WATCH: Harris and Trump debate — PBS News simulcast of ABC’s 2024 Presidential Debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday night for their first and possibly only debate before Election Day.

The state of the race as they meet in Philadelphia is starkly different than it was just more than two months ago, when Trump debated President Joe Biden in a performance that accelerated calls for Biden to leave the race.

WATCH: What to watch in the ABC Harris-Trump debate

Since then, Biden ended his campaign and endorsed Harris, Trump survived an assassination attempt, and both tickets named running mates and made their cases to voters at their national party conventions.

Watch PBS News’ special coverage here and the ABC Presidential Debate in the player above.

Watch a post-show viewer question and answer hosted by PBS News’ Deema Zein with correspondents Lisa Desjardins and Laura Barrón-López about the night’s major moments and what’s next for both candidates.

This year’s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Harris and Trump — with clear differences on taxes, abortion, immigration, global alliances, climate change and democracy itself.

Harris has pledged to chart a new way forward even as she’s embraced many of his ideas. She wants middle class tax cuts, tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, a restoration of abortion rights and a government that aggressively addresses climate change, among other stances.

LIVE FACT CHECK: Trump and Harris meet for presidential debate

Trump wants to accomplish much of what he couldn’t do during a term that was sidetracked by the global pandemic. The Republican wants the extension and expansion of his 2017 tax cuts, a massive increase in tariffs, more support for fossil fuels and a greater concentration of government power in the White House.

The two candidates have spelled out their ideas in speeches, advertisements and other venues. Many of their proposals lack specifics, making it difficult to judge exactly how they would translate their intentions into law or pay for them.

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