reached a ceiling. so i enrolled in um, gc i would not be the person we are now fewer than seven hours away from cnn s presidential debate world headquarters in atlanta. and very soon president biden is expected to arrive here in atlanta for this highly anticipated face off with former president trump now, this is video of the presidential debate stage. and you saw cnn teams. they re putting the finishing touches. now, this is video of president biden getting off of marine one at joint base andrews and route to georgia, trump is expected to arrive here at the debate side a few hours later, but before the action kicks off tonight, both campaigns have been churning out attack ads potentially previewing the line of attacks that we may see after both candidates take the stage. let s bring in cnn s mj lee live from when the cnn debate site. all right. mj, the supreme court just issued this ruling on emergency abortions in idaho. we did get a glimpse yesterday it is now officially
the oval office. but history may not be our best guy. i d here of course, the politics now are far more vitriolic and rough and tumble, but president biden has been practicing at camp david, the presidential retreat outside washington engine for this very reason, there s no american politician alive who is debated as often he knows well that first term presidential curse. that s why even tonight, he s still practicing with his aides jeff zeleny. thanks. the news continues right here on cnn and outfront next to a special edition lie from cnn s debate headquarters in atlanta, breaking news tonight on biden strategy, a technique that insider for say a said biden s favorability, quote, off the charts. this as questions swirl over whether trump will announce his bp as early as tomorrow. has a real-time demonstrate patient of what will happen when one candidate tries to interrupt the other. the question everyone has that and everything else you need to know about the debate rules
i m going to sub-l in paris. and this is cnn the stage is set the day is here and just 15 hours, joe biden and donald trump will be squaring off and what could be the most fateful presidential debate in us history. good morning, everyone. cnn this morning his live in atlanta. it is 6:00 a.m. here on the east coast. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us when president biden and former president trump take this age tonight here at cnn s world headquarters in atlanta, a sitting president and an ex-president will be debating for the first time ever. and it is just shy of four years since they last song each other face-to-face before joe biden beat donald trump. and in a modern first, trump refused to stand on stage and hand power to his successor at the inauguration. so help you god. so help me god. congratulations, mr. president trump, flying away from the white house in his helicopter, leaving washington for the last time as president, i remember watching t
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 the ca
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start