him for lunch. the candidates also criticized each other's positions on immigration, abortion and the economy. our correspondent maria ulyanovska followed the debate. she joins our studio from philadelphia. hello, maria. congratulations natalya. maria, you followed the debate closely. what are the most striking moments of the debate, what did the opponents look like, and whether it is possible to claim an unequivocal victory. mine and the defeat of another. natalya, let's start with the fact that the debate was really historic, it was the first personal meeting both candidates, both donald trump and camila harris. they started with a very polite handshake, kamala harris walked up to donald trump, introduced herself, shook his hand, but that handshake ended all politeness. for the next hour and 45 minutes, the debate was very lively, very heated, the candidates switched to...

personalities, the candidates had very emotional statements, and if we talk about how the candidates presented themselves, some experts say that kamela garis managed to hit a sore spot donald trump, she managed to provoke him to emotional statements and against its background to appear more restrained, more mature, more self-confident, and also talked a lot about domestic eco, domestic political issues, issues that concern ordinary americans and... it seems that the candidates managed to show their positions on these issues . if we also talk about the tone of this debate, both candidates did interrupt each other, that is , it was not only from donald trump, kamela harris also interrupted him, saying that he was lying and a little emotional too reacted speaking of who won, the harris campaign clearly thinks their candidate won this debate, immediately after the debate they invited the next debate with donald trump, after the debate she...

also met with voters at a viewing party for this debate and what caused furor, well, and after debate, the american pop star taylor swift officially publicly supported kamelo garis in these elections, and observers say that the evening could not have ended better for the vice president. let's let's listen to the position of the democrat, the governor of the state of california newsham, about what he thinks the results of these debates were for his candidate. objectively, i'm trying to be as objective as i can, i've never seen such a one sided debate at this level in my entire life, she beat him, from the moment she walked off the stage she showed character and decency by shaking his hand, and he was definitely uncomfortable, she said kamela, not kamala, kamela garis, she controlled the scene, she controlled these debate. she made him defend, she didn't

back down, if it was a fight it would have been a tko in the second round. but natalya, an interesting detail: in this debate , the moderators were able to follow the false statements of both candidates live, and to a greater extent it concerned the statements of donald trump, they said, when he was lying, that immigrants eat pets, that that some states allow the killing of newborn babies is not true and has been heavily criticized by supporters of donald trump since the debate that the debate was unfair, including lynsey graham, a republican senator, who said that the moderators of the debate could be on the payroll of the democratic party. donald trump himself said that this debate would be a success for him and that it was generally the best debate in the history of the united states. but let's listen to how matt gates talked about this debate for donald trump, this is the republican congressman who prepared this candidate for the debate. i think president

trump has made this debate about the economy, immigration and the global chaos that we've seen for biden and harris. here's how he won the debate by dominating the time and effectively holding kamala harris accountable for her unfortunate list of dangerously liberal policies. i think the moderators could have been more fair, which would have made for a better debate. they seem to have chosen a side. candidate throughout the debate, but president trump has done his job to show people that he is an agent of change in this election. maria, the opponents paid a lot of attention to ukraine, what statements were made, was something new said that the candidates had not previously spoke publicly, and did they clarify what their policy towards ukraine would be if they won the elections. natalya, it seems to me that we are after all. some clarity, particularly from

donald trump, he repeated a lot of what he's said before that he 's going to end this war in one day, but he clarified that a little bit, he said he knows both putin and zelensky, they'll call both of them and will decide this question, to the journalist's direct question about whether it is in the interests of the united states for ukraine to win? he said that it is in the interests of the united states that this war should stop, and spoke about the risks of nuclear escalation and vladimir putin's threats, said that a third world war must be prevented. if we talk about kamalus, she took over the achievements of the joe biden administration, she said that it is necessary to continue to support ukraine, but she did not say anything new, she did not say that she will strengthen the policy and ... ukraine, she did not say about a possible change policy of the united states regarding strikes deep into russia, and together with the gains of the biden administration regarding ukraine, it also inherits criticism regarding untimely and insufficient aid for ukraine. maria, so how does the expert environment react to the debate, who is called

the winner and how do they evaluate this debate in terms of ukraine? if we talk specifically about the section of ukraine for these debates, then yes... we saw this peace-making position of donald trump, we saw the legalization of biden's policy in the future flight of the politician kamela harris, but natalya, we are now in philadelphia, in the cell where most people live ukrainians in this state, and they are for them is definitely a very politically active community, and we asked ukrainian ukrainians, ukrainian americans about what was important for them to hear at these debates, what they heard and how they... responded to the statements of both candidates, let's listen, i don't heard the answer i wanted to hear, i wanted to hear a clear answer to the plan, how america plans to fight russia and how america

plans to help ukraine win this war, the president's answer trump was less than satisfactory, i would even say by resolution. america has been fighting russia since ancient times, since of the times of the cold war, and to think that he will easily overcome it or come to an agreement is quite naive. kamela harris was in a better position, but i hope that she is brave enough and determined enough, and she will have enough of that courage not to give... to ukraine this aid that is so badly needed, military aid, er in general, that was coming from trump so far, uh, well, as far as ukraine is concerned, he's going to be able to settle it very quickly, which i think we'd all

like very much, but yesterday just what we feared happened, that is ready just like a coward, to leave ukraine, this for me... was the most important thing, because until now he said that he could fix it, but the editor asked him again, but is it important that ukraine won here, he said, it is more important, so that we can get rid of this, what is happening now, she is still in such a position that she is the vice president, that is, she cannot jump before the current president, i would i wanted to see that a woman might have... even more of a back, well, a firmer back, to help ukraine, to win, and not just defend it. natalie, it's interesting what we heard just now that the ukrainian community

was primarily concerned about donald trump's statement, and the former ukrainian ambassador of the united states to ukraine, john herbst, in a commentary on the voice of america, strongly criticized both positions of both. candidates regarding ukraine. let's listen. i think we heard little new. trump repeated that the only reason for the major invasion was the weakness of the white house. he also repeated that when he is elected president, he will end the war because he can convince putin and zelensky to achieve peace although, as you probably saw, piskov commented today that this is nonsense. haris, who spoke little about ukraine, except when she made ... official statements, mostly supported and associated with biden's policies . the most interesting moment was when trump was asked twice if he wanted to see ukraine win and he said twice that he wanted the war to end, i wish he would have said he wanted to see ukraine win, so that's disappointing, but i wouldn't

there are too many conclusions to be drawn from this. i think the moderators missed something when they didn't ask garis the same thing, does she want a ukrainian victory, she never once... mentioned a ukrainian victory, i think she exaggerated her role a little before a full-scale invasion, she realized that if she admitted on tv to the american public, who had not met putin, it was a break...it was obvious to everyone, i think, that's why she didn't mention it. thank you, maria, for your work, we were directly contacted by maria ulyanovska, who followed the first debate between presidential candidates kamela harris and donald trump. the state of west virginia, located near the capital of the united states, was democratic for most of the 20th century. however, it is now a strong stronghold of the republicans, in which donald trump confidently won in 2006 and 2020. voa visited berkeley springs,

west virginia to see what the 2024 election season is like there. yuri mamon continues. in west virginia, politics is not usually talked about much. there, the vast majority had already decided on their choice a long time ago. however, this year, enjoying the last warm days, the only thing heard on the street is the presidential election and the replacement of kameloya. she will attract a large number of women's votes, minorities will vote for her, but she has no track record, it is not clear why they should vote for her. west virginia is already a traditionally republican state, and its residents have consistently supported donald trump over the past few years, but this year voters here are a little worried. all of this makes me nervous because i'm a trump supporter, i think this year everyone who... senator

djomanchyn, which became independent at the beginning of the year. he played a key role in passing major legislation for the administration of democrat biden. manchen is retiring this year, likely to be replaced by the state's governor, republican jim justice, which could change the balance in the divided u.s. senate. we mine coal. operates coal mines here, so we expect that industry to be protected. west virginians blame democrats for the decline of the state's main coal industry. democrats there are trying to change that fixed opinion this is due to automation, due to the fact that the leaders of the coal industry are automating jobs and moving to mining on the surface, underground. candidate for us senators. democrat glen elliott is convincing voters that republicans who control the state legislature are hurting

its economy. small business needs to be encouraged in ways that haven't been done before, and we need to retain our youth. our state legislatures are constantly passing restrictive laws, such as abortion bans, anti-lgbt laws, which tend to send the message to young people: "we're not welcome here." west virginia strongly supports trump and most guilt voters. joe biden and kamela harris are blamed for the state's economic problems. why should we pay a dollar more for gas? why should we pay 25% more for food? why we have twice the mortgage interest rate under the biden administration and she did it all. according to a poll conducted at the end of august, donald trump is ahead of kamla harris in west virginia by 27%. yuri mamon, catherine gibson, voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the application

allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, and listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. american political leaders commemorated the victims of the terrorist attack on september 11 , 2001 in new york. on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the tragic events, us president joe biden together with vice president kamela harris urged the nation to never forget each of the nearly 3,000 lives taken by the terrorist attack. defense secretary lloyd austin spoke at the pentagon, recalling, among other things , the... 184 dead from the attack in arlington near the us capital, when one of the hijacked

planes that day crashed into the ministry's headquarters. at the tribute ceremony in new york, rivals in the presidential race, kamela harris and ex-president donald trump shook hands and stood in the same row. he monitors the ceremonies commemorating the victims of terrorist attacks iryna solomko, she joins our studio from new york. hello, irina. congratulations natalya. iryna, what words did she use? to the nations political leaders on this day. yes, natalia, actually president joe biden and vice president kamala harris, they have made statements regarding these annuals since the morning. 23 years ago, including joe biden, he talked about how 23 years ago terrorists believed that they would be able to, respectively , bring the united states and americans to their knees and break our will, but that didn't happen, and he also said , that before in the face of fear, we unite to protect the country and help each other, and this is a direct quote from joe biden, in turn

, vice president kamalagari, of course, she also spoke a lot about, that is, the importance of uniting the nation. but in that she also talked about what she remembered about the americans who served in afghanistan and for whom the purpose was to fight the evil of terrorism, and accordingly she talked about what she recalled that in 2011, when the president was barak obana, obama, accordingly, is the main one the terrorist who was responsible for these attacks, osama bin laden, was killed two years ago, when joe biden was president, accordingly, bin laden's deputy was also killed. by the american military during the operation, and she also said that despite this, the united states continues to fight terrorism, and accordingly protect both americans and the united states from this evil. as for the presidential candidate donald trump, in principle he did not make any separate statement, but he participated in a ceremony to honor the memory of those who died during terrorist attacks and then, together with the candidate

for vice president, jaydy wenzem, he went to the fire station, which is very close to the room. which was also very badly damaged and whose firefighters died, so there he made a small remark to the fox news correspondent, he said that it was just a terrible day, but, let me remind you, donald trump did not make a separate statement to natalya. irina trump and harris met at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the september 11 attacks, just a few hours after their first face-to-face meeting during presidential debates. what statements were made by them? you know, if there was no intrigue regarding the participation of, respectively, joe biden and kamala harris, that is, that they would participate in the memorial ceremony was known a few days in advance, then there was such a small intrigue with donald trump, so that his headquarters said that he would definitely participate, but in what format, at what time was unknown, and therefore of course in the morning, when everyone saw that

he was next to joe biden, he is next to kamala, that got a little...he did, as you pointed out, shake hands with camila harris, but at the same time, he didn't shake hands with president joe biden, he was with his vice presidential candidate, jaydee mans, as well as two mayors, former mayors of new york, this is michael bumberg, as well as rudy giuliani, let me remind you that, of course, for donald trump, new york is his hometown place, he was born here, he grew up here, spends a lot of time, so he probably knows the former mayors very well, as far as... these are, respectively, the teams of kamala harris and joe biden, they were accompanied by the leader of the majority of the senate majority of the democratic senate majority, respectively chuck schumer, who , let me remind you, is just a senator from new york. as for political statements, they are generally not heard at the event itself, this is already such an established practice, when, that is, the main characters of this day are the relatives of the victims, who read the names of their relatives

and loved ones who they lost during the terrorist attacks , so politicians, if they are present, not always, not every year. they are present on these events, but if they are present, they are such silent observers, they never join the ceremony, they are never given the microphone. natalya, iryna, how is the country commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the tragedy in general, what events are planned besides the commemoration ceremony? yes, natalya, i would, i will talk about them in more detail later, but now i would like to stop at this ceremony, because it is very important, it is such a major event after all. but new york today is filled with people in this area, respectively around vol street, people, here we are at three o’clock, but literally about 20 minutes ago, they removed this fence and people were allowed in, people were standing, ordinary people, not relatives, were standing here and just flowed according to the stream to, now you see behind me, according to this memorial, which reminds of this tragedy, and simply they

go for in order to honor, in order to pay their respects accordingly to all those who died during. terrorist attacks, the ceremony itself, it usually starts somewhere at 8:30, it consists in the fact that the relatives of the victims read the names of the dead, but in addition there are minutes of silence, and here is the first minute of silence, it takes place at 8:46, this is the time when the first plane, respectively , kissed the north tower of the twin, the twin, accordingly, the last minute of silence, it takes place at 10: 28, when this very tower, it fell, and between them, respectively, what happens, well , that is... these minutes of silence, they essentially repeat the chronology of the event, when, respectively the second plane hit the tower, another tower, and so on, when the plane accordingly hit the pentagon and other places as for other events, it is also very much. such an interesting event took place today near lincoln center, that is, there are 150 dancers, they did a silent performance, when they stood, they created

such a labyrinth of peace in order to once again honor this tragedy and for everyone to remember what was happening 23 years ago, already in the evening, everyone is waiting, respectively, for such a symbolic event for this day, when the spotlights, they are from such a blue color, they create this installation of these twin towers. they huge, they can be seen from almost anywhere in new york, if the weather is good, in fact, they can even be seen somewhere 100 km from new york, and so it is, again, these photos, they are always amazing when on it is you who is watching, and this is this, and again, it is one of those events that is already usual for this day, and which the city hall, and which, in principle , people are trying to honor, respectively , the memory of those people, who died, natalia. thank you, irina, we are in direct contact. of new york was iryna solomko, who was monitoring how the country honors the memory of the victims terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001.

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opposition. quick response from the allies. the us and eu impose sanctions on iran in response to its supply of missiles to russia. what other news did they bring to kyiv? us secretary of state blinken and british foreign minister lemmy. debates around ukraine. the topic of ending russian aggression became one of the key topics in the pre-election debate between the candidates for the us presidency, kamala harris and donald trump. which of the applicants was more convincing. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. during for the next two hours we are talking about ukraine, the world, the war and our victory.

of course, let's talk about the debate. candidates for the post of president of the united states of america , kamala harris and donald trump, well , of course, we are interested in another topic, an international topic, but it is a topic that directly affects ukraine, it is the consent of our western partners to damage military facilities on the territory of the russian federation , long-range weapons, atakams missiles, because this decision should be made from here obviously. our partners, well at least it seems that this is all there is to it, this is all we will talk about in the next two hours, in the first part of our program we will have as guests volodymyr ogrysko, former minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, politician and diplomat, oleksandr krayev , americanist and political expert and ihor romanenko, air defense lieutenant general, who will tell us what is actually happening with the air defense system in

ukraine and... what do these iranian missiles and missiles that we we will receive objects on the territory of the russian federation for impression. in in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour, we will have two political experts, volodymyr fesenko and maksym rozumny, and we will also discuss both domestic and international politics with them. however, before starting our conversation, i suggest watching a video of drones. dragons, which have been used quite actively by the armed forces of ukraine over the past few weeks, they spray an incendiary mixture over the landings where the russians are hiding and not only cause direct damage, but also depress the morale of the occupiers. in the network there are more and more such videos, we have prepared for you a selection of impressive and exciting videos. let's. let's see.