Recap of the ABC News presidential debate between Trump, Harris

>> DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 81 MILLION PEOPLE. SO LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND CLEARLY, HE IS HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME PROCESSING THAT. >> SHE'S A MARXIST. EVERYBODY KNOWS SHE'S A MARXIST. HER FATHER IS A MARXIST PROFESSOR IN ECONOMICS, AND HE TAUGHT HER WELL. >> YOU'RE NOT RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN. YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST ME. >> WAIT A MINUTE. I'M TALKING NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND. PLEASE. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? >> KAMALA HARRIS, IT WAS A VERBAL SLUGFEST IN THIS FIRST AND PERHAPS ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> TONIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, THE TWO CANDIDATES SPARRED OVER VARIOUS TOPICS AND AS THE POLITICAL DUST SETTLES, THERE IS VARIOUS REACTION AS TO WHO WON THIS WAR OF WORDS WITH ELECTION DAY FAST APPROACHING. IT IS TUESDAY NIGHT AND THE BIG STORY ON ACTION NEWS ON THIS SPECIAL HOUR-LONG EDITION FOR US IS THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. THE STAKES WERE HIGH AND BOTH CANDIDATES CAME OUT SWINGING FOR 90 MINUTES. LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER, WHERE THE DEBATE WRAPPED UP LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR AGO. OUR CREWS ARE STANDING BY WITH MORE ON THIS DEBATE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY. CAROLINE GOGGIN IS LIVE INSIDE OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER WHERE THE DEBATE PLAYED OUT. REPORTER ANNIE MCCORMICK IS IN THE SPIN ROOM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH REACTION FROM BOTH PARTIES AND CHAD DALY HAS AN UPDATE ON THE PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF THE DEBATE. BUT FIRST, WE WELCOME IN ACTION NEWS ANCHOR BRIAN TAFF FOR MORE ON HOW THE DEBATE GOT OFF TO SUCH A QUICK START THIS EVENING, BRIAN. THEY CAME OUT. THEY SHOOK HANDS. THEN THEY TOOK THE GLOVES OFF. >> THEY CAME OUT SWINGING FOR SURE. >> RICK, THE EXPECTATIONS HEADING INTO THIS DEBATE WERE SKY HIGH THROUGH THE ROOF THE FIRST TIME KAMALA HARRIS AND DONALD TRUMP WOULD MEET IN ANY CONTEXT, LET ALONE ONE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE LINE. TAKE A LOOK. NOT A SINGLE MOMENT WAS WASTED LIVING UP TO THOSE VERY LOFTY EXPECTATIONS. BOTH CANDIDATES COMING OUT SWINGING RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE AFTER THAT VERY BRIEF, SOMEWHAT AWKWARD HANDSHAKE, SEARING BARBS THAT WOULD DEFINE THE DURATION OF THIS DEBATE. IT WAS HEAVY ON POLICY QUESTIONS, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT EACH EXCHANGE WAS LACED WITH THE EVIDENT DISTASTE THAT HARRIS AND TRUMP HAVE FOR EACH OTHER, PERSONALLY AND POLITICALLY. THE FIRST TOPIC, ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST THE ECONOM. EACH CANDIDATE FRAMING THE OTHER'S RECORD AS ONE OF UTTER FAILURE. >> WE HAVE INFLATION, LIKE VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE, PROBABLY THE WORST IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. WE WERE AT 21%, BUT THAT'S BEING GENEROUS BECAUSE MANY THINGS ARE 50, 60, 70 AND 80% HIGHER THAN THEY WERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS HAS BEEN A DISASTER FOR PEOPLE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> BUT FOR EVERY CLASS DONALD TRUMP LEFT US, THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC IN A CENTURY. DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CLEAN UP DONALD TRUMP'S MESS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT THEY ARE THE VERY FIRST INDICATION THAT THIS 90 MINUTES WOULD BE AN INTENSE EFFORT BY BOTH SIDES TO DEFINE THE OTHER, THEIR VALUES, THEIR RESUME AND THEIR PERSONALITY AS UTTERLY UNFIT. >> NOW, ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BE UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE. BUT TONIGHT'S EXCHANGE I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR TO SAY, WAS EXTREMELY USEFUL IN HELPING VOTERS. HOWEVER, MANY MAY REMAIN UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT. MAKE UP THEIR MINDS ONE FINAL POINT WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH SIDE THINKS THEY WON, I SHOULD NOTE THAT JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW SECONDS, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE IN OCTOBER. THAT'S A MOVE YOU ONLY MAKE IF YOU'RE VERY CONFIDENT AND PLEASED WITH HOW YOU DID IN DEBATE. NUMBER ONE. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU. AND NOW FOR MORE ON SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES TACKLED IN THIS DEBATE, WE GO LIVE INSIDE OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER, WHERE ACTION NEWS REPORTER CAROLINE GOGGIN IS STANDING BY JUST FEET FROM WHERE THIS SHOWDOWN TOOK PLACE. THIS EVENING. CAROLINE. >> YEAH, RICK. THE DEBATE TOOK PLACE JUST BEHIND ME HERE INSIDE THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. THE SECOND TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S DEBATE WAS THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. AND WE KNOW JUST FROM POLLING THAT THE TOPIC OF ABORTION IS ONE THAT IS WEIGHING ON THE MINDS OF VOTERS AS THEY HEAD TO THE BALLOT BOX THIS NOVEMBER. AND TONIGHT, AS HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST, PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN ON THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V WADE. >> FOR 52 YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ROE V WADE INTO THE STATES. AND THROUGH THE GENIUS AND HEART AND STRENGTH OF SIX SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. NOW, I BELIEVE IN THE EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST AND LIFE OF THE MOTHER. >> TRUMP WENT ON TO SAY HE HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR IVF. WHEN ASKED, HE WOULDN'T COMMIT TO VETOING A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN IF ONE WERE TO BE PASSED. MEANTIME, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAID IF CONGRESS VOTES TO REINSTATE ROE V WADE, SHE WOULD SUPPORT IT. SHE ALSO SAID SHE BELIEVES THE STATES DECIDING WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS HAS LED TO EXTREME MEASURES. >> AND NOW, IN OVER 20 STATES, THERE ARE TRUMP ABORTION BANS, WHICH MAKE IT CRIMINAL FOR A DOCTOR OR NURSE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE IN ONE STATE. IT PROVIDES PRISON FOR LIFE. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN FREEDOMS, IN PARTICULAR THE FREEDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT ONE'S OWN BODY, SHOULD NOT BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT. >> NOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS 90 MINUTE DEBATE TONIGHT, AND ONE ISSUE IN PARTICULAR THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER CONTROL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR OF ACTION NEWS. THAT'S THE LATEST LIVE INSIDE THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. I'M CAROLINE GOGGIN, CHANNEL SIX ACTION NEWS RICK. >> CAROLINE. THANK YOU. WELL, THE DEBATE DREW LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. PROTESTERS GATHERED TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. ACTION NEWS REPORTER CHAD IS LIVE ALONG INDEPENDENCE MALL WITH THAT STORY. THIS EVENING. CHAD. >> RICK. YOU CAN SEE A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE BEHIND ME, BUT MANY OFFICERS HEADING HOME FOR THE EVENING. IT WAS A LARGE IT WAS LARGELY UNEVENTFUL NIGHT OF PROTESTS. BESIDES A FEW HICCUPS. FOURTH AND MARKET POLICE ARRESTED ROUGHLY A HALF DOZEN PROTESTERS AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY DURING A SIT IN. POLICE SAY SOME PROTESTERS ALSO SPRAY PAINTED AN AMBULANCE AND POSSIBLY OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA. THE INCIDENTS LEAVE A BLACK MARK ON WHAT'S BEEN MOSTLY A PEACEFUL NIGHT OF PROTEST. EARLIER, PROTESTERS WITH THE PHILLY PALESTINE COALITION MARCHED FROM CITY HALL DOWN MARKET TO INDEPENDENCE MALL, BLASTING BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. >> THIS IS ONE COMMUNITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A VOICE. WE WANT PEOPLE IN POWER TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY, HOW WE FEEL. >> CRIMINALS LINING UP TO SUPPORT HARRIS. >> EARLIER THIS EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION TOOK TO THE BULLHORN TO CRITICIZE THE DEBATE, EXCLUDING THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES. >> OUR PLAN IS TO PROTEST THE DEBATE BECAUSE IT'S A SPECTACLE. IT'S A SHOW. IT'S A PERFORMANCE THAT HAPPENS EVERY FOUR YEARS WITHOUT SOLVING ANY OF THE ISSUES OF THE PEOPLE. >> A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE ALLOWED PROTESTERS TO DO THEIR THING. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, IT WAS PEACEFUL. FREEDOM TRUMP ON THE LAWN AT INDEPENDENCE MALL. THERE WAS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF PROTESTERS RAISING ISSUES. WE ALL KNOW THERE WERE TRUMP IMPERSONATORS, PEOPLE WITH PETS, MUSIC, AND JUST A PARTY FOR SOME ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE. IT'S TOO MUCH SHOUTING, TOO MUCH FIGHTING. >> WE SHOULD ALL FIND COMMON GROUND. >> HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER AND MOVE AHEAD BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> AND AS ONE POLICE CAPTAIN PUT IT TO ME TONIGHT WENT WELL, BUT WE EXPECTED IT TO. LIVE IN CENTER CITY, CHAD PRADELLI, CHANNEL SIX, ACTION NEWS RICK. >> ALL RIGHT. CHAD. THANK YOU. WELL, THE DEBATE IS OVER, BUT THE MESSAGING IS NOT. PUNDITS ON BOTH SIDES ARE REACTING TO WHAT UNFOLDED ON THE DEBATE STAGE TONIGHT. ACTION NEWS REPORTER ANNIE MCCORMICK IS LIVE AT THE SPIN ROOM INSIDE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER WITH REACTION. ANNIE >> YEAH, RICK. THIS IS THE MOST EXCITEMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN INSIDE THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER SO FAR. TONIGHT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING. YOU'RE SEEING GROUPS OF MEDIA GAGGLES FOLLOWING THE DIFFERENT SURROGATES AROUND AS THEY COME IN HERE. IT'S HAPPENING QUICKLY. U.S. SENATOR JD VANCE. OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE WAS ON THE STAGE WITH ABC NETWORK NEWS. HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN HERE. WE'RE SEEING GAVIN NEWSOM, THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, IN HERE. WE ARE WAITING AND STANDING BY FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, TO COME SPEAK TO US. WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REPUBLICAN SURROGATES, DEMOCRAT SURROGATES ALL COMING OUT HERE. AND LIKE WE SAID, THE SPIN ROOM IS NOT ONLY A TRADITION THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE DEBATE. THE REASON FOR IT IS TO CLARIFY IS TO DEFEND THE MESSAGING THAT CAME OUT FROM THE DEBATE. WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUES AND HOW THEY THINK THOSE CANDIDATES FARED. I JUST INTERVIEWED SENATOR MARCO RUBIO OF FLORIDA, A REPUBLICAN. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN ASKING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE IN OCTOBER. HE THINKS THAT THAT'S A SIGN THAT SHE WANTS MORE TIME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BECAUSE POSSIBLY SHE THINKS SHE DIDN'T DO WELL. THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IS SAYING. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT JOSH SHAPIRO'S GOVERNOR, JOSH SHAPIRO'S TAKE WILL BE ON THAT AS WELL. AND OTHER DEMOCRATS HERE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A BETTER VISUAL IN HERE. WE WERE SHOWING YOU THIS ROOM EARLIER TODAY. THERE'S MORE THAN A THOUSAND JOURNALISTS HERE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE SETS THAT ARE LINED UP AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER. THIS TOOK FIVE DAYS TO CONSTRUCT BY ABC NEWS. WE ARE IN THE AREA THAT ABC NEWS AND THEIR STATIONS, OUR SISTER STATION WABC IS NEXT TO US, BUT ALL ACROSS THIS HUGE ROOM THAT'S THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET, YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENCE OF MEDIA FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. WE TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE JOURNALISTS EARLIER TODAY. WE TALKED TO A JOURNALIST FROM POLAND WHO SAID THAT THE ANSWERS THAT THEIR VIEWERS WANT THERE IS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. WE TALKED TO A JOURNALIST FROM SPAIN WHO SAID THAT THEY ALSO ARE BRINGING INFORMATION TO LATIN AMERICAN VOTERS, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IMMIGRATION. SO A LOT HAPPENING HERE. WE'RE STILL SPINNING OUT HERE, RICK. SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TALK TO. WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST. FOR NOW, WE'RE LIVE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER