but it s interesting because vivek is one of the candidates who does not want to go after trump, as we re talking about some of these candidates who do want to go after trump. that s partially because he wants to bill himself as maga 2.0. his whole pitch in this presidential rain is i m going to do what donald trump did and take it further and i in be able to do more than what he was able to do in his four years. and talk about more about foreign policy. yes, yes. and he that s one of the things that he has been prepping for for the debate stage because that s one of his that s one of the things he s less experienced on is foreign policy and it s also one of the things where he has very different point of view on some of these issues compared to the majority of the republicans on stage. and we re already seeing, you know, nikki haley has taken some hits at him in the past day or two. really candidates are starting to take a look at vivek. i do expect him to have to defend some
particular. sure. and for florida governor ron desantis. he has been practicing with one of the biggest debate coaches in republican politics, brett mcdonnell. this is a chance for him to either show that he is the second tier candidate or perhaps have someone else replace him. a huge night for these republican candidates tomorrow here in milwaukee. and it s happening in a critical state, battleground state of wisconsin. so i wonder what your reporting is on democrats as they watch this closely. reporter: and that is exactly why this is here. of course, republicans will hold their convention here in milwaukee next summer. and this is one of the closest states in the country. of course, trump won in 2016. he lost in 2020. but democrats are already advertising here. president biden s campaign is. many democrats will be descending on milwaukee to paint this entire field of candidates as extreme in their word. so this marks the first time that the white house and the president s ca
reporter, shelby talcott and new york times reporter ested herndon. one more on the former president s decision not to debate. here is governor ron desantis. i think he owes it to people. i don t think our voters, even people that appreciate what he did and i m one that appreciated a lot of what he did, too, i don t think they re going to look kindly on somebody that thinks they don t have to earn it. there is this really revealing focus group from your paper, the new york times, where they find one of the findings from this discussion is that assuming mr. trump skips the debate as planned, he might not really pay a price. many of the respondents felt his strong performance entitled him to a first-round bye. okay. so he s not there. we still know it. absolutely. i just came from iowa. we heard this sentiment over and over and over. the republican base built in support, that built-in trust of donald trump. the feeling among some he should
arkansas governor asa hutchinson there. he was the last candidate to qualify. i actually saw him flying here yesterday. he said he is excited to participate in this debate. yes, this is going to be essentially ringing the opening bell of the republican primary campaign in this summer. but, of course, the big person not on stage is donald trump. the fox news hosts have said they do plan to make him a central part of this debate. but the other candidates are looking for a way to break out in their own way. of course, chris christie, asa hutchinson and mike pence have been talking extensively in critical ways of the former president. the ore candidates largely have not been. they ll be looking for a viral mo moment, to possible, to introduce hethemselves. this is the biggest stage any of them have ever had to make their case to republican voters here. so there are many debates scheduled this fall. virtually one a month. but this is a critical one for these lower tiered candidates in
caused by cars with no one in the driver s seat. there s like one, two, three, four cruise cars blocking. no one can get through. reporter: these driverless cabs stalled for half an hour outside the outside lands music festival. in the last two weeks, incidents involving autonomous vehicles have spiked after a regulatory agency approved gm s cruise and google s waymo to expand their driverless car services in san francisco. hello. i mean, i couldn t have predicted it any better. i don t think any of us could. reporter: san francisco city leaders including fire chief janine nickelson were outspoken about safety concerns, requesting more testing and regulations for the innovative but potentially dangerous technology. just days after california s public utility commission voted to allow cruise and waymo to roll out more cars in the city at expanded times, a cruise car