i'm ramesh ponnuru, by the way. you've all is the kind of person about whom people in my position usually

i'm ramesh ponnuru, by the way, all is the kind of person whom people in my position say he needs no introduction, but that then raises an awkward question about why i'm here. so i will introduce him. he is the director of social cultural and constitutional studies here at aei, where he also the beth ann ravenel currie chair in public policy, the founder and editor of national affairs. he is also a senior

adviser, a major cross and editor of the national review and columnist for the washington post, ramesh ponnuru. >> he's everyone's hearing right now with me. all right? >> the veepstakes continues from the trump ticket to now we are less than 24 hours away. >> there's been no leaks surprisingly yet to actually announce to it's going to be although everyone thinks philadelphia means shapiro, of course, philadelphia has other significance in american history as a sight of doing so. what will be the final factors that you thank harris's team is going to be weighing right now. >> yeah. i mean, this has been such a condensed process like i can't even really i just was doing the math today for story and it's been 15 days since kamala harris became the presumptive nominee of 15 years that's gonna be live but so imagine that 15 days after knowing who is going to be the nominee, you're not going to have a vice presidential pick is really shocking to me. but look, i think in terms of the final thoughts that go into it, i mean, it's very much a gut check and that's what every sort of when you read any so

political reporter for the wall street journal, and two fancy right democratic strategist and ramesh ponnuruwho is editor of the national review, glad to have all of you here. reverse. well are there other rules settled or what we're still hearing some different things about the mic are not being muted. they say it's done, it's finally happening. but antwan, a recent poll found that 36% of voters various 36% who they don't know what harris stands for. and so a debate obviously a moment to have that become very clear what is the goal for the interview, if you're her and her team is the goal to get that granular detail out there or is it to continue to define oneself, person? it's generally? >> well, a couple of things. i think this notion that she is somehow afraid of an interview is intellectually dishonest or a misrepresentation of the facts as sitting vice president, she's done over 80 interviews this year alone. she became our nominee five weeks raised 540 $540,000,000.22 trips it's 14 states. she's been busy a traveling press pool is with her at all times. the most important interview sh

i'm ramesh ponnuru, by the way. you've all is the kind of person about whom people in my position usually say he needs no introduction. but that then raises

joe pinion ashley etienne ramesh ponnuru, and alyssa farah griffin welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race good evening, everyone. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. toss up more and more polls reflecting the shift in the state of the race. the contest between kamala harris and donald trump now is virtually deadlocked in the places on the map that matters what are the most in this 2024 election we're here with our panel in new york. this race, according to the latest fox news poll that looks at some of these sunbelt states is within the margin of error, which for kamala harris is a huge turnaround. should this be a red flag for the trump team? >> well, i think it adds to a collection of red flags that the trump team has to look at. >> what trump had going for him above all, was joe biden's age and the perception of americans that he wasn't up to the job for another four years once that was removed as a factor, the democrats jumped up in the polls. it's not so much trump losing support. it's the democrats gaining support among p

i'm ramesh ponnuru, by the way, all is the kind of person whom people in my position say he needs no introduction, but that then raises an awkward question about why i'm here. so i will introduce him. he is the director of social cultural and constitutional studies here at aei, where he also the beth ann ravenel currie chair in public policy, the founder and editor of national affairs. he is also a senior editor, the new atlantis, a contributing editor, national review, and a contributing opinion writer at the new york times. in his role as of social, cultural and constitutional, i suppose i should point out he is in some sense my boss so i guess, he will be reviewing my performance as i review his today, which is about as good an example democratic citizenship as as we can find we're here to discuss new book and if i may say so i think is his best book yet. american covenant how the constitution our nation and could again it is it is a book that is i should say, epistemic, clean, modest, politically ambitious. it that the cure for many of our modern discontents in. the united states

i'm ramesh ponnuru, by the way. you've all is the kind of person about whom people in my position usually say he needs no introduction. but that then raises an awkward question about why i'm here. so i will introduce him. he is the director of social, cultural and constitutional studies here at aei, where he also holds the beth ann ravenel currie chair in public policy. the founder and editor of national affairs. he is also a senior editor at the new atlantis, a contributing editor at national review and a contributing opinion writer at the new york times. in his role as director of social, cultural and constitutional studies. i suppose i should point out he is, in some sense my boss. so i guess he will be reviewing my performance as i review his today, which is about as good an example of democratic citizenship as as we can find. we're here to discuss evolves new book and if in if i may say so i think his best book yet american covenant how the constitution unified our nation and could again it is. it is a book tha