in decades whether or not biden still should be at the time top of the ticket, whether or not he can continue to lead the nation. a question illuminated at lead last week, cnn presidential debate for years, biden his push back on that question consensus distantly answering in two words, he would say, quote, watch me. here he is in september 2022 ask whether you who are fit for the job. and when you hear that i wonder what you think let s take that and it s all my watch me. if you think i don t have the energy level mental acuity then then, you know, that s one thing another thing watching and keep my schedule just one month after that. i asked the president to respond to american voters who frankly admin watching whenever anyone raises concerns about your age you oldest president in the history of the united states, you always say, watch me. voters happened, watching you democratic voters approve of the job you re doing. democratic voters overwhelmingly like you but one poll
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
three-to-one, three-to-one and today no hbo original series, real time with bill barr wow just see the debate in case you missed it, don t worry or resorted. one of the contestants i mean wow, i mean, trump told lie after lie after lie, he never would have gotten away with that if joe biden was there come on, man you know, joe, he famously loves trains, but apparently not of thought all night confused in the halting and trailing up, i ve seen beauty pageant contestants enter questions better i don t want to say shut the bedroom secrets service name is amber heard. i m there wasn t just what came out of his mouth i mean, the look on his face, the whole night. it just looked like somebody just thought he left the stove on you know? i mean, the last time cna last time scene and coverage them in this lost i gotta get back to that. malaysian airline plane that here s the most ironic part. the republicans were so afraid that joe is going to be beating the expectations. remember,
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