Media learning. Were trying. Were 60 second away from the president ial debate. It is hosted by Abc News, moderated by David Muir and lyndsey davis. The two candidates have never met Face To face and of course, the differences between them couldnt be more stark. If telected Donald Trump would be the oldest person ever inaugurated to the u. S. Presidency. He has spent the last few days threatening to imprison his political enemies. And being derided for just being plainly incoherent. Vice president Kamala Harris is a former prosecutor and u. S. Senator and attorney general. She has had lightning in a bottle. Running a short and highly energized campaign centered around supreme. We know the stakes could not be higher. Everybody says that in every version of a president ial race but this year we know deeply in our guts that that is true. Here now is the president ial debate. Good evening im David Muir and thank you for joining us tonight for Abc East President ial debate. We want to welco
Between kamala harris and donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The rivals will go head to head to win the white house in what many experts say will undoubtedly be a close race. The debate will be 90 minutes long with two commerical breaks here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. The us network abc news is hosting the debate. There will be no audience in attendance, and the candidates microphones will be muted when they are not speaking. It comes at a pivotal moment in the campaign, with both harris and trump aiming to win over undecided voters in key swing states. Joining me now is our north america correspondent gary o donoghue from the spin room floor. Gary, i know the action is picking up there, tell us what you ve been hearing from some of the surrogates for both campaigns. figs of the surrogates for both campaigns of the surrogates for both camaians. A. , ,. Campaigns. As you would expect, some of the campaigns. As you would expect,
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
Try handsfree sketcher slipups, provide got news for you. Premiere saturday at nine on cnn in the mustwin battleground of pennsylvania kamala harris and donald trump are about to face off in their first and perhaps only debate she s not going to debate cheaters. I want to debate. If you got something to say tonight in philadelphia and unprecedented showed up in one of the most unpredictable presidential races in american history the former president testing out his attack lines it s not a good debater. She s not a smart person as the vice president prepares to prosecute her case donald trump s type issues candidates takes center stage less than two months before election day. It s debate night in america and cnn s live coverage begins right now he is a momentous night for america and the night is going to happen in philadelphia, the birthplace of america, the backdrop for historymaking presidential debate tonight, we are standing by to see donald trump and kamala harris onstage togethe
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