Travelers, but look now good morning youre live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington tonight, perhaps the most important 90 minutes of this year as a polarized nation comes together for the only scheduled debate in this bitter race for the White House. This is the stage where Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet facetoface for the first time. With less than two months until election day. Both candidates are determined to find an edge heres why this New York Times Sienna College Poll i like some of the other polls out there showing no clear leader with both Harris And Trump locked in a statistical deadheat tonight. A chance to pull away he played with this really old and tired playbook, right . Where he, theres no floor for him in terms of how low he will go and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth and trumps Team Planning to treat Kamala Harris as the incumbent, tying her to the president s record its very clear that Kamala Harris is the one whos been running the country the entire time. And other openings i do want to point out here that harris is clearly created with all the flipflops than the illfated interview with Dana Bash is kamala said that her values havent changed and joining me an now are cnn political commentators, Maria Cardona and david urban. Maria, ill start with you first. The polls have been showing that a lot of voters say they need to know more about Kamala Harris. They want to learn more what . She needs to do tonight. I think that is a terrific opportunity for the Vice President to continue to present herself to the american public. Shes only been the democratic nominee for president for a little bit over a month, right and so she has been two rallies. She has been doing interviews. Shes been doing events with voters. I think tonight is her biggest opportunity to continue what is essentially an interview for the highest job in the land and Tonights Audience will be the biggest that she has had this far, probably the biggest natural have during this campaign. So she should treat it as such. You should treat it as a continuation of an interview. She needs its to present what she wants to do, what her administration would do, a continuation of all of the successes, the economic successes of the biden administration, a lot of the economic policies that she was part of with President Biden are incredibly popular. But she also has to talk about what people are feeling now, the costs which she has talked about, how shes going to lower those. That is going to be what her plan is going to be moving forward. Yeah. And david, i mean, this is different from the last debate between donald Trump And President Biden Democrats are pointing that trump is now the oldest of the two candidates by nearly two decades this time around, and voters may be focused on his age and Mental Acuity last week he gave a rambling response to a question about Childcare Policy and its not the first time weve heard him rambling about. Lets listen to some of what he said on the Campaign Trail recently the late great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. This is inflation. This is tiktok. This is the, this is inflation. This is whats happened. But you know what i do if there was a shock or you get electrocuted, ill take electrocution every single time and i kept near the sharp so we could end that. Were going to end it for boats. Were going to end it for trucks. You can do it. Picked me. I love you so much its bad news, bad things are happening im sorry mop but didnt do a bomb, didnt being ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Theyve only got 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out, right bomb okay, missile launch, pune, pume yeah, david, i mean, what do you think were going to see tonight or were going to hear about Hannibal Lecter and sharks. Whats going to happen . Thats great. I love that montage. I used to play that paid for by Donald Trump for president and people like his authenticity. Listen that weaving its weaving, look at people like its Authenticity Polls have shown the american people people really arent concerned about Donald Trumps mental Acuity Or Age where polls are concerned about polls reflect that theyre concerned about the failures of the Biden Harris Administration. And they want change, they want change 61 of people in this most recent New York Timessiena poll say it wont change, and Donald Trump represents change in that poll, 53 people well said who would you vote for for Radical Change . Donald trump, only 24 said theyd vote for Kamala Harris for change. So its very tough for her to separate herself from the current administration when our names on the door, the Biden Harris Administration, as much as she might not want, that should be tied to the failed policies of this current administration. Hes stuck with it. And shes tagged with it. So maria, as youre pointing out, how shes needs to introduce herself to people she has been the incumbent Vice President for threeandahalf years. Im not so sure what she has to present the people, what she does have to do to people as explained, is this the most liberal senator Kamala Harris raked in the last time she was think congress is this the more Progressive Candidate who ran for president in 2019 and 2020 whose positions were all over the place . Or is this some new form of Conservative Democrat that weve not seen to date. And so i think shes got up as some positions over the year and he has changed position on abortion can he evolve and abortion, but listen, shes evolved on every issue she has. Shes been on both sides of literally every Issue Fracking guns represent. Is he going to vary on whether he last is he going to evolve on whether he lost the last election . Is he going to listen to listen, jim, you know, i said i said he lost the last election. I think i mean, you youre not i can say that well, he did he did. I think he did acknowledge that recently, so listen, jim, i think that this debate, Kamala Harris is very capable. Shes shes a smart woman. I think the key here for Donald Trump is hes going to have to attack her policies, attack the policies of the Biden Harris Administration without attacking the woman and come to look and across meanspirited and thats important. Im maria, i mean, the Trump Campaign is going to go hard. Theyre saying hes going to go hard on immigration. This week, some rightwing politicians and i guess folks on Social Media including j. D. Vance, we should note are spreading this bizarre Conspiracy Theory that haitian immigrants are eating pets cats specifically obviously not true belongs in the litter box. But maria, whats your response to all this . I think that this is an opportunity for the Vice President to show just how extremists, Donald Trumps policies are and one of the other things that she needs to do tonight, in addition to talking about her bio, her background, and continuing to present himself to the american people is show the stark contrast between her policies, what she will do, and what Donald Trump not only has done, but will continue to do Visavis Project 2025, the american public already see as project 2025, as this amalgam of incredibly extremist policies, the hour on Cnn Poll showed that the majority of voters believed that Donald Trumps policies or extremist and not in line with the values that americans care about so Kamala Harris needs to underscore that she is the one that is in line with the values that americans care about and that she its the one who will wake up every single day working for them, trying to find solutions for the problems that the american people face every day versus Donald Trump, who is only in it for himself that montage you showed, thats just weird and crazy and completely out of touch with what normal american people sent Chris Voters republican voters who dont want that crazy anymore. I think they will look at Kamala Harris and say, look, she is going to be focused every day on letting my family make ends meet, have a great future for my children. And thats what Kamala Harris, niece to underscore yeah david, i do want to ask you about this we havent seen much from the former first Lady Melania Trump out on the Campaign Trail, but shes now raising questions about the Assassination Attempt on the former president. We just got this into cnn. Lets take a listen to this. This is about surrounding the promotion of her book thats coming out soon. The attempt to end my Husbands Life was a horrible, distressing experience now, the silence around it feels heavy I Cant Help but wonder why didnt Law Enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech there is definitely more to this story and we need to uncover the truth david, i mean, youve been around the Trump Campaign for a long time. This feels not accidental, that this is being raised on the day of the debate. Why is this Coming Up today . And whats going on here . Is, there a, conspiracy happening . Whats going on . I dont i dont think theres a conspiracy. I think shes asking legitimate questions. Her husband, the father of her child, was almost, you know, came within about a quarter of an inch of having his head had blown off by a shooter who by all accounts should have been you know, it was wandering around the Event Site for hours beforehand, seen by many people it was a complete failure on so many levels i dont think its conspiracy. I think shes dont think its a nod to Conspiracy Theories, you know, i dont think its i think shes asking you know, what how to help could this have happened . This is this this person, right . I mean, there were local Law Enforcement we did their job, there were failures up and down the Chain Of Command in the Secret Service there, put that out today there were a lot of people want a lot of answers absolute, we should get out today. I think its reminding the american public that donald chubb almost gave his life for pursuant to be present united states. He stood up there and somebody wanted to kill him because he what he believed in and what he stood for. So i think its worth noting that you know, the guy puts it puts his life on the line every day in doing this. And i think thats what shes reminding. She she obviously loves her Husband Baron loves his father, and i think that shes trying to humanize him maria. I think that its an obviously as a wife of somebody who what did go through an attempted Assassination Xis absolutely entitled to say whatever she wants about that. I think shes irrelevant, frankly, and i dont think this will matter. I do think it does kind of feed into Conspiracy Theories that weve heard out there. But at the end of the day what people are going to pay attention on tonight is what Kamala Harris says about what she wants to do with another four years. If she does her job right. And i believe she will, though it is hard to prep for crazy, which is what shes going to get from Donald Trump. But the contrast between what shes going to offer the american people, which are a way to move forward for a wait for people to not just get by, but to get ahead versus what theyve already seen for four years, the chaos, the crazy the politics of revenge, the politics of retribution. People dont want that swing. Voters dont want that. Women dont want that jim jim, i think its quite real quick. I think its important what maria said. Shes going to explain what you do if she had another four years, right . Donald trump said this Kamala Harris says, im going to be ready on Day One. Her Day One was threeandahal f years ago. Do not reelect Kamala Harris if your Life Isnt better than it was four years ago, thats the Question Ronald Reagan famously. Well, David Well david that Vice President s dont make policies and so dont come dont know that if we dont know more than, you dont know how the White House works. That that is the reality. And so what Kamala Harris needs to do tonight is to say what she will do with the harris whilst administration. Morocho very clear policies that will help americans continue to move forward. Sadly, we dont have 90 minutes for this debate jim, you know, everybody wants you to believe that Kamala Harris is this strong, powerful Gas Woman and at the same time they want to believe she was a potted plant during the during the hair the Biden Harris Administration, its either one or the other. Either she was at the table in the room or she wasnt present. Canada both ways, maria, the Contrast Tonight will be something that com Kamala Harris, i think will make very, very strong and clear to the american. And well be able to thanks a lot. 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What do you thinks the most important thing going into Tonights Debate and i guess your observation have how both candidates have prepared well, they beach done what they think is best to get them ready. I mean, thats what you have to do with the candidate. We adapt our Preparation Method to what well get the candidate feeling most ready to be. Step on that stage and perform at their lead dead level best for, trump had spent doing interviews and doing Policy Reviews for Kamala Harris. Its been doing mock debates. Both of them though, have a challenge for harris. She has shes done but one interview since hes become a candidate and so she has to be ready to walk out on that stage under the Bright Lights and face attacks and be interviewed by moderators and be ready to handle all of that and think quickly on her feet. For Donald Trump, its a matter of kenny, remain disciplined and go after Kamala Harris at a Policy Level rather than a personal level so i think the job is different and the job is different in terms of how they need to frame the Debate Tonight as well. Kamala harris wants to make this debate about personality and a choice between her and Donald Trump. Donald trump wants to make this a referendum on her and the Biden Harris Administration, tyre to a