Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at One. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have clashed in their first debate of the election campaign. The pair sparred over immigration, abortion and the economy and traded attacks over each other S Record in government. Vice president harris called the former president a laughing stock on the world stage, and said hed be manipulated by dictators if he returned to the white house. Donald trump criticised american Military Aid to ukraine, as well as accusing Kamala Harris of having no economic plans. Our senior North America Correspondent, gary odonoghue, has the story. The abc News President ial debate. Here now, David Muir and linsey davis. Good evening. Im David Muir and thank you forjoining us for tonights abc News President ial debate. Not just the first debate for these two as president ial candidates, but the first time these two have ever met. That was about as friendly as it got as they came to debate in p
horseracing. thank you. afternoon. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum and this is the story. south carolina senators tim scott a potential ep candidate is here live has former president trump whittles down his list and announces when he s revealing his pickton clay travis and hillary clinton equating the day with the 2024 election. but first hunter biden may take a stand in his gun trial following an emotional day in court. his daughter naomi testifying she never saw her father do drugs when asked if she knows what that would look like, she answered i guess not. we are told the first lady who again sat in the courtroom appeared upset after naomi s testimony. president biden saying this about his son s legal battle. watch. will you accept the jury s outcome, the verdict the matter what is? yes. have you ruled out a pardon for your son? justice correspondent live outside the courthouse in wilmington delaware. david good afternoon. good afternoon. jurors sent
Us markets have their worst day since the president ial election as turmoil grips the white house. Plus alibaba goes west. Chinas 300 billion E Commerce Giant looks to america but can it take on its us rivals . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, japans economy grows for the fifth quarter in a row has abenomics finally paid off . Well be live in tokyo for reaction. But first, we start on wall street where for months optimism about the trump presidency, the markets have been powering to record highs. But late on wednesday the trump bump turned into the trump slump as us stocks and the dollar suffered their worst day since before the election. The cause of the sell off . Growing concern that the president s promised tax cuts and pro business reforms may never materialise, as the white house battles one controversy after another. Lets show you the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 372 points, and both the dow and s p 500 suffered their w
Air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to firefight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. John mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. Stryker mcguire, they are all thinking of watergate. You were in the states, working as a journalist back then, all those years ago. Do you have a sense of deja vu . I was a mere child. Precocious journalistic talent journalists started at a young age back then. So, is it like watergate . No and yes. One thing is that watergate began with two break ins. May and june 1972. It built rather slowly, and the break ins themselves were rather inconsequen
Air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to firefight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. John mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. Stryker mcguire, they are all thinking of watergate. You were in the states, working as a journalist back then, all those years ago. Do you have a sense of deja vu . I was a mere child. Precocious journalistic talent journalists started at a young age back then. So, is it like watergate . No and yes. One thing is that watergate began with two break ins. May and june 1972. It built rather slowly, and the break ins themselves were rather inconsequen