Are in listening mode, they say. Has the balance shifted on the use of long range weapons . Very good evening. Senior republicans are bemoaning Donald Trumps performance Last Night in the first and potentially the only televised debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Several times throughout the more than 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia, the Vice President Baited Trump on many of the issues she knew would get under her opponents skin. They sparred over the size of his rallies, his electoral defeat in 2020 and the World Leaders who she said were laughing at him. From the opening exchange, it seemed to work. The former president did land some blows, Drawing Attention to biden s record on the economy and immigration and, by association, Kamala Harris role in that. But Snap Polls suggested it was Ms Harris who came out on top. The more important poll, though, the one on election day, remains very much in the balance. From philadelphia, heres our north america editor, sarah smith. At a
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maybe perfectly valid reasons. that s something i don t like. but i don t think we ve seen the end of this story yet. i think that the american public, look, we love jeff sessions. he is a conservative s conservative. and i would just bet, neil, a lot of times when i can t understand what s going on within the administration, and in a few days i start to understand it and it starts to make sense. neil: i don t know, angela, i thought it was poorly handled. you think it was poorly handled as a conservative? i think it was. jeff sessions made mistake in expanding civil assets for ty tur, violates due process. talk about the media, they want to see donald trump go to war against jeff sessions, go to war against vladimir putin. neil: he s not helping make the case the other way. they will not be satisfied until it is a tanya harding-nancy kerrigan situation. neil: good sports, all. but i generally find it a good day when both sides are furious at me. we will have more after thi