to you. the reid out starts now. tonight on the reid out. donald trump poses a direct threat to every fundamental american value. he doesn t care about you, only himself and will hurt anyone and anything in pursuit of power. republican adam kensinger endorsing president biden as they try their best to lower expectations and make absurd accusations about biden. the supreme court has sprung another leak, this time accidentally releasing what appears to be a draft decision in an ohio abortion case. we begin with a question to pierce through the noise about the debate. will it matter? as a concept, it matters deeply. a democracy depends on pitching policies for the country. that s a normal part of an election, candidates who present themselves in a civil way as they have done since the beginning of the country. that s not what we have. we have a normal president and a former president who rants and rambles and lies. a 44 count felon and coup plotter who tried to stea
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start
lovely. i think you pulled the longer straw on that one. thank you very much. in 47 hours, the earliest presidential debate in modern u.s. history will be underway and it will mark the first time a sitting president and former president have ever debated. of course biden and trump have debated before but this time one of the two candidates on that stage is now a convicted felon. in fact they will debate two weeks before trump is set to be sentenced. today the biden campaign released this advertisement. trump loves to attack biden because he is focused on revenge and he has no plan to help the middle class. he will just give more tax cuts to the wealthy. biden is working every day to make your life more affordable. he makes big corporations pay their share. here is the difference, trump is out for himself and biden is fighting for your family. trump is not just focused on revenge he is focused on spreading baseless lies that biden will be under the influence of some
let me tell you, i have the absolute right to do whatever i want with them. i have the right. no, no, no, he does not have the right. to keep america s most closely guarded secrets. and look how he kept them, in overturned boxes alongside newspapers, keepsakes and maybe junk. also tonight, julian assange is set free to some, he s a champion of truth. to others, he s a dangerous and reckless criminal who put many lives at risk by revealing sensitive information to the public. plus, the polls remain open in new york as progressive democrat jamaal bowman faces a tough primary battle to keep his seat in the most expensive house primary ever. but we begin tonight with the continued efforts by a trump appointed judge to defy legal norms in order to show deference to the man who put her on the bench. of course, i m referring to one judge aileen cannon, who for a third day has decided to give donald trump and his lawyers a forum to put on his newest form of a reality show. and
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