billion with a b. we ve got this honore got this. we don t force in america thursday, july 4 x 70s dirt on cnn hi, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez in washington. we are just five days away, people from the first presidential debate of 2024. and today, we re seeing a pretty stark difference between incumbent president joe biden and his republican challenger, former president donald trump, as the two men prepare for this high-stakes face off, while biden is holding intense, meaningful, a closed group of advisors at camp david trump is skipping the tradition no route for now and is instead hitting the campaign trail. here is just a few hours ago at an event and washington rallying his supporters for the big showdown with biden nobody is going to be watching the debate on thursday night, right nobody. will anybody be watching cnn s steve contorno, we ll be watching him in person soon live in philadelphia where trump is expected to hold a campaign rally
could not have been more wrong on about the job of iceberg, which he described as quote, the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination can see. now, just expected john adams. it just never occurred to him that america would have a president like donald trump. trump, it can be argued, sees the job of vice president as very significant. good evening. i m jim acosta and for laura on this friday night? the last time donald trump had a vice president, it ended like this with a mob of trump supporters storming the capitol, demanding day hang mike pence, punishment for not going along with trump s plans to subvert the 2020 election. as we all witnessed, trump saw the job of vice president as an aide he said the whole for maintaining the presidency, no matter what the voters decided. this time around, trump is likely applying a pence proved loyalty test before he picks a running mate, someone who won t let them down, no matter what. and
are getting ready in their own ways for biden, he s holding intensive discussions and preparations with trusted aides at camp david. all weekend. meanwhile, trump is skipping the traditional debate prep for now and spending his saturday on the campaign trail moments ago, he spoke to a gathering of christian conservatives in washington before traveling to a philadelphia rally tonight, which is what we are expecting. now thursday s debate could be a pivotal moment for both campaigns the latest fox news poll shows a neck and neck race too close to call. we have team coverage, even mechan is that the faith and freedom conference where trump just spoke. but i want to start with kevin lip tak, who s got a little bit more on how president biden is preparing i m going to yeah we are now on day two of debate camp out and camp david presidential retreat in western maryland. and certainly president biden is expecting a tentative couple of days really don t expect to see him before thurs
the number. one most loved, thanking cnn this morning with kasie hunt next it s tuesday, june 18, right now on cnn this morning, a sweeping new immigration policy from president biden that will protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation plus gop infighting in virginia today as house freedom caucus chairman bob good tries to prevail over his trump bad honig and vladimir putin visiting north korea for the first time in over two decades, raising concerns about their deepening ties i ve. 5:00 a.m. here washington, but here s a live look at the statue of liberty. good morning, everyone. manu raju in for kasie hunt. today, president biden is expected to use his executive power to reshape us immigration policy. cnn has learned biden will announce a sweeping executive action that would shield some undocumented spouses of us but citizens from deportation, allowing them to work legally in the country as they seek citizenship. now the policy would ap