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
Neil lesson 24 hours after the president ial debate of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris taking a brief pause to honor and remember those killed on 9 11. Alexis make adams is in shanksville, pennsylvania were trump just wrapped up after meeting with firefighters and then texas republican here till facing the nation. All these years later, was harrys coat that when campaign cochair, on the Big Decision Facing Americans after the big debate, still, is so far the only big debate. Former president Robert F. Kennedy junior here as well, moving the needle with independence, the story on what that showdown means for the election Coming Up. Welcome everybody, and neil cavuto. Get right to it. Lexus mcadams and shanks will, pennsylvania. We all remember on having their, alexis . It is my first time here for the memorial for Flight 93, you go off this road that winds through the country and you feel like youre in the middle of nowhere, the new show up to this memoria
Zelenskyy and the ukrainians to fight for their independence. Otherwise putin would be sitting in kyiv with his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland, why dont you tell the 800,000 Poland Americans right here in pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch. Wow. I just saw that live a few minutes ago but seeing it a second time. Thank you for being with us as we digest Tonights Barnburner President ial debate between Vice President harris and former president Donald Trump. It was a very lopsided debate as it turns out. We all knew the Stakes Tonight were almost unimaginably high, it would be a debate like no other, in a president ial race like no other, but now we know how it went and why the Laris Campaign is so pleased with how it went. I will tell you something, he is going to talk about immigration tonight even when it is not the Subject Being raised and
With his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland. Why didnt you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would you for lunch. Seeing it a second time. Thank you for being with us as we digest it was a very lopsided debate as it turns out. We all knew the Stakes Tonight were almost unimaginably high. We knew it would be a debate like No Other and a president ial race like No Other, but now, we know how it went and why the Harris Campaign is so pleased with how it went. I will tell you something. He will talk about immigration a lot even though its of the Subject Being raised. I will do something unusual and i will invite you to attend one of Donald Trumps rallies. Its a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fixed noble characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmi
Immigration record and the administration s botched withdrawal from afghanistan. Now, the trump campaign previewed as much this week, essentially indicating that the former president would pursue those lines of attack against harris on the debate stage and presented with that. Harris aides and allies expected the vice president is going to paint trump as unserious and essentially describe his policies as unpopular. All of this to essentially avoid taking the bait. That includes one of those labels that the former president often uses. For harris calling her the border czar. Of course, the vice president was not tasked with border security, instead tapped to address root causes of migration. But she will be presenting that case on the debate stage today. All of this, anderson, really boils down to harris flipping the script here and using trump s own words and actions against him. All right. Thanks very much. We ll check in a little bit later. David axelrod, you have been with the presi