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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris meet tonight at 9 PM Eastern time in

Philadelphia for their first and perhaps only presidential face-off.

As NPR's Tamara Keith explains, the stakes are even higher than usual after the presidential

debate in June marked the beginning of the end of President Biden's campaign.

With a compressed schedule and a new Democratic nominee this debate could become a defining moment as voters are still

getting to know Vice President Harris. Harris's campaign says she will share her vision for a new way

forward. But a spokesman also describes Trump as a showman with

more experience at general election presidential debates than anyone in modern

history. In other words, the Harris campaign is playing up Trump's skills and downplaying hers.

And so are Trump's advisors saying Trump is tough to debate.

His team says the former president intends to make Harris own the failures of the

Biden administration.

Tamara Keith and PR News.

You and officials say they are still facing Israeli obstacles in quote unacceptable dangers as they try to deliver

polio vaccines to children in Gaza. In an incident this week the Israelis

held up a UN Support convoy for more than seven hours. More from MPR's Michelle Kellerman.

At his daily briefing,

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