Why Donald Trump doesn't want to debate Kamala Harris again

>> WE ARE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY. BOTH THE TOP AND HERE'S CAMPAIGNS ARE BRINGING THE MESSAGES TO BATTLEGROUND STATES. BEFORE THAT, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS JOINING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR A BRUNCH, CELEBRATING BLACK EXCELLENCE THAT IS UNDERWAY ON THE SOUTH LAWN RIGHT NOW. ALSO THIS HOUR, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HE SAID TO HOLD THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. ONCE DONE THERE YOU LOOK TO LAS VEGAS FOR RALLY MARKING HIS SEVENTH CAMPAIGN TRIP TO THE STATE THIS ELECTION CYCLE. HARRIS WILL FOCUS ON CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY. HER FIRST STOP IS JOHNSTOWN WHERE SHE WILL GO FOR A RALLY THIS EVENING. BOTH OF THOSE STOPS ARE IN COUNTIES THAT TRUMP WON IN 2020. FOR MORE ON BOTH OF THE CAMPAIGNS I WANT TO BRING IN OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP WITH TRUMP, THE ECONOMY EXPECTED TO BE A MAJOR POINT OF FOCUS TONIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE NEW PROPOSALS THAT HE JUST UNVEILED ABOLISHING TAXES ON OVERTIME PAY. HE HAS ALREADY TOLD PEOPLE IN THAT STATE, NO TAXES ON TIPS, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS POLICY? >> Reporter: LINDSAY, HE DID NOT REVEAL A LOT OF DETAILS WHEN HE REVEALED HIS PLAN YESTERDAY IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF ARIZONA. THIS COMES AFTER HE DID PROPOSE ENDING TAXES ON TIPS, MAINLY FOR PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND AGAINST TAXES ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. WHO IS IS DIRECTED TO? IS DIRECTED TO ONE PART OF THE ELECTORATE AND THOSE ARE BLUE- COLLAR WORKERS. THOSE, THAT VOTING GROUP, THAT KEY VOTING BLOCK THAT IS CRUCIAL IN STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, IN MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN, EVEN IN ARIZONA AS WELL. WHEN IT IS A BATTLE OF MARGINS, WE ARE 53 DAYS OUT FROM THE NOVEMBER 5th ELECTION. THESE OVERTURES ARE WHAT MATTER TO A LOT OF VOTERS. RIGHT NOW BOTH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE MAKING THESE BIG OVERTURES TO THIS SPECIFIC VOTING BLOCK. >> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS PROGRAM WHO CRITICIZE THE TAXES ON TIPS SAYING ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS THAT, AND OVERTURE FOR NEVADA VOTERS AND NOT GREAT POLICY, THAT WAS ONE ECONOMIST. IF YOU WANT TO GO ON THAT AS WELL, LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT THE DEBATE ISSUE. I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING THAT TRUMP SAID. >> SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR A SECOND DEBATE, WHICH MEANS SHE WAS LIKE A PRIZE FIGHTER THAT LOST THE FIGHT. WE HAD TWO DEBATES, I HAD A DEBATE WITH GREG AND JOE BIDEN AND I HAD ANOTHER DEBATE WITH HER. BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBATES AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> HE WAS CALLING FOR MORE PRIOR, WHAT REASON IS HE GIVING FOR THIS? >> FOR HIS CHANGE OF STANCE ON DEBATES. WE HAVE SEEN THIS PATTERN BEFORE, LINDSAY, BEFORE THE ABC DEBATE, TRUMP ISSUED A LOT OF STATEMENT SAYING HE MAY POTENTIALLY PULL OUT OF THE DEBATE, HE IS CONSIDERING ATTENDING THE DEBATE IN PHILLY A FEW DAYS AGO. NOW, TYPICALLY, WHEN THERE'S A CANDIDATE SAYS I DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYMORE DEBATES, IT IS USUALLY THE FRONT RUNNER WHO WAS SITTING ON THE LEAD. IN THIS CASE IT IS A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE FRONT RUNNER. IN THOSE SEVEN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES, MOST POLLS , INCLUDING OUR OWN AT CBS SO A DEAD HEAT. THIS IS IN PART BECAUSE PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE CAMPAIGN TELL ME IT WAS NOT HIS BEST PERFORMANCE, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE OVERALL CONSENSUS IS IT WAS A BAD DEBATE FOR DONALD TRUMP. BY DOING THIS, BY PLAYING THIS GAME THAT HE COULD OR COULD NOT, IT DOES AMASS MORE INTEREST IN THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT HE DOES NEXT. HE WAS DEFINITIVE YESTERDAY WHEN HE SAID THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT NOT PARTICIPATING IN A FUTURE DEBATE. I DO HOPE THAT HE DOES RECONSIDER IT I THINK CBS NEWS HAS A GREAT PROPOSAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LUNA VISIO AND "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". WE HAVE INVITED BOTH CANDIDATES TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEBATE IN OCTOBER AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, OF COURSE, THAT SCHOOL BEING IN A KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE. >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A PROUD ALUMNUS OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. >> GO DEVILS. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. THEY SAY THEY SAW A MASSIVE SURGE IN FUNDRAISING AFTER THE FIRST DEBATE, MORE THAN $47 MILLION RAISED IN 24 HOURS. WHAT IS THE STRATEGY BEHIND HER CAMPAIGN GOING INTO AREAS THAT TRUMP WON IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2020? IT REMINDS ME OF TRUMP GOING TO TUCSON WHAT IS THE STRATEGY? TO CONVINCE UNDECIDEDS? >> PRODUCT THAT IS IT. BUT IS ALSO ABOUT BATTLE MARGINS. IN THE COUNTY THAT SHE IS GOING TODAY, WHICH IS STRONGLY A BIG BIDEN AREA, THAT IS A DISCERN COUNTY. IN THAT SPECIFIC COUNTY WE CALL IT A PIVOT COUNTY THAT WENT OBAMA, OBAMA THEN TRUMP TRUMP. IT IS ONE OF THOSE BATTLEGROUND COUNTIES, WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO DO IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO GET SOME OF THAT PERCENTAGE BACK IF THERE IS ENOUGH, IT COULD WIN THE OVERALL STATE. AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE MOST RECENT POLLS OF THE KEYSTONE STATE, IT IS A DEAD HEAT. EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. IT REALLY IS A GAME OF OFFENSE, NOT DEFENSE. THAT IS WHAT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS DOING. THEY ARE FUELED BY THIS MESSAGE AMOUNT OF FUNDRAISING. THERE IS A BIG DISCERNIBLE SIGNIFICANT CASH ON HAND, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WITH THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN HAVING A WIDE LEAD ON THAT