Frontrunner. Ron desantis, tim scott in contention. You have five others in the conversation and the rest are on the outside looking in. Dana former president is dominating on endorsements and racked up more than 80. The rest of the field is splitting a dozen between them. Bill ron desantis has billed himself as the one candidate best equipped. They side with the former President Trump. Dana the first debate giving candidates a chance to turn the tide. This is what voters want to hear. We have to fix the border. This Migrant Situation is insane. If somebody doesnt address and really fix the situation i think were really seeing a lot of america in decline. Were so divided right now. The person that can communicate that message to say im going to lift everybody. We need a stable economy, immigration is a big issue, put our veterans first. Common sense policy. A president with strong business sense to be able to negligent for america. Dana josh holmes has analysis. We begin with Alexis Mc
Two sides cant agree on how it all unraveled. Who was at fault or whether any part of the deal is still in force or what it means Going Forward . A lot of questions there. Now his primary lawyer is stepping aside while another highpowered attorney joins team hunter. Dana david spunt with the details live at the Justice Department. I need to be caught up. Go. Its remarkable how things have changed and seems to change on a daily basis. The latest news here the government weiss and Hunter Bidens legal team couldnt be further apart. Three weeks ago today on wednesday, july 26th, david weiss, the Special Counsel was sitting inside a federal courtroom in Delaware Feet away from hunter biden. Both prepared to enter into this Plea Agreement as we know it never happened. The judge chastised both parties in public. Yesterday the government writing, responding to Hunter Bidens attorneys saying the government did not quote renege on the previously agreed upon Plea Agreement as the Defendant Inaccu
About with the persuadeables. i take the 25% out of that category. they aren t considering him. a quarter of the base there not going for donald trump again which is how joe biden was able to win in 2020. you are looking at the middle there. the people who still like trump but looking to be persuaded. what we re focusing on on the democratic side how ron desonolith failed to what he was billed with. all the money and enthusiasm. democrats were talking about he has a good record in florida. this will be tough to contend with. why gavin newsom is saying i want to debate you and shop in florida and talk about what s going on. feels like a real challenger there but his money, he is still getting the money. one of his biggest donors said unless you fix your extreme position on abortion i won t keep giving you money. of those people you wonder how many are converted looking at trump as a victim in and out
And mike pence are in the conversation. a busy campaign for everyone at the state fair in iowa. trump, desantis and scott worked the crowds to win over the voters this weekend. they are playing close attention. i think these voters take it really seriously. they pay attention to what s going on in the campaigns and polls. every candidate, bill and dana, accept donald trump wants voters to know it s early in the campaign and national polls for the 2024 republican primary but not that early for long. the caucus in iowa is on january 15th. back to you. dana: all right, thank you. bill: want to show you a little bit where the republican base is right now with donald trump. this is from the new york times. third week of july, okay? a little less than a month ago. the maga base, those within the party who will never leave donald trump was listed at 37%. the persuadeables is 37%.
Juan? i think he s got me. it s over. bill: what s going on do you think? it stands in contrast to previous polls that showed generally especially joe biden in the lead directly when pitted against donald trump. but in these polls what you have is a high percentage of people who say i don t know who to vote for. up to 15% of people in this poll indicate that they have not made a decision. bill: it might be the persuadeables in 2020. we put our poll out over the weekend. we were around 50%. cnn came out with their poll yesterday and what i find interesting. back in november right before thanksgiving they were at 50%. it has dropped 5 points to 45. you know what happened during that time? you had more hearings in the house. how come? washington post this morning has it basically at 50, 49%. what you see is from as i said fox news 50%. so i think what you re seeing here is the statistical tie.