Coast, 8 00 pm on the east coast. This is a Fox News At Night. It remains unclear if we will see another president ial debate before november but it is becoming very clear that last Night Donald Trump was outnumbered. You might say it was a page out of of the common the harris playbook. I will tell you in this Debate Tonight you will hear from the same old tired playbook. A bunch of lies, brick grievances, and the name calling. Reporter the moderators appear to follow the playbook following a flurry of the Fact Checks and followups for Donald Trump. Would you veto a national Abortion Ban a . I wont have to. Could i get an answer yes are no . It is a very simple question the question is about you as a president not about the former speaker nancy pelosi. Do you believe it is in the best interest for ukraine to win this war yes are no . Just to be clear you do not have a plan . Trace not once was here was asked a followup question. While the former president had countless opportunities to call out Kamala Harris he had proof about what he has been saying all along. The Establishment Media does not cover what really matters in this country. Just think about how much different things would be if the media in this country sent their cameras to our board or, to our closing Factories Clothing factories, or to our failing schools. Trace while trump was battling phony battling phony statements many legitimate problems got Zero attention like censorship, men and women sports, rising crime, the Assassination Attempt to, and the coverup of joe bidens health. The senior national Correspondent Kevin is Live In Dc with more on what was and was not covered. You may recall how then president ial Nominee Mick Romney sailed through his first debate with President Barack Obama only to end up losing at the general election. Still for a while the headlines had the gop not feeling so hot but had the democrats in an absolutely brilliant move. Fastforward to Last Night. After what some critics called an uneven performance by the former president , democrats were dancing in The End his own like Billy White and johnson. Why not . To hear the critics, trump did not just lose it, it was quote, trumps 9 11, another outlet said it was, the Night Trump lost the election, another said, it was trumps At Night, the worst possible night. Other said it was like three against one. Kamala harris and the abc moderators who did not fact check both candidates. Needless to say there were plenty of opportunities we talk about that Last Night a lot of time for the moderators to fact took the Vice President they chose not to. But some including the New York posted the Fact Checking for them today. I think you will find that interesting. Critics said that Harris Alighted past questions like our you better off now than you were four years ago with nonanswers and talking points. Perhaps because of that despite a relatively solid effort she failed to move the needle and postdebate polling especially, trace, with independence. Something to keep an eye on Back To You. Trace we will talk about that. Live in dc thank you. We bring in New York. Reporter Lydia Morning Hand and. Julia manchester thank you for coming in. I will play a soundbite this is the and and political director david charlie. He says that trumps economic numbers went up after the debate among debate watchers. Kind of weird to watch. What better handled the economy is what we ask. Going into the debate, before the debate, 37 said here was, 53 the truck. After the Debate Margin of error were still here but numerically she lost a little bit gone. 35 and after the break she would better handled the economy. The other half said that trump had the economy is one of his strongest suits in the election. Trace a lot of people said he lost the debate but he picked up a couple of numbers. It is really important to delineate between style and substance. So much of the last 24 hours is about Kamala Harris and her style that she was confident, competent, voiced. Donald trump was sort of on the defensive because he was defunding Social Media posts. The reality is the independent voters in particular are much more concerned about the actual Substance And Meet of the policy. Kamala harris at every turn avoided answering those questions when she was asked about the economy she talked about how she was raising the middle class. She was asked about the border she said she was a prosecutor. She was asked about israel she said she wanted the hostages freed rather than talking about a plan. That is the criticism we are hearing from independent voters. They did not have any more clarity now than they did 24 hours ago where she stands on these really important and incredible issues. I think what is important to know is that voters now experience a term of trump and a term of the bidenharris administration. They know whether or not they were better off under one administration or the other. That its what they will be thinking about. Trace that is why Dinner Trump kept saying im an open book. The Wall Street Journal editorial Julia Manchester writes here, trump lets hear us off the debate hook, she won the debate because she came up with a strategy to taunt and Gold Mr Trump diving down Rabbit Holes of personal grievances, that left her Policy And History largely untouched. He always takes the bait and miss harris at multiple trap so he spent too much of the debate talking about the Past Or Biden or immigrants eating pets, but not how he would improve the lives of americans in the next four years. It is not one of those things that he does a lot but he appeared to take the bait a few times ago. I think that editorial was really spot on. We knew going into this debate Kamala Harris would try to bait him and go to him. Remember, that is why they want to the mics on. They wanted the american people or the people watching to really hear the reactions from Donald Trump. Even with them off they still hurt him. I do not think it does Donald Trump and he favours when he plays into calmly harris and her goading on Crowd Sizes for example. Or talks about the falsehood that immigrants are eating pets. By him a suburban woman in i am a suburban woman in pennsylvania i dont necessarily care about that, i care about the economy. Trump focused more on policy like lydia was mentioning before. He did to an extent but if he had done that a bit more i think we would be sea are hearing different reviews today. Trace two quick questions. Stephanie said this on msnbc. The first quick question she was asked are people better off today than they were four years ago. She did not definitively say yes, and the reason is it is complicated. You just said that house think its expensive, insurance, car insurance, and shrink your home is hugely expensive. It is a complicated question for them to answer. Trace it is not complicated the answer is no, we are not better off. I have 30 seconds for you. I think that toshi actually addresses this issue is whether she addresses it head on and says it was a bad for years and we will do better, voters will not be convinced. She needs to address this. I think some of the best points of the night where when trump was speaking to real americans saying look at the price of Bacon Look at the price of these everyday goods i think that resonates with people so much more. Yes, i am at the Grocery Store i know how much things cost versus four years ago. And kamala will have to convince people that she has something to offer on that front. Trace to this with an Instagram Post i am voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and the causes that i believe and i need a worry and a champion to use them i believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by common not chaos. Taylor swift, childless cat lady. Whether you like Taylor Swift or not at The End of the day she has an enormous following and she has quite a bit of influence. She has proven that she has influence with getting voters involved. She has posted in the past including Last Night these things to register to vote. As of three or 4 00 pm this afternoon over 300,000 people according to the general Service Administration have clicked that link. Whether that directly translate into votes we will see but clearly have a good impact. Trace she should look at her reasoning because theres a little bit off. Julia, lydia, thank you both. The liberal media insisting Kamala Harris won her big showdown with Donald Trump at undecided voters not so sure. More on the postdebate. Trace, do you think there was one winner from last Nights Debate . Perhaps it would be neither because the debate was unfair. Today Lacey Chris On Fox asked people at the santa monica pier. Who did you think one last Nights Debate . Kamala harris, definitely. Why do you say that . I think she showed it she is a serious person that knows what she wants to do for the country. She appeared very polished. Like she had been coached and prepared and was well prepared for Last Night. I thought abc was totally unfair against mr trump. It was very onesided with all of the Fact Checking. Who do you think one last Nights President ial debate . Donald trump of course. Kamala harris was going around in circles she was not answering the question she was supposed to answer. You can say Vice Versa but i think trump one. So how did the debate impact undecided voters . The New York times reports a group of undecided voters that the paper regularly interviewed over the past several months says that Hay River seemed more Last Night however, they were not convinced that hubris is much different than biden. That is something that another undecided voter also told cnn. My life was better when trump was an office the economy was higher, inflation was lower, things were better over all. Now with kamala and her administration things have not been so fantastic. She is saying that she can fix the problems are administration has caused but i dont know if i can afford to fix that risk take that risk. Today a senior House Republican told fox that several gop members feel that trump had a terrible debate. Trace . Trace matt, thank you. [ ] trace the Fox News At Night common Sense Department was surprised to hear Kamala Harris say drink the debate quote, were not going back it is time to turn the page, low Common Sense would ask where . Turned what page exactly . The Page Harris wants to turn was written by her and her boss. Policies and performance on that page belong to them. Leading that page behind is a big acknowledgement that the riding and the pros on that page is from inflation to immigration and crime nation. Biden and harris represent the past and the present. Now Kamala Harris is asking americans to hand her the future but she refuses to comment on the future. She says she plans to improve the economy, secure the border, make peoples lives better, she would not say how. The Heros Campaign is claiming to have won a debate were the Vice President did not answer a single question and was not pressed to answer a single question. In other words harris has figured out that running for president means running from herself. Last Night Donald Trump called himself an open book. Kamala harris is trying to finish the book. Commonsense eagerly awaits the next chapter. Not because it wants to know who done it, that part is easy. The Big Question now is who will fix it . Lets bring in Princeton University political Scientist Lauren it, a Sentinel Action Fund president. Anderson. Thank you for coming in. Trump called himself an open book. Watch. Everybody knows i am an open Book Everybody knows that i cut taxes substantially and create a great economy like i did before. We have the greatest economy. Trace jessica, it is important to know that independent voters to kind of like what trump is offering them because he is open. That is right, trace. He has made very clear what life would look like under President Trump. Life was more affordable it was safer it was easier. When voters were asked today to react to the debate Last Night i think it is pretty normal to say look at, my life was better under President Trump i have loved the last year under the bidenharris regime i do not want a repeat of the last three and a half years regardless of What Harris says which is that she has changed her mind but not her values and all of the issues. We are not buying it. This is a hollywood rebrand. It is not sticking with the american people. Trace here is a Voter Panel on Kamala Harris being vague. Our americans better off today than they were when you came into office three and a half years ago. She sidestepped it, she walked around it. She was not very specific win asked certain things. I dont know a lot about her other than she served as Vice President. Today she did not talk about a lot of her policies. She did not talk about her Policy Changes between 2020 and 2024. Or centrist moderate stance is just a facade. Trace was it a mistake for her to not explain to us how she plans to improve the country and better our lives, lauren . No because she completely got away with it. I put part of the blame on trump. She has some really controversial positions we know very little about. She has a price, policy in the sense that mainstream economists across the board think it is a slippery slope to socialism. Even obama era economists have said the best outcome is that it never comes to pass. These are kill shots that trump could have made over and over but he spent so much time defending himself that he did not interrogate her policies and there were so many opportunities where he could abuse the time that way. Trace a lot of openings there. This new pull this interesting. Put this up on the screen. It has among Voter Preference Independence trump 49, Kamala Harris 46. The interesting thing is that its a 19point Swing from just weeks ago. Jessica . That is right. I think that the honeymoon around harris has totally faded. She got a bumper right after the dnc. She got a bump when biden was forcefully removed and she replaced them. That bump is no more. I think independent and Swing Voters recognize the Issue Safety and security at the border, cost of living, the economy. These are the things that matter. They matter more than style. We have seen the style of President Trump for over eight years now. We know how we talked what he is about. We have seen him take the bait before. I dont know that we learn anything new Last Night. In fact, we learned more about harris which is that she actually cannot defend your policies because she does not have any. Trace i have two but i want to put this up. This is Trump And Terrace debate stats, lie Fact Checks for harris Zero, trump a five. 40 minutes into the debate before they asked a single question. Your final thoughts on this one. I did look at the Transcript Today and i saw some of that unevenness, to be honest. I thank a lot of the blame was on the moderators. I go back to trump he expected this to be biased against them for weeks. He said he thinks he is going to have problems that regard. What do you do . You over prepare you learn to interrogate your opponents and their positions you know your own weak spots. That is what conservative students i am writing about on Comp College campuses do to prepare for these discussions he should take a page out of their book next time. Trace thank you both. Even here in Deep Blue Los Angeles opinions about who fared better and last Nights Debate showdown can be deeply divided. So we sent Producer Lacey Out for a little bit more reaction. Find it very interesting. Watch. I think that kamala won the debate. Who do you think one last Nights President ial debate . Donald trump of course. The open border that is obviously huge. I come from Hispanic Descent my parents are mexican. They benefit off of ragan way back win. But honestly just open borders have been a big problem a lot of crime. He got rattled more than i thought he would get rattled. She is a very liberal progressive liberal. She has throat showed that through her own career. I do not know exactly what she stands for. I fact check him on everything he says, she lied repeatedly. They never once blinked and i. Kamala harris won the debate i think without a doubt. She was truthful without a doubt. She got under his skin. I thought kamala to control from The Start by doing that assertive handshake. She stayed on Topic And Trump seemed rattled. Trace former President Trump still not committed to the second debate against Kamala Harris because the claim. The first one but never say never. Ashleys life with more on that. Hello less than one hour after last Nights Debate the Harris Campaign say they already wanted more right to get a statement, under the Bright Lights the american people got to see the choice that they will face this fall at the ballot box. Vice president harris is ready for a second debate against Donald Trump. So far trumps been noncommittal even claiming that here was only once a second debate because she lost. When a fighter has a bad fight and gets knocked down or loses the fight fight the first thing he says as i want to rematch. So we won the debate according to every single poll i think. Are we going to do a rematch i just dont know . Will think about it. Harriswalz 2024 Deputy Campaign Manager quentin told. Trump does not want a second debate because he lost. I thank the two