the news continues v6 on cnn well, welcome to all be watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim bruen herbert. this is cnn newsroom us president joe biden and former president donald trump are getting ready for their first debate of the 2024 election season. will tell you how they re preparing for the face off here in atlanta, us officials tell cnn they re worried that israel s iron dome defense system could be overwhelmed if hostilities with hezbollah boil over into a full scale war controversial new law in louisiana requires the ten commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. civil liberties groups are already calling it unconstitutional live from atlanta see cnn newsroom with kin group who were less than a week away from the high stakes debate between us president joe biden and former president donald trump happening right here on cnn. now ahead of that showdown, trump is looking to his vp hopefuls and other allies for
disputing that. just weeks before the vote in 2017, marine le pen turned up at the kremlin in moscow for a surprise photo op with vladimir putin. at the time, she was pledging that only would france form a whole new alliance with russia if you are elected president, she said at the time that she would actually pull france out of the european union. if she were elected president. and you know, if you are a diminutive russian dictator for life who lives and breathes to try to undermine and destroy the west, that must sound great. i get brexit and then i get this, i get four exit or whatever they call it. a new president in france for a super right-wing party that s been known for decades for being radically violently antisemitic and racist and anti immigrant and she loves putin and she wants to break europe apart. don t worry about paying the loan pack, marine. let me know how much else you might need. let me know how else we could help. because it turns out, there was
europe. many are clinging to hope that she will lose, as she has twice before. quote, i just can t believe they would vote for putin s stooge. said one european diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. then again, the double man continued, i could not imagine that someone will vote for trump or that the brits would vote for brexit. one former french diplomat writes today, in the boston globe, sort of with his hair on fire a little bit. he says quote, at a time of the european union has shown unity in the face of russia s attack on ukraine, a marine le pen victory has the potential to fragment europe, and destabilize the west. le pen s plans and foreign affairs, weakening france s relationship with united states, provoking the implosion of the european union, that s essentially prudent stream. if marine law penn as elected as president of france, it will create a shock that would shake the world. even though marine le pen
before the war started, marine life and had reportedly pointed out more than 1 million campaign leaflets for this election, leaflets that included those famous pictures of her with putin at the kremlin shaking his hand. had to scrap those wants putin invaded ukraine 55 days ago. something that fresh people did not like le pen s campaign reportedly had to shred those million-plus leaflets. showcasing her friendship and her design relationship with henry putin. and so yes, given the war, given the passage of time, given the taste of the french public, she has had to sort of modulate some of her stances. when i say modulate not moderate because she just sort of changing the way she talks about a lot of it. even with putin having to invaded ukraine she s still promising that if she s elected, president, this weekend in france, she ll form a new bilateral alliance between french and russia. she says she will pull france
moscow s complimenting isolate putin. le pen for example opposes plan to wean europe off russian oil and gas and could jeopardize the eu ban on russian coal. her stance could embolden the kremlin by tying the eu s hands on any further measures against russia, should putin deploy even more inhumane war tactics in ukraine. in brussels, the eaves capital, european diplomats see le pen s surge as a real replay of trump s victory and a brexit. but this time, in the heart of europe. many are clinging to hope that she will lose, as she has twice before. quote, i just can t believe they would vote for putin s stooge. said one european diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely. then again, the double man continued, i could not imagine that someone will vote for trump or that the brits would vote for brexit. one former french diplomat writes today, in the boston globe, sort of with his hair on fire a little bit. he says quote, at a time of the european union has shown un