i m cnn closed captioning bronchi by meso book.com our firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved one who has been diagnosed with ms ophelie oma, call us now good evening. i m jim acosta, info more coats on this thursday night, the justice system is rigged against him. donald trump says, he claims it s being weaponized and some massive conspiracy to keep him from winning reelection. there s no evidence of that, of course, but put it aside for a minute and just consider the reality of the moment today, the united states supreme court, once again, did not release a decision in the immunity case. that s the case in which trump is arguing he is shielded from any prosecution because he was once president. his appeal and the court s slow consideration of it has led to a significant delay, which favors donald trump now, the court could rule on it tomorrow war until next week, perhaps even later. but either way, the delay is tao. so signific
well, have you, as joining us here in the united states around the world and streaming us on cnn max, i was my church just to hear from fires to floods dangerous weather conditionsor sweeping across parts of the us, leaving a trail of damage and destruction russia and president vladimir putin touches down in hanoi, vietnam just hours after signing a mutual defense pact with young yang, and tensions flare in the south china sea or for a conference between a philippine supply ship and the chinese coast guard from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church thanks for joining us well, we are following the devastating impacts of severe one weather across the us and mexico right now, a powerful tropical storm is set to make landfall in mexico in the coming hours, while in the us, new mexico and in california are racing to contain raging wildfires. tropical storm alberto is already threshing the texas coast with heavy rains and strong winds the national hurricane center pre
to prove fear ending up as a mean and a bizarre and alarming clash between china and the philippines on the high seas, the chinese coast guard launching a quote, brutal assault, a filipino general while slamming beijing s over the attack saying, quote, only pirates do this and artificial intelligence may be coming for all our jobs. and faster than thought possible. a new survey has a stark warning for americans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the cnn news central just one week from today, president biden and former trump will go head to head right here on cnn, the debate in atlanta will be the first of this year s presidential race. and we just learned that former president trump will get the final word after a coin flip to determine the order of closing statements and podium placements. but before they we take the debate stage next week, both candidates are preparing in very different ways today, president biden headi
discussions as they re described with some of his top allies. let s discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? well, i mean, if you re joe biden, you ve got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you ve got to reassure the american people that he is the commander in chief, and that he has commanded the situation when it comes, especially to the economy that s where he is struggling the most. and so number one, the contrast is going to be very clear joe biden s going to have a lot of facts and expect donald trump to have a lot of insults. so you already know that s already kinda baked in the entertainment factor is going to be on t
dress rehearsals and joe biden takes a field trip ahead of the most important moment of this election so far, that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip and washington for decades, camp david has been a sacred place where american presidents have hosted vips and villains from churchill to putin. but deep in the woods of maryland, it is also the place where presidents have prepared for political survival back in 1980, ahead of his debate with ronald reagan, jimmy carter battled a fake dipper at that very location and speaking of reagan, he did the same in 1984 after his first debate, where he came across as tired and rambling, he started to get questions about his age so when reagan hunker down to prepare for the other debates, the prep helps give birth to one of the most memorable leinz in american political history i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexperience in 1992, bus