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>> this week 2024 campaign trail takes a look at the latest delegate wenzel president biden and former president trump. as both men became the presumptiveiv presidential candidates for their party. plus a look, look from the road of the latest messages to voters. former president trump from rome georgia and president biden from goffstown new hampshire also preview of alaska's at-large house race. but first a look at the u.s. senate race in ohio where primary voters head to the polls on tuesday. >> corresponded with news of a hopper can you tell us about the upcoming ohio senate race when our folks voting and who is on the ballot? >> well, the senate races coming

up. the primers are on march 19. and right now it isri a three-way race in the republican primary and it's actually very close. the latest polling numbers show everyone is within the margin of error. right now bernie moreno is at the top with 29% matt dolan has toys 7%, and frank larose has 21% with another 23% undecided. again this is within the margin of error so could be anyone's race right now. >> and there been a couple of endorsement in this race on the republican side.e. who has gotten those? >> the biggest endorsement was of course former president trump who came out behind businessman bernie moreno. this instantly shot him up from polling in the lowest to the highest, and he has used every opportunity to mention that he hass endorsed by trump and effect trump is coming to dayton, ohio, this weekend to campaign for him. >> how potent is the trump endorsement in ohio?

it's had mixed results in other states but ohio is fairly solidly behind the former president. >> that's true. i'll have shifted more conservative in recent years and i have spoken to voters in ohio. many republican say the trump and trust that does hold a lot of weight with them. however, we've the past trump has endorsed people who end up going on to lose in the general election. we could see that happening here because the incumbent democratic senator sherrod brown has a solid standing among ohioans andid he also doesn't toe the democratic line. find someone whoin can reach across to the independence could be very helpful to republicans. matt dolan is a candidate who is most likely to appeal to these independent or moderate voters and if that is key he received it endorsement of governor mike dewine. >> there's a lot of money pouring into this race. the assume democratic nominee

sherrod brown has millions and probably millions more coming. what looking like on the republican side? >> tons of money come can. brown himself raised 5.7 5.7 million in the first two months of this race and so for all three candidates have raised a total of $56 million and that' for the candidates. that is not a good spending by an super pacs. to make of the candidates that would be matt dolan and bernie moreno have invested their own moneys. into the campaigns. meanwhile frank larose has ethat invest in its campaigns. he's relying on outside donation to either way you see a lot of money coming in, l a lot of money spent on attack ads and you'd expect i will continue even after the primaries. >> at the bait with the juki candidates a few weeks ago. how would you describe the gop candidates style? and. >> all of them are rushing to contend that the most conservative and the other candidates are fake

conservatives even when it isn't much of daylight between their stances on various issues. they all have, forcefully against president biden order policies although their different ideas on how to combat illegal immigration. they also have that mercy stances on abortion, especially because ohio had a referendum in which voters voted to enshrine abortion-rights into the state constitution. all three have said theyotri would support federal restrictions on abortion rights. the one thing that does unite them all is they are trying to unite biden and brown. every time round was mention of the debate they always mentioned biden and brown's policies because biden has low favorability ratings in ohio. >> of those issues are there any that you expect will resonate with ohio voters in the general election? >> we definitely see immigration is going to be a major issue as well as the economy and

abortion. those issues have all come up and all very relevant to ohio as well. what i think you might see in ohio that wouldn't be in a in a national election is focus on keeping jobs in the region. as a rust belt state they have seen many, many manufacturing jobs leave in recent decades and they want to keep expanding programs to bring jobs back into the region. >> harri leigh as a reporter for spectrum is ohio thank you so much for your time and insight. >> thank you. >> after we take this interview emerson college released a poll showing matt dolan ahead with 26% among gop voters, ahead of bernie moreno 23% and frank larose with 16%. eshold i har next, part of former president trump's message to voters last week it in rome, georgia. >> but if you are a disillusioned democrat of which there are many today i extend an open hand, and open invitation and ask you to join us on the

noble quest of saving our country. saving our country. together we will turn the page forever on the miserable night air of the biden presidency. what a presidency. the most incompetent president we have ever had. [booing] the worst president, at most incompetent, and the most corrupt. other than that i think he is doing quite a good job, and we will make america great again. [cheers and applause] the stupidest people running things in their history of our country. i would like to use a more sophisticated word, but there are some words -- these are stupid people. joe biden should not be shutting at america.

america should to be shouting angrily at joe biden. [cheers and applause] and we can be saying crooked joe, you were fired. get out of here. you are fired. you are incompetent. get out of here. you were destroying our nation. get the have out of here and by the way i had to tell you this. you know, i have done it twice. we did a great the first time, 2016. we did a much better the second time like not even close, and it was rigged. but there is never been the spirit that i have seen this time. 2016 was 2020 was better, but this blows it away. we came in from the airport we are 15 minutes away. at the lines of people standing along the streets coming up to this building are incredible. [cheers and applause]

on november 5 the curtain closes on crooked joe and the sun rises on the brand-new day for georgia and for america. but one of the lives that was taken from us was an incredible 22-year-old nursing student right here in georgia, inc. and o'reilly -- lincoln riley. look at the signs. she went out for a morning jog. she was in great shape and she never came back. they knew something was wrong. an illegal alien criminal who joe biden intentionally released into our country has been -- and because he gets released tens of thousands of people like this tens of thousands, because they come from jails and they come

from mental institutions. they release them into our country. biden s implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens to intrude into united states are granted immunity from deportation, for us when this monster showed up at our border she was set free immediately under the program that crooked joe created. i call it free to kill. they just told me prior to what i am doing right now that joe biden went on television and lincoln's murder were illegal. he did not want to call them in illegal. [booing] she said you should have called him and undocumented, not illegal, and he wanted to apologize. [booing] he wanted to apologize.

well, they have a new name too. they have a new name. do you know what the new name is? don't want to call them neighbor. did you ever hear the other one? newcomer, a newcomer to our country. are we going crazy or what? is this country going crazy? the newcomer, he was illegal and i say he was an illegal alien, an illegal immigrant, he was an illegal migrant and you should not have been in our country and he never would have been under the trump policy. announcer: president biden also at the campaign trail was tops at a number of states including this one in new hampshire on wednesday. pres. biden: i talked about the budget released today that i think will help in a big way. as you just heard, many

americans paid more for drugs than anywhere in the country. if i got you on air force one with meaningful use to toronto berlin london, rome, the same prescription you may have for whatever you need to matter what it is by the same company, you can get it in all of those cities, and it would cost you between 40% and 60% less. that is a fact, not hyperbole. and it is wrong and i've been trying for years and years as a u.s. senator and i am ending it now. four years ago this week before i came to office our country was hit with the worst pandemic and economic crisis in a century. remember the anxiety and the fear? record job losses, raging viruses that would take more than one million american lives and leave to millions of loved ones behind. it was estimated for everyone

who died and left behind eight significant people. an empty chair at the table. the mental health crisis that resulted from the isolation and loneliness. my predecessor failed the most basic duty. the duty to care. i came to office determined to uphold the duty to care and get us through one of the toughest periods in history, and we have for building a future of american possibility, building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not just the top down. when the middle grows the bottom as a chance, the poor have an opportunity, and the wealthy still do very well. it investing in all of america and all americans to make sure everyone has a fair shot. we leave nobody behind, nobody. our plan is working at america is coming back. the pandemic no longer controls our lives, the vaccines are now

being used to help be cancer turning a setback into a comeback. that is the american story and the future of health care is a privilege in america. that is why. that is why i have never been more optimistic about our future. we just have to remember who we are, we are the united states of america. there is nothing beyond her capacity when we do it together. nothing, seriously, not a joke. we are the only country that has ever come in of every crisis stronger than when we went in, stronger than when we went in and i will give you one example. you know, i may not get it done but if you give me a congress, i will. i am serious. here's the deal. we have 1000 billionaires in america. that is not a bad thing per se. do you know what their average

tax rate is? a .2% taxes. anybody want to trade their tax rate? i'm serious. if we do charge them 25%, not the highest rate, 25% do you know how much that would raise in the next 10 years? $400 billion. $40 billion a year. imagine what we could do from cutting the deficit to providing childcare, health care, to continue to continue provider military with all that they need . this is not beyond our capacity. we just have to listen. tell people what we want to do and out that thing up to get out -- i hope that they figure it out, because the last guy, if he gets elected he will repeal every single thing we have done so far. 15 million new jobs, 800,000

manufacturing jobs, but people still need help. those folks sitting at the kitchen table still need some help on day-to-day things. we are going to work on those as well, but at any rate, i am taking too much of your time. thank you all very much for being here, and as my mother would say, god bless you all. god protect our troops. announcer: president biden vice president harris were on the road on thursday the commander-in-chief is today with clinicbiden talked about reproductive rights in his state highlight the issue on the campaign trail. part of her visit to a planned parenthood location. vp harris: when they took us right away they created a health care crisis. so many of these clinics have shut down, so that i sent to the president, get ready for the words i'm about to use.

uterus fibroids, pap smear breast cancer exam, that is part of what these clinics provide necessary and vital health in addition to abortion care. the guide to get that they are proposing and passing laws that make it in of exception for rape or incest, so they are saying to a survivor of a crime of violence to their body, in violation to their body that they have no right to make a decision about what happens to their body next. that is a moral -- immoral and on the subject overall i think we all agree -- let us all agree one does not have to abandon their faith were deeply held beliefs to agree that government should not be telling her what to do with her body. [cheers and applause]

we trust women to know what is in their best interest. and today in some states we just saw extremists are attacking the freedom to use ivf treatment. it can happen anywhere. i talked about this when the dobbs decision it was leaked. let's see where this could end up. think about it, women and couples are being denied the ability to fulfill their dream of having a child, and consider the irony. so one the one hand, they are saying you don't have the freedom to end an unwanted pregnancy, and on the other hand you do not have a freedom to start a family. consider an irony, and by the way, while these extreme is a they are motivated by the well-being of women and children , they are silent on the crisis

of maternal mortality. the top 10 states with the highest rates of maternal mortality all have abortion bans. the hypocrisy abounds. and as we, there is nothing hypothetical about anything we have just discussed. the crisis is real. since roe was overturned i have met women who invented miscarriages from twins. i met a woman who but -- who went to the emergency room for care and was turned away repeatedly because the doctors were afraid they would go to jail because they provided her care, and it was not until she developed sepsis. and in this health care crisis let us all recognize who is to blame. the former president donald trump handpicked three members

of the united states supreme court with attention that they would overturn roe. he intended for them to take your freedoms, and he brags about it. he said that for years,", they were trying to get rid of roe v. wade. and then he said, i did it, and i am proud to have done it. proud, proud that women across our nation are suffering. proud that doctors and nurses good to be thrown in prison for administering care? proud that young people today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers? how dare he. the former president is the architect of the health care crisis, and the extremists are not done. in the united states congress

extremists tried to pass a national abortion ban to outlaw abortion and every single state but they need to know if congress passes a national abortion ban president joe biden will veto it. [cheers and applause] and when we together win majorities in the united states congress and congress passes a bill that reelso thom from the biden campaign directly addressing the president's age and a add from the trump campaign. pres. biden: i am not a young guy, that is no secret, but i understand how to get things done for the american people. i let the country to the covid crisis. today we have the strongest economy in the world. i passed a law that lowers prescription drug prices. for four years donald trump

tried to president law, and he failed. i got it done and now we have rebuilding america. i passed the biggest law industry to combat climate change. donald trump took away the freedom of women to choose. . wade the law of the land again. donald trump leaves the job of the president is to take care of donald trump. i believe the job of the president is to fight for you, the american people, and that is what i am doing. >> i am very young energetic and handsome. what am i doing dysphoric. i am not a young guy, that is no secret. ♪

♪ anyway. >> the founder of the alaska memo, tell us about the house of representatives election in alaska this year. >> in 2022, the long-term dean if the house passed away unexpectedly. a special election in alaska, which was the first where our state god rank-choice voting. this term will be her first really as an incumbent with two years under her belt. >> and how is this election different than the 20 election

where she first won office? >> i think the most obvious thing is that sarah palin is not in this race right now. sarah palin was in the special election race and the general election 2022. made for a really interesting experience or test case for how rank-choice voting works, which is to say not a lot of people even republicans like sarah palin all that much, so a lot of people split from her or voted for the third-party candidate for the third republican who looked at rank-choice voting and said i would rather my the good to megan or not anybody get all of us are there was a big dynamic about how the parties were figuring outvoting works, and how to navigate that system. there is a lot of republican infighting in 2022.

there seem to be a little more stayed with the quality of their candidates. >> there are two republicans running this year, correct? >> so far, right. we have nick beggich, the grandson of a former u.s. representative, a nephew to senator mark beggich, so he is in it again. he's kind of this, he sort of i think you'd a little bit as he was running against don young in 2022 and then floundered a little bit when it became more open race, and now we have also the lieutenant governor nancy na dahlstrom who is a former state representative former commissioner of the department

of corrections and alaska and has been lieutenant governor since 2022, and she is sort of viewed right now as the party favorite i would say. >> is there a lot of money in this race so far? >> yes according to the latest fundraising total she has crossed over $2 million. the reports of the end of the year are relatively low for both. baggage has a decent number of personal wealth that he is brought in in the previous races that might be important here but so far she has the fundraising advantage going into this race. >> is a lot of that money coming from out of state or is this mostly in alaska donation? >> i haven't looked, honestly have dug into with the money is coming from right now. but i would soon i think this this is a race that has a lot of national interest in it.

obviously with a close u.s. house is especially mary is really sort of castor so as centrist problem solver i think and is reached out. there's efforts to be bipartisan with edmonton fort. >> covering the race with mary and sarah palin comments interesting watching alaska primary debates and watching the debates. topical debates we do messy in the lower 48 come to mind was fisheries debate. as a something people are talking about? what is motivating alaska voters? >> it is a huge issue. fisheries, alaska is really on the forefront of climate change. there are communities that lose 20-30 years -- 20-30 yards of riverbank every year. there's a lot of people around the forefront of a change and a lot of it is been felt in

fisheries as far as declining populations of fish, lower returns. so the question is how do adapt to thaton is really the big question a lot of people have with it. and especially around research department issues, finding ways to protect fishing. almost everybody fishes in a way. a lot of people rely on it to feel the freezer. i think the representative really focus in on that in her election and it really connected. connected. it was one of i the issues that broadly connected with alaskans. >> what other issues are motivating voters in alaska this year? >> so on theth ballot this year we have ranked-choice voting is going to be back up on the about the voter initiative. that is a big issue. there's going to be a minimum-wage bill on the ballot this year also. but i think really a lot of

issues that are facing us are kind weight issues facing the country a little bit. how do we navigate some of the political divides to find commonsense sort of sensible solutions? right now in alaska there's a big debate around how public schools are funded, how they are run. there's been this long running flat funding issue here, and so even though it's largely a state issue, i think that the policies that the federal government can affect that can help us out in our tough budget situation energy situation are huge. in addition education energy is always going to be a big issue. alaska has a ton of resources but the cost of energy and alaska is always very high pixel for a small market there's a lot of issues there. infrastructure is another big

issue. we love ourtu roads. we love our infrastructure projects and the more the delegation can bring home for us the better. >> matt buxton is a founder of the alaska memo. you can read his work online. thank you for your time and expertiser:. >> thank you so much. >> a reminder, this procurement all of campaign 2024 coverage can be found online at c-span.org/campaign. >> friday nights what c-span's 2024 campaign trail a weekly a weekly roundup of c-span's campaign coverage providing a one-stop shop to discover what the candidates across the country are saying to voters, low first-hand accounts from political reporters can update poll numbers fundraising data and campaign ads. watch c-span's 2024 campaign trail friday nights at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at

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