CNN released news on August 26 former president Donald Trump appeared to undercut his campaign's efforts to keep the same rules in place for his debate against vice president Cela Harris next month Trump's team according to a source familiar with the matter would like for the microphones to be muted throughout the debate except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak as was the case during the first debate with President Joe Biden but while Trump took aim at what he called the biased Network Sunday evening complaining about reporter Jonathan Carl and a panel of trump haers on his truth social platform he said Monday that he would prefer the mics to stay on on the other hand the Harris campaign for its part is requesting that ABC and other networks seeking to host a potential October debate keep microphones on according to a senior campaign official marking a change from the June debate when the then Biden campaign wanted microphones muted except when it was a candidate's turn to speak polling data shows Trump campaign's difficulty in framing the conversation around Cela Harris heading into the Democratic National Convention new data suggests that the Trump campaign's initial attempts to frame the conversation about vice president Cela Harris have so far gained relatively little traction Instead The public's attention has remained largely focused around the Democratic nominees selection of a running mate and other facets of her campaign a dynamic that could be reinforced for another week as the Democratic party gathers in Chicago meanwhile the public conversation around the GOP nominee former president Donald Trump remains relatively unfocused in the quieter aftermath of a month of major news stories surrounding him the Breakthrough is a CNN in project that tracks what average Americans are actually hearing reading and seeing about the presidential candidates throughout the campaign Donald Trump and camela Harris are set to debate on ABC on September 10th after the former president said Thursday he had agreed to the faceoff along with two others next month ABC News will host qualifying presidential candidates to debate on September 10th on ABC vice president Harris and former president Trump have both confirmed they will attend the ABC debate the network said in a statement speaking at a news conference at his maral Lago Resort in Florida Trump said that he was looking forward to debating the vice president and that he had agreed to upcoming dates with Fox News ABC and NBC a senior Trump adviser and an ABC Source familiar with the matter both said that the correct dates Trump has agreed to with network are September 4th with Fox News September 10th with ABC and September 25th with NBC as his campaign sharpens attacks on Harris Trump remains fixated on Biden as Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to Mark the passing of the generational torch former president Donald Trump remained fixated on his former opponent Trump's campaign has pushed sharply against vice president Cela Harris launching a week-long swing state tour in tightly controlled environments with small crowds the goal is to counter program the Democratic Convention by leveling the kinds of policy-based attacks the former presidents allies have urged him to focus on in recent weeks but for Trump who advisers say left the GOP convention confident of a comfortable victory in November letting President Joe Biden go hasn't been easy with the conventions over Harris and Trump begin the final Sprint to election day an unsettled and unpredictable 2024 presidential race is entering its final stretch with vice president camela Harris looking to build on the momentum of this week's Democratic National Convention and former president Donald Trump honing his lines of attack the former president's early summer polling and fundraising advantages were wiped out in an unprecedented 5 weeks that saw Trump survive an assassination attempt President Joe Biden drop his re-election bid and Harris Ascend to the top of the democratic ticket and inject new enthusiasm into the party now Democrats are on offense eyeing an expanded Battleground map that could include New Paths through the Sun Belt to 270 Electoral College votes Trump reclaimed the spotlight on Friday as he campaigned in Arizona alongside Robert F Kennedy Jr the independent candidate had suspended his presidential campaign hours earlier and said he was pulling his name from the ballot in key swing states to avoid being a spoiler