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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Philly Special: Harris and Trump Set to Meet for the First Time At Debate

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Jen Psaki shares what she will be watching for on Tuesday night as the two candidates meet for the first time. Steve Kornacki joins from the big board, highlighting the stakes. Then, Kevin Madden and Neal Katyal discuss how Harris's background as a prosecutor may prepare Harris and how she should approach the crucial task of defining herself to voters. Next, Jen is joined by Representative Adam Schiff to discuss Trump's continued threats against his political opponents and its implications for the election. Later, Jen is joined by Dana Bash to discuss her new book "America's Deadliest Election" focused on the violent 1872 gubernatorial race in Louisiana and its parallels to today. Jen also breaks down the baseless, xenophobic GOP conspiracy theory that migrants in the US are eating pets - and explains why it should reinforce the perception that Trump and the rest of his party are just plain weird. Finally, Jen is joined by Jim Messina, former White House deputy chief of staff for President Obama, to discuss his work with Democracy Defenders, a new PAC aimed at combatting Trump's election lies.

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0:00.0

Well, in just over 24 hours, Kamel Harris and Donald Trump will face off on a debate stage in Philadelphia.

0:15.6

The great Steve Karnacki is standing by at the Big Board to tell us where this race really stands,

0:20.1

and what impact this debate

0:21.4

may have? What is impacting the candidates about these recent polls? I'm also going to talk to

0:26.9

another former prosecutor from California, Congressman Adam Schiff, and CNN's Dan Abash, who

0:31.9

moderated the last presidential debate, has a new book out, and she's going to join me here in

0:36.1

studio as well. But first,

0:38.3

let's get you all caught up in what's been happening. I mean, late today, Vice President Kamal Harris

0:43.2

touchdown in Philadelphia for what is going to be one hell of a high-stakes first meeting with Trump.

0:48.8

Now, as there always are on the eve of a big debate, There's a lot of predictions and expectation setting flying

0:56.0

around out there about how this all might go, including from Kamala Harris herself, who had this to

1:00.9

say about her opponent in an interview that aired just this morning. He plays from this really

1:07.0

old and tired playbook, right, where he, there's no floor for him in terms of how low he will go.

1:14.6

And we should be prepared for that.

1:17.0

We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth.

1:22.3

And we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruth.

1:28.1

It's almost like her internal debate prep monologue was going there.

1:31.7

But she's right.

1:32.8

We should be prepared for anything.

1:34.7

After all, her opponent is a wannabe dictator talking about imprisoning his political opponents.

1:40.0

But we have seen his debate playbook many times before.

1:43.5

We saw this moment in 2016 when Trump creepily lurked behind Hillary Clinton,

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