Make my day, pal. I'll even do it twice.

The debates are on after months of back and forth between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Anytime, any place, we'll do it anywhere you want, Joe.

The 45th and 46 presidents to meet on the debate stage, but we're learning about why they agreed to a rematch.

The CBS evening news starts now.

Good evening. I'm Nora O'Donnell, and thank you for being with us.

The stage is set. The dates are picked,

and President Biden and Donald Trump are already throwing jabs ahead of two presidential debates

that are now on the calendar. Until today, it was unclear if there would be any general election

debates, but that all changed this morning when the two men, who can't agree on anything,

agreed in a matter of hours that they would face off on June 27th and September 10th. The first date now just 43 days away will be the earliest televised presidential debate in American history.

CBS's Nancy Cordes starts us off tonight from the White House on how it all came together.

President Biden threw down the gauntlet at 8 a.m. Eastern in a video posted online.

Well, make my day, pal. I'll even do it twice.

He even tossed in a dig at Trump's trial schedule, which currently keeps him in court four days a week.

So let's pick the dates, Donald. I hear you're free on Wednesdays.

Nevertheless, within half an hour, Trump said he was in.

I've accepted the two. A hundred percent.

He added an insult of his own.

In.

100 percent.

He added an insult of his own.

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