>> we will become a rich and great nation again. great honor. >> the top 1/10 of 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 90%. >> the things that i have been concerned about in this nation for the last few years have not changed. >> we're chatting with chief national correspondent. >> u.s. senator. >> congresswoman. >> aloha. >> state senator marie chappelle. >> sometimes you don't have to win it, it gives you a boost. >> any candidate seeking to

the president of the united states has to win iowa. >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator chuck grassley. >> i haven't eaten anything other than fried snickers, i can't describe it, it is like going to heaven. >> at the end of the day, brat pitt will be in our debate. >> whoever the nominee is gets to pick whoever their vice president is going to be. >> what do the voters of iowa need to know about your candidacy? >> they need to know i'm the guy in the race who is strong enough and ready to take on hillary clinton and win that race. that's the most important. if you can't beat hillary clinton, you're not getting to the white house. >> you didn't do a speech, you just took questions, why

the strategy today? >> because i think people want to hear what they want to hear. they get to direct me ask me direct questions and i get to give them direct answers and not a lot of people do that. >> no more twelve years for anybody in congress. you can't get it done in twelve years, go home. >> the vice chair of the iowa republican party, just so you know, i'm 6'1", you're a tall gentleman. one of the few times i ever do an interview where i got to look up. >> you look around here, you have a great unbelievable turnout. a strong turnout in canada. our voters are mobilized with energy. we're super thrilled. when you compare this to some of the events put on by the democrats in terms of the state of iowa. this is a fantastic turnout.

>> this is called the growth and opportunity party. this is the first of its kind. what inspired you to have this event this time of around around? >> we wanted to change things up a little bit. to have more face to face interaction time. this is a great opportunity to do this. when you look around and you see bobbing for apples and haunted houses, this is quintessentially iowa. this is a great event. we're really excited. >> so basically, you've got speeches and booths. >> the candidates will have an opportunity to speak directly from the stage. each campaign has a booth. i know cruz has a haunted house. >> a haunted house? >> i think it is really hillary house of horrors is

really what it should be called. >> we all know that iowa voters do a great job vetting the candidates. >> we just had the third republican debate. what are your thoughts? >> i thought it was disgraceful in how the moderators handled the debate. the back and forth inyou i'm thrilled that he's taking a very active approach to make sure we have people asking questions that will ask tough questions, it is okay to ask tough questions, it is not okay to hurl personal insults in front of millions of people. >> is that a negotiating

attack? or is there a strong possibility that there will not be a vote? >> i think there's a strong possibility that there will not be a debate. >> of the three debates, which one do you think was the most fair to your candidate candidate? >> the first debate, the fox debate was probably the best. they asked tough questions, but did it in a fair and direct manner. >> we have ten candidates coming into town here. you're the vice chair, will you be endorsing this year? >> no, the state party has

taken the position not to endorse, and that's good. we know that when they interact, they get the opportunities to kick the tires on the candidates to properly vet them. the candidates get to take a little bit of iowa with them. >> iowa is first in the nation, should it stay that way? >> absolutely. there's no better place in america for candidates to come, to have little money, no money, lots of money, organize and build a ground game and get people to show up for you on a cold night. iowans vet the candidates, ask the right questions and holding the candidates' fete to the fire by the way. >> we questioned senator

rand paul at his costume party. >> we're here at the senator rand paul costume event. you're dressed up as something really scary. >> american taxpayers should be really afraid. this is the national debt. >> i've got to tip my large hat to you. you were not in iowa earlier today. tell us what happened. >> we were up until 3:00 in the morning and my colleagues weren't too happy to be there. i wanted to make a point that we shouldn't just keep borrowing money. the we've given the president an unspecified unlimited amount of money he can borrow in his last year of office. i think it is a real tragedy. we're allowing him to spend more money across the board. we budget all of the budget caps. all of the restraint is gone, negotiating away by the republicans. >> you mentioned in your speech earlier today, specifically social security. i wonder if you would talk about that. >> they took money from

it forward to pay for new spending. social security is already short of money, but there's some money that's sort of in an account kind of and they pushed it forward, but they are going to immediately spend it on new military spending. it is a shell game, but the bottom line is, they did something that nobody else in america is going to approve of. we're going to raise the debt and no spending limit, we're going to spend more money. >> the new speaker of the house, how do you think he's going to do? >> he ended up voting to raise the debt ceiling and to increase spending. two years ago, he voted to get rid of the spending caps we had two years ago. >> this is the problem, we've got republicans that have given up on fiscal conservatism. that's what makes me unique.

there's waste on the military side and waste on the domestic side. >> thank you so much for chatting, sir. >> thank you.

how about that. >> i hope i get a chance to meet her, she's on the campaign trail for me. she's a young african american woman. she's 25 years old and she started out life in a difficult circumstance. she had a tough time in her family. she was held back in third grade once and then held back again. imagine that. my guess is that no one put their arm around her and said i love you, and you're capable, and you can make a difference in life. her godmother found out about the corporate tax dollars. the largest of its kind. 80,000 low income kids that go to private schools that otherwise would be trapped in failing public schools. guess what happened. she went to a christian school.

they did put their arm around her and say you're special, you're extraordinary, you can do this. we love you. >> and then that result was that she overcame those two years. >> she got them back. in three years' time, she was back on track and the first to graduate from high school and the first in her immediate family to graduate from college. it doesn't matter if she's a republican or a democrat, or an independent. it doesn't matter if she's supporting a candidate. it matters that now she'll have a chance to live a life of purpose and meaning. >> governor terry branstad, how are you doing, sir? >> it is a great day at the ohio state fairgrounds. i'm glad to be here. a lot of good candidates and a lot of enthusiasm.

>> this is the first time the state party has had this event. we've got ten candidates here and 90 days left before the caucus. what does a candidate need to do to put the gas on? >> they need to go to every county in iowa. they need to share their vision. they need to be supportive of the renewable fuel standard and getting the federal budget under control. and then restoring respect for our country internationally by supporting our allies, so that our allies trust us and our opponents fear us, which is not the case today. >> so you are the longest serving governor in american history. a lot of electoral politics. there's been talk from the podium today about the recent presidential debate. what do you think about the debate they just had, was it fair? >> no.

i've suggested, why don't you let governors ask the questions, instead of somebody from the media. we have a proven record of making tough decisions, balancing budgets and doing those things. i think we could ask real important questions that people care about, instead of these gotcha sort of questions, that they had in the cnbc debate. >> you mentioned being a governor. of the people running, which one do you think sets them up better for president? >> i think having executive experience, be it in the

is a good background. >> what do you think the issues are that folks are waiting to hear? >> renewable energy and what the epa has done to us has been devastating.

we have had tremendous growth and prosperity, and then they decided to reduce the renewable tax. it has reduced farm income, and we need to restore what the congress intended when they passed it. the epa rules are a disaster and we have a situation where china is more supportive of ethanol than the united states of america. it makes no sense. this administration made a commitment to support renewable fuels and has reneged on it. >> wind power is very popular here in iowa. >> yes, it is. >> how did this come about is it. >> in my first year of governor as we passed a renewable energy standard.

would have to purchase electricity produced by wind at a set price. 24 other states have copied our renewable electricity standard and we now have 28 1/2 percent of all of our electricity generated by wind. iowa leads the country. the rules don't give us credit for anything we did before 2014. they give us no credit for that. we have led the country in renewable electricity and the epa new power plant rules give no credit for anything we have done before 2013. it is not fair. it shows how out of touch the epa and the obama administration is with the reality of what's going on out here in the country. >> you are the governor of iowa, first in the state caucus obviously. will you be endorsing this election?

i want to encourage them to come to iowa often. iowans want to meet the candidates. and they want to ask the tough questions and choose somebody who has the leader leadershipleader leadership and vision to balance the budget and renew our commitment to renewable energy. >> what's going on? >> we have a costume party. my wife and i and our whole family have kind of a family costume theme. i think a sell-out crowd, it is going to be a lot of fun >> the costumes in the past that you have worn?

>> we'll take a quick break. >> welcome back to "roske on politics." how are you feeling today, sir? >> awesome, how are you feeling? >> couldn't be better. it is halloween today. no costume. >> trick-or-treat. >> i'm just me. >> this is a u.s. congressman, you've had a lot of news in your chamber. what are your thoughts on speaker ryan? >> first of all a smooth transition of power. not one person is bigger than the job. the job itself outlives any person, that's the strength of our congress and our constitution. i'm excited for the new speaker and what his philosophy is on being a ground-up approach to legislation. and also tackling big issues early on, so you don't get messed up deadlines and crises, like we do, and i'm excited about that. >> what do you think the

boehner's? >> a bottom-up approach. like the committees and the subcommittees do their will, the will of the people. i see speaker ryan being out there more as a speaker, not just symbolically, but about what we're doing in congress and why. i noticed that he's on five of the talk shows on sunday morning, which is not something that you've seen from a lot of past speakers. >> governor chris christie is on stage right now. we have sitting elected officials running for office. there's been a louder criticism this time about missing votes, et cetera. >> you ran for office, do you think that's justified criticism? >> it depends on what you are missing them for. but i have not missed, i still make sure that i'm vote, because that's why the people elected me. >> what are the issues that you'll bring up in the next

session? >> i hope some of the big issues that our conference can bring up are, one, early in the next year, get the appropriations bills done early and on time, so we don't have to bump up against shutdown and continuing resolutions, regular order. we want to tackle some of the bigger issues like border control and tax implications implications. >> we'll let you get back.

don't go anywhere. >> senator marco rubio, there's a thing in campaigns called momentum, your campaign has it, why do you think your campaign is resonating so much with voters? >> we hope it will lead to victory.

a generational choice about what kind of country we're going to be in the 21st century. it is an optimistic message, but also a real one. >> it is going to be about solutions. about confronting challenges and also about optimism. we have every reason to be optimistic if we do what needs to be done. >> in your speech, you informed your parents were actually born in cuba. >> i would love cuba to be a free country, unfortunately, the people of cuba, the only people in the hemisphere

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