whats happening in our country. We spoke to Springfield City officials who said they have no credible reports this actually happened. This baseless claim was promoted by republican Vice President ial Candidatejd Vance President ial candidate Jd Vance on social president ial candidateJd Vance on Social Media, and in a post on Social Media, and in a post On X that was viewed more than 11 Million times. It appears this story has been pulled together across a number of different sources and pulled into aid cohesive story. Its been referred to in official republican Social Media channels such as the House Judiciary Committee Twitter Account On X. They showed th