Thursday: Biden, Trump Face Off 8 Feet Apart In Historic Debate

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. Plus, the Supreme Court appears poised to temporarily allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing a document that was inadvertently posted on the court’s website in an astonishing breach of protocol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, good evening everyone, and welcome to a special edition of Laura Coates Live.
0:11.2	This is the stage at CNN's Atlanta headquarters where history will be made
0:16.2	tomorrow night. The earliest presidential debate ever, it was also the longest presidential
0:22.0	campaign ever for a lot of people feeling that way as well
0:24.4	But only eight feet were gonna separate Donald Trump and Joe Biden but on visions for the country
0:30.3	They would each say they could not be further apart.
0:34.0	Both men have a lot at stake and I do mean a lot.
0:38.0	This election for months now has really been a game of inches.
0:41.0	The polls, well they have barely budged. The race essentially
0:44.8	deadlocked. It's anyone's to win or lose for that matter. So could tomorrow change everything?
0:52.0	And are the candidates ready and most importantly
0:54.7	will it change any voters minds or just make them up? Just a few moments I'll
1:00.1	speak to top insiders from Biden and Trump world.
1:02.8	Congressman Jim Clyburn,
1:04.4	when a President Biden's top allies
1:06.2	and Congressman Byron Donald's,
1:07.9	a potential VP contender for Donald Trump.
1:11.0	Now remember, the last time Trump and Biden shared a stage, the world was a
1:15.9	different place, shall we say.
1:17.8	Rovi Wade was still the law of the land and so abortion, it might surprise you
1:22.4	to know, never even came up in their 2020 debates.
1:25.8	Not once.
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