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welcome to the program. >> thank you so much for having me. what's the biggest a walk on the republican side of the ledger this week is the potential third indictment for former president donald trump. has that affected his campaign or his campaign schedule for the week that you know of? >> not in the short term that i know of it. as you mentioned this a big week for potential third indictment watch for we do not know exactly when it could happen. it could be happening this week over the coming weeks. omar president trump last week indicated the indictment was adamant on his "truth social" account. but in the short term were all waiting to see when that happens. it has not had any substantial effect on the republican primary at the stage. hate is through the clear front

runner in the republicann primary. on some of his republican rivals in the 2024 field, they have not shifted their posture amid a potential losing third indictment or think of the longer term a third indictment or in the longer term we could see we are getting a better sense of when its other previous two indictments when those trials will occur. one will be in march of 2024. a judge last week said the trial relating to his copyright document case to be in may of 2024. so if those dates stick we are seeing mr. trump potentially campaigning, navigating a campaign and unbalancing at least two at this point trials on the trail. >> are stories over the weekend about the campaign, not the front runner the polling florida

governor desantis. reports about him retooling his campaign. can you tell us anymore about that? >> we have been seeing over the last week -- 10k days florida governor desantis sort of having a reboot with his campaign. kind of ever since the report last weekend we saw desantis had gotten rid of a couple members of his campaign staff. last week headed interview with cnn and this week he is doing a two date bus tour through iowa. we can sing he might be trained to shift a little bit away from beginning of the campaign he was emphasizing his successes in florida pretty might be running a bit more national campaign focusing more on the national

level going forward. doing more mainstream media rather than -- make that media for small audience for going to continue to see how that plays out. he's trying to have more visibility on the trail and also get out more. this bus tour in iowa will be connecting with voters all across the state. >> it is not less than a month to august 23 when they first are public and debate will happen is any indication of former president donald trump will participate? >> it still seems unlikely that mr. trump participate. it does not seemed like he has shifted his leaning towards participation. he has said previously as far and away the front runner at this point what does he have to gain from a debate? i think the rnc hase said rhona

has said she's talked to mr. trump aboutte potentially participating in the debate. at this point does not seem he has changed his view whether he will participate. we are separately away from trump in the debate we are starting to see which republican candidates are starting to qualify for the first debate. d, tim scott and chris christie have all cleared the polling and fundraising threshold. over the next several weeks, i'm sure we will see other candidates announce they have cleared one of the others if they have not already. host: what about the presumptive democratic candidate, joe biden? any plans for him to campaign and does his campaign continue his focus on selling his econ continue to be honest selling his economic successes, his

so-called biden economics? >> i haven't seen any big changes on the campaign over the coming weeks. i think what we can expect is to see him continuing to highlight his legislative successes so far and talk about his biden economics as you mentioned. over the weekend we still haven't seen.com and on the indictment of his potential competitor on the republican side whether throughout the last several when he's faced legal troubles so i wouldn't expect that to change in the short-term and we also see the vice president in florida last week

slamming the florida department of education and the new education policy so we can expect i think harris continuing to go out and speak on the democratic issues. >> how has the biden campaign handled the fact that even though he's not in close contention, robert f kennedy junior has been on national ngprograms getting a fair amount of media attention for that, how is the biden campaign handling robert kennedy junior? >> i think the strategy has remained relatively unchanged by the media appearances into different public events that he's doing. they haven't really directly engaged with him and i think we will continue to see him continue the strategy of highlighting and touting his

accomplishments and not necessarily going on the attack with robert f kennedy junior at this point. >> covering politics for acts he goes you can follow also on twitter. thank you so much for being here this morning. >> thank you. >> a healthy democracy doesn't just look like this. it looks like this where americans can see democracy at work because citizens are truly informed and the republic thrives. get informed straight from the sources on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word on the nation's capital to wherever you are because the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like, c-span. powered by cable. >> listening to programs on c-span or c-span radio just got easier. to tell your smart a speaker

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