we are officially a week away from the first presidential debate between former president Donald Trump and vice president kamla Harris ABC News announced last month the first debate will take place in Philadelphia at the national constitutional Center on Tuesday September 10th Trump announced in a post on Truth social that he had accepted the September 10th debate on ABC under the same conditions as the June CNN debate against Biden the rules for the last debate meant that each candidate's microphone was only turned on when it was their turn to speak there was no studio audience and the candidates weren't allowed to talk to their staff during breaks or bring any notes with them both candidates were provided with only a pen and pad and a bottle of water