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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 ....
side. you re john berman and kate bolduan. this cnn news central any moment now, donald trump is set to arrive on capitol hill to rally support among republican lawmakers for his campaign at the very same time, president biden is getting get to meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy to show his support on the sidelines of the g7 summit in italy biden and zelenskyy expected to speak to reporters this morning as world leaders gathered, there are getting ready to announce a fifth the billion-dollar loan for ukraine that biden is now hoping sends a message to russia and show you some live pictures we ve seen live pictures of the ukrainian president meeting with some of the world leaders gathered there and now split-screen to donald trump he s sitting down with republican lawmakers friend and some reluctant allies behind closed doors, seen as a robertson is in italy. kristen holmes in washington. christina want to start with you. you ve been talking to trump s team and la ....
wife, amy, his daughter, meredith, his son, nick. may his memory be a blessing thanks to our panel for being here today. thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central start parts right now we are standing by for the announcement of a unprecedented security agreement with ukraine. it is supposed to last ten years, will last ten months if donald trump is elected for the first time since january 6, insurrection, and for the first time since he became a convicted criminal, donald trump returns to capital hill, meeting with republicans looking to rally their support behind closed doors with vp hopefuls, allies and former foes and south florida drowning in a deluge in some spots, almost a what and a half, a rain since just tuesday and even more is on the way. i m farrah cider with kate baldwin, john berman. this is skin, a new central well look, who s here i see that we coordinated without even talking. apologize for you right he ....
you got to see what happened in atlanta as an opportunity. i don t know what we re going to find out, about what this shooter understands of his own motives. i am, certainly, not giving him any excuses. but, is there any, other reason, other than the obvious here, for why he targeted asian-american women? even if it was a sex thing, why did it have to be them? why were they the object of his desire? or his affliction? and even if the analysis is strained i could tell you. it s not your turn, yet. even if the analysis is strained, we have to recognize their reality because it s on the rise. the attacks are on the rise. absolutely, no matter what the finding is in atlanta. cnn tonight. the big show. its big star, on screen right now, d lemon. i ve got so much that i want to say, and so much that i want the viewer to see. i am sorry that i was encroaching your time. i am sitting here raising my hand, and you know i never do that. i wait for you to finish. i can t ....
custody. there s a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. we ll bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two variants in california. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin on this tragic shooting spree. our ryan young joins us this morning in atlanta. what do you know about the victims, eight total, six of them asian. what can you tell us? reporter: so far, very little information is coming out about the victims except, besides their races. of course, what we ve been told so far is at least six of the people killed are asian. of course, we re trying to move forward with parts of this investigat ....