Hello, good friends on this Friday morning, September 13, but no tricketechaphobia here.

We carry on, even on September 13. So welcome back to the Ville Press pod and welcome to this week's

reporter's roundtable.

Of course, the news this week has been dominated by Tuesday night's debate between

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which was also, strangely enough, the first time the two

of them had ever met in person.

After an awkward handshake, which Harris forced on Trump, the two squared off on the economy,

on abortion, on immigration, on Ukraine, on health care, and of course, on the size of the crowds

at Trump's rallies. But what most people may remember about this debate is Trump's warning

that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating people's pet, cats, and dogs.

And it's only getting worse. Now, he warned last night, they're also eating the geese.

Whoa. And when it was over, Donald Trump said he liked the debate so much,

he would never do another one. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris picked up the endorsements of two rock stars,

the aging rock star Dick Cheney and today's great celebrity Taylor Swift. And proving that some things never change in Washington, Republicans in Congress are once

again threatening to shut down the government.

Well, that's a lot to unpack for today's panel.

So let's jump right in by first saying hello to David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA Today.

Hello, David.

Hey, Bill.

Thanks for having me.

Evan McMorris, good to have you back.

Evan McMorris, Santoro.

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