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Simon Marks: FSN Correspondent on the report that Former Democrat Robert F Kennedy Jr. will endorse Donald Trump · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Karmala Harris will formally accept the Democratic nomination for president today.
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  Speaker 1: This is at the DNC in Chicago. It comes as
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  Speaker 1: Robert F. Kennedy, who's that independent third candidate, is expected
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  Speaker 1: to drop out of the race today and endorse Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 1: Simon marx Is if it sends correspondent at the DNC
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  Speaker 1: in Chicago. Simon, thanks for being with us this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great to have you back on the show.
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  Speaker 2: Good to be back, Ryan Simon.
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  Speaker 1: It's start with the DNC. What are we expecting from
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  Speaker 1: Karmala today?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think, you know, the most important political speech
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  Speaker 2: of her life. I mean, that's often a cliche, but
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  Speaker 2: it certainly isn't on this occasion. Kamala Harris has to
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  Speaker 2: capitalize on the incredible sense of electricity and desire in
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  Speaker 2: the room for this convention to end on a high.
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  Speaker 2: It has moved from the Obamas speaking a couple of
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  Speaker 2: nights ago to her running mate Tim Walls captivating the
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  Speaker 2: audience last night with that speech that very much portrayed
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  Speaker 2: himself as a high school football coach who was now
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  Speaker 2: coaching Democrats in preparing for the fourth quarter of the game.
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  Speaker 2: He wanted them to go out and fight for every
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  Speaker 2: single inch and every single yard. And so now it's
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  Speaker 2: Kamala Harris's turn to introduce herself in detail to those
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  Speaker 2: Americans who have not followed her career even as vice
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  Speaker 2: president with a tremendous degree of regularity, but also to
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  Speaker 2: inspire Democrats to get out and work, as Barack Obama
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  Speaker 2: put it, like they've never worked before, in order to
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  Speaker 2: try and eke out a win over Donald Trump. I
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  Speaker 2: think this is going to be a speech that is
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  Speaker 2: very big on large inspirational promises and perhaps not quite
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  Speaker 2: as thick in terms of policy prescriptions. This convention really
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  Speaker 2: has been all about one central theme and to average
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  Speaker 2: Americans than Donald Trump and JD Events, and so far
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  Speaker 2: in that regard it's worked.
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  Speaker 1: Robert F. Kennedy expected to pull out of the race
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  Speaker 1: today and endorse Trump. Does that change the result? Do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it has the potential to have an impact. There's
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  Speaker 2: no question about that. I mean, it's often been debated
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  Speaker 2: ever since Robert F. Kennedy got into this race, first
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  Speaker 2: as a Democrat, of course, challenging Joe Biden, then deciding
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  Speaker 2: he was getting nowhere in that regard and so he
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  Speaker 2: became an independent. It's often been debated where the most
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  Speaker 2: of his supporters, and he's getting you know, between eight
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  Speaker 2: and ten percent in the polls, are likely Trump voters
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  Speaker 2: or likely Biden voters. Now, I think most analysts think
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  Speaker 2: that given some of Robert F. Kennedy's positions, he draws
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  Speaker 2: more support away from Donald Trump than he does from
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  Speaker 2: Joe Biden. So an endorsement of Donald Trump will certainly
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  Speaker 2: help him at a time when Kamala Hara is hoping
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  Speaker 2: to leave Chicago with a huge bounce in the opinion
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  Speaker 2: polls that she can then try to maintain and perhaps
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  Speaker 2: even extend. It's something that Donald Fum desperately needs at
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  Speaker 2: the end of a week that obviously has been all
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  Speaker 2: about Kamala Harris because that's the nature of a convention
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  Speaker 2: that is a four day made for TV spectacular. Whether
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  Speaker 2: it appreciably changes the outcome of this election is just
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  Speaker 2: too early to know. You know, this is still a
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  Speaker 2: fifty to fifty country, so it could make a big difference.
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  Speaker 2: But we need to factor in what kind of impact
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  Speaker 2: Kamala Harrison, Tim Wa Walls have had this week here,
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  Speaker 2: and we still don't know that because obviously the convention
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  Speaker 2: is still underway.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and we'll hear from Kamala Harris today, Simon, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for that, Simon Marx. If it's in correspondent at
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