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Somebody's Gotta win. I'm dropping in with a bonus podcast ahead of the debate tonight. It is truly must see TV.

And the stakes could not be higher for Kamala Harris. A recent New York Times,

see on a poll shows that 28% of Americans say they still want to know more about her and she hasn't done many interviews.

She is a new candidate. I mean it's just been a few months since she really was on the stage

selling herself before the nation.

So here are the fundamentals of the debate tonight.

There's no audience, the mics are turned off

when the other person is speaking,

and the candidates will have pen and paper paper but no notes.

I have been burning up the line, calling up all of my sources this morning,

the advisors to both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris,

who have been coaching him out of the debate.

And here's what I've learned.

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