these the deals on happening before there shot with georgia, a key battleground state in the race for the white house in just moments, the current us president will debate the former us president as their parties presumptive nominees a first in american history, we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our studios in atlanta. this is the cnn presidential debate this debate is being produced by cnn and it s coming to you live on cnn cnn international, cnn.com, cnn max, and cnn espanol. this is a pivotal moment between president joe biden and former president donald trump. in their rematch for the nation s highest office, each will make his case to the american people with just over four months until election day good evening. i m dana bash, anchor of cnn s inside politics and co-anchor of state of the union. object, tapper, anchor of cnn s the lead and co-anchor of state of the union dana and i will co-moderate this evening. our job i
want somebody who s going to be a capable commander in chief. this is not oh, they don t like his style because it s a beauty pageant and they don t like what tikki picked he did not convey that he has what it takes to be the president. that s a massive problem for the country, right? well, it s good way to end this hour as we head in to what is distinctly a new phase of this presidential campaign, thanks to our panel, thanks to all of you for joining us this morning. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now the debate explosion. president biden waking up to calls to drop out of the race, one columnist rights mr. president, one what you can serve your country in 2024 is by announcing your retirement and calling on delegates to replace u. we have brand new reporting on how the president is stephen this and the first criminal charges have now been filed over the horrific failed police response to the valade school massacre with the former police ch