US prepares for presidential debate

It will be a study in contrasts of age, gender, race, temperament and policy. It will also be the first time in U.S. presidential history that a former prosecutor will take the debate stage alongside a convicted felon with the White House at stake.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, has served as a trial lawyer, district attorney and attorney general in California. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, her Republican rival, has been convicted of 34 counts of falsifying corporate records to cover up a sex scandal.

The two will square off in Philadelphia on Tuesday night for their ...