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
alleged members of the oath keepers, including its founder, for their role in the attack on the capitol on january 6, 2021. over the last month, the justice department presented witness testimony and shocking videos and damning text messages and more, all of it evidence that prosecutors say proves the five defendants attempted to carry out a coordinated conspiracy to stop the legal and lawful transfer of presidential power and keep donald trump in the white house. now, why is this case so different than the hundreds of cases facing alleged rioters. two words, seditious conspiracy. that s a rare charge. it s one that was put on the books around the time of the u.s. civil war when the confederacy declared war on the u.s. government. it s a charge reserved for only the gravest of threats to the u.s. government. and these five alleged oath keepers are the first to stand trial for this accusation in more than a decade. to really understand this case, you ve got to first understand
vulnerable are other u.s. cities? i ll speak with fema administrator deanne criswell next. plus, rematch? president biden gives a stark warning to americans ahead of the midterms. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism. as we learn more about donald trump s handling of classified material, three ex-advisers to the former president will join us. hello, i m dana bash and the state of our union is hitting the campaign trail. happy labor day weekend. the unofficial end to summer and kickoff to campaign season. president biden is heading to key midterm states tomorrow, two of them, he s visiting wisconsin and pennsylvania, after he warned americans that his predecessor, former president trump posed a threat to the future of american democracy. today we re going to test how that speech and other top issues like the economy, education and abortion are resonating in the midterm campaigns. we re going to get the view from both candidates in a race that co
political sooth sayers were predicting? if last night s primary results were any indication, we might have some clues that, look, that may not hit so hard after all. here s the first clue. have we been watching a little news coverage on the on the edge of our seat? i i i honestly can t believe it. i cannot believe it. well, that s democrat pat ryan. he apparently surprised himself that he won a special election against a republican in a new york swing district that many expected to swing toward the gop. after all, biden only won the district by what a point and a half in 2020? when it all comes to midterm elections, if past is prologue, the party in the oval office doesn t really get the benefit of the spoils. and that leads us to number two clue number two. i ll let pat ryan explain that one too. and i think these supreme court decisions especially, on both guns and on roe, struck a real nerve that s much deeper than some of the other issues people are expe
supreme court. now, i know there s a draft opinion, and it was leaked and it purports to say that, yes, the writing is on the wall. and no one should be naive to the prospect that roe v. wade may, in fact, be overturned. and yet, roe v. wade, again, sitting here today is still supposed to be the law of the land until the supreme court officially says otherwise. but for some governors and abortion clinic operators, the leaked opinion was enough. it s given license to governors to try to anticipate that overturning roe v. wade, according to that opinion, will allow them to decide the issue. remember, alito wanted it to go back to the states. it s about having the individual states being the one to decide how their state will operate. and because of it, some governors are now signing legislation accordingly or hoping to be able to soon. and for some abortion clinic operators, well, state abortion bans have made them stop providing the service entirely out of fear of being sued.