>> And thanks to everyone who shared their opinions with us.

As we mentioned, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump are preparing to go toe to toe at tomorrow night's debate.

Abc's David Muir and Linsey Davis are moderating the highly anticipated event in Philadelphia.

And the stakes are high for both candidates as their performances could sway undecided undecided voters and change the narrative in the campaign for president.

Joining us now with more on what to expect our Alexandra Sons, Jones, CEO of the public affairs from APS and Associates, which has worked for Governor Pritzker, as well as the Obama Foundation and more.

And joining us via Zoom, Chicago, native and former White House communications director Marie Mohsen will who has prepped many candidates for national and local debates.

Thanks to the 2 of you for joining us.

So first, you know, the last presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, former president not well-received for either candidate really.

Biden was broadly thought, as we all know now to have a fairly poor performance.

He dropped out of the race after the Republican National Convention.

Trump may have performed better by comparison, but many voters were left wanting more substance from the candidates.

>> I'd be happy to trying to contest them.

Reminded my handicap, which when I vice president and a 6. by the way, I told before, I'm happy play golf.

If you carry on bag.

do it.

>> That's the biggest Just 6 handicap of all.

I was a handicap I have you know, I we've seen this way.

I know you swing.

>> To be clear, the candidates are talking about their golf in that Omari Mosque well, let's start with you, please.

What is at stake tomorrow?

>> Well, I think whole campaign really begins tomorrow.

We've seen that burst out of her convention.

It was good, but it stalled.

And the campaign is almost exactly tied.

Even in the 7 swing states.

So and I think that they both have to try to define what the rest of the race is about in terms of Trump.

He needs to make it about the the failures of the Biden Harris Administration Harris need make it about the how unpleasant Trump personally and the chaos that follows him around both views are already well absorbed by the public.

But whether or not either one of them is going to define the race is still up for grabs in sight.

The beginning of a baseball game when when they throw out the first pitch.

>> Alexander since Joan.

Same question.

What's at stake tomorrow?

What do Harris and Trump have to prove?

Yeah, I think there's a lot at stake.

However, I think there's a huge amount of energy behind Vice President Harris right now.

I think there's she defined the new way forward.

We just 5 Democratic convention with so much energy that, you know, she has behind her.

I do think that she needs to kind of embody what your last speaker just said, where think about the last 4 years of your life and were they better then or previously?

And if you think about that, most of your voters will know that they were that they're better with President Biden and Vice President Harris.

If she can continue to bring that back throughout the debate and focus on the policy, she'll be in a great spot.

She's had a lot less time to define herself as a candidate.

Obviously.

What are you hoping to hear and see from her tomorrow?

Yeah, I mean, I think that when the you were talking voters and they were talking about inflation, I think you need to talk about the fact that that's caused by corporate greed.

I think the EU, for her get back to the fact that she we care about women's rights, the Democratic Party and sometimes you know it.

It's not hard to draw parallel winning seal party on the other side that says that they care about families and their anti idea or you just saw what happened in Georgia.

I think that it's very easy for this administration and more specifically the vice president to draw contrasts.

She just has to do it.

And I think it was a little crunchy for us to watch previous debate.

So now we're excited to watch this one because she can call out Trump on his lies.

Hopefully there are a lot fewer cringe moment row.

And what Marie, what challenges do you see for Vice President Harris?

>> Well, Vice President Harris is not known for being able to string together so this isn't coherent way.

So and she hasn't given any interviews.

she has been rehearsing and she is an attorney.

So there must be native ability in there.

But I think a lot of people are holding their breath.

90 seconds to 2 minutes is a.

It is a very long time on a debate stage to be able to keep speaking in an orderly, understandable fashion.

So that's that's a big challenge for her.

Also will will of moderators challenge on her changes of her positions which are quite.

Quite distinct from what she had when first ran for president.

So she has said she's changed your positions.

You know, when people do evolve on these things, but she said she hasn't changed values.

So I think that's a the key plays for the moderators from and also President Trump.

I think a lot of his on.

Reasons why might some people don't like him?

A lot of people have the country don't like him because of some of that behavior.

Said he's had some of things he said.

Now, while a lot of that is already baked I think what he needs to do is try to avoid giving any more fodder to the media for the narrative that follows a baby moss control himself and he must not seem anti woman, which is the way it will look if he denigrate her Honda sense to her on that in the debate tomorrow night.

I think you can do Go ahead.

What was going to ask, what do you think is the former president's greatest asset?

What do you think he he really needs to?

>> To use to his benefit.

>> Well, he bought.

I disagree with what your your other panelists.

And I think majority of Mayor Americans may be a slight majority.

That and I Americans think that the economy is terrible right now.

And they wish maybe just down clean the economy that Trump had.

And I think if Trump would come back to that and talk more about his plans to right the ship to right the economy just as one of their your man on the street.

Interviewer said he wants to hear.

He wants to hear the not more mudslinging.

I think Trump can do that, especially on the economy.

I think it will be a great night.

>> Alex, what about you?

What it what do you see as the strengths and weaknesses for the candidates?

Yeah, I mean, I think 1, 1, I would have to say, you know, Vice President Harris is incredibly accomplished prosecutor.

to say that you can't run on offense, we shouldn't even that.

That's not that's just not true.

You she's not.

>> is not known for that, but that she attorney.

So the scale must be in there.

It's in there and it's been proven to be in there.

You know, she's done it on the Senate floor for years.

So it's definitely there.

>> And she's done and I think she will do tomorrow for us all to see.

I think that's what what kind of scares.

You know, President Trump as he will be against somebody that will be able to challenge him.

That's why he's said already a couple times.

I I don't know what I don't know if I want to come to the debate are it's the debate is rigged.

The election is rigged.

Tease.

He's hedging his getting getting ready for that.

I also think, you know, the only when I think of Trump only thing he offers sometimes good nicknames that I think can be funny.

But even that's kind of getting old.

So that's the only thing I've really seen from him.

I would agree with that inflation an about face.

But what I was saying is that and that that's driven by corporate greed.

And that you look back, you have to understand why Trump was given a good Trump was but in that place by I think that our voters understand that that's going to continue to be the case of Democrats are able to do what they do that, you know, with a plan to raise the minimum wage at a federal level to $15 and 2026.

These are the types of things that we need to see when a to see our working families and a place Democrats believe in a diverse economy.

So there's also the great Mike debate because they will once again be muted while their opponent is speaking.

Harris has asked for that rule to be changed.

>> And then there's also again, there's no audience as there was not in that last debate with President Biden and former President Trump.

Alex, going to you first.

How do you think these rules fair?

You know, how did they fare for the previous debate debate and how do you think they're going to care for this one is interesting.

You know, when you're on a campaign because you do have to negotiate your rules and what you get and what you don't get.

I think probably the Harris campaign was thinking what a new the mikes to see what Trump is mumbling under his breath.

And these awkward moments because >> he says some things that can be pretty unhinged to which to my earlier point, I think she would have liked to say more and be able to have more time because she's pretty eloquent, talented that way.

I think she'll be fine either way.

same question to >> Well, you know, this is someone who has done it both ways and and a lot of debates.

The audience will be happy that the mikes are muted because the moderators tend to lose control when they're not, because it just evolved into shouting back and forth an accurate Kate accusations about personality and other things like that will be a much more intelligent debate with the mikes muted.

However.

You know, that was the original rules that they should be muted.

I think it will serve Trump well because you won't be able to hear what he's saying.

He won't be encouraged character.

And I think again, that goes, think he must not look condescending or anti woman and I think it will help him.

>> Before run out of time, are briefly what what will you be watching for tomorrow?

>> I'll be holding my breath to see can behave himself.

And if you can, then I think he the race is tied.

But I think he will have gotten out the right start.

And of course, I disagree with every we don't have to on everything.

I was.

do think the economy is as the place to go.

Both people feel strongly about the economy before around time of the Padres.

sorry.

But I briefly want to give out opportunity answer the same question.

What are you going to be watching for?

Yeah, I think I'm most excited seeing Vice President Harris call call Trump on his lies and a mix of hope.

>> Just a double shift to give us a hope for the future.

But also we ready to hear her All rights should be fun and