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Sep 2024
32m 27s

Previewing the Presidential Debate

Abc News
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris prepare to square off in the ABC debate in Philadelphia. Democrats respond to a partisan congressional report on the Afghanistan withdrawal. And two men are indicted for what federal prosecutors call a sprawling white supremacist plot.

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