them as they recover from all of them the gravis and great to see you this morning. thank you very much. and new hours. cnn news central stars right now history will be made on several levels when president joe biden and former president donald trump take the stage for the cnn debate in atlanta with polls showing there in a dead heat, we have new details on the candidate strategies and the u.s. embassy in moscow fighting back as russia puts detained american journalist evan gershkovich on trial for what the state department says is a sham espionage charge and cities swamped by a deluge of flooding, roadways washed out and river gouges still at major flood stage across the upper midwest when will that water some side nine sarah side or john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central the big day is here nearly here basically, here, joe biden, donald trump preparing to make history the first time a sitting president and debates a former president. in this first debate