q&a. you can listen on our free c-span now at. -- app. next week on the c-span networks , the house returns on tuesday following the democratic annual retreat in the senate continue work on a foreign aid to israel and ukraine bill. also on tuesday, nancy pelosi and kevin mccarthy join the u.s. capitol historical society in awarding its 2023 freedom award to cheryl johnson, the 36th clerk of the house of representatives. by presiding over the chamber while members struggle to elect speaker. wednesday, congressional budget office director provides the nation's budget in academic outlook to t house budget committee. on thursday, the house foreign affairs committee will hear testimony on the delhi agreement on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan.

watch next week live on the c-span networks or on c-span now, our free moleideo app. also, head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to watch live or on-demand any time c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> this week on 2024 campaign trail, c-span takes you to california where nikki haley began her swing for super tuesday. and to new york, the -- where the weight -- race to replace the expelled congressman, george santos. we will also talk to a political expert. but first, a look at results and reaction in this past week primary and caucuses.

after a decisive win in south carolina's february period democratic primary, president biden moved onto nevada, ahead of its february 6 by mary. here he was in las vegas the day before the primary, meeting with members of the local 226 culinary union. union. >> [indiscernible] [laughter] pres. biden: [indiscernible] [laughter] how are you? can she even hear me? good to see you. thank you.

[cross talk] >> is this all housekeeping here? [indiscernible chatter] [indiscernible chatter] [laughter] >> these folks worked very hard to worked hard for a big contract, and you were very helpful. [indiscernible chatter]

>> we are so happy to have you. pres. biden: good to be here. [indiscernible chatter] >> [indiscernible] [laughter] >> he knows. he already knows. pres. biden: so i came today to say thank you. not just the support last time at this time, but thank you for

the state of the union. thank you for continuing to push it, because it really matters. it matters, it matters, it matters. my dad would say it is all about dignity, being treated with dignity. my dad would not walk by they soon shy guy -- shoe shine guy. if you saw the chairman of the board he would say "hi" but he would say "hi" to the shoe shine as well. announcer: president biden hundred 90% support in nevada because primary. presidential candidate marianne williamson suspended her campaign on wednesday after garnering only single digit percentages in the new hampshire, south carolina, and about a primaries. next to her video message posted online in which he officially

suspends her campaign. >> endings can be beautiful. today even though it is time to suspend my campaign for the presidency, i do want to see the beauty and i want all of you who supported me on this journey as donors and supporters as teams and volunteers to see the beauty too. there is so much for us to take from this, and that includes knowing we laid it down in ways that we should be proud of. we spoke to those who cannot speak for themselves in the society. we spoke for those whose lives are falling apart even indirectly because of bad public policy, those who are struggling because of environmental crises, racial crises, criminal crises, economic crises. we did what we could to shed some light in very dark in times. or that i will always be grateful. i take memories into my heart that would last forever, and particularly those of you who

are young who felt that in this campaign you saw hope. i want you to remember that which is most important is not end on this day. the story of self is so long, american story. the archivist to be is what matters, and the ideas that we stood for, the ideas that are articulated, ideas you can still go to the website and read those issues pages. you can think about running herself, being part of a longer story of american history, and not every individual succeeded for everyone who tried to make some progress, but anytime we put up the ripple of hope, and a good idea, any time we shed light in a darkened sky, then that light will remain. so you go forward and you take it from here, and i will be with you in whatever way unfolds for me. this one campaign is over now, but that larger arc of american history goes on, and it is my

deepest hope that we in some ways contributed to the larger story. and if you feel that it did, if you feel that you have a deeper appreciation of the promise of america and of your responsibility to do something about it, to bend that arc in the direction of greater justice, greater hope, greater inspiration, and greater light for the millions and millions of people who live in this country or are affected by policies around the world, then this campaign will have succeeded, and for that i think all of you who helped it succeed. i take your love with me, i take your support with me, and i know as with every ending, it is always a new beginning. from the bottom of my heart, i think you. god bless you. god bless this country, and also god bless this world. announcer: former president trump was the winner in this week of nominating caused in nevada. he was not on the ballot for the

state tuesday primary, which is not binding on the 26 delegates to the public and national convention and the walking, but the choice of none of these candidates did beat out rival nikki haley, an outcome his campaign encourage supporters to make happen. the associated press called the thursday run caucus for him with more than 99% support. next, at some of his remarks from las vegas on thursday evening, which included some reaction to the supreme court arguments in is a eligibility case earlier in the day. mr. trump: [indiscernible] [cheering] 98%, we wanted to get over 80%, and we got 98%, and also, if you

remember -- [cheers] you know what happened last night, right? none of the above. [cheers and applause] i would like to congratulate none of the above. i was one of those none of ever above's. i watch that last night, and they won by 48 points, so i went to congratulate -- but seriously , we have to get back. this was a great day. this was a great night. our supreme court will hopefully be doing something in terms of helping our country and preserving democracy. we have to preserve our democracy, and i think they had a very interesting day and a very beautiful day perhaps. i think it was a beautiful state to watch, and it is the way it is supposed to be, and hopefully the decision to be a very important decision, but there is never been anything like it in the polls.

we are leading everybody. we are right now -- is there anyway we can call the election for next tuesday? that is all i want. i went to call the election for next tuesday, but we are going to make our country great again. we are going to make a great. we will make it greater than ever before. the enthusiasm at the turnout, doug and i were talking -- i do not think you will never seen anything like it. announcer: nikki haley is a difficult road ahead in trying to close or gap with rival donald trump among republican voters in super tuesday states. the morning cultural pulled gop primary voters in the eight most populous super tuesday states all do to vote march 5. and all but one of them to former president garnered more than 75% support. his rival cluster lowly showings in oklahoma with just 11%, alabama, 12%, texas, 15%. next a portion of her wednesday

night rally in los angeles, her first major visit to a super tuesday state. >> it is great to be here in orange county. l.a. county, sorry. i was in orange county earlier. i don't even know where i'm sleeping these days, so you have got to forgive me. next week i will have been in the campaign for a year, and when i think about what that year is been like, we had 14 candidates. we have been able to defeat a dozen of the fellows. we got one more left. look at what happened yesterday. trump loses the case on having immunity for whatever comes next. [applause] republicans lose a fight on the border. they lose a fight on israel aid.

at the head of the republican party loses her job. everything that donald trump touches -- it's chaos. let's get the epa out of the way right now. right now they care more about sagebrush lizards than they do if we can afford our utility bills. let's beat up remitting, get our pipelines going. let's set us up for success. no more going i had in hand from saudi arabia, no more getting dirty oil -- >> [indiscernible] [booing]

[shouting] >> god bless him. [chanting "nikki"] >> you know, usually where there is one, there is more so do not be surprised if more show up. and we also have to look at the fact. we will have a female president of the united states and soon. [cheering] [chanting] >> hard truth, it is either going to be me, or it is going to be, virus -- kamala aharris. 70% of americans said they do not want to trump-biden rematch. the majority of americans disapprove of joe biden.

the majority of americans disapprove of donald trump. both of those men put us in trillions of dollars of debt that our kids are never going to forgive them for on the end we are having to climb out of it. and do we really want a country in disarray and a world on fire and have our two candidates be in their 80's? >> ["no"] >> we need someone to put in eight years and get the job done and put our country back on track. [chanting "nikki"] >> so as we get ready for super tuesday, as we start to look at what is out there, just to know i am not going anywhere. [applause]

i am in this for the long haul. in this is going to be messy. and this is going to hurt, and it is going to leave some bruises, but at the end of the day i don't mind taking that if you will go right along with me. announcer: f news reported nikki haley raised $1.7 million on her california trip. she is expected to continue fundraising in super tuesday states this upcoming week with a visit scheduled for texas. the california hall came days just after the haley campaign reported raising $16.5 million in january. next two ads the haley and trump campaign seven -- are having. >> now the pond and surpassing 177-year-old donald trump. here is a sample of what we have seen.

>> [indiscernible] >> thank you very much, and a very big hello to a place we have done very well. [shouting] >> nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 securities. pres. biden: did you see that about the snicker bars. america is tired of being played for suckers. >> the caucus on february, and if you need any details. these are not muscle guys appear, they are up here. and they say "ding, ding" and they have only got 17 seconds to figure this all out. missile launch, poom.

>> over 100 cutting edge detection machines to stop center dot waterboarded. >> give me a glass of water, drop it on the magnets. that is the end of the magnets. why didn't they use john deere, and i said i never heard of it before, whatever it is. pres. biden: i am proud to announce $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> 28,000 trips. i was very honored, victor or brian. -- orban. he is probably one of the strongest leaders in the world. he is the leader of turkey. >> not the leader of turkey, he is the prime minister of hungary.

pres. biden: folks, i -- if i were smart i would say thank you and leave. >> charge and that brutal attack on camera. >> shocking acts of violence. >> two and we pd -- nypd officers in times square. >> 54 individuals to be released of their own cognizance. >> the biden administration is fighting to release his many migrants as possible. >> there is no need for us. >> the biden administration to reverse the policy on mexico. >> joe biden to stop construction on the border wall. >> the policy that made it easy to kick out migrants. >> we inherited the lowest rate of illegal immigration.

when they apprehend people they let them go. >> i reverse trump's detrimental border policies. announcer: republican nikki haley took her campaign to the saturday night live soundstage last weekend, adding yourself to the roster of modern political candidates who have tried to boost to a general audience. next, a look at her appearance and an interview with amy becker at loyola university about the impact of such appearances. >> our next question comes from someone who describes herself as a concerned south carolina voter. >> yes, hello. my question is why won't you debate nikki haley. >> oh my god, it is her. at the woman who was in charge of security on january 6. it's nancy pelosi. >> for the 100th time that is not nancy pelosi. it is nikki haley. >> are you feeling ok, donald.

you might need a mental competency test. >> i took it and i is the score. they said i am 100% mental. i woman i know recently asked me for $83.3 million. >> and you spent $50 million in your own legal fees. do you need to borrow some money. >> don't do this, nikki. don't lose that number, nikki haley, joel osmond, we call the. six cents, remember that, i see dead people. >> that is what voters will say if they see you and joe on the ballot. >> that is not very nice, nikki. i am always very nice to you except when i imply you were not born in this country.

>> did you win your home state in the last election? >> i won staten island and the place where they honk at you if you get out of the cars. >> that is a new one on me. we have time for one more question, and it is actually for ambassador haley. [cheering] >> i am curious, what would you say is the main cause of the civil war, and do you think it starts with an s and end with a lavery? >> i probably should have said that the first time. >> amy becker is loyola university's communications professor. why would a candidate like nikki haley: saturday night live? what is the benefit?

>> sheikh is reaching out against that may not be paying close attention to the primary but is watching a late night comedy show. it is for the media coverage that follows. here we are a few days later talking about her appearance. it is all the media coverage that will generate. voters like politicians who can be funny and be human beings, and the more she can appeal and appeared to world with criticism and make jokes and make fun of herself, that really appeals to voters. >> how does it generally play out with the public? are they going to remember this month's went out or when it is their state's turn to vote in the primary season? >> it has a small effect, but this clip will be replayed as she tries to advance throughout her political career, so be on the primary, and to voters

really do appreciate when a politician is going to make fun of themselves and to be made fun of. it engenders goodwill for the future. >> do you think of previous presidential candidates who have done similar types of shows, and what is been the benefit? >> i actually did some research. sarah palin was one of the first and john mccain was also on saturday night live during that election cycle, and it did not help the election outcome, that they think more favorably of you for doing it. saturday night live is been on the air for so long and has such a broad audience, and it is not the people who watch it live anymore. it is that people who watch and the clips that get rehashed, so it has some good staying power. >> we now take you live to the press conference of presidential candidate sarah palin. >> good evening. we are very excited to be holding the governor's first

official press conference. not tonight, nothing is off limits, while at the same time i urge you guys to be cool. seriously, guys, just be cool. no recording devices and don't write anything down. >> aww! >> is a press conference. >> it was worth a shot, you cannot blame me for trying. without further ado, i present governor sarah palin. [applause] >> first off, i just went to say how excited i am to be in front of both the liberal elite media as well as the liberal regular media. i am looking forward to a portion of your questions, so let's get started. i don't worry about the polls. polls are just a fancy way of

systematically predicting what is going to happen. the only poll that i care about is the north pole, and that is melting. what? the real one? byee! [applause] [cheering] >> thank you, thank you. i am not going to take any of your questions, but i do want to take this opportunity to say live from new york it is saturday night. >> it is the same reason why political candidates: late night comedy shows during the week, for that kind of exposure, a traditional campaign appearance. >> can you think of late-night talkshow host without presidential candidates on, some that our viewers may remember from the past? >> stephen colbert has done some

great interviews with joe biden, because they get personal and talk about things like grief and family, so those things resonate. >> people know you have experience tragedies in your life, and we are inspired by the way that you have responded to those, and for myself and i think i suspect for millions of people out there i would like to offer my condolences for the loss of your son beau. i know that he was a great man. i was hoping you could tell us a story about him. if the president in his eulogy called your son joe 2.0. in what way is that a compliment to you? >> my dad had a quotation. if you know you are successful as a parent when you turn around and your son is better than you. my son was better than me. he was better than me in almost every way. the thing about beau was -- and

the expression my dad had was never complained and never explain. i never once single time i ever heard of my child complain. when he was in that accident and lost his mom and his sister, she was very badly injured, almost every bone in his body was broken. he was in a cast from his ankles, his arms. -- he said, dad, sit down. i want to talk to you. he said, i know how much you love me, so you have got to promise me something.

promise me you were going to be all right, because no matter what happens, i am going to be all right. promise me. this is a kid who i don't know what it was about him. he had this enormous sense of empathy. i know i may be; father -- maybe sound like a father. >> jimmy fallon was criticized for when he had trump on during the 2015 election cycle because he did not take it very seriously. now there was a lot of political criticism of that appearance today and what kind of appearance will play out during this general election cycle. >> i pay attention to the polls, i love the polls. if i am losing or lagging, i never mention it. [laughter] only when i am waiting. >> i think your voice is

changing a little bit. i had to break it to you, but i have done an impression if you once or twice on the show. >> you have. [laughter] >> but when you first started running, your voice was very high, china, very high, and then you got into a stage where you were yelling into the microphone, and you were yelling at everyone. and now you are more of like a smoky, silky. [laughter] can i miss your? -- your hair up? >> politicians with a capitalize on those experiences of those performances, because they can see more like regular people who

were just having a conversation with a late-night host. >> how did it work out for bill clinton when he went on the late show? >> he was the first to play the saxophone on arsenio hall. ♪ >> [indiscernible] aresnio hall! ♪

[saxophone playing] ♪ [cheering] >> and he was on mtv the same election cycle and asked him if he were boxers or briefs.

that was the beginning of those appearances in ways that politicians were asked questions you would not normally think the appropriate, right? it makes him seem more appealing when he places saxophone, so that 1992, that campaign ushered in this era of separating entertainment and news when it comes to politicians. >> do these late-night talkshow host, do they have a political audience? >> most people who tune into late-night comedy are tuning in for the comedy, and for entertainment and for laughter, but as a bad product they are learning something about politics. if you watch the saturday night live appearance with nikki haley you have to know what you said earlier during the campaign and why they are poking fun at her forgetting to mention slavery as a piece of the civil war, right? so you have to know what was going on in new hampshire during the primary season to fully get the joke, so it does occur to people to look things up to

learn more about things in politics and why they are referencing that particular joke. announcer: president biden recently made headlines for skipping cbs's halftime super bowl interview that in recent years other presidents have done. tell us about these previous presidents, that decision, and the impact that type of interview has, had in the past, and about biden's decision to skip. >> i think there is been a lot of talk about politics and the super bowl into the mists and taylor swift and the democrats -- it is kind of ridiculous that it is a story. there was a very broad audience to watch as super bowl, right? so doing interviews on not like nonpolitical or nontraditional programs has a broader reach, but maybe it is not the time and

the place. i did not know the reasoning behind the decision, but i think a lot of people would rather have football and not insert all it takes, so there are some entertainment limits where it is appropriate, and there are some moments where they should stick to what they are there to present, which is a football game and some great commercials and i have fallen -- and a half time performance. i also think that joe biden is taking a different approach to his media appearances that may be some other prior presidents. he does not always talk off-the-cuff as much, and a part of that is his style and comfort level thing. while we really miss entertainment and politics, we want to be careful about what we do that. >> there has been criticism of president biden for not holding as many news conferences as previous presidents. what is the impact of him not taking questions from the press who were there to ask questions

on behalf of the american people? >> i think if you look, each president as a preference for whether it is a press conference , when they have dignitary visits, are there some questions? the president is entitled to choosing the way they want to engage with the press. i do think that there is a responsibility to inform the public and to be able to take interview request, and i think he prefers a more scripted setting, and that is his preference, and as we get closer to the election cycle you may see some of his press strategy change to reflect the need for the campaign, but i think he is probably being pretty careful in choosing to engage with the press and the way that he does. >> you are a communications professor. any presidential candidate be too careful? >> you know, at times perhaps.

it really depends on the level of engagement and personal preference, but i think that our information cycle move so quickly that how much these questions are really just to generate sound bites until the next issue pops up, so you can think a little about the quality of the engagement in answering questions, and there is a reason politics have a host of surrogates who give press briefings. i think it is important elections to hear from the politicians themselves, but there is probably a balance to be achieved. this is again going to be a very different campaign in some ways, that thing we have seen before, different election cycle but it will look like 2020, so i think the press has a responsibility in the way that they cover candidates and what kind of airtime and what type of quality information is being shared with the public. >> what do you think the compact

avenue platform like tiktok is having on how presidential campaigns are run in this psycho and in cycles to come? when you have president biden's campaign office, their spokesperson saying we are getting creative. we are going around traditional media, using tiktok, podcast, reaching out to radio stations. >> you reach a different audience on tiktok, you reach young people, and there are certainly questions about authenticity, and politicians after raised security sermons -- conservative -- security concerns are about tiktok. you have to adapt to the format. it is not different from politicians going on entertainment programs and bill clinton planned saxophone in 1992. where the conversation is happening is where you need to be, and that means social media and other platforms as they develop. in a prior election cycle you

would have been talking about twitter. if we are focusing on tiktok, four or eight years from now it might be another social media form. >> amy becker, thank you. announcer: independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr. told reporters this week he might seek the libertarian party nomination as he continues to struggle with ballot access in many states. next part of the video's campaign was circulating on social media channels this week instructing volunteers how to gather petition signatures in states where he has to get to get on this year's presidential ballot. >> before every rally we will train people and how to petition. >> the first thing we will start with everyone is looking for petition packets. ♪ >> qualifying is making sure an individual is actually able to sign your petition. the first thing you should ask is, excuse me, are you registered to vote in nebraska?

>> yes. >> so this person is not qualified. >> we are filming in lincoln, nebraska where we will need 3000 raw signatures in order to place rfk in the ballot. dark out the signature goes from 2000 and tennessee to 35,000 in new york and 145,000 in florida, and to make sure we meet our targets we are collecting an extra 60% in every state, which means we need one million signatures across the country. ♪ >> it is the process of getting the clipboard and their hand and giving them the instructions to start filling out the petition. >> would you like to sign a petition to put rfk junior on the ballot? >> i don't know much about them. >> rfk junior is a third-party

candidate, long-term environmentalist, antiwar. it does that sound like something you could support? >> that does. >> before you hand them the pen, i need today day's date, signature, printed name, date of birth, address, city, zip code. >> they will say they are interested in signing or they are not, and do not worry if they are not. just move on. there are many other people you will have to ask. ♪ >> now that i have fended off to him i do not want to just watch him. excuse me, sir, are you registered to vote in nebraska? ma'am, are you registered to vote in nebraska? would you like to sign the petition? >> yes. >> perfect. >> i pivoted to the next person.

anchor them to start filling out the form and prevent -- and p ivot to the next person in line. it is a one sentence. do not get into arguments or debates. our goal is high-volume signatures. announcer: next a preview of what you will see this weekend on american history tv's historic campaign speeches series. every saturday we look at campaigns fast. this week and we hear from john edwards at 2008 campaign rally ahead of the nevada caucuses and from 2012 a speech from republican mitt romney after he nearly lost the eye of a contest of former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> i see in america last year where exxon mobil made $40 billion. record profit. the ceo of one of the largest health insurance companies in america made $200 million in one year.

$200 million, and now take that picture of america and put it side-by-side with this picture. an america where tonight 47% of our people will go to bed tonight knowing if their child gets sick they will have to go to the emergency room in bed for health care. women tomorrow who will conduct a self exam of themselves and find a lump in their breast like my wife elizabeth did will discover that they have breast cancer, but unlike us we have great health care coverage. some of these women will have no health care coverage. where are they supposed to go? what are they supposed to do. every woman knows you cannot get chemotherapy in the emergency room, and they are terrified, absolutely terrified. tomorrow 37 million people will wake up in this country literally worried about feeding and clothing their children and living in poverty. i was at a shelter a couple of weeks ago with they took in single moms with their children.

it was a wonderful place and the people who read it were wonderful, but i asked do you have draft to send families away? sometimes with to send 70, 75 families away. these are mothers with kids, some of them as many as three or four children. i said where do they go? to the street, back to cars, children living on the street in america while exxon mobil makes $40 billion. last year 45 million people went hungry in this country. that is the population of california roughly. 35 million people going hungry in the richest nation on the planet, bentonite 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform, veterans will go to sleep under bridges and tom graves. over 4000 right here in las vegas. we are better than this, and enough is enough. it is time for us to stand up.

it is time for us to speak out. it is time for us to say we want america where everybody gets a chance, everybody gets an opportunity. that is what this election is about. that is what we are fighting for. that is what all of us are fighting for, and together we are going to create that kind of america. >> president obama shrinking our military and hollowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful that no one in the world will never think of challenging it. [cheering] president obama seems to believe that america's role as leader of the world is a thing of the past. i believe the 21st century will be and must be an american century. [cheering] [chanting "romney"]

>> our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity at the american people, and are blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we are going to build an america where hope is a new job with the paycheck, not a painted word articles bumper sticker, and i will not attempt to break the voters with promises of new programs and new subsidies and ever-increasing checks for government. if this election is a bidding war of who can promise the most benefits that i am not your president. if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness, and i hope you will join with us. announcer: next a discussion with paula and scott, two reporters with newsday who talked about the upcoming special election in new york's third congressional district. >> i am george santos who

represented the district for a little under a year. i got expelled back in december after the house ethics committee released it damning report about campaign activities, and is also under indictment on suspicion of several felonies related to defrauding campaign donors and lying on financial documents. >>: the candidates running to replace him? >> the former congressman who represented the district for six years. he decided not to run for reelection in 2022. she ran a primary for governor -- he ran a primary for governor against kathy hochul. another legislature, a veteran of the israeli defense forces, ethiopian raised.

she resettled in israel, and she is only in her third year as county legislature but her stars was in in the last couple of months and she is a very active supporter of israel. >> what are the latest poll showing about who could win the special election? >> there have not been many public polls. emerson college did a poll a couple of weeks ago that showed pretty much a dead heat within the margin of error. tom was up by 4 points, but this is early on, and there might be another poll by cnn in the coming days, so we will wait and see, but the sense from everyone is it is going to be close and may be hard to predict, because the turnout is going to be much lower than you would see on a mentor or presidential year for

a full election and will lie on a lot of traditional get out the vote operations of these party machines. it has yet to be determined to will do better with that, although republicans have a good reputation on driving other loyalists and their voters in local elections. >> went with the voters of district 3 make their choice? >> tuesday, february 15 is election day. early voting has been going on saturday and will last until sunday. we are monitoring the number. it democrats have a little more of an edge. they have been coming up more frequently than republicans. there are more democrats that have absentee ballots so that will play a role as well. >> the former president and current president, are they playing a role in this race? >> they are playing a role in

that they are both unpopular. joe biden has a low approval ratings of the district from what we know, and tom suozzi is keeping them in arms length, disagreeing with this handling of the border issue, and he is not really make any overtures that he wants the president to come and camping with them in the final days. mazi started the same way with donald trump about whether she voted for him in the past, about whether she would support him if you are with the nominee, but in recent days she change her statement that expressed her opinion that trump is great and she would support him as the nominee for president and she would welcome into coming campaign. that is yet to be determined. >> how would you describe the district 3 voters? >> the district covers a little bit of queens, nashua county and

south bend to the south shore, but most of it is concentrated in the north shore of nashua county. it is a very swing district. it has traditionally been a democratic seat. the last time tom suozzi held the seat it was more concentrated on the north shore. republican areas were drawn into the district. the stronghold of the republican party, so that is something working against him. the jewish community on long island, you have a very strong orthodox base in the peninsula. it is one of the most heavily concentrated jewish communities in the nation. she does and irely immigrant, so the republicans have been cultivating retiships in this community for the last several years and has helped them to flip some big

township elections, and you have a moderate and conservative jewish community and other areas -- in other areas. they lean democratic. the candidates are very strongly pro-israel butter both appealing, and a lot of jews are angry. you are hearing a lot of talk about the squad from republicans, so that is playing a big role. >> is george santos or his infamy playing a role in this case? >> democrats would like for it to play a role, and in the beginning they put up photos of mazi campaigning with george santos before this came out, but it did not seem to stick in that they have not been pressing on it. and recent days they have tried to bring up some inconsistencies

that are financial disclosures between her county disclosure under federal disclosure as a candidate to raise the question, we cannot take the chance of having another santos, trying to imply her personal finances are murky, but as an overarching dominant theme george santos is not really been coming up that much. tom suozzi does not mention them that much. >> george santos removal brought into question the vetting of candidates. remind our viewers about the role newsday played in getting out the information about george santos, the campaign allegations into his past? >> in this campaign we are heavily vetting to candidates. we have contacted universities that they have attended, we have contacted the idf. we have translators looking at

records from the war, so we are leaving no stone unturned. we have published pieces that have gotten into exactly what we know, what we can confirm for each of the candidates in this grace. it is definitely flip the script -- flipped the script on how newspapers are fitting to candidates. opposition research, a lot of it is not factual. we have gone through public records and campaign finance reports, and it has been a very thorough process on our part. >> we take nothing for granted in the post george santos era. tom is been around for years. we were going back and checking basing things about his biography as well, doing the due

diligence in trying to give a reader's confidence that what they're saying about themselves is actually true. >> there was an idea of how much it takes, how many hours in the effort it takes to do what you are describing to vet candidates for the public. >> it is as many hours and days, we have been juggling between the coverage of the race, the issues, going out and detailing their campaign strategy, but the basis of all of that has been just verifying the basic details, and that is where we started. before any of the other things came about, whether it is going through public records in terms of voter registry history and address history and whether they come up and lawsuits or litigation of any kind.

so that is kind of laborious work that takes a long time, but certainly it pays dividends and that it has given us the ability to write a folder picture and not only provide basic details but provide a fuller picture of each candidate more authoritatively. >> we appreciate your reporting, and thank you for sharing it with us. >> thank you for having us. announcer: after we spoke with reporters newsday released another poll in the special election race. democrat tom suozzi was ahead of mazi pali but still within the margin of error. next coverage of the debate in new york congressional race thursday night for news 12 long island. >> it is the one and only chance to see the two candidates face

off ahead of the special election in the third congressional district. >> are gastrointestinal with a breakdown. -- our guest joins us now with a breakdown. >> everyone is going to want to watch this debate. it is an eye-opening look at these candidates as they discuss the issues that matter to you, and at times that discussion became heated and personal. >> my opponent is unvented and unprepared. we have been down this road with george santos. >> biden, the squad, and tom are taking our country in the wrong direction. >> they traded barbs and exclusive news 12 town hall debate. the event was moderated by the morning anchor in front of a live audience at the optimum together. both candidates are vying to replace george santos in

congress, and pilip quickly went on the attack against the border crisis. >> tom suozzi [indiscernible] >> in 2000 and 18 when i was only one of 18 democrats who voted to fund ice. i went against the party. >> the debate got contentious over the abortion issue. pilip insisted she would not support a federal abortion been --ban. >> you would tell me, a mother of seven children with pregnancy is about. >> are you telling me you were pro-choice? >> every woman should have that right. it is a personal decision, a personal choice. >> suozzi said he would continue

his fight to get the state and local tax extension restored and accused his opponent of not offering a plan to make life better for alumni lenders. -- long islanders. >> she has no solutions. >> the special election to fill the vacant seat will be held this coming tuesday, and there is so much hanging on the selection, including the balance of power in a closely divided house of representatives. announcer: this program and all of c-span's campaign 2024 co >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington. live and on demand, keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor

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