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with top advisers, cnn reporting that biden's personal attorney, bob bauer, likely playing the role of trump during mock debates, bauer performed the same role in 2020. here's what he said about that experience. just last week any debate prep involves immersing yourself in whatever the candidate who you are playing. immersing yourself in whatever they have said videos of their interviews, videos of their speeches, speeches, so that you can really, seriously. i mean, not by way of doing some sort of comic impression, but seriously model out what the experience of debating will be like trump spent the past few days on the campaign trail, which he says is the best way to prepare for the debate i'm preparing by taking questions from you and others if you think about it, we had a great meeting just now and philadelphia with the at the shop but i'm preparing by dealing with you. >> you're tougher than all of them it will be a historic night. >> the first time a sitting president will face off against a former president. try me now axios, senior contributor, margaret talla of margaret. good morning to you. you've covered so many any of these debates and so many presidential campaigns. and in many ways, we are seeing both men really embody comes away. they approach campaigning, governing as well. but especially campaigning as biden has basically sequestered himself behind closed doors. i mean, republicans are quick to criticize him for that. i would just say, i've covered a number of republicans who did the same thing. >> it's called that's called debate prep. >> usually they pick a very nice location. it's great for us campaign reporters to spend a week there. >> but what for donald trump? he has been out there in a way that oftentimes we don't see candidates being out there talking to the press at talking to the public, how do you view these two strategies as we head into thursday for both kc really fitting of the two personalities. and i guess what it boils down to is it really going to matter? is this debate going to end up being about policies president biden's doing a lot of prep on the issues and the arguments or is it going to end up being about the sort of intangible character things like does the either of the respective rivals convey authority or command or charisma, right? and a lot of times, that's what debates end up being about. but i think with both men, with the current president, with the former president, there is a the audience interests is really driven by kind of what's going to happen in terms of like are either of them going to meet or defy the expectations that are baked into the media narrative around them. and will that give you more confidence or less confidence? it's not like a normal debate where it's like, i really want to find out about what they believe in or what's two of them are like or who appear stronger on the stage like americans know both men very well to well, you might say, to l is i mean, look, the strength piece of this, right i mean, the for biden all of the stuff that's tied up in his age a lot of it's about weakness. at the end of the de, right? i mean, isn't some of this for biden about not showing weakness the kind of media machine that has been more aligned with donald trump or critical of joe biden has certainly portrayed him showing clubs of him tripping, climbing the stairs, or having a moment referring forgot what he was going to say. and so there has been a big expectations game around. you talked to a lot of voters who are kind of low to moderate news consumers. and their view of joe biden is not really based on watching him give full speeches, are watching them interact for long periods of time. it's built on snippets and clips on social media. that's metastasize there are actually people who think that he can't walk to the podium by himself and that sort of thing. so this is going to be for president biden rejecting those expectations and proving that's not where he's at. but you know, there are a lot of americans who aren't quite an extreme category who are just he seems older than he was when he took office does he still have what it takes? and i think on the other side with donald trump, the democratic argument round, donald trump has been that he's chaos machine and all this sort of stuff. row will he conduct himself on the stage? will he seem presidential and serious for the people who? maybe we're concerned about that in 20 2016 or 2020 is that more concerned error less concerning now, right i mean, it looked to that 0.1 of the things i think we've seen, some of the trump team tried to do here is lower expectations for the former president. >> and by essentially trying to raise some for president biden, because as she pointed out there is there they have gone pretty far in saying, well, joe biden is so far gone that he doesn't seem to have to do very much to disprove some of that. as you say, the latest thing from trump, he posted this on truth social, is that you want to drug test for joe biden of course, this around this idea that in mean he said this out loud at his rally in philadelphia get a congressman ronny jackson wrote a letter, of course, jackson was i suppose, infamous, i would say is as trump's physician, this whole seems to add up to the trump campaign nervous about thursday it seems like sort of a throw everything at the wall strategy right now that on the one hand, the message, early messaging was like joe biden can't even talk whatever. >> now it's like trump saying he thinks so, be very strong debater and should be taken seriously. this has been certainly about an expectations game but we've, seen the former president put other leinz in the water to like if it ends up being tough, questioning your who doesn't do well, it'll be because the moderators are against him or biden. if biden does well, it'll be because he was always strong. if biden does poorly, it will be because he's two decrepit to serve an office, so they're like three or four multiple strategies in this completely unfounded insinuation that president biden is getting some sort of energy shots or something like that when donald trump, of course, fell asleep, been quarter or ahead, his eyes closed and people thought he was asleep. so yeah, there's been all this sort of messaging in multiple directions so that his bases are covered no matter what i'm not really sure any of that's going to matter. there aren't that many americans who were undecided at this point. this is always been about turnout in november, but i think there are some americans on the margin. who are either sort of inclined to go with trump or stay with trump, but they're worried about january 6 or inclined to stay with biden, but they want to make sure that he has the energy that is up to the job. so i think for those people, it could be decisive for many americans. there's just a jury periodicity about the return to the stage of these two men. i hope we can learn something from this debate. >> very i agree with you. i hope we can as well. i'm i'm not sure if i'm optimistic or not. i guess we'll have to see thank you so much for it. >> starting us off this morning are coming up nice here. >> julian assange is out of prison. the plea deal that the wikileaks founder just signed plus never before seen photos of classified documents on the floor. and stacked and boxes at mar-a-lago and for the first time, the florida panthers are stanley cup champions. highlights from game seven, it was a thriller. that's ahead 2024, champion could shuck family to beit like in america as biden and trump meet and only cnn has complete coverage with unrivaled access exclusive pre and post a beat analysis, follow cnn for every countless moment, followed debate night in america, thursday, at 7:00 p.m. when life spills, heartburn how do you spell relief or elleithee ids, rolaids, dual active formula begins to neutralize acids on contact rolaids spills relief i 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about? >> extraordinary isn't there after all these years as one of the longest running stories in media in us and uk history as well. obviously drawing in australia as well and other countries. but there's an image of him on a plane out of the uk. so he is heading towards the mariana islands, which are us territory. he'll go into court i'm that plea deal will be settled. you'll have to agree to plead guilty on a charge. it's not clear. i was talking to one of his campaigners today. it's not entirely clear what that charge will be to them, but it must have been agreed. and what it will mean is that he will be served a sentence, but we don't know expected to serve a prison sentence because he's already pre preserved as it were so many years whilst in prison here in the uk. but he won't be touching us soil away from this territory we're expecting inventor go to australia working with the journalists who has really supported him over the years. she's expecting to speak to them a bit later on, she expects him to get back to australia to really recuperate his sophomore of mental health issues here's obviously a very divisive figure. many journalists holding him up as someone that really represents them and protect sources and should be allowed to stand up to a big powers like the us government others pointing out that actually he, the public service is limited because he sent out this list of names which were unredacted. people that were under severe threat as a result of that list going out. so some debate there about the journalism but certainly a lot of supporters celebrating today yeah, the followed here in us. >> i'm interested to see what kind of criticism if fannie, the biden administration comes in for over this. but max, while i have you, i want to ask you about this just recently released israeli supreme court ruling. they say that ultra-orthodox fox israeli jews can and should be drafted into the military. now, this is something that really threatens to 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office claims investigators found boxes with their contents spilled on the floor insisting nothing has been lost, much less destroyed, and there has been no bad faith. the court should see trump's newly invented explanations and his motion for what they are, his latest unfounded accusations against law enforcement professionals doing their jobs. let's bring in deborah pearlstein. she is constitutional law professor at princeton university. debra. good morning. hey to you. things seem to be getting pretty contentious. here for the jack smith teams kind of put these photos out there in response to accusations from the trump team. what do you make of the tone, tenor, and level of tension that we seem to be seeing here so good morning. it is extraordinary and there are a number of things that have become extraordinary about the case as it is gone on and really stretched out in these pretrial proceedings over a period of months even no both parties, both sides of the case agreed some months back, that they would be prepared to go to trial over the summer. >> the judge extraordinarily has not yet set a trial date, and most recently, in the last few days begin last friday, there have been a series of hearings in the case involving the former president's challenge to the legality of the special counsel's authority altogether these are authorities, laws that have been upheld by the supreme court for 50 years. and indeed have been used since the 19th century in the country. >> so as trial or as trail shoe we're getting closer and it's yet not the judges really extraordinary behavior in this case is becoming, i think increasingly contentious and his driving the, the growing tension in the case in general deborah i also want to dig in into with you what else the other major case that is going on with donald trump and jack smith, which is the immunity question, or i should say it's the january 6 prosecution. what we are waiting for is an answer to the question question of immunity, that the supreme court is expected to weigh in on basically, any day starting wednesday, they announced that thursday and friday are also going to be days when they hand down decisions and we know that the court typically waits till the very last day of their term. usually it's in june, but we could be pushing july this time around. >> what do you expect from the court? >> what do you make of their announcement that they were adding these two additional days. and what are you looking for? >> so the court by its own practice and its own decision usually tries very hard to finish issuing all of the decisions that the term by the end of june or the latest early july, the justices like to be able to leave for the summer and do other things. so that's what's driving the current the current set of race to the and just yesterday, the court is you said added three more decision days that hadn't previously been on the calendar, meaning that they will be issuing opinions wednesday, thursday, friday this week. they may yet, although they have these two dozen cases yet to hand down before the end of the term. they may yet get them all done before july 1 of those cases, of course is related to the january 6 attack. in fact, two of them one is you mentioned the trump immunity decision that the court granted review on some months back. now and has not yet issued an opinion. this is a decision about whether or not the president is immune from any criminal prosecution for official you'll acts while in office. >> the lower courts had said categorically know, and the vast majority of law professors and legal authorities agree there's simply no reason in the history of the constitution or the history of the country to believe that the president is completely immune from criminal prosecution the fact that the court has taken this long to decide the case and the hours spent in oral argument in which a number of the justices raised questions about the scope of what immunity might exist has raised concerns and speculation about the nature of the decision the court might issue. >> what i expect ultimately, in the next few days here, probably the end of the week at the earliest is that the court will say no, the president doesn't have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. but at least through some concurring opinions may raise questions about certain circumstances in which the president is immune and the case back down to the lower court, which would push trial even further past the fall right? >> of course, denying the public a chance to see any of this happen or be decided before they have to decide whether or not to send donald trump back to the oval office briefly, professor samuel alito was not present for arguments late or decisions late last week, which was highly unusual. what was up with that i wish i had a good answer to that question. >> the court hasn't released any it is unusual. >> it's possible. justice alito is ill. it's possible something else is going on we really don't know. and that's part of the concerns growing concerns about the courts lack of transparency, not only with when its decisions, will come down, something that it is never been particularly transparent about. but increasingly in response to the growing ethical concerns surrounding some of the justices on the court alright, professor deborah pearlstein, thank you very much for your time. i really appreciate it let's now go to politics. >> democratic congressman jamaal bowman's political future in new york is going to be decided at the ballot box today. it's been a historically expensive primary election and it's basically a battle between the progressive wing on the one hand and establishment democrats on the other. bowman is running against george latimer. latimer has gotten support from people like hillary clinton and his bint is being propelled by pro-israel groups get a okay. >> joining me to discuss as michael schnell, she's a congressional reporter for the hill at michael. >> good morning. always wonderful to have you on the show i mean, the tenor of what you saw there and the tone i think says a lot about the emotions that are running in this race. what do you think this is going to tell us? >> yeah, this is one of the most explosive, if not the most explosive. >> the house democratic like primary this cycle, the most expensive, but the most chart emotionally charged politically charged. i think that they're gonna be two things here, a and it's going to tell us how the issue of the israel-hamas war is really playing within the democratic circles, not in washington, but at home among voters the issue that has emerged as most important in a this race in new york, 16 congressional district, is that israel-hamas war. you have someone like jamaal bowman, pro-palestinian progressive, who was up in arms about the mounting humanitarian deaths in the gaza strip up against george latimer, who is a local, a local politician, but somebody who has joined his pro israel, bona fides. so we're seeing that at democratic split play out in full focus right now. it's gonna be a big question of where democratic voters at home or on the ground where they fall in this debate. and then the second thing is going to tell with it's within that first thought is a strength of the progressive movement. if bowman is picked off here in this primary, he would be a very large voice in the so-called progressive squad to lose his seat in this primary. it's going to test the potency of the progressive movement on the full, on the ground with voters on the this extremely emotionally charged issue of the israel-hamas war. >> yeah, i mean, alexandria, ocasio-cortez was has been backing bowman here, and let's just play a little bit more this is her, but also bowman on saturday campaigning in this race. >> let's watch jamaal bowman, dared to speak up for palestinians doesn't give a about us i think give a about the bronx that the goods sold we is scared to so of course they're talking about the american israel political action committee, which has historically support many conservative candidates, but fundamentally they support israel and they've been very involved in this race. let's take a little bit, take a look at a little bit of how they're framing things. watch jamaal bowman keeps attacking president biden. jamaal bowman has his own agenda and he's hurting new york. >> well, you make your voice heard well you confront jamaal bowman, lies and conspiracy theories are set by silently. >> and of course, bowman is using the word genocide to say what his opponents supports here, what do you see in there's a lot there. yeah. >> i mean, first off, it's the money game, right? aipac has spent roughly $14 million for ads against jamaal bowman. and in support of george latimer. that's one of the reasons why this is the most expensive house primary in history. i believe there's about 20 $24 million has been spent in this race around that figure 14 million coming from apac. it's why we've been hearing a lot about aipac from progressive groups. the money game here is huge but the second thing is it gets back to that original point that you don't typically when you see these democratic primaries where you see a centrist candidate up against a more progressive candidate. you see more kitchen table issues being the key focus and how close the progressive, the centrist is to president biden, you know, seeing it's sort of a look at president biden biden's record, the incumbents record, and how they're fairing. that has nothing to do with this primary the main focus here has been the israel-hamas war. and look, jamaal bowman was one of the first early lawmakers to call for a ceasefire. he has been accused of his comments teetering into the area of antisemitism. it's why this has been such a polarizing prime tamari not just at home in new york 16th, but also up on capitol hill yesterday we saw the first sitting lawmaker endorse against the incumbent congressman john gottheimer. very rare. josh gottheimer, a very pro israel jewish democrat up on capitol hill, coming out and saying, i'm supporting george latimer in this race and there could be more ritchie torres as his sort of hinted that he may end up endorsing in this race against jamaal bowman. so it shows a how polarizing inhibitors bit faster. i don't know just wanted you to talk, but it's been sort of teasing and hinting but again, even that is sorted on precedent in the sense of an incumbent potentially endorsing against another incumbent in an election year cycle where control the house is truly up for grabs. so it shows a how polarizing this issue of the israel-hamas war is within the democratic party and we've seen that since october 7, but it's really coming to terms now as voters are heading to the ballot box, and b, again, the potency of the progressive movement. will it be able to make it through this current question about the direction of the democratic party, or as democratic party just saying, at this point, at this fissure, when you talk about the israel-hamas war, were siding with the pro-israel democrats, big questions that will likely be answer today. i really interesting michael schnell. thanks very much. appreciate you being here. >> all right. coming up next, the scenarios both sides here, most in thursday night's cnn presidential debate, plus a stanley cup champion finally cracked bleacher report's ahead debate in america as biden and trump meet and only cnn has complete coverage with unrivaled as an exclusive pre and post a beat analysis. >> follow cnn for every countless moment, followed debate night in america thursday, it's seven i want a lot of businesses, so my tech and my nephew for me to keep up. >> thank you. verizon business now, our businesses get fast and reliable internet from the same network that powers our phones. >> so whatever's next, we're cooking with fire switch to the partner 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men would reinforce voter concerns that returning the former president to the oval office risks perpetual chaos and conflict. so ron, before you start, i just want to give everyone a little taste. a reminder. shall we say of what that chaos looked like back in 2020? >> there are a lot of interrupting, shall we say, take a look? you i just want i want to make sure that you wanted lasting it last. firstly i want to make sure. can you let him finish, sir? >> so there we have it. >> run. what do what do you expect well, i mean, i think the history of presidential debates is when they matter and they haven't always mattered when they have mattered. >> it's because they reveal something to the voters about the personal qualities of the candidate. it's their character and competence more than they've mattered, because one side, one candidate has definitively one, a policy argument against the other. and i think that dynamic is likely to be especially true this time because you have two candidates who are facing such pointed questions about whether they are fit for the job for biden, the questions do revolve around competence, whether he is still up to the job now, much less for another four years. and for trump, even though the retrospective job approval on his presidency has been going up because people are focusing in contrast and inflation. there are still enormous doubts about his volatility, his divisiveness is fundamental commitment to democracy and the rule of law. so i think what they say may not be even as important as how they say it. and the judgments voters take about their personal fitness to do this job over the next four years. >> wrong? what does it say to you that the trump folks are so aggressively trying to raise expectations for president biden. >> basically yeah. >> i mean, they they kind of overshot the mark when the original downplaying or experiment. i actually don't think what they do matters that much. i mean, you know, voters are making their judgments about biden based on watching him and what they see. i mean, certainly he has a lot of claim that he has been a surprisingly effective president in the aspects of the presidency that unfold outside of public view. i mean, the way he kinda stage manage those legislative wins in his first two years, and the way he's handled international diplomacy and ukraine, israel has been kind of a more difficult story, but a big part of the presidency is the power to persuade as richard just that said, i mean, the ability to project strength and to deliver a message in a way that mobilizes support is a big part of the job and the public has, i think ad because of the way biden presents himself in that is fed these doubts about whether he's too old to do, to keep doing this. and this is just an enormous movement. casey, i think the range of outcomes for biden is much wider than for trump. at this debate, it could either go very well and take them a long way toward resolving some of those doubts. or if can confirm them or affirm them and put democrats in a difficult position. >> who do you think very briefly is more at risk of losing their cool on stage on thursday i think they're both at risk of losing losing your cool and as i say in different ways, i mean for biden, the risk is that it will come across as disjointed and kind of unable to maintain a coherent argument which should reinforce those doubts. and for trump, look for all of the trump leads by 101215 points on who you trust to handle the economy and the race is a one-point or so race that is a reflection of the fact that there are millions of americans who think that trump will be better for their bottom line, but are still unwilling to vote for him. because of everything else he brings to the presidency and his job isn't so much. they make the case to fire biden. that's 60% of americans are 58 or whatever disapprove his job performance, his job is to make make it clear and we convince americans that easily acceptable alternative in that way, it's a lot like reagan in 80 or clinton and 92 he more has to reassure voters were ready to make a change that he's an acceptable change. he just faces bigger hurdles and neither reagan or clinton, because so much more opinion about him is solidified than they face going into their debates for sure. >> all right. ron brown, scene for us this morning around always grateful to have you. thank you so much for coming on all right. >> time now for sports for the first time in team history, one florida panthers are stanley cup champions, coy wire has more on this game seven thriller what's your report? quite good morning. top of them, once you casey win or lose, this was going to be a historic game for the panthers. they won the first three games of this series against the oilers, looking like a sweep, then they lost the next three and needed a wind last night to avoid becoming the first team since 19 42 to lose a 3-0 series lead in the final. and 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