Making Sense of Last Night's US Presidential Debate

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Last night, a fumbling Joe Biden faced serial liar Donald Trump in the first live debate of the campaign. Now, America faces a choice: a visibly aging man who failed to live up to that moment, or an authoritarian convicted felon facing even more courtroom trials ahead. Few people are as well placed to discuss than veteran Democratic party strategist Simon Rosenberg and Marc Lotter, who served as special assistant to President Trump and was director of strategic communications in his 2020 campaign. They join Christiane from Atlanta, where the debate was held last night. Also on today's show: CNN senior correspondent Fred Pleitgen & New York Times reporter Farnaz Fassihi; columnist and author Francis Barry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:37.0	What in the world to make of Trump's falsehoods and Biden's fumbles?
0:42.0	We examine that contentious presidential debate
0:45.2	with Democratic political strategy Simon Rosenberg and Trump's former
0:49.9	Special Assistant Mark Lotta. Then, Iran decides.
0:54.0	As the country heads to the polls,
0:56.0	Fred Plitkin brings us the latest from Tehran,
0:58.0	and I'll discuss what's at stake
1:00.0	with the New York Times reporter and Iran expert Varanas Faisihi.
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