US debate 2024: Harris and Trump showcase starkly different visions for America

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00:00Before an acrimonious debate, a moment of civility. Presidential candidates Kamala Harris

00:06and Donald Trump shook hands as they met for the first time. Soon after, the candidates

00:11traded barbs on abortion, a strong topic for Harris.

00:15She lambasted Trump for appointing Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe v. Wade

00:20in 2022, removing federal protections for abortion.

00:25Pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term, suffering from a miscarriage, being

00:30denied care in an emergency room because the health care providers are afraid they might

00:35go to jail, and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot. They don't want that.

00:41Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, has been saying that Trump would sign a nationwide

00:46ban on abortion, which Harris pounced on.

00:50Trump, however, denied that he would do so, not because he was against it, but because

00:55Congress wouldn't be able to approve it.

00:58As the debate wore on, Trump tried to turn questions on multiple topics into a discussion

01:03about immigration, including false claims about immigrants eating cats and dogs in Ohio.

01:10Nonetheless, the moderators managed to keep the conversation on track, moving on to foreign

01:15policy.

01:17Democrats said autocrats and dictators are rooting for Trump, criticizing Trump's assertion

01:22that he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, as meaning he would give Ukraine to

01:27Russia.

01:28Trump spun his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a positive.

01:33I want to get the war settled. I know Zelensky very well, and I know Putin very well. I have

01:38a good relationship, and they respect your president, OK? They respect me. They don't

01:43respect Biden.

01:45After the program, both teams declared victory. The Harris campaign signaled that they wanted

01:51another debate, which the Trump campaign has not yet agreed to.

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