Good afternoon. Welcome to the Bbc News at One. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have clashed in their first debate of the election campaign. The pair sparred over immigration, abortion and the economy and traded attacks over each other S Record in government. Vice president harris called the former president a laughing stock on the world stage, and said hed be manipulated by dictators if he returned to the white house. Donald trump criticised american Military Aid to ukraine, as well as accusing Kamala Harris of having no economic plans. Our senior North America Correspondent, gary odonoghue, has the story. 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 have ever met. That was about as friendly as it got as they came to debate in p
Of the election campaign. 00 01 01,354 2147483051 37 15,392 the pair sparred over 2147483051 37 15,392 4294966103 13 29,429 immigration, abortion shes a marxist. Everybody knows shes a marxist. People start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. But soon they got on to issues such as immigration, a key concern for voters and one that could be a strength for the former president , though he chose to focus on unsubstantiated claims about migrants eating peoples pets. In springfield, theyre eating the dogs. The people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Theyre eating. The Vice President could scarcely contain herself. Of the people that live there. Moderators attempted to Fact Check the former president on several occasions during the debate. Abc news did reach out to the City Manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community. Well, ive seen people on te
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Lets start with the startling claim that trump made about migrants eating pets. Yes, this is one key moment. Trump made this baseless claim about immigrants and a city in ohio. In springfield, theyre eating i the dogs, the people that came in, theyre eating the cats, theyre eating the pets of i the people that live there, and this is whats happening in our country. We spoke to Springfield City officials who said they have no credible reports this actually happened. This baseless claim was promoted by republican Vice President ial Candidatejd Vance President ial candidate Jd Vance on social president ial candidateJd Vance on Social Media, and in a post on Social Media, and in a post On X that was viewed more than 11 Million times. It appears this story has been pulled together across a number of different sources and pulled into aid cohesive story. Its been referred to in official republican Social Media channels such as the House Judiciary Committee Twitter Account On X. They showed th
Good evening. The us president ial candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have attended a memorial in New York on the 23rd anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. It was a much more sombre affair after last Nights Head to Head Tv Debate ahead of the election in november. They were insults and a stream of personal attacks, and they sparred on issues including abortion, Foreign Policy and the economy. Both sides claimed victory after the 90 Minute Debate watched by more than 57 Million people. From philadelphia, heres our North America Editor, sarah smith. At a September 11th memorial service, it was Donald Trump who orchestrated a cordial greeting this morning. Quite a contrast to Kamala Harris striding across the stage last night to demand a handshake from a reluctant mr trump. Good to see you. Have fun. Thank you. It was contentious and ill tempered, with both candidates in attack mode. Stop with the continuous lying about this stuff. What she says is an absolute lie. Yet again, i said i