on what you can do. an a tornado and what you can do to help combat the growing climate crisis go to cnn cnn.com. >> violent earth i'm liev schreiber. thanks for watching. goodnight welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world in kim brunhuber, this is cnn news from donald trump says he has chosen his running mate. >> details plus how he and joe biden are getting ready for the cnn debate, no matter of days, israel's defense minister is heading to the us amid claims that washington is withholding military aid and fears that tensions between israel and hezbollah could escalate further and what britain's prince williams visit to a taylor swift concert says about the music stars popularity far from home life, from atlanta. >> this is cnn newsroom with cube root mover while we're only four days away now from the cnn presidential debate, while us president joe biden continues to prepare with advisors, his challenger donald trump, hit the campaign trail. >> the republican addressed thursday's showdown at a campaign stop in philadelphia before teasing his vice president central pick, cnn's steve contorno has more we have been hearing in recent days at donald trump has narrowed his shortlist, that bibi contenders to senator jd vance of ohio, senator marco rubio florida, head north dakota governor doug burgum ball. >> now, trump says that he knows who he is going to pick. he just not letting anyone know it yet. >> in my mind, yeah. >> did they know now nobody knows those remarks came during a full de of campaigning by former president donald trump who's not studying behind closed doors ahead of next week's debate, nor see holding mock debate sessions and studies spent the morning but a christian conservative conference in washington, dc before moving on to a campaign rally and felony salvia there though he did ties his upcoming debate with president joe biden, as you know, it's been reported that right now crooked joe's gone to a log cabin to study, prepare no, he didn't do he's sleeping now because they want to get them good and strong. so a little before debate time, he gets a shot. the asieh, and that's they wanted to strengthen them up so he comes out, he'll come out. i okay. i say he'll come out all jacked up. right all jacked trump has been holding in formal debate, prep sessions with some of his advisers and some of his potential vice presidential picks. and he has a pretty open schedule, had a chance at thursday's debate. steve contorno, cnn philadelphia. or recent pull numbers out of pennsylvania show what makes the state so important. a survey by marist shows trump with a slight lead over the present 47% to 45. now this is a state biden narrowly won back in 2020, but the pole is also the latest show is declined among black voters. well, president biden maintains a sizable lead, 68% compared to 23%. keep in mind, biden won 92 percent of that vote four years ago. meanwhile, biden continues his intense preparations with advisors at camp david, the president and his team are poring over briefing binders and holding a mock debate sessions. one democratic congressman who ran against biden in the democratic primaries in 2020, shared some advice on cnn earlier joe biden needs to come into this in, just show americans that he's in control. he's competent, he's, he's a normal guy. and that's such a contrast to the convicted felon. he's running against. this is not a time for zingers preselling a tree, biden just needs to show confidence command of the facts and command of his really impressive record. in contrast to trump's criminal record, that what biden does well, he just comes across as the ordinary guy. you can sit down and have a bilk shake with. that's what we need to see from joe biden on the debate stage. >> cnn's kevin look back with more details on how the president is getting ready president biden has now spent two full days at camp david in this intensive preparation for the first presidential debate on thursday, the way officials described this going is it will begin with some informal discussions among his aides looking through these binders that his team has prepared that sort of crystallized the policy differences between himself and former president trump. >> it has some potential questions, some potential answers is team was sort of bat those around, discuss potential retorts, zingers, responses there's to what they fully expect will be a barrage of attacks from trump over the course of this debate, both on president biden's policy, but also on his fitness for office and even on his family. and certainly they want to be ready for anything that trump throws in their direction eventually, this preparation will culminate in mocked debates. these 90 minutes sessions behind a podium as if the debate we're really happening. and it has been interesting that we have heard from bob bauer. he is the president's personal attorney, who actually played trump in these mock debates back in 2020, he has described getting come to that character and preparation for these practice sessions. listen to what he said whenever you do this, you want to strike a balance between trying to approximate the experience. but it's not an opportunity for theatrical that's a distraction. so you want to find some balance between recreating the experience and not attempting to, if you will, audition for so here, bob bauer, they're describing less of an impersonation, more of a character study as they work to get biden prepared for whatever may come his way from trump. >> now, baur is just one of quite a large team of advisors who will be at camp david this week participating in the preparatory session chins it's all being led by ron klain, who is president biden's former chief of staff, but perhaps more importantly, he is the most seasoned democratic debate coach has done this for president obama. he did it for hillary clinton as well. and he is coming into this with the frame of reference, historical reference for how how these debate preparations will go. the president also has senior members of his team who have been with him for a long time. people like mike donaldson anita dunn the messaging gurus at the white house and campaign, he has policy advisors like bruce reed and jake sullivan and the national security adviser and then senior members from his campaign, jen o'malley, dillon, julie chavez rodriguez, cedric richmond, people who have been with the president for awhile, but also some new faces like quentin fulks, michael tyler, rob flaherty, trying to bring as much perspective to this debate preparation as they can now ordinarily presidents when they're at camp, david like to get outside a little bit. the weather this weekend, there is very high high of 98 degrees on saturday. so i think those preparations will likely be transpiring indoors, but certainly very intensive for the next several days kevin live tax cnn, washington and tune in to the cnn presidential debates, right here, thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. and it will replay the chemnitz face off in its entirety. a couple of different times you can watch it on friday, june 28, at 7:00 a.m. london time. that's two in the afternoon at hong kong are 12 hours later at seven in the evening in london are 10:00 p.m. in abu dhabi well, the economy is likely to factor big in the debate, but some are concerned that neither candidate is addressing one major issue, right now, the us national debt stands at a little under 35 trillion. now that comes out to more than $103,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country trey and you see it on the screen. they're growing in real time, tens of thousands of dollars every second that peter g. peterson foundation described itself as a nonpartisan organization dedicated to addressing america's long-term fiscal challenges and its website is one of several places where you can see the debt increase just like that. meanwhile, it's becoming tougher and tougher for americans to carry on with their spending spree, years of elevated inflation and the highest interest rates in almost a quarter century are wearing out the us consumer, retailers say shoppers are fed up with rising prices and are changing their purchasing behavior all right. joining me now is ryan patel, senior fellow at drucker school of management at claremont graduate university. thank you so much for staying out for us. so on the debt, i mean, 35 surely at that number is so big, it's abstract. i mean, how worried should we be at how can it affect us day-to-day idea? >> well, i mean, there's a couple of things right? >> that is abstract because what's an extra trillion that keeps getting added for growing at it? yeah, it keeps growing. i think part of it there's a couple of things i've got to address. the first thing about how to handle the debt, right? it's the national debt requires a bipartisan cooperation. so that's kinda why consumers don't really see it. because we've seen both parties haven't come together. you mentioned both biden and trump, not really addressing it because they really can't do it alone. i think when it comes to the average american you know, if the debt continues to increase and the us doesn't keep up with it, right? the whole point is that you make money, you spend money, you spend money to make investments. but if it slows down and there's a gap, then it puts economic pressures that are not being addressed. it leads to economic downturns. consumer spending would reduce and we lead to these cycles where it is decreasing business revenue and illustrates are not helping and so it does play the fact if the gdp of the u.s. can't keep up with that. and i think that's where why the focus probably in the conversation. kim is, how to boost the economy, where you can still have that type of debt yeah, you mentioned, i mean, it's a bipartisan issue, but neither party talking about it. >> i mean, it seems so long ago now that we'd see heated debates over the debt. i mean, you had those republican, especially debt hawks really fighting over the issue. it doesn't, it doesn't seem to be anything that either party is really talking about. do you think it'll come up during the presidential debate? >> i don't think i'll come up with the presidential debate, but you know what it will come up can you and i talked about it every time we get to the budget deadline, every time there's a deadline, we start talking about it because both parties tried to do it right. there was the last one was statuary cap. how much they can borrow. so there's a limit. congress pass than you think most of 2017 trump's tax cut will expire around 2025. so what does that mean? the conversations has to come. >> do i hope that this conversation comes into bit kim. >> i absolutely do but it's a lot more multifaceted to both of them to talk about it because it really needs both parties to come together because they both as congress need to either increase the cap and you and i know that the government shuts down and they don't really get to that cap because there was no money unlikely that people are able to come together. it's so hard in washington as we've seen, so speaking of debt americans themselves usually carry a huge amount of debt, but it seems as though they might be set to curb their spending the summer. why is that yeah i think we've seen the numbers when you think of the cpi index, the big purchases are still, they were there six months ago, but they're starting to slow down. >> i also think that shelter and housing and the rise of cost is rising. so people are choosing what they have and there has been a drop in savings as well. so when you put all that together, people start to realize versions. they put their money, although there's some other instances where travels still up. so people are still spending money, but they're using their money in different aspects. and that hurts the big purchases the us of consumer spending due thursday for the gv comes from it hurts that degree. so i think people are starting to feel that and also interest rates are high. kim. so if you're carrying credit card debt, it adds up really, really quickly. so people choose for not wanting to take out more death when the interest rate is this high. >> so is that a good thing? do you think that cutting personal debts and cutting overspending or should we sort of see it as a class? out on the economic horizon well, there's two questions there. >> as a personal, as personal, you obviously want to have more income and have less debt. but the second part that question was, i think you're asking me, is that does make an impact on businesses because businesses are waiting on a sign, do they use the cash they invested? they hire two, they grow this all plays in effect if there's not that stability of where the money should be going. and that is the kind of crystal ball why the fed is so important of saying what was ongoing. one fed increase this year. so that keeps me interested is going to be still higher. and what does that growth look like? then come next year, does it grow faster or is it still? so slowly and steady? and that does make an impact when it comes to the markets, the people, and you and me? >> yeah. all right. so listen, you talked about the crystal ball big picture. what kind of economy are we looking at then as we round the corner to the elections, i mean, polls show that economy is the number one issue for voters voters, and to some extent, how the economy is doing may decide the presidency why think the number is will the factual behind it that the economy will be growing, but kim, there's a second piece of this. >> how are people feeling when they vote right? they see prices raising those kind of things even though the economy could be doing well. but because certain certain ecosystems don't, can't feel it, what do you have you done for me lately? that'll be the big question coming into november unfortunately. so regardless of what you've done last couple of years, it's going to be how are you feeling at that moment and we're starting to feel some of that tension coming through the summer all right. listen great to talk to you as always, ryan patel, thanks so much thank you. kim 52 people. were killed or are missing after israeli strikes near gaza city on saturday. >> now, those numbers come from the hamas-controlled gaza government media office. this what you're looking at there as the aftermath of a strike on a residential block in the shati refugee camp the israeli military says it's jets struck hamas, military infrastructure in the area. when rescue worker told cnn the airstrike felt like an earthquake. and let's comes one day after the international committee of the red cross as a strike in a supposed safe zone killed at least 22 people meanwhile, israeli defense minister yoav gallant is reiterating the importance of israel's relations with the the us. he's about to travel to washington to meet with senior american officials ahead of the trip, he said the us is israel's most important ally cnn's elliott gohlke and joins us now from london with more so elliot israel's defense minister heads to washington in the context of not just the war on hamas, but also with the conflict with hezbollah, heating up very much so kim indeed it was wheels up for israel's defense minister, yoav gallant last night, as you say, he'll be meeting with senior officials among them us defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary state antony blinken, and us special envoy to the middle east and most hochstein before boarding the plane last night, you have gland dressed reporters during these meetings, i plan to discuss developments on the southern and northern france in gaza and lebanon discussions are particularly important and impactful at this time we are prepared for any action that may be required on gaza, lebanon, and an additional areas and so of course they will be discussing the ongoing war in gaza between israel and hamas. and of course, the ceasefire plan from president biden, which he says israel has signed off on and which doesn't appear to be making any progress. this csf are obviously designed to result in a london, in a pause in hostilities and also of course, return of hostages and a surge in humanitarian aid. they'll also be discussing a point which became a little bit even more controversial this week when prime minister benjamin netanyahu publicly criticized the united states for holding back on the supply of some weapons indeed, in an interview saying that one in his words, a trickle of u.s. aid had been getting through to israel, yoav gallant, we'll be discussing that with the united states whose response seems to have been that they don't really know what netanyahu was talking about on that front. they'll also be discussing, as you say, the tensions between israel and hezbollah, the he militia backed by iran in lebanon. now, things started heating up there the day after the hamas terrorist attacks of october the seventh, with with hezbollah firing on israel, there have been daily for tat strikes ever since then, you've seen tens of thousands of people in northern israel displaced and also that even more people display based from their homes in southern lebanon, the situation israel says cannot continue and there's been certainly an escalation in the war of words as well with yoav gallant himself warning that lebanon would, in his words, be effectively ban back to the stone age if, if all out war were to end do you hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, saying that nowhere in israel would be safe in the event of all-out war. so the us very much trying to deescalate tensions. indeed, amaz hochstein, the us special envoy, was in both israel and lebanon this week to try to do so, but even this morning, we've seen an explosive late and drone coming from level and then over into israel, which israel failed to intercept no casualties. but some damage done to a settlement to an israeli village in the northern parts of the country. so no sign of attention is de-escalating. there indeed, un secretary general antonio guterres saying that one rash move either by hezbollah or by israel could set off, in his words, a catastrophe. kim. >> all right, and then elie, are there were protests that took place in several cities. so take us through the point that demonstrators were hoping to make they've been making the same point every week for months now, kim, which is they want the israeli government to do everything humanly possible to get the hostages who were kidnapped on october the seventh in that hamas-led terrorist attack back into israel. >> now it's believed that there are still 116 hostages who were kidnapped that day, about a third of whom are already believed to be dead. and what the protesters have been saying on a weekly basis in tel aviv and other cities across israel is they want the government to do more to make it a priority to bring those hostages home. now it took on added poignancy on saturday night when it was actually the birthday of naama levy. now, she wasn't a viral video on october the seventh, seen being dragged by her hair at gunpoint with a bloodied sweatpants before being bundled into a jeep and driven off. it was her birthday on saturday, and her parents address the crowd but in tel aviv, not just trying to address nama herself, wishing her a happy birthday, but also reiterating that the only way to get all of those hostages back into israel is to do a deal with hamas. kim all right. >> eliot gucken in london. thanks so much. and new controversy from the west bank. the israeli military says its troops drove a vehicle with a wounded palestinian man tied to its hood now you can see it in this video from the palestinian red crescent, the groups crews say they were prevented from providing first aid to the man in a 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