Harris and Trump face off in first presidential debate hosted by ABC News

WITH MIKE NOW. HEY, MIKE. >> HEATHER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO THE TEAM. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. ALL QUIET. IT'S ACTUALLY A COOL, CRISP MORNING HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AS WE WITNESS HISTORY PLAY OUT HERE. JUST HOURS AGO, THIS WAS THE FIRST FACE TO FACE MEETING, LITERALLY FACE TO FACE MEETING OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE WATCHED THE TWO SHAKE HANDS ON THAT DEBATE STAGE LAST NIGHT LIVE RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL SEVEN. WELCOME IN THIS MORNING AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS DEBATE REALLY WAS ABOUT 90 MINUTES OF ZINGER FILLED SHOWDOWNS. LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER IT ALL WENT DOWN, THOUGH, THE CANDIDATES HIT THE TOWN OF PHILADELPHIA, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR ANOTHER MATCHUP. IN AN EMAIL TO SUPPORTERS, MR. TRUMP RESPONDING PERSONALLY TO REPORTERS IN A PACKED SPIN ROOM WHICH IS ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM WHERE WE ARE SAYING HE WILL THINK ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. AS THE DEBATE OVER ANOTHER DEBATE UNFOLDS. AMERICANS NOW WEIGHING WHETHER EITHER CANDIDATE REALLY DID ENOUGH ON THE DEBATE STAGE RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME LAST NIGHT TO SWAY THEIR VOTE ON THE ABC NEWS DEBATE STAGE, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MET FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. >> KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SEEMED TO HAVE A PLAN TO WALK DIRECTLY AT MR. TRUMP AND SHAKE HIS HAND. >> BOTH CANDIDATES ASKED ABOUT THE TOP ISSUES FOR VOTERS, ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS POLLING. THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION, WE'RE DOING TARIFFS ON OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO. >> FINALLY, AFTER 75 YEARS, PAY US BACK FOR ALL THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE WORLD AND THE TARIFF WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME CASES. >> MY PLAN IS TO GIVE A $50,000 TAX DEDUCTION TO START UP SMALL BUSINESSES, KNOWING THEY ARE PART OF THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA'S ECONOMY. >> SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. SHE COPIED BIDEN'S PLAN, AND IT'S LIKE FOUR SENTENCES LIKE RUN, SPOT RUN. THE TWO SPENT MORE THAN TEN MINUTES DISCUSSING ABORTION RIGHTS. >> ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE IN THE RACE. >> ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR FAITH OR DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS TO AGREE. THE GOVERNMENT AND DONALD TRUMP CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE TELLING A WOMAN WHAT TO DO WITH HER BODY. >> EACH INDIVIDUAL STATE IS VOTING. IT'S THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE NOW. IT'S NOT TIED UP IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I DID A GREAT SERVICE IN DOING IT. IT TOOK COURAGE TO DO IT. AND THE SUPREME COURT HAD GREAT COURAGE IN DOING IT. >> TRUMP GOING AFTER HARRIS. 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. >> HARRIS GOING AFTER TRUMP DONALD TRUMP WAS FIRED BY 81 MILLION PEOPLE. >> AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT BETTER THAN THAT, WANT BETTER THAN THIS. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT CRITICIZING HARRIS FOR CHANGING HER POLICIES, EVERYTHING THAT SHE BELIEVED THREE YEARS AGO AND FOUR YEARS AGO IS OUT. >> THE WINDOW. SHE'S GOING TO MY PHILOSOPHY NOW. IN FACT, I WAS GOING TO SEND HER A MAGA HAT. >> FIRST THERE WAS A HANDSHAKE, THEN 90 MINUTES OF CONVERSATION. BUT THE NIGHT DID NOT END. AFTER THE CANDIDATES LEFT THE STAGE. HERE BEHIND ME, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS POPPED UP AT A WATCH PARTY HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, SPEAKING TO THE CROWD, SAYING TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE PROVES WE, QUOTE, HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THE FORMER PRESIDENT STOPPED BY THE SPIN ROOM, A SPACE USUALLY DEDICATED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CAMPAIGNS, TO TRY TO MAKE A CASE FOR WHY THEIR CANDIDATE WON. BUT MR. TRUMP HIMSELF INSTEAD DECIDED TO TALK TO SOME OF THE 1000 CREDENTIALED MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA. HE THOUGHT IT WAS OUR BEST DEBATE EVER. >> MY BEST DEBATE EVER. I THINK. AND WE HAD A IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. IT SHOWED HOW WEAK THEY ARE, HOW PATHETIC THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY. AND THE BORDER WITH FOREIGN TRADE, WITH EVERYTHING. >> THIS IS VERY MUCH TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR OUR COUNTRY, OURS, WHICH IS A VISION FOR THE FUTURE. AND HIS, WHICH IS ABOUT THE PAST AND TAKING US BACKWARD AND AS I SAID ON THE DEBATE STAGE, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. >> THE CANDIDATES HITTING ON THE MOST PRESSING TOPICS FACING THE NATION. AND SO THE QUESTION IS THIS. YOU COULD SEE THE CRUSH OF REPORTERS FOLLOWING SOME OF THESE BIG NAMES AS THEY ENTERED THE SPIN ROOM. SO WHO WON? WHO WON THE DEBATE LAST NIGHT? THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE SURROGATES ARE TRYING TO ANSWER FOR US. THIS MORNING AS THEY TRY THAT, THERE'S JOSH SHAPIRO, THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE SPIN ROOM. WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE SPIN ROOM, WHICH AGAIN, IS ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM WHERE I'M STANDING RIGHT NOW AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER. THAT IS TO COME HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS THIS MORNING. TANYA RIVERO WAS IN THERE, AND THE CRUSH OF MEDIA TALKING TO THESE SURROGATES AS THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR CASE SO MUCH MORE TO GET TO. BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO NEW YORK. PEDRO AND LIZ, YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE. >> YEAH. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, EVEN FROM THEM SHAKING HANDS, WHICH I DID NOT EXPECT TO SET THE TONE FOR THE EVENING. IT REALLY DID. IT REALLY DID. >> AND LET'S NOT