militants when in fact they accidentally kill civilians. and that happened just last year in may of 2023 when us central command said that it was targeting getting an ice, an al-qaeda operative. and in fact, they ended up killing a farmer in syria. and of course we all remember that botch drone strike in kabul in 2021 when the us was withdrawing and said they were targeting isis operatives there. when in fact they killed a family of ten civilians. and so well isis does a while, the us does say it's going after these isis militants, these al-qaeda operatives it is always important to ask the question of how they can be short. these are in fact al-qaeda and terrorist operatives and not civilians. in this case, they say there's no indication that civilians were hard hi, i'm sarah for tran. thank you for that. another hour. i've seen a new central starts right now it, is like cramming for a test, but it's still not making the honor roll, but the future of the country, if not the world, we've got new reporting on how president biden and donald trump are preparing for the historic debate on cnn. >> now, just one week away. an entire town is 7,000 forced to evacuate. first, it was the fires now the raging floods, a dangerous situation is getting worse and the ten commandments the ones in the bible about religion or history, it might come down to that after one state just required they be placed at every public school classroom. >> kate is out. i'm john berman with sarah signer and this is cnn news central it is crunch time for the presidential candidates, just seven days from the first presidential debate right here on cnn, it will be historic and a couple of ways first it's the first debate between a sitting president and former president. and it is the earliest ever general election debate with the clock ticking. both president biden and donald trump are strategising. i exactly what those say on that debate stage later today, president biden traveling to camp david we're the white house says he's going over potential questions and preparing for personal attacks. and trump insider say he's been working with his vice presidential contenders an outside allies with preparations and over-drive a new fox news poll coming out this morning shows president biden with a two-point edge over donald trump. that's well within of course the margin of error, but a change from may we've got team coverage this morning. cnn's arlette saenz, and steve contorno joining us this morning or not, we're going to begin with you. what is the president doing to prepare for this crucial? and most early first debate while sarah president biden will depart, rehoboth beach, delaware a bit later tonight and head straight to camp david, where he will huddled with his top advisers for the coming days to prepare for this debate. >> one key goal for president biden it's trying to paint donald trump as chaotic and divisive and tried to remind voters of what a second trump term could look like. now it's expected that they will begin with some informal discussions going over a topic. areas that could come up for discussion. ways to answer some of these questions before transitioning into those full 90 minute mock debates, aides have been putting together binders, running through some of the areas that could be raised in the debates, ways that the president could answer those questions and biden as well known for really drilling in on a lot of those preparations and offering feedback extensively a to his aides. now that he is going to be joined by a team of top advisers that includes former white house chief of staff, ron klain, who has handled biden's debate prep in the past and is taking on a similar similar role. this time there will also be bruce read, his deputy chief of staff, who really has been focusing on trying to identify a lot of trump's policy going through hours of speeches, things that he said to try to prepare for this debate. there's also the possibility that the president's personal lawyer, bob bauer, could potentially play trump in a mock debate, but so much of what the focus will be as trying to find ways to hold trump accountable noble on that debate stage. as you mentioned, biden could also prepare for some personal attacks that could come his way. but really advisers believed that when voters hear more of what trump would bring in a second term, that that is something that will turn them off heading into the november election. this debate will be a high-stakes moment for president biden to present his own case, but also trying to make that contrast with trump some are saying i'm make or break moment potentially for these candidates, steve, how's donald trump preparing for this debate sir on like president biden, donald trump is not bunkering down to study over the next few days. he has a fundraiser tonight and ohio, he goes to philadelphia on saturday to hold a rally, nor is he holding mock debate sessions like biden or like he has done in the past. instead, he is he has been having these informal prep sessions with some close advisors, including think some of the people he is considering for it to be his running mate, senator jd vance of ohio, for example, senator marco rubio. he has been meeting with his campaign manager, susie wiles and chris lacivita, as well as people who have advised them in the past. kellyanne conway, stephen miller, richard grinnell, and they have been preparing the former president on all bunch of issues they expect to come up at this first debate. crime, immigration, the border, abortion, as well as preparing them to answer questions about that. somebody attacks that they expect from president biden on issues like january 6, then some of these criminal convictions over the past few weeks and trump is interestingly has been sort of leveling expectations heading into this debate. listen to what he said in racine, wisconsin on tuesday is anybody going to watch the debate he's going to be so pumped up, he's going to be pumped up. >> you know, all that stuff that was missing about a month ago from the white house. they'll probably be negotiating with three people, but that's okay. i've done that before. >> i'll be debating three people instead of one, instead of one, half of a person trump and his allies have been spending so much time both criticizing biden as, as too old to hold office, and hyping expectations for this debate. >> it's interesting there to see him there. sarah and john sort of level expectations going into thursday will be interesting as they, steve contorno and arlette saenz. thank you so much. jake tapper, of course. and dana bash moderating the cnn presidential debate live from atlanta beginning 9:00 p.m. eastern and streaming on max as well. john ryder, an entire town forced to evacuate as floods. now tear through areas just it's ravaged by fires. >> and the new warning about what could happen if passengers, if a bird hits the 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what you could it's heartbreaking to know that he didn't make it to know that he was trying to run for his life, trying to get away from the fire was just awful joining me now is new mexico congressmen gave vasquez you ended up touring the devastated district with the governor yesterday. >> sir, can you just explain to us? what you saw as you were going through the area well, what we've seen is horrible devastation in one of southern new mexico's most important communities in both economically but also culturally. >> and so we received a briefing alongside decide new mexico governor michelle lujan grisham and met with the new critical incident management team and right now, the most important thing is preventing the loss of life. what we've seen is that a lot of folks are reluctant to leave their homes there will be loss of property that is no question. but but we want to prevent is the loss of life. now, conditions here are very uncertain. wind patterns continue to change. and we're unsure about the direction of the fire at this point. what we are sure of is that people are suffering but we're mobilizing quickly every resource possible local, state, and federal to make sure that people leave their homes and have the opportunity to save their lives, their livestock, and their pets. >> yeah. we've had two people breakdown on camera just talking about this one you saw the son of mr. pierson. they're talking about the fact that he was he had a broken leg and you couldn't get out of the way the fire and he lost his dad. and another who was talking about his home. they did leave. but what can you tell residents who their homes or everything? it's fair place of peace what do you tell them to get them to go when these fires are raging, this happens all the time where people stay because they're trying to protect what they've worked for their whole lives well, the mescalero apache indian reservation is one of the most historic communities here in new mexico. and really across the country. and so it's even more difficult for people to leave their homes or historic homes that have been around for hundreds of years. and so my conversation yesterday with trump i will president or podria was that we should mobilize all local resources to ensure that the laws are being enforced, that people are checking on people's homes to make them realize just how important that is. now, i spoke to an 82-year-old veteran for mescalero yesterday, who was at one of the shelters and community centers. and kept talking and about wanting to go back home and as he held back tears, he thought about the property he might be losing that he'd be looking at passed down for future generations but the most important thing right now is that law enforcement does their job and that we cooperate in an inter agency way along with the bureau of indian affairs, the state government. and my job is to make sure that we make sure that people take this seriously because this will be one of new mexico's most devastating fires i do want to ask you, were looking at wildlife there as well. and of course there is people's pets as well that are dealing with this at the same time, but i do want to ask you if you think this is going to get worse before it gets better. and i ask you that because of climate change, because we are starting to see these fires earlier and earlier burning hotter and hotter. what have you experienced there in new mexico well, yesterday i had the chance to tour the livestock holdings center, as well as a temporary humane shelter for pets that have been displaced. >> there's a really good plan in place. in fact, donations have come in as far as farmington, new mexico colorado, arizona, both for pet food for hey we have currently the facilities within the mescalero apache reservation to be able to hold both people's domestic pets livestock, and as far as the wildlife concern, i look, there's going to be a loss of wildlife in the area, and this is a, this is an area that is rich in wild life. everything from bull elk to mule deer. >> but we have a large enough lincoln national forests that we do believe some of those animals will be migrating and too much safer areas unfortunately, fire is something that we will have to continue to deal with. >> it is always been a constant here in new mexico but climate change is only exacerbating both the amount of fires that we have. the two largest actually just last year, the amounts of heat and the unpredictability as these fires continued to rage on and so it's going to continue to be an issue and it takes an immense amount of reach he sources that's why it's so important for agencies like femur to respond to these incidents quickly, to make sure to compensate and find housing for folks quickly. and frankly, the federal government, it has to do a much better job of responding to these fires. this is the new normal. we have to get used to it and congress and the administration has to act as soon as we spot these fires and see the potential for the destruction that they can cause. >> it. speaking of the administration give me some sense his changing gears here. >> what you need to hear from president biden during the debate that is coming up in just seven days well, look, i think president biden needs to focus on the things that people care about right here at home things like these catastrophic wildfires that are happening across the west. but most importantly when we talk about people's livelihoods the economy is the number one issue in my district. that's what i've been focused on. >> we need to make sure that we get people back into good paying jobs that we remind folks that the dollars that have been spent and are being spent and communities like ruidoso like las cruces are albuquerque, new mexico that are now creating jobs that are putting welders back to work pipe fitters back to work, carpenters back to work. >> are jobs that we can count on in the future and that they're good paying jobs and that the american people are going to be protected going into the future and that they will have futures that their kids will have jobs, and that folks will be able to go to the grocery store and to the gas pump and be able to see some relief that is what the next four years of this administration needs to look like. and i'm focused strictly on my district. there's a lot of needs here from agricultural reform in the farm bill that we've been working on today to support and changes for our military service, airmen and women at places like holman air force base so we need to hear from president that he's going to support rural districts, just like ours i in the meantime, i'm going to continue to make sure that the bills that have i've introduced passed congress because without congress the president can't do much without executive action. >> and so congress needs to do its job. we need to act. >> folks need to stop complaining on both sides of the aisle and we need 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