biden tweeted out his support for newsome thursday today, newsom said both the president and the vice president are going to come out here to show their support for him in person in the coming weeks. >> newsom now heads to san diego and los angeles on saturday. maureen kelly kron 4 news. meanwhile, larry elder held his first major press conference in his run to try to replace governor newsom the recall candidate front runner and the governor not mincing words for each other today on the campaign trail. >> ashley zavala explains ashley. >> the king grant. this is all just the start of the campaign blitz, not just for governor gavin newsome but also larry elder and other candidates running in this recall. this weekend is the last one before ballots at those mailboxes for most california voters. >> i'm going to win election after because conservative radio talk show host larry elder holding his first major press conference virtually friday. he mainly criticized governor newsome and california's democrat led government reason for the part of the reason a left-wing politics is a reason for

governor gavin newsome hitting the road ahead of the upcoming recall election next month for maureen kelly was there at his first stop in san francisco. >> governor gavin newsome came back home to san francisco where launched his political career surrounded by progressive and moderate democrats backing him up inside manny's community space in the mission district there. he told many members of the media gathered for his kickoff event. but the stakes of this recall could not be higher at a time where the state is battling yet another extreme fire season and still in the grips of a pandemic. he faces a lot of challengers. mostly republicans today he and several of his supporters said the state is better off with newsome in charge. >> not only would have better health outcomes in the last 18 months. we had better economic outcomes in the last 18 months. our economy contracted a much lower rate than texas and florida. indiana, the united states as a whole because we were led by science and facts. all of that is at risk. we could go up a cloak covid clip in just a matter of weeks. we don'

newsom has some weapons. the question is, will his weapons be enough and fundamentally will his voters come out? >> you can't overestimate politics. before we let you go, what should we be looking out for in the next couple weeks? >> most importantly can newsom get the base out? can he get these guys to come out and vote. we see right now that republicans have a 30-point enthusiasm bump, 30% more want to see him go than democrat want to see -- it's not that democrats are against it. democrats are for newsom, but they just don't show so far their intentions to vote. surveys don't tell the story. focus groups don't tell the story. votes do. so that's got to be what he should be laser faced on. sure, biden will help somewhat perhaps, but he has to get his voters out. >> nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston, thanks. >>> coming up a quick look at the top stories including back-to-school for thousands of children in the bay area. the major districts returning to in-person learning this week. >>> get ready f

newsom is not participating.ll be doing the job that californians elected him to do, leading our economic recovery and tackling our state's most pressing challenges. >> if he's not there he doesn't have to worry about returning any attacks. that's why he said he wants to put himself above the fray. >> reporter: larry gerston says while newsom is choosing not to engage the candidates he needs to engage democrats to remain at the capitol. republicans are enthusiastic about voting him out. >> democrats outnumber republicans two to one in this state, but republicans have the edge on the enthusiasm gap and that makes this very unpredictable. >> reporter: a recent berkeley institute of governmental poll of likely voters show 50% want newsom to stay at the capitol and 47% want him out. a tight race. people can begin voting on when ballots are mailed in a matter of weeks. >> you don't have to vote yes to pick a candidate. you can vote no and pick one because the idea is, in the event that governor gavin newsom is recalle

reporter: today governor newsom brushed off concerns. given afghanistan and some of the criticism the president is getting even from within his own party, does that complicate whether or not he is the right person to have by your side. gov. newsom: i am pretty enthusiastic to have his support and i look forward to him coming here. reporter: in san jose, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. ama: making schools equitable for all students. ahead, the top issues facing kids as they return to school, and the struggle to address the and the struggle to address the ♪ unlock a summer of possibilities in a new chevy. expand your options...and your perspective. ♪ find new summer adventures. find new roads. enjoy the open road and make no monthly payments for 90 days on select popular chevy suvs. plus, get interest free financing for 72 months when you finance with gm financial. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does. immune twenty-four hour plus has longer lasting vitamin c. plus, herbal

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gavin newsom. >> it wasn't for the people. he was out for himself. gavin newsome.workers. he was out for special interests. gavin newsome certainly was not for the kids. he was for the teachers unions and gavin newsome lived it up. while he shot us down. >> new polling shows that more than 51% of voters support keeping governor newsom in office while just over 46% say they want to see him removed. >> monday is your last chance to register to vote by mail for the upcoming recall election registration forms are available at your registrar's office or website you can pick up the forms that the post office city clerk's office or any public library or the dmv. they do have to be postmarked by 05:00pm on monday. if you miss that deadline, you can visit the registrar's office or a voting location to register to vote through election day, which is september. 14 san francisco police say they will be out in force tonight as part of dui saturation patrols. >> those patrols under way right now and will last until 3 o'clock extra officers will be on the roads looking for driver

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>> the biggest problem for governor newsom is governor newsom. that's what the problem is.east as far as the public goes, as far as the voters are concerned. they're not happy with what the governor has done. look, he's open and shut the state three times. he has done things that had to be done but people don't necessarily like it. the schools, shutting them down. businesses, shutting them down. these are things that had to happen. they're not all his fault, but nonetheless they had to happen. you pile on top of that all of the other issues that have been with us for a long time, homelessness, high taxes, all of these kinds of things, wildfires, the drought. these aren't newsom's fault, but nonetheless people are, to use the word, fatigued and they're looking for change. that's why i say the biggest problem is newsom and his problem there is to get out his supporters who, frankly, have been kind of lackadaisical about the whole thing. >> very interesting. great perspective, larry. nice chatting with you. take care. we'll see you soon. >>> let's talk now about this. if you w

if newsom is recall the, who gets the most votes wins. thththththththth doesn't count. 50% plus one, then whoever gets the most votes out of the 46 candidates becomes governor? what if that person only got 10% or 8%? >> that person could get twowowo point 17%. newsom could outperform the replacement, but he would still be out. we've seen that pretty recently in 2018 when state senator josh newman faced recall in orange county. he vastly performed the replacement candidate. kristen: hasasasas format always been like this, and is this typical or atypical when you look across the country? >> it's not atypical. there are three different types of recall formats generally. there's california's, which colorado has, which was done the same day. a number of other states have second day replacement votes so you remove the person, and then you have an election and replacement. in some states, that candidate could run as the replacement. on local levels, that person performs themselves. the other models are a new election where it's like, this person

should governor gavin newsome lose the recall. democrat kevin paffrath also known as meet kevin is confident he's at least the parties viable plan b avenue says branding is all about stop the republican recall. our argument is so california recall people are fed up. meet kevin paffrath, a political outsider and democrat in the wide field of republicans running to replace governor gavin newsome, the 29 year-old financial analyst youtube star and father of 2 boys describes himself as a jfk style democrat who wants to apply his economic expertise to state government. my career teaching folks about finances and wealth building has been all about being efficient with my time but also helping train others to be official with their time so they can build their wealth to invest in people in education, in health care, mental health, education so that way the cost and burdens on government are actually lower. we then spend less money on medical on welfare and on social programs. and instead we can lower taxes in his first 60 days. paffrath

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the media is showing for newsom and the teachers unions.that's happening, but not of that can fact, the truth, the california is dying a slow and painful death. but a political backlash is still brewing. at the people still have the power to turn the tide. now is the time to throw the leftist bombs out and california can lead the nation once again by sending a powerful message to the political establishment. push us too far and we will push you out. and that's the angle. in moments, my exclusive interview with california republican gubernatorial candidate larry elder, but first, newsom is not the only left-wing politician facing the ire of voters. l.a. d.a. george gascon, who i just mentioned, is under fire for his radical policies that have put the violent criminals above victims and their families. just ask my next guest, desiree andre, a leader in the recall gascon movement. her son was brutally murdered back in 2018. he was repeatedly stabbed, beaten, and then he was thrown off a cliff, his body was found two days later. and now, thanks

it was gavin newsom who chose campbell harris's position.'re talking about dianne feinstein and the significance of her seat is vulnerable and what it would mean in this period if there were republican governor. >> the governor has the power to appoint a replacement for dianne feinstein if anything were to happen to her. if she were to retire or if anything else happened to her. you know, she is elderly. so that is a real possibility that he would appoint someone who does not represent the values of california or californns, and would tip the balance of the senate. it would make it impossible for president biden to push through the policy goals that he has put forth in terms of infrastructure, in terms of helping communities across the united statein ways the republicans oppose. there are real implications. even though it would be a year and a half in office, they would probably be voted up in the next election, they could do significant harm. larry elder says he plans to use his veto power to cut funding to all of these programs that he opp

mister newsome is using this in his advertising. he's ignoring the fact that he can't produce electricity. he can't produce water. he can't predict people from one wildfires that are threatening their existence. a struggle to survive in this economy in california. we've got great weather, but it's not gonna hold people for here forever. if these politicians keep talking about these issues that that really, you know, don't matter to most people. >> you're all republicans and former president trump may be the republican nominee for president in 2024 voters want to know where you stand on the former president if he runs again. do you intend to vote for. >> for a show of hands. first picks. tell us whether you intend to. so first a show of hands. will you vote for mister trump for president. >> chance. i'll give you the chamber says joe is easy. look at what happened. just don't we won't. we won't go for the hand but will go for the explanation. mister, your first you have 30 seconds to you. queen him a joe biden. look at look at what w

should governor gavin newsome lose the recall. but democrat kevin paffrath also known as meet kevin is confident he's at least the parties viable plan b avenue says branding is all about stop the republican recall. our argument is some california recall people are fed up. meet kevin paffrath, a political outsider and democrat in the wide field of republicans running to replace governor gavin newsome, the 29 year-old financial analyst youtube star and father of 2 boys describes himself as a jfk style democrat who wants to apply his economic expertise to state government. my career teaching folks about finances and wealth building has been all about being efficient with my time but also helping train others to be official with their time so they can build their wealth to invest in people in education, in health care, mental health, education so that way the cost and burdens on government actually lower. we then spend less money on medical on welfare and on social programs. and instead we can lower taxes in his first 60 days. paffrat

even so, governor newsom controlled the puc.o do anything without his staff reviewing it or approving it. they tell you what to do and how to do it. reporter: governor newsom's office was micromanaging the puc? >> yes. reporter: still ahead -- >> we do whatever the governor tells us to do, period. reporter: we obtained how governor newsom's office exerted control over pg&e's supposedly independent regulators, and pg&e's victims wonder what it will take to make real change. >> if you do not think it is affecting you, it is because it has not slept you in the face, the way it does when somebody you love has been lost. you know when you're at ross and all those brands have her like... yes! ...and all thoseri and we've got you with the best bargains ever at ross. get your yes for less at our new store in east san mateo. babe? ooh... oh! ooh! ooh... yeah? oh, yeah! there are many ways to say it... sí. yes. ...but when you find the best bargains ever at ross, you'll say yes for less! reporter: the california public utilities commissio

governor newsome out of office. this comes after our recent inside california politics poll so the majority of that racial group would vote to recall newsom con force. ashley zavala got an exclusive look at how the parties hoping to accomplish all of this. >> and also dozens of california gop volunteers gathered for a virtual workshop thursday. the focus build relationships and gain support for governor gavin newsom's recall from latino voters with this governor can't buy is the people of california and the movement that's been created by his failed leadership. the group plans to spend the next month in gauging with latinos to religious and community groups going door to door and propping up phone banks. they're working to reach business owners impacted by shutdowns and lower-income let the you know, is affected by the state's taxes and housing issues. thursday's workshop comes after all, recent inside california politics. emerson college poll showed growing support for governor gavin newsom's recall. >> 54% of hisp

i'm definitely planning on supporting gavin newsom in the recall.removal of newsome? i'm not sure yet, but i support that. we're having this debate. some potential voters said they wanted to hear from newsome reality show star caitlyn jenner and talk show host larry elder. the candidates debating tonight, so we're the ones who have experience running for political office. any one of these guys could be the next governor, it could really happen, and it doesn't matter that we don't have a superstar candidate like arnold schwarzenegger on the ballot. political experts say whether newsome survives a recall depends on voter turnout. the next debate is scheduled for august. 23rd. we are watching that forecast the big cool down today, further cooling tomorrow that a yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not... schuuuuzp.. put them together. save even more. some things are just better together, aren't they? like tea and crumpets. but you wouldn't

gavin newsom. >> it wasn't for the people. he was out for himself. gavin newsome. it wasn't for the workers. he was out for special interests. gavin newsome certainly was not for the kids. he was for the teachers unions and gavin newsome lived it up. while he shot us down. >> well, the latest polling show 50.6% of voters support keeping governor newsome in office. 46.3% want him out of office. today's your last chance to register to vote by mail for the upcoming recall election registration forms are available from your county's to your register's office or website. you can pick up forms at the post office city clerk's office or any public library or dmv. they have to be postmarked by 05:00pm today. if you miss that deadline, you can visit the register's office or a voting location to register to vote to election day, which is september 14th. more visitors are coming back to san francisco, but a full recovery could still be years away. that's according to san francisco's travel association. it says nearly 60 million tourists visit the city this year, which is 5 mil

that's not the reality under gavin newsom's california. as you rightfully point out crime right now. violent crime is at a 13 year high. murders are up 30. and yet we have a governor who doesn't seem to think that it's a problem. don't talk about it. we have a governor. comes out and support defunding the police movement. stood up. the defund the police movement. had hundreds of protesters out in front of my house this past summer yelling at me yelling at my family, every name of the book. he find the police? i said no. said. the longer that they were out there would only strengthen my resolve to do the right thing. i didn't. defund the police budget in san diego. i increased it. increased it because if we want safe neighborhoods if we want the best and brightest men and women who wear that badge. protecting us day and night. we better darn well given the tools, the training and the support to be successful. that's the approach that i will take as governor and work to strengthen those laws that this governor has worked to weekend. he's wro

should governor gavin newsom be recalled. and if so, who should replace him and if the majority of those voters vote yes on that first recall question. then the recall is considered successful recall goes through. >> the governor is removed from office. but if it it 50% or more vote no on the recall. then the governor will remain in office and of course, none of the replacement candidate replace him cash to that second question. >> the registrar attempted to clear up what may be confusing some voters regarding the 46 candidates voters can choose from to replace the governor. should he be recalled. >> a lot of people are confused thinking that if you vote no on the recall. you cannot vote on a replacement kennedy and that is not the case. so whether you vote yes or no. you can vote on a replacement candidate who just want to make sure that's very clear. the vast majority of ballots will be cast by mail. >> dozens of in-person vote centers will open for 11 days beginning september 4th as for voter turnout don't expect any recor

supporters of governor newsom rallied in oakland. political and labor leaders gathered to urge californians to vote no on the recall. >>> the white house cracking down on cyber security. measures just announced and how president biden is looking to raise the bar. >>> johnson & johnson vaccine recipients could soon get a boter ot. the new data and growing calls for masks in schools. >>> bay area's biggest school

gavin newsome. >> it wasn't for the people. he was out for himself. gavin newsome.the workers. he was out for special interests. gavin newsome certainly was not for the kids. he was for the teachers unions and gavin newsome lived it up. while he shot us down. >> a new poll shows that more than 51% of california voters support keeping governor newsome been office while just a little over 46% say they want him removed. >> monday. is your last chance to register to vote by mail for the upcoming recall election registration forms are available from your county's registrar's office or website. you could pick up the forms at the post office city clerk's office or any public library or dmv. they have to be postmarked by 05:00pm monday. if you missed that deadline, you can visit the registrar's office or a voting location to register to vote through election day, which is september 14th. now let's take a live look outside at san francisco international airport. it's hard to see right now. but. some fog is trying to push in from the rest of the week. >> if you take off, just

and governor gavin newsome kicked off his campaign to keep his job today. why he says californians. >> should vote no on the recall. and the recall election is turning out to be a battle between newsom and larry elder who held his first major press conference today. we're chilly. we'll take you there. and a coronavirus outbreak inside of an east bay school district. what learning about the cases and what's being done to prevent further spread. now from the area's local news station. >> this is kron. 4 news at 3. >> we can go whole covid clip in just a matter of weeks. if we don't take this moment seriously. in turn. those ballots back in the simple fact just vote no. and go to the >> now at 3 governor gavin newsom comes back home to san francisco to persuade voters to let him keep his job. hello. thank you so much for joining us this friday. the 13th right here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm justine waltman this event in the city kicked off a weekend of action for the democratic governor. this is mail ballots have arrived at voters homes and that recall election

>>governor newsom is on the campaign trail. he tells us that president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will be coming to california to campaign with him in a matter of weeks. >>with the recall election less than a month away the kron 4 news room has received some questions of from viewers about voting in this election kron four's amanda hari is live in san francisco tonight she talked with some election officials about what voters need to know she joins us now with more amanda. >>good evening, one of the biggest thing all voters need to know is that every registered voter will receive a mail in ballot. those are already going out and many people have already received their us. >>it is a very consequential election is an election and everyone to get out and have their voices heard every registered voter in california will have the opportunity to vote in the september 14th gubernatorial recall election assistant chief election officer for san mateo county jim here's ari is just one of many people trying to make it as e

newsome was also standing outside the private event. fellow democrat kevin past brass, california needs a new leader. we need a jfk style leader who's looking at common sense solutions for solving our homeless crisis. our water crisis are fire crisis. a recent survey usa poll conducted for several southern california media outlets finds. majority of the 1100 respondents. 51% want, newsome recalled. republicans overwhelmingly favor the recall, while democrats opposed by a 3 to 1 ratio path raft leads a crowded field of 46 candidates to replace newsome for one year until the next gubernatorial election. he's currently trending at 27% we've got all sorts of problems in the state. many of them have been exacerbated by this governor in the last two years. republican larry elder leaves the gop hopefuls with 23% of poll respondents, his policies cause high crime, more poverty, bad schools, an attorney, author and conservative show host elder held his own virtual campaign push virtually at the same time as newsom's private appearance. one of th

this does not bode well for newsom. is this all covid related? >> yeah, statistical tie, jessica, in terms of whether he would be recalled. and yeah, a lot of it is covid related. it didn't start that way. it started with the usual complaints of too many taxes, wildfires, budgets. but beginning with covid, certainly thereafter, certainly all the eyes went to that issue. the schools closing, businesses shutting down. the stops and starts. the rollout, you name it. and that's a good part of it. i think we also have to add a couple ingredients, if you will, in this recipe. unforced errors. that was a big part of this thing, by the governor, beginning with the french laundry, but unfortunately, not ending with the french laundry. that's got a lot of people going, and also the fact that there is, as the governor said just a minute ago, low interest, low interest by democrats, high interest by republicans. low interest by democrats. and even though democrats have that large registration edge, the interest factor, or the recall, the enthusiasm factor co

he wants to be the man who places liberal governor gavin newsom.rybody says what is the magic sauce you have? >> i was born and raised here. i want to crenshaw high school. i could talk about choice in public school. >> the crime in this state is devastating. as governor what do you do given proposition 47 which is already on the books, anything under $950 you are not seeing a lot of police activity. >> i won't release 20,000 prisoners early as of the covid virus, most likely -- something like 70,000 people of been released early, many violent offenders. i won't do that, won't have a false narrative they are out to get black people. 81% of black people wanted to remain the same, this is common sense stuff, why majority of hispanics want this man recalled and because of crime. people who are hurt by crime are the black and brown people they love to say they care about. the la times, local california pundits and so forth and nationally accusing you of brandishing a gun to using the n-word. it goes on and on. your reaction to these specific charges? >

the judge cited with newsom. >>> an update on our breaking news.through much of the town of greenville, destroying businesses and homes. witnesses described seeing a gas station. a small hotel and a local bar burned to the ground in the town of 800 people. the fire has grown to nearly 300,000 acres. right now, 35% contained. we'll bring in jeff randalieri. the next 24 hours will be especially difficult. >> yeah. real crucial. in some cases, it might be hard to really attack the fire so aggressively because we'll get more wind. we'll start off tonight getting into our own bay area weather. you can see the same spots that are raging tonight with explosive fire growth are now under these brand new red flag fire warnings until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. we're looking at mountain wind gusts of 20 to 50. low humidity, 10 to 20% and at that in the low 90s. we'll have full coverage on our social media and also nbcbayarea.com. let's bring it back to our weather story. and the temperatures were actually cooler today from this system as it began to move closer

i think governor newsom numbers go down. i do have to say, i think it might actually in a strange way. be good forgotten. or newsome that this race looks so tight because i think his biggest weakness for a long time was that people just thought this is a clown car. there's no chance and everybody was just going to stay home. if more people show up. the demographics of the state say that is good for governor newsom, but he can't be loving these numbers, right? yeah so this potentially is a wake up call because we've talked a lot about this enthusiasm gap where you have republicans, supporters of the recall very enthusiastic and looking to room move governor newsome from office and democrats sort of still on the sidelines here. so you're saying that this could be when you start to see the polls tighten. this could be that wake up call for democratic supporters of governor newsom. absolutely i think so. and i think that's why you see governor newsom say things like we're in the fight of our life. that's why you see him pick a f

however. >> if you're gavin newsom and his team. you've got to be happy with larry elder being in front because he said a lot of things about women, about the minimum wage. you said a lot inflammatory things over over the years. and so your going to press that moving forward. so expect gavin newsom and national democrats to try to scare voters about who larry elder is and what he represents in terms of extreme views that ties into their question. one the legal challenge they won last week in terms of this being a republican funded trump backed effort to subvert democracy from 2018. all of that will be tied at 2. all republican candidates, not just larry elder but the news a team is going to ramp that up. they've had an awkward difficult last couple of weeks. but the next 4 days, san francisco los angeles, san diego with those rallies that they're going to do. they're going to try to get their mojo back. they're going to concentrate on people like larry elder. >> david, we're out of time, but real early on in this whole process. use

do you approve of the recall of governor gavin newsome answer yes or no. the second question then asked voters which of the 46 challengers. they want to replace newsom in office. one to voters drop off their ballots. they can track it through the county register's. where's my ballot to let california dot ballot. trax dot net. we have more details on our website. that's kron 4 dot com. also you can see the candidates go head to head in a debate later this month inside california politics will host a debate right here in the kron 4 studios. you can see it the night of august 19th. that's a thursday at 7 o'clock. >> and i'm gayle ong. the small restaurants are forced to close its stores after staff as the when you take a stain drug to reduce cholesterol, it can also deplete your coq10 levels. qunol can help restore this important heart health nutrient. qunol the better coq10. >> new at 6 tonight, the latest covid surge is also causing a number of breakthrough cases. those are cases of folks who have contract the virus even though they're vaccinated. the probl

do we keep newsom? if enough people say no, let's fire newsom, then you have a separate election.election, newsom is disqualified from running. there's a vacancy in the governorship. it's almost kind of like what would happen if there was a federal impeachment of a president. in that second election, yes, then you vote separately. there is no violation of equal protection because everyone's vote is the same. the only thing that's happened is that newsom is disqualified as a candidate. the constitution gives states difference on how they organize their own governments and how they decide to run their own elections for their own officers. >> shannon: in the "washington examiner," exhibit b says a desperate last-ditch lawsuit won't save gavin newsom. the complaint is a joke given ballots are being mailed out. the last-ditch efforts demonstrate how far some partisans will go to save party politicians, even the ones as mediocre as gavin newsom. they say that it's not a legit lawsuit. >> it's a very legit lawsuit. it's not going to lose on an early dismissal either whether it is a demur

newsom, allowing him to describe the recall effort against him as republican, the judge said newsome can refer to the recall as a republican effort in the state's official voter guide. republicans who led the effort to place the recall on the ballot had filed a lawsuit saying some of newsome statements linking the effort to republicans were false or misleading. the judge, though, said that republicans failed to prove the statements were false. the candidates hoping to unseat governor new symbol on september 14th. getting ready for a debate set for less than two hours from now in southern california businessman john cox, former u s representative doug oc state lawmaker kevin kiley and former san diego mayor kevin faulkner of the candidates scheduled to take part tonight. the debate will be moderated by hugh hewitt and will be held at the nixon presidential library and museum in your belinda. joining us now to talk more about the debate is to another state university political science professor david mccue and david good to see you again. great to have you back here to break all of thi

biden tweeted out his support for newsome thursday today, newsom said both the president and the vice president are going to come out here to show their support for him in person in the coming weeks. >> newsom now heads to san diego and los angeles on saturday. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> conservative radio talk show host larry elder. meantime, holding his first major news conference virtually today. mainly criticizing governor newsom and california is democrat led government. >> reason for the part of the reason a left-wing politics is a reason for the rise in crime there's a reason for the rise of homelessness and it's left a lot of people haven't connected the dots. >> recent polls, including one from inside california politics and emerson college show while most californians are undecided on who they would select to replace newsom. elder has the lead among a republican heavy field of candidates another leading republican candidate in the race to replace governor gavin newsom is former san diego mayor kevin faulconer today he made his case for why he should be the next governor.

newsom was just a symbol.bol party to think most of it is preceded gavin newsom. he didn't win in the left until 2018. in working terms of the crimes, top 47 which was passed in 2014 with his backing. and the policies, goes back more than a decade and only the force management with these wildfires, is been going on for decades because neglected force management parking is really newsom is for the fall guy here. paul: and jason you mentioned it that the arguments and newsom himself is saying that this is a trump coup basically. what arguments other than that is newsom making to stay in office. what is he campaigning on to keep him on the job read. guest: will funnel think that he's making much of an argument for what he is done printed think it would be hard to do. but the lockdowns in california due to covid-19 were some of the most severe of any state in the country and you talk to people out there and the work that often comes up in describing newsom is sort of aristocratic attitude that he has paul, these r

governor gavin newsome newsome appointed whether a secretary of state when the position was left by now. u.s. senator alex, by the governor also pointed bonded to attorney general when president joe biden be a bus headed to join his as democrats push for higher voter turnout among concerns of a lack of enthusiasm in the party. the state leaders were asked about the appropriateness of their message monday. what is the alternative to it. >> to suppress voting because you think there may be more democrats registered in california and of that itself would against everything that i believe in. >> a separate issue that you could face questions about the constitutionality of california's recall process over all this comes as some legal scholars know voters might not have an equal say in the outcome of the election because the law allows newsome to be replaced by a candidate who gets fewer votes on question 2 that he doesn't question one bond a would not say if he's ready to defend the state's recall election laws shou d their constitutionality be challenged in court where >> and we'll be coord

newsom.ate concerns who has more intensity around turnout. it goes towards newsom. everybody has a ballot, the fact that this has turned into a newsom/elder race and the fact this is a question for close to 80% of the people who are going to vote and have been vaccinated, do you want to turn something over to someone like larry elder who will get rid of mask mandates? i agree with you what would happen here, this is not fun and games. this could be catastrophic. >> what do you think democrats have learned from this process so far about why newsom is in this situation? >> well, listen, i think that this is not an off year election, it's a recall election. whenever you don't have a presidential year election or traditional, you know, congressional election in terms of timing, that can be challenging for democrats. >> right. >> but i think you've got to play off this. i think the newsom campaign is doing a lot more of that both in terms of defining this for ian elder. let's talk about how we wou

they'll decide if newsom should be recalled.should replace them. on a pool, 51% said they would vote yes on recall. who would take his place? well it's a crowded look at the ballot. 46 in total. larry elder, a trump supporter and radio host attorney who picked up momentum in recent weeks. a new uc berkeley government study found that elder leads the back with 18% of the voter support. and larry joins me now. and larry, i see you're getting the star treatment today in "the wall street journal." you've only been in this thing about three or four weeks, what accounts for you, thus far, breaking through the pack? >> well, michael, good morning, let me push back on what you said, you called it a gop-led thing. 2.2 million californians signed the petition. h 53% of californians even if they don't believe that gavin newsom should be recalled do not want him to serve another term. if every single resident was part of that, you couldn't get up to 53%. the second thing, you referred to me as a trump-supporting radio host. may i address th

biden tweeted out his support for newsom thursday today, newsom said both the president and the vice president are going to come out here to show their support for him in person in the coming weeks. >> newsom now heads to san diego and los angeles on saturday. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> meantime, conservative radio talk show host larry elder held his first major press conference virtually on friday. mainly criticizing governor newsom in california's democratic government. >> and for the part of the reasons are letting politics is a reason for the rising crime left-wing politics. there's a reason for the rise of homelessness and it's left a lot of people haven't connected the dots. >> recent polls, including one from inside california politics. anne emerson college show while most californians are undecided on who they would pick to replace newsom. elder has the lead among republican heavy field of candidates. >> another leading candidate in the race to replace governor newsom is former san diego mayor kevin faulconer. >> the republican made his case for why he should be the next g

i'm very proud of gavin newsom, governor gavin newsom, and have no intention of working with a republican governor, because we must make sure that that does not happen. that would have ramifications in the united states senate, should there ever be an opening, which i don't foresee, but nonetheless -- >> a lot of things happened and that nobody foresaw so now we are in whole new territory. part of this was to get a viewer question, so i know we want to get those to you. puerto rican joe writes, people suffering from covid are getting huge medical bills. why doesn't speaker pelosi support medicare for all? your response to that. >> i support healthcare for all, and i have a proprietary interest in the affordable care act, being one of the people who wrote it, and i believe it is a better benefit for all. if you look at what the benefits are of the affordable care act, i do believe in expanding the benefits of medicare, and that's part of what we are doing in this new bill, for hearing, for vision, for dental, for our seniors, but i do think that the better plan is for people to be able to

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unfortunately, what she doesn't understand is gavin newsom is the reason gavin newsom is going to bee plummetedded even more. critics call her one of the mostty -- divisive speakers in u.s. history. she's dismissing the recall as a, quote, nuisance when polls show about half of californians, her constituents, voters in california want it. that's according to emerson college polls. what do you say to her calling it a nuisance? >> it tells you exactly what she thinks about average folks who don't agree with her agenda. she's basically saying folks who exercise their right under california law are a nuisance. this is exactly -- she doesn't like anyone who doesn't want to go along with her socialist agenda and essentially because of sagging, the sagging economy in california, out of control wildfires, rolling blackouts, destructive lockdowns and school closures, californians have said enough is enough, we're going to speak up, and we're going to be step forward. and, nancy pelosi, get out of the way. elizabeth: you know, remember nancy pelosi was caught getting a hair blowout without a m

the newsom folks are taking a calculated risk. they remember what happened with gray davis, when his lieutenant governor said vote no on the recall but vote yes on bu sta monte. >> that's very interesting. thanks for your insight. if you have questions about this recall election we have answers for you. our scott mcgrew's put together an explainer on how to complete your ballot at nbcbayarea.com/recall or click on newsom recall atop our home page. >> let's get back to the caldor fire. >> horrible conditions through the mountains this evening and tomorrow. the biggest challenge firefighters are going to have is the wind. wind gusts of 20-50 miles per hour tonight. also that same forecast as we roll through tomorrow. and can you see on this map that i've created here. most of the fire growth represented by these fire icons has been from kyburz to twin bridges. the way the wind is blowing, it's coming out of the southwest. that's why the evacuations are in place for parts here of tahoe. because that southwesterly wind is pushing any

so you believe that this will in fact galvanized opposition to gavin newsom. yeah, i think this is what you're trying to do two things you're going to want to point out. if you're governor newsome, you're going to want to draw out those democratic based voters, right? you're going to want to draw out labour these types of folks, but kids going back to school what's going on there or texas? you're going to see this bifurcation, particularly between urban areas. and rural areas. the dallas school district is defying their governor in texas, but you're going to see this pushback all throughout california if there is pushback republicans use that to their advantage. they raise money, they move forward. all the while governor newsom is going to be turning up the advertising dollars and trying to galvanize his base. so far, his base is not enthusiastic about showing up and that is really cooling the jets of many national democrats as they think about what could happen here in california, and the ramifications of that more broadly. for the biden agenda and for the mi