With his eyes on the rest of europe, starting with poland. Why didnt you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator who would you for lunch. Seeing it a second time. Thank you for being with us as we digest it was a very lopsided debate as it turns out. We all knew the Stakes Tonight were almost unimaginably high. We knew it would be a debate like No Other and a president ial race like No Other, but now, we know how it went and why the Harris Campaign is so pleased with how it went. I will tell you something. He will talk about immigration a lot even though its of the Subject Being raised. I will do something unusual and i will invite you to attend one of Donald Trumps rallies. Its a really interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fixed noble characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer, and what you will also notice as people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. I will tell you the one thing you will not hear him talk about is you. You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams, and your desires. I will tell you i believe you deserve a president who actually put you first, and i pledge to you that i will. She said people start leaving. People dont go to her rallies. There is no reason to go. The people that do go, shes buzzing them in and paying them to be there. Then showing them in a different light. She Cant Talk about that. People dont leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics. Repeatedly tonight, Kamala Harris managed to make her case about what she would do as president and why americans should vote for her while also just baiting Donald Trump into almost spitting bad mad defensiveness. Trump appeared agitated and angry. He shouted and interrupted while Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to stay calm and focused. She repeatedly managed to steer the discussion back to the point she wanted to make. Trump repeatedly got lost in tangents and Self Interruptions with things like marxism and windmills and Solar Panels and the desert soil. Desert soil . Imaginary people eating dogs and why he believes is true despite it being debunked because he saw it on television, and who can argue with that . The contrast between the candidates was stark on the topic of abortion, as we know it would be. Dot tried to claim that everyone including all democrats, all americans were desperate for roe v. Wade to be overturned. People love him for getting it done. That his script and hes sticking to it. Here was harriss response. In over 20 states, there are Trump Abortion bans which make It Criminal for a Doctor Or Nurse to provide Health Care. In one state it provides prison for life. Trump Abortion Bans that make no exception even for and incest. A survivor of a crime a violation to their body does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next. That is immoral. One does not have to abandon their faith are deeply held believes to agree the Government And Donald trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. Notably, Trump Tonight repeatedly refused to say if he would sign or veto a national Abortion Ban if it came to his desk. He notably repeatedly refused to say whether he thought it would be good for ukraine to win the war against russia. When asked if he has a Health Care plan to replace obamacare, which he said he wants to repeal, trump said that he had, quote, concepts of a plan. None of us knows right now whether this debate will have any affect on this incredibly close president ial race but if the goal of the Harris Campaign was for Kamala Harris to make the case for herself, and to needle Donald Trump into being the worst version of himself on television, it seems clear they feel they accomplished that goal tonight. Lets go back to Swing State Arizona where Jacob Soboroff watch the Debate Tonight with a group of voters who we met before kicked off. Im sort of desperate to know what Everybody Thought of it . It really is a profound privilege to get to do this and spend time with folks like the people in this room that i did get to watch the debate with tonight. Nobody watched this debate coming out of it who said, who wasnt coming in Ski Voting for Trevor Thinking of voting for trump, there are multiple people in this group who are either going to participate on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris or are leaning harris. One thing i want to say is its 97 degrees in phoenix, its 9 00 p. M. And over 100 degrees, think its fair to say people were happy Climate Change came up, but i want to start with denise. I got messages from folks asking she wrote herself and 2016 and 2020, how could you think of doing that again . Most interestingly meted me is you might do that you might not do that. I why is you get what i think deeply emotional during the portion of the debate about reproductive rights. What Vice President Kamala Harris had to say about the. Why . For years we have had Men Legislatures tell us we cant have abortions. We have to do this with our bodies and do that with our bodies. We never had control and finally we have someone who was a woman who gets its about us. Abortion has been in our society and been around much longer than roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade protected women of Childbearing Wares from the charlatans and hacks and the people who were not doing right by them. The doors open and it feels like a connection was formed between you and Vice President harris that wasnt there. Absolutely. I would like to know more. Trump has been campaigning a long time and now harris is thrust in the spotlight so its sort of like the Parliamentarian System versus American System of campaigning. I would like to know more. But it made an impact. Thank you. Let me start with you on the economy. We talked before how you could be one month away, these are your words, from homelessness based on jobs and affordability. When Vice President Kamala Harris said, Donald Trump has no plan for you. Speaking of the economy. You were talk about politicians dont have a connection to you. Do you feel what harris was talking about maybe in that moment spoke to you . Yeah, i feel like Donald Trump speaking for examples, since these other candidate, i feel like he doesnt care about me and my issues. I feel like Kamala Harris does. She says, shes for the middle class. She was considered middleclass when she was growing up. She said that at the top. Yeah. Also, it sounds to me small businesses she also talked about. She made an impact. I want to talk to bonnie, an elementary school teacher. Is so you rolling your eyes when former President Trump was talking about Harriss Plan and said Run Spot run. He was mocking her, making a joke about a childrens book. Its about the war in ukraine and former President Trumps refusal to say wants ukraine to win seem to bother you. At one of those times during the debate. I was disappointed at the fact that he didnt give a direct answer to that. You are either for a country and its ideals, or you are not. I was frankly surprised that he didnt give a direct answer as to whether he was supporting ukraine are not. Year another folk here who said in between the debate and now that the doors open for you to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. What else would you like to see from her . I would like to see more off Thecuff Type interviews and answering questions that are practiced or set up ahead of time. Its been an abbreviated campaign. You will probably get that. I hope to hear more from her. Lets go to jeff. Jeff was after the last debate, trump no. Biden, o, hell, no. The doors open for you now. You were saying the portion of the debate about January 6, by the way we are and maricopa county, one of the centers of election denialism, local elections are highly contested about Election Administrators who denied not only the results of the 2020 election but denied the midterms, but the integrity of the system going into 2024, what bothered you so much about former President Trump. You say you are a Mccain Republican. Saying he had no regrets about January 6 . Its hard to get my head around that. He said i didnt do anything except give a speech. He was orchestrating how the whole situation was playing a. He told the Secret Service got to take the Metal Detectors out and let people come in uninspected. Thats a terrible thing. There were other things going on for 2. 5 hours when hes prancing around the White House and it seemed, how can you not take responsibility at some point for the whole thing . I didnt see any other banners up there but trump banners. I think it was a heavily skewed group in favor of trump. You didnt believe him. No. Liars dont she and cheaters dont lie. I said that wrong. Cheaters to win and cheaters dont what did harris make an you tonight is a Mccain Republican . Mccain came in and said it would be a disaster for the country of trump got back into the office and his brother did too. I mean, i think theres a clear line that people understand the importance of this election and people who want to play keyboard warriors and making a fuss and saying heinous things about other people. That is trump, a bully. Kamala harris came out showing decorum, president ial nature about her. I think the doors a little open. Thank you. Nicole, on policy, i think its accurate to say you may never vote for Vice President Kamala Harris based on the policies she has. It also sounds like this to meet, debate that you will never vote for former President Trump, at least again . Yeah, i think people want to separate policy from character. I dont see how you can do that . I cannot behind somebody who may be i agree with certain policies on, but their character is atrocious and lacks complete leadership. Think you very much. One carlos, we were talking before the debate about how you didnt cash you were leaning trumpet you didnt like his rhetoric toward immigrants. We heard these unfounded claims, its almost, its hard to even say about people stealing and eating animals in ohio. We know thats not true but he repeated it anyways. He talked about murderers and insane asylum of people coming across The Border. Did it bother you . Certain things bothered me. Even though he said that, we have secured border. Weve had a lot of people going through The Border legally. My family went through a long process to get here legally so i think its unfair for those to get here without problems in the federal government helps them out. We have lost americans because how many illegals leading in. The young boy could killed in ohio by illegal immigrant. The family said they didnt like j. D. Vance talking about their son and they dont want it to affect migrants in a negative way. Not like that, but that Guy Wasnt allowed here illegally, we would have a lot of people here with us. What about the Border Bill . Vice president Kamala Harris made a specific focus of pointing out how former President Trump killed the Border Bill, one of the most conservative in the history of the united states, for political reasons. He did not deny that. Did that bother you caring so much about The Border . It bothered me. We dont have the best option right now and we havent for a good few years. The selection being a first time voter, feels like you vote for an okay candidate or less okay candidate. I can go with trump, being conservative, but some parts go against what he preaches. All right. Thank you very much. Lets end with you. You went biden 2020 and you were leaning trump. Is it correct to say the door is open again for harris . A, after this debate she has piqued my interest but im still leaning toward trump. He didnt surprise me in any Way Today so he still is on what is it about harris, what do you want to know More About her and if you were to go to her coming in as a potential trump photo, but could be the deciding factor . I think with harris theres Question Mark centering this debate. I didnt know a lot about her other than she served as Vice President. Today she couldnt talk about her policy. I need to step away and do my own research and look at my website. Is probably what they want to hear from a voter like you. Before we go, Show Of Hands coming into this debate, two a few leaning trump, are you going to vote for trump . Let me do like this, trump if youre sure youre going to vote for trump, raise your hand. If i were to vote today right now i would vote for trump. Harris, if you had to vote today, raise your hand . You just want to know more . I want to know more. Nicole is not going to vote for either. Thank you for hosting us in the sweltering hot night. Its interesting to see a group of people who were largely undecided or noncommittal, the door has been open to harris after this debate then to former President Trump. Again, thank you to all of you for the privilege of being able to hang out with you guy. Please tell everyone there the we are grateful the to talk us through, its invaluable. Like i said, as far as im concerned they passed the audition for being on local news. For sure. I will let them know. Jacob soboroff in phoenix. Fascinating to see the transition and so many of those undecided voters in arizona over the course of this debate that positive impression of Vice President Kamala Harriss performance seems to be matching Snap Polling thats happening and match by the impression in our studios at msnbc in terms of the performance of these two candidates. The Harris Campaign has to be ecstatic by the performance of their candidate tonight. The Trump Campaign, we will see. Our coverage continues after this. As we go out, this is Vice President Kamala Harris making her case for, she put it, turning the page. Of this at the capitol on January 6. I was a Vice President elect. I was an acting senator. I was there. On that day, the President Of The United States incited a violent mob to attack our nations capitol. To desecrate our nation musky capitol on that day, 140 Law Enforcement officers were injured, and some died. Understand the former president has been indicted and impeached for exactly that reason. This is not an isolated situation. Lets remember, charlottesville where there was a mob of people carrying tiki torches, spewing antisemitic hate and what to the president then at the time say . There were fine people on each side. Lets remember that when it came to the proud boys, a militia, the former president said, stand back and stand by. For everyone watching who remembers what January 6 the was, i say, we dont have to go back. Lets not go back. We are not going back. It is time to turn the page. If that was a bridge too far for you, there is a place in our campaign for you. Gn for yo No Other mattress cradles your body and simultaneously supports your spine. Memory foam doesnt come close. Get your best sleep guaranteed. Save up to 1,000 during our labor day sale. Visit purple. Com or a store near you. I am Jen Psaki picking up the special coverage of Tonights President ial debate. This was, as you know, the first Vice President ial president ial debate Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have ever done together. The first time they ever met. From the first moments when the Vice President when in for a handshake, that was a decision that Donald Trump had no interest in. She pretty much controlled the debate from then on. She bookended with her case for what she would do with working people. She delivered a masterpiece of an answer on abortion rights. Will play that a little later. She made trump look small, over and over and over again. What we all just watched was a well prepared and pretty fierce Kamala Harris Prosecuting The Case Against Trump and talking directly to the american people about things they care about like issues about abortion rights, the economy, democracy itself. On The Other Side, We Saw a grumpy and unhinged at moment Donald Trump Ranting And Raving and lying about Crowd Sizes and people eating their hats. That happened during the debate. We have a lot we will talk about. We will play sound throughout the next hour and 40 minutes. I have the perfect people standing by but i want to start when harris got under trumps skin. I am going to do something unusual and i will invite you to attend one of Donald Trumps rallies. Its an interesting thing to watch. You will see during the course of his rallies, he talks about fictional characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer. What you will also notice his people start leaving his rallies early, out of exhaustion and boredom. I will tell you one thing you wont hear him talk about is you. You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams, and your desires. I believe you deserve a president who actually put you first, and i pledge to you i will. Let me respond as to the rallies. She said people start leaving. People dont go to her rallies. The people who do go, shes busing them in and paying them to be there. Showing them in a different light. She Cant Talk about that. People dont leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics. Who knew he would be baited and triggered about a discussion of Crowd Size. Who knew . From there things only got better for Kamala Harris hours for Donald Trump. One person who looked at this and said they had seen enough was Taylor Swift. Who in a lengthy and impassioned Instagram Post to hurt 283 Million followers endorsed Kamala Harris for president. Yes, she did it with a cat photo. Joining me at the table are my friends Ari Melber and correspondent, and former Rnc Chairman Michael Steele and joining us are more friends, Alex Wagner who has been in the Spin Room for 117 hours approximately and host of the Bulwark Podcast tim miller. You warriors in philadelphia, i will start with you. Alex, before the debate you pointed out that there was not an ambitious plan by the Trump Team to