Here's what to expect during Tuesday's presidential debate

SAID I'M SORRY, MOTHER. THE LATEST CBS NEWS POLLING JUST OUT THIS MORNING SHOWS AN INCREDIBLY TIGHT PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THREE BATTLEGROUND STATES AHEAD OF THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HARRIS IS UP BY ONE IN MICHIGAN, TIED WITH TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA AND UP I TWO IN WISCONSIN. THESE ARE ALL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. >> 59 DAYS FROM NOW WE WILL WIN WISCONSIN, WE WILL DEFEAT COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS. >> THAT CLIP FROM TRUMPS TIME IN WISCONSIN YESTERDAY. CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THE CROWD BEHIND A PROTECTED SHIELD IN A STATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020 BUT WON IN 2016. MEANWHILE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SPENT HER SATURDAY IN PITTSBURGH. SHE RECENTLY EARNED THE SUPPORT OF CHENEY AND HIS DAUGHTER FORMS CONGRESS . >> WANTED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING, I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FOLKS IN PITTSBURGH, PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED ABOUT THE DIVISION AND THE ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE US AS AMERICANS. >> HARRIS HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE MOCK DEBATES AHEAD OF THE FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING EVER. TRUMP HAS BRUSHED OFF THE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE DEBATE . TUESDAY'S DEBATE WILL NOT HAVE A LIVE AUDIENCE ACCORDING TO HOST NETWORK ABC AND CANDIDATES WILL NOT HAVE NUTS AND THEIR MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED WHEN THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS SPEAKING. HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE IN THIS DEBATE? WHAT SHOULD THE CANDIDATE DO AND WHAT SHOULD THEY NOT NEW? WE ASKED DEMOCRATIC ANALYST AND A REPUBLICAN. LET'S HEAR FROM THE DEMOCRAT FIRST. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> WHO HAS MORE AT STAKE HERE IN THIS DEBATE? VICE PRESIDENT MY HERE'S OUR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP? >> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A KNOWN COMMODITY WHERE I THINK AMAR HARRIS IS STILL INTRODUCING HERSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY. SHE HAS A COUPLE OF OBJECTIVES TO ACCOMPLISH. THE ONE KEY ONE IS TO MAKE SURE SHE DISTINGUISHES HERSELF IN MEANINGFUL WAYS FROM JOE BIDEN TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO THINK SHE IS THE CANDIDATE FOR CHANGE. >> WHAT ARE THE THINGS SHE SHOULD NOT DO. >> I THINK SHE SHOULD NOT RUN SO FAR AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT SHE IS CHASING VOTERS . I THINK SHE SHOULD DO A BALANCE BETWEEN EMBRACING THE PARTS OF THE BIDEN AGENDA THAT SHE FEELS SINCERELY WERE GOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME SHOWING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHERE SHE WOULD BE DIFFERENT. ULTIMATELY ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST. I THINK SHE HAS TO SHOW THAT THIS IS NOT A SECOND BIDEN TERM . >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MUTED MICROPHONES. LIKE THE DEBATE WITH JOE BIDEN, THE MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED. I KNOW KAMALA HARRIS ASKED THAT THEY NOT BE MUTED SO THAT TRUMP DID GO OFF HE COULD BE HEARD , WHO DOES THIS HELP HAVING THE MICROPHONES NEEDED? >> NO QUESTION, IT HELPS DONALD TRUMP. ALL OF US KNOW OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO, HE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH SELF-CONTROL. WHEN YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED, IT MUZZLES YOU FROM YOUR WORST INSTINCTS. WE SAW WITH THE FIRST DEBATE. IT MADE HIM SEEM MORE REASONABLE, MORE THOUGHTFUL, LESS INTERRUPTING SO I THINK ON THAT FACTOR IT DOES HELP DONALD TRUMP. >> WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SHE SHOULD NOT DO IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT POLICY BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER STUFF. THERE IS AN ASPECT OF UNPREDICTABILITY THROUGHOUT AND PART OF HIS WHOLE POSITIONING IS THAT HE DOES LAUNCH INTO PERSONAL ATTACKS AND COMES IN WITH THE UNEXPECTED. HE MIGHT LAUNCH INTO AN ATTACK ON FAMILY , ANYTHING IS UP FOR GRABS , HOW DOES SHE NEED TO HANDLE THAT? >> I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF RABBIT HOLES THAT SHE COULD POTENTIALLY GO DOWN THAT HE WILL SET TRAPS FOR. I THINK SHE HAS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE BIG PICTURE. THERE ARE CLEAR MESSAGES YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS AND CLEAR TRAPS THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL SET. I THINK SHE HAS TO STAY DISCIPLINED AND NOT DEBATE AND NOT FALL INTO THE TRAPS. ONE OF THEM BEING AROUND RACIAL IDENTITY. SHE HAS TO STAY ON MESSAGE AND COMMUNICATE WHAT SHE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE. WHEN THE TRAPS ARE SET SHE HAS TO AVOID THEM OR YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE MUD WITH THE PIG IF YOU WILL AND I THINK THAT WILL BE DONALD TRUMP'S ADVANTAGE IF SHE DOES. >> SHE SHOULD BE READY FOR IT. ESPECIALLY ABOUT HER RACIAL IDENTITY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT FAMOUSLY SAID SHE JUST TURNED BLACK. SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT IN A CNN INTERVIEW AND SHOOK HER HEAD AND SAID NEXT QUESTION PLEASE. IS THAT THE WAY TO DEAL WITH IT? OR DO YOU JUST SAY MY FATHER IS JAMAICAN AND MY MOTHER IS INDIAN. I WENT TO HOWARD, I PROUD BLACK COLLEGE, WHAT YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO RESPOND? >> I THINK IT SHOULD BE ABLE IN THE MATADOR . SHE HAS A BULL COMING CHARGING FAST AND SHE HAS TO PLEASANTLY IMPOLITELY TO THE SIDE , SIDESTEP ENTIRELY AND FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON WHICH IS COMMUNICATING HER VISION FOR AMERICA AND LAYING OUT IN DETAIL MORE SUBSTANCE THAN WE'VE SEEN BEFORE. IF SHE DOES THOSE THINGS IT WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TAKING ON SOME OF THOSE TRAPS THAT I THINK DONALD TRUMP WILL BE BRINGING FORTH IN THE DEBATE. >> EARLY VOTING STARTS WITHIN WEEKS INCLUDING HERE IN MINNESOTA. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS DEBATE TO THE KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN? >> I THINK THIS IS SIGNIFICANT DEBATE. DONALD TRUMP IS A KNOWN COMMODITY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNEW HIM LONG BEFORE HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO DO NOT KNOW KAMALA HARRIS ON THE LEVEL , SCOPE, SCALE THEY DO DONALD TRUMP. IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY WILL GET A CONTRAST THAT IS NOT THE CONVENTIONS WERE EVERYTHING WAS WELL PACKAGED AND DELIVERED WELL THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIDE-BY-SIDE, A CONTRAST. FOR HER THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT SHE CAN DO IT WITH STYLE AND GRACE BUT THE SECOND PART IS TO ADD SOME MEAT TO THE BONES ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO AS PRESIDENT. I THINK IF SHE DOES THAT EFFECTIVELY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN GROW IN THEIR FAVOR TOWARDS OUR. >> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS UNSCRIPTED SO WE >>> JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC ANALYST ABOUT THIS TUESDAY'S DEBATE , NOW REPUBLICAN ANALYST AMY COKE IS HERE IN STUDIO WITH THE GOP PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> I WANT TO PULL UP THE NEW POLL FROM CBS THIS MORNING. THIS IS REMARKABLE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CAN DISTANTLY THIS CLOSE. THAT'S BASICALLY A TIE. YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TO DO IN THIS DEBATE. >> WHAT WE SAW IS THE POLLS ACTUALLY BUMPED IN FAVOR OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. >> BEFORE HER CONVENTION. >> WRITES, THAT THE BUMP BUT SHE NEEDS A BIGGER BUMP TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. THE POLLS ALWAYS SETTLE DOWN AND NOW THEY HAVE. DIFFERENT FOR HER BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS GOING TO BE MUCH LOWER IN THESE POLLS. SHE HAS DEFINITELY MADE THIS A RACE BUT IN A YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING MATTERS, WE WOULD SAY DEBATES, NOBODY'S WATCHING. EVERYTHING MATTERS. SHE HAS NOT BEEN ON THIS STAGE BEFORE SHE HAS NOT BEEN IN WITH THESE HIGH-STAKES AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALL EYES VERSUS HER OPPONENT FROM A PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO ANSWER AND THEY. >> WHO DOES THE MUTED MICROPHONE HELP. >> ABSOLUTELY PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE SAW THAT ANY NEGOTIATIONS. >> HARRISON SHE WANTED THEM UNMUTED . >> OF COURSE SHE DID. FOR HIM TO GET IN HIS DIGS AND OVERSTATE WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR HIM SO HIS TEMPER FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP THEM. >> WHAT SHOULD HE NOT DO? >> I THINK THE MEETING WILL MUTE HIM OVER ALL. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE. AND HIS LATEST RALLIES HE'S BEEN RAMBLING A LOT, WILL START A THOUGHT AND THEY GO TO TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND IF THEY'RE DOING DEBATE PREP I HOPE YOU ARE WORKING WITH HIM WITH TIGHTER ANSWERS. FRANKLY, THE RAMBLING IS STARTING TO GET WORSE I THINK SO HE NEEDS TO BE PREPPED TO HAVE HIS ANSWERS IN A DEBATE FORM ANSWER. HE WILL LOSE HIS MICROPHONE AND NOT FINISH WHAT HE IS SAYING. >> IN WISCONSIN YESTERDAY HE TALKED ABOUT AL CAPONE AND HANNIBAL LECTOR. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND. EVEN WHEN I LISTEN TO THE STATEMENTS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING. EVEN WHEN I FOLLOW HIS THREADS IN OTHER WAYS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HE HAS TO GET SOME DISCIPLINE ON HIS MESSAGE BUT THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF HIS CONVENTION SPEECH EXCELLENT AND THEN AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES LATER NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION , HE RUINED THE WHOLE FIRST PART. >> WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHENEY ENDORSEMENT OF KAMALA HARRIS? >> I DON'T THINK HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THAT . WE HAVE SEEN MORE PEACE OF THE DNC BUT FRANKLY , I THINK IT'S A CLEVER TACTIC BY THE DEMOCRATS TO FIND REPUBLICANS BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN JUST A HANDFUL. YOU NEED AN OVERWHELMING MASS OF REPUBLICANS WILLING TO STEP FORWARD AND THEY WE ARE NOT VOTING FOR TRUMP . >> LET'S ASK ABOUT ABORTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN FLIP-FLOPPING ON HIS POSITION. IS THAT GOING TO HURT HIM OR DOES THE BASE NOT CARE? >> THIS IS WHAT IS SO INTERESTING. THE BASE DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE. ON AN ISSUE THAT WOULD BE FUNDAMENTAL FOR ANYONE ELSE IN ANYBODY'S FEE WILL BE HELD TO THE FIRE HE TO SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS AND PEOPLE MAKE EXCUSES FOR WHATEVER HE IS SAYING WHICH IS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR ME AS A REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE. I NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW HE IS ABLE TO THAT. WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT, IT THROUGH THE DECISIONS BACK TO THE STATES. HE TOOK CREDIT FOR IT. THAT IS TRUE AND IT'S A GOOD TALKING POINT. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TAKE FOR REPUBLICANS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> ON TUESDAY WILL HAVE SPECIAL ELECTION COVERAGE BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP . ARE COVERAGE BEGINS ON TV AND OUR STREAM AT 7:00 P.M. WITH AN HOUR OF PRE-DEBATE, AMERICA DECIDES COVERAGE FROM THE EBS IT IS POLITICAL TEAM . THE 90 MINUTE DEBATE STARTS AT 8:00 AND THEN WE HAVE A HALF HOUR OF POSTDEBATE ANALYSIS FOLLOWED BY