The history of modern presidential debates
President Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet up Thursday night for their first 2024 debate without a live audience and, theoretically, without the ability to talk over each other. With that new format in mind, CBS News' Errol Barnett takes a trip through the history of televised presidential debates.
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