prime minister thatcher now holds gordy of skis fate in her hands secret and spies and nuclear game. the finale airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific thanks everyone for joining me today. i m alison camp radha, and cnn newsroom continues with omar jimenez right now welcome everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez and walk washington. we are counting down to cnn s presidential debate. now, just for our four days away, sorry, the four there, that s a real countdown going on. it s the first first major showdown between incumbent president joe biden and former president donald trump since 2020. and the earliest general election debate and u.s. history. now the biden campaign says this will be the first time a large portion of voters tune in to witness the stark choice between the two men and hopes to show the president as the only candidate. get it working for the american people while painting trump as a convicted felon, which he is at this point who i
are getting ready in their own ways for biden, he s holding intensive discussions and preparations with trusted aides at camp david. all weekend. meanwhile, trump is skipping the traditional debate prep for now and spending his saturday on the campaign trail moments ago, he spoke to a gathering of christian conservatives in washington before traveling to a philadelphia rally tonight, which is what we are expecting. now thursday s debate could be a pivotal moment for both campaigns the latest fox news poll shows a neck and neck race too close to call. we have team coverage, even mechan is that the faith and freedom conference where trump just spoke. but i want to start with kevin lip tak, who s got a little bit more on how president biden is preparing i m going to yeah we are now on day two of debate camp out and camp david presidential retreat in western maryland. and certainly president biden is expecting a tentative couple of days really don t expect to see him before thurs