Trump and Biden debate live updates: Follow all the updates as we count down to the blockbuster showdown in Atlanta

donald trump He is only six points ahead of the president. Joe Biden in the state of Texas according to a new poll released ahead of Trump and Biden’s rematch on the debate stage.

TO Democrat He hasn’t won a statewide race in Texas in twenty years, but polls show a closer race than some might expect in a red state just over four months before the election.

The University of Texas at Tyler poll found that Trump had 46 percent among registered voters, while Biden had 40 percent. Another six percent said they would like to vote for someone else.

Among likely voters, Trump has 48 percent, while Biden has 43 percent. And when third-party candidates are included, Trump has 47 percent, while Biden has 41 percent.

Only 25 percent of voters in Texas believe the country is headed in the right direction. 73 percent said they are going in the wrong direction.

Welcome to DailyMail.com’s coverage of ‘Debate Day’ as Joe Biden and Donald Trump face off in Atlanta tonight.

It will be their first meeting since 2020 and experts believe it could be one of the most important presidential debates in history.

Trump asked that both candidates take a drug test, which Biden refused.

The former president’s campaign also accused the two moderators, CNN anchors, of being “biased,” which the network has strenuously denied.

The debate will last 90 minutes, there will be no audience and the candidate’s microphone will be muted when his opponent is speaking.

More than half of adults in the United States are expected to watch or hear some of the debate through the news or social media.

For both candidates, this could be decisive in the success or failure of their campaign.

The most important case remaining is whether Trump has immunity from prosecution.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court “inadvertently” released (and then quickly deleted) a decision in a monumental abortion case.

The case concerns whether emergency room doctors in Idaho, where abortion is virtually banned, can turn away pregnant patients who need the procedure.

Bloomberg first reported in a copy of a ruling that was briefly posted on the court’s website before being removed, which would allow abortions in Idaho in cases of medical emergencies.

That final decision could be made today.

A poor performance by either could restart the race.

“This week brings us potentially one of the most consequential debates since Mr. Kennedy and Richard Nixon,” wrote veteran Republican pollster Frank Luntz, referencing the historic 1960 debate that many historians believe gave Kennedy a critical boost in the first debate on modern television. was.

The debate puts the sitting president back on stage with the fierce rival who skipped his inauguration and used his final televised meeting to go after his son. Trump warns that “if we don’t win this election, we won’t have any country left,” as he faces three criminal trials in addition to the one he just had resulted in a historic conviction this spring.

In an effort to stay on track for Thursday night’s blockbuster presidential debate, candidates’ microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to speak.

But some believe the move that was initially considered could help President Biden not be endlessly interrupted by donald trump could come back to haunt him.

cnn demonstrated how muted microphones will work in a preview of the must-see 90-minute political event hosted by hosts Dana Bash and Jake Tapper.

When it is Biden or Trump’s turn to speak, there will be two green lights on behind their podium indicating that the microphone is on. When they speak, the audience can hear them.

But those green lights are off when it’s not a candidate’s turn and their microphone is muted.

CNN showed that when you see the candidate on TV trying to interrupt or speaking with the microphone off, you cannot hear him on TV.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will livestream a response to the debate.

Kennedy’s absence from the debate stage carries risks for his insurgent quest to shake up Republican and Democratic dominance of the American political system.

The candidate says he can’t win unless voters know he’s running and believe he can defeat Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican.

That problem will become more acute as the debate, followed by major party conventions in July and August, prompts more voters to tune in to the race.

Kennedy campaign spokeswoman Stefanie Spear said:

Kennedy has a packed agenda for July with many public events, mainly on the East Coast and including a large rally. We will begin announcing events next week.”

Nearly half of registered voters believe President Joe Biden will fail in tonight’s prime-time debate on CNN, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll.

That includes 24 percent who think the president will do “not very well” and a quarter who think he will do “not at all well.”

That’s a worse prediction than voters think Donald Trump, 78, will do against Biden, 81. Fifteen percent think Trump “won’t do very well” and 19 percent think that it will not go well for him, for a total of 34. percent predict a bad night for him.

Negative predictions are not necessarily bad for Biden. The candidates may have a good night exceeding people’s expectations, which is one reason Trump has been talking up Biden’s abilities lately and has even suggested, without evidence, that he will be medicated. But the poll shows a bad number for Biden: voters would choose Trump over him 48-42 if the election were held today.

Tim Scott’s fiancée Mindy Noce has opened up about her “heaven-sent” love story with the Republican senator and how she’s dealing with critics who say they only got engaged because he was running for president.

Noce, of Charleston, has three adult children with her ex-husband. Scott has never been married.