Sandra top of a new hour. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris gearing up to debate is a Brandnew Poll show that this race is Neck And Neck and voters who are hungry for change. John Vos Nominees are comparing but the strategies could not be new different. Harris hungers down and prepares with her team. Sandra they spoke in a radio interview. This is from today. I intend to point out what many people know and as weve been traveling the country with this campaign, he tends to fight for himself, not the american people. And i think that will come out during the debate. Sandra that is quite a set up your hello and welcome im Sandra Smith in New York. John i have John Roberts in washington and this is america reports. The trump teens as their candidate is more than ready. President trump is ready. He is been proven to be one of the most effective debaters and political history. Watch how he knocked Joe Biden out of the race. Spoon Judge Jeanine Pirro set to join us but first Alexis Mcadams in pittsburgh where the Vice President has set up her debate boot camp. What a perfectly timed train whistle. Thats right. The area we are in has a lot of trains moving through but this comes as Kamala Harris has been hunkered down here in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, for days could i have been here for the weekend and we have only seen the Vice President come out of that hotel two times and she did not have too much to say but how does Kamala Harris prepare to debate former President Trump . Simple. According to different reports they have an aide dressed up like former President Trump. They say he is wearing a boxy suit, a long time and he is trying to get on her skin making sure shes as prepared as possible. That when asked if she was ready for trump she gave a thumbs up. Madame Vice President how will you handle it on the stage of trump decides to launch a personal attack . Are you ready madame Vice President . Thats all we got. Vice president Kamala Harris took a Sunday Night walk in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, with her husband as the latest polling shows just how important this debate will be. Why . Because 28 of likely voters say they feel like they need to learn more about Kamala Harris while only 9 say they need to know more about trump so people feel like they know where he stands. That is according to the New York times sienna pulled from over the weekend. The two candidates have been preparing for two very different ways. You have to look at what happened this weekend. Trump has rallies, Town Halls, interviews he does and the harris has gone 50 days and counting without a formal press conference. She spent the weekend studying and it is because they think trump will do well. We cant underestimate the fact that Donald Trump is a pretty good debater. He has done this seven times and he has been preparing. He beat Joe Biden, President Biden in the debate in june. He will be prepared himself and we will see how it plays out. Over the weekend, harris stopped at a Spice Store in pittsburgh and its It Chain that has infamous for attacking the g. O. P. Pansy spices. Theyve offered discounts to celebrate trumps indictment saying reindicted and it feels so good but while she was in there she talked about reuniting the country and moving past all the political attacks. Here live we can tell you the Harris Campaign is not happy with some of the Debate Rules in place because they wanted open microphones. Why . They were planning on her being in Prosecutor Mode and they think trump does his worst when he gets irritated and angry and she does her best when she is going after people is what im told. We will see what happens. John a lot of people were looking for and i am speaking, im speaking moment. I guess she wont get it. Though some people think she will try to manufacture one. Thank you so much, appreciate that. Sandra Judge Jeanine Pirro is here on set. Its interesting. Aishah hasnie is reporting on some of what just happened on a Brandnew Debate Press call. It was all held on the record and on The Call was jason miller, Matt Gaetz, the republican from Florida And Tulsi gabbard who we know is actively helping trump prepare for this in whatever way they are. I want to dig into the first question here. How does he go up against a female candidate while trying to court female voters . She said trump will address issues that matter the most to women and families, safety and security, how to bring the economy back to life, Child Care and housing shortage. Will it behoove him to focus on those issues and not veer off in another way . Theres no question. If you think about it women are the ones who were in charge of pretty much the budget and the household cared whether it is Buying Food or in terms of how hot the houses, how cool the house is, buying clothes for the kids for schools, school supplies. Tulsi gabbard is so right about this whole thing. There is so much that Donald Trump can talk about that appeals to women that is important to women to make sure that their kids are safe when they walk outside and then he can turn it around. There is the offense and the defense. Kamala harris is an undefined candidate in spite of the fact she has been Vice President for the past three and a half years. In the end people dont know who she is. So Donald Trump can see you see all the drugs going on in this country and the Fentanyl Crisis . Do you see crimes that we are so horrified about . Thank Kamala Harris because her job was the border and she failed miserably. Sandra this is former President Trump in his own words on with hannity during that Town Hall last week and this is what he did say about his Debate Strategy. A debate is interesting. You can go in with all of the strategy that you want but you have to feel it out as the debate is taking place. You go in there and you have a strategy. Mike tyson made the statement. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. And its true. It was a brilliant statement. Its a brilliant statement. So i can tell sean exactly what im going to do but things change. You know what, he is so right. I have done debates like this at the State Level when i ran for office. You get punched in the face and then you are scrambling. Now the truth is Kamala Harris has been Vice President for the past three and a half years. All we know of this woman is she does nothing but Word Salads and then she giggles and cackles. She can be prepared as a prosecutor and i have no question in my mind that she will sound smart. But all she needs to do is be unhinged for one minute and went Donald Trump comes at her, if she does not have a safe space or a landing spot, she is not going to be able to do a good job. She will go back to the Word Salad and americans will say i know who she is. Sandra interesting. And i shared with you an interview from the weekend where Karl Rove suggested that the tougher job on that Debate Stage is going to land with former President Trump. Heres what he sent over the weekend. You think the stakes are higher for trump . He has a harder job . I think he does because she has miraculously grabbed the label of the candidate of change. She has been able to dissolve the bonds that tied her to her superior, the president , and is now seen as the new different face. He has to make a specific attack on the issues and say she is responsible for it and i have a specific plan that is my second act that will make things better. Sandra thats interesting because the on the record called that Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard were just on, they were asked about that Debate Strategy and they made the case that she, Kamala Harris, owns every failure of the current administration, biden is not in charge of anything, who is in charge, Kamala Harris peered she has been running the country the entire time. They talked about her being the border czar. But to carls point they have put her out there like this is a new fresh face for you have not seen her closely tie herself to the biden policies. Will trump have a harder job on that stage . I dont know if trump has a harder job. He needs to define her because so many americans dont know who she is or they are being introduced to her as a moderate when we all know she is the most liberal person who has ever run for office, certainly for the President Of The United States. What Donald Trump has to do is not only identify who the real, let is, but also say what she is saying now is not true as evidenced by the fact that she is been the Vice President in charge and she hid a president. Even a prosecutor said he could not prosecute them because he was so out of control with his mental acuity. Sandra great points all around. Judge, we will see what five. Thank you so much. John looking forward to that. Fox news alert. Lets go right to the White House for the briefing where John Kirby is talking about the Suicide Bombing at Abbey Gate. Speak out the former president reduced our presence in afghanistan from 14,000 down to 2500. As general Frank Mckenzie former commander of u. S. Central command said himself in testimony, the deal had a really pernicious effect on the afghan government and military. As We Saw, it demoralized them and it disenfranchised them. They knew right then and there that america was on its way out. Indeed in october of 2020, then President Trump ordered his military to rush the exit from afghanistan and have Everyone Leave by christmas of that year. President biden for his part faced a stark choice when he came to office. Abide by the flawed Agreement And End americas longest war or blow up the deal, extent of the war, and see how much smaller of american contingents in combat with the taliban. He chose the former and was able to buy additional time to prepare for that withdraw all The Way into the summer. And we as a nation are safer for it. Any and every discussion about what happened in afghanistan has to start right there. Sadly the report does not dwell on it. There are some other falsehoods. Too many to mention but if you do stand out and i would like to take them off if you dont mind. Number one. There was in Fact Planning for evacuations good planning that started in the spring of 2021 and included all of the requisite agencies. In fact the department of Defense Preposition Military Units in the region so once a decision had been reached to evacuate, they would be poised to respond in a timely fashion. Two. There was no Finetune Assessment of how fast things would unfold in august of 2021. It all moved a lot faster than anyone anticipated as the taliban moved in, and afghan forces stopped fighting, and the government fled. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff general Mark Milley said nothing that i saw indicated a collapse of this army in this government in 11 days. Too. Im sorry, three. There was no point in securing the Air Base for the evacuation. Doing so would of not only required thousands of additional u. S. Troops but also would have required a dangerous track by evacuees over talibancontrolled territory making the evacuation even more difficult to execute than it already was. Four. There was no handover of u. S. Equipment to the taliban. That equipment had been provided to Afghan Security Forces appropriately and with congressional approval over the course of two decades of war. That equipment was left by those afghan forces when they surrendered or stopped fighting. Five. There was no deception, lying, or lack of transparency by this administration either during or after the withdrawal. We did the best we could every day to keep the american people informed of what was happening. We conducted our own after Action Reports and share those with the public. As i mentioned, we cooperated extensively in this investigation and we continue to work with the work commission. Ending wars is more difficult than starting them. President biden knew that, he acknowledged that, but it does not mean that the decision to end this one was wrong or that the withdrawal was not conducted as professionally and as bravely as was humanly possible given the circumstances. It doesnt mean that we dont grieve and mourn with the family of those whose lives were tragically taken during the withdrawal, especially at Abbey Gate on the 26th Of August that year. And it does not mean that we dont still look with Awe And Admiration at the many of thousands of Men And Women who waged us were over the course of 20 years. Troops, diplomats, intelligence experts, contractors, civilian employees from this and dozens of other nations. They accomplish the mission for which they were sent to afghanistan. They helped make us a safer nation. Sadly 2,461 of them did not make it home. Many of those who did still struggle with the wounds of war seen and unseen. As the president has said, we owe them and their families a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid but now that the war is over, our nation can better focus on other pressing national security interests around the world. We would do well in all of this partisan rancor over the drawl to remember that. We will take some questions. It is been reported that iran has been giving shortrange missiles to russia for ukraine. Can you concerned that this has happened . I cannot confirm reports that the transfer has happened but i would point you to what we have set in the past that any such provision of that kind of technology would not only have deleterious effect on the Ukrainians Ability to continue to fund themselves and certainly on the lives and livelihoods of the ukrainians but could depending on what the deal and how it is consummated have equally deleterious effects on the Middle East. And iran that already has an improving ballistic missile program, we can only assume would want to stand to gain from some sort of partnership with russia to improve their capabilities in the region and given it how they are destabilizing activities that is a dangerous outcome. Is the White House prepared to increase pressure on netanyahu to do something somewhere with the United Kingdom in terms of withholding were weapons question work. I can think of anything we have a put more pressure on ourselves on than to get this deal done. I think we know how urgent this is and we are working Night And Day to try and get a deal in place. Hamas is the main obstacle to this. A couple of things. Would you argued that the withdraw was a success or would you admit that there are failings involved in that . I pointed to the after Action Report where i think we have been very clear about the planning efforts in the execution of the plan. No plan of any operation whatsoever ever goes exactly according to the dictates by which you laid it out. Clearly there were moments of great violence and there were moments of Mission Execution that did not go exactly The Way we wanted it to go. Nobody has walked away from t that. But in the main we were able to get 120,000 some odd folks out of there safely with an airplane taking off once every hour. And again, we have laid it out in the after Action Report that the State Department did, that the Department Of Defense did here. On the point about the visit in gaza. Is the president going to be pressing the Prime Minister to reverse the decision on the sales or reverse should he be seeking advice on how the u. S. Might do that question work. We are looking forward to the Visit Pair theres an awful lot to discuss. You can expect the Prime Minister and the president to talk about whats going on in ukraine and talk about the Middle East and even the endo pacific. John John Kirby there the national Security Spokesman pushing back on the house foreign Affairs Committee Report on afghanistan, a scathing report that says the biden administration had no plan to get out of afghanistan. He counters that by saying that biden by delaying the withdrawal of american forces had time to plan which a lot of people might say you planned for this . And it went as badly as it did . That might Add Fuel to the fire. Sandra and then to say they did not try to deceive the public on what happened there after we had that Gold Star Father on it saying that they believe exactly what they have learned happened that day. That they were indeed misleading the american public on the details of that horrific day. John a lot to come with the fallout from that house foreign Affairs Committee Report and the hours and days ahead. In the meantime lets get back to democracy 24. Vice president Harris Hunkering down with aides and advisors and reporting a Standin Opponent ahead of tomorrow Nights Debate. Her last minute preparations come as a new poll suggests the Harris Honeymoon might be over. The governor of delaware is a Harris Walz Campaign surrogate. Thank you for taking the time. Harris seems to be abandoning a list of progressive policies that she outlined and supported back in 2019. Portraying herself as a mod moderate. But Bernie Sanders believes if and when she gets into office, she wont govern as a moderate. Listen to what he said. I dont think she is abandoning her ideals. I think she is trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win back the election. Her views are not mine but i do consider her a progressive. John i do consider her a progressive which raises a number of questions that i wouldnt mind putting to you such as does she actually support a Ban On Fracking . Not what she is saying now and will she return to that position when and if she is put elected . Thank you for the opportunity of joining today. Thanks Senator Sanders for his word that she doesnt stand for the position that he does. Take her for her word that she supports fracking currently even though in the past she said something differently. I think Senator Sanders is right in terms of th