okay. here s a question that you don t normally hear a candidate it asked at one of his final campaign stops before a presidential debate. that s a fair question. after all, the debate is on thursday, and trump s sentencing for 34 felony convictions is exactly 2 weeks after that. it doesn t bother me. we have a corrupt group of people. and you know what? it s really working out the other way. we just got the highest poll numbers we ve ever had. they cheat so much, it helps us in the end. because if we don t win, our country is finished. allow me to finish. if we don t win, that i m worried about going to prison. and he kind of should be worried. because as serious as the new york convictions are, the much more serious charges are still hanging out there. and for all of his talk about a corrupt system, he is sure getting a lot of help on that front right now. just take a look at exhibit a in the new york times this week. after trump appointed judge eileen cannon was assign
away. and justin timberlake speaks out about his arrest. first, more than 120 million americans across 18 states are under heat alerts, major cities like new york, philadelphia and washington, d.c. breaking records. the dangerous heat index soaring past triple digits. to the west, flood warnings and travel alerts in the nation s heartland, a leave breaking near sioux city, iowa, a state of emergency declared. new details in the mass shooting in arkansas that claimed three lives and left ten people wounded. what we re learning about the suspect and the reaction from those who knew the victims. countdown to the earliest ever presidential debate, how president biden and former president trump are getting ready for the big night, the difference in their strategies. the urgent search for two teens caught in a riptide at a new york city beach, one of the parents speaking out, the incident coming days after a couple drowned in florida and dozens of people were rescued from
earliest ever presidential debate. what we know about how the current president and the former president are preparing. first, to that severe weather threat in the northeast. powerful thunderstorms, damaging winds, even possible tornadoes as 100 million americans across 27 states remain under heat alerts. in the heartland, the national guard is assisting residents in flood-ravaged northwest iowa. rivers are expected to crest over record levels. ike ejiochi reports from washington, d.c. somara theodore has the forecast. as americans seek relief, beachgoers beware. officials warn of a high risk of rip currents along the eastern seaboard and gulf coast. several recent drownings reported from florida to new york. what experts say you should do if you re cut in a rip current. the death toll rises in the deadly mass shooting in arkansas as authorities share details of how the incident unfolded in the parking lot of that supermarket. and what we are learning about the victims,
amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i ll see you again next week hello everyone thank you so much for joining me this saturday on a greek a whitfield. and with just five days until the historic presidential debate between president joe biden and former president donald trump, both candidates are spending today preparing in their own unique ways for the upcoming showed him that will air right here on cnn this morning. biden is at camp david, where he and his team are spending the weekend poring over we re briefing binders and holding mock debates sessions as he prepares for this high-stakes moment. meantime, trump is shunning traditional debate prep and spending his saturday on the campaign trail in an our trump will speak to a gathering of christian conservatives in washington before traveling to philadelphia fia for rally tonight, we ve got team coverage. kevin lipped is covering president biden s debate preps. but let s begin with even mckinnon in washington at
we had a limited amount of time. just say it. it s written all across your face, just say it, you like him! jesse: trump wins over new fans as biden heads back to the bunker. big biden would do this interview? i don t think so. everybody must eat! everybody must eat! jesse: no one is above the law, except looters, writers and ballot stuffers. we are the people who are going to save american democracy [ cheering and applause ] jesse: joe biden and aoc is now a thing. plus. well! you re very saucy! [ ] jesse: it is friday, 84 degrees in delaware. joe biden should be shirtless on a beach getting dominated by the sun, instead he is locked in a dark basement mock debating trump impersonator s. are cameras caught biden on his way to camp david, stiff as a board, shuffling across the tarmac. now the biden campaign may call this a cheap fake but it is 100% real. all we did is look at the president and hit records. last night we were told biden will have a phy