Presidential debate analysis: Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris

30 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN LOUDON COUNTY, AND 8 MILLION IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. >> THANK YOU, TOM. >>> IT IS YOUR VOICE, YOUR BOAT, AND 7NEWS IS ON YOUR SIDE WITH TEAM COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S CRITICAL ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GALKA HAS HIGHLIGHTS, AND 7NEWS CHRISTIAN FLOREZ IS LIVE WITH REACTION FROM VOTERS. THIS IS THE FIRST AND POTENTIALLY THE ONLY TIME THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL SQUARE UP ON STAGE. IN FACT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY EVEN MET IN PERSON. MATT GALKA NOW WITH WHAT HAPPENED. >> Reporter: TRUMP AND HARRIS TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY RIGHT OFF THE BAT. >> WE HAVE INFLATION LIKE VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. >> DONALD TRUMP LEFT US THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CLEANUP DONALD TRUMP'S MESS. MAX TRUMP QUICKLY PIVOTED TO THE BORDER AND CRIME. >> THEY ARE TAKING OVER THE TOWNS. THEY ARE TAKING OVER THE BUILDINGS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHICH SHE AND BIDEN LEFT INTO OUR COUNTRY AND THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT TRYING TO PAINT THE FORMER PET PRESIDENT AS AN AUTHORITARIAN TRYING TO TAKE RIGHTS AWAY. >> YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOK, A BUNCH OF LIES, GRIEVANCES, AND NAME-CALLING. >> I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PROJECT 2025. THAT IS OUT THERE. I HAVEN'T READ IT. I DO WANT TO READ IT. >> Reporter: THE ABORTION DEBATE ALSO DOMINATED THE CONVERSATION WITH BOTH CANDIDATES SAYING THEY ARE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY. NOW BOTH CANDIDATES WILL BE HEADING TO 9/11 REMEMBRANCE EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE HITTING CRUCIAL SWING STATES. DONALD TRUMP WILL BE IN ARIZONA AND LAS VEGAS AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND KAMALA HARRIS WILL GO TO NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE HEADING BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA TO ROUND OUT THE WEEK. REPORTING IN PHILADELPHIA, I AM MATT GALKA . >>> ONE OF THE STANDOUT MOMENTS TONIGHT CAME AS TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. TAKE A LISTEN. >> IN SPRINGFIELD , THEY ARE EATING THE DOGS , THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, THEY ARE EATING THE CATS. THEY ARE EATING THEY ARE EATING THE PETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE , AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. >> NOW DEBATE MODERATORS ADDRESSED TRUMPS CLAIMS SEEING CITY OFFICIALS IN SPRINGFIELD HAVE STATED THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT HAPPENING . 7NEWS CHRISTIAN FLORES IS LIVE IN NORTHEAST SPEAKING WITH VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TONIGHT. WHAT WAS THE REACTION TO THE DEBATE? >> Reporter: WELL WE WENT TO WATCH PARTIES HOSTED BY BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES , AND BOTH SIDES CAME AWAY FROM IT A LOT MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR CANDIDATE. NOW , WITH TONIGHT, THE MAIN THING THAT WE HAD TO WATCH FOR WAS REACTION FROM WHAT EVER CLAIMS WERE MADE BY BOTH CANDIDATES, AND AS YOU KNOW, HERE IN DC THE DEBATE WATCH PARTIES ARE THE HOTTEST IN TOWN, ALMOST LIKE A SPORTING EVENT. >> Reporter: MUCH LIKE THE ROCKY BOXING MOVING FRANCHISE, MANY OF US EXPECTED AND KNOCKED THEM DOWN DRAG IT OUT BATTLE BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT -- IN PHILADELPHIA. HOWEVER -- AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS NOW THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS DEBATING TRUMP FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO WE WENT TO WATCH PARTIES HELD BY BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING. >> WHAT WILL THE CANDIDATES SAY ABOUT THE AUTHORITY TO SECURE THE BORDER? >> ECONOMICS ONES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, PRIMARILY HOMEOWNERSHIP ESPECIALLY WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET MORE AMERICANS IN PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. >> ECONOMY, REPRODUCTION HEALTH, ABORTION RIGHTS , AND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT. >> AT LEAST THIS DEBATE WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF ACTUAL POLICY ISSUES AND MORE CONCISE DISCUSSIONS. >> Reporter: WATCH PARTY ATTENDEES HELD ONTO EVERY WORD. AND BOTH SIDES HAD KEY TAKEAWAYS ON THE EVENING. >> THERE IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. >> IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST DEBATE FOR SURE. SLIGHTLY PROFESSIONAL I THINK FROM BOTH CANDIDATES. >> Reporter: THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE SCHEDULE DEBATE AFTER TONIGHT, BUT THAT IS BETWEEN THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES . THE CAMPS FOR BOTH HARRIS AND TRUMP ARE STILL WORKING AT THE DETAILS FOR A POTENTIAL SECOND DEBATE. REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHEAST DC, CHRISTIAN FLORES , 7NEWS. >> THANK YOU. >>> IN THIS ELECTION THE PERSON WHO MATTERS MOST IS YOU. THAT IS WHY I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL AFTER TONIGHT'S DEBATE. ARE YOU ALL IN FOR TRUMPER DOES HARRIS HAVE YOUR SUPPORT? WERE THESE TWO HOURS ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SWITCH YOUR VOTE , OR MAYBE YOU STILL DON'T LIKE EITHER CANDIDATE . GO TO MY LETTER X ACCOUNT AT SCOTT THUMAN AND LET ME KNOW IN THIS POLL. RIGHT NOW BUT 52% ARE SIDING WITH HARRIS. NOW AS MATT MENTIONED EARLIER, TOMORROW BOTH HARRIS AND TRUMP WILL VISIT SITES OF THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS TO MARK 23 YEARS SINCE THIS TRAGEDY. HARRIS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL STOP AT GROUND ZERO IN NEW YORK. THEY WILL ALSO VISIT THE PENTAGON AND THE FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL NEAR SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. TRUMP IS ALSO HEADING TO NE