Presidential debate tonight. America reports. He wants to turn the page on the past. She represents a new way forward for this country. Where Donald Trump represents something old, something stale, something people are ready to move on from. They going to see Donald Trump lay out his vision for making america great again. Hes the only candidate in this race trying to unify the entire country. Its about going after the character but also talking about policy, because your Character Influences values which influences the policies you have. If she pains that picture, we are well on our way to being where we need to be to enact this election. Lino President Trump is an incredible debater. We need to keep that bar high for her because, again, she is seeking the highest land in the office. John thats whats being said and that is a live look at the Spin Room at the national Constitution Center in philadelphia. His hours from now, former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off at the very first time in a president ial debate, and the stakes could not be higher. Hello, im John Roberts in washington. This is a big, big day, sandra. Sandra the day is finally here. Good to be with you. Im Sandra Smith in new york and this is america reports. The two candidates will lay it all out on the line tonight, getting a rare opportunity to defend themselves and make a direct contrast to their opponent. That could be especially important for Kamala Harris. A New York Times Siena Poll fined 28 of voters say they still need to learn more about her. John while Donald Trump is a far more known quantity. Only 9 of voters feel the same way about him. Younger voters speaking to fox say they still feel left in the dark about what harris stands for. Because she has been in power for the past 3. 5 years. I think it needs to be answered. More interviews about what is specifically her record. I would rather have someone who has their stance on exactly everything, exactly what they want to see, not just a Yes Man for the public. I guess im waiting to hear what else she has to comment on, because i havent really heard much else. Sandra so we have an allstar lineup of guests with analysis across the next two hours. But first lets get right to senior white House Correspondent Peter doocy. He is live from philadelphia for us at this hour. Hello, peter. Is the Harris Campaign Planning to have her explain all the flipflopping that she has done since announcing her candidacy . Yes, sandra. The campaign is telling us that the Vice President s values have not changed, but that lately she is just being practical. I think what people will see is what her actual governing principles have been. Its about making sure we can actually get common sense solutions done. He talked about Health Care, for example. She is proud of the fact that we were able to build on the formal care act, making sure we kept the cost of insulin for seniors at 35, that We Cap Outofpocket Prescription Drug costs for seniors at 2,000. Overnighted in philly, trump on his way soon, and hes bringing specific jabs about immigration policy. His vision for this country is a 180 degrees different vision then Kamala Harris, who wants to leave our borders open, who wants to continue to tax people, who wants to make sure our enemies around the world dont fear us and our allies dont respect us. All the big speech of area roads, 95 and 676 and the expressway has a digital billboards up today warning about trumps threat to abortion access. We expect that to be a centerpiece of the harris debate strategy. Campaign is also using a new ad starring Barack Obama to telegraph another potential line of attack on trump. They could accuse him of having crowdsize envy. This weird obsession with crowd sizes. It goes on and on and on america is ready for a new chapter. The former president saying america is ready for a new chapter. Kind of curious, because if you go to the Brandnew Harris Issues Page on your website, The New Republic looked at the Computer Code and, as it turns out, big chunks of it are just copy pasted directly from the Joe Biden for president Issues Page. Sandra as far as we have observed, this wouldnt be the first time that they have found to be doing that. Peter doocy, its going to be quite the day, quite the night. Thank you, sir. John . John lets bring our panel. Brett odonnell is a geopeak Medications Consultant who has prepped several president ial candidates for debate, and terrys implant was one of president Barack Obamas longest Serving Speechwriters and hes also the book say it well. And terry knows what thats about. Thanks for being with us. We are to borrow a page from fox sports. The keys to the debate tonight. First of all, brett, give us your three keys for Donald Trump tonight. I think the first thing is that Donald Trump has to make this debate about policy and not about personality. As long as he is focused on tying harris to the past and the failures of this past administration, then he is on the right course. Because he has to make this a referendum about the Status Quo and the bidenharris administration. Finally, hes got to paint her as a weak, failed, dangerously liberal candidate who would endanger the future. That is for team trump. What about Team Harris . What are the keys to the Game Tonight . Is the exact opposite. She has to define herself. The most important thing you can do in any debate is define yourself and the opponent and the choice. What she has to do is define herself, show that shes a moderate focused on middleclass issues. She has to define him. He is now the oldest president running. The majority of americans say they have serious concerns about his mental abilities, his former Press Secretary has talked about his mental decline. He has to frame the choice. Shes framing it as one between moving forward versus returning to the policies of Donald Trump. John Donald Trump is a known quantity, as we pointed out, and only 9 of voters think they need to learn more about him. Much more of an unknown quantity, Kamala Harris. And Bill Mcgurn is blaming the media for that. That tonight should put a spotlight on her policy but shes got a free ride from an incurious media. He writes, ironically the Licks Vacations for ms. Harris may be an advantage. All she has to do is 90 Million herself and her performance to be hailed as a. At the Press Corps did its job, would all know more of what we need to know about Kamala Harris and what kind of President Xi would make. But because it wont, it is all on Donald Trump to do that job himself. So trump i dont know what the moderators are going to ask, brett, but Bill Mcgurn is suggesting to be has to highlight her record and flipflops and lack of explanation. He does, not just flipflops. Hes got to say she is lying and that shes covering up the fact that she is Response Will for the Problems Americans face, whether its economy, immigration, crime. All the major issues that americans feel that about are the fault of policies from this administration. He has got to tie her to those. People have very little about her. They dont even blame her very much for this administrations policies. She needs to get the blame and he needs to be responsible for doing that. John shes trying to portray yourself as an agent of change in this election, but we talked with governor John Carney of delaware and he suggested she is not the Change Agent, she is more of the same. Listen to what he said. She has run and is running on the record of president of the united states, and i believe that is a winning record. John she has run and she is running on the record of Joe Biden, the president of the united states. As we pointed out, her Issues Page on her website is basically copied and pasted from the Joe Biden website. If youre trying to be the agent of change, dont you need to have some new ideas . Theres different ways to look at change. Theres also the issue of generational change. As i said at the beginning, you have a 78yearold former president to spend most of his time focusing on his own pet peeves versus someone who is 20 years his junior who is focused on what she wants to do for middleclass families, someone who grew up in a middleclass family, someone is policies revolved around support for middleclass families, Tax Cuts for middleclass families. John the most of her policies from 2019 she has left behind. She has turned 180 on those and she would explain why. Talk about generational change, democrats have been in charge of the last 16 years. So really the candidate for changes Donald Trump, because they are in office. It is a kin to o. J. Looking for the real killer, when she is suggesting change. John final question to you, terry. A new New York Times Siena Poll found overwhelmingly voters see Donald Trump as a Change Agent rather than Kamala Harris. What is fascinating is that so many republicans are choosing not to support Donald Trump yet again. We had a remarkable development the other day where dick cheney, one of the most conservative politicians in America John its like, bring it on. Its a powerful statement. One of the most conservative politicians in american history in recent decades has made the choice to support Kamala Harris because he and Liz Cheney believe Donald Trump is such a threat to our democracy. That is significant. John read what Liz Cheney said about Kamala Harris four years ago and what democrat said about dick cheney. Strange bedfellows. So many republicans are supporting harris. John terry, welcome to the program. Good to see you again. Tune into our special coverage of the abc president ial debate simulcast. Our coverage begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. [taps playing] as Gold Star parents, our grief never truly ends. It changes, it transforms, but it remains with us always. A big part of us died with our children. August 26th, 2021. Today their Love Lives On in a families, in the neighborhood they were raised, and through their he lacey. We honor their heroism with the congressional Gold Medal. Sandra a moving ceremony and emotional moments playing out on Capitol Hill Today as House Speaker Mike Johnson presented congress highest honor to congressional Gold Medal to the 13 service members killed in the withdrawal from afghanistan. Among those who died, Mary And Lance corporal riley mccollum, his father joining us now. Thank you for joining us today. Tell us about what that presentation meant to you and your family. Thank you for having me. Good to see you. It was a beautiful ceremony, and for the 13 families, it was one more step towards our kids finally being recognized. Its been absent for so long. The rnc was a huge moment for us. Arlington unfortunately was a beautiful moment for us that we took a punch on, and then this one, we are starting to feel that america does care, and our elected leaders do care and are finally recognizing us, which is something we have been asking for very long time. So today was very meaningful to the 13 families. Sandra which is what you should have felt, as Family Members who lost their Loved Ones that day. You should have felt it out of the gate. And so many of this leadership, i know so many of the parents and the families have said they feel that our government failed them. Speaker johnson went further in that ceremony talking about the need for apologizing, on behalf of the u. S. Government. Listen here. To the families who are here, i know many of you have yet to hear these words, so i will say them. We are sorry. The united States Government should have done everything to protect our troops. Those fallen and wounded at Abby Gate deserved our best efforts. Sandra that was Speaker Johnson. Here is more from Senator Schumer and mcconnell also from that ceremony. To the citizens just really trying to escape the talibans rule through Abbey Gate on that fateful day, these americans were something more heroes, guardians, saviors. They lived out childhood dreams. They bound up the wounds of a war that had spanned their entire lives. Sandra what did it mean to you to hear those words in Washington Today . It was comforting and very much appreciated, when Speaker Johnson said im sorry. I think all of us parents i know on the side i was sitting, we all, you could just see the relief. I dont even know what it was. But holy cow, somebody finally said they are sorry. And for me that was an absolutely beautiful moment, and i felt it. The whole ceremony in its entirety was absolutely beautiful, and to hear the words they did say, regardless of politics, i wanted to hear it and i needed to hear it. And to hear sorry was probably the most impactful thing i did hear. Sandra wow. Another father who lost his son that fateful day, he joined us yesterday, and he lost his son, kareem, as you know. He still feels like he hasnt heard what he needs to hear specifically from the biden administration following those decisions. Listen. The administration lied. If it wasnt Kamala Harris, it was jen psaki. If it wasnt her, it was pierre. The one thats representing the White House. And they are lies and are finally coming out and being shown is what they are. Sandra some powerful words there from him. I will ask you, this is likely to come up tonight on the Debate Stage. It very well could, and should. What message would you want to see and hear from those candidates on the Stage Tonight, for the world to hear, having lost her son . I would love to have them recognize the 13 and what a mess the last three years have been. I think today was a good step towards that. I hope they take what we just went through in that ceremony, take it and run with it. The sorry, and acknowledging our kids. President trump has been absolutely amazing with us and for us. I would love to the biden administration and particular now kamala to recognize them. Own up to the mistakes. We all make mistakes. Things happen. It was a difficult situation and a difficult time. But did not say anything has been absolutely heartbreaking for us. So lets move forward. Mention them, acknowledge them. Acknowledge their mistakes. And if you would say im sorry, that would be huge for us and for america and to start moving forward. It would be a step in the right direction. Sandra really important that we continue to hear from you and hear your message, and remember your son, riley. Pictures on the screen right now. We thank you for telling your story. Thank you. Thank you, maam. Appreciate you. Sandra john . John never forget. Two planes full of passengers colliding airport in atlanta this morning. How that incident unfolded, coming up next. Sandra placed a fast Spreading Wildfire in Southern California is forcing thousands to flee their homes. Jonathan hunt Jonathan Hunt is reporting from san bernardino county. What are you seeing, jonathan . Sandra, firefighters are battling flames and Triple Digit Temperatures. We will tell you whether they are winning that site and where the flames may be headed next after the break. 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Call today john a live shot at Jackson Hartsfield international airport where he does a plane full of passengers toward the tail off another delta plane. It was on the taxiway at the worlds busiest airport. You can see there a crane is lifting up that tail to get it out of the way. The faa now opening an investigation into the collision. Senior national correspondent William La Jeunesse is live with more. William, that was quite a collision. One of the planes looks like it is totaled. How is delta reacting . Well, Delta And Everyone involved, they are working with the ntsb to find out how these planes got so close as to crash or collide. It happened about three hours ago, 10 00 a. M. Eastern. When you take a close look at how close this came to being a catastrophic accident, and airbus with 221 the board was on the taxiway heading from atlanta to tokyo when its wings clipped the rear end of a much smaller regional jet. If you look closely, that cut the tail off just above the rear engines, causing the entire section, the horizontal and vertical rudder, to fall to the ground, just missing any Fuel Lines and the rear exhaust port. Delta reported no passenger injuries. Here is Jason Adam saying that was terrifying, taxiing, and another plane appears to have clipped the back of our plane. Very jar