Live coverage of the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta

Welcome to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s live coverage of the CNN presidential debate. It’s being broadcast at 9 p.m. from CNN’s Techwood Turner campus in Atlanta.

We’ll have coverage here throughout the day. AJC reporters in metro Atlanta will keep you up to date on traffic, protests, pre-debate events and other political goings-on.

We’ll also have reporters with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

The “Politically Georgia” team is broadcasting a debate-focused program at 10 a.m. on WABE 90.1. You can listen live or follow “Politically Georgia” wherever you get your podcasts and stream on demand.

Here’s what our politics team is watching for tonight.

This was originally published on our Live Updates page.

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