With less than two months left until the 2024 US presidential election, Newshour’s Tim Franks and the team travel to Atlanta. We get reaction and insight from Georgia – one of the key swing states in the US – on the first TV debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Also on the programme: Congolese medics say they are struggling to contain the mpox outbreak; and Mexico's senate has given general approval to a sweeping reform that will mean all judges are elected by popular vote. (Photo: Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visit a watch party. Credit: Reuters)
Hello, and welcome to NewsHour.
It's coming to you from the BBC World Service.
With me, Tim Franks.
The day after one of the most hotly anticipated us presidential debates in years.
And by a stroke of brilliant fortune or foresight, I'll go with foresight.
We're bringing this edition of Newshour Live from the studios of Wabe in Atlanta, Georgia, the state forecast to be one of the pivotal swing states come the election in November.
We'll get into that in greater depth later in the program, bringing you a sense of the campaign on the ground with the Democrats, the Republicans and that sought after creature, the swing voter.
We'll whisk you from Atlanta to Augusta to Athens.
Yes, for our global audience, that is Athens.
And we'll also get into the tangled controversy over how the election is going to be held here in Georgia, in particular, how the votes will be counted.
But let's start with that 100 Minutes fireworks show that was held on the ABC television network 12 hours ago.
Kamala Harris versus Donald Trump.
And the BBC's Tom Bateman watched it all unfold in Philadelphia face to face.
Historic the ABC News presidential debate in a city that was at the heart of the American Revolution, a debate described by its hosts as this election's most consequential moment.
Good evening.
I'm David Muir, and thank you for joining us for today.
And as it began, it wasn't just the first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, but the first time they'd met.
Kamala Harris, what's up?
Good to be.
Thank you.