Conference on the issue tuesday in milwaukee. perry johnson and miami mayor frances suarez also claimed to have met the debate criteria but not selected. the source familiar with the rnc s rules tells nbc news johnson and suarez did not meet the party s polling requirements explaining that the polls that they were using were not up to rnc standards. and eight candidates will be on the debate stage tonight in milwaukee. of course the front runner donald trump he did qualify for the event, he s decided not to participate. he posted on truth social last night that he ll be very busy during the debate during which he is expected to release an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson. joining us now politics reporter for semafor. dave, it s great to see you. all eyes today will be on milwaukee. perhaps some will be watching the tucker carlson interview. walk us through what we can