Straight from the source tonight, a Surprise Agreement to everybody between trump and biden agreeing to debate twice before election day. First, right here on cnn, next month donald trump personally confirming to me that hes in meanwhile, another epic showdown. Just hours away from happening, not weeks away, because Michael Cohen, well be back on the Witness Stand. Trumps trial tomorrow. Were getting new reporting tonight on the plan of attack by the trump team. We have two inside sources, Michael Cohens former attorney, lanny davis. And what have Donald Trumps attorneys, both here tonight and a big question where is Rudy Giuliani . Because thats what Law Enforcement in arizona is asking is theyve been trying to find the onetime Trump Attorney for weeks. Why they need to see him . In person, as cnn has learning where he might be. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source mark your, calendars because six weeks from tomorrow, thursday, june 27, its biden trump in a debate, rematch right
conviction. in new york. we re getting new reaction from key players in the case. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m will flits are a, you re in the situation room a little over 48 hours from now president joe biden, former president donald trump, will step on the cnn debate stage. lambda, and get a rare opportunity to move the needle in a race that s been very close for months. are political team is gearing up for the historic showdown as well. digging for new details on the candidates strategies kayla tausche is over at the white house, for us. kristen holmes is near mar-a-lago down in florida. david chelyan has already in atlanta getting ready for this debate. kristen, let me start with you. what are you hearing first of all, from the trump campaign about what they re expecting from president biden thursday night well, what if we just got off the phone with senior advisers to trump who are really expectation-setting after months of ca
good morning and welcome to the saturday edition of morning joe weekend. it was a really busy week. let s get to some of the conversations you may have missed. gag order in donald trump s hush money case is an effect, but his attorney said, they will keep fighting to get it thrown out. that comes after new york s top court declined to hear trump s appeal of the matter earlier this week. the state court appealed trump s thing, there was no constitutional grounds for the appeal. that leaves the gag order imposed by judge juan mershon in place meaning, he could still face penalties in place for violating it. the order bars trump from going after witnesses, jurors, and others who were involved in the case. following his felony conviction last month, the sentencing is scheduled for july 11th. so, i guess first of all, do you expect this gag order to be put back before the sentencing? i don t, but maybe there is reason for it. and then, what do you expect for the sentencing?
Guys can sell that says that little girl was me. so clearly you knew she was going to raise the busing issue. were you surprised last night by his response? crayeah, i mean i was. it ll be up to vice president biden to explain his busing position. it still seems a position he holds today that allowed students like senator harris to integrate into public schools like berkeley. she said last night i was the little girl on that bus. well, she was not the only child on that bus and frankly that was was not the only bus enamerica. so this is not just something personal to senator harris but millions of people across this country. it ll be up to vice president biden to explain whether he sort of holds that position today or how he s changed his views. just out of curiosity, who played vice president biden in your debate prep session? we had a few folks playing
See the tape or listen to the aud yoel before responding. was he upset? yes, i think everybody was in like a little bit of shock. did he ask you how did he seek your advice on how to respond? yes. there were quite a few of us and it was very much a group discussion, given that this unfolded at a debate prep session. question, do you remember who else you discussed the tape with? answer, who else was present there? yeah, at that time. sure. reince preibus, chris christie, jason miller, steve bannon, kellyanne conway and later, jared kushner. i think that s it. question, do you recall reaching out to michael cohen about the tape? answer, my recollection of reaching out to michael took place the following day and it wasn t about the tape, meaning it wasn t about the access hollywood tape. she says, quote, it was about this is going to get confusing, but the day after the access hollywood tape, there were rumors going around, i m not