reached a ceiling. so i enrolled in um, gc i would not be the person we are now fewer than seven hours away from cnn s presidential debate world headquarters in atlanta. and very soon president biden is expected to arrive here in atlanta for this highly anticipated face off with former president trump now, this is video of the presidential debate stage. and you saw cnn teams. they re putting the finishing touches. now, this is video of president biden getting off of marine one at joint base andrews and route to georgia, trump is expected to arrive here at the debate side a few hours later, but before the action kicks off tonight, both campaigns have been churning out attack ads potentially previewing the line of attacks that we may see after both candidates take the stage. let s bring in cnn s mj lee live from when the cnn debate site. all right. mj, the supreme court just issued this ruling on emergency abortions in idaho. we did get a glimpse yesterday it is now officially
the oval office. but history may not be our best guy. i d here of course, the politics now are far more vitriolic and rough and tumble, but president biden has been practicing at camp david, the presidential retreat outside washington engine for this very reason, there s no american politician alive who is debated as often he knows well that first term presidential curse. that s why even tonight, he s still practicing with his aides jeff zeleny. thanks. the news continues right here on cnn and outfront next to a special edition lie from cnn s debate headquarters in atlanta, breaking news tonight on biden strategy, a technique that insider for say a said biden s favorability, quote, off the charts. this as questions swirl over whether trump will announce his bp as early as tomorrow. has a real-time demonstrate patient of what will happen when one candidate tries to interrupt the other. the question everyone has that and everything else you need to know about the debate rules
against, but they were just potted plants. i mean, it s not like they actually participated in the debate. no disrespect to the cpd maturity. and ultimately your audiences to television audience exactly. it s really the only one that matters when you re in the hall, your perception of actually how it plays it s really muted. all right, thank you very much to our panel. thanks to all of you for joining us on this incredibly consequential day. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now say the words. debate de in america, this is special coverage of cnns to store it presidential debates. so special, we are in atlanta so special, even we have to sit down. the first ever debate between a current president and a former president. the earliest general election debate ever which also means this is the first time a general election debate is being held with neither candidate officially nominated yet by their parties. but i digress stakes, even the ca
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start
of this lecture and the stakes couldn t be higher. the president and the former president, one stage two, very different visions for america s future. the cnn presidential debate tomorrow night at nine, live on cnn and streaming on max happening now, the final countdown to cns historic presidential debate with just one de to ago before president joe biden and former president donald trump go head-to-head right here in atlanta. we re getting do behind the scenes details and how the candidate let s hope to impress voters and attack one another we re also following a breaking story. the united states supreme court reportedly tips that s han briefly posting a draft ruling on a pivotal abortion case we re breaking down the apparent decision and how it was mistakenly released. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i will flits you re in atlanta and year in the situation room we re coming to you live from cnn studios in atlanta, the back drop for t