during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> each week until the 2016 election, "road to the white house rewind" brings you archival coverage of prmt rac . presidential races. next a look at the 2004 campaign and a con-session speech by democrat howard dean on the night of the iowa caucuses. it's best known for what came to be called the dean scream. a month earlier the former vermont governor was widely considered the front-runner for the democratic nomination. but his lead dwindled as the caucuses approached. and he finished third behind john kerry and john edwards. mr. dean dropped out of the race a few weeks later while senator kerry went on to win the party's nomination before losing the general election to incumbent

george w. bush. iowa senator tom harkin introduces mr. dean at this 15-minute event. >> well, you guys, you have already got the picture here. i was about to say i'm sure there are some disappointed people here. you know something? if you had told us one year ago we were going to come in third in iowa, we would have given anything for that. and you know something? you know something? not only are we going to new hampshire, tom harkin. we're going to south carolina. and oklahoma and arizona! and north dakota! and new mexico! we're going to california! and texas! and new york! and we're going to south dakota! and oregon! and washington! and michigan! and then we're going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house!

yaaaah! we will not give up! we will not give up in new hampshire. we will not give up in south carolina. we will not give up in arizona. or new mexico. oklahoma. north dakota. delaware. pennsylvania. ohio! michigan! we will not quit now or ever! we want our country back for ordinary americans! and we're going to win in massachusetts. and north carolina.

and missouri! and arkansas! and connecticut! and new york! and ohio! c-span's coverage of the presidential candidates continues this week with campaign events in south carolina and nevada. leading up to the south carolina gop primary and the nevada democratic caucuses. on saturday february 20th. our live coverage of the results starts on saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern with the candidate speeches and your reaction to the results. on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> each week until the 2016 presidential election, american history tv brings you archival coverage of presidential races. next on "road to the white house rewind" we look back to the 1984 presidential campaign and a democratic debate in des moines, iowa. among the eight candidates seeking their party's nomination. candidates include former vice

president walter mondale, colorado senator gary hart, 1972 democratic presidential nominee george mcgovern, ohio senator john glenn. south carolina senator ernest hollings. california senator alan cranston. former florida governor ruben askew, and the reverend jesse jackson. the des moines register hosted this 2 1/2-hour event and our coverage is courtesy of iowa public television. >> good afternoon and welcome to the iowa democratic debate, sponsored by the "des moines register." i'm james p. gannon, editor of the "register," and i'll be the moderator of today's debate. nine days from today iowa democrats will gather in precinct meetings across the state to begin the process of selecting the 1984 democratic nominee for president. the eight democrats competing for support in iowa are here with us today to dis