again and welcome. it s time to break down the big stories with some smart people. today, we re asking just days before then put it away. the cell phone ban affecting half 1 million kids with sunset goes too far and brick by brick, police stopping a surprising theft, bring that s all about a hot trout the pavlo is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first with five days to go before cnn s presidential debate. joe biden is spending this weekend prepping a camp. david, while donald trump is campaigning. the showdown taking place three months earlier than any previous presidential debate. could be a pivotal moment in this tight race. if you want some idea of what to expect, checkout the last time they shared a debate stage it started with a friendly greeting. would you who work late devolving into personal insult? it is nothing smart about yuja and constant in iraq options that d be honest. it s a very important, it out. i know the answer to t
today. i ll see you back here next saturday at adm. eastern smerconish is up next setting the bar i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, thursday here on cnn is the first of two scheduled debates between president biden and trump. jake tapper and dana bash will moderate the debate will last 90 minutes with no live audience. there will be no opening statements, answers will be two minutes rebuttals will be one-minute closing statements will be two minutes based on a coin toss, trump will go last. there will be two commercial breaks and perhaps the biggest wrinkle microphones will be muted when it s not someone s turn the stakes are high. the racist tight weather measured in national surveys or by battleground states. so the debate is a very big deal and opinions as to who won will no longer be influenced by expectations advantage joe biden. and here s why call it, be careful what you wish for in the last two weeks, president biden traveled overseas to participate in a
imprint.com imprint for certain. cnn this morning with kasie hunt next it s friday, june 24. right now on cnn this morning. the judge in donald trump s classified documents case, ready to hear a request? the former president to invalidate the appointment as special counsel, jack smith millions of americans facing life-threatening flooding and suffocating heat with no let up in sight and new concerns that israel s iron dome could be overwhelmed if a full-blown war breaks out against hezbollah 5:00 a.m. here in washington, here s a fly book in new york city. the morning, everyone. i m on a rod, you infer kasie hunt. it s great to be with you this morning later today, donald trump s lawyers will be in a florida courtroom taking aim at the prosecutor who brought criminal charges against the former president over his handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago federal judge, aileen cannon will hear arguments on a request by trump to declare jack smith s appointment as speci
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pact and added support for his war in ukraine. we re going to look at what kim jong own got out of the trip for north korea and a broader impact for both of their adversaries fire and floods. while the east bags and the west coast with wildfires that are torching hundred grids of buildings and forcing thousands of people to flee in texas. problem is water and they tropical storm do to make landfall here in the next 24 hours and remember i m bringing the incomparable willie mays, the iconic baseball player who may have been the greatest to ever play the game. we re following these major developing stories and many more we re all coming in right here to cnn news central we begin this hour with pomp and circumstance in north korea as vladimir putin and kim jong own looked a strengthen their alliance the russian president just wrapped up a rare visit to pyongyang, his first trip there in more than two decades. he was met with a lavish ceremony that included a military parad