Never let you go to lumi dotcom and get your first Starter Pack for 30 off. Im Hanako Montgomery In Tokyo and this is cnn tonight. The high Stakes Showdown here in philadelphia between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, their first Face To Face Meeting in this president ial election, their first Face To Face Meeting ever. A historic race for president upended just weeks ago. President biden withdrawing after his last debate Donald Trump, now up against a new opponent. The candidates separated by the smallest of margins, essentially tied in the polls nationally and in the key battlegrounds including right here in pennsylvania all still very much in play. The abc News President ial debate starts right now. This is an Abc News special. The most consequential moment of this campaign. Kamala harris together we will chart a new way forward. Donald trump, we will soon be a great nation again, Face To face historic the abc News President ial debate. Here now david
Judge Jeanine Jr. , harold Ford Jr. , jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new York City, and this is the five. Well, apparently, greg, it was a showdown for the ages. Donald trump met Kamala Harris, squaring off for their first debate, the night starting out with a handshake that quickly darted a makers. She doesnt have a plan, she copied Bidens Plan and it is like for sentences, like run Spot Run P or g is going to my philosophy. I was going to send her a maga hat. In the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer. And what you will also notice is people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustiOn And boredom. Im talking now. If you dont mind. Please. Does that sound familiar . Donald trump was fired by 81 Million people. What you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator, who would eat you for lunch. Quiet, please. She is going to do all of these wonderful things. Why hasnt s
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
Taylor swift has reshaped American Music and global Pop Culture. Will her endorsement of Kamala Harris change the course of American Politics as well . And Hurricane Francine Pound ing the southern coast of louisiana with heavy Rain And Wind as the window for thousands to get out has nearly slammed shut. The latest on the storm Coming Up and whether it could get worse before it gets better. Lots to get to on a wednesday. But today, theres no debate about the most important measure of the harris trump faceoff. Did it move undecided voters . Looking at the early analysis, the answer maybe found in three words. Bait and switch. The campaign clearly signalled she would bait Donald Trump. She did numerous times, and he took it. During the course of his Rattle Lirks he talks about fingsal characters like hasnt billion elector and people start leeing his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. First to the rallies. She said people start leaving. People dont go to her rallies. Theres no r
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