will be laid to rest. here is how democrats are reacting. can i ask you about the 12-year-old girl in houston? i don t know who you are and i don t know who she is, i liv . todd: details on today s services. carley: and new york city field, the stadium is drenched. storms pummel the northeast and janice dean is tracking it this morning. todd: tonight is the cnn presidential debate with former president trump and president biden. carley: we are hearing from voters before candidates take the stage. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: here we go. i m todd piro. let s get to lucas tomlinson to preview tonight s showdown. lucas. lucas: good morning, carley and todd. the first presidential debate of 2024, this one coming much earlier than in the past. i digress. there are accusations from biden administration about president trump. reminder, donald trump attack largest spike in homicide since 1905. donald trump h
them as they recover from all of them the gravis and great to see you this morning. thank you very much. and new hours. cnn news central stars right now history will be made on several levels when president joe biden and former president donald trump take the stage for the cnn debate in atlanta with polls showing there in a dead heat, we have new details on the candidate strategies and the u.s. embassy in moscow fighting back as russia puts detained american journalist evan gershkovich on trial for what the state department says is a sham espionage charge and cities swamped by a deluge of flooding, roadways washed out and river gouges still at major flood stage across the upper midwest when will that water some side nine sarah side or john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central the big day is here nearly here basically, here, joe biden, donald trump preparing to make history the first time a sitting president and debates a former president. in this first debate
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other polls we ve seen this week. the poll sums up the trend like this. the post/abc poll underscores what has been the case from the time biden entered the race in april. while he is the leader in the democratic field, he s by no means a commanding front-runner. with us for more, jonathan allen, best-selling author and nbc news national political reporter, and nancy cook, white house reporter for politico. jonathan, good to see you. thank you for being with us. what s the democratic strategy in iowa right now? the candidate strategies. are they trying to put forward the argument that we saw from kamala harris at the debate that i can debate and i can defeat donald trump as well as you think joe biden can, or are all eyes on joe biden convincing voters to go with them instead of biden? i think all eyes are on joe biden right now, ali. the biggest thing for him i think in that last debate was not necessarily about the specific issue of busing or even
means a commanding front-runner. with us for more, jonathan allen, best-selling author and nbc news national political reporter, and nancy cook, white house reporter for politico. jonathan, good to see you. thank you for being with us. what s the democratic strategy in iowa right now? the candidate strategies. are they trying to put forward the argument that we saw from kamala harris at the debate that i can debate and i can defeat donald trump as well as you think joe biden can, or are all eyes on joe biden convincing voters to go with them instead of biden? i think all eyes are on joe biden right now, ali. the biggest thing for him i think in that last debate was not necessarily about the specific issue of busing or even more broadly about how he handled issues of race and desegregation, but rather his ability to fend off an attack. he looked very unsure of himself, very uncertain of himself on stage.