INCLUDING THE ECONOMY, THE BORDER AND ONGOING LEGAL TROUBLES. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE PREPARING TO FACE OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. YES, I'LL BE WATCHING THE DEBATE. YES, I WILL. I WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE WATCHING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE TWO WILL BE DEBATING EACH OTHER SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020. IT'S ALSO THE FIRST DEBATE BETWEEN A SITTING PRESIDENT AND A FORMER PRESIDENT. I WILL BE WATCHING THE DEBATE JUST TO SEE WHAT TRUMP HAS TO SAY. AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HIS COURT CASE WITH HIS GUILTY VERDICT. POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY SHAWNA RILEY, EXPECTS THE CANDIDATES TO HIT ON A VARIETY OF HOT BUTTON ISSUES, INCLUDING IMMIGRATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND RECENT GUILTY VERDICTS. THIS IS OUR OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE 2024 ELECTION. THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVERYBODY IN THEIR GLORY AND IN A VERY CONTROLLED WAY. REPORTER. THERE WILL BE NO LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE EITHER, SIMILAR TO THE FIRST EVER TELEVISED DEBATE IN 1960 BETWEEN JOHN F KENNEDY AND RICHARD NIXON. WE DON'T USUALLY SEE A LOT OF OUR POLITICAL FOLKS WANTING TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT THAT AUDIENCE TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK. WITH NEARLY FOUR MONTHS TO GO UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, SOME VOTERS ARE EAGER TO HEAR WHAT THE CANDIDATES HAVE TO SAY. OTHERS HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP. I'LL PROBABLY JUST BE LOOKING OUT FOR WHO ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS THE BEST AND WHO I RESONATE WITH. JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIRST DEBATE OF MANY TO COME, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION SURROUNDING WHO TRUMP WILL CHOOSE AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE, AND NKU PROFESSOR SEAN O'REILLY YOU JUST HEARD FROM SAYS SENATOR J.D. VANCE, CERTAINLY HAS A CHANCE. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMING WEEKS. LIVE TONIGHT, RACHEL HERXHEIMER WLWT NEWS FIVE. RACHEL, THANKS SO MUCH. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HOSTED BY CNN RIGHT HERE ON WLWT. IT IS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. COVERAGE
