Grown on our farm, enjoyed at your table. welcome back to our Special Coverage, msnbc reports Debate Day live from philadelphia. It is a gorgeous day here. Hello, im chris jansing. As a democratic strategist put it, its like running a 5k after riding a tiltawhirl. Thats how hes describing Tonights Showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. 90 minutes that could reshape the final 55 days of a race that has been stubbornly tight. Heres our first look at the stage inside the national constitution center. Were told harris has just arrived for a walkthrough ahead of her meeting with Donald Trump, who she has actually never met before. We have details on how the Vice President s team is already taunting trump in the runup to their faceoff. Also, new Exclusive Reporting About What Trump sees as his biggest challenge tonight. Nbcs Yamiche Alcindor covers the Harris Campaign and Garrett Haake covers the trump campaign. If only if people could have heard our conversation in the break. We a
President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will take the Debate Stage here in philly for their first Facetoface Meeting in fact, ever, giving voters a fresh look at the race after an historic few weeks. For Vice President harris, these 90 minutes on stage could be the biggest of her political career so far, her largest audience. A chance to drive a contrast between her and Donald Trump directly to his face, and define who she is for viewers. Its an opening to once again boost the enthusiasm after a new round of polling this week shows her Honeymoon Phase could be stalling. In other words, a tall order. So how is she going to do it . And how will Donald Trump do it. After failing to land an effective Attack Line against her, well have some insight on the possible Strategy Hell be leaning into tonight. What trump told our own Garrett Haake about the challenges that he says hes ready for when he faces the Vice President on that Debate Stage. And how recent polling shows he
The Vice President spent The Weekend in pittsburgh preparing for the debate. During a Radio Interview that aired this morning, she talked about what she expected from trump during the debate. He plays from 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 we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruths. For his part, Donald Trump held a rally in battle ground, wisconsin, on saturday. As both candidates prepare for tomorrows debate, new polling shows an extremely tight race. A New York times Sienna College national poll gives trump a 1 Point Lead over the Vice President. The Yougov Poll of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin show a close but tied race in the battleground states, with the results in the margin of error. With us now, Nbc News correspondent, garrett haake,
Good morning. Great to have you with us. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. It is a busy day ahead in the race for the White House. Less than a week until the debate, and the rules for that face off still unsettled as the nominees and their running Mates Branch out in four different directions today. Former President Trump will be back in pennsylvania for a talk with Fox News ally. And Vice President Harris Heads to New Hampshire. Our Garrett Haake is in washington tracking the Trump Campaign. Also with us, former Chief Strategist for the 2012 romney campaign, and former clinton adviser, richard goodstein. Yamiche, what will we hear from the Vice President this afternoon, and why New Hampshire . Reporter well, its a good question. Good morning, ana. The Vice President is here because she really wants to lean in on the economic messaging here. Of course, New Hampshire is not seen by many as a battleground state, but shes here because there a
We begin with Breaking News. The biden administration taking a series of actions to target what they allege are attempts by russianbacked actors to manipulate Public Opinion here in the u. S. Ahead of the president ial election. According to two senior u. S. Joining officials. Joining us now is nbcs ken ken, dilanian. Ken, what more have we learned . Jose this is being described by our sources as a whole of Government Action designed to target russian Propaganda And Disinformation aimed at interfering in the 2024 it election. It is said to include sanctions by the treasury department, Law Enforcement Action by the Justice Department, and one of the focuses on rt, formerly known as russia today, that network of russian government funded English Language websites and Television Platforms that was flagged all The Way back in 2017 by the u. S. Intelligence community as a vehicle for russian Disinformation And Election interference. At that time, the Justice Department required rt to regist