To become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. Donald trump and Kamala Harris strode the stage in the Swing State of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. Topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. It was a Prime Time showdown which often turned personal. We have been monitoring the Opinion Polls as the pollsters try to track how the two fared, but both candidates and the campaigns are claiming that they came out best. Moments after the debate, Donald Trump entered the Spin Room to telljournalists hed won the night. Our senior North America Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was watching the debate in philadelphia. 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
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what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply
alliance is the single greatesat threat we face. nobody in either political party is talking about it ae y t this only nomination. i m just going to keep us out of mr. vice president tweeting here, mr. vice president s to give russia this safeguard. mr. vice president, given the promise that ukrainer will never be nato and then somehow mrbe. china will notl nt think about taking taiwan, we achieve peace through strength. mr. vice president, then needs to stand for freedom. okay, here we go. i think we need to world reet where we hear this belabl. yes, that means your times don t show. mr. vice president, we appreciate your aggressiveness herewe. 30 seconds is 30 seconds.s mr. ramaswamy, you were 30mentioned. get 30 seconds. so the reality is that today, y ukraine is not a priority for the united of america. and i think that the same people who took us into the iraqof ameri war, the sameao people who took us into
thank you. we want to bring in senior international correspondent will ripley in taiwan, ivan watson from kharkiv. good morning to both of you. so, ivan, as a relationship between russia and china grows, it s a need for stronger weapons in ukrainer now? reporter: we are hearing a constant drum beat from ukraine s western allies of new support coming to this government and to its military. the european commission just announced 1.5 billion euros in aid today coming to ukraine. yesterday the biden administration announce $350 million worth of ammunition as the european union, some 17 countries plus norway, announced a million rounds of artillery ammunition that it was going to rush to ukraine. meanwhile, the ukrainians are saying, yes, we need every bit of equipment and ammunition that we can get. and if you travel around front