Happening now Donald Trump on the defensive as he finds himself face to face with

Kamala Harris just hours after she baited and outperformed him in their fiery debate.

We're breaking down the pivotal debate moments of voter reaction and what it all means for the final

55 day sprint to election day. Also tonight the Taylor Swift effect how much will the

pop music icon's endorsement of the Harris Wall's campaign impact the

presidential race. Plus there's breaking news we're following right now

life-threatening storm conditions in Louisiana as Francine strengthens to a

category 2 hurricane and nearest landfall. CNN is on the scene where

billions of people right now are under a state of emergency.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation

room.

We begin with the state of the presidential race as voters are processing

what they saw during the historic and contentious Harris-Trump debate.

CNN's Kristen Holmes reports on the face off and the fallout.

Former President Donald Trump playing defense tonight, trying to insist he won the debate.

When you don't win, it's like a fighter.

When a fighter has a bad fight gets knocked out

or loses the fight, the first thing he says is,

we want a rematch. I would do NBC I do Fox 2 I do Fox 2 but right now we have to determine whether or not we even want to do

Earlier today a moment of civility among the rivals, Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris shaking hands

as they commemorated the September 11th terror attacks at Ground Zero in New York.

It came less than 12 hours after the handshake Harris initiated ahead of a fiery and tense

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