The US election is edging closer – with the first debate between President Joe Biden and rival, Donald Trump, is only one week away.

Both will formally become their parties' 2024 candidates – and this will be the first of at least two debates before the 5 November election.

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking it's the first time the two have been in the same room since October 2020 – when Biden told Trump, “Will you just shut up, man?”

Arnold said “The debate took the political process down to a new low.”

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The US election is edging closer – with the first debate between President Joe Biden and rival, Donald Trump, is only one week away. 
Both will formally become their parties' 2024 candidates – and this will be the first of at least two debates before the 5 November election. 
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking it's the first time the two have been in the same room since October 2020 – when Biden told Trump, “Will you just shut up, man?”  
Arnold said “The debate took the political process down to a new low.” 
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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on upcoming presidential debate

It is true to say that Biden got it together, somewhat, as the debate unfolded.

But it started so badly that even in his finest moments it was ordinary.

The unmistakable truth is what you saw is as good as it gets. If Americans vote for him he doesn’t improve, he doesn’t get younger and he doesn’t get sharper.

I have not, until this point, believed the narrative that you can take a sitting President and replace him mid-race. But now, I am not so sure.

If he quits, or gets pulled, they will lose. It would be a disaster. But is it a bigger disaster than letting him carry on and lose anyway? No one in their right mind can vote for him in the state he is in.

I can also mount an argument that no one in their right mind can vote for Trump either. He lied his way through most of the debate.

Everything was perfect until he left and now it's the worst it's ever been.

The water, the air, the war, the border, the economy. "It was perfect like no one had ever seen it and now it’s the worst we have ever had in the history of the world". That's all he said. Pick a topic, same answer.

They were both shocking and it's an indictment on the American political system that those two are what you get to choose from.

The debate was also the loser. Questions weren't answered, it was locked down to a stop watch, questions were ignored, matters weren't followed up, nothing flowed and it lacked energy.

Yes, if they had let them free wheel it would have imploded so I don’t know what they do about the next one.

But what you were left with is an empty feeling that the most powerful nation on Earth is run by, or about to be run by, some exceedingly limited people. The low point was surely the exchange over golf handicaps. Biden was a 6, until he was an 8, and Trump wins tournaments and not even senior ones? Are you serious?

Trump is dangerous because he's mad. Biden is dangerous because he is in the most obvious cognitive decline.

A crook vs a geriatric. What a choice.

And that choice was on display for 90 minutes in the most depressing show of credentials I think I have ever seen.

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It is true to say that Biden got it together, somewhat, as the debate unfolded.
But it started so badly that even in his finest moments it was ordinary.
The unmistakable truth is what you saw is as good as it gets. If Americans vote for him he doesn’t improve, he doesn’t get younger and he doesn’t get sharper.
I have not, until this point, believed the narrative that you can take a sitting President and replace him mid-race. But now, I am not so sure.
If he quits, or gets pulled, they will lose. It would be a disaster. But is it a bigger disaster than letting him carry on and lose anyway? No one in their right mind can vote for him in the state he is in.
I can also mount an argument that no one in their right mind can vote for Trump either. He lied his way through most of the debate.
Everything was perfect until he left and now it's the worst it's ever been.
The water, the air, the war, the border, the economy. "It was perfect like no one had ever seen it and now it’s the worst we have ever had in the history of the world". That's all he said. Pick a topic, same answer.
They were both shocking and it's an indictment on the American political system that those two are what you get to choose from.
The debate was also the loser. Questions weren't answered, it was locked down to a stop watch, questions were ignored, matters weren't followed up, nothing flowed and it lacked energy.
Yes, if they had let them free wheel it would have imploded so I don’t know what they do about the next one.
But what you were left with is an empty feeling that the most powerful nation on Earth is run by, or about to be run by, some exceedingly limited people. The low point was surely the exchange over golf handicaps. Biden was a 6, until he was an 8, and Trump wins tournaments and not even senior ones? Are you serious?
Trump is dangerous because he's mad. Biden is dangerous because he is in the most obvious cognitive decline.
A crook vs a geriatric. What a choice.
And that choice was on display for 90 minutes in the most depressing show of credentials I think I have ever seen.
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Mike's Minute: Is this as good as it gets for America?

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 1st July, we have the Government's three year plan for health and Health Minister Shane Reti explains whether it is actually achievable.

Mike fact checks the nine lies from Biden and the 30 lies from Trump in the first presidential debate.

Guy and Sav cover the Warriors, England's win in the Euros, and just where do NZ'ers watch Wimbledon?

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On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday 1st July, <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/shane-reti-health-minister-on-govts-moves-to-decrease-hospital-wait-times/">we have the Government's three year plan for health and Health Minister Shane Reti explains whether it is actually achievable.</a>
Mike fact checks the nine lies from Biden and the 30 lies from Trump in the first presidential debate.
Guy and Sav cover the Warriors, England's win in the Euros, and just where do NZ'ers watch Wimbledon?
Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Full Show Podcast: 1 July 2024

A young kiwi patient will be one of the first to be treated with a radical new treatment for a rare disease. 

The drug will be used to target muscle cells and silence a gene which causes Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy.

Neurologist and trial lead Richard Roxburgh says the method is promising.



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A young kiwi patient will be one of the first to be treated with a radical new treatment for a rare disease. 
The drug will be used to target muscle cells and silence a gene which causes Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy.
Neurologist and trial lead Richard Roxburgh says the method is promising.
 
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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on upcoming presidential debate

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