It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the white house and around the world welcome to this special edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov tim walz as they take part in what could be the most important vice presidential debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering closing arguments for their running mates, donald trump and kamala harris, since there are currently no plans for another presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi
the lead starts right now. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, new details and images just coming in as cnn learns of a new terrorist attack and tell aviv as israel strikes after a barrage of rockets hit along its borders, plus supreme court justice clarence thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips on a god in a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor. and thomas never disclosed almost any of it, plus vice president kamala harris dispatched to tennessee one day after state house republicans expelled two democrats. two black men who were protesting on the floor, but they did not expel the other democrat on the floor with them white woman. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we have some breaking tragic news from israel. you re looking at live pictures from tele viv after one person was killed and six wounded from a quote terror attack in a popular thoroughfare. in the city. israel says all of the v
mccarthy is insisting that he will have the numbers but the moment he does not because the number of the members simply are not decided. yet they are still reviewing the details is 320 page bill released just yesterday, something that has been the product of negotiations internally among republicans for the past several weeks that would raise the national debt ceiling by $1.5. trillion of debt ceiling already at 31.4 trillion, including in that a range of conservative policy priorities and cuts across the board and domestic programs, including, including a adding a plan to block president biden s loan forgiveness program initiative that rescinding new funding for the internal revenue service was part of the democrats inflation reduction act that was enacted last congress would also boost new provide new work requirements for social safety net programs like medicaid. but even as including some of those provisions intended to appease conservatives, some conservatives are not th
to use campaign ads. clearly they re already using it to try to fundraise. but also they plan to use it going forward, knowing that it is going to be essentially everywhere. they talked about what his body language look like. they talked about his facial expression. so they are choreographing that part of it before this short appearance tomorrow. i dig. the president isn t playing golf mar-a-lago this weekend he was having dinner for normal. he had dinner with the first lady on thursday night when word of this indictment came down, but i think it s also important to note as we look at this in the broader context, part of why trump ran for reelection was driven by the investigations into him when he announced so early that was a big factor into that. it s certainly a significant one at the time that people around him discussed when you announced this so early, so when you hear his legal team when you hear us political advisors say that this is a politically motivated investiga