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Differences in their field. >> all right. so hence what some people believe is kind of a three-way challenge then. this poll confirmed that tom steyer will not meet the threshold for the september debate despite his millions of dollars hes sunk into ads, his campaign. he joins a long list of candidates who wont be on the stage, but it doesnt necessarily mean theyre out of the race, right? what do they do in the meantime? >> yeah, it looks like tom steyer is out of the debate for now. tulsi gabbe...

There is a new poll out this morning showing the top five democratic candidates all beating president trump by a wide margin in a head-to-head race. of course, its still early. anything can happen. the primary season far -- it hasnt even started, in fact. today being one deadline for democrats to qualify for the september debate. so far, only ten of the 21 candidates still in the race will face off in that debate next month. john delaney will not be on that stage, but he shows no signs of lettin...

>> you all experienced it last time. >> and we had an opportunity to see a lot of them and i think i join a lot of democrats to enter the field, and it is good that it is one stage, we need to see these knsd , these candidates u against each other and really debating and not just a conversation. >> and joe biden has an ad out now, basically creating an opening to attack warren and sanders on medicare for all, we will see that debate between front-runners, and for those who didnt make it, i would...

For this debate on september 12th in texas. this is a look at who will participate. front-runners, biden, sanders, warr warren, harris, buttigieg. then booker, klobuchar, yeng and castro have all qualified. the higher price of entry for this particular debate. tom steyer, the billionaire, late entry into the race, he put millions of dollars in digital and television ads, trying to get his poll numbers up. poll from quinnipiac where he did not meet the threshold. as it stands right now, steyer on...

Threshold the dnc has put in place are the best thresholds. i know its a work in progress. this is an experiment and i think the dnc is trying to do the right thing. >> so it looks like one stage for september but two in october. some candidates came really close. theyre suggesting that they need a little bit more time, neil. >> so the ones that dont make it dont necessarily quit. they just have to slug it out. >> right. but its going to be tough when tens of millions, potentially millions of pe...

At least 2% support nationally in four different goals. some candidates reached one threshold but not the other, and they will be watching the debate on tv. joe biden says he expects to continue being targeted by lower polling candidates who are hoping to raise their own profiles. but his preference is this more limited format. he is quoted this morning saying "it has taken me and i assume some other some time to figure out how to engage in a nondebate debate because there has been no debate. ju...

Cut are blessing the democratic national committee for tightening the rules. xochitl hinojosa is the dncs communications director. nice to see you here in our nations capital. you have been taking some heat for these rule changes and some of the candidates not making it in are not happy at how do you respond? >> thats to be expected. we had a very low threshold when we came to the first few debates of what percent. 65,000 unique donors. we raise the threshold to 2%. it is not a high number. if y...

Marks the deadline for 2020 presidential candidates to qualify for the third debate, happening next month in houston. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im sandra smith, reporting live from our nations capital. >> jon: good morning, sandra. there is controversy over who may be left off the state altogether. dnc communications director xochitl hinojosa spoke to us last hour. >> we had a very low threshold when it came to the first two debates of 1%, 65,000 unique donors. and we r...

Were there before the primaries happen long before the general. >> you know, the principle here strikes me as sort of sacrosanct, right? everybody who is a citizen and eligible to vote should be able to vote. >> yes. >> but i wonder, what is your read of what the datas say about the effects of these sort of -- of these sorts of moves that have been made, removing polling locations, increasing, you know, the threshold for what you get to i.d. in terms of what it actually means in turnout and disc...

What you see, these are all the candidates 2% and above. you dont see tulsi gabberts name, you dont see tom steyers name. given she was two polls short the fact that gabbert didnt make 2% effectively that eliminated her. no september debate for tulsi gabbert. the second poll quinnipiac by not hitting in the first, stye her to do it in this poll. all candidates 2% or better, steyer did not hit the threshold in that either so therefore unless im looking at the clock, its noon right now, the offici...