candidates strategies are now taking shape and nearly six years after the deadliest anti-semitic attack in us history, the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh breaks ground on a new house of worship and a new future. i was there two witness this emotional moment and speak with families impacted by the horrific shooting. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer. a, you re in the situation room our top story this our president joe biden and former president donald trump are fine tuning their strategies for their potentially game-changing debate here on cnn this thursday, the two men sharing a sibling clear goal to portray their opponent as unfit for office are correspondence are covering both candidates as their epic showdown gets closer and closer. first, let s go to c and then gem j li ji reports on president biden s debate preparations everybody knows he s a liar, but you i just want i want to make sure what it lasting it lasts.
more of that and i think president obama s going to come out there tomorrow night and i think there s going to be a lot of soaring rhetoric and i think it s going to be a little bit more partisan than the 2004 that is the big question. right? if he comes out there, look, he s got nothing left to lose. right. he s got an opportunity in some ways frankly to frame some of the debate about the campaign tomorrow night. really ultimately no one it s very rare that a speech like this is going to be remembered. his legacy will be remembered longer than the speech will. so in terms of what rhetorical function it s playing, that s what he can do in the short term. i think that s true. but right now what he s doing is building his legacy. absolutely. that i completely agree with. he s doing podcasts i mean, honestly there s a lot of that going on. i think this is very important in terms of setting the terms of the debate and basically saying like look, here s if you want to at