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i m chris jansing live in atlanta. for a presidential debate like no other, two men burdened by age and animosity trying to win over millions of americans fed up with politicians and politics in general, and joe biden and donald trump in particular. so today, in our special coverage, we ll dive into whether 90 minutes in june can change the next four years for this country. plus, with tens of millions of americans tuning in, could a single death be a game changer? and finally, what is the biggest x-factor isn t a person but a muted microphone? the new rules designed to minimize the chaos that could determine who comes out on top. a lot to get to. we start with the two men. two very different candidates who really don t like or respect each other, clashing in what will be an epic presidential debate. joe biden and donald trump coming face to face for the first time in four years and facing a nation that doesn t like either of them much either. their monumental task, to ....
trump and biden take the stage in ten hours. we ve seen them spar. last time around four years ago. a 90-minute contest this time that could have big consequences in november on election day. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we re looking at the venue live right now in atlanta. and there is already a noticeable difference between the candidates and how they have gotten ready this week. president biden spent seven days doing mock debates with 16 advisors at camp david. we haven t seen him in a week. donald trump used multiple ways to prepare for tonight including very public events as he hit the campaign trail to talk and listen directly to voters. fox news chief political analyst brit hume said biden better be ready after spending a week away from the white house. the president, by the very nature of his or her job, his job so far, is cognizant of the details of the major issues. you have to deal with them all the time. so this level of prepara ....
trump set to face off in their first 2024 presidential debate. the stage now set. the candidates arriving in atlanta for the biggest night of this campaign so far. for president biden, his best chance yet to ease questions over his age, while former president trump is taking the stage less than a month after his criminal conviction. the attacks expected over abortion, the economy, immigration, and the mystery over mr. trump s vp pick, the top three contenders all expected to be there. our full coverage tonight. also this evening, the supreme court allowing emergency abortions in idaho for now, a day after the ruling was mistakenly posted online. why the fight is far from over. just in, more than two years after the uvalde massacre, the indictment the now former school district police chief is facing. new storms in the midwest on the heels of catastrophic flooding, and deadly weather slamming the northeast. in gaza, 20 critically ill children in desperate need of ....
thank you. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. tonight we are answering a question i ve been wondering about which is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as donald trump, because the constitution says, i have to say this right, that the electors from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. it would make little marco move, right? that s the thing, does he have to move? how does the senator from florida moved from florida? is that legal? anyway, we need an election lawyer to figure this out for us. i just don t understand how they can be talking about rubio as if that is some sort of easy choice to make. i m glad you are getting to the bottom of this. that is quite the pretzel twist. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 wasn t just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. george w ....
against, but they were just potted plants. i mean, it s not like they actually participated in the debate. no disrespect to the cpd maturity. and ultimately your audiences to television audience exactly. it s really the only one that matters when you re in the hall, your perception of actually how it plays it s really muted. all right, thank you very much to our panel. thanks to all of you for joining us on this incredibly consequential day. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now say the words. debate de in america, this is special coverage of cnns to store it presidential debates. so special, we are in atlanta so special, even we have to sit down. the first ever debate between a current president and a former president. the earliest general election debate ever which also means this is the first time a general election debate is being held with neither candidate officially nominated yet by their parties. but i digress stakes, even ....