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thank you, ali, for that reporting. that does it for us today. see you back here tomorrow beginning at 10:00 a.m. you can catch our show online around the clock on youtube and other platforms. i m ana cabrera from new york. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage. right now, fright night. the fight night that biden and trump campaigns are gearing up for. their first face off at this week s debate, but the candidates are taking very different approaches to their warm ups. on today s second anniversary of the dobbs decision, abortion is front and center along with the other debate topics the biden campaign is promoting. we look at what they re promoting and the trump campaign and the impact of the landmark decision on abortion on families across america. and the second of three days of hearings in the mar-a-lago documents case critics say are completely unnecessary amid continued questions about delaying tactics and judge cannon s questionable decisions. plus, prime ....
it then america. thursday, july 4 dead stuff good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the owl with presidential campaigns during a critical moment, just three days and counting until joe biden and donald trump face off in a prime time debate right here on cnn. the earliest showdown of its kind in modern history, president biden, his team will remain hunkered down at camp david, where he s then the last few days and debate prep. meanwhile, over the weekend, donald trump road-tested potential debate strategies at a rally in philadelphia how should i handle him? should i be tough and nasty or should i be should i be she say no, should i be tough and nasty and just say you re the worst president in history or should i be nice and calm? and let him speak be tough? so how are the two campaigns spending these final days before the debate joining me now are cnn s alayna treene and kevin lip tack. kevin, you have some new repor ....
two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really, i really mean it. could this be the scariest part of all of it? i think it is one of the scariest parts. look, the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. here s why appointments on the supreme court matter. on friday, the conservative majority of the court reinstated bump stocks, the device that allows a semiautomatic weapon like it is an automatic weapon. it s what the las vegas shooter used to fire more than 1,000 rounds in eleven minutes and kill 58 people at a music festival in 2017. critics say the obvious. this decision just made it a whole lot easier for somebody to almost instantly kill a whole lot of people. and those somebodies are out there. in fact, just a day after that decision to roll back what little gun restrictions we have left in ....
you might have gone to get your coffee, seen your friends. i was here at 30 rock with my entire staff. i went to a school play that day. but by the end of the evening the w.h.o. had declared covid a pandemic. seattle shut down their school system, the first major district to do so, the stock market fell off a cliff. the sign of a lot more pain to come. the first case of covid popped up on capitol hill and the nba suspended its season leading all the rest of major sports to follow suit. that all happened in one single day. it was a stunning disruption to all of our lives and as we know it was just the beginning. one by one states shut down, businesses closed and normal life came to a complete halt. but we also know the future is much brighter than it has been in a long time. tonight president biden will mark the anniversary. tomorrow he signs the american rescue plan into law, hopefully getting more help to those who need it most. remember, we went from no vaccines to th ....
them, the answer is maybe yes, and maybe no. according to a new reuters ipsos poll taken after the verdict. 26% of registered independent voters said they are less likely to vote for donald trump. will they still feel that way in november? there are five months left before election day, which is, i don t know, like five life times in modern day presidential politics, maybe more. anything can still happen. just remember that all of donald trump has probably survived. john mccain isn t a war hero, the muslim ban, the access hollywood tape, et cetera, et cetera, maybe this time will be different. in the words of our dear friend charlie sykes. there s something about a felony conviction that clarifies the mind or better put by an old adage, coopted from the grandmother of a former republican congressional lawyer writing for politico, quote, there s a running day and a catching day, and thursday donald trump got caught. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, dasha burns ....