Could tomorrow night's debate prove even more consequential than the last one?

Probably not. The lead starts right now.

Kamla Harris and Donald Trump preparing for tomorrow's high stakes debate in very different ways.

Vice President Harris, calling on two people who have debated Trump in the past,

while Trump himself is getting ready

for a public appearance tonight.

Plus, yet another investigation

of the tragic US withdrawal from Afghanistan

is it a coincidence that the committee report is

coming out right before the debate. Both the top Republican and the top Democrat

on the relevant committee will be here with two very different takes and alarming new details about the

tragic shooting at that Georgia high school I had the suspected shooter's

cryptic text to his mother and her urgent call to the school before the horror unfolded.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper and happy presidential debate Eve to those who celebrate

consider that just 74 days ago Dana Bash and I hosted that first presidential

debate of 2024 that went so horribly wrong for

incumbent President Joe Biden so wrong it caused Democrats to do what is

unprecedented in the modern age. They made the call to the proverbial bullpen. Vice President

Kamala Harris emerged as the brand new nominee and now tomorrow night she

will be the one taking the stage for the second debate. It will be the first ever

face-to-face meeting

between Harris and former President Donald Trump

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