The campaigns prep for the debate

1 big thing

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🗓️ 28 September 2020

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The first presidential debate of the election is this Tuesday night. President Donald Trump has been preparing to veer attention towards the recent nomination of Amy Coney Barrett and away from the pandemic. Joe Biden will try to emphasize the administration's handling of the pandemic and the death toll of 200,000. Plus, a New York Times investigation found President Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. And, the coronavirus vaccine isn't being tested on children. Guests: Axios' Alayna Treene, Dan Primack and Caitlin Owens. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Alderman, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: How Trump, Biden plan to score at Tuesday's debate NYT: Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. I hope you had a good weekend. It's Monday,
0:08.0	September 28th. I'm Naila Boodoo. Here's how we're making you smarter today.
0:12.0	Why children won't get the first round of
0:14.9	COVID vaccines. Plus the New York Times has President Trump's tax returns. But first, today's one big thing, the inside scoop on how Joe Biden
0:26.4	and Donald Trump are prepping for their first presidential debate.
0:32.0	President Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be meeting face to face for the first
0:36.8	presidential debate tomorrow night in Cleveland, Ohio. Alina Trina is a White House
0:41.2	and Congressional reporter for Axios and has's scoop on how they've been preparing.
0:45.6	The president's been practicing with flashcards and preparing with former New Jersey Governor
0:50.5	Chris Christie and his personal attorney and former New York
0:54.1	Mayor Rudy Giuliani ahead of Tuesday's debate. Biden's kind of set aside large
1:00.9	portions of his days to have these mock debates.
1:04.6	Elena Trina is a White House and congressional reporter for Axios and new author of the
1:10.1	sneak peek newsletter.
1:12.1	Elena, most of the polls show
1:14.5	that most voters have already made up their minds
1:17.7	about who they're voting for.
1:19.6	Some people have already even voted.
1:20.9	Voting has started.
1:22.2	So why do these debates matter?
1:24.3	I think if we look at the conventions, the Democratic National Convention and the Republican
1:28.7	National Convention, it was a huge turning point, especially for the president, where he was able to kind of dominate
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