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
Candidates, please take your positions behind the podiums while we remind you and our audience of the ground rules. Each of you will have 90 seconds to answer questions, 60 seconds for responses and rebuttals and 15 seconds for clarifications. Timing lights will remind you when time is expiring. We also remind our audience here in the auditorium at Drake University to be respectful so the candidates can hear the questions and can hear each other. Just hours ago, the republican field narrowed once again former new Jersey Governor Chris christie ended his bid for the presidency. So, with one fewer candidate in the running, lets start with the decision voters here in iowa are about to face. Governor desantis, why should voters who are looking for an alternative to the current frontrunner, former president trump, vote for you rather than
each of you will have 90 seconds to answer questions, 60 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. timing lights will remind you when time is expiring. we also remind our audience here in the cheslow auditorium at drake university to be respectful so the candidates can hear the questions and can hear each other. just hours ago, the republican field narrowed once again, former new jersey governor chris christie ended his bid for the presidency. so with one fewer candidate in the running, let s start with the decision voters here in iowa are about to face. governor desantis, why should voters who are looking for an alternative to the current front-runner, former president trump, vote for you rather than former governor haley? well, the people of iowa good evening, it s great to be in iowa, have a debate here. donald trump is running to pursue his issues. nikki haley it is running to
to answer questions, 60 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. timing lights will remind you when time is expiring. we also remind our audience here in the sheslow auditorium at drake university to be respectful so the candidates can hear the questions and can hear each other. just hours ago, the republican field narrowed once again former new jersey governor chris christie ended his bid for the presidency. so with one fewer candidate in the running, let s start with the decision voters here in iowa are about to face. governor desantis, why should voters who are looking for an alternative to the current front-runner, former president trump, vote for you rather than former governor haley? well, the people of iowa, good evening. it s great to be in iowa and have a debate here. donald trump is running to pursue his issues. nikki haley is running to her
clarification. the timing lights will remind you of these limits. please respect them and please refrain from interrupting other candidates during their a lotted time. a candidate infringing on another candidate s time will have his or her time reduced. we again, remind our audience inside the fox theater to try to remain silent when candidates are actively debating. the candidates need to be able to properly hear the candidates and each other. let s start with opening statements. you ll each receive one minute. mayor bill de blasio, please begin. to the working people of america, tonight i bring you a message of hope. we can make change in this country. i know from personal experience it can be done. when i became the mayor of the nation s large est city, i set on a path of bold change. they said it couldn t be done but we gave prek to every child for free. we got rid of stop and frisk and