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meage to be that ts is a twman race. >> peter, go to haveou in downtown des moines. thank you very much. as we said,he race on the democratic side is just as compelling. hillary clinton and bernie sanders, deadlocked. andrea mitchell is cerin these final pushes unt the uc tonight. tacheading to toght's es hillarclinton bernie sanders e in a statistical tie. on the democratic side, the suis turnout, getting the supporters to show up. tie.on the demrati side, the issue is turnout, getti the supporters to showp. reporter: with hours to go, hillary clinton and bernie saers were working intthe night, making their closing arguments to iowa voters. >> this is a campaign of the peop, byhe people and for th people. >> reporte sanders speaking to

st six miles away, it was a clinton family affair. >> senator, secreta of state anthe next preside of the united states, hillary rodha clinton. >> reporter: drawi her biggest iowa crowd yet. >> i am a better candidateand, thanks to you, i will be a better president. reporter: clinton'sinal pitch, expeence. >> whe you caus tonigh night, you're no only secting a prident, are selting a commde i chf. epor sanrs is change, raying young people w have vercused before. >> join in the political volution. thk youll vy much. >> reporter: at a sntally sarday, sande sang wthe nd, "vampi weend." ts land is you land >>eporter: clint i countingon o women,n thepast, her most lal supporters is me, even women have n fatigue. >> matelyt's n jt being the fst woman but is being the right president at the right ti. >> reporr: botps are

d volunteerso turn out the vote. and thelinton team has gone high tech, with a app to spot ecincts where theyan take delegas from sanders by string voters to marn o'malley. >> theinal pl has clion three pointshe within the margin oerror. both candidates hav pley of money. sanders from million of small no. itould be a long primary battleahead,specially if he wi an upt tonigh >> thank you somuch. let' turn back to the repuicans. wel be talking t a numbe o candidates throughout the morning. firstup, donald tru in t pheith us. go morning. >> good moing. >> so thihe day. weind out, doonald trump supportersctlly t up and vote? you're not one to be most. eou predicting a win tonight? >> no, i can do that. i mean, we've had theigst crowds, bigge than anybody. gger tn bernie, who i second,lsay. but the crowds have been ible.

i think so the enthusiasm savannah, is incredible, and it looks le we're goingo ms the snowstm, which is goo news. butt's goi to come later. but i will tell you, it's been an amazing journey. there's a lot of love in those rooms. i would think that ty would show up to vote. i hope so. >> m trump the been a lot of headlines or t last seral months in iowa about you and ted cruz. yet, in the last cplef days, you're starting to hear mor and more abo marco ru hisampaig is sayingas marcomen maomento maomentumnd sms to be surging. is ha threat? >> i think everyone in the race is a threat. you don't know what's going to happ. it'spolitics. he aapable y,nd he's in the running and pitching 'll have to see what haens. he came in trd in the poll, th latestpoll, the last poll, and we'll haveo se what happens aft tonigh

kn the results. >> right here, right now, cruz competition. you have really laid the hammer down o him. he has dropp in the poll but he's still in there. you' still neck and neck. to shake? >> ll, think that, y know he's a professional polician. he's talented y. you, we'll talente people. i said he sorn in canada, which is true lot of people have a question as whether or note's actually able to even serve as president. it's come out loud and rong. i tell you, someonstitutional lawyers just over the weend have conudedith rts he's not allowed to be president. that's a big cud over his head i said he should remove t cloud b asking for declaratory judgme from thecourts. you have nerous lawyers, including one from rvard, who said it is untest law.

saying he's not allowed to run. he'sllowed to serve as president. that's a tough thing. i thinkhat's aecte him quite a b by lot o people frankly. >> donald, you based age part of your campaignn being a winner. a successful guy who knows how to c t deal. if y don't win tonht in wa, how much doest dame ur political brand? >> well, i'd le to win. i'm dog credly wl with the evlica as y know, you pbabl s thnumbers. ey have st up thrghhe sky. nationwide, leading with evangelicals. rry falwell, jr. came in yesterday and the day before and endorsed me. we had an amazi two day together. sarah palin, who will be on your ow later, she's a terrific rson, terrificwoman, and she's going to be- she rsed me, as you know.sheriff joe endorsed me. willie robertson endorsed me.

so maneople are going t nouncing endorsements ove the next sho piod of t becaehe see wt's happing. it movement back. they want to -- look, my theme is make aca gre ain, and at wt theyt t , tt. wantoake arica g agnndt's what wre going to do 're not going make dea like the iran deal. it's aoolish dea and cou ve been better, if it was me at all. so man other deals. andrade with chin cna is eating our lunch. japan i eating o lunch. mean, all oem we want t bri it ba we want t take our country back. >> we, donald trump, ts is your first election day, so we'll be watching it with yo of cose. thanyou for your time this morning, r. we appciat it. >>hank you very much. appriate it. > let's bring in nicolle wallace. good morning to yo the quest abo a loss toght for donald trump and how it damages hisitical brand, what do you think?

what i was going to sa which is thathis is a series of known-unknowns. hought it wasctuay a sober intervw from donald trum this morning with you guys. one knows if hismovement,s he deribed it -- bernie sanders describes it as a revolution on the democratic side -- is goingf people a goingo show up. is their model goio br oth rht nr of anlicals, o is nald umsovement going to upend therepublicans? >> a little uerintyven from donal trump hims w is usually aon of confidence. rht >> the fact he's doing so well with evangical voters, is that onthore cunding thgs? can b disposive oft tilypens. he's wni them, dond tr i sat d wh my t angelicawhisperers friends kw the block the be, and

they said, it's a misnomer. evangelicals, obviously, we have a set of values but we want to win, o. rttractio to donalrump isn'tssimar from the attraction from the rest of trump's suppor they want someone who can win and seeim as someoho can dothat. >> we'rengotch tthe decrats in a second a tal to secretary clinton. t me stick witth republans for a seco. we'veeen hearing so much and you have since ye been here,at there is a sur going on with marco rubio. you had a cnc to g out there over the last day or so. is it al? >> ihink it's real but it has to do with whate're going toalk about tomorrow mornin neire. it hore to do with sng upbe in a strong tion forhetablisent. him as their represtative, to waracknd come into new hampshire. >> what about ted cruz? he has stake it all on iowa he hasmoney. he hasorganization. frankly, it's the envy o a lot of the other campaig here in iowa.

tonit, then at >> iree. iowas must-win f tedcruz. t they are soal and confident. think they'reeeing something on the ground,ot just in the turnout mol, but in their direct line of communication with voter that gives them a lot ofonfidee abo tir chances tonight. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much. we appreciateit> let's get a check of e early wther fromror. we talked about a snotorm moves int iowa. ming al? will it ha afft on th cauces? >>t might. especialor folks little neous about a blizzd coming .they'vepretreat streets. take aook atg staff, arizonin fact, list. boom. under snow. th's right. this sto i makg its wayo the ea. it alrdy dped a bunch of ow toughout lirnia, arizona, and it is head ts way. here's wha we'reooking at for toda already, snomaking its way through the ckie now, this system will puso

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on is the hoodf a studebaker 1963 daona. >> wow. >>ou had that car when it was ne ts is my car. >> al thank you very much. les getack to politics here. what does caucus day have in storeor hillary clinton? the former secretary of state is with us no secretary clinton, good morning yo >> good morning. >> you have been campaigning for about 300ays now, and today is the day that ians get to tell you how they're feelg. did you wake up this morning excited, nervous, anxious, what? >> i woke up very excited. rely eneized because we've been havin justn azing couple of weeks leading up to the ccus tonight. weeot such great campaign ganization we'veothousands of volunteers. we knock on 125,000 doo this pa ekend. there's just so muc exciteme, and it's infectus.

hard as we can until the ucuses are fin over this evening. we hopthat, even though it's a tight race aotf the people who are cmied to caucusing for me wbe there. standing up for . i will do the same the in the campaign and in the presen. >> it isht race here. some of your democratic allies, demoatic leaders,ave s point-blk that bernie sand aemratic socialist as he describes himself, cannot win a general election, that republans cnot wait t he an ad thatas t hamr and the sickle. it. but this crunch time. if you bve it, why not come right out and say it? berniesanders, youay love him, iowa vote, but he cannot win a general election. >> well, i know, savannah, that is exactlyhat a lot of democrat are saying. lot of elected democrat people who want to take back the sena in e 2016 election.

democrats in the house. maybe make some pgres in rnors a -- >> are you sin-- >> -- state legislatures. think it's fair toay he has to run campaignnd prent his views. we have differens, and i've beenointing out those difference i think tha it's importa for me to tell voters what i want to aceve and how i will go aut doing that. becaus i wan them to h m accountable. then it's goingo be up to caucus goe tonight, primary voters next in new hampshire, to decide who they think offers the best path forward to keep the progress tha we've made going. >> you talk aboutdierences, secrar clinton. seems like one of the difference ye embraci prident obama's legacy. i was at anevent for bernie nders last night, ande said, i'm a supporter of president obama, but i find the last eight years to have been dippointin why is hewrong?

experience in looking and learning about what it takes to get things de in washgton. as a first lady, a a senator for eight years, aa secretary ofstat and i think that what preside oba inted, a ecomy that s in the ditch, he doesn't get e credit for pullingt out. doesn't get the credit he deserv for the affordable care act, something we've bee trying to do -- that triedo do -- to get us onhe pathf universal coverage. i thi it's aifference between making progress -- i a progresse who les to get things done. not just tk aboutt but deli rults for people. that's how i judge myself. ve ionomething t got 8 million kidsealth insurance, like iid when i was first lady. or nional ard members healt care. that'shat you're spose to do as aleader. i think i have the record, the experience, t know-how to get it done. i think president obama has made

ls of positive changes for our countr >> secretary clton, i know it's ausy d forou and your teamo we thank youor joinin us this moing. >> thank you. great toalk to you. hope everybody comes out to caucus tonight. >> all right. thank you very much. cing up, we're behind the scen on the campaign trail with berniesanders. i jt mention that. what say nee to happenor him to pull out a win tonight. and then sarah palin joins for a exclusive le intervie this i her f sin towing heruppo behind dald trump.

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good morning, r. nice to see yo nice to seeyou, nator. >> i tught about weari tho pants. ting toet votes. >> dn't pollwell. eople arengut marcomentum. you've got momeumomentum, you're surging. that's theoo news. the bad ne, if you don'tave atrong finish with all the talk, it' seem like a disappoiment. how are you managing things? >> we'reot the front runner. ted cru had 12,000 lunteers, spent time money here. he has strongowa game so he's the front runner. but we feel like about our campaign. we'r fightin and working hard and grong in the support we have. ieel pive abo it. 've had a great time campaiingere in iowa. it's bee fantc. it's been a bssingbe a of the process. >> youentioned tedcr. you said he's been disingenuous in h attacks. 's distorte your record. he's the kindf y, you sa

in your mind, is that politics as ual, o isruz doi sothin and beyond what's the norma crs of cagng? >> well, the politic as usual, and th's the oblem. he lerally took a vid of me speaking a cap andrade and cut it off before i finished my statement to make it look like i suppord it. 's unfortunate. wee going toht through it. we feel gdboit. think peoe kno t trh. reathing abo iowa ters,hey've beenhrough th so manytis,y kwhen you waitntil the last minute tottack someone on something, it's usually t true. it's why they waited until the last nute. wha would be a better outcome for yo ifonald tru hanly defts d cru and knocks him out of the t tier or if cz ats donald trump sho th don tru is not invincible? >> honestly, i've spent zero timehiing about that? >> how? >> i'm n a politic alyst. i'm running f psintf the ed at iy time withink

about what i'moing do w i'm presiden cous greater than aon earth but it t remain that way if we d't me chs inhis cye, this election. that what i think about. i ha people that work for me that thoug about these things and i'll let the think about that. i'm focused on bng the president and earningpeople's suppor you'reatchg tonight and you're in iowa go caucusor maorubio. >> was at a truly yesterday, and it struck me the le tt say they support trp, not only do they like the fact he's plain spoken, they believe he c d thehing he says he wants to do. they bieve he can build a wall and have mexico pay for it. he can bomtherap out isis, taraphre wt he id. are they beingold a o goods? theuy is an entener. he funn >> it'ot wha he's billi himselas >>ershe t a iowa and country, ihink this country understands that if you're running to be president of the unistates, you can't just tl people whate going to do. you have to explain how you're in to d it.

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don't see thedea tre's going toe a huge surge on th mocratic or republican side. ther no evidce. it tls yaybehiss up be clion andcruz. >> tre's anro here. sander o theemocratic side and trump on th right need that ve thing. they need this flush of new voters. if theyon'tet it, is at deci? >>t wou be decisi. both ted cz and hilla clinton have put together campaigns to win normal, itional iowa cauces. th'reery, vystructural, going very precision wise a those thin. it is all f with trump and sanders. th need the surge. we d't see the edence of it >> regaress of outcome -- because w don't have a lf time -- regardless of outcome, does everybody move forrd to new mpshr might someb be ou >> think cruz isimng into new hampshir ihe don't. i don't think it's decisive in terms of picking a republican nominee. i think republi have done terriblyn this ste and bounded bac in new hampshire

obvisly, republinsant to do well here. it's anmporta state. but you can survive loss here cruz isn different categy because he staked everything on this state. he's badlyounded if he doesn't wi >>itto wit sders. >> who wants to do predons? glad y raised your hand. >> i hate to bet ainst paion. if i h to p someone slitly ov tdg i'd say trump could pull oomething histor >> docraticsi? >> don want to bet again clinton's history. i think wn she up against the ropes,he sometimes pulls ou her best performaes >> i't tl you how confident the c people are. it's sort ofunservrving h nfent tare. i give tm credit becau they it's d or die for em. he ds notethe nomination without winning iowa. >> chuck and nicollewallace, thank you verymuch ahead, govnor sarahalin ll b herelive, hir tele inwin

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we'll tk exclusively to donald trump's highest profiler endorser. sara palin is here fit,ver the weekend, we caught u with voters at one of trums fil rallies here in iowa. >> reporte in uncil bluff, the line startedive hours berehealdid. ny here, newcomers tthe political process. >> i've never bn to any rallies. >> have you caucubefore no >> youill formp thi time? >> i will. y? bec he speak like we. repor the rallyoers hoed over a over. >> he ss thengst i thin americanse been thinkingor t las seven ars. bught i to the forefront. >> i think he is talki about what the majority of the united states is feeling. >> he's jtayin wt t comm person i inking. >> rorr: a few tendees, still on the fenc >>re you guys trump pporters, just checking it out? >> we're going to check it out today a see. we're getting cse to making up

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>> superitted. >> rainstorm snowstorm, you're there? >> super committed. i have 4 b 4s a 6 by 6s. i' ge people res and we'll be there. absolute. >> iowans are not afraid of a little snow. >> not atall. former alaska governor sarah palin was john mccain'sunning mate during the 2008 presidentialrace. she'se in iowa supporting trump. good to see you. how are yo >> grea anks. >> didou hit yoursf to th right candidate? is donald t goi to win iowa? >> bievee will win io. wa voters are rea for restoration of constitional government ain. donaldrump c dothis. >> y said having donald trump and ted cruz at the top of the republican field is a nice proble to have. >>yes. >> is it a win-win for yo if dald tru wins tonit, do youwin? if ted cruz wins night, you've suppord him in the st, do you win? >> in a see, s. keepinn, this is just a very fir step in this long,

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dorsemen mea s much to nald trump. you think that he ishe godly candidate that they're loing for? >> i hope voters aren't tg to find the mos christia, godlst candidate out there. who are we to judge one other's level of faith? ourhristian quotie, if you will.hopelly, pple areooking fore who has that record of suess that pves he c get the job de for us,nay. >>s he a trueconservative? he's admitted in the past, he's donated to democratic candidat republica candidates. he's donated to hillary clinn. how do you square that you compareim to someone keonald reaganwho, at o point, had -- he was a registered democratnd saw the light. think,ndful. m gla donal tmp isn our side when it com to the litical ectrum.undersin t freearke

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but is that a diuaer for e leadoff position rachel is a drake university professor and chair of the iowa caucus project. >> this is a pross and begins in ia but then mov to other states if i always picke the prident, the we could just have an entire election in iowa and forgetbout everything el. >> reporter:here is also theiowa record. it's not a king maker. only three winners whoere not cumbents made it from the caucus to the wte hoe. thther iowa winners went from here to also run. tuout is low, butopular radio host van ss this year is anything but traditional. >> i guarantee we'll blo the roof off the nbers for t caucuses. >> reporr: even so, the nationaledia helped make iowa the big opening t. from the locals, t hardy

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without a stop at the ste fair to sample the state's unique creatis. ouldn' come here without indulgin i a little myself. >> repor>> reporter: the hawkeye state, serv up politslong wit iconic fare worthy of a vo. i visited three restrants. all wit all wit hh marks. everybody says, you'ren des moinesnd you he to take home a smit's nderloin.let's fdut why they wearhe crow what mak you guys the ng? >> it's a combination of the breadi and also the por that use. smithaid his family lived high on the h more th 50 years, selling more than 1,200 tenderloin sandwiches awe.

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iowa state fair is its ceo and manager, gary slater. >> welcome to iowa. >> you haven array ofried s here. let's start with the corn dogs. >>he corn dogs are pbably th most popul fd item a the iow state fair. we probablyell 10,000 a day to al ourfos. you have the doue bacon. >> right here. >>nything with bacon is nderl, ts for sure. the big thing abo corndogs, fos, are you a mustard pern or ketchup person? mustard. >> tell us about the fried dough. >>he friedough is cookie dough that's deep fried. deep fried oreos at the p. funnelcakes. of course, y can'tave a ste fair without mini doughnuts. they are just toie r. >> we ve t huge butter cow here. savannah jus asked antiquette estion. arou allowed to tough the tter cow? >> sure, go ahead. eny it >> wow. it's tt, me of butter. i can confirm.

you sell at the iowatate fair? >> we have over 70 things on a stick. about 175ifferent food snds. pork chops on a stickre alway great at the iowa state fair, as well. >> how manyay until theowa state ? >> 91 dda. come back august 11th through the 21st. >> we're er thesere from iowa city. >> i have to try this. >> from the hamburg inno. this is this kentuourbon cholate chocolate. >> so good. >>lueberry. >> we put nitour this? >> azing. >> you grind up the pie? >> grind up theie and they put itn with a scoop of ice crm. also, the pullman bar and diner. >> you p

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i got a golde ticket. >> you have gold everywhere. >> i know. so many things youan say about w you'r g to get the gold. m not going to g there. it's the morning and, you know, we're aenjoying our coffee. >> and pizza. >> my ways to recover your gold. >> there are. >> okay. >> good pizza. sty. >> it , yup. >> shall w go back to wa let' check init williend al. >> yeah letot. gu,ou're missi outn the gden pizza. >> he needs elaborate on what he means ther >> don put me on the , willie. >> inquiring minds. >> useour aginatio >> y fancy new yorkers have gold pizza. we h pork chops on astick. we'll taket all day. >> let's talk aut why we're here. we have the caucuses in bot partiestoght. new po, the "des moines register"/blmberg, considered the golden standard of polls in iowa, donaldrut28% and

marco rubio at 15%. ben cson at 10%. we've got a race, it looks like, at the top between trump and cruz. at thi point, nod kws how it'll turn out. at's w they vote, it turns out, al roker. the democratic side, hillary clinto and berniesanders. she has a slight edge. coin toss a this point. >> four decades, three non-incuentandidas who sered t oval office. obam in 2008. president bush in 2000. jiy carter in 1976. 'sind of interesting, dending on whi side y're on, how the cses work. >> they're different whether a rublicar democrat. withepubcanss simpr. they sw up at a location, like a scho, and listen t reprentatives for each candidate. they give aspeech, ct a secret ballo and go home decrat hee wor to do. publly declang support for a candidate by gatheng in groups around the room. they physically get intoroups

for example, all the sande supporters gatr on the left de, let'ssay. and hlary supporters on the right. if you'reot sure, you can gather in an uncoitte group. all of this is happening in public s your friends, nehbs, relives all kw exactly who you're voting for. >> publics, it's a secret ball. >> right. >>s public. if the group doesn't have 15%f e caucus attendees in it, tha grou is n unable. which doesn't sound good. if your group is unviable, yo ve to join a groupt is. the fun part is, groups will fight for you te. all of a sudden, you become much morettractive and desirable. >> yup. >> suddenly, people are saying nice things aboutyou. ey'reomplimenting your hair. it's ntastic. good f me. after everyone is settled, people are counted, the results are then repoed. enveryone gs home. >> tout it simply, the republan winners the one who

metime they scratch them on a piec of par.they vote that way. e democrats usa thematical formula to award delegates t candidatesproporonal tthe votes they recved in t caucuses acrosshe state. the candidate with the most delegates awarded -- still with me, al? >> ye. >> mosteleges awarded is the wier. sounds compcated. he's whau do, if you're at home, watch nbc or msnbc and they'll tell youho won. >> excellent. >> it's aun ocess. youll cover polits like w do. this is a great way to start off the psidentialmpaign. >> i he to go the weather now. let's go over and do that shall we?soe' got this storm thas coming in. probably won't affect t caucus goer. it's coming out of theroie already caused a lot of heavy rain in cafornia. now it's bnging snow into the rockies. it's going to dump a decent ount of snow for the southern

moves to the plains later this evening. tonight, we'lle looking at moresnow. blizzard likely late tonight into tomorrofor wa. some places 2 inches of snow per ho. heavyw for the plains in theupper midwest. the snoall s. back throu the rocks, we're taing about anywhere from 8 to 24 inches of snow. timiis iowa, we'll start to see thenow sometime arnd 7:00 on the western edges. don't think it'll affect the caucuses much. you might see about 10:00, some ofhe western areas getting it. by the timee g into early tomorrow morning, we've got a lllo bliard going on. look at se of the snowfall amount we'realling f in e midwest. parts of nebraska, looking up to 18 ihes ofow. des moines, pbly see aut 8 to 10 inches. we're looking a2 to 5 inches in minneapolis.

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fresh off her endorsementn donaldtrump. welcome back. good to see u. >> you, stootoo. ou were in the spotlight in 08nd now here y a again, back on stage withond trp. what does it feel like? i'm thankfulor theosition ve no very freeing. no shaces. c do and say whatever i want to. >> you've never had st though -- shackles though, havyou? they tried eight years a and it was part of the prlem, why things didn'to so well. no, a pern isired to be free, to be able to sayhat they want to say,ohe they want to go. youknow, that's the beay of america, to >> a lot of ppleave speculated in the press about what a sarah palin endorsement ofrump means for hisampaign. is it a good thing or a bad thing? why do you think it's good for donald trump? what do yring to the campaignnd hispporters >> i'mery, very conservative.

proudly clingin to my god, my guns and my constitution. i think i speakor aot of americans who have those same values. t able to lend that to th campai, i think, haseen helpful for mr. trump. but really, i don't think endorsemts mean neay a muc as maybe those who are reay on the inside baseballolitico type discuions every day. i don't think endorsement mean as much t test of us normal people. >> i think a year ago, ife were sitting here saying, dald trump will be the front runner in the republica party and, by the wa bere sanders will be neck and neck with hillary clinton,obody wld have believed you. what is hapning in this couny, governor, that has cause tdd t rise ose candidates? >> i thinkple e cravi honesty and candidness. folks who are outside of that permanent political class that

an ceainly, othe publican side of the fence, at's what we're getti in donald trums caacy. someone who is promising to reore constitutional vernment, which i what we've wanted a expe. and we worked really, really hard to send the congress a gop majority to do just that. to returns toonitional government. yet, they disappointed. theyidn' do what they sd they were going to do. >> i had thought as i was eparing to talk to you aut hillary clton. i kn ya f and you support trump. but i she we elected president, wld there be a part of y that woulde proud that aom would be president of the united states? >> sure. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> i wou prefer many, man other women to be president o the unid stes, but sure, you know. it's not going to hpe thou. 's a hypothical. >>o y think the dald trump doesn'twin,he'd be a good president? >> not ifhe is -- would pursue

obama has, that has racked u trillions andrillions s in debt. that ohildn a grandchildren a ner going t be able to p off. not i the militarys gutted. all those things that really have fdantally transford america into something it is becoming, unrecognizable. if sheontiedhat agenda, whh ielieve s d, no, i can't say she wou . >> couple weeks agofter you thead the event with ld trump and made the sp h be, tina y came back tosnl" androke her sarah palin impersonation. you appred on the snow. >> ontv,'m a good srt about it. >>oes that get old for you? what d you think?>> for the audience,t sho get little old, but she's real talented. and laurenhaels knows what he's doin i bringing in an audience by characterizeg someone. i'm helping wh her job securityt "sn"

pan? my kids she doesn't. it's nothing like you. >> wh she's n as mean as i am? but i think she's very talented, yeah. e way that the make her up, i think sheooks like me. >> she had the shirt and the whg goingon. now, d yo a youkt the next chaer in you life and career, what's nextor y profsionally? kw you take ce of your family fir and remost but what do you see yourself dng next? wod u be in politics agn? >> i appreciate, as i sai rlier, what i'm dng now. that iselping to find candidates who are in it for the right ass. they an't looking at polics as government, as just a job, but as really a mission that they're on to make it better for their fw man. i want to continue to do that, willie. find the candidate and hopefullyet themelted. >>t'shat you'reking now with donal trump. governor palin, pleasure to talk

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