kamala harris and former president trump's first presidential debate hosted by abc news. it all starts at 7:00 eastern tomorrow right here on msnbc. we'll be there tomorrow and ahead of tomorrow's presidential debate. pennsylvania senator john fetterman joins katy tur to discuss the state of the 2024 race. watch katy tur reports today at 3:00 eastern. right now it is time for chris jansing reports. good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. if anything could shake up a race that is still close as any in modern political history, this is it. what is happening in the final 32 hours before tomorrow night's debate? the stakes escalating after new polls show a race that could go either way and voters looking for answers. among the significant questions, can harris rise to the occasion?

can trump stay focused, and can the moderators keep the whole thing on track. plus more than 30,000 people fleeing their heads ahead of a giant fire ripping through nevada and california. one of them burning unchecked through san bernardino county. fueled by dry weather and temperatures pushing 110. how bad could it get? and a royal sigh of relief. the princess of wales revealing she's cancer free. her frank assessment of going through chemo and what she said she's focusing on now. but we start with kamala harris and donald trump. both off the campaign trail behind closed doors and armed with new polling information as they hone their strategies and sharpen their attacks ahead of tomorrow's first and so far only presidential debate. but before they even make it to the stage, harris is trying to get in trump's head. releasing this new ad in philadelphia and in west palm

beach. it features his former aides slamming their old boss. meantime, in a radio interview released this morning, harris talked about what she's expecting tomorrow. >> i mean, he plays from this really hold and tired playbook, right. where he, there's no floor for him in terms of how low he will go. and we should be prepared for that. we should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth, and we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruth. >> but harris won't just be dealing with trump. she's trying to define herself for skeptical or least unknowing voters. because a "new york times" siena poll shows 28% of likely voters still they till need to learn more about her. far more than say that about donald trump. at the same time, a new washington post poll shows she's

stronger among black registered voters. 68% said they would vote for her, and that is up from 48% when joe biden was on the ticket. we are live in pittsburgh where kamala harris has been camped out for debate prep. michael wall helped prepare for big debates against bob dole in 1996 and president of the brennan center for justice. and jordan served in george w. bush white house and also an msnbc political analysis and she joins me here in studio. this is going to be interesting. we'll set the standard there. look, we know that kamala harris wants to help donald trump lose his cool. she just said, there is no floor for him. maybe she's trying to get him to reach it. but, with these new polls showing, so many people, far more than she would need, right, to potentially win this, want to know more about her.

how does she balance those two things going after trump but also trying to say this is who i am. >> well, chris, in many ways, this is her big introduction to the stage. she isn't going to be giving prepared remarks like she was at the dnc. it is not a shorter interview, it was a longish interview that she did with governor walz. but this is still the most uncrypted performance alongside donald trump. so voters could compare and contrast and she's going to have to lean into how she wants to project herself. is she the new wave. how is she not an incumbent. you'll hear a careful balance between praising the biden administration, yet being hopeful for what needs to come and how she's going to build on achievements yet not while bee laboring her association. >> so easy. and michael, i want to play what harris's principal deputy campaign manager said on our air about what they're expecting.

>> we're taking this extremely seriously. donald trump is a skilled debater. he has been in the most presidential debates of any candidate in presidential history. this will be the vice president's first presidential debate as the nominee. so it is an interesting debate. but make no mistake about it, donald trump will be prepared and he's a show man. so we know the takes of this and the vice president will be ready. >> so if you have the candidates here, what is your best last minute advice for harris and for donald trump? >> well, given the somewhat stilted format of these presidential debates, in a way it is like parallel joint press conferences, joint interviews. she's first and foremost will want to lay out her own policies and especially have a contrast with trump. with how she wants to see trump defined. i think that she doesn't need to spend a lot of time talking about her childhood and the other biographical things. but i think what she'll want to show in terms of who she is to

people, is her strength, her command. just as trump in the last debate, people didn't pay that much attention to this, yes, he lied a lot, but he also kept his cool and that was a stride forward for him in his performance. >> he did seem to be able to say, i'm going to let joe biden do what he's doing. he made a -- a real time assessment. but erin, take me to pittsburgh. what is kamala harris doing in the final hours and what are you hearing from voters there? >> well, chris, the time for debate preparation is winding down here in pittsburgh. you could see the moving vans that have pulled in between us and the hotel here. we believe the mock debates are winding down and moving some things out quite likely. she's been here since thursday. hunkered down with her closest advisers going through briefing books and q&a questions she may

get on the the debate stage and trying to figure out how to weave her personal story into the responses that she gives on the substantive issues. wanting people to understand what she wants to do as president and as a candidate who wants their support. we did have an opportunity to talk to some voters here in the pittsburgh area, the vice president did step out of her debate prep sessions twice over the course of the week. i want you to hear what voters said when they asked what they want to see from kamala harris come debate time. >> strength. we need a very, very strong leader. one that is going to, you know, make the right decisions. >> as far as harris is specific, what she needs to do, it is just showing up and making clear that she's capable. >> i want to see her to be her and be honest and tell us what she's going to do for this country.

and i know she's going to do such amaze things. >> part of the debate prep we understand she's been doing is to figure out how to respond to donald trump on the stage if he were to launch an insult or some other derogatory comment as he's done on the the campaign trail. part of the preparation process is to figure out how to respond to those things. we've heard from sources and surrogates on tv over the weekend, part of the plan is for the vice president to remain calm and to appear presidential in those situations, but also be prepared to stand her ground, to call out any lies that she may hear on the debate stage and to take donald trump to task on things that did or didn't happen during his time in the white house and plans that he has going forward, trying to tie some of his ideas to things that have been presented as part of project 2025, chris. >> let me bring in dasha burns following from new york. and the former president, has said his whole life is preparing him for this debate.

but i can't imagine he's going totally off the cuff either. >> not totally off the cuff. that is not what his campaign wants. they have been hunkering down, a little bit, not to the extent that harris has, but to our sources, he's been at mar-a-lago in more extensive policy sessions yesterday and today. that is going to continue. and look, these aren't mock debates the way that harris is doing. the former president has been poking some fun at her for stud yig and preparing for this. and he instead has been pounding the pavement on the campaign trail. he likes that contrast. but at the same time, we have heard his allies on the air and behind closed doors are telling hip, focus on the policy, not the personal attacks. and that is easier said than done for the former president who does tend to get antagonized and want to hit on the personal. but the sessions preparing for the debate are focused on the policy and it might be because that is largely what voters are saying they want to hear from

him. take a listen to some of what they told nbc news. >> if you had a advice for what he needs to do or not do, what would you tell him. >> not to talk too much. stay on point on what he needs to do in this election and i think he'll win. >> i want him to continue explaining his positions. i don't want him to have the other side fluster him. i want him to stay true on point and stay focused. >> don't call her names, just stick to the issues. it is okay to call her unintelligent, because she is. but don't call her anything else. but don't -- just stay away from -- just stick to the issues and how you're going to solve -- stick to the future, not past. >> and we did see a slightly more restrained trump during the biden debate. but the question is, now that we've seen him on the campaign trail lobbing the personal attacks and getting angry in his speeches, will he be able to

restraint himself or will we see the o.g. trump or will the policy issues -- >> a good question, thank you for that. and i think the difference is that he went into the joe biden debate believing he was confident he was going to win the presidency. he's in a very different place right now. in spite of the fact that over the course of the last, i think it is 50 days since joe biden dropped out and she got a jolt and this is a still a race that is too close to call. so to dasha's point, and actually the point of the woman who was interviewed, will he get flustered? will he call her names? will he go too far? what are you watching for? >> those were great trump voter interviews because it is the litany of what you hear when i'm doing focus groups from trump voters about what they want trump to do. less of the name calling and the meanness and more of actual

substance. which, as we know, can be quite difficult for donald trump. so going back to last debate, from the moment that donald trump saw president biden, he felt that he was going to win. he had, as we know now, that was just not a good night for president biden. and so this could going forward tomorrow night, it is a new candidate, it is a younger candidate. it is a woman. he doesn't do well, we know, with women. it is going to be interesting to see if he's going into the gutter the way some of his supporters and he has been doing lately, casting aspersions about her personal life and general nastiness, can he stay above the fray? i don't know. it is really that -- just a super human challenge for donald trump who, as we know, likes to dwell in the gutter. >> so michael, let's talk about tone on her part. because harris has a little bit of a balancing act, i think, right. she wants to show her strength.

she has real prosecutorial skills so she can go after trump. she knows how. she's done it in the courtroom for years. but then the thing that seems to have resonated with folks, in the middle, this idea of joy, getting past the vitriol. how does she find that balance. >> well i think she has to do what she does with a smile but with steel and strength. and you're right, it is a bit of a -- a bit of a balance. but one thing that trump didn't hear in -- donald trump did not hear in the debate with joe biden was a meaningful calling him to account for his 34 felony convictions, for january 6 and trying to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power, for project 2025, those are all things she could say with a smile and with some class. she's carried herself very well since she became the candidate. the trick is of course, they're

not talking to each other, they're not interrupting each other. i wouldn't be surprised if she leaves her answers with a hanging question or two that he has to choose whether to respond to. >> or maybe poses it to -- to the viewers. i want to ask you, michael, as you go through that litany, about trump's most recent threats which is to imprison his political enemies including, quote, lawyers, political operatives and donors and people who come to a different conclusions that he does about the election. how do you think that plays? >> well, i think that she has a real question here. because there has been a pretty searing critique, a valid one in my view, of much of the traditional media. that it has not covered this stuff. it has not been headline front page news candidate for president threatens to imprison all of his opponents, threats election workers, and all of these other things.

we've normalized it by not even discussing it. and so, i think that she should find a way to bring it up. again, she wants to let the public know, she wants to let viewers know, what the future focus means for them. she didn't want to dwell obsessively on it, but i think if she could throw a punch or two on these kind of things. >> i have a feeling there will be some punches thrown on both sides. we shall see. in 90 seconds, playing by the rules. the major way tomorrow's debate could be impacted by a single change. single change [introspective music] recipes. recipes written by hand and lost to time. are now being analyzed and restored using the power of dell ai. ♪ (♪♪)

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york times." here is what he said. we're not making commitments to fact check everything or nothing, we're there to keep a conversation going and to facilitate a good solid debate making sure it is civilized. i wonder to what extent it is going to be interesting to see whether, when they fact check, they give donald trump an opportunity to answer that and to what extent do you think if they don't kamala harris is already making up her mind where she will go in for the kill. >> so will kamala harris be the one doing the fact checking tomorrow night. >> right. >> from the sounds of the comments, that is what it sounds like. i don't disagree with the approach that the moderators can't fact check every statement because we know that would take the entire hour long format. if you tried to fact check donald trump. so, to keep the flow going, to keep it snappy and moving along, they're probably going to do

what they're capable of but no one could have that manyin accuracy. >> and you said this is a two-headed press conference. but is there a way with fact checking to make this a little more lively, but more importantly, frankly, a little more informative? >> well, if it were an interview one-on-one with the candidate and the candidate told the big lie, the interviewers would call the candidate out on it. that is the big question. not if vice president harris said something and the moderator said you average and it was really the median jobs number. but when donald trump said i won the election in 2020 because of massive voter fraud, that is -- an absurd and devastatingly lie and will the moderators call him out on that, as sometimes does happen on interview shows. >> well let me ask you this. because it picks up on what we were talking about before.

so technically moderators could ask questions during the debate but is there an opportunity for kamala harris to ask a question to viewers? for example, if you can't ask donald trump, where is your proof you won in 2020? can you ask viewers, look, trump lost every court case challenging election results, does it make sense to you as a voter that all 62 judges who said he was wrong, they were all wrong? >> so you're debate prep days are ahead of you. >> i know. >> that is a good way to do it. do you game out all of these things and when i worked with bill clinton, he was very eagerly focused on the mock debates and playing out like a decision tree, well if the other person said this, and then you say that. and there are certainly ways to make it a contrast to ask the questions. one of the most significant things in any presidential debate is when ronald reagan,

when people didn't trust him, they weren't sure he was ready to be president. when he at the end of the one debate he had with jimmy carter in 1980, asked the viewers, are you better off now than you were four years ago. >> that was a killer. >> you're talking to the viewers, not to some abstract people in -- or even reporters in the room. >> you never know as a candidate when they're on a two-shot. so if the other person is talking, you don't know, right. so elise, let me ask you this. knowing that there could also be a flip screen, how tricky and how potentially effective is the reaction that is not about words and eye roll, a smile, shaking your head. >> the visual is everything. who is most compelling with the volume turned off. that was fox news, roger ales. >> don't look con descenting.

there is so much of the stories of the candidate that you could tell just from their body language of course. so it is going to be huge for both of those candidates to stay on point and to not let their emotions get the better of them so to say. >> you could imagine this debate prep, michael, somebody or several people who are giving advice to kamala harris saying, you know he's going to say that, you don't need to respond to it. all you need to do is -- whatever. roll your eyes, shake your head. >> chuckle. >> chuckle. >> yeah, debate prep is interesting because voters or journalists hear what the candidate is saying on the trail all of the time. but the other candidate often doesn't really hear all of that stuff and said, wait a minute, that is what they're saying. and so getting used to and being ready for and understanding what you're opponent is going to say

is their generic stuff is a big part of it. i do think that trump has been out there workshoping this in public. and i think that the fact that vice president harris has not done many interviews in last few weeks, you know, in some ways it is a dah back because she's not gotten hit with the tough question this is real time lately. she was, of course, before the midsummer. but she's doing it in her debate prep. but i think that could toughen up a candidate as well. >> it is going to be epic. michael walesman and elise jordan, thank you. and we will be in philadelphia ramping up to the presidential debate. you could watch tomorrow beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. and rachel maddow and team will lead coverage and analysis of the debate, that starts at 7:00 p.m. coming up, an out of control

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today in syria, at least 26 people were killed and scores more injured in israeli air strikes. israel has not commented but it has hit syrian targets since the war in gaza began and according to state media, that was among the deadliest strike so far. richard engle is reporting from jerusalem. what more do we know about this. >> reporter: as you said, the israeli government isn't commenting at all. but that is not unusual. israel has carried out strikes against iranian targets and mill

issues and hezbollah targets in syria for the last ten years and it never comments on them. according to the syrian government, the syrian ministry of defense, there was a series of attacks outside of the city of hama, and these were last night local time. it is already evening in the region so we're talking about roughly 20 hours ago according to the syrian defense ministry, there was a series of attacks on military locations outside of the city of hama. and they said that there were casualties and the figure has been climbing all day. according to a group called the syrian observatory for human rights when -- which is following the syrian war, what was hit was a munition factory and where short and medium range missiles are manufactured and this is part of a iranian backed

nexus, if you will, an iranian backed system that supplies weapons and support to the syrian government, of bashar al assad, but also hezbollah in the region. so no confirmation from israel. but it does fit a pattern of their behavior. what would make this one different, chris, is the death toll could be quite high. and so far iran is not commenting on this. and that is, if there is any good news, it seems that iran is not seeking to escalate this much further. when i asked iranian officials, they just said well the israelis are commenting on it so we don't know what you're talking about. so it seems like it was a covert strike that sent a message but that iran and israel are not interested in escalating it further. >> richard engle, thank you. democrats are fighting back against the release of a 345 page report by house republicans that criticizes the biden

administration's withdrawal from afghanistan. it accuses them of watering down warnings about deteriorating security conditions. the white house blasted it as a quote, partisan report based on cherry picked facts. house democrats dismiss it as simply an attempt to garner headlines in the heat of an election season and here is secretary pete buttigieg. >> i do have a question about what they're doing over there. if they've had three years to assess what happened, why are they delivering a report after labor day in a presidential election year. i think it feeds into a sense this is something they're using as a political football. >> let's brake in jake sherman and good to see you. we've talked about this before but not in a while. house democrats we should say also released their own memorandum. but i wonder if on either side there is anything new here or do these dueling releases fall within well established party

lines. >> it is -- i think it is within well established party lines. there are two facts worth focusing on. number one, the withdrawal from afghanistan garnered bipartisan condemnation when it happened. it was deadly. it was not executed well as has been well reported as you see the footage on the screen. this is never ideal for a withdrawal from a combat zone number one. number two, everything house republicans are doing right now, and house democrats to that extent as well, anyone -- any legislator is viewed through the prism of the 2024 election. and pete buttigieg made a point that i've heard from both republicans and democrats, that it is after labor day of a presidential election and we noted last week that house committees, investigation committees, the over sight and the judiciary and the work force committee in the house of representatives are all holding

hearings that squarely focus on kamala harris and her role in the biden administration. so this is not surprising to say the least that this is coming out now. but it will be viewed through that prism. >> well let me just look at this 345 pages and because it does have kamala harris picture in it. a number of times. but nothing at all written about her. there is nothing in there that said here is how she was involved in this or how she made a bad decision in this. so, i mean, is this, again, a lot of what we may see going forward, that they're going to try and tie biden-harris together and they might make the argument, you can't just say i'm part of an administration when you talk about stuff that went well. you have to own all of it. >> that is right. and it is really mood music, chris. right. they are painting a picture of disfunction in the biden administration. of which kamala harris is the number one official.

so that is effectively the collateral damage of having this report come out now. and by the way, this is not to say that there isn't serious over sight work to be done and that there aren't things in that report that are worth examining and talking about. that is undoubtedly true. but that is how democrats are able to undermine its integrity and its substance right now in the heat of an election season. >> if i could change topics for just a minute. and i've got you -- somebody who has better sourcing than almost anyone among people who -- whose job is to know politics and who live politics every day. what are you hearing from folks about the debate tomorrow? we keep talking about it as this enormous opportunity, it may be the only debate, right. it comes at a time when we see that the numbers are in some cases stalled. it is a race too close to call. i wonder what the interesting conversations you're having are

with people who are deep in politics? >> reporter: it is probably one of the bigger opportunities in the presidential race that is devoid of any key turning points left. i mean, this might be the only debate. it is the first time kamala harris and donald trump most likely will have come face-to-face. and someone put it really well to me this morning which is if we're walking away from this deeb talking about kamala harris, she has lost -- her goal, according to this person, is to show donald trump, again, not my words, but theirs, as shows donald trump as a ral eck of the past and focus on the past and not needed to better america. i think that is one way to look at it. i will say there is a lot of republicans who are uneasy about donald trump's campaign on capitol hill. first and foremost, house and senate republicans who want him to be talking about issues now

the 2020 election or rounding up political donors for some imagined legal effort after he wins the white house. they want him focused on the issues and focused on saying kamala harris is a progressive who is far to the left of the american people and not fit for office. >> jake sherman, good to have you on the program. thank you, appreciate it. and coming up how georgia election officials are trying to tamp down fears that the state elections won't be fair and secure. plus ma major news from buckingham palace in the last hour. what we're hearing now about princess kate's condition. year watching chris jansing reports only on msnbc. g chris j reports only on msnbc. dad, is mommy a “finance bro?” she switched careers to make money for your weddings. ooh! penny stocks are blowing up. sweetie, grab your piggy bank, we're going all in. let me ask you. for your wedding, do you want a gazebo and a river? uh, i don't... what's a gazebo? something that your mother always wanted and never got. or...you could give

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with 57 days until election day, top state election officials are reassuring voters in the face of ongoing attacks against the integrity of the voting process. here is arizona's secretary of state on morning joe today. >> important thing that i think folks need to know is that elections officials across the united states of america are working with federal and with fd local law enforcement agencies to coordinator a response that's going to be appropriate. that means we're going to keep our voters safe, we're going to keep our elections officials safe, and our voting will continue in the unblemished way it has in spite of the lies, the conspiracy theories and in spite of the threats. >> perhaps no state official has faced a tougher fight than georgia secretary of state brad

raffensperger who famously refused to rig the 2020 outcome and then faced attacks against not just the system but him personally. nbc's julia ainsley spoke to georgia secretary of state for us, and, julia, i wonder what stood out for you in your conversation with raffensperger, who now is facing yet another incredibly scrutinized election. >> well, he's on a mission, chris. i saw him on one of nearly 30 stops to counties across georgia. this is after he's already been to each county of the 159 counties in georgia since 2020 testing their election equipment in person, showing how you cast a vote, and how that vote is printed out and what that looks like in the precinct, and how it's counted to show voters and anybody that will come out that the election is secure. he's also teeing up for a fight. there are new laws that have just been passed, controversial rules from the georgia state

election board that would give counties brand new authorities to be able to open an inquiry, if they think there's a reasonable inquiry before certifying the results. he's worried that could delay certification, and he says they do delay, they'll have to face him and the courts. here's what he had to say. what is the risk of giving counties their own discretion to certify election results? >> counties do not have the discretion to certify that. if the law, black letter law, it says on the monday following election, they shall certify their elections. it is a requirement of state law. >> that trumps this new rule? >> that trumps because it has the law. if you don't follow the law, you'll be coming before a superior court judge. >> you think that might happen this go around? >> i don't make predictions, i just say we're going to follow the law and make sure every other person follows the law and does their job. >> i spoke to a republican who's on the state election board, and she said that they passed these new rules because they think more of the state election officials want their own authority to be able to look

into any irregularities. the way they define reasonable and what a reasonable inquiry is really anybody's guess. they are intentionally vague, and that's the reason they are also subject to numerous lawsuits and ethical complaints now, chris. >> julia ainsley, thank you. starting tomorrow, doctors across the country will require their mammogram patients whether they have dense breast tissue. it's part of the standards aimed to detecting breast cancer sooner. dense tissue can increase the risk of developing cancer. half of women over the age of 40 do have dense breast tissue and they benefit from doing additional ultrasounds or mris. and there's that breaking news on the health of princess kate. in a video message, the princess of wales says she has completed her chemotherapy treatments and plans to gradually increase her scheduled public events in the coming months.

>> as the summer comes to an end, i cannot tell you what a relief it is to finally have completed my chemotherapy treatment. ♪♪ the last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. life as you know it can change in an instant. and we've had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and varied unknown. >> nbc's daniele hamamdjian is live outside buckingham palace. what more did the princess have to say? >> reporter: for anyone who has been through something like this, chris, will tell you, there's the recovery period after the treatment, and that's where she finds herself now. as you mentioned, it will be a gradual return to work. she talked about, yes, the past nine months being incredibly hard, how life can change in an instant. she talked about our journey being complex and scary and unpredictable at times, and talked about how she was forced to come face to face with her

vulnerabilities and how that gave her a new perspective on life. the video itself is unlike anything we have really ever seen from the royal family. i mean, these things tend to be quite heavily produced and scripted, and i mean, this is no exception, but i'll tell you what stands out to me is that the moment you see the children, that's when it becomes particularly heartwarming. you can't stage manage three children like that, and so it is quite the window into the lives of this family. take a listen. listen a little bit more from that video and what kate had to say. >> though i have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long. and i must continue to take each day as it comes. i am, however, looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when i can. despite all that's gone before, i enter this new phase of recovery with a renewed sense of

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