>>AND DECISION 2024. WITH THE DEBATE RULES SET BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ARE GEARING UP FOR A ONE ON ONE SHOWDOWN NEXT WEEK. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GALKA SPOKE WITH EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE HIGH STAKES EXCHANGE >>AFTER WEEKS OF GOADING. >>THE STAGE IS SET IN PHILADELPHIA NEXT WEEK FOR THE DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS. >>IT'S A FAMILIAR PLACE FOR TRUMP NOW HE DEBATED HILLARY CLINTON THREE TIMES IN 2016. JOE BIDEN TWICE IN 2020, AND BIDEN AGAIN EARLIER THIS YEAR. >>I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE. I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAID EITHER. >>DEBATE EXPERT ALAN SCHROEDER SAYS THE EXPERIENCE CAN HELP THE PRESSURE OF A GENERAL ELECTION DEBATE THAT'S GOING TO BE WATCHED BY 50, 60 MILLION PEOPLE, EVEN MORE POSSIBLY. >>THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM A PRIMARY DEBATE OR A LOCAL OR STATE DEBATE WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FEW MILLION WATCHING IT, JUST THE INTENSITY, THE PRESSURE, EVERYTHING IS EXAGGERATED. >>THE INTENSITY IS RATCHETED UP THANKS TO AN ELECTION SEASON THAT SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN DROP OUT AND HARRIS TAKE HIS PLACE DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL MONTH. IT COULD BE THE ONLY TIME HARRIS AND TRUMP GO ONE ON ONE IN PERSON, WHILE MAKING THEIR CASE TO VOTERS. LIKELY TALKING POINTS AND SOMETIMES REVENGE CAN BE JUSTIFIED. >>HE'LL TAKE CONTROL. WE'LL PAY THE PRICE. >>KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALTZ THEY'RE FAILED, WEAK AND DANGEROUSLY LIBERAL. >>SCHROEDER SAYS THE RACE TO DRAW CONTRAST WITH YOUR OPPONENT GETS EVEN TOUGHER AND HAS HIGHER STAKES. WHEN THE CAMPAIGN IS SHORTER, LIKE IT HAS BEEN THIS YEAR. >>YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE TWO CANDIDATES ON STAGE TOGETHER, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE MANY MORE EYEBALLS ON THIS THAN NORMALLY. WE WOULD EXPECT. I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS SOME DANGER IN JUST A SINGLE DEBATE BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES, BECAUSE IF ONE OF THEM HAS AN OFF NIGHT, YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO RECOVER FROM THAT. >>THE DEBATE FEATURES THE SAME RULES AS THE ONES USED IN JUNE. BOTH CANDIDATES WILL BE STANDING NO NOTE CARDS, AND THE MICS WILL BE MUTED WHEN A CANDIDATE IS NOT RESPONDING TO A QUESTION. THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, TIM WALZ AND JD VANCE, ARE ALSO SET TO DEBATE THAT ONE HAPPENING ON OCTOBER 1ST. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I'M MATT GALKA.