historic presidential debate, the ground has shifted the rematch between president joe biden and former president donald trump. are correspondence or follo following the high anxiety within the biden camp right now in the celebrations within the trump team. first, let s get our lead science. she s reporting on the president s rocky performance and his attempts to rebound knocked down, you get back out. president joe biden in north carolina, attempting a major reset after his debate against former president donald trump. one democratic lawmakers telling cnn, biden s performance was a disaster. i know i m not a young man i don t. tibet debate as well as i used well, i know what i do know i know how to tell the truth on the campaign trail, the president fiery and his attacks against his rival donald trump was charged democracy, i will defend it a stark contrast from biden s showing at cnn s presidential until debate, which has sent biden s advisers scrambling behind the scen
the situation room. thanks very much for joining us. erin burnett outfront starts right and outfront next a special edition lie from cnn s debate headquarters in atlanta, breaking news tonight on biden strategy, a technique that insider say has said biden s favorability, quote, off the charts. this as questions swirl however, whether trump will announce his bp as early as tomorrow was a real-time demonstration 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. and an outfront exclusive tonight, former president trump and never before heard audio gushing over taylor swift. you ll here are the word he uses to describe her five times. let s go out front and welcome to a special edition of outfront. good evening from atlanta. i m erin burnett and i am live from the cnn debate headquarters. here we begin with the breaking news off the charts. new reporting tonight, just
actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
to prove fear ending up as a mean and a bizarre and alarming clash between china and the philippines on the high seas, the chinese coast guard launching a quote, brutal assault, a filipino general while slamming beijing s over the attack saying, quote, only pirates do this and artificial intelligence may be coming for all our jobs. and faster than thought possible. a new survey has a stark warning for americans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the cnn news central just one week from today, president biden and former trump will go head to head right here on cnn, the debate in atlanta will be the first of this year s presidential race. and we just learned that former president trump will get the final word after a coin flip to determine the order of closing statements and podium placements. but before they we take the debate stage next week, both candidates are preparing in very different ways today, president biden headi
9:00 p.m. eastern. here on cnn and screaming on max, the news continues on cnn with one mr. wolf blitzer, right? next door in the situation room thanks for watching happening, now with just one week to go before the historic biden trump debate right here on cnn, will take you inside the radically different ways the two candidates are getting ready and they re strategies when they step on stage also tonight, new reporting that the judge in the trump classified documents case rejected advice to step aside when she was first assigned, ignoring the urgings of two more experienced federal judges and the biden administration appears to be expanding in agreement with ukraine allowing counter-strikes inside of russia using us weapons. how far will ukraine go and hitting back on vladimir putin? its own turf welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will flits her you re in the situation room our top story? tonight, preparations for the cnn presidential