summer. the period in which presidential candidates kick their campaigns into full gear. but the start of this election year summer well it is anything like we ve ever seen before. in one week, president biden and donald trump will face off in a debate. to face voters to recon with the reality they re going to have to make sooner rather than later. today we got new details about how that debate is going to play out. independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. officially failing to qualify for the debate leaving biden and trump to share the stage next week. biden will be standing at the podium on the right of the television screen. while trump will be the podium on the left. the same configurations as the two debates held four years ago. trump got to choose the order of the debate, he s going to go last giving him the last word. trump has opted for less prep sessions. and the president continues to hold rallies. allies of the candidates would be working to manage expectations.
reporting there is dire anxiety inside the democratic party over president biden s path forward. does he have one? what does it look like? what s the plan? the timing of this for the biden supporters, one week from today the first general election debate against former president donald trump. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this is also happening for the first time since last october fox news polling shows president biden has a slight lead in a two-way match-up against the former president. the small 3-point shift comes after former president trump s criminal conviction and still represents a statistical dead heat because it s inside the margin of error. it is worth noting that trump came down a point, biden goes up two points. a wake-up call to republican supporters of trump. while he may lead in every category in the battleground states, you have to vote. this is not over yet. it is never over for either man. former white house deputy chief of staff
test you can put on the list as well. sanjay. appreciate it. thanks. the newest continues to source the kaitlan collins starts. now, see tomorrow straight to the source tonight at this hour, a potential shift in the presidential race as both campaigns they re preparing for the historic cnn debate and maybe a defining moment and also the constitutional holy war that just erupted in louisiana s public schools. the in commandments must now be posted in a big, readable font, will have a former louisiana teacher way in tonight, plus two nuclear-armed dictators take hey, thanks to a whole new level tonight. beyond the flag waving, waving pomp and circumstance, we re learning new details about the biggest international shakeup since the end of the cold war for i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source tonight, plans of attack are being hashed strategies are being set. maybe even a few traps are being laid. it is all happening behind closed doors as president biden and former
be displayed prominently in all public classrooms. and seven days left. we are one week away from the first presidential debate of 2024 amid brand new polling that shows president biden is gaining. let s begin, though, with that weather. in texas, heavy rain and storm surge from tropical storm alberto has caused serious flooding, as you can see right here with coastal areas underwater from 5 to 10 inches of rain, along with that storm surge. new mexico is also dealing with what the national weather service says is extremely dangerous flooding, but look at this. the wildfires are what s really causing problems in new mexico. the state is reeling. hundreds of structures are gone. and at least two people are dead. locals say they had never seen anything like this before. it s been nonstop planes, nonstop sirens and almost felt like being in the war zone with all the smoke surrounding the area here in the middle. back east, temperatures are reaching 100 degrees in place
and i m not sure it and done it in service of advancing some of these really hateful, really disgusting, really awful accounts. he spent a lot of money buy it. all right. thank you. panel for joining me this morning and thank you for joining us. i m on a raja cnn news central starts like now the final countdown exactly one week tool, presidents sure be like no other right here on cnn. and we have our first glimpse of how the candidates are preparing fires. and now floods millions are now under flood threats as the first tropical storm of the year makes landfall and batters southern texas also a historic decision, louisiana now require three all public school classrooms to display the ten commandments opponents, wout challenge this new law have all those stories and more for kate bolduan out today, i m sarah side and with john berman, this is cnn news central this morning game on. but of course it is no gain. it is the earliest general election debate the presidential ca