against candidates that they really want to contract with. the biggest moderates on that stage, one of the moderates who made the most time is congressman john delaney from maryland. who is not expected to be someone who may not even be on the third debate stage come september. who they re focusing on are joe biden and kamala harris. we weren t given a vision of what maybe the policies might look like, in contrast with who the other front-runners are in this primary. we won t get that sense until the debate stage is a little smaller. let s preview what s on deck. we talked about the marquee matchup between joe biden and ckamala harris and cory booker. what should americans be preparing for as joe biden takes the stage? i think you can expect a lot more personal of a debate.
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she s now able to hear her family for the first time. beep, beep, beep. yeah. we re going to talk to the baby now, okay? hi. i love you. hello. i love you so much. grammy love you. i love you. oh. the florida toddler has been deaf since birth until she received her cochlear implants. one there said when her eyes pop open and she appears for the first time never gets old. more news straight ahead. smerconish is next. we re back in an hour, where we ll take you live to the south carolina democratic convention. ckamala harris, the first of the democratic candidates to
it s ultimate ly ultimately ran. you ll have bernie sanders running number two. you ll have joe biden. he s running number one in the polls right now. you ll have ckamala harris. she s running third or fourth. you ll have pete buttigieg in the race. he s running around fourth place, maybe fifth place. the only other candidate who is registering at that level of support, a comparable level of support is elizabeth warren. she s going to be in the other debate. the idea here was to avoid the tiered system. in some ways they did. warren will be on one night but all four of these candidates will be on the other night. there s all sorts of discussions you could have about who is this
all eye ars are on the trail. thank you to susan, christina, mike, that unk ynk you for bein us. ckamala harris campaign is planning to ramp up presence in the all-important primary states. with her first debate weeks away her team is amping up their ground game and kicking off a hiring spree. it s the first step in a long-term plan that will mean a very busy calendar for harris in those states. joining me now from alabama where harris has an event today, our very own nbc news national political reporter vaughn hillyard. vaughn, we spoke earlier this morning on morning joe and you were telling us how she s polling in that area and the fact that she is in these states really an acknowledgement that the campaign needs a more robust operation if it wants to go the distance. reporter: yeah, morgan. this campaign is opening up kamala harris as a national candidate. making the case not only to progressive activists within the democratic party, but making the case that kamala harris is