reporting there is dire anxiety inside the democratic party over president biden s path forward. does he have one? what does it look like? what s the plan? the timing of this for the biden supporters, one week from today the first general election debate against former president donald trump. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this is also happening for the first time since last october fox news polling shows president biden has a slight lead in a two-way match-up against the former president. the small 3-point shift comes after former president trump s criminal conviction and still represents a statistical dead heat because it s inside the margin of error. it is worth noting that trump came down a point, biden goes up two points. a wake-up call to republican supporters of trump. while he may lead in every category in the battleground states, you have to vote. this is not over yet. it is never over for either man. former white house deputy chief of staff
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with us. our biggest hour of cnn news central starts right now all right. new york times, maggie haberman says donald trump is prepared to go after president biden on hunter. biden cnn s historic debate. now, just a week away, new details on the final preparations. that s ahead. plus were standing thing by for a possible a huge supreme court decision. many decisions major questions involving trump s immunity and of course, abortion rights unlinked the line and repeatedly reckless with guns, how prosecutor planning to go after alec baldwin, kate bolduan, out today. i m sarah sided with john berman. this says cnn news central just one week to go until the first presidential debate here on cnn no general election debate has ever been this early or potentially this important. and we re you are getting details on how the candidates are getting ready. president biden is headed to camp david. we re told that donald trump is talking to his vice presidential hopefuls, outside alli
discussions as they re described with some of his top allies. let s discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? well, i mean, if you re joe biden, you ve got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you ve got to reassure the american people that he is the commander in chief, and that he has commanded the situation when it comes, especially to the economy that s where he is struggling the most. and so number one, the contrast is going to be very clear joe biden s going to have a lot of facts and expect donald trump to have a lot of insults. so you already know that s already kinda baked in the entertainment factor is going to be on t
life. this is not appropriate, let s happening. sandra: that was former president donald trump just hours after the nypd busted an illegal immigrant for that horrific accusation. you are looking live outside the queens county courthouse where, any moment now, we are told that the suspect, and ecuadoran migrant, is expected to appear in court. we are watching that for you. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. gillian, great heavy today. gillian: thank you, sandra. i m gillian turner in washington. john is off today. this is to be 27. the nypd says this man cross into the u.s. illegally three years ago three eagle pass, texas. since then he has been no stranger to law enforcement. he s got an arrest in texas, several run-ins with the nypd before this, and governor greg abbott spoke out about it last hour. take a listen. the illegal border situation was something contained to texas and arizona. now this is an american issue. every state is now a borde