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Trump-Harris debate live updates: Candidates spar over Project 2025, economy
Harris and Trump will meet each other for the first time tonight.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are meeting for the first time on Tuesday for the ABC News presidential debate.
It is the only debate the two have scheduled and comes at a critical point as polls show a neck-and-neck race with just eight weeks until Election Day.
The two will face off on key issues and work to appeal to voters across the country. The debate is airing on ABC and streaming on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.
Latest headlines:
Newsom, Shapiro, Duckworth among Harris spin room surrogates
The Harris campaign released its list of surrogates who will be in the spin room during the debate.
Four Democratic governors -- Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Gavin Newsom of California and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania -- are among the group, as well as Sens. Laphonza Butler of California, Tammy Duckworth from Illinois and Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
Four Democratic House members -- Jason Crow from Colorado, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Robert Garcia from California and Ted Lieu of California -- will also be joining, as well as retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson, a former Republican; Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju and Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father.
Biden says he spoke with Harris, who appears 'calm, cool and collected'
As he left the White House for New York, where he will watch tonight's debate, President Joe Biden said he's spoken with Harris.
Biden wouldn't divulge what advice he had for her, but said she appeared "calm, cool and collected."
"I think she’s going to do great," Biden said.
Trump en route to Philadelphia
The Trump campaign posted a short clip of the former president boarding his plane, saying he's en route to Philadelphia. Harris arrived in the city Monday evening.
-ABC News' Soorin Kim
Hillary Clinton said Kamala Harris should 'bait' Trump during tonight’s debate
Hillary Clinton gave some advice to Vice President Kamala Harris on tonight's debate, according to The New York Times.
"She just should not be baited. She should bait him. He can be rattled," Clinton told The Times during a recent phone interview.
Clinton confirmed to NYT that she had spoken to Harris directly and discussed "a number of things" prior to the debate.
As the 2016 Democratic nominee, Clinton has experience debating the former president.
She said she believes Harris "has a lot of good ammunition" and that she's "handling him [Trump] very well."