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televised debates have been a fixture of US presidential election since 1960 but on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia Donald Trump and kamla Harris will break new ground because never before has one of the parties changed candidate between the meetings for the first of this year's debates Joe Biden was still the Democratic candidate but a faltering performance led to him dropping out and his vice president KLA Harris taking his place Donald Trump will be up against a third opponent having previously faced off against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden ahead of the votes in 2016 and 2020 and the stakes could not be higher with most polls suggesting the race is too close to call we can cross live now to New York and speak to CBS correspondent Carissa Lawson Carissa hello to you and yes let's begin with those polls a day out from debate the debate give us a little bit more detail on how they're looking well Anita the two latest polls of likely voters were just just released on Sunday those polls show that former president Donald Trump and vice president kamla Harris are just about even it really demonstrates just how close the 2024 US presidential race has become with less than two months left before the November 5th election in the latest New York Times Sienna College poll Trump leads Harris 48 to 47% a CBS News yugov poll looked at some of the key Battleground States in Michigan it shows Harris leading Trump by 50 to 49% in Pennsylvania it's a dead Heat at 50/50 and in Wisconsin Harris leads Trump 51 to 49% so you can see just how close this race is yeah really really tight all within margins of error so uh a lot writing on this debate there's been a lot of discussion hasn't there Karissa about the ground rules for the debate so what do we know about the final preparations the two candidates are making well here's what we know vice president kamla Harris has been preparing for this debate by holding mock debates with a trump likee substitute complete with television lighting and would be moderators asking her very pointed questions former president Donald Trump on the other hand has been engaging in policy briefings with his AIDS but has not opted for any mock debates at all both candidates definitely taking different approaches to this highstakes debate that millions of likely us voters will be watching now voters have said they want to know more about how each candidate will tackle things that are most uh important to them like the economy and immigration meanwhile some things to note about the debate it will be 90 minutes long it will not have a live audience but it will have muted microphones when the other candidate is speaking something Trump's campaign wanted Harris's campaign did not Harris's campaign said it will prevent Trump from having face-to-face conversations with her but Trump's campaign says they accepted the debate under the exact same terms as the first debate against President Biden when he was a nominee it promises to be a very very interesting watch indeed Carissa thank you very much CBS correspondent Carissa Lawson there in New York and let me just tell you a little bit more because here on BBC News you will be able to watch rolling coverage of the ABC News presidential debate simil cast between Democrat and Republican candidates kamla Harris and Donald Trump the news coverage will start from 8:00 p.m. East Coast time on Tuesday that's 1:00 a.m. if you're in the UK and the actual debate will begin an hour later