jesse: very special edition. fox news alert jesse: the stage is set and we re less than two hours away first presidential debate of the year. these two men hate each other. but hate will not win the debate. the lincoln douglas debates counted seven in total lasting over 21 hours. while the distinguished doug s also a hurled insults claiming that lincoln s radicalism destroy the union. the republicans respondent responded with whit which propelled him to the presidency where he saved the union. the kennedy nixon debate changed the way americans chose their president. kennedy was a long shot playboy mismatched against the two term v.p. as soon as the camera lights came on, kennedy s tan youthful complex fitted in a well-tailored suit with perfect posture looked presidential while nixon, still recovering from a bought of the flu and a banged up knee, appeared sweaty and pale and a poorly fitted gray suit, no makeup. 5:00 shadow. kennedy s charm was key. lincoln s calm stor
he s boasting about the fact that he that he canceled roe v. wade. i think joining us thank you to our viewers. thanks very much for watching our special coverage of debate night in america continues right here, right now on cnn with anderson cooper and erin burnett good evening from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we re just two hours from now. history will be made joe biden and donald trump s squaring off on the stage. we are showing you in the earliest ever presidential debate, the first ever between the president and ex-president the first in which one of the candidates is also convicted felon awaiting three other criminal trials and so much sets this debate apart from others, including rules tailored just for this occasion in and agreed to by both candidates. but there are so many unknowns about what will happen tonight. anderson, can president biden overcome the difficulties that so many incumbent presidents have faced in their first debates, can donald trump do what
alert. the polls, they are officially closed in the statpoleofficialek and soon maybe the fire alarms on capitolhe. maybe they can rest easy. we are monitoring the results they pour in. but far left, congressman jamaal bowman is real jeopardy of losing his reelection bid after getting primarieead someoneimar slightly less radical. bowmanbyslightly best known forg along with the squad hating israel. g spleading guilty to ain misdemeanor for intentionally pulling a fire alarmg guil insie the capitol complex in what was an unsuccessful attempt to delay a funding bill. now, congressman bowman also suggested that america deserves the border crisis we have. whted y? because of our evil capitalist ways. that s all coming up straight ahea l comingd. also coming up, you will hear wl from the mother and the grandfather of 12 year old jocelyn nun gray, the latest victim of joe biden s border crisisth. there has been a lot of them lately. now we now know this innocent littlet litt was
gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, it is exactly 2 years since the supreme court struck down roe v wade, a decision to put abortion on the ballot in the race for the white house . then biden goes off the campaign trail through debate prep while trump focuses on bringing in more campaign cash. plus, the mar-a-lago documents case. prosecutors face off against trump s lawyers over a gag order request as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle joining you from colorado at the aspen ideas festival, and we are now 134 days away from the election and today marks two years since the supreme court included donald trump s three hand- picked justices took away the constitutional right to abortion. the cause of that decision, almost 28 million american women of reproductive age now live in states with partial or total abortion bans and president biden wants to make sure every voter who
joe biden and donald trump heading to a showdown, but traveling very different roads. new nbcs reporting on how biden is aiming to get under trump s skin, while team trump s wild pregame accusation may be revealing a case of nerves. we got details on what is happening behind the scenes leading up to thursday s big debate. plus, the debate in a florida courtroom over the raid at the center of the mar-a-lago documents case. eye opening new photos of exactly where classified documents were found in donald trump s home. the judge now makes a consequential decision. what can and cannot be used in court. and the end of the years long legal battle in the u.s. versus julian assange. after the wikileaks founder agreed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him more prison time. what this may mean for when something like this inevitably happens again. but we begin with new nbc reporting that president biden is in intense preparations for thursday s crucial debate. getting ready to f