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Mic Cuts, No Audience: How The Biden-Trump Debate Will Work

Donald Trump (L) and Joe Biden have agreed to rules and a debate format set by CNN (Credit: AFP)

There will be no studio audience, depriving candidates of the momentum that comes from ginning up supporters. Microphones will cut out when a candidate's speaking time is over. Thursday night's presidential debate will not be business as usual.

CNN, which is hosting President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump for their first debate of the 2024 campaign in Atlanta, wants to avoid the chaos seen when the two men squared off in 2020.

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