Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org.

I'm me and Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with last night's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump,

in which the reality TV star appeared to be losing his war against reality,

along with occasionally losing his mind as he rift about Haitian immigrants,

eating the cats and dogs of pet owners,

democratic abortionists killing babies when they are born,

and that Kamala Harris wanted to, quote,

do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison.

Joining us to talk about whether sane washing can overcome the spectacle of a mentally challenged grandpa ranting is Amanda McCott, a feminist author, blogger and politics writer for Ceylon.

She's the author of Troll Nation, How the Right Became Trump Worshipping Monsters Set on Rat Effing Liberals America and Truth itself, and we will discuss

her latest article at Salon, the same old, Tide playbook, Harris bates and aging Trump into being

his grumpiest, weirdest self. Then, with Camilla Harris running on competence and electability,

not to break the glass ceiling with, yes, she can,

we will look into the obstacles women face in politics.

As they demonstrate authority, they face the risk of criticism for being too aggressive.

Joining us is Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagled Institute of Politics

at Rutgers University, an organization nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly

research and current data about American women's political participation.

Then finally, on this 23rd anniversary of 9-11, we will look into new

evidence of Saudi involvement with the hijackers and speak with Tim Golden, a reporter at

ProPublica, concentrating on national security, foreign policy and criminal justice. He was previously

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