>>debbie: thank you. it' good to be back. >>amanda: and how hard do you think your job is going to be in november? >>debbie: you know, the republicans, if they just keep debating seem to be making it easier and easier. >>amanda: ah. >>debbie: but really >>amanda: why do you think t tt is? >>debbie: uh, you know, because i, i think the food fight that the american people have had an opportunity to witness on the other side of the aisle really turns people off and it shows that there' a really stark contrast and a clear difference between any one of our candidates who are talking about how to help people build those cornerstones of a middle class life. a good job that pays you well, a house with a roof over your head that you can count on, quality, affordable education and access to quality, affordable health care and then when you're done with your working life a secure and safe retirement thahayou can count on. and the republicans s e all talking about turning back the clock to failed policies that got us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and they wanna take us back to that place, and so that' why i'm confident that any one of our candidates will ultimately be elected the 45th president. >>sabrina: well, of your candidates hillary clinton has definitely been the presumed

beginning, but what do you think about this bernie-mentum? >>debbie: well, you know, i think it' exciting. itit exciting any time you have enthusiasm around any of our candidates because the more motivated that we have our voters and@our supporters, the more likely it is we can carry that momentum past therimary when we eventually have a nominee and on into the general election. >>amanda: alright, we have to ask you about this since you're here on our show. >>debbie: okay. >>amanda: so happy to have you, but donald trump has publicly called you some pretty nasty things. (chuckling) >>amanda: and we h he the quotes here. crazy, highly neurotic and a terrible person. what is your response to that? >>debbie: i just want him to keep talking. reblly. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: if people show you who they are you should believe them. donald trump has clearly shown the american people, you know, exactly who he is and what he stands for. he' made misogynistic patronizing comments about women. you know, not just me, but about many women.n.m, he, he has really

with the same broad brush saying that they're rapists and killers and now he wants to create the immigration police and round up, create a police state in america essentially if he were president. round up all the undocumented immigrants and send them back to their country. that' the most un-american policy that i've ever heard of. >>amanda: now you probably spend a decent amount of time here in iowa. >>debbie: yes. >>amanda: and we take our role as first in the natiti very seririsly. we're curious what you think about iowa' role because we do sometimes catch some flack for that, too, that maybe we shouldn't be first in the nation. what do you think about that whole process? >>debbie: you know, i have been to iowa many times now. i'm, i'm going into my 5th year as chair of the dncnd i, i think no matter what time of year it is you can see that iowans take their role very seriously in helping to be the proving ground for a budding presidential candidate and their campaign. and it is a a ance for voters here in this state to kick t t tires, to get a good up cle look, for the candidat to run the type of grass roots mpaign that later on the race they

can't really engage in as much when the stage gets bigger and the stakes get higher. so i, i really, we value iowa' first in the nation status and that' why we've preserved the caucus that you, your, your caucus state as early in the process as we have. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>sabrina: debbie wassssman schultz, thank you so much for being here. . >>debbie: oh, thananyou so much. >>sabrina: thank you for taking the time. we appreciate it. >>debbie: it' really my pleasure. (music) >>amanda: more to come with debbie in just a bit. first of all, is the fix in for hillary? we ask debbie about some criticism that other candidates

wh congresswoman bbie wasserman schultz is still with us, the chairwoman of the national democratic party and also getting in on the conversation with us now is dr. steffen schmidt, isu professor of politics. and he sometimes visits us here regularly as an analyst. happy to have both of you here. debbie, we're gonna talk first about some of the criticisms that you've been facing about the debate schedule. for example, candidides like martin o'malley have said that they hoped for more nationally televised opportunities to gain momeum, but the number was capped at 6. and there've also

decision to schedule debates on saturdays and also around the week of christmas, days when there might be fewer people who actually have their tv sets on. so what do you say to people who think that the fix has been in for hillary, that maybe she' the one that benefits out of all of this? >>debbie: well, nothing could be further from the truth. you know, i i the chair of the national party. it' my job to manage the primary nominating contest in a neutral way which we've been making sure that we do throughout the process. we have 6 sanctioned debates which are the same number of sanctioned debates that we had in 2008 and 2004. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: the difference is is that this time instead of there being an explosion of unsanctioned debates we made sure that we got a handle on that debate schedule so that the candidates would h he the time to be able to campaign in first of the nation states like iowa. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: you know, it' time consuming to come off the trail, to get ready, if you're gonna responsibly prepare for a debate it' time consuming. so we wanted to make sure we had a

voters to see our candidates. we just had a fantastic candidate forum last friday in south carolina. that was an opportunity for a deeper dive for eachchandidate to really shininin a unique way and d ybe get into the issues a little bit more closely. and as far as the days that the debates are scheduled on >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: you know, our 6 debates, 3 of them are during the week, 3 of them are on the weekends. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: and, you know, we have most of our debates on a broadcast network. the republican debates, they have almost all of their debates on cable. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: and the two debates thth they have on broadcast are also on a saturday night. >>amanda: yeah. steffen, what do you ink about the debate schedule and whether or not they are, are airing on weekend nights or around holidays? does that affect the candidates? >>steffen: well, i mean, you could also say that weekends are more convenient cause people may not be at work >>debbie: exactly. >>steffen: and therefore they may actually wanna watch a debate. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: and frankly i think after 5 or 6 debates what else is there to say? i mean, the only thing that can happen is that candidates suddenly are feeling sick or unhappy y make an oops moment >>amanda: yeahah

>>steffen: which doeoe't real tell you that much about what kind of presidential candidate or president they would make. so, i, you know, i'm not sure americans want endless debates. you know, there has to be a limit of some sort. and you can ask the republicans what they think about having too many debates because i think they're not very happy with, with what they're doing. >>amanda: mmhmm. okay. we're gonna switch topics now. we're gonna talk about organization within the democratic party. and it' critical obviously to you that democrats win the white house e november, but that alone won't be enough totoass a democratic agenda. >>debbie: sure. >>amanda: of course you need congress there as well. during the course of obama' presidency, the democrats have actually lost 13 senate seats, 69 house seats. democrats also only hold 18 out of the 50 governorships and in state legislatures democrats have lost 816 seats. so i wanna ask you why is this happening and what can the dnc do to stop it? >>debbbb: well, i shared thehe me concerns after the 2014 election when it was clear that our turnout in mid-term

elections was so dramatically, so lower than >>amanda: yeah. >>debbie: in presidential elections. and that really, no matter what community or state that you're talking about, is what you can attribute our losses to. because really when democrats vote our candidates win. we, we have to make sure and that our candid-, that our voters really are as motivated in a presidential election, in a, in a mid-term election as they are in a presidential. i appointed a democratic victory task force which is just wrapping up its work. they've been working all year to really take a look at what we can do at the national party level to make sure that we organize and mobilize effectively >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: to ensure we can get that voter turnout and help make sure that we can propel our candidates to victory in every election cyc. >>amanda: so the key then just getting people out to the polls and out on caucus night. you know iowans very well. >>debbie: that' a big part of it, but there, there >>amanda: yeah. >>debbie: other things, messaging >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: and making sure that we have well-organized state parties. all state parties we found are not equal, so making sure that we have a robust and

strong relationship with our state parties. we have a great relationship with the iowa democratic party and they're a good example of a well-organized party. but we need to make sure that we can provide e e assistance that all state parties need so candidates have a platform on which they can build an election. >>amanda: mmhmm. you've been covering politics for a long time. >>steffen: sure. >>amanda: what do you think needs to be done? >>steffen: well, i mean, the iowa party is a good example of needing some assistance. cause in the last election the iowa democrats lost almost everything. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: the candidates were poor. the messaging wasn't very good. the turnout, i guess, wasn't very good as well. and so, you know, there' a real concern in iowa about why the iowa democratic party lost so manyeats in the last eleetion. and i think maybe you can, you can tell us a little bit about what you can do for us here in iowa because we need some help frankly. >>debbie: well, you, in the next few days we're gonna be talking about just that and so i will say to you stay tuned because we've had an initial report from our victory task force in february. they made initial recommendations and they'l be making a, an

announcement about their action plan and what they've suggested we need to do going forward. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: the important thing for us is, yeah, we've had these losses and those losses are unacceptable. we have to rebuild our bench. we need to make sure that we identify those key leaders in communities that have a bright future and maybe they wouldn't have decided on their own to run for office, but as a party we need to reach out and give them the traiaing and ththassistance and plantnthat seed in their head. and we need to take those super volunteers that work really hard on campaigns and maybe turn them into the operatives of the future so that they can be running campaigns. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>debbie: and so we've got, we've got some work to do, like i said, on mid-term elections. we've won 5, our nominee has won 5 of the last 6 presidential elections and it' very clear that voters in america all across the country, whether it' at the state level or the national level, support the democratic agenda. we just have to make sure that we get the mechanics right in a mid-term election. >>amanda: alright. >>steffen: i have 36,000 students at iowa state who could use a little help in getting organized and getting some

leadership training from >>debbie: well, we're gonna >>steffen: both parties, but >>debbie: we're gonna get it to 'em. (chuckling) >>steffen: especially from the democrats. i think the

better job of reaching them. >>amanda: yeah, interesting. thth weekend, but earlieiein the week it was the gop' turn. tuesday nighghon the fox businevs network with the heavy focus this time on the economy. so here are our takeaways from that night. marco rubio hit all the right notes, at least he seemed to, weaving in his personal narrative and flashing foreign policy chops. donald trump kept a policy centric message even when facing pointed criticism from his rivals. and he didn't get personal which is kind of a change from earlier debates. ben carson also icking with what woror, his mild-mannered demeanor that' rocketed him into a dead heat with trump. and jeb bush improved from past performances, but was still somewhat upstaged even after hiring a media coach to help him reboot a struggling campaign. alright, dr. steffen

schmidt joining us once again, political science professor at iowa state. so what do you think of how jeb is doing, spececically how'd he do i i this debate? >>steffen: much h tter, but at' not saying much because he hasn't been doing very well. >>amanda: right. >>steffen: but i think the general consensus was that he seemed more controlled, a little more aware that he has to perform. i mean, the problem is he wasn't performing. he was trying to just sort of behave himself. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: and that doesn't work this year. >>amanda: overall, what was your impression of all the candidates in this debate or how the debate went? >>steffen: oh, i think it was much more disciplined. obviously the great kudos go to how the, how the debate was organized. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: the moderators were terrific. their questions didn't set the, (crosstalk) >>steffen: set on fire the way it did previously and i think that' important because it gives the candidates more of chance to shine as opposed to the people who are asking the questions. (crosstalk) >>amanda: now chris christie didn't make this main debate stage. he didn't make the main cut, but he was part of the undercard time that was (cheering) >>amandadahad the earlier time slot there. heheppeared pretty unfazed, though. what do you make of him not making the main

stage? >>steffen: well, he seemed unfazed because if he seemed fazed that would be the end of him. >>amanda: right. >>steffen: so he had to, he had to pretend that he was perfectly happy to be, you know, in what they call the kindergarten debate or whatever the, the name was. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: it was not a good thing for him. i mean, he can't be sliding backwards at this point. >>amanda: yeah. we've got a little bit of sound from christie. let' take a listen to that. >>chris: when it got announced that i was gonna be in first debate not the second debate, everyone kept saying it' a disappointment. it' an awful blow to you. listen, two things. first, you can put a podium outside nicki' here. (clicking) >>chris: and as long as they give me a microphone a a camera i'l be there, okay? (chuckling) >>chris: second, second is i've never ever in my entire life had any trouble getting attention, okay? (chuckling) >>amanda: i don't think i'm the only one who' maybe a bit surprised that christie isn't doing better. do you think he' done for? >>steffefe you know, it' ststl early and we don't'tay done for untnt it' much closer to the night of the caucuses (chuckling) >>steffen: bause we've had surprises before. >>amanda: yeah. >>steffen: i mean, at this point we have rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york ahead. and so i think there is still a

know, it' up to iowa voters when they answer the polls to decide who is and who isn't ahead in the state of iowa. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>steffen: and i think they're still making up their mind. and chris christie c cld very well recover and rise again. >>amanda: let' switch gears now to ben c cson. there' been a lot of discussion about him this week. he' facing some criticism aboutarts of his recent book that people are questioning if they're true including an incident in which he claims to have thrust a knife at his relative' stomach only to be stopped by a belt buckle. donald trump really calling him out on the campaign trail in fort dodge on that. >>donald: i say what the hell have we come to? what have we come to? when we have to belieie this k kd of stuff and we're gonna put somebody in office who considers himself to have pathological disease. how stupid are the people of iowa? (chuckling) >>donald: how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap? >>amanda: okay, so this whole

issue, does it hurt carson or is trump hurtrtecause of the way he reacted to that? >>steffen: well, i don't think either of them are because they have very loyal followers. i would say to trump i live on a farm. i have horses. i have a belt buckle that could withstand a knife and it would probably break and fall to the ground. (chuckling) >>steffen: so donald trump isn't used to that in new york. >>amanda: uh-huh. i was just gonna say your belt buckle' probably way bigger than the one he was flashin' that night. >>steffen: yes, it' a real belt buckle, yeah. >>amanda: were you surprised at all by how poignant that attack was? >>steffen: it was harsh. it was something i've never seen a candidate do, , sult the people who are supposed to come and support you. but on the other hand, hihisupporters i think they're used to it. they know that he says preposterous things and that' part of the fun or entertainment of it. and, you know, i wonder. i think probably his numbers are not gonna go down much. >>amanda: alright. steffen, thanks a lot for your analysis, as always. (music) >>amanda: up next, they're being courted by both sides, but will they turn out? we talk to the man who' trying to mobilize iowa' latino voters

(music) >>sabrina: welcome back everyone. we're moving now into a discussion about latino voter outreach in iowa. right now the estimated latino population here is somewhere around 173,500. that' 5.6% of the state population, the state' largest minority group. and here is where they are central. it' the counties highlighted in dark red. latinos make up 10% or more of the population there. so joe enriquez henry joins us now. you're the president of lulac council 307 here in iowa. >>joe: correct. correct. >>sabrina: so lulac stands for league of united latininmerican citizens. >>joe: very good. very good. >>sabrina: and you have a hugege go this caucus and that' to get about those 50,000 latinos who are registered voters >>joe: correct. >>sabrina: involved. >>joe: yes. >>sabrina: that' a daunting task. >>joe: it is, but we're gonna do it. we are committed to do it. this is a very important time to make our voices heard.

caucus goers so that would mean out of the 200 cauc-, 200,000 caucus goers, we wanna be the ,000 that participate. and when we lolo at the caucuses, we have both the democratic caucuses and the republican caucuses. so we can kinda split it up. there' a little less on the democratic side than on the repuican side. but we do feel that we can get 10 to 20,000 of our people of the 50,000 that are registered to participate. >>sabrina: so you don't necessarily care if they're republican or democrat. you just want them there >>joe: correct. correct. >>sabrina: participating. >>joe:e:t' important to caucus, to be there for the two hours that it' gonna take to make sure that our voice is heard on very key, very important key issues and to show their preference for whoever they want as a president. >>sabrina: so let' talk abou that. >>joe: yeah. >>sabrina: what are you seeing as qualities that these latinos are wanting from their president? >>joe: well, well, when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform that' something that really hits our community hard. we want to have a, a candidate who supports a patatay to citizenship. we wanna see that

the republican sidid when it comes to other issues it', it' all about education, jobs, health care. those are key issues. so we wanna see those addressed and we're listing to what the candidates have to say both the democratic side and the republican side. >>sabrina: now on either side have you seen one candidate or a few candidates who maybe more latinos are migrating toward, who they maybe feel more of an affiliation to? >>joe: well, it' interesting because on the democratic side ititeems like the top 33 cacaidates are coming totother on comprehensive immigration reform. o'malley was the first one to really step out and then we, then we heard from clinton and then sanders. so it seems like when it comes to that issue, um, those 3 candidates do support a pathway. so we, we like what they're having to say on that. when it comes to the republican side, >>sabrina: just a bit different. >>joe: yeah. a bit different, bit different flavors. now when it comes t tthe republican side, we've heard the e st from bush. we've been impressed with what he' had to say so we're listening more to what

he has to say. marco rubio has said things in the past. he was part of the group that supported legislation back in 2013 for a pathway to citizenship. he' not saying as much strongly as much and we'd like to hear morererom him. the other ndidates, trump is going backwards, stirring up a lot of hate. that' a big concern to our community and we have mobilized in the state, in demonstrations and protests against what, against the positions he has taken when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform. >>sabrina: thank you so much for being here. >>joe: thank you.

a quick break and be right back. (music) >>sabrina: thanks for watching everyone. >>amanda: we'l see you next

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year. it's going to be corn next year. my question is do we need traits? can we go conventional corn here? or how much value is there in a bt for corn b bers or for rootworm? b: all right, when we talk about going to corn next year, one of the most important nutrients - and granted, you don't need much - is boron, and we find it's short all over the country. we want to talk today about why it's so short and what you can do to fix that problem on your farm. d: our weed of the week can certainly create some problems. we'll show you how to stop this weed coming up later in the show. but first, here's this week's farm basics. b: during our farm basics time today, we're going to talk about crop

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