Final prep underway for the Abc News debate tonight. In a race this close, the stakes could not be higher. Good morning, im Bill Hemmer live in New York. They have never met before. Dana i thought that was interesting. Bill in the room for the first time. Dana im great. Im Dana Perino and this is Americas Newsroom. This is like a little bit like the playoffs. Bill yes. Like the Championship Game before the super bowl. Weve had this date circled on the calendar for three months and so finally its here. Dana its less than 12 hours from now. Vice president harris and former President Trump Meet on the Debate Stage in philadelphia. The showdown is seen as their best chance to sway undecided voters in a race that could be decided by the slimest of margins. Bill trump is expected to go over harriss policy flipflops, fracking, medicaid for all, the border wall. Harris under pressure to explain the reversals going 51 days without a formal news conference. Dana Alexandria Hoff has the latest on
Presidential debate tonight. America reports. He wants to turn the page on the past. She represents a new way forward for this country. Where Donald Trump represents something old, something stale, something people are ready to move on from. They going to see Donald Trump lay out his vision for making america great again. Hes the only candidate in this race trying to unify the entire country. Its about going after the character but also talking about policy, because your Character Influences values which influences the policies you have. If she pains that picture, we are well on our way to being where we need to be to enact this election. Lino President Trump is an incredible debater. We need to keep that bar high for her because, again, she is seeking the highest land in the office. John thats whats being said and that is a live look at the Spin Room at the national Constitution Center in philadelphia. His hours from now, former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will fa
The network at nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. I will see you tomorrow. Thank you for joining us. Super happy to have you here. It is september nine today and you know what that means. Obviously, it means happy birthday, North Korea and i hoped you remember to get them something nice. It traces its founding to this date in 1948. Today was full of terrified North Korean citizens marching through the streets dressed Identically Doing Synchronized things with flags and banners all pledging loyalty till death to this third generation of totalitarian dictators who have ruled that country since its findings in 1948. The cult of personality that is the North Korean dictatorship involves essentially the worship of the Kim Family Is Gods on earth. And today on the occasion of North Koreas birthday, the chinese president and the president of russia Vladimir Putin send warm congratulations to North Korea and warm congratulations to kim jongun praising his dictatorship promising c
Its going . In the last one within the first ten minutes people had their ideas. Whats your Mark Tonight . I think well have a sense of whether what the moderators have planned tonight. One of the things was Fact Checking was going to be the purview of the participants not the moderators, and i think well get a sense of what role the moderators are going to play in the first few minutes. I think if you look back at harris and her sort of arc in the senate on the Judiciary Committee, it took her about three quarters to make bill barr, Jeff Sessions and Brett Kavanaugh squirm. I would give her about five minutes to see what approach shes taking and what strategy she plans to deploy. Trump wont be the story. I know he likes to always be the story, but trump will be trump. I think ill be interested to see what abc and the Moderators Approach is tonight and what Vice President harris approach is tonight. You make a great point in reminding everyone even though news viewers may have been wat
Hi, everyone. Dont you love that music. It is 4 00 in New York. The prosecutor versus the felon, the want to be autocrat versus the democrat. A candidate weighed down by incumbency in the eyes of the voters, a candidate who will be the oldest president in our history should he prevail. Versus the candidate of change from a much younger generation. Every contrast that defined the 2024 president ial election could very well be distilled in to 90 minutes on one of the biggest stages of this Campaign Season so far. With the mics muted and no audience with only the moderator as loued to ask the questions and two minutes to answer and two minutes for rebuttal, Vice President Kamala Harris will be up against a candidate who at this point is defined by his lies. As we reported before, he told more than 30,000 lies over the course of his presidency. Countless more since then. A candidate who has no problem spewing disinformation no matter the consequences, as long as it serves had im. Here is h