Highstakes debate, and tropical Storm Francine on a Collision Course with the u. S. First tonight, francine, expected to strengthen to a hurricane this evening. As it closes in on the gulf coast, bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge and up to a foot of rain. Al roker is standing by. Also tonight, the highly anticipated clash between Kamala Harris and donald trump. Their first and potentially only debate before the election, with the race in a dead heat both candidates expected to go on the attack. And what mr. Trump told us his biggest challenge will be tonight. Our full team coverage. The scary moment on the tarmac in atlanta. Two delta planes colliding. The tail of one aircraft knocked off. We just hit something on the taxiway. Could you tell us what it was . What the airline says happened. The raging wildfires in the west forcing new evacuations. The deadly israeli airstrike on a humanitarian zone in gaza. And new video inside the tunnel where six hostages including an american were
Time from now. The abc News President ial debate. Also developing tonight, two passenger jets colliding on the taxiway. A tail ripped off. And were tracking a Tropical Storm Set to become a hurricane now, and expected to hit the u. S. First tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump right here tonight at the national Constitution Center in philadelphia. The candidates making their case to the nation. Vice president harris preparing for this moment for days. Donald trump also preparing and coming into the debate saying he feels great but acknowledging, quote, you dont know what to expect. The race for the White House essentially a dead heat. The newest poll, 4949. Mary bruce and Rachel Scott right here in philadelphia. Also tonight, the images coming in, the moment two Delta Passenger planes collide on the taxiway in atlanta. The wing of one plane tearing off the tail of the other. Nearly 300 passengers forced off the planes. Tonight, that Tropical Storm Set
Former president donald Trump Meet for the first time ever in what could be their only president ial debate of the election cycle. Can they sway voters in a race that is Neck And Neck . The Cbs Evening News starts now. We are just hours away from the show down america has been waiting for. Kamala harris takes on Donald Trump on the Debate Stage good evening. I am norah odonnell in New York and thank you for being with us. This is where it is happening, at philadelphias national Constitution Center, and it is hard to overstate how pivotal tonights performances from the Vice President and former president could be. Election day is eight weeks from tonight, and right now, the race is all tied up nationally, and in a handful of Battleground States. Tens of millions of americans are expected to tune in to see the candidates argue their positions in what could be their only debate. The stage is set. You see the podiums there. Harris chose the podium on the right. Trump will be on the left. W
he is 80. polling shows 65% of voters believe he s too old to effectively serve another four years and renewing scrutiny around the dnc not holding primary debates with jack dorsey tweeting this. open the democrat primaries and debates. this isn t fair to anyone. let s bring in our panel. joe concha, columnist at the mess messenger. juan williams and lee carter. welcome to you all. joe, to you first. it seems like the media says the gop is pouncing on joe biden s fall. let s play a little montage and get your response. okay. his age is an issue here. the republicans immediately jumped on this. they blasted it all over social media. givening voters concerns, this is not an image that his critics are pouncing on. this is not pouncing, this is relevant to this campaign. poll after poll shows that people are concerned about joe biden s age. as you said, other polls showing 2/3s of voters saying that they don t believe he has the physical or mental fitness or the the job
but i think it does. as elie points out the intent issue has always been a question mark. we didn t know what he knew and whether he realized his act was going on. it was a with full act which requires a statute. but now, this reporting indicates it had apparently the conversation that they didn t know priceless to date. it is like 2021. so herschmann is not talking to him as his lawyer. but he s probably trying to give him some good friendly advice. because, trump is, at that point and a hefty discussion with the national archive and is trying to get documents back. so, it is after that, in january of the next year. that he starts returning up to 15 boxes that have 184 classified documents. that is when it goes to the department of justice, and investigation starts. so this reporting, we don t know why it has come up now. but this is certainly a key witness. her shin was a witness in from the january six committee. we had clips of him. he is very strong witness. and, appar