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his quest to get on every state ballot. from new york city, remarks from potential running matesfformer , showing their support during another week of his criminal trial. harris as she met with voters during yet another swi t the mid yes -- midwest. first, a look at the top political headline of the week. t the top political headline of the week. biden and trump have agreed to two debates. another on september 10 hosted bybc. the agreement by the means they will be skipping the dates previously planned by the nonpartisan commission on presidential debates for september and october of this year. the agreement came after president biden posted this short o his social media account. >> donald trump two debates for

in 2020. o debate me again. will make my powell -- well ke day, pal. >> president trump posted this o ♪ >> we want we want trump.

♪ [crickets] >> also making headlines in the past week, the results virginiag governor jim justice beat congressman alex mooney to clinchsena nomination. he's now the favorite to win in the general ti. the cook political report rated the race solidly republican. west virginia attorney general patrick morrissey beat out two candidateslongtime political families. he's now the democrat steve wil, who was unopposed in his

primary. d in maryland, congressman david tron lost the state's democratic u.s. senate primary to angela also brooks. the prince george's executive who bested him by nearly 14 points despite sinking more than $60 million of his own money into the race. she now faces former maryland larry hogan, a republican in the general election. next some ofheonversation from c-span's washington journal program on the result of the race for battle over control of the senate. >> there was very closely watched democratic primary in maryland to succeed ben we saw major candidates, pg county executive angela also congressman david tron vying for no4qhe spent 60 $2 millionhimon. he is very wealthy.

on this race. it is more than anybody has ever amican history.a pri also brooks spent just a fraction her campaign and yet when all the votes were tallied, she ended up winnbyt 1. quite the stunning result looking at just the financial picture. on the republican side, former governor larry hogan won the republican nomination. he's going to make maryland which is traditionally very blue democratic state into a top-tier senate race come the fall. >> let's go back to the primary on the democratic side. why do you think that was given money david trone spent. why do you think she was successful? >> i think it's a couple things can have all the money in the world, but if voters are buying what you're selling, it's not going to get you all the way

th i think ultimately he found out that diminishing marginal return on every additional $1 million he put on tv. everybody already knew who he was and what he was about. and they didn't want to vote for him. elections are choices. once also brooks really spun up her operation and voters knew choice, they felt they would rather go with her. >> even though as you were sayingry mylh leans democratic, why do you think this could be competitive? >> because of hogan's popularity. we saw him win two elections. comparatively a landslide victory in 2018. in maryland, hogan was really able to appeal to independents and democrats in the state.

he i popular in some cases, maybe not now, but a year ago he probably as popular among democrats as republicans. he has significant sup among black voters which are traditionally democratic. he has very high numbers among independents brings a lot to the table. that makes it doesn't make him the favorite. very popular in their own states when they try and run for senate oftentimes aren't able to seal the deal. est virginia has -- joe manchin has announced his retirement. what are you looking at? >>his state is crucial to the senate map because it is by far republicans best pickup opportunity. the senate is split. 59 democrats, 41 republicans. if trump wins the presidel e reo flip one seat in theatr reclai.

and right now if we just look at the map as it is andvirginia, te . if the election were held today i think it's clear trump would have a very good shot at winning. democrats are really on their heels in the senate. gns going to be very difficult for them to maintain their majority and it's basicay going to be impossible for them to maintaia majority if trump wins t presidency this fall. >> trump got a big boost in polling last week. one from the new york times, philadelphia inquirer and siena college showed the presuve nomin five of six y battlegrouin two,s lead was double digits and outside the margin of error.

the strongulling has the trump campaign active in states like new jersey where the former president now says he has a chance of winning this year. ne, some of the rally he held in the seaside resort towof-- n. >> we are expanding the map because we are going to officially play in the state of new jersey. we are going to win the state of new jersey. got a great group of people with us. we are also looking really great in the state of minnesota which hasn't been won since 1952 and we are leading in the polls. in the state of virginia and actually mot it could be all of them. this guy is son bad it could be all of them. he is ad think we are going to win them all. all across america of millions a so-called blue states are

our vement based on love, intelligence and a thing called common sense. it's time to set other differences aside and come toer job done for america. we are going to make america great again and we are going to and we are going to look at den, i am sure nobody ever saw the apprentice. that was a big powerful hit. t i'm going to look at that guy and i'm going to say joe biden, you are the worst ever.j. get out of here. you're fired.get out of here, j. we are going to straigour count. we are not going to destroy it. he's destroying it. think of one thing that's better. yolook at the afghanistan disaster, the border, the economy. al economy, not the fake economy. erytng they touch turns to what? >> the former president was also

back in a manhattan courtroom. in recent days, he has brough ae rankrumoredincluding one vice presidential picks. governor doug burgum of north dakota, congressman byron donalds of florida and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. >> we havell kwn this was a sham trial. when you have the opportunity to see it up close and personal, you can see it's a scam trial. e a judge that is a donor to biden, prosecutors that are supporters of biden and then you've got relatives of the judge that are benefiting financially directly from this trial andu've got the star witness is a serial perjurer, you have to ask yourself what is this all about. i think the only conclusion is its election interference and tyrom

being out on the campaign trail. where's the crime? there is no crime. e only crime happening here is this democrat judge andhe democrat party prosecuting their political rival right in the middlef a presidential election. the crime here is that the issues facing ourare not being addressed by the democrats but they want to go after donald trump and there's nothing wrong. there is nothing that has been wrong here, the only thing being done wrong is by this judge.>> . that is the best proof that you haveit's dammed if you do, dammf you don't. is sham. th the united states of america. this is some vertebrate banana republic. i am ashamed as an american citizen to sit here in a courtroom watching the former leader of theree world and likely next leader of the free world sitting with thendignity

in this dingy third-rate court room at a foratlawyer on the stand as a witness who actually is violating attorney-client privilege left and nobody is talking about that. this is a shame. we will get through it and be ultimately casts the vote on thasevery one of you at home. youre at home, anddon't agree g donald trump has ever said. whether you are democrat or republican or black or or gay or straight or man or woman, our justice system should be blind to politics. regardless of whether your last i trump, you get a fair shake in our legal system . and when you have who campaigned on the pledge of going after trump. when have a judge whose kids

are collecting money from democratic operatives by fundraising over the very trial that judge is presiding over and then telling the president that he is subject to a gag order that is not justice. it is the bestion what this country is founded on. >> vpris me her way once again to the midwest battlegrounds of michigan and wisconsin. some of her visit to an event for entrepreneurs and students in milwaukee>> i'm here becauser engagement in the state. we do creative art. all the stuff to help artists find ways to monetize their passion.

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like you can benefit. >> i do want to ask you one more question. wh is the most frequently asked question that you guys get? what are you fine people are curious about? >> people are just really there was a young woman here who was likeoverwhelmed, i don't kne to start. if we can't help you, we will try our best to connect you with othe organization or individual. >> are you finding a lot of o're interacting with actually did not know?

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ined ballot access. those are the 14 state's and dark purple on this map. among them are california and texas. next, some of our rally he held in texas to celebrate■l meeting the lone star state's ballot petitioning the threshold>> we y in texas. just under 200 50,000 signatures. that's more than any presidential candidacy in the history of texas. and in the history of our country. the texas legislature changed the rules. that doubledof signatures they needed to be collected because they thought

nobody would ever be able to do it. but the pundits, you heard them from the beginning of this campaign were saying it would be pos to get on the ballot and we got on the ballot t if you can get on in texas, we can get ohe. taxes only gave us 45 days to collect 100 13,000 signatures. we got more than double that. and i was just upstairs talking to the, i was just mpignare and they said we are on the way to new york tonight because new york is the next one for10 days. we had 45 days. the hardest states are new york

and texas. we've already got more than we need in new york. the derhing in their power to stop us and they will continue to do that, but we e thank all of you who are partnt of this. >> democratic senator bob casey his fourth term representing pennsylvania. here is katie government editor and reporter at spotlight pa. what has been going on in the race? >> one of the things we are ses lot of money. this is going to be a very expensive racethe 2022 race betn fetterman and mehmet oz has also been very expensive.

what we have seen so far really significant support from the democratic establishment. mccormick with some of owmoney,. also with major from other wealthy people that havegn his behalf. super pac aside, casey currently has more on hand in his campaign about. mccormick has that to fall back on. are talking tens of millions of dollars as of the first quarter of this year. it's not very many donors, if this several dozen and most of them don't live in pennsylvania, a couple do. big school choice advocate. pennsylvania is one of those statesnate campaign committees are really focusing on.

noal money is on hand. those are some of the financial dynamics you are seeing. >> the primary race this year wasn't terribly exciting on either side. >> not really. field has been clearing out for these candidates. mcrmn inhe primary and lost pretty narrowly. as far as the gop establishment was concerned, they see him as somebody who would be able to mount od and casey, you would be facing tough to run against him in pennsylvania in the democratic primary. he has a very long history in the state, he is a scrantonosda. >> what has been the early

m the candidates? >> very different in terms of what they are focusing on. fighter member of the senate. he's not a really flaguhe does'. ■jhe has really stressed that he has a policy guide, he has been major bipartisan noncontroversial bills passing. one of his bags -- big focuses has been consume, allowing the ftc to penalize companies for price gouging. it is biden has talked about. you can see the relationship there, focusing on things voters are really going to feel good that are not going to be controversial. mccormick tied himself torump, he has said he supports trump and that has been hispproh.

immigration has been a huge thing for him. he talked a lot about the border, which has a for republicans. his big thing is don't touch the southern border. in onef ads, he was talking about palestinian immigrants. the white house had a proposal that would palestinians in egypt to immigrate to the u.s. if they had family here and that was something he kind of tied casey to the biden administration. another dynamic i would have to mentn mccormick has connecticut for many years. his career has taken him all over the place. more recently the ceo of bridgewater. he's a wealthy guy for many years did not live in pennlv thawas a huge issue for him and his last race for u.s. senate, it's going to be an issue again this year, it already is.

he has a bus tour around pennsylvania for the early part of the race. he goes back to connecticut a lot. he has two houses, one in pittsburgh. that is for sure a dynamic as well. >> you mention the bus tour he'sng aund pennsylvania. what other tactics are the campaigns using. >> lot of advertising. i mentioned the super pac that is supporting mccormick. i haven't even put a dent into th large amount of money they have on hand. casey has spent a little more money out of his own campaign account so far. same thing for him, sort of reintroducing himself to voters. casey's name recognition is higher so that the story is a big part of mccormick's strategy

. a big goal is toapart. usually people know the name casey in pennsylvania. democrats are going to be having a hard time. like inflation are going to be top of mind. that conr tion angle is something he's really focused on. >> pennsylvania has long large in the presidential race. what is the interaction between the senate race in the presidential race in pennsylvania this >> whatever happens at the top ofts down ballot. with casey and mccormick, they ar not trying to really divorce themselves from the candidate at the top of the ticket. in casey's case it would be really hard for him to do that.

he and biden have known each other for many years. i think so far in pennsylvania, we see a lot of ads. it's already starting. in the primary you mentioned it was quiet for thu. senate race, it was quiet for the presidential race at said. ere was the uncommitted movement did see some traction here. pennsylvania has a late primary. the fields wereled by the time it happened. we are still seeing everything kicked into motion here. the major action is still going to happen. >> katie meyer, thanso much f y >> one last stop o's 2024 campaign trail. in washington state, democratic attorney general bob ferguson considered a top contender in is year's gubernatorial race. partly because of his atide name recognition. two other bob ferguson's also

filed to run but evenally pulled out of the race. next, details on the three bobs. >> two of those candidates named bob ferguson haved their campaigns before the secretary of state's 5:00 withdrawal deadline. that was after bob ferguson the attorney g threatened those other bob ferguson's withr governor and that's why they decided to end their unusual campaign. >> what's in a name? >> i have known this bob >> my name is bob ferguson. >> thisob dsn't like the idea that two other bobs also run for government.dda >> robert benjamin ferguson. their goal is clear. to misleadersplit my

supporters three ways to depress my vote total. he was flanked by the prosecutor who called it a prank and also cited the revised code ofn a crime. >> this is a class b years in prison. >> glenn mok credit for recruiting the other bobs who both lists this olympia ups store as their campaign headquarters. the bob from graham saide will back out after getting a cease and desist letter from the bob who is attorney genera>> i'm a t have the means to combat this. i served in the u.s. army. who knew the biggest personal threat i would face would befroe state with the harassment and ths ived from him. >> and the other bob who posted a handwritten sign on his door

saying he was busy running for governor has backed out, too. >> this is a threat to our election system. >>s so about protecting the name of a free, eaand fair election. >> a remindes program and all of c-span's >> c-span's washington journal. a live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, an public policy, from d.c. and across trump campaign senior economic advisor talks about president biden's economic record and the role is playing in campaign 2024. a the university of california national center of free speech and civic engagement talks about

free speech issues on campus and beyond. c-span's washington jrnjoin in t 7:00 eastern saturday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> president biden talked about brown v. board of education supreme court decision that choo. that was during an event at the african-american history museum wasngton, d.c. during his or marks, the president highlighted the administration's support of hbcus and education policy. he also acknowledged the little ck nine, among the first students to integrate in high school following the supreme court's decision. [ " hail to th chief" plays] [applause]