an in depth look at the people and events that shape our community.this is iowa in focus.this week -- team trump plays defense -- while telling everyone they're playing offense.a corridor principal gets in hot water for what he says is a teachable moment. welcome to iowa in focus -- we're giving context to what happens in the headlines and on the campaign trail. trail.that starts with the barnstorm. before one of the most highly anticipated debates even started -- the trump campaign made some of the biggest headlines of the election cycle.they had been playing defense after a 2005 video was released where donald trump is caught on tape talking about how he can openly and easily assault women because he's famous.a few hours before the debate was supposed to start -- trump told his traveling press that there would be a photo-op of him finishing his debate prep. prep.when the press walked in -- they found donald trump sitting behind a long table

either accuse bill clinton of directly sexually assaulting them -- or accuse hillary of verballing attacking them -- or defending their attacker. "actions speak louder than words. mr trump may have said some bad words but bill clinton raped me and hillary clinton threatened me. i don't think there's any comparison. once the debate started -- the first 25 minutes was dedicated to just this apologized -- but tried to redirect the attention towards bill clinton's own misdeeds while clinton seemed happy to try to let the tape talk for itself. "you brag taht you have sexually assaulted women. no i didnt' say that at all. you didn't understand what was said. that was lockeroom talk. i'm not proud of it, i appologize to my family. i apologize to the american peopl. people.he has said the video doesn't represent who he is

anyone who has heard it that it represents exactly who he is. they did eventually move on to other policy issues taking center stage in the 2016 race for the white house.one of the first actions for the next president will be their supreme court nomination once they take office. office.justice antonin scalia died back in february -- but the senate judiciary committee has refused to hold hearing for president obama's nominee to replace scalia.iowa senator chuck grassley chairs that it's not right to consider the president's nominee when president obama is so close to leaving office.if nothing changes -- the next nomination will likely be left to trump or clinton. "i'm looking for judges and i've picked 20 of them. highly respected and beautifully reviewed by everybody everybody i want to appoint

the world really works and who have not just worked in a big law firm, and maybe clerked for a judge and gotten on the bench but who have tried more casesa nd understand what people are up against because i think the current court has gone in the wrong direction. even after the debate was over -- most of the attention was still being paid to those 2005 tapes.while some republican leaders -- like senator john mccain -- and congressman jason chaffetz -- they wouldn't be voting for trump -- speaker of the house paul ryan took a different approcah.ryan told his fellow house members that he is no longer defending donald trump -- and that house members should do what's best for them and their district.the speaker is still endorsing trump -- but said he was sickened by the comments in the video. video.that prompted trump to take to twitter -- saying -- in part -- : "paul ryan should spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his

nominee."the thing is -- paul ryan has a majority in the house to protect -- while there's going to be a battle in the senate to keep a republican majority in that chamber.in des moines -- governor branstad still stayed behind trump.we say it a lot - - but it's worth mentioning again -- governor branstad's son -- eric -- is donald trump's iowa state director. "my feeling is we have this huge double standard and lets go back and look at how the clinton's have been treated and are they be same scrutiny for what they have done for what we're seeing wtih donald trump?" the 2016 election is a challenge for parents.the namecalling -- and sometimes -- the vulgar language -- at times has been inappropriate in a way presidential races never have been before.after what donald trump calls his "locker room talk" -- dora miller explains how one corridor princpal got in hot water when he tried to make it

moment. it wasn't supposed to be a political stance,...but since most dialogue has revolved around this topic -- the principal at kennedy high says it's time somebody spoke up."i want to start it out today reading something that i posted this weekend."it was the announcement heard around the corridor..."what we've learned this weekend about the behavior of presidential candidates and former presidents and how some of them speak about and treat women is not okay."kennedy kline didn't sugar coat his opinion on the comments made by republican nominee donald trump..."we don't joke about assaulting women, we don't strategize about assauting women, rapists do these things not real men."and he says sugar coating wasn't his intent. intention. "it was necessary for kids to hear."some parents say it wasn't the message that offended them -- it was the imp. implication."i think he should of left out the part where he said "presidential candidates

has a stepdaughter at kennedy...he says she told him about the announcement -- and not only was it inappropriate timing, "if he wanted to go to his family and do that, that's great, that's what all parents should be doing is informing their children about sexual assault."but brown says kline had his own agenda. agenda. "i do think he was picking a side." side.""it's not intended to be political, it's something that the current event inspired and i would not take back my stance that sexual assault is wrong."which was echoed by students on campus...some saying they mention."it was nice that he actually addressed it because everybody's talking about it and it's like a big topic right now." now." "everyone should be treated equally and if there's a problem with that, there's a problem with our society." kline says even if his announcement was misunderstood , his feelings surrounding it shouldn't be. "i never think that the solution is to say something and be done with it but if it inspires a larger dialogue and it inspires things in the

sexual assault from happening then i think that's a good thing."the school district did release a statement saying they agree with the sentiment regarding respect for women... but kline's political opinion is his own and does not represent the district.for iowa in focus -- i'm dora miller. the next day -- vice presidental candidate mike pence was back in iowa playing the role that he's assumed all along -- smoothing over donald trump's rough edges.this week -- pence had his work cut out for him.the irony lies in the fact that if not for 2005 tape -- which the campaign has had to deal with for more than a week now -- a string of damaging wikileaks email releases would be helping trump and pence push the clinton campaign into a corner. "she said that to be successful politically, you have to have both a public and private position, now when she was asked about that at the debate did you see how she answered, gave long lecture

republicans haven't been able to capitalize because they've been digging themselves out of a hole.just for good measure -- bill clinton came through iowa too. too.he laid out hillary's plans for affordable college -- and how she plans on increasing mental health care and finding ways to fight prescription drug and heroin abuse.he says hillary wants to improve education - but that starts with fixing the infrastructure. "we still don't have universal affordable broadbanmd in america - that's also infrastructure - and if you education a lot more equal and give them a better future." let's go inside iowa politics -- to talk about the people not trying to move into the white house. iowa's second district candidates sat down for an open forum earlier in the week before a debate later in the week.the interesting part is both candidates bring their own unique experiences.the incumbent -- congressman dave loebsack -- used to be a policial science professor...

christopher peters is a veteran -- and practing surgeon in iowa city -- giving him a first hand look at the affordable care act. "my overall vision is that care should be more patient centered between doctor and patient rather tahn govenrment, cms, and insurance companies. and we should allow market forces to work to reduce the costs of care. we haven't allowed that to work for the most part. but in races like this one -- the incumbent has a distinct advantage they've already done that they're able to fall back on. just a few weeks ago -- the debate about flood protection started again when cedar rapids battled the cedar river. river. "but what i just did as you know, i partnered with congressman blum and i partnered with our two senators to tell the army corp of engineers to prioritize that project. how that gets prioritized remains to be seen but at least it's a start. at the state level --

reynolds just got back from overseas where she was learning more about how iowa can be a player on the world st. stage.she talked to other leaders about how iowa is successful with a large ag-based economy -- and compared notes in places like argentina -- which also relies heavily on farming.she also learned about how one iowa business based there was struggling because of restrictive government regulations -- keeping them from brining in the resources they need. "they lifted that restriction an recieved 33 containers of product and so they're able to be competative and grow the market." coming up next...we trace the role of planned parenthood in the 2016 election -- before we

it's troubling. congressman blum actually co-sponsored a bill that could make it legal for a woman to be fired just for being pregnant. and blum tried to defund planned parenthood, even though women depend on it for critical care, i was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was early detection that made a difference. it's not a political issue. it's about caring about all of our people here in this country. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message. i'm chuck grassley, and i approve this message. my dad raised thirteen children, was married for nearly seventy years and fought for our country in world war ii.

ar. out of options, he finally called senator grassley's office. they got dad his medals. just before he passed. welcome back.in the real story this week -- we're take a look back at planned parenthood's role in the 2016 election.... election....to refresh your memory before our interview

back in 2015 -- the american public started to pay a lot closer attention to planned parenthood when the anti- abortion group -- the center for medical progress released secretly recorded videos -- that later turned out to be heavily edited. edited.those videos were edited to make it seem like abortion providers were talking about how they profit from selling donated tissue from abortions.12 state investigations -- determined planned parenthood did ?not act in any way that was inappropriate. that led to the house oversight committee planned parenthood president cecile richards -- to testify about the work planned parenthood does. does.much of the testimony turned into attacks from republican house members -- with many democrats in the room trying to defend richards. "women should be able to make their own decisions about their pregnancies and their futures. and the majority of americans agree. we trust women to make these decisions in consultation with their doctors, their famileis and their faith and not by

that in the 21st century, women in america are routinely harrassed for accessing a legal medical procedure. in november -- a gunman opened fire on a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. springs.the 57-year old gunman killed two civilians and a police officer before being arrested.the man was rambling about the work that planned parenthood does.soon after -- we sat down with local planned parenthood employees to see how it changed the way they went about their work. "there was a range of emotions from our staff from sadness, grief, anger, shock, numbness, but we've seen an outpouring of support from people who do value our work and our mission so that's been really neat. the backlash on the campaign trail came right away.bobby jindal was one of the only elected officials accross the nation -- let alone in the presidential race at the time

against planned parenthood.as governor of louisiana -- he was able to end the state's department of health contract with planned parenthood.just a few months before -- doctor rand paul worked on a bill with iowa senator joni ernst to defund planned parenthood nationally. "this is ridiculous. planned parenthood's answers were ridiculous. planned parenthoods actions were barbaric. we see this video where they take our tax payer dollors, ripping apart their bodies and selling them acros the countrythat callous attitude and not acknowleding that that baby harvesting parts out of is horrifficwe cancelled their contract in louisiana, we're working to make sure they don't get any taxpayer funding in louisiana. in d-c, they're just talking about it. ted cruz's socially conservative stances put him at odds with planned parenthood from the start.in johnson county -- with it's large pockets of liberal voters -- cruz didn't back away from his attack on the organziation -- and instead focused partially on the media for what he said was "bending

shooter as a republican. "planned parenthood is in the business of buying and selling the bodyparts of unborn children. none of that changes the reality that planned parenthood was caught committing a pattern of felonies and they remain shocking and horiffic even after this deranged murderer committed his crime. a few weeks later -- we caught up with jeb bush in dubuque -- who was also critical of the planned parenthood debate. somewhat related -- bush famously terri shiavo case in the early 2000's -- stepping in to reinsert a feeding tube when she had already been declared mostly brain dead -- and her husband elected to remove it. bush had sided with shiavo's parents -- who cited religious reasons to keep her alive.but in dubuque -- we asked him if the religiously-charged rhetoric around the planned parenthood debate might have contributed to a gunman attacking a the colorado springs clinic. "no i don't blame the candidates. i think people

decency on this. planned parenthood was caught selling the bodyparts of babies. if you talk about decency, that's a pretty horrible thing." it ?is? worth remembering that multiple investigations ultimately determined that planned parenthood did nothing wrong. after the break...we sit down with planned parenthood's president to talk about what's

it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. an, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered.

became the president of planned parenthood -- but her career in and around politics started long before then.her mother -- anne richards -- was the governor of texas before george w bush.cecile herself worked for congresswoman nancy pelosi at one point.for the 2016 race -- cecile's daughter -- lily adams -- was hillary clinton's iowa communications director for the caucus season -- before becoming the director of state press for the national campaign.we sat down with cecile right before

her own time to the clinton campaign in cedar rapids. rapids. at the very beginiing of the 2016 race - planned parenthood played a major role. what was that like to be a political chip? chip? i think what we've seen since 2010 is many folks in congress, including mike pence, have been trying to end planned parenthood access across the nation. it was

after the break...my favorite find of the week -- while we look all the way back to one of this year's candidates --

now -- we look at their voice -- what the candidates and their campaigns are posting on social media. media.this isn't new -- but it's pretty great.in 2000 -- an old soda brand -- slice -- was trying to launch a marketing campaign. campaign.they had a guy dressed up in bright colors -- called "the slice man" drive around town -- getting everyone to drink slice.then -- they find the mayor --

tim kaine. slice man, i'd like to present you with a key to our great city.and i'd like to present you with a slice of it.you shouldn't have!oh yes i should...?get a slice of the city? you can follow along on 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...what you can expect in the next week. week.wednesday -- the third and kicks off in las vegas.and we have just 23 days left until election day. thanks for watchingbe sure to tune in next week to get the clear facts on iowa in focus.

vernon: i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message. congressman blum's smear campaign -- misleading and false. the truth -- monica vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter for women and children, but multi-millionaire blum promised he'd take only half his salary. then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. now he wants to cut social security

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