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with the associated press. meg let's begin with the state of ath plate for camping 2024 on the republican side. give us an update. >> we have seen candidates all across the board and this past month apart especially the past week. we saw a lot of candidates gathering in iowa for a big get together a lot of them showcase what they have seen what they are putting forth as the most conservative tendencies on policies including abortion and some other big issues that are at play here in the campaign. but we are seeing as a focus on the early voting states in iowa and new hampshire and here in south carolina where i report and live. these are the first votes that come up in 2024. it is so what we are sick most of the candidates putting a lot of their energy taking what they have in their campaign coffers spreading it out among the states in terms of added buys,

making visits and forging relationships that help will be benefiting them when it comes down to the boat early next year were synced a lot of attention on those places are events happening in other locations so far this a lot of focus on iowa. a lot of focus on new hampshire and here in south going to the campaigns are very active. >> host: were the latest polls show guido for president has been in the lead assuming he continues to be in the lead. what about the candace after him as anybody seeing some upward trajectory? >> or spit a little bit of a shift when it comes to the number two position and a lot of these polls. let's keep in mind before h you dive into l those of the difference in national polling and early state polls specifically member jim for iowa, south carolina and new hampshire. some would say a lot of the focus should be on the early state poll since we do vote in primary state and carcasses. state-by-state for the presidential nominee in process. there is a bit of a shifting sand when it comes to who comes

in second to former president donald trump. for a long time for the governor desantis has occupied that spot but we are seeing some instances there are different candidates moving up into that spot when his former self, to governor nikki haley who has been campaigning hard ing all the early states across the board but a seat in a bed of surge in momentum in part due to perhaps her performance in the first gop candidate debate. south carolina senator tim scott is also showing a bit of upward momentum in some places. as biotech entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. it depends on what surveys you are looking at. but a lot of those positions for the former president does occupied the top spot how much of his lead is dependent onde where you are looking and over whom in the second place spot. >> speaking of debates and performance, for the associated press tim scott was new rules for stagela replacement and the next gop he seeks a breakout moment.

>> at us right was how the scott campaign write a letter to gop charwoman ron mcdaniel in saying when it comes to who is center stage in that debate coming up at the end of the month of the treagan library they argued placement should be based primarily off of early state: and perhaps in particular pulling out off iowa which holds the leadoff caucus over the scott campaign has been performingam somewhat better in recent weeks. so arguably it using those metrics to determine who's at the center of the stage and therefore part of just about every conversation happens on it.ev but that campaign could be in better position to some of those numbers are used from iowa. because let's member the current gop frontwa runner to the former president donald trump has indicated he might not participate in any of the primary cycle states it's very unlikely he will be there even though he is the leader so far. >> how are these candidates doing on fundraising? >> well, we're coming up on the

end of another fundraising quarter so we will get another look here shortly as to exactly where the coffers are. but it kind of depends on who you are talking too and what stage in the campaign pick clearly the haley campaign based on her performance the first debate last month said she had one of her best single fundraising periods arguably they say basede off of her performance there. some of the other campaigns also say there have been bumps in momentum of the desantis campaign has been out saying he's doing well based off of that debate. tim scott came into the race with some of the most money of any candidate he was able to bring in a lot from his senate coffers were he is not face a lot of general election opposition in his most recent rents therefore had a lot of money leftos over. he also said his fundraising has been doing well. so far campaigns at saint they're continuing to bring in money. we will see for sure how much here shortly. we are saying all that transfer

in terms of more ad buys. candace being able to stay up on the air in these early voting states getting messages out, continued to introduce himself and make their argument. >> any rumblings about some of the republican contenders dropping out? >> there is no conversation i get all calls all the time from operatives, perhaps people supporting other candidates think i wonder how long it is until we don't see x candidate anymore? after the qualifications for the first debate became concretely south miami mayor suspending his campaign because he dids not me the cut. it is unknown if we'll see reference of the other campaigns who might not make the second debate stage. there is some question as to whether north dakota governor or formermi arkansas governor wille able to meet the markers needed to be on the stage at the reagan library but we do not know for sure if that's going to translate into dissension for other candidates for quick set

debate willan happen september . what else are you watching for in the coming days and weeks? >> always watching for the issues of the day and how candidates are approaching them preclude loose in the past week or so we have seen house republicans mounting a potential impeachment against president joe biden paid some of the campaigns are starting to address that. it is been something we heard already on the campaign trail even before the house gop took this most recent move. there is continued criticism and to also the president's son hunter bided now recently facing a gun charge. those are things that's rhetoric we are from that one of the republican campaigns but now there are some actual actions being taken against the president and against his son also in court those are things republicans at least some of the campaigns are continuing to use in terms of making their own argument as to why they should

be the pic to oust president joe biden if he is the democratic nominee heading into next year. also the economy and can continued concerns about potential government shutdown. those are things we are hearing from campaigns and as those issues develop on capitol hill particularly as it pertains to gop arguments from the shutdown potentially those are things that campaign reporters like me are out on the trail and interested to hear help campaign's are addressing them because of the democratic side what are you watching for for the nomination process d there? biden is going for another term. what are the polls showing? what are people talking about on that side? >> there are some frustrations from americans of democratic voters in particular about their choice or what they see is their choice for next year. clearly the present is the oldest president to occupy the oval office the ap and other organizations have done polling

about what that means to boaters and how they approach that. of course there are some that say that doesn't bothert. them they trust his experience but there are others who do bring it up.pe that is also something we hear continually from just about every republican campaign. perhaps not specific to age but they pose questions with the president's ability to do his job. there are other democrats in the primary against the presidency seeks the nomination. south carolina scheduled to hold the first of the nominating contest. and the other candidates like robert f kennedy jr. are spending a lot of time here talking to voters. they are making sure voters in the democratic side of thingss o they too have a choice heading into next your selection. but there are a lot of states, south carolina among them supported joe biden very strongly in 2020 when he sought the nomination then. it will take more months for us to see if the other candidates are able to make their argument in a persuasive way bigwigs follow-up campaign 202040 can do so if you go to ask and follow

meg canard ap is or handle. at ap as well or ap news.com. thank you for the update. >> thank you. ♪ join us tonight for the premiere of c-span's new series books that shaped america. in partnership with the library of congress we will explore 10 bucks for american literature that provoke thought, won awards, led to significant societal change are still talked about today. this week will feature common sense 47 page pamphlet written by thomas paine in early 1776 of the height of tensions between the american colonies of great written. history professor at the university of maryland talks about how thomas paine threw his tablet strongly urge american independence of the british monarchy and six months later the declaration of independence was signed. watch books that shaped america featuring thomas paine's common sense tonight at 9:00 p.m.

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