the streets of chicago every day. before the before the president even announced on it and democrats were jumping to the president's defense.it brought up memories for republicans of the president's past executive order on immigration -- and the threat of similar action over the congress' inaction on other issues. if i'm elected president, let me tell you what i intend to do on my first day in office. the first thing i intend to do is recind every intend to do is recind every single illegal exeutive action taken by this president.." president..""and so these new rulings that he's coming out with that limit and undermine the second amendment, on my first day in office, they're gone. all of these overreaches by the epa, the employment prevention agency, every

overreaches, on my first day in office, they're gone." then -- the president went on c-n-n -- who organized a n hall style meeting where went head to head over his new rules. rules.gabby giffords -- the former congresswoman who was shot while holding ananevent -- was in attendence -- along with the wife of chris kyle.he was one of the deadliest u-s snipers -- before he was shot and killed by a fellow soldier he was trying to help through p-t-s-d.the president admitted that his first steps won't solve all gun problems -- but he says he's trying to create long term improvements. "in the same way that we don't elliminate all traffic accidents, but over the course of 20 years, traffic accidents get lower, there's still tragedies, there's still drunk driver, there's still people who don't wear their seatbelts. but overtime, that violence is reduced and so familes are spared, that's the same thing we can do with gun

ted cruz's reaction came while he was in on a six-day bus tour through most of iowa -- while he tries to hit all 99-counties before the iowa caucus. caucus.at many of the events -- you can see iowa representative steve king by cruz's side.it's all part of an effort to edge out g-o-p front runner donald trump in the iowa caucuses and take that momentum back east to new hampshire. "listen, if you think things are going great in washington, that we need to keep heading in the same basic direction, just fiddle around the edges, then i ain't your guy. he says instead -- his campaign is about fixing a fundamentally broken system in washington d-c. while cruz was hitting every county in iowa -- the other republican front runner -- donald trump -- was starting to spend his frist cash in the hawkeye state. state.the trump campaign had been making headlines for spending very little money.but now -- they'll be rolling out about two million dollars a week right before the iowa caucuses. donald trump was also

to be president after he was born in canada -- and commented about hillary clinton's time as secretary of state. state.when she was in cedar rapids monday -- she spent a lot of time on issues that she wanted to talk about -- from medicaid to tax reform -- while also supporting president obama's executive order increasing gun control. but when a voter in the crowd asked d about trump's most recent comments -- saying that she and the president allowed isis to form and expand -- she took a new approach for 2016. "i've adopted a new years resolution. i'm yearar resolution. i'm going to let him live in his alternate reality and i'm not going to rereond." the next day -- marco rubio had an intimate meet and greet with voters in cedar rapids. rapids.he told a crowd of about 40 or 50 people about his plans to roll back executive actions put in place by president obama. rubio also answered questions that other candidates have brought up before -- about him missing votes in the senate while he

holding fundraisers. i have missed votes this year and you know why? because while as a senator i can help shape the agenda, only the president can set the agenda. we're not going to fix america with senators and congressmen. the only way to turn this country around is to reverse the damage thihipresident has done to the united states of america. while rubio was finishing up his three day tour through iowa -- fellow republican mike huckabee was completeling the full grassley. grassley.huckabee says between the middle of may and the end of this week -- he's visitied all 99 counties in iowa.he also pointed out that he didn't just stop through -- but held similar town hall meetings in each spot -- spreading his mmsage but alal getting a good feel for what voters are thinking.one of the main pieces of those speeches as been preserving the moral integrity of the united states. "so morality is that which is founded and rooted in the most fundamental, instinctive laws that are really written laws that are really written on to our hearts. stay tuned for a much longer version of our conversation with governor huckabee in just few minutes.

the democratic front runner's biggest asset was in cedar rapids.former president bill clinton made a surprize stop in the new bo city market betfore talking to votererat the czech and slovak useum. museum."you know "you know politics is not a spectator sport. and because of the way the caucuses work, you expect poeple to shsh up, look you in the eye and answer your questions." questions."he told the crowd that hillary would be the best candidate they'd ever have a chance to vote for. tside the 2016 election -- president clinton's visit also had some historical significance.it was the first time he'd been back to the czech village in 20 years -- when he was with the president of the czech republic and slovakia -- and then made an impromptu stop at the bakery down the street. street. the word was that when he drove past the bakery, stopped the car and it was an unplanned visit to the extent

at the time, don yonda, wasn't even allowed into the bakery. senator hawkins with him and his with beth. that's him entering the bakery. and like i said, no donthat was the end of a nearly two year long process for john to pull that day all together. in june of 94 i went the czech republican and slovakia and met with president havel and kovach independently in their offices. that was really cool. and asked them when they could be here e for a dedicatioio we weren't going to dedicate it without them. ladies and gentlemen. president clintonjohn says just days before, the white days before, john says just days before, the white house advance team moved the event outside into a cold october morning. ladies and gentlemen, if we have not demonstrated anything about the czech and slovak heritage of iowa we have certainly shown these two republic splitting up just years before - john says the timing was right for cedar rapids to give the two new

i am proud to stand here with these two presidents each a pioneer and a patriot. each leading dhination each leadinin his nation through an epic transformation. each european future. prprident clinton also used he thing i was probably most proud of to speak with both individual leaders about entrance into nato na entrance@into nato nato nato mom: seriously? culligan man: problem water. i'm on it. anncr: a culligan whole-house water softening system turns your problem water into culligan water, pure and simple.

and simple. dad: hey, culligan man. culligan man: hey! anncr: a cullilin whole-house water softening system turns your problem water into culligan water, pure and simple. welcome back to iowa in focus, this week we're joined by governor mike huckabee. governor thanks for joining us. something on a lot of people's minds is north korea. they're claiming hydrogen bomb tests.

policy. i think that's why they stuck their heads up above the ground and wanted everybody to remember who they were. this is a country that loves to get attention, particularly their leader. we know they have nuclear capacity and they're crazy enough to use it. it's a reminder of the dangerous world we live in and why you can't have a weak military and commander and chief who doest not create fear in the hearts of other governments. governments.would this be different wtwt a a publican? republican?not any republican, but a republican who clearly has convictions that he's consistent about that foreign countries believe he will act upon those convictions. north korea is a toll country. part of it will be

icy chinese but through the chinese but our icy relationships with them makes it so we're not in a great position to put pressure on north korea. korea.on executive action on gun control, which trumps the other? other?what the president has proposed is based on nonsense. it wouldn't have stopped other shootings. what would have changed what would shootings. what would have changed those is if someone had been armed

the mental health issue, the person in sandy hook ho killed the most people, he didn't pass a background check, his mother did. the second thing that is wrong is the process. we have an elected body of representativ es, he needs to be a good enough president to pursuade the poeples representativ poeples pursuaua the enough be a good representativof have an process. we wrong is the process. we have an elected body of representatives, he needs to be a good enough president to pursuade the poeples representatives to vote for it. the fact that he's not voting for it makes him a lousy president. president.on to oregon, how dangerous is this? this?this?

this? i don't think we're ever justified in using armed forces to takekever a piece of land just to make a point. it's a legitimate question to bring up about over abuse of land management. it is not legitimate to take guns and take over a faciltiy because you think that's a because you faciltiy because you think that's a legitimate protest. protest.legitimate think that's a because you faciltiy cause you think that's a gitimate protest. protest.do they hurt their cause? cause? they call attention away from the federal government and call attention to theheelves as lawbreakers and anarchists.

supports anarchy. you support challenging governmetn, disagrgring with government, but not trying to overthrow government. government.is this not what the second endment was brought up to do? do?there's a big difference between being armed and protecting against an advancing against an advancing against an protecting armed advancing government and taking over federal property that has nothing to do with you personally." after the break...we take a look at executive orders throughout histoty -- to see

ranks with everyone else. welcome back.this is the real story -- we're going to take

some of the events that will go on during the 2016 race for the white house.sometimim we'll have to go back a few days -- weeks or months -- or even years that are still relevant. relevant.today -- we take a look at how presidents in the past have used executive orders -- and how president obama compares.. the executute order is a spot where the work that the legislative branch does intersects with the president in the executive branch. branch.while congress makes the laws of the land -- the president is able to issue executive orders that carry the force of the law -- and allows the office to determine how existing laws are interpreted.when the order is over something not very controversial -- no one tices much.but when president obama was first starting to use executive orders at the beginning of his second term on big -- controversial issues -- it caught the attention of saturday night live. president obama, what's the big idea? that bill was trying to become a law?i know -- but there's an even easier way to

i'm an executive order and i pretty much just happen. even though some of those big changes have been done just with the stroke ofofa president's pen -- for the most part -- executive orders are numerous and fairly benign. many executive orders have to do with organizing parts of the government bureaucracy or declaring holidays.but otherer times -- it's been used for creating the peace corps under john f. kennedy -- creating fema under jimmy carter -- or prohibiting discrimination in employment practices under lyndon jojoson.all ththe presidents also used executive orders more than president obama. "when you look back, president obama has used the executive der very sparingtly. you have to go all the way back to grover cleveland in the late 1800's to find a chief executive who has used the exeuctive order fewer times

term.once his second term started -- what was more out of the ordinary was the scope of the president's executive orders -- nononecessarily the frequency of them. the executive order this week relating to gun control isn't the first time president obama took action that angered conservatives. it started baba in early 2014 with t t president's "pen and phone" strategy -- where he would use a pen to sign executive orders and his phone and influence to make progress where congress couldn't. americans saw at in action when president obama announced executive action allowing about five million illegal immigrats to stay in the united states based on certain circumstances. "the actions i'm taking are not only lawful, but they're the kind of actions taken by every single republican president and every single democratic president for the past half century. and for those member of congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where congress has failed, i have one answer.

bill.he said he wanted to work with congress to pass a more permanent solution -- and that as soon as that solution was reached -- his executive order wouldn't be necessary. that order sparked many court battles across the country -- but unless republicans get a veto-proof majority in the senate -- there's not much they can do about it. that all brings us to what happened this week.the president's executive order actually took a much smaller step than many gun rights advocates thought it would. would.his order required more sellers to do background checks -- and devoted resources s the process that will make it more secure and quicker.it allocated more personnel to enforce gun laws already on the books and bolster the mental healthcare system.lastly -- it pupues efforts to dedelop more gun safety technology. "second ammendment rights are important but there are other rights that we care abouas well and we h he to be able to

right to worship freely and safely that right was denied to chrhrtians in charleston, south carolina, and that was denied jews in kansas city and muslims in chapel hill and sikhs in oak creek. they had rights too." what this all comes down to -- as best we can tell so far -- is that it's a renewed call to follow the laws that are already on the books -- and expanding their reach slightly. beforere- some gun sales s gun dealers who weren't established stores could get by without doing background checks. now -- basically anyone who sells a gun -- with a few very specific exceptions -- will have to run those checks.the opposition to the exeuctive order appears to be so strong just as much for it's having to do wtih the second amendment as it does having to do with the perception at it's circumventing congres. after the break...why next week will be a busy one for politicans in all levels of

welcome back - welcome back -- we'll close the show each week taking a look at what happened on social media... media...this week -- the house of representatives voted to repeal the affordable care act for the 62nd time.the thing that's different about it this week is that they were able to get it through the senate too -- meaning that a bill is going to the president's desk to repeal his ownwnsignature healthcare law.he'll quickly veto it -- but it sparked a lively conversation on facebook. facebook.hank williams -- not the singer -- posted: "disgusting. why do people not want the best for others? i would love to see everyone receive universal healthcare. if the gop can make that happen, awesome. if not, get out of the way."that sparked a lively conversation. conversation.tom whiting fifid baba with: : is isn't "wanting the best for others", this is simply making something so unaffordable , it's a joke. nobody should be required to

'insurance'... no matter what cost to someone 'less fortunate'there's plenty more back and forth -- you can check it all out and join in yourself on facebook. now -- we look at their voice -- what ththcandidates and their campaigns are posting on social media. media.donald trump returned to his birther roots this week -- calling out ted cruz and saying that since he was born in canada -- he might be open to court battles over his elligibility to be president. president.cruz eventually had to answer the challenge head on -- but early in the week -- he tried to avoid it by just tweeting out this two mimite video.it's from an episode of happy days where the fonze jumps a shark.it's a saying that means someone is making a desperate attempt to get attention -- sosohe implication isispretty clear. clear.on the other side of the race -- the clinton campaign tweeted out a happy birthday wish to kate mckinnon -- the s-n-l actress who has been playing hillary clinton a lot latelyly

twitter and facebook all week long.see our interviews as we do them -- chime in with what you think -- send us your favorite pictures from events you go to. every week we'll end with the week ahead... ahead...it's a chance for you to see what the campaigns are up to. to.one of the biggest events for iowans this week is off the campmpgn trail.governor terry branstad is scheduled to give his condition of the state address on tuesday privitizing medicaid and education funding are both expected to be big topics of discussiononor both majaj parties.on monday -- all three democratic candidates are expected to be at the brown and black forum for democratic presidential candidates at drake university in des moines. tuesday -- jeb bush is expected to come through coralville. thanks for watchingbe sure to tune in next week to get the clear facts on iowa in focus.

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