From WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Wednesday, September 11th.

We'll play some excerpts from last night's presidential debate now and for the rest of the show and invite your reactions. We'll

bring on Susan Page from USA Today in just a minute, but first I'll play an excerpt. This might

have been the policy heart of the debate, and forgive me for talking about policy, not just

vibes and who is getting under whose skin, but this may have been the policy and credibility, heart of the

debate, from the opening section, which was about the economy, and they did spend the first

15 minutes or so on it, Harris tries at this moment to move the subject to their policies

and who's actually thinking about the well-being of the people rather than personal

or political grievances, which was how she tried to label Trump throughout. And you'll hear

the beginning of Trump's response to. Let's talk about our plans. And let's compare the plans.

I have a plan to give startup businesses $50,000 tax deduction,

to pursue their ambitions, their innovation, their ideas, their hard work.

I have a plan $6,000 for young families for the first year of your child's life to help you in that most

critical stage of your child's development. I have a plan that is about allowing people to

be able to pursue what has been fleeting in terms of the American dream by offering a help

with down payment of $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers.

That's the kind of conversation, I believe, David, that people really want tonight, as opposed to a

conversation that is constantly about belittling and name calling. Let's turn the page and move forward.

Thank you.

Let's turn to policy.

We have to move on.

President Trump, let's turn to policy, please.

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