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argued his charges should be smith because they claim the special counsel's office's unlawfully funded. >> this is yet another pretrial hearing called for by trump-appointed judge aileen cannon, that critics argue is unusual and needlessly postpones the trial last friday, she held a hearing allowing trump's team to argue that the special counsel was unconstitutionally appointed cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz with us now on this story, katelyn, how did the first hearing go? >> i don't here this show all right. we're having a hard time with kaitlan audio anytime let's see caitlin, can you hear us? we got this together? >> wasn't something that she seemed ready to do because he had so many questions for the prosecutors, especially this morning. so the hearing lasted a little bit under two hours. and during that time, she at one point wanted to do a line-by-line reading of the public disclosures that had been made so far by this special counsel's office? this on how much money they spend for the work that they're doing that prompted the justice department attorney to tell her that they are fully committed to continuing to fund special counsel jack smith to pursue this prosecution to its very end and judge cannon then asked more questions, even harsher questions about how under the law this special counsel's office is able to operate legally, something that she's been grappling with now over the course of two days in these hearings at times getting a little bit quickie with some of the prosecutors answers telling him not to cut her off, but at the same time, on the other end donald trump's lawyers, they our really swinging for the fences on trying to get politics into this proceeding. they are making legal arguments. they made them extensively today but also they keep asking judge cannon for more oversight, more hearings, and then twice aiml beauvais, the defense attorney for donald trump, said that for our extraordinary things with the special counsel's office, that could be curbed if there was more congressional oversight there. and then previewed a little bit of the hearing that's about to take place in a couple of hours before judge cannon over limiting donald trump's speech, also called that an extraordinary effort by the prosecutors at the justice department to limit donald trump's speech with this upcoming debate. and on the campaign trail back to you. >> all right, caitlin, glad we got that sorted out. katelyn polantz. thank you. >> were now three days away from the first presidential debate right here on cnn and president biden is really putting the spotlight on the issue of abortion ahead of thursday's showdown with former president trump today, the biden campaign, launching a new tv ad directly blaming trump for the supreme court's decision overturning roe v. >> wade. that's ruling, of course, that came down two years ago to the de right now biden and his hunker down at camp david, where he's been preparing for the debate all weekend trump. meantime, we're told is holding informal policy discussions with advisers and allies. let's go live now to the white house with cnn's kayla tausche. so kilo walk us through this biden pushed to prep for the debate well, bores abortion is going to figure prominently on the debate stage on thursday night with the biden campaign long believing that is the issue as, it is exemplary of what they see as their opponents attempt to take away rights across the board from women in this country. >> and there is a full-court press push today. to mark the two-year anniversary of the dobbs decision, the overturning of roe v. wade, the biden campaign out with a new ad as part of a $50,000,000 battleground and advertising push using the voice of one woman in particular, a testimonial of a woman who was turned away for treatment for a miscarriage in the state of louisiana anna, here's what she says in that ad the pain that i was feeling was excruciating. >> i was turned away from two emergency rooms. that was a direct result of donald trump overturning roe v. wade. he's now a convicted felon. trump thinks he should not be held accountable for his own criminal actions, but he will let women and doctors be punished earlier today vice president kamala harris giving a speech of her own using new and very sharp language accusing donald trump of stealing women's rights it's trump has not denied much less, shown remorse for his actions instead he quote proudly takes credit for overturning roe my film hello americans in a court of law that would be called an admission and some would say a confession all pointing to the ultimate issue in the case of the stealing of reproductive freedom from the women of america. >> donald trump is guilty now to further make that case, the democratic national committee, in a memo today says that the party is spending at least 8.3 million in every state in the country. >> that's a 25% increase from the last election to make sure that voters know exactly what trump's record kurt is on this issue, including his support potential support for a banned at the national level. and that's something that we expect biden to highlight on thursday, guys so rewarding the president biden is preparing for the possibility of a very disciplined trump on the debate stage. tell us about this well, one of the things that we know, the biden team has been thinking through is essentially compiling a list of the wildest trump isms that they can call out the former president four, on the debate stage. >> but the problem is that argument won't necessarily sincerely land if the opponent that the president is standing across from appears to be more mild, mannered and more well-behaved. and so that is a version the president that his team has been preparing for mitch landrieu, who's a co-chair of the biden reelection campaign, said yesterday on meet the press, though, it doesn't matter which donald trump's shows up to this stage that his reputation precedes him. and that biden is going to call that out kylo tausche life for us from the white house. >> thank you so much. kaitlan let's discuss us with cnn senior political commentator and former special assistant to president george w bush. >> scott jennings also with us democratic strategists julie rogan ski. she is the co-founder of lift our voices. thank you both for being with us. scott first you a very disciplined donald trump i don't think i've seen that on a debate stage before. you have actually the second debate in 2020, which by the way, i had forgotten, but i realized recently they also had muted microphones that night, but trump came out in my estimation, very disciplined, very measured, and i actually think he won that exchange. now that having been said, the first debate was a disaster, he was overly aggressive. it cratered his campaign and by the time the second debate happened, you know, things were pretty much off the rails. millions of people that already voted. and it was too late. so if i were in their shoes, i'd be aiming for debate number two, performance this time around, show you're in command of the facts and try to keep the debate on topics that benefit you inflation and immigration crime, national security, if he spends time on that and doesn't go down rabbit holes on january 6, then re-litigating the 2020 election. he'll have a successful nine are in julia if trump does that, how should biden prepare to address it? >> well, look, i'm glad the president's preparing for every contingency, but if scott thinks that the second debate was disciplined, donald trump, i guess in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. so disciplined for whom discipline for trump i'm not even sure that was disciplined for trump. i don't think donald trump can help himself. i think donald trump has apology. that is that he he thinks he's speaking to his base. he thinks this is all entertainment. he thinks this is all something that the most extreme elements of the maga base want to hear. and that's who he is speaking to. he's not speaking to undecided voters because that he was speaking to moderate republicans. and so the problem for him, look, scott, you're right. if he sticks to those issues, he will have successful debate. but i sincerely doubt that he has the discipline or the stamina to do anything other than go down these rabbit holes, whether it's about hunter biden or january 6 or sharks or both batteries. i mean, who knows the one that we know is that we don't know what kind of craziness trunk can come up with. that's what makes prepping against him so difficult for the biden team. >> julie, what do you think of the way that the trump team has seemed to manage expectations of president biden and going into this debate, because up until a few weeks ago, what we were hearing was that joe biden was having a hard time keeping track of information that he was mentally deficient in some way that his age had caught up to him, but legally, what you've heard is sort of from folks like doug burgum and others that joe biden is a formidable debater nice try, i guess, but the extent the last four years calling him cpj you saying he's effectively senile, that he's not ready for prime time, that he's not ready for even 3:00 in the morning time. >> but the reality is that that's what seeped into the base for trump. and so they're expecting a particular joe biden to show up the same anyway, to expect it a particular joe biden to show up to the state of the union. and then when a different joe biden, an incredibly animated joe biden showed up, they pivot instead of biden must be on something he obviously this, this is not the joe biden that we prepared people for it. they will have an explanation for any kind of debate. biden has. biden has a good debate and biden less and biden spin a good debater over the years. if he has a good debate, they'll come up with some excuse as to why that that worked for biden. that's not having to do with anything that bears any resemblance to reality so i don't really think they should worry about setting expectations because regardless what happens, they'll have some crazy cockamamie theory for why biden showed up. and perform better than they've expected biden to show up and prepare. >> what do you think, scott? >> i think this debate is largely honestly gonna be about image and plausibility and don't have a meltdown. let's presumed for a minute that neither of them has some career ending melt down moment. i think that's probably likely hopefully for both of them. so then what are you looking for these guys are so well-defined? >> but are you plausible for the next four years because of his age and because of what people loves observed observe the polling shows that the american people don't think biden is plausible for the next four years. >> and because of the way he left office, a lot of people don't think trump is plausible for the next four years. so coming out of a debate like this you're trying to drive who is the most plausible person who can hold the office for ford? for years if i were either of them that's what i'd be driving for. obviously, biden's in an age whole on that and trump is in a hole based on how he left office the last time what are your thoughts in the dynamic in the room given that as you noted with the second debate in 2020 the microphones will be muted. >> there's not gonna be an audience. does that handicap donald trump who seems to relish being in a crowd of supporters. i don't think so. and of course, if there wasn't audience, they wouldn't all be for him. of course it's in the room. but having the muted microphones seem to really help him in the second debate in 2020. so actually they get will be of some benefit, but ultimately it's really up to them, right? i mean you want to get the biggest percentage of the 90 minutes over the target of your issues. and so if trump can steer it to inflation and immigration for most of the time that's a success. and if biden can steer it to say abortion and january the sixth and whatever that's a success for him. i mean, obviously they're running on such different issue sets. their ability in the moment on stage to pivot and try to get back to the issues that worked for them. we'll see who's the most skillful debate. are they both have some experience biden, of course, has a lot more. he's been in office for over 50 years. >> well, i will say you never quite know what the moment is. that is coming your way with the debate. you just don't. we get excited to see what's going to happen. we wonder what's going to happen, but you don't really know and who looking, who's watching. and if you don't watch, all you may see is a clip that's right, are two clips and they may define the whole thing for you. that's right. so there isn't a meltdown manu planted that seed in my head now, yeah, i'm like everyone everyone should tune into cnn to find out right? >> we don't have know. >> so far. >> pretty decent. scott, julie, thank you you. we appreciate it. and join cnn as president biden and former president trump meet for their first debate of the 2024 election season. jake tapper and dana bash moderating this all live from atlanta this thursday, beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern. and to add on cnn news central will following a meeting that is underway right now at the state department between secretary blinken and israeli defense and the israeli defense minister for which is coming at a critical time, is prime minister netanyahu signals the intense phase of the war with hamas is about to end and chaos outside a synagogue in los angeles plus president biden saying he's appalled after a pro-palestinian protest turned violent with the details on what happened there and a guy goes on from what he thought would be a three-hour hike into the california mountains. >> look at these pictures. >> it turned into a ten day fight for survival how 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flex the ongoing war between israel and hamas and the ongoing conflict between israel and hezbollah on the northern border. both of those are quite unknown at the moment, and it comes just on the heels of prime minister netanyahu saying over the weekend that the current phase of the conflict ongoing in rafah against hamas and rafah is coming to a close. and so what he said is that they're going to continue the israelis are going to continue, quote mowing the grass in gaza, but they're going to shift their operations to the north. so this is an opportunity for us officials to get further clarity on what mowing the grass in gaza continues to look like as they are continued issues with getting humanitarian assistance into gaza, because one of the reasons of course, being the continued israeli military operations ongoing there. and of course they'll focus in on those questions as to what the israelis are planning in the north, we know that us officials have not explicitly told israel that 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