welcome everyone. you re on the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez in washington in just two weeks, cnn will host the first presidential debate. there it is. i was looking for this guy right here, 12 days to weeks. boom, first presidential debate of this election season between president joe biden and former president donald trump. and this weekend the candidates are out on the campaign trail after spending the week on the world stage at the g7 summit, president biden is trading world leaders for hollywood leaders biden is in los angeles tonight at a fundraiser that is breaking a new record for the democratic party when have more on that in a moment, but tickets range from 250 to $500,000 with a contest for small dollar donors, they could when tickets to the event and a chance to meet president biden, former president obama, and oscar winners, julia roberts and george clooney, jimmy kimmel will moderate a q&a with biden and obama tonight. cnn white house correspondent arlette