Im Jim Acosta in for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour on the president ial Campaign Trail. Now, just about a month away from Election Day in both campaigns revving up their supporters, appealing to undecided voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and polls showing there it is again, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in basically a dead heat at this point, their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could obviously shape the outcome of this election from the war in the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene another storm on the way to the florida Gulf Coast, apparently in a surprisingly strong jobs report that just came out at The End of this week. But lets start in battleground, pennsylvania, where in the next couple of hours, former President Donald Trump will take the stage In The City of butler at the site of his first Assas
There during the summer of protests, he misspoke on this issue while on the other side of the stage, Jd Vance continued to uphold the lie about the 2020 election. The fact that Donald Trump lost and then tried to overturn a free and fair election. I think thats what voters, particularly the undecided voters itd be paying attention to coming off of last night rather than anything that happened 35 years ago. Theyre far more concerned with the direction of our democracy. WhAt These candidates are going to do for them and their families moving forward here yeah, you mentioned that moment on January 6. I just wanted to ask you, i mean, going into this debate, is that something that a Governor Walz wanted to talk about or was that something that just happened in the moment what kind of background can you give us on that yeah. Listen, i think the governor was prepared to make sure thAt The voters understood that Donald Trump remains a risky bet for the american people. Moving forward here in
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With his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland. Why didnt you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would you for lunch. Seeing it a second time. Thank you for being with us as we digest it was a very lopsided debate as it turns out. We all knew the Stakes Tonight were almost unimaginably high. We knew it would be a debate like No Other and a president ial race like No Other, but now, we know how it went and why the Harris Campaign is so pleased with how it went. I will tell you something. He will talk about immigration a lot even though its of the Subject Being raised. I will do something unusual and i will invite you to attend one of Donald Trumps rallies. Its a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fixed noble characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmi
Between kamala harris and donald trump here in the battleground state of pennsylvania. The rivals will go head to head to win the white house in what many experts say will undoubtedly be a close race. The debate will be 90 minutes long with two commerical breaks here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. The us network abc news is hosting the debate. There will be no audience in attendance, and the candidates microphones will be muted when they are not speaking. It comes at a pivotal moment in the campaign, with both harris and trump aiming to win over undecided voters in key swing states. Joining me now is our north america correspondent gary o donoghue from the spin room floor. Gary, i know the action is picking up there, tell us what you ve been hearing from some of the surrogates for both campaigns. figs of the surrogates for both campaigns of the surrogates for both camaians. A. , ,. Campaigns. As you would expect, some of the campaigns. As you would expect,