In a high-stakes face-off ahead of the U.S. presidential election, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris squared off in a heated debate on September 10. Covering crucial issues from the economy to foreign policy, the debate quickly turned fiery as both candidates clashed over their visions for America’s future. Trump criticised Harris's stance on national security, while Harris took aim at Trump’s policies on healthcare and immigration. With tensions running high, this Second half of the debate set the stage for a fierce contest. Watch this explosive recap to catch all the highlights from the debate!
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00:00of people's color or the language their grandmother speaks.
00:03We all have the same dreams and aspirations
00:06and want a president who invests in those,
00:09not in hate and division.
00:11She is Biden.
00:12You know, she's trying to get away from Biden.
00:14I don't know the gentleman, she says.
00:16She is Biden.
00:17The worst inflation we've ever had,
00:20a horrible economy because inflation has made it so bad.
00:24Who took out a full-page ad in the New York Times
00:28calling for the execution of five young black
00:33and Latino boys who were innocent,
00:36the Central Park Five?
00:38I think it's, I mean, honestly, I think it's a tragedy
00:42that we have someone who wants to be president
00:46who has consistently, over the course of his career,
00:50attempted to use race to divide the American people.
00:54You know, I do believe that the vast majority of us
00:56know that we have so much more in common
00:58than what separates us, and we don't want
01:00this kind of approach that is just constantly
01:02trying to divide us, and especially by race.
01:05And let's remember how Donald Trump started.
01:08He was a land, he owned land, he owned buildings,
01:15and he was investigated because he refused
01:19to rent property to black families.
01:23Let's remember, this is the same individual
01:26who took out a full-page ad in the New York Times
01:30calling for the execution of five young black
01:35and Latino boys who were innocent,
01:37the Central Park Five, took out a full-page ad
01:42calling for their execution.
01:44This is the same individual who spread birther lies
01:48about the first black president of the United States.
01:52And I think the American people want better than that,
01:57want better than this, want someone who understands
02:00as I do, I travel our country.
02:03We see in each other a friend,
02:06we see in each other a neighbor.
02:09We don't want a leader who is constantly
02:12trying to have Americans point their fingers at each other.
02:16I meet with people all the time who tell me,
02:21can we please just have discourse
02:23about how we're going to invest in the aspirations
02:26and the ambitions and the dreams of the American people,
02:30knowing that regardless of people's color
02:32or the language their grandmother speaks,
02:34we all have the same dreams and aspirations
02:37and want a president who invests in those,
02:40not in hate and division.
02:42Vice President Harris, thank you.
02:43Lindsey.
02:44President Trump, this is now your third time.
02:47This is the most divisive presidency
02:51in the history of our country.
02:53There's never been anything like it.
02:54They're destroying our country
02:56and they come up with things like what she just said.
03:01Going back many, many years,
03:02when a lot of people, including Mayor Bloomberg,
03:04agreed with me on the Central Park Five,
03:06they admitted, they said, they pled guilty.
03:10And I said, well, if they pled guilty,
03:12they'd badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately.
03:15And if they pled guilty, then they pled, we're not guilty.
03:19But this is a person that has to stretch back years,
03:2340, 50 years ago, because there's nothing now.
03:26I built one of the greatest economies
03:28in the history of the world,
03:30and I'm going to build it again.
03:31It's going to be bigger, better, and stronger,
03:34but they're destroying our economy.
03:36They have no idea what a good economy is.
03:38Their oil policies, every single policy.
03:41And remember this, she is biting.
03:44You know, she's trying to get away from Biden.
03:46I don't know the gentleman, she says.
03:48She is biting.
03:49The worst inflation we've ever had.
03:52A horrible economy because inflation has made it so bad
03:57that you can't get away with that.
03:58Thank you. Your time is up.
03:59I want to respond to that, though.
04:00I want to just respond briefly.
04:03Clearly, I am not Joe Biden,
04:06and I am certainly not Donald Trump.
04:09And what I do offer is a new generation of leadership
04:11for our country.
04:13One who believes in what is possible.
04:16One who brings a sense of optimism about what we can do
04:21instead of always disparaging the American people.
04:25I believe in what we can do to strengthen our small businesses,
04:30which is why I have a plan.
04:32Let's talk about our plans and let's compare the plans.
04:37I have a plan to give startup businesses
04:41$50,000 tax deduction to pursue their ambitions,
04:46their innovation, their ideas, their hard work.
04:49I have a plan, $6,000 for young families
04:53for the first year of your child's life
04:55to help you in that most critical stage
04:58of your child's development.
04:59I have a plan that is about allowing people
05:03to be able to pursue what has been fleeting
05:06in terms of the American dream
05:07by offering a help with down payment
05:10of $25,000 down payment assistance
05:13for first-time homebuyers.
05:15That's the kind of conversation, I believe,
05:17David, that people really want tonight,
05:20as opposed to a conversation
05:22that is constantly about belittling and name-calling.
05:26Let's turn the page and move forward.
05:28Vice President Harris, thank you.
05:29Let's turn to policy.
05:31We have to move on. President Trump.
05:33Let's turn to policy, please.
05:34She has a plan to defund the police.
05:37She has a plan to confiscate everybody's gun.
05:40She has a plan to not allow fracking
05:44in Pennsylvania or anywhere else.
05:46That's what her plan is until just recently.
05:48The former president has said something twice
05:52that I need to respond to.
05:53I just need to respond one time
05:55to what he has said multiple times.
05:57President Trump, this is now your third time
05:58running for president. You have long vowed to repeal
06:01and replace the Affordable Care Act,
06:03also known as Obamacare.
06:04You have failed to accomplish that.
06:06You now say you're going to keep Obamacare,
06:08quote, unless we can do something much better.
06:11Last month, you said, quote, we're working on it.
06:13So tonight, nine years after you first started running,
06:17do you have a plan, and can you tell us what it is?
06:19Obamacare was lousy healthcare.
06:22Always was. It's not very good today.
06:24And what I said, that if we come up with something
06:27and we are working on things, we're going to do it,
06:29and we're going to replace it. But remember this.
06:32I inherited Obamacare because Democrats wouldn't change it.
06:36They wouldn't vote for it. They were unanimous.
06:38They wouldn't vote to change it.
06:40If they would have done that, we would have had
06:41a much better plan than Obamacare.
06:44But the Democrats came up. They wouldn't vote for it.
06:47I had a choice to make when I was president.
06:49Do I save it and make it as good as it can be?
06:52Never going to be great. Or do I let it rot?
06:55And I felt I had an obligation,
06:57even though politically it would have been good
06:59to just let it rot and let it go away.
07:02I decided, and I told my people, the top people,
07:04and they're very good people.
07:05I have a lot of good people in that administration.
07:08We read about the bad ones. We had some real bad ones, too.
07:11And so do they. They have really bad ones.
07:13The difference is they don't get rid of them.
07:14But let me just explain. I had a choice to make.
07:17Do I save it and make it as good as it can be?
07:20Or do I let it rot? And I saved it.
07:23I did the right thing.
07:24But it's still never going to be great,
07:27and it's too expensive for people.
07:29And what we will do is we're looking at different plans.
07:33If we can come up with a plan that's going to cost our people,
07:36our population, less money,
07:38and be better healthcare than Obamacare,
07:41then I would absolutely do it.
07:43But until then, I'd run it as good as it can be run.
07:46So, just a yes or no, you still do not have a plan?
07:49I have concepts of a plan. I'm not president right now.
07:53But if we come up with something,
07:56I would only change it if we come up with something
07:58that's better and less expensive.
08:00And there are concepts and options we have to do that,
08:04and you'll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future.