Good evening. Good evening. And good evening. The candidates need no introduction. Are you ready? ready. A new race with a new democratic candidate. Mr. Vice president, i m speaking. And a familiar republican opponent. Do i still have to stick to policy? a vice president running to chart a new course. It doesn t have to be this way. Against an expresident with a criminal record. I have been indicted more than capone. With more issues facing the american people, reproductive rights, the economy, immigration, foreign policy, and the future of democracy itself. We are not going back. Tonight, full team coverage with rachel maddow, nicolle wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, symone sanders townsend, plus, steve kornacki on the road to 270. Alex wagner at the debate in philadelphia. New jersey senator cory booker, california governor gavin newsom, and pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. Msnbc s special coverage of the presidential deba
News central starts right now it is on full just hours to go until the crucial debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, we have new reporting on their secret Game Plan Explosion in moscow overnight, Hunter Herds and Drone Swarming Moscow and other russian cities and ukraines largest Drone Attack, yet nine regions targeted this morning, assessing the impact and we have a lift off after weeks of delays, Spacex Falcon nine, rocket ship. Now sorting through space how the Polaris Dawn Crew hopes to make history im Sara Sider with Kate Bolduan and john berman. This is cnn new central this morning in the immortal words of kate baldwin, its Debate Day in america, friends the first debate between Vice President harris and former President Trump, the first time as far as we know that they will ever meet at all. Maybe the last the event of the national Constitution Center in philadelphia comes in an absolutely pivotal moment. The closest campaign we have ever seen this morning, axios calls
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
One have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 a21, 4,000 the stakes could not be higher. Sadly, were not talking cheesesteaks in just a few hours. Vice president Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will face off in philly how they play and to take their attacks from the Campaign Trail to the Debate Stage plus, israel just releasing video, they say shows the tunnel were six hostages were killed last month by hamas. This just hours after a deadly israeli airstrike inside a gaza its a humanitarian zone latest details from The Middle East firefighters in California And Nevada are fighting more than 60 wildfires and they have forced Thousands Dozens of people from their homes now record heat could make matters worse. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central top of the hour im Brianna Keilar alongside Boris Sanchez and the clock is ticking now and j
Silhouette. Thats the one like that to the lead with Jake Tapper starts right now. Welcome to plead live from philadelphia, the site of Tonights President ial debate. Im Jake Tapper. The big moment is just a few hours away. We just got some video of tonight stage setup. Vice president Kamala Harris will take the podium. That is screen, right. And former President Donald Trump will be screen left. Not only will this be the first debate between these two president ial nominees, it will be the very first time that commonly harris and Donald Trump have ever met facetoface you might remember Donald Trump boycotted the inaugural in 2021. Today, cnn is learning that Vice President harris has spoken multiple times now with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton the democratic nominee, eight years ago, Who Thrice Debated Trump in 2016, clinton advised harris, were told to Bait Trump into who selfdestruction. This evening, creating what clinton calls low moments for Donald Trumps such as in h