Not see coming just weeks ago. What were learning about the candidates strategies hours before this faceoff plus confronting cuomo any minute, the former new York Governor set to face lawmakers and theyre looking to grill him on his handling of the pandemic specifically his administrations Nursing Home policies and accounting for deaths. Were live from Capitol Hill Miami Dolphins Star Tyreek hill speaking with cnn after Body Camera Video is released of his detainment by police ahead what the Footage Shows and White Hill said, hes still shellshocked about the interaction. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn News Central we are just hours away from Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trumps Squaring Off for the very first time on the Debate Stage Tonight showdown in philadelphia is setting up to be the most consequential moment since harris took over for president Joe Biden is the democratic nominee. National polling shows the race deadlock, and Tonights Confrontation could be make or break for either candidate. We have the very latest on how both are preparing in these final minutes. Cnn chief national Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny is joining us now from the debate site, re jeff, it really could all come down to tonight. What more can you tell us . Brianna, there is no supportive that we can use. That really is not apt for this Debate Tonight. Thats going to be taking place behind me in the national constitution center. You said it as a showdown. Also one steeped in History Right here in philadelphia. But there has been no president ial nominee who has much Debating Experience grants as Donald Trump, hes done six already tonight will be his seventh but its Vice President harriss first president ial debate to prepare. Were told both sides have been watching the other Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have spent months talking about one another. If comrade Kamala Harris gets four more years, you will be living a full blown banana republic. If you got something to say on tuesday night. They will talk to one another in a duel seen around the world, but with one of the most important audiences here in pennsylvania, i dont know if ill really know until its its time to actually vote this will be trumped seventh debate more than any nominee in history. Harris and her team have studied all the previous 63 with Hillary Clinton and no power, no power its pretty clear. In three with Joe Biden, would you which offer lessons for both sides for harris . Its a marquee moment to show americans she is ready to assume the presidency. A question very much on the minds of voters and pivotal Bucks County just outside philadelphia, where signs of support for all sides are inescapable by nature. Im of republican always voted republican not sure this year. Im going to go with trump regardless. I dont know enough about Kamala And Big Deals with the Border And Inflation is my main thing. My hope is that theyre going to tell us what theyre going to do, not what the other person has done Wrong Pennsylvania is at the center of the president ial race with Harris Trump in their allies spending more than any other battleground. 82 Million from democrats 74 Million from republicans. As a fight to define the Vice President dominates the airwaves. Its a very different vision than Donald Trumps dangerously liberal. Kamala harris is no laughing harris has spent the last five days in pittsburgh preparing for the debate. Look its time to turn the Page Page on the divisiveness its time to bring our country together chart a new way forward in a Weekend Rally in wisconsin, trump argued, he is the true candidate of change. Kamala harris and the communist left have unleashed a brutal plague of bloodshed crime, chaos, misery, and death upon our land and its only going to get worse that rhetoric raises the question of what Tone Trump intends to strike and whether it will be sexist, as he often was against clinton in 2016. She doesnt have the look, she doesnt have the Stamina Or Sea hes upon policies of the Biden Harris Administration as he did in june, we had the safest border in history. Now we have the worst border in history. Trump has been familiarizing himself with old harris debates to mr. Vice president. Im speaking well im speaking. If you dont mind letting me finish, we can then have a conversation. Okay. Please. Okay. Those stinging moments from a former prosecutor now trying to make the case that she can turn the page to the presidency so for all of that old Debate Tape from the six debates that trump has done. And of course, The One Vice President ial debate that harris has done, this is an entirely new moment and the voters we spoke to here in pennsylvania, of course, are key to all this. Perhaps one of the most important audiences of all, but undecided voters and yes, they do still exist, are wanting to hear more about harris his policies. So by that measure, you could argue that shes certainly has much more to gain by filling in some of the gaps, but she also faces some risks if they do not like what they hear. Trump, of course, is well practiced at this, but which trump will show up, what well hear his demeanor be his Tenor And Tone be im told the Vice President has been practicing for all of them, but itll just be those two Candidates Facetoface and remarkably, it is the very first time theyve been in a room together. Brianna, that is something Jeff Zeleny. Thank you very much. So how much do debates really matter in president ial races . I. Mean, Harry Enten you tell us break down the numbers here. Whats at stake lots at stake tonight, because the Bottom Line is look oftentimes you go into debates ago you know, there are nice television event, but they dont really matter. But thats because one candidate so far ahead of the other candidate that even a small change in the polls while make a difference but right now, this race is as close to could possibly be, you know, if you take my average of the polls, its just a two Point Race nationally between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. You go to a state like pennsylvania. The polls are tied there and of course thats obviously at this particular point looking to be the most pivotal state that were looking at. So this year, the debates matter more than ever before we obviously so you saw that back in june but more than that, who is the debate important for this evening . Its Kamala Harris because lets take a look at how undecided voters feel, right . Were talking about a small smidgen of the electorate, that part of the electorate thats going to decide everything. Look at this. How do they feel . Well, they dont really like either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. You can see that just 13 of them you, Kamala Harris favorably, just 8 of them. Youd, Donald Trump favorably. But look at that knee to learn more about this is the key nugget of all the numbers ive seen that really tells you whats at stake tonight, because the Bottom Line is theres only a very small percentage of those undecided voters were already a small part of the electorate who say they need to learn more about Donald Trump just 18 . But look at Kamala Harris. Its 48 of undecided voters who feel like they need to learn more about her. The Bottom Line is undecided. Voters already know how they feel about Donald Trump. They dont like him. Its Kamala Harris who they really want to learn a lot about. And thats why tonight is so pivotal. Expectations game, which candidate has the highest Expectations Tonight yeah, you know what a difference between now and june, you go into that june debate. Most voters thought that Donald Trump was going to win. That particular debate and ended up that he did. You flash forward to tonight how to most voters feel the clear plurality, think that Kamala Harris is going to beat Donald Trump tonight. You see that a Sixpoint Lead there according to a recent abc newsipsos poll. So you put it all together, briana, you put it all together. You realize that there are a ton of undecided voters feel like they need to learn more about Kamala Harris. You put it together with the fact that most voters or the plurality of voters think that Kamala Harris is going to win tonight. You can just see how pivotal this debate is for her because she had all that momentum that seems to have slowed over the last few weeks. Can she turn it back around the night just as early voting is going to get underway in a lot of these different states. And the Bottom Line is, i Cant Cant really recall a debate. Perhaps outside of The One earlier this year, in which theres so much at stake. The Bottom Line is who wins this Debate Tonight could ultimately be the difference between winning and losing election come november wow, a lot at stake. Harry enten. Thank you so much. Boris. Thank you. Lets discuss Tonights Debate Showdown with florida republican Congressman Byron donalds. Hes a surrogate for the trumpvance campaign. He will be in the Spin Room at tonights debate congressman, great to see you. Thanks for joining us. Trump is set to arrive in pennsylvania in a couple of hours hours. And he recently repeated a claim, an unverified claim, that one in five mailin ballots, there were fraudulent. The rnc is encouraging voters there specifically in pennsylvania to vote by mail and early voting do you think those kinds of statements might wind up confusing or discouraging some of his supporters well, its good to be with you. I dont think is going to discourage to vote for Donald Trump because republican voters, voters that are supporting Donald Trump, independents that are supporting him, democrats who feel left behind by the democratic party the that are supporting him. Theyre willing to vote. And the reason why is because Kamala Harris broke the border, it is a mess column. Kamala harris was sitting right there next to Joe Biden while they destroyed our Foreign Policy we have new wars all over the place. And she was sitting right there. She was the deciding votes when she unleashed this massive inflation on the american people so theyre going to vote whether its by mail, whether its early or on election day, theyre getting to the polls i think on a broader perspective, what youre talking about is that Donald Trump does have concerns about election integrity, but guess what . Many americans do, we have to have a process which has to be very clear, very plain, easy to understand, but protects the ballot at all costs for the american people i think fair elections and safe elections are exactly what the american people are looking for. So we dont have all of this Palace Intrigue after the elections close, tried to find out who won and who lost. We should get that answer rapidly. Thats what hes speaking to. But at the end of the day voters are voting on the issues in this election. And Donald Trump has the recipe for a success for the united states of america a couple of things there, congressman, you mentioned that harris was the tiebreaking vote on the inflation reduction act. Inflation was already high before that, in large part because of covid and the war on ukraine, which the u. S. Obviously it did not start Boris Go ahead. Boris. I got to push back on you on that one because thats not factually accurate. Lets lets set the record straight in 2021. Joe biden and Kamala Harris brought the inflation, the american rescue plan, excuse me, they brought that to Capitol Hill to get voted on Kamala Harris was the deciding vote in the senate on the american rescue plan. It was bill clintons a former economic adviser, larry summers, and House Republicans who said that bill will cause inflation. She was the tiebreaking Vote Inflation when they brought that bill was 1. 4 year over year after that passed in 2021, then the inflation exploded on the lives of the american people harris, largely is on the run, largely that vote, that, that bill was an effort to address issues that were caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic and similar Stimulus Bills were passed during the trump administration. Similar efforts to push Americas Economy and to put paychecks and peoples hands when so many were out of work. I do want to get back to your point about the questions over elections and Palace Intrigue. Im wondering what evidence you have that there were issues of actual widespread Election Fraud in 2020 that necessitate the kind of adjustments youre talking about because the main Person Driving Insinuations about fraud was Donald Trump himself so boris real quick. Normally, i would answer your question, but i cant let you get away with what you just said about the american rescue plan. And this inflation that has crippled families here in philadelphia and all through the state pennsylvania, and all across the Country Inflation when Donald Trump left office, was 1. 4 year over year. The Stimulus Package Measures that he put into place was when the economy was flat on its back because the world was shut down because of covid19, when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office, many states will already back to work. There are economies were already opening and when they wanted to do his american rescue plan, which she cosigned because she was the tie breaking vote we told them on Capitol Hill, youre gonna create a Labor Shortage, which is going to create inflation because what they wanted to do was do a massive Child Tax Credit, which by the way, is the cornerstone of her economic agenda. That that Child Tax Credit coupled with all of the other Unemployment Benefits that Joe Biden wanted to do. Thats what caused the Labor Shortage. The Labor Shortage in an economy that was already opening up is what caused the massive inflation. So we need to be crystal clear on this. There were a bipartisan packages to support the american people during covid19. Everybody knows who would do who that stuff again. But Joe Biden and Kamala Harris didnt need to do the american rescue plan. He wanted to do that for his own agenda, for his own name, and it wrecked our economy and thats why americans are suffering today. Congressman, we can continue debating the sources of inflation and the Child Tax Credit, which as you noted, had bipartisan support. But i do want to get her response to you about the questions of Election Fraud because it seems that they originated with Donald Trump himself. And he continues to perpetuate them actually well, a couple of things. First of all, were in pennsylvanias lets talk specific to the state of pennsylvania. One of the key issues are having here and this is really what their legislatures should fix. We do it in florida. They should fix it in pennsylvania, is that theyre not allowed to pre canvas these ballots. So what happens is the polls close and it takes 345 days to find out who won the election. That doesnt make any sense at all. The legislature in pennsylvania led by their governor, Josh Shapiro, they should fix that right now, if the Philadelphia Eagles are there, if theyre playing a football game, trust me, the eagles fans here in pennsylvania, they know the score of the game when theyre leaving the stadium or when they turn off their tv but were talking about elections. We dont know who won simply because theyre not even going through that process in our earlier fashion, georgia does it, florida does it many other states do. Pennsylvania should change that. But to a broader level when youre talking about male mailin ballots one of the key issues is security of that balance depending on your state, you can have a universal mail out process like oregon, which quite frankly, i find to be ludicrous. People should request the ballot if theyre going to mail it in. Thats a simple Control Procedure to protect the franchise of voting in america. And that is no circumstance. And i will add, when you take a look at it, thats the concern of a lot of americans. And yet, sir, a lot of states that Donald Trump won in 2020 actually sent out ballots to registered voters. So its not necessarily a cause for concern. In states that he wanted seems among republicans, i also want to point out, since you talked about pennsylvania, his claims of Election Fraud in 2020 were adjudicated and there was a judge that led an appeals court, a threejudge panel, but it was actually a judge that he appointed that said that his team brought zero evidence of Election Fraud and the commonwealth of pennsylvania, beyond that, you talked about Josh Shapiro changing the Election Laws there it is, a republican legislature and pennsylvania, so they could easily address those concerns. It seems like they dont necessarily have that as an immediate priority. Again, because there was no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. Lastly, congressman donalds, there is one more question i have for you famously earlier this summer, Donald Trump made some comments about Kamala Harris race during the National Association Of Black Journalists conference. And he essentially said that shes used her blackness to advance her career, saying that he didnt even know that she was black because she didnt put it out there im paraphrasing his remark there she said in response that she invited him to say that to her face. Do you think Donald Trump might do that tonight no because this is an issue. Nobody even really cares about. He mentioned it once he hasnt mentioned it again, what Donald Trump is focused on is the american people its fixing our economy so people