I'm Ari Melber and with all the trial news that we've been covering we have more

of that later this hour I can tell you the top story right now is political news that

will help decide the election because it usually does.

Today President Biden and Donald Trump both agreed to do two new presidential debates,

the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing a negotiation.

That breakthrough came today as the Biden campaign took control of things

with a plan that was months in the making.

Biden using this video here to publicly challenge Trump to two debates on the

Biden schedule with two ready partners on board ABC and CNN. If a debate

starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual.

It is.

This will now be the earliest general election campaign debate ever.

And that actually matters not only for people tuning in and paying attention, but also for the political strategy at play, which we're going to get into right now, the Times reporting.

This is what Biden wants for a couple of reasons.

Democrats think early voting helps them more than the other side.

I can't tell you about the future, but I can tell you the reporting suggesting this was a

strategic move for Biden because they think that will be true again this year.

And they definitely dominated in early voting in 2020 when they defeated and ousted then

President Trump.

They also know that the highly watched debates tend to mobilize people.

Just about everybody knows that.

Now, Democrats are thinking that jump-starting the general election season early will be good

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