people are throwing questions at him left and right. think about the number of hours he s gone just for these 90 minutes. i have dealt with this man when he was a senator, when he was a vice president, and when he was president. and i will tell you he s not the same person he was before, so let s not lower expectations. he s going to be prepared. the best he s ever going to be prepared, so what america needs to judge is this is joe biden at his very top. after previously attacking president biden for his mental acuity former house speaker kevin mccarthy is now warning against lowering expectations ahead of tonight s debate. we ll dig into those comments as both candidates gear up for their highly anticipated matchup. plus, donald trump continues to tease who he will pick for his running mate, telling his supporters the possibilities will show up at tonight s debate. but when will he finally make his choice? and also ahead, another significant abortion opinion was mistak
moment asjoe biden and donald trump face in atlanta. good evening and welcome to newsnight, live on weeknights and packed full of political vitamins, interviews and tonight insights about the rematch betweenjoe biden and donald trump that kicks off in three and a half hours. donald trump s are playing, it has just arrived in atlanta. and we are waiting for him to disembark from that. it has landed for at least three minutes but no sign of him. last time 73 million americans watched the debate. polls suggest this time it could be even higher with 115 million voters likely to tune in. lets go straight over to to cnn hq in atlanta, who are hosting the debate, to the spin room, to speak to catriona perry, the bbc s chief dc presenter. any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building already - any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building alread
Hurricane maria a category 5 is aiming at island nations still reeling after hurricane irma. We start here at home, people here along the jersey and Delaware Coast are starting to feel the effects from hurricane jose. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. We have live team 3 coverage, our alexandria hoff is in Atlantic City pu we start with kate bilo who has the latest on joses track. You can see the rain from jose is staying out to sea for now. The storm moving very, very slowly. Its also taking on notsotropical characteristics. It doesnt look like a hurricane even though winds are still sustained at 75 Miles Per Hour in the center of that storm. Its starting to lose the tropical characteristics as it moves off to the north and its moving away from the new jersey coast line. Another little tick to the east in the track tonight which is great news because it will keep the impacts even further offshore. We are still looking at coastal impacts, but the effects inland will be minimal from
Here along the jersey and Delaware Coast are starting to feel the effects from hurricane jose. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. We have live team 3 coverage, our alexandria hoff is in Atlantic City pu we start with kate bilo who has the latest on joses track. You can see the rain from jose is staying out to sea for now. The storm moving very, very slowly. Its also taking on notsotropical characteristics. It doesnt look like a hurricane even though winds are still sustained at 75 Miles Per Hour in the center of that storm. Its starting to lose the tropical characteristics as it moves off to the north and its moving away from the new jersey coast line. Another little tick to the east in the track tonight which is great news because it will keep the impacts even further offshore. We are still looking at coastal impacts, but the effects inland will be minimal from jose. Heres a live look at category 1, 75 mile per hour sustained winds, central pressure at 975 millibars. It has regained
And we do say good morning. Well start with breaking news and the mon story storm, Hurricane Maria just hours from striking millions in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Hurricane maria made landfall last night in dominica with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. This new video from that island where the Prime Minister says the storm has caused widespread devastation. In a Facebook Post during the storm he summed it up with three cryptic words,rough, rough. Meanwhile, jose is moving just off the east coast of the u. S. And we are tracking both storms for you. Overnight Hurricane Maria started its destructive path through the eastern caribbean. The powerful storm made landfall at a category 5 on dominica. There is widespread deaf staying and the mayor is writing on facebook, my roof is gone. I am at the complete mercy of the hurricane. House is flooding. Then 20 mens later, i have been rescued. In puerto rico, people are preparing for the worst. The area could get a direct hi