ABC News could not be happier with how their three vs one presidential debate turned out, Tuesday night. Immediately following the conclusion of the event, the network’s panel of purported journalists were eager to show their excitement talk up Harris, who one host dubbed “the candidate of hope,” even touting a handshake she initiated. “It's a lively debate from the economy, to abortion, to Afghanistan. That had it all. And it was historic, Jon Karl, fiery,” boasted co-host Martha Raddatz. Chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl struggled to find the word, proclaiming: “Wow. Wow. Wow. That was quite a debate.” Karl and Raddatz were joined by chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce, as the three of them gushed about Harris walking across the stage to shake Trump’s hand, and how it was all part of some elaborate plan she had: KARL: But I would like to replay the moment that the very start of this debate because it was quite a moment: The handshake. And if you look – [Video of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shaking hands] KARL: I mean, quite a moment. First of all, because we hadn't seen a handshake. We haven’t seen a handshake in a long time. BRUCE: And she initiated that one! RADDATZ: Yeah, she did! KARL: And not only did she initiate it, she walked over to him and sought him out, put hands out and made it the first words. RADDATZ: And probably had a plan if he hadn't put his hand out either.     Some might call it 4D chess. Further, Raddatz opined about “what Kamala Harris wanted to do was be the candidate of hope, the candidate of the future,” while “Donald Trump seemed angry” and was falling for all of Harris’s traps: Within 4 minutes, I think we saw him going from very serious at the beginning, never seems to look at her, to just angry. I mean, really yelling at some points trying to make his points. I don't think we heard a lot of policy and plans on either side of that, despite those questions over and over again. But what you had was that optic. You had Kamala Harris looking over, baiting him again and again and again. The microphones were muted when they weren't speaking, but many times, she didn't need a microphone. You watched Donald Trump get mad and scowl through things. Karl did admit that “Harris didn't really explain some of the big questions that were out there about why she changed her policy views on so many things,” but his biggest focus was Trump. “Part of the reason is that Donald Trump really was not affected in bringing the debate to her. I agree with you. I think that he looked not just angry, but also rattled,” he said. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: ABC’s Post-Debate Coverage September 10, 2024 10:45:54 p.m. Eastern MARTHA RADDATZ: And we are here live on ABC with our post-debate comments. I’m Martha Raddatz. It's a lively debate from the economy, to abortion, to Afghanistan. That had it all. And it was historic, Jon Karl, fiery. JON KARL: Wow. Wow. Wow. That was quite a debate. And I am Jonathan Karl with, of course, Mary Bruce and Rachel Scott. Our reporters across the news division have been updating our live blog looking at some of the allegations made back and forth, doing fact checks. You can find all of that on abcnews.com. But I would like to replay the moment that the very start of this debate because it was quite a moment: The handshake. And if you look – [Video of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shaking hands] KARL: I mean, quite a moment. First of all, because we hadn't seen a handshake. We haven’t seen a handshake in a long time. MANY BRUCE: And she initiated that one! RADDATZ: Yeah, she did! KARL: And not only did she initiate it, she walked over to him and sought him out, put hands out and made it the first words. RADDATZ: And probably had a plan if he hadn't put his hand out either. KARL: Yeah, interesting. So Martha, bottom line, what did you think? RADDATZ: I think, clearly, what Kamala Harris wanted to do was be the candidate of hope, the candidate of the future. Donald Trump seemed angry. Within 4 minutes, I think we saw him going from very serious at the beginning, never seems to look at her, to just angry. I mean, really yelling at some points trying to make his points. I don't think we heard a lot of policy and plans on either side of that, despite those questions over and over again. But what you had was that optic. You had Kamala Harris looking over, baiting him again and again and again. The microphones were muted when they weren't speaking, but many times, she didn't need a microphone. You watched Donald Trump get mad and scowl through things. And you know Jon, we were all talking leading up to this about how this would go, what Donald Trump would see. I think he had a plan for talking about what he saw as a next term. But then he was talking about rumors about people eating their neighbors’ pets. So, it really devolved into that. KARL: I mean, look, Kamala Harris didn't really explain some of the big questions that were out there about why she changed her policy views on so many things. Part of the reason is that Donald Trump really was not affected in bringing the debate to her. I agree with you. I think that he looked not just angry, but also rattled. (…)

The Regime Media regimed very hard whilst covering the second first presidential debate of this election cycle, between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The Tiffany Network was no exception. Outgoing CBS Evening News anchor and vice presidential debate moderator Norah O’Donnell gushed over Harris’s stylings: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell swoons over Kamala: “It was fascinating to watch...Kamala Harris...on the offense for much of the debate against Donald Trump and you could say she kept chumming the waters and Trump kept taking the bait. Repeatedly, she kind of avoided the subject of the… pic.twitter.com/sVbvKRitw9 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 NORAH O’DONNELL: It was fascinating to watch these two candidates spar over an hour and a half. Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, on the offense for much of the debate against Donald Trump and you could say she kept chumming the waters and Trump kept taking the bait. Repeatedly, she kind of avoided the subject of the question that she was asked, pivoted to something else in order to goat Donald Trump and then he went there. He missed opportunities on issues like immigration and other things to really point out some big differences with Kamala Harris and some of the weaknesses that some voters believe that the Biden-Harris administration has. There's much to discuss about the topics tonight, certainly because this was a big night for Kamala Harris in her first presidential debate, as Donald Trump has now completed 7 of these. One wonders she should still moderate the vice presidential debate. Also swooning over Harris: one of O’Donnell’s incoming replacements at the anchor desk- John Dickerson, seen here cooing over Harris’s prosecutorial mien and…policy specifics? John Dickerson, in love with Kamala: “[S]he prosecuted Donald Trump. She was relentless, and I think it was, you know, when they teach you about writing, they say show and don't tell. Everybody knows pretty much the story about Donald Trump, so they weren't learning new… pic.twitter.com/l3pGqNykXd — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 JOHN DICKERSON: I think the strategy was- she prosecuted Donald Trump. She was relentless. And I think it was, you know, when they teach you about writing, they say show and don't tell. Everybody knows pretty much the story about Donald Trump, so they weren't learning new information, but by baiting him, I think the intent was to say now look at look at the way he's behaving, and he did get emotional at times talking at one point about cats (CROSSTALK) People eating dogs and cats, which is very hard to follow. But I think in that emotional moment, which he's going to be on the wrong side of the replays, part of this is what gets replayed the next day- and then she pointed that and said, we don't want to go back to that, and that seemed to be her main argument, the secondary one, of course, being “I care about you and he doesn't”. And, in that case, we talk about plans and specificity. She was specific in parts about small business, child care, down payments on homes, the opportunity economy, she said that a lot. She didn't go overboard, but I think she — the question will be, did she send a signal? If she didn't go overboard, Donald Trump was quite brief in terms of — the only policy I could hear from him was about tariffs and deportation, so he said, “I have concepts of a plan”, but on the specificity, even though she wasn't overwhelming, she was certainly more than he was. Dickerson is also firefighting Springfield, Ohio. Dickerson boldly proclaims, without evidence, that Trump will be on the wrong side of Springfield, Ohio. Time will bear that out and one hopes Dickerson will have the humility to circle back to this story. But not with held breath. Now for some immigration cheerleading.  CBS’s Norah O’Donnell comes to Kamala’s defense: Trump “likes to call Kamala Harris wrongly the border czar. That was not specifically her — her job. She pivoted to crowd sizes and then he got distracted and said, wait a minute, I want to respond to the size of my — my rallies… pic.twitter.com/cfvHHuoH7Z — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 NORAH O’DONNELL: When the topic of immigration came up, which is one that Donald Trump likes to hammer this administration on. He likes to call Kamala Harris wrongly the border czar. That was not specifically her — her job. She pivoted to crowd sizes and then he got distracted and said, wait a minute, I want to respond to the size of my — my rallies and then it kind of went veering off and he missed the opportunity to deliver some of the attacks that he has in the past on immigration. Note also the firefighting on “border czar”. Not even a mention of root causes. Just straight firefighting. Vice presidential debate co-moderator Margaret Brennan chimes in: CBS’s Margaret Brennan: “I think you nailed it when you talk about chumming the waters and taking the bait, and I — that was clearly a planned strategy for the vice president here. We saw a demonstration of personality, not policy, to John's point, and — and within that, what I'm… pic.twitter.com/Dkg2bUMrPU — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 MARGARET BRENNAN: I think you nailed it when you talk about chumming the waters and taking the bait, and I — that was clearly a planned strategy for the vice president here. We saw a demonstration of personality, not policy, to John's point, and — and within that, what I'm thinking of are some of the strongest lines where the vice president not only described him as easily manipulated, but showed she could do it in front of the cameras with lines like that, and she had this one zinger, ‘it's absolutely well known dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president because they are so clear they can manipulate you with flattery and favors.’ That is a powerful line in part because we are looking at someone who is arguing to be the first female Commander-in-Chief of the United States standing up there and saying, I want to have a strong military, and I'm going to show you how I can manipulate the man standing next to me right now on this stage. I thought it was an interesting strategy. She did it again and again. We come to the abortion cheerleading portion of the program. Watch as O’Donnell brings up Trump’s answers on IVF and on the mythical federal abortion ban that has zero chance of passing this current Congress but that everyone demands to know whether Trump will sign: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell boasts “some of the topics” that ABC brought up “very early in the debate where not only the economy, immigration, but then reproductive rights, which is considered a strong suit for Kamala Harris, as vice president. And, on that issue she did manage to… pic.twitter.com/UmP2Blt9Fj — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 NORAH O’DONNELL: Ed O’Keefe, some of the topics that came up very early in the debate were not only the economy, immigration, but then reproductive rights, which is considered a strong suit for Kamala Harris as vice president. And, on that issue, she did manage to tangle up Donald Trump. He got tangled up. He was unable to answer whether he would support a federal ban on abortion and then — repeatedly and then he got tangled up on the issue of in vitro fertilization where he kept saying just calling it fertilization, and he said at one point, I'm for fertilization. I've been a leader on fertilization. He did not have a comfort with that issue. Not to be outdone, Major Garrett also weighs in on Trump’s debate performance: .@MajorCBS: “Tonight’s performance” by Trump “was loud, extravagant with lies, & based on that Trump support that already exists. The Harris obligation was...[c]an you find more voters w/more persuasive language?...[T]he Harris campaign believes they've got bit of an edge” pic.twitter.com/vIrA0xFCSO — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 MAJOR GARRETT: The central question for both campaigns is: right now, has Trump reached his ceiling and has Kamala Harris reached her ceiling? The Harris campaign believes there’s room to grow. The Trump campaign wants to bring her down because they think they’re at their ceiling. And tonight’s performance was loud, extravagant with lies, and based on that Trump support that already exists. The Harris obligation was, can you raise that ceiling? Can you find more voters with more persuasive language? To Nancy’s point, the Harris campaign believes they've got a bit of an edge there. Finally, there was O’Donnell and longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon talking about the performative aspect of the debate, and about a wink to minority voters by speaking about Project 2025: CBS’s Norah O’Donnell and longtime BET anchor Ed Gordon tout Kamala Harris for her “performance aspect” in knowing “exactly what she was doing” by “set[ting] the tone when she walked out” then “talk[ed] to black and brown voters about Project 2025” pic.twitter.com/wASgI2kcZw — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 11, 2024 NORAH O’DONNELL: Ed Gordon, these debates are about policy and there was a lot of policy today. It may not have been a lot of new policy, but they're also the performative aspect of tonight, and it was interesting to see Kamala Harris in many of those two-shots where while her mic wasn't open, she sort of laughed at him. She put her hand up to her chin. What did you see? ED GORDON: She knew exactly what she was doing. She set the tone when she walked out, shook his hand, and introduced herself by name, which I thought was very, very interesting. Um, she gave a lob to black and brown voters talking about Project 2025 very early on, and she understood the split screen. So when he felt that he was going a little far or she felt he was going a little far. She made it clear she was taking a look. All in all, CBS was exultant about Harris’s performance on the debate stage, and made no effort whatsoever to modulate that…joy.  

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A volunteer in an excavation of the site of a Pictish fort in Burghead, northeastern Scotland, has discovered a rare Pictish ring. It is kite-shaped with a central oval red gem, possibly a garnet or red glass, and is one of very few Pictish rings known. The enclosed promontory fort was one the largest and most important Pictish centers during the kingdom’s heyday (4th-9th centuries), but was believed to have been stripped of its archaeological materials when the town of Burghead was built in the early 19th century. Most of its surviving stone walls were dismantled and reused in the new construction, leaving only a few ramparts and an underground well. Even 5th century stone panels carved with images of bulls believed to have been part of a frieze on the ramparts were just built into the harbor wall like any other rock, only six of 30 making it to safety in museums. For the past three years, the University of Aberdeen Professor of Archaeology Gordon Noble had led excavations of the site to explore the surviving remains and create accurate 3D reconstructions of the fort’s original structure. John Ralph, a retired engineer and alumnus of the University of Aberdeen whose family was among those who settled the new town of Burghead in the 19th century, volunteered to join the digs. He found the ring on the last day of his third dig. Professor Noble says that what he was presented with was ‘truly remarkable’. “John was digging and then came over and said ‘look what I’ve found’. What he handed over was incredible,” he added. “Even before the conservation work we could see it was something really exciting as despite more than a thousand years in the ground we could see glints of the possible garnet setting. “There are very few Pictish rings which have ever been discovered and those we do know about usually come from hoards which were placed in the ground deliberately for safekeeping in some way. We certainly weren’t expecting to find something like this lying around the floor of what was once a house but that had appeared of low significance so, in typical fashion, we had left work on it until the final day of the dig.” The ring is undergoing analysis by the National Museum of Scotland’s Post-excavation Service. They hope to narrow down its date and whether it was made at the fort for a prominent individual. Professor Noble added: “We will now look at the ring, evidence of buildings and other artefacts to consider whether the ring was crafted on the site and who such an important piece of jewellery might have been made for. “We have some other evidence of metalworking and the number of buildings we have uncovered is quite striking. This further indicator of the high-status production of metalwork adds to the growing evidence that Burghead was a really significant seat of power in the Pictish period.”

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