during their first debate former president Donald Trump and vice president kamla Harris battled over inflation abortion and immigration knocking each other's policies and defending their own records Washington correspondent Julia Benbrook is in Philadelphia with the key takeaways from The Showdown a highly anticipated moment K Harris Let's Have a good debate see you have fun thank you former president Donald Trump and vice president kamla Harris meeting on the debate stage was an evening full of ttin back and forth as the two stri to present themselves as the best option for voters taking on topics like border security why are we allowing these millions of people to come through on the southern border he'd prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem abortion rights they've been trying to get roie wade into the states and through the uh genius and and heart and strength of six Supreme Court Justices we were able to do that in over 20 states there are Trump abortion bans which make it criminal for a doctor or nurse to provide Health Care in one state it provides prison for life and the economy the top issue for voters right now I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America I believe in the ambition the as aspirations the dreams of the American people we're doing tariffs on other countries other countries are going to finally after 75 years pay us back for all that we've done for the world reporting in Philadelphia I'm Julia Ben Brock