1st Biden-Trump debate will include microphone muting, coin flip and more
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With less than two weeks until the first presidential debate, CNN announced the rules agreed on by both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump's campaigns.
They include microphone muting, a coin flip and more when the two candidates face off at the network's Atlanta studio on June 27.
The debate, which is being moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bush, will run for approximately 90 minutes with two commercial breaks. There will be no live studio audience, one major change from debates past.
Biden and Trump will stand at podiums decided by a coin flip. Their microphones will be muted unless it is their turn to speak, the network said, which is likely to limit how much the candidates can interrupt one another.
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