i'm norah 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 jobs aheado
presidential debates that are
now on the calendar.
until today, it was unclear if
there would be in a 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.
>> reporter: president biden
threw down the gauntlet at
8:00 a.m. eastern in a video
posted online.
>> make my day, pal.
i'll even do it twice.
>> reporter: even tossed it a
dig at trump's trial schedule,
which currently keeps him in
court four days a week.
>> supposed to put the
dates, donald.
i hear you are free on
wednesdays.
>>...