joining me now kristen welker, moderator of "meet the press." kristen, this is a critical moment. there is no scorecard here, but what does each side need to do to feel like they succeeded this evening? >> great question. former aides to president trump tell me they're advising him to deliver a measured performance tonight after that previous debate in 2020 where she was harshly criticized for interrupting repeatedly. meanwhile, for president biden who is trailing in key states and needs to shake up this race, critical for him tonight to counter polls that show voters have concerns he is not up to the job, and to come across as tough against mr. trump. >> and kristen, we have both moderated presidential debates. the rules in this one are a bit different than what people likely normally see. >> you're right about that. in fact, the new rules are going to be center stage as much as the candidates will be, particularly this change where they will mute the mic of the person not speaking. hallie just talked about that. so the big question, will we get to see those clashes that often de

there, kristen. so charles, just help just so i understand the difference between a test flight and a spaceflight is that no one has ever gone into space on this rocket before. so they need to make sure that this particular rocket gets them to the international space station. is that right that's not exactly right. >> yeah. alison correct. >> briefly, every flight that we fly on a new vehicle until its determined that its operational is a test flight, for example the space shuttle, which was flown well while i was there, the first five missions were all orbital flight tests. so we had a number of different things we had to go through to certify that the vehicle was ready for flight so this flight plus the next few will still be test flights, but this is the, this is the initial crewed test flight. >> if you remember, we already had two flights on this vehicle the first flight in 2019 was the one where we had some software problems and we overuse the propellant allocation and we were not able to dock

rick davis and kristen hawn. go through this for 90 minutes, and on the other side we will have a report from the spin room analyzing what we see and hear tonight. kailey: we will have coverage from 10:30 to 11:00 after this reps, the first time a current and former president have debated each other, and the first time they have shared estate since 2020. joe: the cnn presidential debate live on bloomberg tv and radio. ♪

>> i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. laffin was visiting the area for the california firefighters summer games. >> as abc seven news reporter lena howland learned his family has deep ties to the firefighting community. >> oakland firefighters honoring a fallen colleague on thursday morning, hanging a relief banner outside fire station three. >> we're all devastated, you know there is no other way to take it. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says 25 year old caden laffin died in what appears to be a drowning incident in san diego. he was there for the california firefighter summer games with several other oakland firefighters. police say they responded to a report of a lost swimmer at pacific beach near crystal pier around two in the morning. they searched the area and about two hours later, caden's body washed up. >> caden was a rising star, very sharp individual. we had big plans for him, for his future. so it's extremely tragic. >> his family is deeply embedded in the oakland fire department. his father was oaklan

kristen is a later right?> think he's right there. i might have said less about his wife and the flag and all of that probably had a couple of sentences, too many in that letter. but that's the core of the case, right there. i don't think that the fact that there was a flag flying over his house that again, an uncharitable interpretation, is that he somehow is secretly expressing his opinions about the political event. i think it's nonsense. i think when you look at somebody like senator ed markey, he tweeted as the story was all breaking. this is why we need this code of conduct and we need to pack the court and it was like a high there. they give up the game. they're not mad about justice alitos flag. they're mad that there's a 6-3 conservative majority on the court and progressives don't like that. >> well that's entirely true because then there's democratic congressman jamie raskin who says if alito and justice clarence thomas, his wife, work to overturn the election, won't recuse the department of justice

i mean, it's a double standard and it's really hard to sell this then kristen. yeah, you've got matt gaetz are conservative republicans saying that a conviction was dumb. you've got lindsey graham and other conservative saying that the entire trial was a waste of time. did this backfire on pro gun? politicians well i guess i don't quite follow how it would necessarily have backfired if first of all, it doesn't seem as though hunter biden's defense team used a sort of second amendment defense in the courts. >> so in this case, the jury wasn't necessarily making a statement one way or the other about what the lobby, but rather we're making a statement about what the law is. and i do wonder if on appeal is that something that could gay are yard? and they did they didn't bring up second amendment and that's what they're going to argue on appeal, which is a problem for the guns and gun control advocates, right? because he's going to be arguing. i mean, it's for the republicans, it's very hard to say. let people who have severe drug problems have guns. that's essentia

i am so glad you brought that point up, kristen. in an ideal world, every everyone, not only just men, everyone would have access to a board certified psychiatrist to make sure you go and get a proper diagnosis. but that's not necessarily reality, and you don't need to in many cases, because people have access to therapists, counselors, social workers, community leaders, anyone whom you can go and talk to and start a conversation. and remember it's okay to not be okay. sometimes people will feel these feelings and they'll dismiss them, and sometimes they actually have serious feelings. and there are serious underlying diagnosis. you've got to make sure you have that conversation. >> absolutely. by the way, this is totally not a disney plug. but i'm just saying when you said it's okay to not be okay, i'm like, hey, i'm going to go see inside out two this weekend. and, you know, i think that addresses it really well as well in pixar's own. totally does. >> it makes it relatable. it makes it relatable. >> it really does look. on a rela

kristen welker, thank you.o i assume is with john. >> yes. kudos to john. thank you, chris, i appreciate that. >> with a toddler and a baby. >>> biden's digital war room, how the president is trying to shake the conversation about tonight's debate among millions of followers online and we'll talk to the president's deputy deputy campaign manager next. esy deputy campaign manager next dk on your trash talk. i'd rather work on saving for retirement. or college, since you like to get schooled. that's a pretty good burn, right? deep down, i knew something was wrong. since my fatigue and light-headedness would come and go, i figured it wasn't a big deal. then i saw my doctor and found out i have afib, and that means there's about a 5 times greater risk of stroke. symptoms like irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, or light- headedness can come and go. but if you have afib, the risk of stroke is always there. if you have one or more symptoms, get checked out. holding off on seei

dan and kristen. >> all right.he alameda county fair returns tomorrow. >> oh it does. abc seven news got a preview today at the fairgrounds in pleasanton. now, one of the highlights is the canine stars dog show with all kinds of stunts and tricks. >> there are also pig races, carnival rides, games, and of course you can't forget all the food. the alameda county fair runs through july 7th. it is closed every monday and tuesday. but look at those pigs go. it's so fun to cheer for them. >> that's a great fair. every year too. they do a wonderful job. >> yeah, that's it for abc seven news at four. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. as always. the stanley cup a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for u

i understand them and i agree with what kristen said. the trump campaign has set a very low bar for biden to clear. they've said he senile. biden will clear that bar by simply standing declares by standing up right for 90 minutes and not confusing as he did in february, the name of the president of egypt with the present in an a mexican, i have one other thought about this. i think one of the reasons biden called for this early debate was particularly in the swing states. he's loser. and he needed to change the narrative. and one way or the other for good or real, this is going to change the narrow, i think that's right. and you saw biden keller have a swing with certain voters? >> for his after the state of the union, he's hoping for a little bump now, you saw some of that in this recent fox news poll where he's kinda closing the gap with some of these voters. so i think he's hoping for more of that. >> we're not done to beading the debate up next, learning from history, how biden and trump could benefit from watching the winning and lo

and those are the choices that america has. >> what do you think kristen? >> i think that it is true that these are two very old men who are very flawed at the same time. i think republicans went into choosing their nominee clear-eyed. they know all the nonsense about donald trump and they said, here's our guy, the white house and the biden campaign have misled and gas lit voters including democratic voters, about the condition of the president for months now. and so now, democratic voters, having concluded their primary process, but not yet formally selected their nominee, really need to have a conversation about what information didn't we have a few months ago that we now have and need to know. are they going to make a different choice now, i feel months ago, we didn't have the information that donald trump was a convicted felon the guy got convicted. he's a felon. the first former president in history to be a convicted felon. and them and republicans and trump did not bat an eye. i was grid, you nominated donald trump, knowing works and all my suggestion

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kristen holmes is in west palm beach, florida. kayla tausche is at the white house and kayla, let's start with you first because you've got new reporting this morning about the advice that biden is getting from some top democrats. what are you hearing? >> manu several senior democrats who have the biden camps ear have in recent weeks been urging them to change pack on the economy. instead going directly after trump's economy, instead of taking credit for biden's own. now they say is a lifelong politician that biden is naturally inclined to seek credit where it's do, but they say that it's currently at odds with the way voters feel as so long as the cost of living is so high, no amount of good data would be able to sway them. otherwise, in the words of one senior democrat, i spoke with, he said of biden, he wants the credit, he needs to just stop. and while it's true, mater that everyone in washington has advice, what was so striking about these conversations was this synchrony of them and that there seemed to be a widely view amon

i'm kristen sze. president biden and former president trump talked about the usual things the economy, immigration, foreign policy and the unusual things insurrection, stars and golf handicaps. but it wasn't the substance that made the most headlines. it was style. in particular. president biden's week stumbling delivery and inability to counter trump's non-factual attacks. and now the democratic party faces some tough questions. president biden and donald trump are back on the campaign trail. the president, addressing supporters energetically following last night's dismal performance during the presidential debate. >> i don't know what you did last night, but i spent 90 days, 90 minutes on the stage to debating the guy who has the morals of an alley cat. it was the biggest political stage yet in the race for the white house, and president biden's performance is fueling concern and panic among his party. >> after the 81 year old struggled at times to articulate his thoughts on key issues that are at t

>> kristen sze it's a very fair question. i would say there are some big things. semiconductors back. we passed the american rescue plan, which put $100 billion into our schools and gave people checks during the pandemic. we passed the infrastructure bill, which is benefiting my district and districts across the country and building new roads and bridges. we also passed aid to ukraine. so putin can't march into ukraine, and we have managed to pass budgets. so we haven't defaulted on the budget, but we need to figure out how do we work to get things done. i mean, there are two types of people in congress. there are those who go to be show horses to just get on social media or the media and make sensational statements. my district and silicon valley expects their members to get things done to work across the aisle, and i'm going to continue to do that. that's how we got the chips and science bill passed that i helped co-write. i passed over seven bills in congress, and i will look for those opportunities to do more, more legislation. >> all right. speaking, i want t

thanks, kristen.ng a live look outside right now over san francisco. >> and it's a nice one out there more. and so what's happening? we were we tease to their second ago. yeah, hot. it's going is going to be scorching. i think as we get into next week, these temperatures looking. >> more formidable. the closer we get now we're going to see how things work out. but right now, i think rippled digits easily and many of the valleys and going to be even hot inside the bay. so here we go out there today. really nice day. temperatures coming down quite a bit. we've had a nice significant sea breeze out there that's really ushered in the cooler temperatures around the bay area. maybe some places offering a slightly below the average but beautiful all the way the coastline with some sunshine out toward the beaches. but here we go. tomorrow should be another nice day. you still have that trough of low pressure along the west coast. that will probably be about it. i think as we get the weekend, things begin to c

snow joined kristen sze 3 p.m. show getting answers to tell us about his memories of the say hey kid, i wasn't of too many professional athletes, but, the first time i got to meet willie mays, i was in awe, a little nervous, asking for his autograph, but, just a sad day. >> so many memories come back. and the way he treated us as players, as teammates and part of the giants family was really remarkable. >> many tributes pouring in, this one from willie's teammate juan marichal, posting. i still remember walking into the clubhouse at candlestick park for the first time and shaking willie's hand. i was in awe and after all this years, i still am. and willie was perfection on and off the field. a generous and warm human being. you will truly be missed, chico was the scene last night at rickwood field in alabama, where mays began his pro baseball career. >> i had to stay in school, so i played saturday and sunday when school was in. when school was out, i would go on the road with them. >> abc seven news sports anchor

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is live at or studios in atlanta arlette saenz is following president biden at the white house and kristen holmes isn't whether as palm beach with the trump campaign and jeff, let me go to you first. let's talk about this debate. what, what are we going to see jim, of course, this is incredibly significant it's the first earliest debate in modern presidential campaign history. >> and the reason is both candidates agreed to this debate. they want to try and define their opponents, define themselves, and frankly, shakeup this race for all of the changes follow the challenges in the country and the world this race has largely been much of how it's been for the last several months, if not year, donald trump has had a narrow lead nationally and in some battleground states president biden has been defending his record will onstage tomorrow evening, president biden will of course, try and draw that contrast with former president donald trump jim history is probably not our best guide for this because we have never seen two sitting president's side-by-side like this, making the case about one anot

kristen, international frustration with that ton yahoo and with the is really campaign faced a spike after. and you and these really are strike, hit a can't camp in boston killed 45, a displaced people. what exactly is the current situation now in guys and rough? uh, what are you hearing? the situation is devastating and re a healing even more attacks. the idea of the is what any army saying that they are attacking they are going against how most militants and they are killing. how much fight does on a regular basis. but at the same time that a lot of civilians being killed in these attacks, we have been dozens of victims among civilians. and this is the whole questions about the question. how is this well being that we have hunger crisis that is intensifying because the crossing that off crossing keeps to be closed? often is way to military control of this. so everything goes into another crossing chem shalom crossing. and we see that even if the minute to it gets in, which has dropped a lot during the last few weeks, even when it's gets in, it's very difficult to distribute it due

and that of any other country, kristen. yeah, a place react to that a bite and actually claims that is really campaign has already a chief. what is set out to do namely rendered him mouse incapable of launching another attack similar to october 7th. but ronan says, well, they're just going to use this 1st phase or a 2nd. even the 1st and 2nd phases and plan to regroup and get ready to act again. would you agree with that or do you think find this right? no, i mean we definitely agree on the nature of some of this, no doubt about it, but we are seeing that this war and the way it is that does not lead to a defeat of months. we are seeing that for 8 months. is this a of total victory is not working out because whenever the sweat unit on withdrawals from an area within garza that it had just kept, it almost is regrouping. so it's not going to look like this. how much has to be kept away from power? it has to be be militarized by political means. and what, how mazda is asking in this deal is a permanent ceasefire, an end to thi

. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z.k those lightning strikes for us. >> yeah. joining us now with a look ahead to what conditions we might see this evening spencer okay, larry and kristen, let me give you a look at live doppler seven. >> first of all so you can see what's going on. we have pockets of moisture and clouds streaming into mainly the north bay, but all parts of the bay area have seen some of these pockets of moisture today. there have been some isolated showers. they are tapering off right now, but look at the bigger picture. you can see this steady stream of subtropical moisture moving into the bay area, mainly in the north bay. right now from our southwest, the instability over in the sierra is much greater than here. numerous, even countless lightning strikes have occurred there. we've had some infrequent lightning strikes in the. the chance of more lightning strikes is diminishing as we get into the late day and early evening hours. but with that, even with that diminishing chance of lightning strikes, t

kristen holmes for us, kristen. thank you very much. so as kristen pointed out, the trump campaign clearly celebrating after last night, cnn presidential debate, but president biden's poor performance doesn't necessarily mean that trump gave a good one. the former president would not commit to accepting the election results it's and he lied over and over again. our fact checker, daniel dale tract more than 30 blatant falsehoods. my friends and colleagues are back scott jennings, the reality is they're were a lot of falsehoods from donald trump and then there was this answer when he was asked pressed about whether or not he would accept the results of the election. watch if it's a fair and legal and good election absolutely. >> i would have much rather accepted these. but the fraud and everything else was ridiculous that if you want well, have a news conference on it in a week or we'll have another one of these in a week. but i will absolutely. there's nothing i'd rather do. it would be much easier for me to do that then i'm running agai

i'm peter alexander in for kristen welker. for the first time in american history, a former president has been convicted of a crime. this past week a manhattan jury concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump falsified business records in order to influence the 2016 election, finding him guilty on all 34 counts, felony crimes. mr. trump, who chose not to testify, instead vented his anger outside the courtroom, claiming the trial was rigged against him and vowing to appeal. >> this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial. a disgrace. they wouldn't give us a venue change. we were at 5% or 6% in this district, in this area. this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> in the days since, the former president's allies, including vice presidential hopefuls, have lined up to rail against the trial and its outcome and have attacked democrats claiming the fix was in from the start. >> what happened there was outrageous, and you're ri

kristen holmes, thanks so much. want to go to atlanta or cnn political director david challenge that has more on the format as kristen holmes just mentioned, the set of rules, the two sides agreed to, and how different this debate night we'll look because of it. so talked it was about the rules well, anderson, one of the biggest changes i think the view word see is no audience will be a part of this debate. >> there'll be the two candidates and the two moderators in the room. there kristen, you heard mentioned that the microphones will be turned on for the designated speaker. at the time they are designated to speak in the debate. his opponents microphone will be turned off at that time. timing lights are visible to the candidates throughout the debate. so they'll know when their time is running out and the two candidate podiums are eight feet apart from each other. obviously, that's lot closer than these two candidates were to each other on the debate stage compared to four years ago when we were in the height of c

kristen. >> all right. thanks, spencer.ernor newsom announced that 2800 acres of land is being returned to the shasta indian nation as part of the state's reconciliation effort. >> and this is the center of the world for shasta indian nation. so we see a huge opportunity here to really transfer that ownership, transfer that knowledge base, transfer the control over this place to shasta indian nation so that they can restore this place to create community, really heal that relationship and really address historical injustices for their future generations. >> today is the fifth anniversary of california's apology to native american peoples in recognition of juneteenth, the alameda county board of supervisors today honored a local businesswoman, carol h. >> williams was recognized for being an entrepreneur and for her work in the community. >> i can say has taken me just about all my life to make great decisions, but i still make some poor ones. but that's our right because i've found out that it's not about making poor decisi

. >> and the wake of the verdict, adding that one-third of those donors are new, cnn's kristen holmes has more if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone i defined donald trump lashing out friday a day after a new york jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial. we're gonna fight. i'm wired in such a way that a lot of people would have gotten away a long time ago, trump aired grievances with a trial and leveled attacks at the prosecutor and the presiding judge, juan merchan. >> it was a rigged trial. we wanted a venue change where we could have a fair trial. we didn't get it. we wanted a judge change. we wanted to judge. it wasn't conflicted and obviously he didn't do that even as the former president remains under a gag order that blocks them from speaking out about witnesses, jurors, and others closely tied to the case. >> trump's singled out ex-attorney michael cohen, a key witness in the case, without using his name, not allowed to use his name because of the gag order but you know, he's just sleazebags everybody knows that. took me a while

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i mean, the biden team has essentially been watching really closely everything that kristen just laid out all of the expectations setting, but they've been doing including really downplaying how much debate prep they've actually been doing. they're not spending a lot of time on debate prep. there are no formal sessions. they basically think that none of that is true. they actually believe that on thursday night, but trump version that we will end up seeing could end up being the most prepared that donald trump has ever been heading into a debate. one adviser i was talking to was making note of the fact that trump even commented recently on watching and seeing and making notes on when president biden, when he was vice president going up against paul ryan. so that's shows you what the biden team is actually expecting. they expect it to be more prepared perhaps than we've ever seen him. they're also very attuned to the fact that they have now up the expectations for president biden after months of saying he's not physically all there. he's not mentally all they are now all of a sudden in

wolf kristen holmes reported for us, kristen, thank you very much. i want to bring in more of our political experts right now to assess what's going on. scott jennings, a massive hall, massive amount of money coming in, especially since the conviction on all of these counts, what's your takeaway? >> it's reminiscent of the period of the republican party of 2018 during the kavanaugh hearing during honestly, where you had all corners of the party basically in unison that someone was being railroaded. and so they unified around that. and obviously then kevin all got confirmed regarding this hall. >> this is exactly what they needed because they've been running behind biden on the money chase. >> and what they need to do is jakob turnout, ground game operations are expensive. finding the kinds of voters and registering them, turning them out that they've got to do cost a lot of money. so this is a shot in the arm they needed. >> well, let me get maria to react to that. a huge fundraising for the republicans right now, including trump, of course, should d

i'm peter alexander in for kristen welker.h the presidential debate just 11 days away, the two men who will face off on stage are aggressively gearing up for the general election. former president trump on capitol hill for the first time since the capitol attack used part of his day in washington for informal debate prep with senator marco rubio, among others. president biden, who returns to washington late tonight, will begin extensive debate prep this week, as well, overseen by his first white house chief of it staff, ron clain. last night, the president held a star-studded fundraiser in los angeles with president obama, george clooney, and julia roberts among others. >> we have the spectacle of the nominee of one of the two major parties sitting in court and being convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 counts. what i would say and what i do say to a bunch of good people out there who are conservatively predisposed, who may not agree with everything that joe or i o, other democrats stand for, is that there was a time when we

now, it's also clear that there has been some of that tension that kristen was talking about. the fact that a couple of weeks ago, marjorie taylor greene tried to oust the sitting speaker, mike johnson. according to marjorie taylor greene, who i spoke to just a few minutes ago donald trump the address that i really found his speech should be one of my favorite speeches. he came and talked to the conference was very honest. he was funny, he was joking around constantly with everyone he was really sweet to me. he said to speaker johnson, he goes, okay, you got one more seat. you need to be tougher he's he saw me. >> i was sitting back a little ways. he saw me in there and he was like, hello, marjorie, he's always so sweet and recognizes me and he said, are you being nice? he was joking nice to speaker johnson and i said and he said, okay, be nice to him and i nodded my head and then so obviously marjorie taylor greene wolf, they're trying to make light of a situation that really embattled republicans for several weeks just last month, it's also so clear though that donald trump

kristen salt. does anderson, a republican strategist and pollster and bucaram sellers, a former south carolina state rep. i think we have got the resume if every single political job that you've ever could have held on this panel. so obviously that is why you're the experts and spin room for a lot of people who were like, what is the spin room is where all of the candidates surrogates come after their allies reporters are also in here listening to them asking them how the debate went. but because looking at this, i mean, these two men have not been in the same room, much less eight feet apart from each other in four years. and it's a striking to think. they haven't been in a moment where they're debating each other in a sense like this since 2020. >> so this environment is palpable i think the word of the night i've been thinking about all this this entire day. the word of the night is energy it's so much energy here in the spin room has so much energy in atlanta, everybody's talking about it. the

so kristen, what's the latest where do learning on the ground? >> so right now everybody is focused on the two astronauts onboard this spacecraft, the commander boots hello more, and the pilot, sunny williams. right now, you've got the blue team going in and they've got to get these astronauts off safely and they're essentially sitting on top of a bomb, right? a fully fueled rocket. this is highly flammable. it's dangerous work and so right now, everybody is focused on getting these astronauts off. it's something they trained to do. they did this dozens and dozens of times during space shuttle launches. >> but it's still risky. so that's the primary focus, right? >> right now. >> while they focused on that, engineers are going to be reviewing what triggered this automatic hold or an automatic abort by the computer that launches this rocket. >> that's the big question here. was it any of these issues that they were troubleshooting earlier that perhaps led to this hold. >> we just don't don't know what we're also trying to figure out now is when co

inside, look at the debate preparations taking place inside the biden and trump campaigns that's kristen holmes is working here, sources for us. >> she's over it. a trump event in florida and cnn's arlette saenz as details on president biden's plan to take on his predator assessor once again, first few kristen trump is expected. i take it to speak at any moment now, give us the latest yeah. >> this is actually his 78th thursday's celebration with some of his biggest supporters, called club of 47. it is a group committed to getting donald trump re-elected. and while you are likely to not hear donald trump i'm take any jabs at biden's age. she will probably make some self-deprecating jokes. he is turning 78, meaning that if he does win in november, you oldest person to become president of united states, something that the former president is very aware of. that is why, when you hear him attacking joe biden, he often in talks about his mental fitness but avoids the actual comments about biden's age, knowing that he is just a few years younger now, you mentioned that debate prep that's part

with kristen welker. >> good sunday morning. it is yet another extraordinary moment in the 2024 election cycle. with democrats in a state of crisis after president joe biden delivered a disastrous debate performance that fueled voters' top concerns about his age and ability to serve another four years in office. not since the first nixon-kennedy debate in 1960, has a debate had as much potential to shake up a presidential race. this morning, there is widespread panic within the democratic party, and questions about whether the president should drop out of the race. >> i think it was a [ bleep ] disas astor. i think it was maybe the worst debate i've seen in my entire life. >> i think people feel we are confronting a crisis. >> at first it was shocking and scary and then it was sad and by the end absurd. it's the riskiest path sticking with joe biden or the riskiest path saying we want someone else and anybody who says that that is not a tough call right now is full of [ bleep ]. >> on friday, in a stunning move, "the new york ti

and kristen salt, salt is anderson. what's your takeaway first of all, from trump's return to the campaign trail after his felony conviction. >> well, i thought it was interesting that kristen holmes pointed out two themes in his speech today immigration and the trial donald trump does best with swing voters when he's talking about issues, issues like immigration, issues like the economy, the sorts of things were voters who swung very heavily toward the gop in the last fewer to, where he does not fare as well as swing voters is when he is talking about things like his own legal troubles, when he is talking about what he intends to do on that front, if he were to ever take office and so it's interesting, you're going to see this push and pull between donald trump talking about issues and donald trump talking about his legal peril one of those is better first campaign than the other drive down near malika henderson's with this as well, nia trump is still clearly railing against his conviction on the heels of his fox inter

so what does it matter of finding the government, the american people don't give a cnn's kristen holmes joins us now a christian, let's start with the trump team's legal strategy here. what do you hearing from your sources about the sentencing scheduling july 11, well, there are two schools of thought, so just a reminder before we actually landed on july 11, or the judge did todd blanche trump's attorney, had asked for the end of july to be the sentencing which would have been after the convention. and i will tell you that they had been concerned about the convention and this case running up against it for quite some time, even when they were doing their delay tactics they were worried at a certain point that if they were to successful, that he could actually be in court while that convention was supposed to be going on. >> so this has been an ongoing issue for them. so now the political team is assessing whether or not this actually helps him or doesn't help him politically. part of the reason that it could potentially help them is because what we've seen, these outrage i just fund rai

holmes and lauren fox or standby up on capitol hill kristen, tell us more about this meeting. what's going on yeah. >> jim, i didn't it's significant for the number of reasons that you laid out, but i will remind you that despite the fact that these lawmaker said that after january 6, they have long come around to donald trump, or at least most of them, the republican party really rallying around their nominee, decide what happened on january 6. this is significant so again, for a number of reasons because this is really the first time he has met with a group, a big group of lawmakers like this since he became the presumptive nominee, and also since he became a convicted felon, when talking to trump's team, they really want this to be about, quote, unquote unity, getting the party in line behind donald trump and really getting the messaging in sync before what is expected to be several very contentious month ahead of november. now, the way the donald trump's team waited out to us was that he was going to present his plan to beat joe biden in november, as well as talk about a p

kristen holmes and kevin lift tech guys. thank you very much. join me now as president clinton's former director of speech writing, michael waldman, he's written nearly 2000 speeches, including for stay the unions prepared president clinton for the 1996 debates. he's the author of the super majority, how the supreme court is dividing america michael, thanks so much for being with us it has been the case in the past that incumbents sometimes performed poorly during their first debate what do you think? i mean, obviously do you heard kevin and kristen there are a few moments ago talking about all these expectations and where the bar is being set and the trump team first might've been setting the bar too low for joe biden and now they're conscious of that. where do you see things heading into this debate? >> well, it's definitely true that almost every incumbent president has lost the first debate. there, rusty, the surrounded by people who tell them everything they say it's brilliant. when they walk in a room of marine band plays hail to the chief

kristen truck wrote this on his truths social account about this whole controversy. let me read it to you and our viewers. the democrats are making up stories that i said milwaukee is helens, which obviously that's a good question. who would say such as with wisconsin? the key battleground states, it looks like maybe who would say such a thing? thing is donald trump. look, if i was advising him, i would not have made put that in the proposed talking points at the same time. i think it's completely likely that this will be just item 999 on the pile of almost 1,000 things that donald trump has said that we go, oh, my goodness, isn't this horrible, isn't this going to cost him the election? and it doesn't, right now, he's still doing quite well in polls and competitive battleground states. and frankly by saying, look, i'm going to be the one who's tougher on an issue like crime. of course that was one ofst saying that the crime there was bad. >> it is true that voters don't think that crime is being handled well and they tend to think that donald trump would be better o