, available whenever you -et americast, available whenever you get your— americast, available wheneverd to say about social media's intact.— media's intact. a lot more about that on americast _ media's intact. a lot more about that on americast and _ media's intact. a lot more about i that on americast and newsnight. media's intact. a lot more about - that on americast and newsnight. the debate will be at 9pm tonight and it is an interesting dynamic because you have former members of donald trump a's cabinet, the former un ambassador nikki haley, mike pence, his former vice president, and then you have the likes of newjersey governor chris christie, who plans to go directly on the attack against donald trump, so it will be interesting to see how candidates differentiate themselves and how far they go to try to balance that idea of not alienating donald trump might�*s base, but trying tojoin of not alienating donald trump might�*s base, but trying to join a more conservative republicans, more independence you can vote for them. it has been tough for anyone to break through. we see the f

earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent and americast host anthony zurcher, who is in milwaukeeandidates are getting ready for wednesday's debate. a typical way to prepare is to hold mock debates where the candidate has people pose as other candidates and they do a run—through. ron desantis is doing that with a well—known debate expert. mike pence also having mock debates. nikki haley says her town hall forums she has been holding in iowa, new hampshire, where she has been taking questions from real voters, that has helped her prepare for the debate. chris christie talking about how he has been on a primary debate stage before, the only candidate who has, so he's had a certain amount of preparation. vivek ramaswamy, who has never run for elected office, let alone for president before, he posted some videos on social media where he is playing tennis, saying that is his debate prep. i guess returning hard—hit balls and having quick reflexes might be enough to prepare him for what is sure to be fast paced action in this republican primary debate tomorrow night. we know the former p

if you want to hear more on this story, there's a special episode of americast available to listen to there as well, justin webb from the today programme, all together giving their insights and experience on washington politics. we turn our attention now to uk politics. campaigning in scotland's constituency of rutherglen and hamilton west has already begun following a successful petition to remove the current mp margaret ferrier from office after she broke lockdown rules. we can talk now to scottish labour's msp, paul 0'kane. good morning to you. let's just remind everybody at home what margaret ferrier actually did. she travelled from london, spoke in the commons while awaiting a covid test, got a train home after testing positive, was arrested and charged and pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless conduct. so we are now talking about what happens next. is a key indicator of what happens next in this by—election how well labour's messages actually cutting through in scotland at the moment? t through in scotland at the moment? i think this by—election is a huge opportunity for the p