daughter was killed in a car crash. a scholarship was created in her honore. but now it s one of more than 100 130 scholarships that have been changed or on hold now because of a ban on diversity programs at public universities in texas. and we ve all heard about the 40 acres and a mule promise made after the civil war but did any freed slaves actually get any acres? i ll speak to an investigative journalists about what she found with her team. so that s coming up all right. looking forward to it, we watch you. all right. let s get to it right now well first of all, atlanta is hot right now. yeah, it s gonna be in the 90s today, but that s not what i m talking about. the debate is here in five days, president biden, former president trump, their campaigns, the surrogates all here for the biggest moment yet of the 2024 campaign, cnn s presidential debate. it s right across the hall, actually but there is another big event that politicos are paying close attention to copa ame
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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
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
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