Tuesday's presidential debate will give Americans perhaps their most detailed look at a campaign that’s been dramatically reshaped. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face at 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center.
ABC News organized the debate which will be moderated by World News Tonight anchor and managing editor David Muir and World News Tonight Sunday anchor and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis. KUER will carry live coverage of the debate, both on the air and online, starting at 7 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Find a station near you, ask your smartspeaker to "play KUER" or watch the video feed above.
For both candidates, it's a high-pressure opportunity to showcase starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. Trump, a 78-year-old white man, has struggled to adapt to Harris, the first woman, Black person or person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. Harris, meanwhile, will face a rare round of sustained questioning. She has sat for only a single formal interview in the six weeks since taking over the Democratic ticket.
Harris and Trump also differ sharply in how they prepped for the debate. It reflects not just two separate visions but two politicians who approach big moments very differently. The vice president cloistered in a historic hotel in downtown Pittsburgh to focus on honing crisp two-minute answers, per the debate’s rules. Trump publicly dismisses the value of studying for the debate. He instead chose to fill his days with campaign-related events.
The first early ballots of the presidential race will go out just hours after the debate. Absentee ballots are set to be sent out beginning Wednesday in Alabama.
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