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STORY: :: ABC News Presidential Debate It was a fiery clash at the ABC News Presidential Debate Tuesday night... “Wait a minute. I'm talking now, if you don't mind, please.” ... with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris both seeking campaign-altering moments in their closely fought election. It was a combative back-and-forth clash over immigration, foreign policy and healthcare, but the debate was light on specific policy details, with Trump seemingly on the defensive as Harris peppered him with jabs about his fitness for office. At one point she goaded him saying audiences at his rallies often left out of boredom. Trump - who has been frustrated over the size of Harris' own crowds - fired back: "We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics.” Before pivoting into a false claim about immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Illinois that was seized on by thousands of social media posts: TRUMP: "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating. They're eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what's happening in our country. And it's a shame." HARRIS: “Talk about extreme.” There's less than eight weeks to go before the election, and only days until early voting starts in some states. That made this one of the best chances for the candidates to state their case to tens of millions of voters. It was especially important for Harris, as opinion polls show more than a quarter of likely voters feel they do not know enough about her. She entered the race only seven weeks ago after President Joe Biden's exit. As questions veered toward policy approaches, Harris served up a lengthy attack on abortion limits – a key election issue. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned abortion rights in 2022 - statewide bans on abortion have proliferated. Women have been denied emergency care, and victims of incest were unable to terminate their pregnancies. "Trump abortion bans that make no exception even for rape and incest, which - understand what that means - a survivor of a crime, a violation to their body, does not have the right to make a decision about what happens to their body next. That is immoral." However, Trump claimed he believed in exceptions for abortion, a position he compared to President Ronald Reagan. Harris also claimed Trump would support a national ban, an assertion Trump called a lie, while declining to say explicitly that he would veto such a law. The pair clashed over Harris’ racial identity at one point, after an event moderator asked Trump about an event in July when he told Black journalists Harris had recently "become a Black person." TRUMP: "Whatever she wants to be is okay with me. But those were your words, so I don't know. I don't know. I mean, all I can say is I read where she was not black that she put out, and I'll say that. And then I read that she was Black. And that's okay. Either one was okay with me. That's up to her. That's up to her." HARRIS: "Honestly, I think it's a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president, who has consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people.” The two candidates are effectively tied in the seven battleground states likely to decide the election, according to polling averages compiled by the New York Times. During the debate, online prediction market PredictIt's 2024 presidential general election market showed Trump’s likelihood for victory dropping to 47% from 52%. Harris' odds improved to 55% from 53%. In a boost to the Harris campaign, pop megastar Taylor Swift told her 283 million followers on Instagram immediately after the debate that she would back Vice President Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the Nov. 5 election. She signed it "childless cat lady," a reference to controversial remarks made by Trump's running mate JD Vance.

STORY: "And now we're going to take this momentum for the next 55 days so I can call my wife the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris!” :: Harris surprised supporters at a watch party following her debate with Donald Trump :: September 10, 2024 :: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "I started the debate by talking about it and it became apparent, I think, throughout that hour and a half. Look, this is very much two different visions for our country. Ours, which is a vision for the future. And his speeches about the past and taking us backward. And as I said on the debate stage, “we are not going back”. "This is a campaign born out of love of country. We love our country. We believe in who we are. We believe in the American people. This is a campaign about bringing folks together, knowing the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. It is about inclusion and it is not about division, and it is not about demeaning and name calling. It is about lifting folks up. Working folks, families, children, people who are just not just trying to get by, but trying to get ahead. That's what we stand for. So let's get out of here for these next 56 days. Hard work is good work, and we will win! We will win!" Harris expressed confidence, calling it a "good day," but reminded the crowd that 56 days remained until the election, emphasizing that "there's still a lot of work to do." Joined by her husband, Douglas Emhoff, Harris thanked attendees for their efforts and stressed the importance of winning Pennsylvania, a key swing state that President Joe Biden carried in 2020. During the debate, Harris put Trump on the defensive with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election. A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to get under the former president's skin repeatedly, prompting a visibly angry Trump, 78, to deliver a series of falsehood-filled retorts.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spared Tuesday night over rally sizes, race and their visions for the country in their first - and likely only - prime-time, televised debate before November's election.

STORY: :: Police arrest protesters outside the U.S. presidential debate venue ::September 10, 2024 ::Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The nationally televised debate is occurring just eight weeks before the Nov. 5 election, and days before early voting will start in some states.

CNN’s Jake Tapper and Manu Raju discuss JD Vance’s reply on the “All In” podcast when asked if he would have certified the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania.

Former President Trump is escalating his rhetoric around claims of fraud in the upcoming election and vowing to go after opponents if he wins, alarming critics who fear a repeat of the chaos that followed the 2020 election. Trump over the weekend threatened to prosecute donors, lawyers and elections officials who he claimed “cheated” in the 2020 election or who engaged in behavior he deemed “unscrupulous” in November. And he elevated a dubious claim about fraud involving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, echoing rhetoric he used to cast doubt on the 2020 results.

ABC News business reporter Alexis Christoforous on what many voters says is a top issue in the upcoming election.