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Campaign yesterday where senator elizabeth warren was getting the crowd riled up, chanting, no on the recall. and the newsome campaign really hitting home. they want democrats to skip the second question. they simply want to defeat the first question and keep their governor in office. >> what a fascinating system it is. the latest polling you have newsome who is above, well above 50% in many of the recent polls, but you never know what happens on voting day. does the vice-president have sway in ...

Set up. we have a recall system that statewide officers can be recalled. if you qualify a measure for the ballot, 12.5% of the folks who voted in the last race, so in this case in the governors race, then the sitting officer, in this case governor newsome, has to get over 50% to stay in office, and the second question which in the california recall case has 46 candidates on the ballot, those candidates only have to defeat each other. and so you definitely could see a candidate, if the recall is ...

Dianne feinstein, saying he would replace her with a republican. hes sounding pretty confident. what to make of that? >> reporter: well, larry elder has been on the airwaves for 27 years as a conservative talk radio host in los angeles. if he is successful, you mentioned the polling right now, newsome has opened up an 8 1/2 point lead to defeat the recall. if larry elder is successful, hes going to have limited powers as governor of california because there is a super majority democratic control...

California and a lot of folks in the newsome campaign see talking about a potential senate vacancy as a boon to their campaign. >> all right. were going to leave it there with libby dentman. its scheduled for september 14. people putting in their ballots now. feinstein is 88 years old but made no indication she is stepping down. she wont step down if she knows shes replaced by a republican. all right, libby, thank you. >> thanks. the state of louisiana is still reeling from hurricane ida and f...

Liz warren had a strong showing in l.a. county and thats why she appeared in los angeles yesterday. you see amy klobuchar appearing for newsome in orange county today. some see orange county increasingly turning purple and that area being somewhere where klobuchar seen as more of a moderate would hit home to some voters. the harris campaign or the vice-presidents office had to cancel a trip to the bay area after the airport attack in kabul by isis-k, and so this is the second round of seeing the...

Week for her as well as local politicians there. the california native heading back there to campaign for democratic governor gavin newsom in the final stretch of his election recall fight. one of his opponents, one of his many opponents, larry elder, is already making plans to replace long-time senator dianne feinstein with a republican if he wins and if she were to step down. joining me right now with the very latest on that recall, libby, senior reporter for the los angeles npr station kppc. ...