Our top story is Kamala Harris at the debate taking control the visuals the

atmosphere it all showed Trump upset and unmoored he was inaccurate sometimes

unhinged and the collective result which is where we start the program tonight,

is a display where Harris put Trump on defense.

That's the Washington Post headline.

The reality was palpable.

The split screens that often contrasted Trump's honestly seething anger with Harris's more

composed approach. The smiles her rejoinders. No candidate wants to be on defense

at a debate but especially not Trump a politician who

staked his whole career on his supposed version of dominance of going on

offense. That's more about what Trump is, according to his followers, what they say they like about

him than any particular policy or promise. So this was uncomfortable turf for him and people saw it live.

We can tell you tonight, 67 million people watching, a higher number,

for example, than the Biden Trump debate.

What happened last night matters because it reached so many more voters than any other political event this year, more than the conventions, or President Biden's big address announcing his exit.

And what is happening today we're seeing is being burned into the public imagination.

The idea, the view, the conclusion, that Harris won.

And winning builds momentum. and people famously ditch losers.

One day out I can show you the Trump loss is on Times cover

branding him in trouble. The reviews have been rolling in and broad mainstream coverage has in Pick your adjective. I would go with fiery to begin. You had one

candidate that was completely unhinged, just completely off his rocker.

Kamala Harris pitched a shutout.

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