he s boasting about the fact that he that he canceled roe v. wade. i think joining us thank you to our viewers. thanks very much for watching our special coverage of debate night in america continues right here, right now on cnn with anderson cooper and erin burnett good evening from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we re just two hours from now. history will be made joe biden and donald trump s squaring off on the stage. we are showing you in the earliest ever presidential debate, the first ever between the president and ex-president the first in which one of the candidates is also convicted felon awaiting three other criminal trials and so much sets this debate apart from others, including rules tailored just for this occasion in and agreed to by both candidates. but there are so many unknowns about what will happen tonight. anderson, can president biden overcome the difficulties that so many incumbent presidents have faced in their first debates, can donald trump do what
nearly all of these standing covid restrictions. detention tonight is also focused on geneva switzerland where the president is just eight hours away from sitting down with vladimir putin. we are also following breaking news at home tonight. the new york times reporting a top executive of the trump organization may soon be in deep legal trouble, quote, the manhattan district attorney s office appears to have entered the final stages of the criminal tax investigation into tunneled trump s long serving chief financial officer allen weisselberg setting up the possibility we could face charges this summer. a grand jury has been hearing evidence about mr. weisselberg, who is facing intense scrutiny from prosecutors as they seek his cooperation with a broader investigation into mr. trump and the trump organization. the prosecutors have obtained mr. weisselberg s personal tax returns, providing the fullest picture yet of his finances. as the times goes on to point out, the trump family has re