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 Muir And Linsey davis good evening, im david muir, and thank you for joining us for tonights abc News President ial deb
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
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