a recent public policy institute poll reveals 58 % of likely voters say they will vote no on the recall. 39% plan to vote yes. president biden is heading to colorado tomorrow to help newsom keep his job. all underscoring the national implications of this race. our next guest is banking on an upset. the former mayor of san diego is a moderate republican who wants to win the chance to govern california, and he s joining us right now. good to see you, mayor. so mayor, newsom is getting a lot of attention from heavy hitters. how are you feeling about your chances come tuesday? great to be back with you. feeling really good. and i think particularly as we hit the home stretch out here in california, a lot of undecideds, and a lot of folks that want a change in the stop because they re not satisfied with the
california democratic governor gavin newsom is making his closing arguments today ahead of the recall election. and democrats may have a republican to thank if he survives. nearly 60% of republican voters now oppose recalling newsom. larry elder is leading to replace newsom. president biden is set to fly in tomorrow to help newsom close the deal. cnn s natasha is in beverly hills. what are voters telling you? yeah. there are a couple of themes here. you just stated a poll that shows that he has a pretty good chance that co-stay in office. even his supporters who talk to us are not really saying that they re confident about that. they re not saying they have
look, if we get millions of requests to cover the thing, of course we go to the camera, but there was no one interested. i think there s people interested that want to go and unseat newsom. they will be motivated and they will come out and vote. and then there are the democrats that maybe take this a little bit too relaxed and maybe not come out. and it could be dangerous for newsom, if that is the case. so, he is friends with gavin newsom, and he says he also has relationships with some of the candidates who want to unseat him. but his point there was that, and he said flatly that the newsom campaign and newsom himself didn t take this recall seriously enough until recently. now they ve changed, obviously. but it took a while for them to get there. that was nice of him to dress up for the interview. i appreciate it. remember to listen to dana s podcast total recall: california s political circus. you can download it wherever you
women trying to help newsom stay in office. the women s vote there is key for him. reporter: absolutely key. and the governor knows that if he can win women, the wind is at his back. now, the vice president opened her remarks here by saying it is good to be home. and she is home to help her longtime political brother governor gavin newsom stay on the job. oh, my god. [ laughter ] i am here for mamala kamala. i am very, very excited to see her. reporter: the return of oakland s beloved democratic daughter is the big draw for this bay area crowd. your hog town hero, the vice president. reporter: vice president kamala harris energizing the progressive female base at home. we fight for working people. we fight for organized labor. we fight for d.r.e.a.m.ers. we fight for women. we fight for voting rights.
will be interesting to see what cox does. kennedy: there are a lot of democrats in the state. gavin newsom already won a statewide race. he is the lieutenant governor. he is incredibly well-known. he beat antonio villaraigosa who should have been a formidable opponent. antonio villaraigosa out-spent john cox and it didn t matter. he didn t even get half the votes that cox got. so, you know, is it just a foregone conclusion for newsom or does he actually have to run closer to the middle to get some of the counties that don t like his san francisco past or the support like the train to nowhere, the high-speed train that is not high-speed and it does not connect l.a. with san francisco? marie: california is a democratic state. the headwinds against someone like the republican candidate for governor are incredible strong. and just from numbers game, there are a lot of democrats these are liberal democrats in california. now what was interesting kennedy: in part of california. m