This morning, neck and neck, new polling shows no clear leader in the race for the white house. Kamala harris and Donald Trump prepares to come Face To face with first time. And debate details on the polls and how the candidates are preparing for tomorrows big showdown. This morning, a manhunt underway for a suspect accused of shooting five people on a busy highway in what is being called a planned attack. And Football Season officially in full swing. And the Super Bowl halftime michelle just revealed what Kendrick Lamar saying about his big moment in new orleans. Im Kate Bolduan with John Berman and sara sidner. This is cnn new central its going to be one of the most critical moments in the president ial elections so far, the first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in preparations are already in full swing this morning. All while new numbers from a New York Times Sienna College Poll showing just how critical Tomorrow Night is going to be among likely voters, right now, there is no clear leader. And while those numbers are too close to call 28 of likely voters say they feel they need to learn more about Kamala Harris, while only 9 and say that about Donald Trump, cnns Eva Mckend is in pittsburgh this morning, starting us off how has the Vice President been preparing for the debate, noting that she has in the state that is the most crucial for the two of them. Well, sara, they have watched the former president s six past debate performances closely. Shes been Poring Over briefing books with his past comments, with his insults against her. She has also been in conversation with Hillary Clinton and President Biden who have both debated the former president multiple times. Shes also been engaged in these intense Mock Debate Prep Sessions with a trump standin, ultimately, her goal here is to not only force willie take on the former president but to also convey that it is time to move on from the Trump Era of politics. Now, we have seen a bunch of polling recently. I can tell you that the campaign has largely swatting away those polls, arguing that they have always run as the underdog and will continue to do so 50 plus days out from this election so i understand theres some Post Debate plans put in place before all of this happens in the next, i dont know, 30 something hours. What are those plans . Yeah. Sara, they are already building out the week. They have this Campaign Tour that their branding as the new way forward. So the Vice President is going to be campaigning here in pennsylvania and also in North Carolina, while Governor Walz well take on the midwest and be in michigan as well as wisconsin that idea of a new way forward republicans have poked holes in that, arguing that she cant credibly claim this given that she is currently in the administration, but its certainly an argument that they are trying to make. We have polling that speaks to this the New York Times says, among likely voters that 55 view her as more of the same. So they understand that they have to overcome that challenge. In the crucial coming days. Sara Eva Mckend. Thank you so much for your reporting there on the trail in pittsburgh. John berman, are you happy this morning why theyre doing the patriots are tied for first place exactly as we wake up. The patriots are poised for an undefeated season. And this morning, new lies from Donald Trump about the 2020 election and new threats that have some Election Workers alarmed promising to throw people in jail. He says, if he wins, lets get right to cnns steve contorno. This is part of the issues only preparation the Trump Team has been touting for the debate, No Doubt thats sure. John hats. Thats what were getting out of the former president s over the last few days. If you look at the last four years, hes spent so much time attacking the 2020 election, will now he is escalating his attacks on the 2024 election before it has even taken place over the weekend he posted on true social that if he were to win the election, he will quote, prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, the individuals that he believes cheated in this election and in a case you think hes just talking about the small amount of people who fraudulently cast ballots. He went on to say that it includes Quote Lawyer heres political operatives, donors, and even election officials. He said they will be sought out, caught and prosecuted at levels, quote, never seen before. Also, this weekend, he continued his attacks on mailin voting, saying that the fbi should investigate mailin voting, and pennsylvania over unspecified claims about election fraud. There no. Notably, his campaign has been working very hard to get his own supporters to cas mailin ballots, Vote Absentee Vote early, even as he continues to attack that method. And ill also point out on friday, i was attending a event with trump with police in North Carolina where he told the police there that they should get out and start looking for Voter Fraud now saying they theyre afraid of the badge, theyre afraid of you people so obviously this is coming just days before this key moment in this election where youre going to see these Candidates Debate and trump over the weekend talking a little bit about that as well. Take a listen to what he said about his upcoming debate. Were run by stupid people, stupid, stupid people and we found that out at the debate with joe. How did that work out . And were going to find it out again on tuesday night. Is anybody going to be watching . Shes a defender of police, you know when somebody on the farleft is in charge of defund the police for 12 years and then they switched three weeks ago or something . Perhaps a preview there, john, of one of the lines of attack we can expect to see from Donald Trump this weekend or excuse me, tomorrow yeah, tomorrow. Its now 24 hours away or so. Steve contorno. Great to see you. Thanks so much early john believe me never too early to talk about the debate coming up for us. A schools are shut down today across Central Kentucky as police are searching for the man, they say shot and seriously injured five people on a busy highway in attack police say was definitely not Road Rage Miami Dolphins Player Tyreek hill handcuffed and detained by police just before Yesterdays Game Hills Agent is our guest and the scary new detail coming out on the message that the Georgia School Shooter sent his mother the morning of the deadly attack and her Emergency Call to the school will be right back Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, the debate. Everyones been waiting for follow. Cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and Post Debate analysis. 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Com nobody wednesday, they dynamite live tbs this morning classes are canceled for students across Central Kentucky as police are still searching for the man that they consider armed and dangerous, please say joseph, a couch, open fire higher. This is a picture of him. They say he opened fire and 12 different cars saturday on a busy highway seriously shooting and injuring five people. Cnns Gloria Pazmino is following all of this going. What is the latest on this man . Okay. Well, were going on day three of this, so they have not been able to locate the suspect, but they do believe they have an area where they theyve been focused over the last several roll days. Now theres several pieces of evidence that the police have been able to secure so far, which led them to decide that Joseph Couch was the man that they are looking for. They found his vehicle, and importantly, they found a weapon which they believe was used in the shooting. Kate, its an ar Style Ar15 Style rifle. They say that they are still proud assessing those items for now. Theyre still looking for him. But whats making this extremely challenging for them is the terrain in which theyre searching. This happened off of the highway and a very wooded area, rugged terrain not does not easy to navigate. And when they lose The Sunlight there, they have to pull back for safety reasons. So this community remains on edge. It is monday morning, schools are closed and people are not going to be able to go about their regular business without feeling like they have to look over their shoulder. In fact, Thats Part of what the Kentucky State Police said yesterday, asking people to remain vigilant. Take a listen you need to lock your doors. You need to have security cameras. Make sure youre constantly watching them maybe keep the Porch Lights On. Have communication, have your Cell Phone and make sure your phones are charged up because you never know when you might have to contact Somebody Or Law enforcement theres not much that we know about Joseph Couch as yet. We do know that his familys been located the live not in this specific area, but they are cooperating Law Enforcement has been in touch with them. And we know that so far this event appears to have been planned according to Law Enforcement, although he was not shooting at anyone in specific i mean, just super unsettling advice coming from State Police and theyre just like you need to keep your Porch Lights On on your Cell Phones charged. Thats what we need your help with. What are you learning about the victims . So five people were shot and we have spoken to some of them, including a woman who was driving her Car Yesterday with her husband and her fouryearold son Hadar Windows shot out, was shot in the arm and we also heard from a witness who described this whole situation not being sure of what was happening, imagining youre driving at full speed down the highway and all of a sudden you think youre hear gunshots take a listen to her, describing what that moment was like it sounded like a rock smashed through the Back Window and my ear was ringing, my right ear and it happened on the Passenger Side of my vehicle and i was in the drivers side. So theres just a very loud and i know what a Tire Blowout sounds like. It didnt sound like that it was much louder and we both looked at each other and said, is that was that a gunshot so now were going to do another day of this. Kate police have left open the possibility that Joseph Couch is no longer alive and that he may have moved to another area. But for now, there still focus on this area not far from the shooting and just shoot. You hear something like that, wouldnt as what are you supposed to do about it, right . Youre going down the highway at that moment . Yeah. Thank you, gloria, much more to come on this, sara. All right. Breaking overnight house republicans and democrats, releasing dueling reports on the afghanistan withdrawal who they say was to blame for the mistakes that were made. And miamidade police attained an Nfl Star, a superstar was on his way to the stadium this weekend. They put him in handcuffs and you see him there on the ground. We will speak with Tyreek Hills agent ahead. Saturday syscall. Cnn is taking a break from Breaking News to air. Have i got news for you . Breaking news. Im getting a sandwich. We need to talk about what constitutes Breaking News. Provide got news for you. Ramirez saturday at nine on Cnn And Streaming next day they on max. 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Were going to show you a photo of lightning hitting the ground. This is striking the ground coming from Storm Clouds formed from the burning fires, much more to come on this, sir. All right. New this morning for you, house republicans and democrats releasing duly reports on who is to blame for the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan that ended in so much death, 13 u. S. Service members were killed in an Ambush Thousands of afghans who helped the u. S. During the war were left behind. Republicans have wasted no time placing the blame squarely on President Biden and Vice President harris in their reports, cnns Kylie Atwood has all of the details obviously, the Biden Harris Team was in place when all of this happened. What are you learning about these dueling reports well, listen, the republican Report Led by the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, Mike Mccall basically focuses in on the fact that they claimed that the Biden Ministration throughout the course of this withdrawal was focused on optics over the security of the person so now on the ground and one of the things that they do in the report is a site, some of the public comments that were made by folks like white House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the time, which contradicted some of the private conclusions that the administration found in terms of what was actually happening on the ground to make their point that they were trying trying to knowingly mislead the american people. I want to read you a quote from the report saying, quote, the Bidenharris Administration misled and in some instances, directly lied to the american people at every stage of the withdrawal from before the Gotozero Order until today, they also focused in on one character xom, a collision zhan, he was the Lead Negotiator with the taliban. We know that he was negotiating a powersharing agreement between the afghan government and the taliban. They learned in their inte