Recap of the ABC News presidential debate between Trump, Harris

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that she's a Marxist everybody knows she's a Marxist her father's a Marxist professor in economics and he taught her well you're not running against Joe Biden you're running against me wait a minute I'm talking now if you don't mind please does that sound familiar Harris it was a verbal slugfest in this first and perhaps only debate between vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump tonight here in Philadelphia the two candidates sparred over various topics and as the political death settles there is various reaction as to who won this war of words with election day fast approaching it is Tuesday night and the big story on action news on this special hourlong edition for us is the presidential debate that took place right behind me here at the national Constitution Center the stakes were high and both C Came Out Swinging for 90 minutes let's take a live look outside of the national Constitution Center with a debate wrapped up less than half an hour ago our crews are standing by with more on this debate and its impact on the city Caroline gagan is live inside of the national Constitution Center where the debate played out reporter Annie McCormack is in the spin room at the convention center with reaction from both parties and chapelli has an update on the protests outside of the debate but first we welcome in action news anchor Brian Taff for war how the debate got off to such a quick start this evening Brian they came out they shook hands then they took the gloves off They Came Out Swinging for sure Rick the expectations heading into this debate were Skyhigh through the roof the first time kamla Harris and Donald Trump would meet in any context let alone one with the White House on the line take a look not a single moment was wasted living up to those very lofty expectations both candidates Coming Out Swinging right out of the gate after that very brief somewhat awkward handshake searing barbes that would define the duration of this debate it was heavy on policy questions as it should have been but each exchange was laced with the evident distaste that Harris and Trump had for each other personally and yes politically the first topic arguably the biggest the economy each candidate framing the others record as one of utter failure we have inflation like very few people have ever seen before probably the worst in our nation's history we were at 21% but that's being generous because many things are 50 60 70 and 80% higher than they were just a few years ago this has been a disaster for people for the middle class but for every class Donald Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression Donald Trump left us the worst Public Health epidemic in a century Donald Trump left us the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War and what we have done is clean up Donald Trump's mess that there the very first indication that this 90 minutes would be an intense effort by both sides to define the other their values their resume and their personality as utterly unfit now ultimately it will be up to the voters to decide but tonight's exchange I think it's very fair to say was extremely useful uh in helping voters however many May remain undecided at this point make up their minds one final point when it comes to which side thinks they won I should note that just within the last few seconds we received an email from the Harris campaign calling for another debate in October that's a move you only make you if you're very confident and pleased with how you did in debate number one Brian thank you and now for more on some of the other issues tackled in this debate we go live inside of the national Constitution Center where action AA Caroline gagin standing by just feet from where this showdown took place this evening Caroline yeah Rick the debate took place just behind me here inside the national Constitution Center the second topic of tonight's debate was the issue of abortion and we know just from polling that the topic of abortion is one that is Weighing on the minds of Voters as they head to The Ballot Box this November and tonight as he has done in the past president Trump doubled down on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn roie Wade for 52 years they've been trying to get roie wade into the states and through the uh genius and and heart and strength of six Supreme Court Justices we were able to do that now I believe in the exceptions for rape incest and life of the mother Trump went on to say he has been a champion for IVF when asked he wouldn't commit to vetoing a National Abortion ban if one were to be passed meantime vice president kamla Harris said if Congress votes to reinstate roie Wade she would support it she also said she believes the states decided women's reproductive rights has led to Extreme Measures and now in over 20 states there are Trump abortion bans which make it criminal for a doctor or nurse to provide Health Care in one state it provides prison for life I think the American people believe that certain freedoms in particular the freedom to make decisions about one's own body should not be made by the government now there were a lot of topics discussed in this 90minut debate tonight and one issue in particular that came up over and over again was the issue of immigration and border control we're going to have more on that coming up in our next half hour of Action News that's the latest live inside the national Constitution Center I'm Caroline Goin Channel 6 Action News Rick Caroline thank you well the debate Drew large crowds of people exercising their first amendment rights just outside of the national Constitution Center protesters gathered to have their voice is heard on a number of issues actions reported chap padelli live along Independence mall with that story this evening Chad Rick you can see a heavy police presence behind me but many officers heading home for the evening it was a large it was largely an uneventful night of protests besides a few hiccups fourth in Market police arrested roughly a half dozen protesters after they allegedly refused to leave the roadway during a sit in police say some protesters also spray painted an ambulance and possibly other property in the area the incidents leave a black mark on what's been mostly a peaceful night of protest earlier protesters with the Philly Palestine Coalition marched from City Hall down Market to Independence Mall blasting both presidential candidates for their handling of the Israeli Palestinian [Music] conflict this is one Community with our community we have a voice we want people ow to know what we have to say how we feel criminals lining up to support har earlier this evening members of the party of socialism and Liberation took to the bullhorn to criticize the debate excluding third party candidates our plan is to protest the debate because it's a spectacle it's a show it's a performance that happens every four years without solving any of the issues of the people a heavy police presence allowed protesters to do their thing by all counts it was peaceful we of TR on the lawn at Independence Mall there was an Eclectic mix of protesters raising issues we all know how much there were Trump impersonators people with pets music and just a party for some all under the watchful eye of the men and women in blue it's too much shouting too much fighting we should all find Common Ground hopefully we can get the country back together and um move ahead because that's important and as one police captain put to me tonight went well but we expected it to live in Center City Chad pelli Channel 6 Action News Rick all right Chad thank you well the debate is over but the messaging is not pundits on both sides are reacting to what unfolded on the debate stage tonight action news reporter Andy McCormack live at the spin room inside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center with reaction Annie yeah and Rick this is the most excitement that we have seen inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center so far tonight I want to give you an idea of what we're seeing you're seeing groups of media gaggles following the different surrogates around as they come in here it's happening quickly uh US senator JD Vance of course Donald Trump's running mate was on the stage with ABC Network news he's one of the first ones in here we're seeing Gavin Nome the governor of California in here we are waiting and standing by for Pennsylvania's governor governor Josh sh here to come speak to us we're seeing a number of different Republican surrogates Democrat surrogates all coming out here and like we said the spin room is not only a tradition that happens after the debate the reason for it is to clarify is to defend the messaging that came out from the debate we're talking to them about the issues and how they think those candidates faed I just interviewed Senator Marco Rubio of Florida a republican I asked him what he thought about the Harris campaign asking for another debate in October he thinks that that's a sign that she wants more time to answer questions because possibly she thinks she didn't do well that is what Republican senator Marco Rubio is saying so we're waiting to hear what Josh Shapiro's Governor Josh Shapiro's take will be on that as well and other Democrats here I want to give you just a better visual in here we were showing you this room earlier today there's more than a thousand journalists here from across Ross the world you can see all of those sets that are lined up around the convention center this took 5 days to construct by ABC news we are in the area that ABC News and their uh stations our sister station WBC is next to us but all across this huge room that's thousands of square feet you can see the presence of media from across the world we talked to some of those journalists earlier today we talked to a journalist from Poland who said that the answers that their viewers want there is about what is happening in Ukraine we talked to a journalist from Spain who said that they also are bringing information to Latin American voters and they want to know more about immigration so a lot happening here we're still spinning out here Rick so we still have a lot of people to talk to we're going to bring you the very latest for now we're live at the Pennsylvania Convention Center en mming Channel 6 Action News all right Eddie keep spinning thank you for your report