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Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock is ahead hello im Dana Bash in washington where the state of our union is getting heading ready for a critical debate in two days Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will take the stage in philadelphia and the new Cnn Poll of polls out this morning shows that there first and perhaps only president ial debate could not be more consequential the race between Harris And Trump is Neck And Neck with no clear leader. And while a new poll shows, harris outpacing trump with women younger people, and black and latino likely voters, trump maintains strong support among men and older likely Voters Harris is already in pennsylvania in formal debate prep, facing off against a standin playing trump. While trumps preparations are, as always, more informal, his advisers hope he will stay on message against harris, who may try to needle him but harris also will look to answer voters questions about her policies. Here with me now is someone who has debated Kamala Harris onstage 2020 president ial candidate for the democratic primary back then, pete buttigieg. Thank you so much for being here. So there is a new, New York Times poll out this morning and it says 28 of likely voters said they still need to learn more about harris. Only 9 say that about trump. What does she need to do at the debate to fill in those blanks . Well, i think the main task will be to make sure americans understand the difference, envisions and are reminded that they already agree with her on the issues that matter. Most to them well, thats gonna be challenging. Ive competed with her for the democratic nomination. And i had the honor of being involved in her Debate Preparations against Mike Pence she is a very focused and disciplined leader, but it will take almost superhuman Focus And Discipline to deal with Donald Trump in a debate, its no ordinary proposition, not because Donald Trump is a master of explaining Policy Ideas and how theyre going to make people better off its because hes a master of taking any Form Or Format that is on television and turning it into a show that is all about him. But the less were talking about him and the more were talking about you, the better its going to be for the Vice President because she has laid out an agenda things like making sure that our Tax Code is fair and protecting a womans right to choose. That is, of course, the opposite of Donald Trumps agenda, which has been around Tax Cuts for the wealthy and his record of destroying the right to choose its, again, an extremely challenging tasks in the face of all of the distraction whatever outrageous things he does and says because they will require a response. And yet you cant allow him to change the subject from the difference between his very unpopular set of policies and record and her vision for americas future. I want to get to a couple of issues that are almost certain to come up, but you just mentioned that you were debating her and that youve learned from that. What did you learn . What should we expect that you experienced as somebody who was jousting with her . Well, i think about intellect and focus. Shes somebody who is extremely smart about getting to the core of an issue thats what made her so effective as a da as a prosecutor, than as attorney general. And of course, as Vice President one of the things i remember from those Debate Preparations when when i was involved supporting her team of four years ago was anytime some Issue Area or topic came up and we were kicking around statistics, ideas, arguments she would always take it back to the question of, okay, how is this going to affect somebody at home . And i think thats especially important right now with some of the issues at stake right now. For example, the trump economic plan economists estimate that that will cost about 3,900 for a typical american family going forward and really supercharge inflation but so its not going to be about getting into the niceties of economic modeling. Its going to be bringing that to the Kitchen Table and why people in their everyday lives will be so much better off with her in charge growing Small Business delivering a fair Tax Code. Importantly getting us a way forward on childcare affordability. She has a plan for expanding the child tax credit, making sure that we have paid Family Leave in this country. Two things we would have right now if Republicans Farhan blocking them. And as we saw when Donald Trump was asked about childcare, the other day, it wasnt clear whether he even understood the question i want to ask about afghanistan, which is almost certain to come up in this debate. And in particular, the chaotic withdrawal under the biden administration from afghanistan that left three 13 service members dead in 2021, the Vice President told me that she was the last person in the room on that decision. Decision and she was comfortable with the outcome. I want to make clear that was before the actual withdrawal happened, just after the decision was made. Tomorrow, we expect the house foreign Affairs Committee to release the findings of its threeyear investigation into what happened, how does Kamala Harris defend what we all saw . First, of all of course, i havent seen whats in the report coming out tomorrow, but i do have a question about what theyre doing over there. If theyve had three years to assess what happened, why are they delivering a report after Labor Day and a president ial Election Year . I think it really feeds in to a sense that this is something theyre using as a political football look, this administration made the decision not to allow this war to be inherited by a fifth president and two and that conflict and this is on my mind a lot in september, not just because of the anniversary of the withdrawal, but because it was September 10 years ago that i left afghans stan and when i left, again ten years ago, 2014 they told us we were some of the last troops that they were turning out the lights only to find that it passed on to another presidency and another presidency after that, whats, of course most at stake right now, as is true in any election, is our future. And what is going to be The Future Of American National Security . Do we have adults and grownups in charge who understand the stakes, or do we have people who are incapable of taking even the most serious issues seriously . And i think its especially vueling an important that among trumps own advisors and appointees who have gone on to denounce him to talk about him in scathing terms, to make clear that he has no Business Being president. So many of them come out of the national Security Side because because they saw up close how dangerous it was to have him in charge of american nationalists. Let me ask military affairs. Let me ask you about something that you mentioned. You said that the timing of this report is political couldnt both things be true that it is political and politically advantageous for advantageous for republicans, because the withdrawal was such a mess with regard to how knocked, not whether the u. S. Should come out, but how it actually happened and it is a political problem one for the biden administration, even privately the people i talked to admit that so how does Kamala Harris addressed that since she was Vice President . Well, i think however you view the things that are going to emerge in the report, whats clear is that this americas longest war needed to be brought to an end. And the question at stake in every president ial election is whats going to happen next she is clear about the need to make sure that a place like afghanistan never again becomes a haven for attacks on the homeland. Thats a Counterterrorism Policy and posture that is different from an openended presence over there but also with all of the threats that america faces, whether its making sure that afghanistan is never again base for an attack on the homeland, whether its whats going on in The Middle East but whether its whats happening with china, whether its the latest evidence of russian interference in our own affairs or any number of other issues we need to make sure that the next president of the united it is states is somebody who is equipped to handle that with a view toward what is best for the american people and what is best for americans troops not somebody who is obsessed with what is best for him, which i think is exactly what were going to see on display from Donald Trump in the debate. And a couple of days, pete buttigieg, thank you so much. Really appreciate you coming on this morning thanks very much. And up next, former republican Vice President says he is voting for Kamala Harris trump trumpbacker, senator Tom Cotton, will be here to talk about that. And a much more next. And its likely to be the most important place on the map this November Pennsylvania i will talk to john fetterman, the senator from pennsylvania about the state of the race. Theyre coming up Kamala Harris know, trump. The debate. Everyones been waiting for Follow Cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and postdebate analysis. A cnn special event, the abc News President ial debate tuesday at nine eastern on Cnn And Streaming on max yes, defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. Nothing beats it. I recommend pro enamel active shields because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. I think that this product is a Game Changer for my patients, try pronational mouthwash the Ups Store is more than just the shipment store. 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We were talking before the break. I covered the bushcheney administration. I traveled a lot with Dick Cheney one of the most conservative republicans alive today. Its really remarkable that he endorsed a democrat. What does that Tell You about Donald Trump what is remarkable time in politics . You have Dick Cheney endorsing a democrat and you have a kennedy endorsing a republican. I think what it tells us is that theres a lot of ferment and American Politics but in The End, It Endorsements are not going to make the difference in this race. Whats going to make the difference is theyre records. This is a very unusual president ial election. We have a former president running for office first time in more than 100 years, people remember that when Donald Trump was in office, prices were low, wages were high. We had Peace And Stability around the world Kamala Harris, as Vice President , has brought its Recordhigh Inflation we have a wideopen Southern Border and we have war everywhere. You turn around the world. So i know that endorsement sometimes make news. But most americans who have making their decisions based on the records of these two candidates. People remember that we had Good Times with Donald Trump Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have brought us very bad times. I hear you about endorsements. We dont really know the impact that they have all the time Rfk Jr. Hasnt had been in elected office Dick Cheney was Vice President of the united states for eight years. He was a senior member of the house. He was Chief Of Staff to gerald ford. He worked tirelessly to advance republican policies for a long time. You dont think his his endorsement of a democrat with that kind of pedigree is going to make a difference with i really, i really dont. I never trump voters who arent sure about harris. Well, i mean, some of this is probably Donald Trump beat his daughter in her last election back 39 points. I think most americans are going to look at this race and compare the records they have against the very unusual race. When you have a president who served in office, who brought Good Times to america, and you have Kamala Harris, a San Francisco liberal, who has brought to america exactly what you see in San Francisco as well. I want to turn to a very different topic, and that is something that the Justice Department said this week, they detailed a russian Government Effort to stoke divisions in the u. S. Using front organizations and Social Media prominent rightwing influencers like Dave Rubin and benny johnson, who have ties to tenet media. Thats a company that the Justice Department says was being funded by russian operatives you sit on the intelligence committee. How worried are you that rightwing influencers, people who do have an impact on your constituents are being funded either directly or indirectly by the russian government in order to make an impact on this election . Well, first off, dana, we havent been in session, so i havent seen any intelligence about this matter. Ill have seen the allegations. Ive read in the newspaper people should not knowingly take money from the government of russia or iran, or china, or any other adversarial nation to try to influence the election. But i also think its fair to say that a few memes or videos in the vast sea of political commentary is not going to make much of a difference in this election nor has it in past election as well. What didnt make a difference in the last election . Is the lies about hunter bidens laptop that more than four dozen former intelligence officials lied about in the middle of that campaign. And most networks to include this one bought that Lie Hook Line and sinker that didnt make a difference . The election. But i think a few videos are commentaries, which again, you shouldnt do if youre out the