Presidential debate live updates: Abortion puts Trump on defense early as Harris attacks

Trump declined to accidental if helium would veto a nationalist termination prohibition if specified a measure crossed his table arsenic president.

"I won't person to," helium said, suggesting that measure would ne'er pass.

A moderator followed up that Trump's moving mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, has said Trump would veto that bill.

"Well, I didn't sermon it with JD," Trump replied, adding, "I don't caput if helium has a definite view."

— Kevin Breuninger

Trump defended his plans to enact tariffs connected imports from different countries during the statement with Harris.

"We're doing tariffs connected different countries. Other countries are going to finally, aft 75 years, wage america back," Trump said. "The tariff volition beryllium important successful immoderate cases."

He doubled down connected his tariff argumentation proposals aboriginal successful the debate.

Harris hammered Trump connected what helium near the United States and the Biden medication to woody with erstwhile helium exited the White House successful January 2021.

"I would emotion to let's speech astir what Donald Trump near us," Harris said.

"Donald Trump near america the worst unemployment since the Great Depression. Donald Trump near america the worst nationalist wellness epidemic successful a century," she continued.

"Donald Trump near america the worst onslaught connected our ideology since the Civil War."

"And what we person done is cleanable up Donald Trump's mess," Harris concluded.

- Dan Mangan

Trump and Harris took the statement signifier successful Philadelphia.

Unlike astatine Trump's past statement with Biden, the 2 nominees shook hands earlier taking their places astatine other lecterns.

— Kevin Breuninger

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors are blocking disconnected the intersection of North 12th and Market Streets, NBC News reports. This is respective blocks from the National Constitution Center, wherever the statement is being held tonight.

— Ece Yildirim

The Stand With Crypto Alliance launched by Coinbase past twelvemonth is pushing ABC News to get a crypto question asked astatine the debate.

The crypto lobby group initiated a missive penning petition five days agone to unit the web to inquire specified a question.

In caller months, Trump has branded himself arsenic the pro-crypto candidate. Harris hasn't yet made her authoritative stance known connected integer assets, but the Biden administration's assertive crackdown connected the manufacture has created an opening for the erstwhile president.

ABC didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.

- MacKenzie Sigalos

Harris has spoken with erstwhile Sec. of State Hillary Clinton astir tonight's debate, 3 sources acquainted with their discussions told NBC News.

Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee and the lone different pistillate to person faced Trump successful a one-on-one debate, advised Harris that Trump mightiness effort to "bait" her, and suggested Harris provoke Trump directly.

Philippe Reines, Clinton's erstwhile aide, has played the relation of Trump successful Harris' statement prep — reprising the relation helium played for Clinton 8 years ago.

– Josephine Rozzelle

No substance however the tonight's debate goes, the Harris run is stocking a country afloat of surrogates to rotation the result successful her favor.

The Harris rotation country volition diagnostic immoderate higher-profile Democrats similar Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, 2 names that were erstwhile floated to beryllium Harris' moving mate. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham volition besides attend.

Also connected the database are surrogates who tin talk connected predetermination issues similar termination entree and veterans' protections, on with authorities officials who person past with Harris.

"Some of these elected officials person worked alongside the Vice President for years," the run wrote successful a memo. "Many of these surrogates are besides uniquely qualified to talk to wherefore Donald Trump is unfit to lead."

Here is the afloat database of rotation country surrogates the run has announced:

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom
• New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
• North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
• Brigadier General Steve Anderson (Ret.)
• Senator Laphonza Butler
• Senator Tammy Duckworth 
• Senator Chris Murphy 
• Congressman Jason Crow
• Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
• Congressman Robert Garcia
• Congressman Ted Lieu
• Former Congressman Cedric Richmond
• Reproductive Freedom for All President & CEO Mini Timmaraju 
• Gold Star Father Khizr Khan

— Rebecca Picciotto

Trump emerged from his level astatine 6:52 p.m. ET.

The erstwhile president, clad successful his modular azygous of a navy bluish suit, coagulated reddish necktie and achromatic shirt, was not accompanied by erstwhile archetypal woman Melania Trump arsenic helium descended the craft staircase and entered his motorcade.

A coterie of run officials and different aides disembarked earlier him — including Laura Loomer, the pro-Trump conspiracy theorist and far-right activist.

Other passengers seen exiting the level included Trump's lad Eric Trump and his wife, Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, erstwhile Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and lawyer Alina Habba.

— Kevin Breuninger

Trump's level touched down astatine Philadelphia International Airport soon earlier 6:40 p.m. ET.

– Josephine Rozzelle

Trump posted bizarre artificial intelligence-generated images featuring cats and ducks connected societal media portion flying to the debate, successful a motion to a mendacious conspiracy mentation that Haitian immigrants successful Springfield, Ohio, were eating specified animals.

One representation posted by Trump connected his Truth Social relationship showed him sitting connected a level with a achromatic feline successful his lap, with different cats and ducks adjacent to him and successful the background.

Another representation helium posted showed tabby cats wearing tactical cogwheel portion toting battle rifles and wearing shot caps bearing the connection "MAGA" — an acronym for Trump's governmental slogan "Make America Great Again."

Trump's moving mate Vance connected Monday successful a station connected X wrote, "Months ago, I raised the contented of Haitian amerciable immigrants draining societal services and mostly causing chaos each implicit Springfield, Ohio."

"Reports present amusement that radical person had their pets abducted and eaten by radical who shouldn't beryllium successful this country," Vance wrote.

Authorities successful Springfield disputed Vance's claims. John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council, called the assertion "yet different conspiracy mentation that's conscionable seeking to disagreement radical based connected lies, and, let's beryllium honest, based connected an constituent of racism,"

"This benignant of language, this benignant of disinformation, is, is unsafe due to the fact that determination volition beryllium radical that judge it nary substance however ludicrous and anserine it is, and they mightiness enactment connected that benignant of accusation and enactment connected it successful a mode wherever idiosyncratic could get hurt," Kirby said.

- Dan Mangan

If Harris wants to triumph implicit undecided voters during the debate, she has to bash much than conscionable onslaught Trump, Republican erstwhile New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wrote successful a New York Times op ed.

"There is an opening astatine the statement to connection an alternate — to connection voters hope," Christie wrote.

"Ms. Harris has a amended accidental to bash this than Mr. Trump. She needs lone to person the courageousness to bash it; to interruption distant from the governmental civilization of petty bickering and sanction calling that her hostile personifies."

Christie, who ran for the Republican statesmanlike information successful 2016 and 2024, has debated against Trump and helped hole him for different debates.

"No 1 has much acquisition successful the arena listening to his attacks and debunking them than I have," helium claimed. "That's however I cognize that Ms. Harris's extremity during the statement cannot beryllium simply besting Mr. Trump oregon out-insulting him."

Despite serving arsenic vice president since 2021, galore voters accidental they inactive don't cognize capable astir Harris. Christie, who enactment himself successful that group, argued that presents an accidental for her.

"She needs to show a committedness to changing not conscionable the mode we speech to 1 another, but the precise mode we indispensable steer our governance connected a much productive path," helium wrote.

"For Republicans and independents who bash not enactment Mr. Trump, this is however she earns their vote. They privation to be for something, not just against someone."

— Josephine Rozzelle

Trump's connection to legislature Republicans: If their stopgap spending measure doesn't travel with the GOP's hardline elector ID bill, spell up and shut down the government.

"If Republicans successful the House, and Senate, don't get implicit assurances connected Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET," the Republican statesmanlike nominee wrote successful a Truth Social post.

"THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO 'STUFF' VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!"

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is adamant astir attaching the SAVE Act, which would necessitate individuals to amusement impervious of citizenship for elector registration, to his six-month spending resolution.

Democrats person repeatedly said they volition ballot against immoderate backing measure that is paired with the SAVE Act, leaving lawmakers astatine a stalemate arsenic the Sept. 30 partial shutdown deadline nears.

Read the afloat communicative here.

— Rebecca Picciotto

Ever since suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump connected Aug. 23, erstwhile autarkic statesmanlike campaigner RFK Jr. has fought to region himself from plaything authorities ballots.

The ballot program was meant to assistance Trump, who often polls amended successful head-to-head matchups with Harris than successful six-candidate races.

The lone plaything states wherever that is not existent are Nevada and Georgia, wherever it is Harris who polls amended successful a two-way race, according to polling averages from RealClearPolling.

Three states — Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin — besides rejected Kennedy's petition to withdraw, starring to a ineligible combat successful each of the battlegrounds.

On Monday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Kennedy would enactment connected the state's ballot. Just hours later, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled the opposite, ordering authorities predetermination officials to reprint ballots without Kennedy's name.

A justice has yet to regularisation connected Kennedy's suit successful Wisconsin.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Trump and his allies person exuded a qualified assurance up of the debate, boasting the Republican nominee's speaking skills portion asserting that it is Harris who has much to prove.

"You can't hole for President Trump. There's conscionable nary mode to bash it," Trump run spokesperson Jason Miller said Monday successful a property telephone previewing the debate.

"It's ideate similar a boxer trying to hole for Floyd Mayweather oregon Muhammad Ali. You conscionable you don't cognize what space they're going to travel astatine you with. You don't cognize what benignant of opposition that they're going to deliver," Miller said.

Trump's caller statement grounds is so enviable. While helium skipped each of the Republican statesmanlike superior debates, his quality against Biden successful June could not perchance person gone amended for him.

But Harris, 59, is improbable to endure the aforesaid pitfalls arsenic the 81-year-old Biden, whose nonaccomplishment successful that statement was a effect of his ain shortcomings alternatively than Trump's abilities. The facts of Harris' age, contention and sex besides marque her an altogether antithetic hostile for Trump, 78, to face.

The Trump campaign, however, said their nominee is not readying to alteration up his style.

"If it's the aforesaid 1 helium had with Biden, it'll beryllium a success," Miller said. "President Trump is going to beryllium himself."

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., connected the call, said "I would conscionable adhd the stakes are acold higher for the vice president successful this statement due to the fact that she doesn't bash interviews with each of you."

Tim Murtaugh, a erstwhile Trump 2020 run staffer, echoed that sentiment successful an X post Tuesday morning.

"Harris' run has raised the stakes and placed tremendous unit connected her to truly execute well," Murtaugh wrote. "It's a precocious barroom she acceptable for herself."

Trump has projected adjacent much assurance by claiming helium volition prevail successful a hostile environment, portion insinuating without grounds that Harris volition beryllium playing with a stacked deck.

"Even if she knows the answers and knows the questions, I don't deliberation she'll beryllium precise good," Trump said astatine a quality league Friday.

— Kevin Breuninger

The Trump campaign has released a agelong memo that aims to gully statement moderators' attraction to what it says are Harris' "preposterous claims" astir transgression and migration rates.

The Trump run said Harris is falsely claiming that convulsive transgression has fallen during the Biden-Harris administration. The Republican's squad besides asserts it is "completely false" that determination are less amerciable entries into the U.S. contiguous than determination were erstwhile Trump was successful office.

The astir 3,800-word memo to moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News urges "media analysts" to "hold Kamala Harris to relationship for her egregiously mendacious claims."

After Biden imposed an executive order successful June restricting asylum to the U.S., migrant encounters astatine the U.S. southern border reportedly plunged. The Trump run memo claims that the downward inclination is simply a mirage that masks a redirection of migrant traffic.

"Violent transgression is adjacent a 50-year low," Harris said successful June. The White House has made the aforesaid claim, pointing to information from an autarkic police organization and crediting the American Rescue Plan for enabling nationalist information concern successful cities. Fact checkers person backed up that claim, citing FBI statistic showing convulsive transgression has fallen crossed each large categories.

The Trump run memo argues that different transgression data, the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey, shows transgression rising. But the astir caller NCVS information ends successful 2022, and the run memo lone looks astatine a span from 2020 to 2022 to backmost its assertion of a "crime wave."

— Kevin Breuninger

A gauge of economical misery that has a beardown way grounds of predicting elections is tilting toward a Harris triumph — but it appears choky entering the race's last stretch.

You tin work the afloat nonfiction here.

— Alex Harring

As the election ramps up, galore investors are focused on capital gains taxes and however proposals from some parties could affects their assets.  

Harris last week proposed a 28% tax on long-term superior gains, oregon profits from the merchantability of assets owned for much than 1 year, for those making much than $1 cardinal annually. The program would rise the apical complaint from 20%.

Read the afloat communicative here.

— Kate Dore

Former autarkic statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. volition beryllium successful the rotation country contiguous successful Philadelphia connected behalf of Trump, according to Democratic National Committee spokesperson Matt Corridoni.

Kennedy suspended his run past month, endorsed Trump and was added to the erstwhile president's presidential modulation team.

Kennedy is joining arsenic a surrogate alongside the likes of erstwhile Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has been helping Trump hole for the debate, and erstwhile Trump challenger successful the Republican primary, Vivek Ramaswamy.

— Ece Yildirim

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says it was "dangerous" for Republican vice presidential nominee Vance to stock a false conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating different people's pets.

"What's profoundly concerning to america is you've got present elected officials successful the Republican Party pushing, you know, yet different conspiracy mentation that's conscionable seeking to disagreement radical based connected lies, and, let's beryllium honest, based connected an constituent of racism," Kirby tells reporters.

Vance is partially walking backmost his claims aft section constabulary denied the unfounded rumors astir immigrants successful Springfield, Ohio.

"In the past respective weeks, my bureau has received galore inquiries from existent residents of Springfield who've said their neighbors' pets oregon section wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants."

"It's possible, of course, that each of these rumors volition crook retired to beryllium false," Vance says.

Read the afloat communicative here.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Harris' moving mate Walz said she volition payment from the information that Trump has done truthful galore wide elections debates that the Democratic nominee volition cognize what to expect from him.

"Let's conscionable each beryllium precise wide — this is the astir qualified idiosyncratic who's acceptable to bash the job," the Minnesota politician said of Harris.

"Tonight, we'll get an accidental to spot that," Walz said. "Now, look, Donald Trump's a showman, this is his seventh wide predetermination debate. No 1 successful modern times has done much of these."

"The bully quality is that this is his seventh debate, and we cognize precisely what to expect."

— Dan Mangan

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney tore into Trump's moving mate Vance, for suggesting helium would person had states taxable pro-Trump "alternative" electors, alternatively than automatically certifying the results of the 2020 statesmanlike election.

"Let's beryllium clear: This is amerciable and unconstitutional," Cheney wrote connected societal media level X successful reply to Vance's remarks connected the "All-In Podcast" published Monday. "The Vice President has nary law authorization to archer states to taxable alternate slates of electors due to the fact that his campaigner lost."

"That is tyranny," wrote Cheney, who said Friday that some she and her father, erstwhile Vice President Dick Cheney, would ballot for Harris.

"Trump picked JD Vance due to the fact that Vance volition bash immoderate Trump wants, including violating the Constitution. They are some acold excessively unsafe to serve. It's our work to halt them," Cheney wrote.

The erstwhile congresswoman from Wyoming became Trump's astir vocal blimpish professional aft his galore attempts to overturn his nonaccomplishment to Biden culminated successful the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Vance has antecedently made akin suggestions astir however helium would person handled the certification process versus then-Vice President Mike Pence, who concluded that the Constitution provides nary ground for him to situation the electoral results.

— Kevin Breuninger

Shares of Trump Media, the societal media institution bulk owned by Trump, surged much than 10% successful intraday trading up of the debate.

The affirmative crook for the Truth Social proprietor comes amid a weekslong slump that saw the company's banal crater arsenic overmuch arsenic 75% from its highest successful precocious March.

Trump Media trades connected the Nasdaq arsenic DJT, and it is wide seen arsenic a meme banal and a barometer for Trump's governmental fortunes. Tuesday's gains could constituent to optimism among Trump Media shareholders that the statement volition spell good for him.

Despite posting multimillion-dollar losses and scant revenue, Trump Media inactive boasts a marketplace capitalization of astir $4 billion, making Trump's astir 59% involvement successful the institution worthy astir $2.3 cardinal astatine Tuesday's intraday price.

Trump and different institution insiders volition soon beryllium escaped to commencement selling their shares. But if they do, they whitethorn vessel capitalist assurance and thrust down the company's value.

Trump Media (DJT) Share Price

Legendary duo The White Stripes sued Trump and his statesmanlike run for the alleged "flagrant misappropriation" of the band's stadium-rock anthem, "Seven Nation Army."

The civil lawsuit successful New York national tribunal was filed Monday aft Trump's societal media accounts posted videos of the Republican boarding a plane, backed by the deed song's iconic guitar riff.

The videos utilized the philharmonic snippet to burnish Trump's nationalist representation "and make fiscal and different enactment for his run and candidacy connected the backs of Plaintiffs" without seeking their permission, work the suit from Jack White and Meg White.

Trump should person known they would not authorize him to usage the song, since they had antecedently publically denounced him erstwhile a pro-Trump run video utilized the aforesaid opus during the 2016 election.

The latest video has created a caller relation that is "even much offensive," the set alleges, due to the fact that they "vehemently reason the policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump erstwhile helium was President and those helium has projected for the 2nd word helium seeks."

They impeach Trump of copyright infringement, and inquire that helium beryllium held liable for "significant monetary damages, attorney's fees, and costs."

The Trump run did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for comment.

Many different artists person demanded that Trump stop utilizing their music.

— Kevin Breuninger

It won't conscionable beryllium Harris bashing Trump successful Philadelphia.

Her run is bringing 2 erstwhile Trump medication officials to the statement to pass voters astir what they spot arsenic the sedate menace posed by the Republican nominee, NBC News reported.

Anthony Scaramucci concisely served arsenic Trump's communications director. Olivia Troye is simply a erstwhile apical adjutant to then-Vice President Mike Pence, who besides served connected Trump's Covid-19 task force.

Both Scaramucci and Troye volition talk to the property arsenic Harris surrogates connected Tuesday night.

Both erstwhile officials person agelong been vocal critics of Trump. Troye besides spoke during the Democratic National Convention.

The Harris run is simultaneously airing a caller ad connected Fox News that features respective different erstwhile Trump officials — including Pence, erstwhile Defense Secretary Mark Esper, erstwhile nationalist information advisor John Bolton and erstwhile Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley — criticizing him.

"Listen, don't instrumentality it from us: Take it from the ones who cognize Donald Trump the champion and who are telling the American radical precisely however unfit Trump is to service arsenic president," Harris run spokesperson Michael Tyler said successful a statement.

Trump volition not spot Scaramucci and Troye during the debate, which volition instrumentality spot without a unrecorded audience.

When Harris and Trump instrumentality the debate signifier tonight, expect an onslaught of talking points astir the U.S. economy.

Both Harris and Trump person been rolling retired caller economical proposals and sharpening their argumentation platforms truthful that they person ample ammunition for tonight's faceoff.

As the candidates acceptable their onslaught lines, CNBC has a database of the cardinal information astir U.S. inflation, jobs, wages, deficits, GDP and more, that are apt to beryllium raised, and fought over, aboriginal tonight.

Read the afloat Trump-Harris economical cheat expanse here.

— Rebecca Picciotto

The Harris-Walz run is debuting caller billboards crossed Philadelphia up of tonight's statement successful the city.

The billboard mocks Trump and his rally assemblage sizes with a motion to the beloved section convenience store concatenation Wawa.

— Ece Yildirim

The Harris run released a caller ad this greeting featuring clips of erstwhile President Barack Obama's speech astatine the Democratic National Convention successful August.

"Here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining astir his problems," Obama says successful the 30-second spot, which uses 1 of the astir viral moments from his speech.

Among different issues, Obama drags Trump for what helium says is the erstwhile president's "weird obsession with assemblage sizes."

The Harris run says the ad, which is called "Crowd Size," is airing nationally, including connected Fox News and successful the West Palm Beach section media market.

While Florida is not a Democratic people this November, moving the ads successful Trump's backyard appears to beryllium an effort by the Harris run to provoke the erstwhile president, who watches the web connected TV astatine his Mar-a-Lago resort.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul says helium supports Trump but that his concerns astir the federal deficit person tempered his enthusiasm for the GOP statesmanlike nominee.

"I deliberation there's nary question that Donald Trump is amended than Kamala Harris," Paul said connected CNBC's "Squawk Box."

"But arsenic acold arsenic my enthusiasm, I'm a shortage hawk," Paul added. "The Trump medication added $8 trillion. The Biden medication is going to adhd $8 trillion."

Trump approved $8.8 trillion of caller borrowing during his administration, but cancelled retired immoderate of it with $443 cardinal of shortage simplification measures, according to a study by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

The nett full $8.4 trillion of Trump spending included astir $3.6 trillion for Covid-19 pandemic alleviation and stimulus packages.

Meanwhile, Biden approved $6.2 trillion of caller borrowing successful his archetypal 3 years and 5 months successful office, balanced retired with $1.9 trillion of shortage reduction, per the CRFB.

— Rebecca Picciotto

As his moving mate counts down the hours until her statement with Trump, Tim Walz volition proceed campaigning successful cardinal battleground states today.

The Minnesota governor is acceptable to talk astatine run events successful Las Vegas and Phoenix connected Tuesday. His past lawsuit successful Pheonix is docket to statesman astatine 8:30 p.m. ET, a fractional hr earlier the highly anticipated statement begins.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Nearly three-quarters of American voters accidental they volition ticker the statement tonight, according to the latest poll by NPR, PBS News and Marist.

The statement betwixt Trump and Biden earlier successful June drew 51.3 cardinal viewers, down from the grounds 73.1 cardinal viewers who tuned successful to ticker the archetypal statement betwixt them successful September 2020. That was the third-most watched statement ever, according to Statista.

— Ece Yildirim

Police successful Springfield, Ohio, deny JD Vance's assertion in a station connected societal media tract X that radical successful the metropolis person had their "pets abducted and eaten by radical who shouldn't beryllium successful this country."

"There person been nary credible reports oregon circumstantial claims of pets being harmed, injured oregon abused by individuals wrong the migrant community," the Springfield Police Department said successful a statement. The constabulary besides denied that immigrants successful the metropolis had been squatting, littering oregon disrupting traffic.

The Vance run has responded with a connection of its own, saying the Ohio legislator has received "a precocious measurement of calls and emails" astir an influx of Haitian immigrants successful the city.

The run does not notation thing astir pets being stolen and eaten.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Similar to the June statesmanlike debate betwixt Trump and Joe Biden, candidates' microphones volition beryllium muted erstwhile they are not speaking tonight, according to rules released by ABC News.

The statement volition past 90 minutes with 2 commercialized breaks, during which clip Trump and Harris cannot interact with members of their staff. There is nary unrecorded audience.

The nominees volition person 2 minutes to reply each question, 2 minutes for rebuttal and an other infinitesimal for follow-ups, clarifications oregon responses.

Trump won the coin flip and has chosen the past word. Harris has chosen to beryllium connected the close broadside of viewers' screens tonight. Neither of them volition springiness an opening statement.

— Josephine Rozzelle

Jessica Leeds, who has antecedently testified that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her connected an airplane successful the precocious 1970s, calls him "a intersexual predator" who does not recognize the "psychological damage" done to women victimized successful that way.

"We cannot fto this idiosyncratic backmost successful the White House," Leeds, 82, said astatine a property league extracurricular of Trump Tower successful Manhattan connected Monday afternoon. 

Leeds spoke days aft Trump lashed retired astatine her successful transportation with her grounds astatine his proceedings past twelvemonth for a intersexual maltreatment and defamation suit by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of raping her successful a New York section store successful the 1990s.

Trump called Leeds' allegation that helium groped her connected a formation a "totally made up story," and said she "would not person been the chosen one."

On Monday, Leeds said, "He assaulted maine 50 years agone and continues to battle maine today."

Asked if she would writer Trump for his comments astir her portion denying her allegation, Leeds said, "We're considering a fig of options due to the fact that of his latest remarks, but nary determination has been made astatine this time."

Carroll has sued Trump twice, and has been awarded much than $88 cardinal successful damages for defamation and intersexual abuse.

— Dan Mangan

Vice President Kamala Harris' state Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the statement could crook into a conflict implicit Trump's projected tariff policies.

"If I were a businessperson and I heard a 20% tariff connected each import, and I watched [Trump] beryllium truthful erratic and unpredictable — I deliberation that's scary," Raimondo said connected CNBC's "Squawk Box."

"Every businessperson deserves predictability," she added. Trump has proposed tariffs from 10% to 20% connected imports from U.S. trading partners.

Harris' squad has said she would "employ targeted and strategical tariffs to enactment American workers, fortify our system and clasp our adversaries accountable."

— Brian Schwartz

The statesmanlike statement volition beryllium hosted by ABC News successful collaboration with section affiliate WPVI-TV/6ABC.

It volition aerial unrecorded opening astatine 9 p.m. ET connected ABC, and the broadcaster volition beryllium unrecorded streaming the statement connected ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu. It volition besides beryllium disposable connected the ABC app and website, abc.com.

Other large broadcasters volition simulcast the debate, including NBC, CNN, CBS and Fox News.

— Ece Yildirim