Lawmakers react to presidential debate

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THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS. >> BEN BRADLEY: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHAKING HANDS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2 DAYS. >> MICAH MATERRE: THE NOMINEES JOINED PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AT A 9.11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT GROUND 0 TODAY. THAT ENCOUNTER COMES AS BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPS CLAIMING VICTORY FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT'S DEBATES. WGN'S COURTNEY SPINELLI HERE WITH MORE ON REACTIONS. JAI COURTNEY. HI, MIKE. AND THEN IN THEIR FIRST FORMAL MEETING EVER, THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> MICAH MATERRE: AND FORMER PRESIDENT FACED OFF IN THEIR FIRST AND POSSIBLY LAST DEBATE BEFORE THE ELECTION IN THE AFTERMATH. MANY ARE NOW WEIGHING IN ON WHO THEY BELIEVE ONE THIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS, SOME THINK THEY THANK YOU. >> SARAH JINDRA: NOT LONG AFTER A QUICK HANDSHAKE IN EXCHANGE, THE JABS BEGAN TO FLY. DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. SHE COPIED BIDEN'S PLAN AND IT'S LIKE 4 SENTENCES FOR 90 MINUTES. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP START ON THE ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION AND ABORTION. REPUBLICANS SAYING HARRIS DIDN'T LAY SPECIFIC POLICY PLANS AND DEMOCRATS SAYING TRUMP REPEATEDLY LOST HIS COMPOSURE, VEERING AWAY FROM THE TOPICS AT HAND. I THINK THAT SHE'LL BE A TRAIN WRECK FOR AMERICA. AND IN A TWO-HOUR DEBATE, YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME >> THAT SHE'S THE TYPE OF LEADER WE NEED AT THESE TIMES. ILLINOIS GOP CHAIR CATHY SAUDI BELIEVES TRUMP DID WHAT HE NEEDED TO TO DEFEND HIS RECORD. SHE CALLS THE CURRENT ECONOMY BORDER POLICY AND CRIME A TRAIN WRECK. WHILE SHE ARGUES TRUMP REMAINS THE STRONGER CANDIDATE. CHICAGO MAYOR RANDY JOHNSON ARGUED OPPOSITE OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. >> STRENGTHEN HER CASE OF WHY SHE SHOULD BE. >> THE NEXT PRESIDENT, THE NICEST OF AMERICA, HARRIS, NOT YET WEIGHING IN ON HER THOUGHTS OF THE DEBATE WHILE TRUMP ADDRESSED REPORTERS CLAIMING VICTORY. WE HAD A GREAT DEBATE AND GREAT POLL NUMBERS AND THE DEBATE. ENJOYED IT. I THINK I HOPE ENJOYED IT, TOO. BUT I ENJOYED AS BOTH SIDES ARGUE A WIN FOR THEIR TEAM. EARLY POLLING NUMBERS SHOW HARRIS PULLED AWAY ON TOP, IN FACT, CHECKED BY CBS NEWS SHOW A NUMBER OF FALSE CLAIMS MADE BY PRESIDENT AND SEVERAL SAID TO BE MISLEADING OR MOSTLY TRUE BY HARRIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP LET YOU RESPOND OR ON THE TOPIC OF THE ECONOMY. HARRIS TOOK A SHOT AT TRUMP'S PLAN FOR SWEEPING TARIFFS AND ALSO CALLED FOR TAX BREAKS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN CHILDREN OFF. TRUMP RESPONDED TO THOSE COMMENTS AND ALSO SLAMMED THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF INFLATION. I AM OFFERING WHAT I DESCRIBE AS AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. I'VE NEVER SEEN A WORSE PERIOD OF TIME. >> PEOPLE CAN'T GO OUT AND BUY CEREAL OR BACON OR EGGS OR ANYTHING ELSE. AT TIMES THINGS WENT OFF TRACK WITH MODERATOR SAYING THIS SPECIFIC CLAIM MADE HAS NO VALIDITY IN SPRINGFIELD. >> THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS. THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN THERE EATING THE CAT, THEY'RE THEY'RE EATING THE PETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. >> ABOUT EXTREME. >> SARAH JINDRA: AND MANY GO BACK AND FORTH ON WHO WON. TRUMP SAYS HE'S DOING THE SAME ON WHETHER AGREE TO ANOTHER DEBATE AGAINST HARRIS. WE'RE LOOKING AT >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY HAVE DO IT A SECOND TIME. >> SHANNON HALLIGAN: IN THEIR CLOSING STATEMENT, TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION BEING THE WORST THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN. HARRIS MEANTIME USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE HER PLAN AND PROMISE FOR

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