Travelers, but look now good morning youre live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington tonight, perhaps the most important 90 minutes of this year as a polarized nation comes together for the only scheduled debate in this bitter race for the White House. This is the stage where Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet facetoface for the first time. With less than two months until election day. Both candidates are determined to find an edge heres why this New York Times Sienna College Poll i like some of the other polls out there showing no clear leader with both Harris And Trump locked in a statistical deadheat tonight. A chance to pull away he played with this really old and tired playbook, right . Where he, theres no floor for him in terms of how low he will go and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth and trumps Team Planning to treat Kamala Harris as the incumbent, tying her to the pr
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plus with friends like these, a month until the iowa caucus and on the trail, donald trump is quoting dictators such as vladimir putin. it shows the rottenness of the american political system. in a month will he be his party s de facto nominee? chris christie is coming up. and israel reels after troops kill three of its own hostages waiving a white flag. will that change the way israel is waging war in gaza and affect crucial help from the united states? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frankly stunned. watchs the leading republican candidate donald trump quote one of our nation s foremost adversaries, vladimir putin, as a sort of character witness while on the stump in new hampshire last night. vladimir putin, of russia, said that biden, and this is a quote, politically motivated persecution of his political rival is very good for russia because it shows the rottenness of the american political system which can not pretend to
if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us it is time for the top business stories. we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the bank of england is widely expected to raise the cost of borrowing for the twelfth time in a row. the quarter percent rise most economists are predicting would take the bank s main interest rate to 4.5% the highest it has been in almost 15 years. the big question though will it be enough to start to get inflation, which is still running at more than 10% a year, under control? let s speak to katharine neiss she has held various roles at the bank of england and is now chief european economist at p gim fixed income. good to have you on the programme. iassume good to have you on the programme. i assume you are with the majority believe we are looking at a rate hike today of another 25 basis points. today of another 25 basis oints. . , today of another 25 basis oints. . , ., , points. that s right, that s the consensus p
groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal, in the ethiopian capital addis ababa. it s good to see you. what is happening at the moment? is it realistic that this ceasefire will hold? will hold? well, there are fears it might will hold? well, there are fears it might not - will hold? well, there are fears it might not hold, . fears it might not hold, because this is not the first time the two parties have agreed to a ceasefire. in the previous instances, this ceasefire did not hold, there was fightin