Reflecting on first debate between Harris and Trump

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>> WE BEGIN OUR REPORT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AS AMERICANS CAME TOGETHER AS WE DO EVERY YEAR ON THIS DAY TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THE LIVES LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11th , 2001. 23 YEARS AGO 2,977 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL. AT LEAST 2,000 MORE HAVE DIED IN THE YEARS SINCE FROM ILLNESSES RESULTING FROM THAT DAY, MANY OF THEM, THE RESCUERS, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE FORCE AND FIRE BRIGADES WHO RUSHED INTO THE COLLAPSING BUILDINGS. MEMORIALS WERE HELD AT THE THREE SITES WHERE THE PLANES USED IN THE ATTACK CRASHED. THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON, A FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE FORMER SITE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. THAT IS WHERE DOZENS OF POLITICIANS GATHERED WEDNESDAY MORNING, INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, WHO MET FACE TO FACE FOR A SECOND TIME IN AS MANY DAYS. THEIR HANDSHAKE WEDNESDAY CAME WITH THANKS AND EVEN TRUMP PATTING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S HAND, A MORE GRACIOUS TONE THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE AS THE TWO SHOOK HANDS BEFORE AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG DEBATE FILLED WITH ARGUMENTS OVER POLICY. >> UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF DONALD TRUMP WERE BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH NO GUARDRAILS BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE KNOW NOW THE COURT WON'T STOP HIM. WE KNOW J.D. VANCE ISN'T GOING TO STOP HIM. >> I PROBABLY TOOK A BULLET TO THE HEAD BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME. THEY TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY, I'M A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. THEY'RE THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. >> I WOULD INVITE YOU TO KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY HAS NO PLAN FOR YOU BECAUSE HE IS MORE INTERESTED IN DEFENDING HIMSELF THAN HE IS IN LOOKING OUT FOR YOU. >> SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. SHE COPIED BIDEN'S PLAN AND IT'S LIKE FOUR SENTENCES LIKE RUN SPOT RUN. >> CBS NEWS CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT MAJOR GARRETT JOINS ME NOW. MAJOR, YOU'VE HAD 24 HOURS TO DIGEST ALL THAT WAS SAID OR NOT SAID DURING THE DEBATE. SO WHERE ARE YOU NOW 24 HOURS LATER? >> Reporter: JOHN, WE LOVE THIS WORK AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED COVERING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IS THERE IS SOMETHING HUMBLING ABOUT WHAT WE REGARD AND CIRCLE ON OUR TRANSCRIPTS OF MOMENTS WE THOUGHT WERE SUPER VITAL, WE TALK TO VOTERS AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WHAT RESONATES WITH THEM. SO I'M ALWAYS CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS PROCESS, ABOUT THE SOME THINGS WERE OBVIOUS. THERE IS THIS FANTASTICAL STORY YOU'LL DEAL WITH LATER IN THE SHOW ABOUT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, AND WHETHER HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE EATING PETS. THEY ARE NOT, BUT SOMEHOW THAT FOUND ITS WAY ON THE DEBATE STAGE. IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE AND IT UNDERMINED SOMETHING TRUMP HAS A LEGITIMATE POLICY DIFFERENCE AND SOMETHING THAT VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT, IMMIGRATION. MUCH OF THAT MOMENTUM TO THE DEGREE IT EXISTS NOW LOST BECAUSE OF THIS FANTASTICAL STORY. ARE WHAT I HEARD TODAY FROM MANY REPUBLICANS WAS A SENSE OF MANY LOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WHAT I HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS WAS KAMALA HARRIS DID THE THING THAT SHE MOST NEEDED TO DO, KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AND KEEP THE SENSE THAT SHE IS NOT JUST A CANDIDATE ABOUT JOY, BUT A GENUINE ALTERNATIVE WHO KNOWS WHAT THE PRESIDENCY LOOKS LIKE AND CAN STAND ON STAGE WITH ITS MOST RECENT OCCUPANT THAT IS A POLITICAL OPPONENT OF HERS. THAT WAS CRUCIAL FOR DEMOCRATS IN THEIR LEVELS OF EXPECTATIONS GOING IN. THEY FELT VERY SATISFIED THAT THEY WERE MET AT LEAST TO THEIR STANDARDS. THE. >> AS YOU SO PERFECTLY PUT IT, THE PERSPECTIVE IS KEY IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS SHAKES OUT WITH ACTUAL HUMANS WHO WILL DO THE VOTING, BUT WITH THAT IN MIND NEVERTHELESS HOW DID THESE PERFORMANCES MAKE THE CAMPAIGN EASIER OR HARDER FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES GOING FORWARD IN SAY THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS OR SO? >> Reporter: SO THESE DEBATES ARE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS. THEY'RE EXTERNAL EVENTS FOR THE VOTERS WATCHING THEM AND JUDGING THEM AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEM. THEY'RE ALSO INTERNAL EVENTS. WHAT DO THEY MAKE THE CANDIDATE FEEL LIKE AFTERWARDS? WHAT DO THEY MAKE THE INNER CIRCLE FEEL LIKE? WHAT DO THEY MAKE THE VOLUME OF SUPPORTERS, MEANING VOLUNTEERS AND OTHERS, PEOPLE WHO WRITE CHECKS, PEOPLE WHO DONATE, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THE LARGER STRUCTURE? DEMOCRATS LAST NIGHT FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT THEIR LARGER STRUCTURAL MOMENTUM AFTER THE DEBATE. REPUBLICANS LESS SO. THEY FELT THEY WERE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST 24 TO 48 HOURS TO SORT OF DIG BACK OUT OF THIS TRENCH CREATED BY THE UNDERPERFORMANCE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. IT'S JUST ONE THEY'D RATHER NOT HAVE TO DEVOTE TIME AND ENERGY TO. DEMOCRATS HAVE NO SUCH CONCERNS. >> SO NOW THE OTHER BIG NEWS OF THE EVENING, TAYLOR SWIFT. AS YOU AND I KNOW, ENDORSEMENTS DON'T OFTEN MEAN MUCH. >> Reporter: YEAH. >> BUT TAYLOR SWIFT HAS GALACTIC FAME AND THIS COMES AT A DISTINCT MOMENT AFTER THIS DEBATE. SO IF IT MATTERS, WELL, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE? DOES IT MATTER? MIGHT IT MATTER? >> Reporter: IT MIGHT MATTER IN THIS SENSE AND IT'S A VERY REAL PRACTICAL SENSE, JOHN. EARLIER IN OTHER CAMPAIGN CYCLES TAYLOR SWIFT HAS SAID REGISTER TO VOTE BECAUSE I'M ASKING YOU TO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO FAR AND IN CERTAIN PLACES REGISTRATION NUMBERS ROSE NOTICEABLY RIGHT AFTER THAT APPEAL FROM TAYLOR SWIFT. NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS, JOHN, PARTICIPATE ON A PROBABLE SCALE AT 85% OF THE NEXT MOST RECENT ELECTION. THAT IS TO SAY THE ELECTION THAT THEY ARE REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE IN. IF THERE'S A BOOST IN PARTICIPATION, IT WILL BE