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vice predent harris held a one point lea and 538 polling average. the three most recently release polls had her ed her rival, president trump tied. hosted by the economic club of pittsburgh. >> good to be back in. thank you all. thank you. thank you. please have a seat. please have a seat. andrea. thank you so very much for that beautiful introduction and for your leadership. it really is my honor to be with you today. thank you and thank you to theresa and the economic club of pittsburgh for hosting us today. and i also want to thank mayor ganey for being here. may you greet me each time i come to pittsburgh? i thank you so very much for that and your leadership. thank you. so, hello, friends. um let's get started. so we gather at a moment of great consequence in this election. i believe we have an extraordinary opportunity to make our middle clthe engine of america's prosperity to build a stronger economy where everyone everywhere has a chance to pursue their dreams and aspirations and to ensure that the united states of america continues to out i

what we seen over the past three and a half years under president biden and vice predent harris is leadershiphe can call it that is a steady wrist rate of the united states across the globe it started in afghanistan what that withdrawal handing the country back over to the taliban and their allies. we failed to deter an invasion of ukraine by russia, putin took our temperature and thought he could get away with it. iran has been giving sanctions relief to the tune of millions and millions of dollars that are now using to final resources to the terrorist allies like hamas like hezbollah like a hoodie is, the middle east is on fire but is not just the middle east is the entire world and the reason is because america looks week. because of the choices this administration has made. sprayed it one place that looks aggressive right now is israel d that walkie-talkie hit the next day, we talked to general dana pittard he said it was impressive. now they are loving weapon into lebanon. under the people have been killed. what is israel's plan at the moment. >> let's take a step back. the big picture h

trump will have to take questions from actual reporters next week when he and predent harris face off for the first time in a televised debate. and just a few hours ago nbc news released the rules for that debate. there will be no live audience. candidates will get 2 minutes for each answer, 2 minutes for rebuttals, and one minute for additional follow-ups. and usually, when one candidate speaking, the other candidate's microphone will be muted. joining me now is jonathan martin, senior political columnist. thank you for being here. >> this is not muted. this isot live. >> thank golly for that. do you think it matters? i know the harris campaign was reluctant to agree to this debate until they resolve this issue on whether donald trump would be heard presumably talking over her or talking during her answers. at least his mic will not be live. do you thinkno that matters froa political standpoint? >> it's hard to judge now, alex, because we don't know what we're missing, right? it's kind of like trying to figure out if trump had been on a hotd mic and said something outlandish or offen

to have the same quality of life they did under predent trump. kamala harrise was proud to be the last person in the room with president biden when they decided to withdraw from afghanistan, which we know was a disaster. kamala harris was tapped by joe biden to be the borders are and oversee the crisis at the southern border and what happened, it has gotten worse since she has been in the white house. >> i know the economy will be a major topic. harris has talked about tax cuts for the middle class. is that something president trump would support? >> absolutely. president trump signed the largest tax cut in american history. harris' tax cuts for the middle class, she wants to raise the business tax rate to 28% and doesn't want to make president trump's tax cuts permanent which will increase taxes on 26 million small businesses. small businesses are the backbone of the american economy. president trump wants to end taxes on tips, which is a policy harris plagiarized from him. president trump has said he wants to add -- he wants to eliminate taxes on social secu

vice predent kamala harris proposed a former president rights impart polls clearly show that i won thebate again mrade kamala harris on tuesday night. she immediatelyalled for a second debate. she and kirk and joe have destroyed our count. as discussed in great detail during the first debate with joe and the second debate with comrade harassment, she should focus on what she should have done during the last almost four era. there will be n third debate should. if you mis the debate on y will show it again in its entirety saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. online@c-span.org or c-span nowe our free mobile video app. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including charter communication. >> proud to be recognized when the best internet providers. and we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communication support c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> in next we hear from the