HOUSING, DEVELOPERS AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. >>> TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP ARE SAID TO FACE UP ON THE STAGE IN ATLANTA. EITHER CANDIDATE TOOK PART IN ANY PRIMARY DEBATES. THE CBS NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR IS JOINING US NOW. WITH MORE OF WHAT TO EXPECT. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS DEBATE, THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS TO THIS DEBATE. SET THE STAGE FOR US. GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS DEBATE WILL LOOK LIKE. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, ANNE- MARIE, FROM A VERY HOT ATLANTA. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE 99 DEGREES TODAY BUT EVEN POTENTIALLY EVEN HOTTER BEHIND ME AT THE DEBATE STAGE. TOMORROW NIGHT, AT 9:00 P.M., 90 MINUTES, BETWEEN THESE TWO PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEES. AS YOU MENTIONED, ANNE-MARIE WE ARE EXPECTING NEW CRITERIA, NEW RULES. THIS IS A FORMAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. THE FIRST DEBATE IN DECADES. WHERE THE CPD, THE COMMISSION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS NOT RUNNING IT, A NONPARTISAN ENTITY THAT TYPICALLY RUNS THE DEBATES. THE CAMPAIGNS AGREED TO SUPERSEDE THAT AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE NETWORK. YES, IT WILL BE 90 MINUTES AND THERE WILL BE NO AUDIENCE. THERE WILL BE A MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED. CNN HAS THE ABILITY TO MUTE THE DEBATERS, WHILE THE OTHER IS SPEAKING. AS YOU RECALL THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UNRULY DEBATES IN PREVIOUS CYCLES AND ESPECIALLY IN 2020, WHERE WE REALLY SAW THE INTERRUPTIONS. THAT IS AN EFFORT TO STOP THAT. THERE IS ALSO NO PREWRITTEN NOTES ALLOWED TO COME TO THE DEBATE STAGE BY THESE CANDIDATES. AND I THINK REALLY NOTABLE, ANNE-MARIE, TYPICALLY DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAKS, DEBATERS MEET OR SPEAK TO ADVISORS. ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING AND A LITTLE COACHING. AND THEY REMIND THEM TO HIT ON THESE POLICY TARGETS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THAT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT EITHER. BUT IT IS THE FIRST ABATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE AND EVERYBODY IN THE POLITICAL WORLD IS ANTICIPATING IT. >> AT FIRST 2020 DEBATE IS WHEN WE GOT THE CLASSIC BIDEN LINE, WILL YOU SHUT UP, MAN. CLASSIC. YOU KNOW HOW BIDEN TALKS. AND THEN THEY STARTED CUTTING OFF THE MICROPHONES. THE TWO CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING INTO VERY DIFFERENT WAYS. WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. AS CBS REPORTED AND I REPORTED, THE MOCK DEBATE SESSIONS FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAVE BEGUN. THEY STARTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND IT IS A MIX BETWEEN FORMAL MOCK DEBATE SESSIONS WHERE YOU HAVE BOB BAUER, THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR PLAYING THE ROLE OF DONALD TRUMP. ALSO HAVE, HE IS MEETING AT CAMP DAVID WITH HIS HIS VISORS AS HE PREPARES FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S DEBATE. VERY TRADITIONAL, IF YOU WILL, FORM OF PREPARATION. YOU CONTRAST THAT WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHO IS MAKING PHONE CALLS. HE IS HAVING INFORMAL SECTIONS OF HIS OWN. SOME WITH SOME OF THE VP, POTENTIAL VP DENNIS INCLUDING SENATOR MARCO RUBIO AND OTHER SENATORS ON POLICY ISSUES. HE IS COMING ALLIES AND ALSO MEETING WITH ADVISORS. HE WILL BE IN FLORIDA. THEY PREPARE ON THE PUBLIC SCHEDULE AS THEY PREPARE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S DEBATE. >> THE THING WITH BOTH OF THESE GUYS IS THEY CAN LOSE THEIR COOL AND I IMAGINE BOTH CANDIDATE WILL TRY TO THROW THE OTHER ONE OFF THERE TALKING POINT AND TRY TO MAKE THEM LOSE THEIR COOL. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GO AFTER EACH OTHER ON? >> Reporter: ANNE-MARIE, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. DIRECT TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER. TWO WORDS. EXPECTATIONS AND CONTRAST. EXPECTATIONS GOING INTO THE DEBATE. THAT IS IF YOU LISTEN TO DONALD TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HE GOES AFTER, HE ATTACKS JOE BIDEN ON THE LOW ENERGY AND REALLY ATTACKING THE FACT HE IS PHYSICALLY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT, ESSENTIALLY. HE IS SETTING THE THRESHOLD. WITH HIS BASE AND HIS SUPPORTERS, ALL HE IS A DO IS PERFORM AND PERFORM WELL AND ACCURATELY. RIGHT NOW IT IS A CONTRAST OF IDEAS. WHAT WE HEAR FROM BIDEN TEAM ALLIES, THAT HE WILL BE FOCUSED ON CONTRASTING ON POLICY, CONTRASTING AND ALSO ON CHARACTER. CHARACTER OF DONALD TRUMP AND SPECIFICALLY GOING AFTER HIM ON JANUARY 6th, ON THE RECENT CONVICTION IN NEW YORK, AND ON CONTRAST ON FOREIGN POLICY. FOREIGN-POLICY HAS BECOME A MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUE WITH GAZA, WITH UKRAINE. AND ON THE TRUMP SIDE, THEY WILL GO AFTER, THE EXPECTATION IS THEY WILL GO AFTER JOE BIDEN ON IMMIGRATION AND THE SOUTHERN BORDER. THEY SEE THAT IS A BIG ISSUE TO FOCUS ON. AND ALSO BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IS A CONTRAST, THE TWO VISIONS OF THESE TWO MEN GOING FORWARD. THEY HAVE VERY OPPOSING, VERY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM, POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR VISION FOR THE COUNTRY. AND I THINK BOTH OF THEM WILL TRY TO MAKE THAT CASE FOR THEIR CANDIDACY. MAKE THE CASE FOR THEM BEING PRESIDENT. AND I THINK IT VERY HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EVENT THAT EVERYONE IN THE POLITICAL WORLD IS GETTING READY FOR. >> IT IS EARLIER THAN IT IS EVER BEEN BUT THE CAMPAIGNING HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR LONGER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. A LOT OF VOTERS HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THE ELECTION SEASON HAS GONE ON FOREVER BUT I THINK AFTER THIS IS WHEN THEY WILL START PAYING ATTENTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH CBS NEWS 24/7 FOR THE FIRST DIGITAL
