Hello from CNN, I'm Afomadikay with the five things you need to know for Tuesday

September 10th. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump

are preparing to square off in tonight's high stakes debate.

CNN's David Rhine is in Philadelphia.

Hey, Foma, so of course there's going to be so much to unpack from the 90 minutes of debate,

but immediately afterwards we're going to see a show of force

from both campaigns right here in the spin room

at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

In fact, the Harris team isn't even waiting

for the end of the debate.

They just sent out former Trump officials Anthony Scaramuchi and Olivia Troy

to underline why they are breaking with the Republican Party

to vote for Harris in November.

I'm hearing from Republicans across the country.

I'm traveling to the swing states.

I'm talking to them directly.

And they're saying, like, I don't identify with this.

And that is where I am today.

The Trump team, meanwhile, is dispatching Trump's own running meet JD Vance.

He'll be joined by a score of prominent Trump allies like Senator Marco Rubio,

Vivek Ramaswami, and former independent presidential candidate Robert

F Kennedy Jr. among many, many others.

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