Real time. It was bad. The lead with Jake Tapper starts its now so will there be a rematch . The lead starts right now what you. Think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch or would have been, im talking now. You dont mind, please . Does that sound familiar Attack Lines landed, but there is quite a bit that voters did not hear in last Nights Debate, Trump And Harris both leaving question since unanswered will run down the List Senator Bernie sanders is here with reaction as well as longtime democratic congressman Jim Clyburn also ahead who is changing the rules, the controversial individuals behind the Flexion Changes in battleground georgia, will they impact results in november and breaking news conditions, deteriorating as Hurricane Francine nears landfall along the Louisiana Coast and New Orleans braces for impact welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper upper voting is now officially underway in the 2024 election alabama. Today, the first State Mailing out its Absentee Ballots amid an avalanche of headlines declaring Vice PresidentKamala Harris the winter of last Nights Debate against former president Donald Trump. There are many reasons why this debate did not go well for mr. Trump. One might be exemplified by his staggeringly absurd lie about migrants in springfield, ohio eating local neighbors, Cats And Dogs will take a closer look at that bizarre moment in just a second. But first lets take a step back because we have been telling you for weeks that this debate would be a defining event in the race where americans would have perhaps the only opportunity here both candidates make their case and the same arena sidebyside. And while by no means are we equating the two performances Last Night, it is also true that at times both Trump And Harris fell short of giving straightforward answers to questions about how exactly they went good run the country. Vice president harris began the debate by punting. The first question on the economy do you believe americans are better off than they were four years ago so i was raised as a middleclass kid and i am actually the only person on the stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of america went on from there despite the economy being the Number One issue facing the country, the sitting Vice President generally reverted to talking points about a few of her policy proposals, even Harris Allies today hey, youre saying that she needs to talk more about what she will do for americans if elected. Senator Bernie Sanders will be here in a second to talk about more about the need for her to fill in some of those blanks on the border and other vulnerable issue for harris she also dodged would you have done anything differently from President Biden numbness. So im the only person on this stage who has prosecuted Transnational Criminal Organizations for the trafficking of guns, drugs that wasnt the question when asked how she would break through the Israel HamasWar Stalemate Harris said this we need a Ceasefire Deal and we need the hostages out. And so we will continue to work around the clock on that. Okay. But again, how trump meanwhile, was also busy not answering big questions. His non answers were, in many ways revealing in different ways, he would not say whether or not he veto a national Abortion Ban im going to favor of abortion bill, but it doesnt matter because this issue has now been taken over by the states. Would you veto a national Abortion Ban if you have to . He never gave a yes or no on that. And mr. Trump would also not say that ukraine winning the war against russia would be in americas best interest. I think its a us best interest to get this war finished and just get it done. All right, negotiate a deal as he runs for a second term, he did not stand by his recent seeming admission that he lost the 2020 election by a whisker that are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 . Acknowledge entered mr. Trump did not take any opportunity to take the opportunity to express any remorse for any of his own actions or inactions during the January 6 attack, which of course resulted in injuries and the deaths of multiple individuals, including Police Officers after the attack, defending the capitol is there anything you regret about what you did on that Day Yesterday . I had nothing to do with that other than they asked me to make a speech the notion that mr. Trump had nothing to do with the disaster of January 6 is so obviously false. It is rather stunning. And while none of those were shining moment for the former president , let us turn back to that one unmistakable reason why trumps Debate Performance was so shall we say, wanting . Understand that trump has siloed himself off into an unhealthy media ecosystem. Now, many politicians and many americans do. They limit their intake of information to that which comports with their preexisting beliefs, narratives, its a booming business. Websites, Cable Channels that generally only Interview Folks from one party or the other with anchors openly, rudy for one candidate or the other. But we saw Last Night with mr. Trump, however, is something far more nefarious. Its evidence of someone not just stuck in an information silo, but a Misinformation Silo. The most notorious evidence of that Last Night came with this outrageous and more than a little bit racist lie about haitians and one town in ohio in springfield. Theyre eating the dogs. The people that came in there eating the cats, theyre eating theyre eating the pets of the people that live there this must. Be the craziest subject to ever were its head in american president ial debate. Trump latched onto this dark corners of the internet claim with zero supporting evidence, springfield City Officials tell cnn there have been no credible reports of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by people within the immigrant community. Conservative Commentator Erick Erickson noted, quote, the liners on the right think got trump to regurgitate. There lie. He could have focused on the actual problems in springfield, but ran with the lie from the idiots on Social Media, unquote, trump is actually traveling with some of these Folks Conspiracy peddlers. We should note a veritable Legion Of Doom of bigots and liars, perhaps none so depraved as this woman, laura loomer, he or she is getting off of Trumps Plane before Yesterdays Debate just on sunday, she posted and insanely instantly a racist message that have harris, whose mom was an indian immigrant wins quote, The White House will smells like curry and white house speeches will be facilitated via a call center, unquote on this 23rd anniversary of 911, we should also note loomer posted last year that 911 was a quote inside job unquote, trump continues to bring this person along on his travels with him. Why . I dont know, but we should note its not just loomer who is in trumps circle embracing this migrants are eating your cats, mean it was also pushed by trumps running mate, ohio senator Jd Vance and other lawmakers who frankly often seem more motivated by a desire for clicks and owning the libs on Social Media instead of facts and truth. Vance has acknowledged the possibility, quote, but all these rumors will turn out to be false, unquote. But nonetheless, he urged his supporters to quote, keep they cat memes flowing so as to not quote, let the Cry Babies in the media dissuade you fellow patriots vance told cnns kaitlan collins Last Night the falsehoods are necessary necessary in order to shame the media into covering these issues. The people on the ground dealing with this, think that it is happening. And i think that its important for journalists to actually get on the ground and uncover this stuff for themselves. Wild stuff lies from a senator lives with a higher purpose. Now, the Misinformation Silo may be why trump mostly bypassed all these issues or he couldve scored real points against Vice President harris inflation, the disastrous afghanistan withdrawal, serious actual issues related to two, the immigration Crisis Trump instead sounded like a fourt can post come to life, which is great if youre going after voters who want a focus on Conspiracy Theories and unhinged lives. But if youre trying to win a debate and an election, its for the dogs. Lets dive into all this with my panel. Kate today, several democrats are expressing concerns about how tight this race still its take a listen this race is going to come down to just a few thousand votes probably everybody is all hands on Deck Everybody is we have a campaign that is not taking any vote for granted. Im very concerned and i tell people all the time, you know, somebody asked me in chicago what you learned from 2016, then i said, you Cant Win by little. You got to win by a lot winning the debate is not winning an election. Yeah, absolutely. And theres no question the race is very, very close. I mean, if you look at where things stand in the battleground, states that are ultimately going to decide the election. This is a coin toss race, and i think democrats are smart to keep that in mind. It can be easy sometimes in the wake of a night Last Night where theres no question that vp. Harris turned in a terrific performance and really, i think eight away at some of trumps perceived strength in this race perfectly by making him seem week and defensive and constantly engaging on her terms. So i thought she did a terrific service for herself in her candidacy Last Night, but it is important to not lose sight of the fact that winning a debate is not winning the election. But i do think what she did really effectively was put the contrast on display. I mean, you had Donald Trump shouting about migrants eating dogs rather than talking about issues that are matter to people in these swing states. And i thought she came across as confident, calm, effective you know if youre a person whos deciding who is the person with the temperament that i want to put in the Oval Office i think the question Last Night was pretty clear. Rematch. Do you think well see another debate . And if you were advising trump, would you tell him that he should do another debate . If i were advising trump, which is a very hard thing. I think i would ask for a doover if only because even if its a another bad debate, the police, each one is less important if you have more water it down, yes. Right now, but the problem is the problem with so trump, who was on display Last Night, who is the same trump . We always see really is that he doesnt have any selfcontrol. He doesnt have any selfdiscipline. Thats one of the reasons so many americans have decided hes not fit for office. And that was what he was just displaying. And jamie, we have a new indication of how well harriss team thinks that debate went. The new Kamel Hq Twitter account im posted our newest ad just dropped and then does still link to the entire debate on top of that, you point to some of the Body Language Moment starting with the handshake, Vice President harris went right over to Donald Trump the same way, by The Way, Ronald Reagan did with Jimmy Carter in 1980, kind of like im here. Whats going on, buddy, right . She took control of the situation immediately with that. I just want to say that Social Media account, they know what theyre doing. Theyre using humor over and over again. Donald trump is not known for having a great sense of humor, especially about himself. But, but just to talk about what she did Last Night, the handshake, those faces, this smile the slow head shake, which my husband says, im guilty of doing from time to time. But that was a political strategy by the campaign going into Last Night. We keep talking about the debate and the substance. And you talked about the lack of policy. But we also keep using the Word Performance and Donald Trump knows from his perspective, it is a performance, arent they met him there . We saw him destroy 16 republicans on the Debate Stage in 2016 Last Night, he met his match. Know, she really took him on and all of those little things, the smiles, it makes a difference, but they telegraphed for on that ahead of time that she was going to try to bait him into nonsense and you saw there was this she gave an answer on Health Care and she kind of just for for whatever read well, what we know the reason she mentioned John Mccain doing the thumbs down. She even did the thumbs downs. Are there it is of when he destroyed his trumps attempt to to get rid of obamacare, repeal obamacare. Theres no reason to mention that accepted get under his skin. And if you look back, i want to show you a little montage we created just for sure on allowed some of the chumbe that she threw into the water to take a listen people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. Well, i think this is so rich coming from someone who has been prosecuted. Donald trump was fired by 81 Million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that World Leaders are laughing at Donald Trump. I have talked with military leaders, some of whom work with you, and they say youre a disgrace i mean, shes even using with disgrace. There are some of the language he uses and its just, its just took every you took every, every byte that we were talking about trauma, have this image in my head of Roy Scheider were going to need a bigger Boat And Trump is the shark. Look one of the biggest problems democrats have faced in this race is that the retrospective Job Approval of trump has been improving, right . I mean people say they approve of his performance as president at a rate that is higher than his actual approval was at any point during his presidency so lets and i think experts believe thats largely because they are viewing him primarily through the lens of inflation, like things dont cost, things didnt cost as much when he was president. But when he was president , despite all of that economic satisfaction, his Approval Rating never reached 50 . And Last Night, Kamala Harris, with a lot of help from Donald Trump, reminded 78 Million people watching why that was. So. I mean, he, he displayed all of the behavior. The dismissiveness, the divisiveness the tendency to go down these rightwing rabbit holes. Are we talking about immigrants eating pets that cause people when he was president to question whether he was fit for the job, even though they were basically satisfied with The Way the economy was going and that doesnt eliminate all the problems you still have a lot of discontent about the economy, as you noted, that the one