Im going to turn you over into the trusted hands of one mr. Wolf blitzer, who is in this Situation Room, which just is actually in Philadelphia Today it is Debate Night in america and we are now just a few hours away from what will be an historic President Ial Debate. And the first Facetoface Meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Good evening to all im Erin Burnett im Wolf Blitzer in philadelphia. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states. And around the world. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room. Erin, the unprecedented Showdown Tonight will be thank you. Place right here in philadelphia. These are brand new pictures were getting right now the Debate Stage former President Trump now making his way to the city of brotherly love. Cnn is learning. He will be joined by two family members, Eric Trump and his wife, lara trump. And wolf. The stakes obviously couldnt be higher. This is a Razortight Race from every single poll. Early
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Sandra the anticipation is building. Two candidates, one stage, Tens Of Millions of voters watching. Vice president Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will face off of the very first time just hours from now. Regardless of which version of Donald Trump shows up on the Debate Stage, it is an opportunity for the Vice President to communicate her vision. I think we are going to see tonight is a contrast of her trying to run from that record but also trying to defend that record. I think millions of americans are to see which Kamala Harris is going to show up. Sandra hello and welcome, everyone. Im Sandra Smith in New York. What a day, john. John this is going to be a big moment. Just seven hours from now could be the secondbiggest Debate Moment in history. Im John Roberts in washington and this is America Reports. A Campaign Official tells Fox News in the last hour that the former president is calm, cool, collected, and well read on Harris Record dating back to her time is se
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
Several metres deep. In the north of the territory, the un says a convoy of its staff carrying out polio vaccinations was held at gunpoint for eight hours by the israeli army on monday. The staff have now been released, but the un says it s not sure whether it can continue the vaccination campaign as planned. Meanwhile, syria says at least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of israeli air strikes. Syrian state media says multiple sites were targeted including scientific research centers. Monitoring organisations say that one of the sites, in the city of masyaf, was housing pro iranian weapons experts. Iran rejected reports that iranian sites were hit. Israel says it will not comment on reports of the strikes. Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in syria that it says are linked to iran. Our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega has more on the reports from beirut. There has been a sharp increase in the n