i talked to two dozen democrats at this i would dinner in cedar rapids, every clinton supporters saidy heart is with bernie sanders. has.essage discipline he the fact that there are a lot of people in the democratic party who find him more likable than clinton -- guy. is not a cuddly they like that. that is dangerous territory for her. kicking -- inot new hampshire, that tells you something. , but noould change denying that poll. when president obama gave a , when heday on iran had his press conference a few weeks ago, he got animated about the topic. he could not get it out of his system then. universityamerican today to methodically -- critics of his nuclear deal with iran. result, those who say we can walk away from this deal and maintain sanctions are selling a fantasy. instead of strengthening our position as some have suggested, congress'rejection would result in sanctions unraveling. when we examine the arguments against this deal, none of them stand up to scrutiny. that may be why the rhetoric on the other side us are strained. suppose some of it can be called knee-jerk partis

not necessarily related to sandy, but a little bit before that with the cedar rapids, iowa flooding. distinctly remember, and a lot of people here recall the same thing. after cedar rapids, in 2008 there were a lot of boisterous claims coming out of iowa that we are picking ourselves up by our own bootstraps, not waiting for federal help, and we can do this recovery thing ourselves. my hunch, though, is that there's a lot of federal help that went into cedar rapids, probably per capita as much federal help that went to help the folks throughout iowa and the many counties that flooded, and i just wanted to see if you all had some insights into the myth versus the reality, because again, when people started calling it cedar rapids katrina, iowa's katrina, there seems to be a real reluctance of folks in iowa to want to have anything to do with being put in the same kind of boat as us in new orleans. i'm not sure if much of that happened after sandy in new jersey, less so, but that kind of perspective thing, if you can share some insight into that, it would be appreciated. thanks. >> i t

chief political correspondent carl cameron is in cedar rapids, iowa, with what some of the others are doing to attract attention. >> reporter: in remote alcatur, iowa, former republican governor mike huckabee held a breakfast meet and greet and shaufd off the huge crowds following donald trump. >> the way you win iowa is not by how many minutes of tv time. you win iowa by having people who show up and caucus for you on that cold february night. >> reporter: with crowds in the thousands, trumps brought new attention to outsider candidates but mocked his '16 rivals when it comes to their turnout. >> they make a speech in front of 21 people. >> reporter: trump's not the only candidate who's never held political offers. business leader carly fiorina has been steadily rising in the polls and has the added distinction of being the only woman in the gop field >> it is my single greatest asset. i've never held public office. people are sick of politics. they're sick of politicians. >> reporter: another political newcomer, retired neurosurgeon ben carson, also draws big crowds. his team boasts

hillary clinton, bernie sanders, the last time they were together, three weeks ago, cedar rapids.n the last three weeks, it has been nothing but good for bernie sanders coast-to-coast, except for in iowa, where hillary clinton has maintained her lead. so over the next three days, what does bernie have to do to make up ground? mark: one quick correction 10,000 chicken wings, you said , 1000. john: bernie sanders has risen in the polls. the latest has him not doing as well. three days of events, side-by-side tonight. he's got one event on sunday. i think he needs to show that mojo off. a big crowd. he needs a performer tonight and at the fair. john: it will be bad if the crowds are seen as minimal impaired to the huge crowds he had on the west coast and in atlanta, seattle. i also think there will be a time, not that he us to go negative, but he has been restrained in terms of contrast. he's got to go more there. mark: at the fair, it is a venue that is good for him. he won't see this this weekend, but they need to use these organizing opportunities to collect e-mail addresses. the

or three times she came to iowa, she wept to small towns and rural areas and not des moines or cedar rapidsand that is powerful. she is personally involved. and the organization as they have set up in iowa, i got to tell you, one of the best i have ever seen. joe: as good as the obama operation in 2008? >> a lot of the obama are in this organization. john: i want to compliment you on your hat. >> it's cloudy today. john: i have to ask where you got that hat because i want to get one of those. she spent an hour and a half here yesterday. no how hard she tries to get down low and meet people, between the security she has, the media that follows her, the celebrity that attends her, it is just hard for her to be a normal candidate. how does she get over that? >> she has. i was with her saturday and as the crowds came around, she found people to talk to. a woman with a disability, a man involved in business endeavors. she does talk to people. let me tell you something, hillary has come to iowa several times in little towns and have meetings. the press doesn't even know about it. john: i saw her

the last cattle call in cedar rapids, i sanders had a weak performance. don't know if he was nervous. he was not at his best. if he comes in here and has head-to-head with her and the other democrats speaking at this dinner, if he has a better night , i think he could start to do better in this state if he sends the message that the electricity and fire he's brought to other parts of the country he can bring here. john: or on the other side of the coin, he's got an event in boone not too far from des moines before he goes to the fair saturday. after these huge events on the west coast, if he comes to iowa and only a few hundred show up, that could be a big blow to bernie sanders after having had 25,000 people. mark: ben carson drew a couple thousand people to a des moines rally. pressure on sanders. john: let's move on to our next topic. it's the soapbox. of all the things at the iowa state fair, the thing we all prize most beyond the butter cow, the porkchops -- mark: and the candidates wandering around aimlessly. john: it's the soapbox. it is speakers c

>> cedar rapids. >> love cedar rapids. we just opened an thraufs. -- office there. here are we going now? whistling and humming] >> our live coverage is on c-span. c-span radio and c-span.org as the candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the des moines register candidate's soapbox. here is the schedule. this morning, republican jeb bush. starting at noon saturday. republican rick santorum at noon followed by lincoln chafee and bernie sanders at 3:00. sunday afternoon, republicans en carson at 5:00 and george pitaki. taking you on the road to the white house. >> secretary of state john kerry will be in cuba this morning to help raise the u.s. flag over the new u.s. embassy in havana. they are reopening their embassies in their respective capitals for the first time in half a century. we'll have live coverage on -span 2. >> next, jack ma, the founder and executive of "basketballography" spoke about his -- alibaba. he spoke earlier at the economic club of new york. [applause] i am so honored. i never expected so many people to come to listen to my talk. i felt so

have 900 county officials from across cedar rapids in november. we would love to have you, and talk to them about your beliefs. i am working with author scott -- arthur scott on this, by the way. -- make i -t strong and well. thank you. [indiscernible] senator, how will you get more support from democratic voters? do you think that hillary clinton's e-mail -- [indiscernible] [no audio] >> thank you. >> she wants to do in our interview on local tv. she wants you to follow her. >> 1,2, 3. mr. o'malley: i'm a senator webb: i'm a selfie guy. >> there we go. thank you. have a great day. >> i want to tell you thanks. you are my number two pick. number one, wait and see what joe does. senator webb: joe biden. >> would you singn this book? i have been reading it a bit so it's kind of regal. john. that's with him right here, david. senator webb: david? >> he's at gitmo right now. thanks so much. senator webb: god bless your son. [children shattering, indiscernible] -- [children chattering] >> china's currency devaluation. how should we respond to that? wha

next the bad, two men under arrest after police find reminisce at a taco bell restaurant in cedar rapids. officials aren't sure if it was cooked inside the restaurant or not. finally the ugly, another famous hollywood couple calling it a quits, kermit and miss piggy. they will continue to work together. i think they'll work it out. >>> now it is time for your brew on this response. earlier how the view co-host kelly osbourne is under fire for attacking donald trump saying his remarks are racist and insulting. >> if you kick every latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning the toilet bowl, trump? >> and even though osbourne came under fire with people saying she was the one being racist, her latino co-host immediately fraif her, perez even apologizing for her initial overreaction. >> do celebrities get a pass? is there a double standard when it comes to politicians versus celebs i. >> since celebrities can say anything and hardly anything denies about the politician, and that is news. >> wow, and her comment wasn't racist? what she said was worse than anything trump said

cedar rapids police responded yesterday morning about a report of a suspicious person. now these two men, 31-year-old christopher matos and 56-year-old kent doobie were found. one identified himself as a taco bell employee. the police went inside the closed restaurant. they said they found remanence of a meth lab in the utility area, but it's not clear if the meth had been cooked inside that restaurant. >>> right now it is 6:26. police in hayward are still looking for the person who shot and killed a teenager earliest morning. >> i'm very angry, don't get me wrong, but anger won't help. >> an emotional vigil for a recent high school graduate planning to join the marines. >> reporter: just how high has rent increased in the bay area? a new report paints a sobering picture. we'll tell you about the impact on the middle class. >> good morning, we're looking at the east bay commute at the mccarther. it doesn't look too bad around to the bay bridge. >> some strange weather yesterday, a lot of cloud cover, but today under mostly sunny skies t will be warmer. we'll show -- it

i am on the cedar rapids school board. i appreciate your position on early childhood education, pre-k. my question would be, the you have thoughts on how to fund it? -- do you as a school board member, we struggle with resources to be able to a conflict some of the mandates -- to be able to accomplish some of the mandates. gov. o'malley: in our state, we realize that the building of the best public schools in america was not a matter of doing less, it was a matter of doing more. i believe that true leadership is leadership that forges a new consensus in order to get things done. unlike what just happened in iowa, when i was governor through eight years of recession, we actually increased school funding at 37% -- by 37% in the state of maryland. [applause] we saw the return right away. we went to full day kindergarten. i believe the federal government needs to play a greater role and i think we can play that role in expanding pre-k and encouraging other states to do it. this is a shared responsibility, it is not just be bet

cedar rapids police called to the restaurant early yesterday on reports of a suspicious person lingeringficers found a taco bell employee and another man in the back of the building and inside signs of a meth lab in a utility area. the restaurant is being sanitized. >>> pg&e fighting back. asking a federal judge to dismiss seven of the 28 counts file against the company for the deadly san bruno gas explosion. the bay area news group reporting the court is considering the request. pg&e facing nearly $2 billion in fines. explosion killed eight people and destroyed dozen of homes. >>> we ask, what happened on this day in history? well, tomorrow marks 70 years since the dawn of the nuclear age when the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on a japanese city of hiroshima. activists promise to take up the protest at lawrence livermore national labs. some years police ended up making dozens arrests. organizers holding a preliminary gathering today just outside of livermore. >>> 6:41. north bay man pulls the his cell phone and a police officer pulls out his gun. why some say the officer in the video cro

police were called to the restaurant in cedar rapids yesterday for a report of a suspicious person there they arrived and found two men, one of them an employee and a search revealed evidence of a meth lab. the restaurant is closed to clean up the toxic materials. taco bell has fired the employee. >> a dermatologist claims he's come up with a way to swallow your sunscreen. david. >> yeah, for now i'd advise you just slather it on like usual or spray it on. it is going to be fairly bright today. u.v. index is running high. i'll be back with your national forecast for those of you heading out on vacation. >> a guy that used to play short stop for us comes back home. first up, tech bites. >> xbox one but to get a major upgrade in november the gaming system's dashboard will be powered by windows 10 and will feature the cortana voice assistant. >> microsoft says the new design will make game play faster and easier to navigate. >> new printers meant to delay the problem of running out of ink. epson says its eco tank printers should last about two years before needing more. >> the least expensi

ifill: let hillary clinton and ben carson pay to run soft focus biographical ads in des moines and cedar rapids. >> that's why i've always done this, for all the dorthys. >> together we can make america great again. >> ifill: trump gets his attention for free. >> donald, donald. donald! >> ifill: the result: he's well ahead in every poll. this is what unconventional looks like. last weekend trump buzzed the state fair in his branded helicopter. sunday he called for the deportation of immigrants and the end of constitutionally protected birthright citizenship. >> you're going to deport families. >> check. >> you're going to deport children. >> check. no, no, we have to keep the families together. but they have to go. >> what if they have no place to go? >> we will work with them. they have to go. we it's very a country or we don't have a country. >> ifill: although many republican voters lead toward his point of view, one iowa group found only 30% of likely caucus voters agree, but that would be sweating the details. one of trump's ten paid advisers in iowa says policy is not necessarily the poi

we will have 900 county officials across iowa in cedar rapids in november. we would love to hear -- to have you come and talk about your beliefs as president. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] i was just in and out. what are one of the keys that from the other senators? >> [indiscernible] >> you going to get support [indiscernible] >> do you think there might be an opening in the race? [no audio] host: a little problem with the audio, but it looks like it may be back. jim webb just finishing up his comments. >> right here. 1, 2, 3. thank you. >> there we go. often, thank you. have a great day. my son is a marine, so i want to tell you thanks. you are my number two. i want to see what joe biden does. keep us in mind. >> [indiscernible] i have been reading it. senator webb: john? >> john. this is my son. this is him right here. >> [indiscernible] what would you recommend if you were president? [indiscernible] and in the long run there are people who are saying they want more renewables in the market rates. -- the marketplace. [indiscernible] >> and the oth

. >> i'm just chilling in cedar rapids. >> release the hounds.ate. he's been swallowing things like -- syringes and corks. >> visitors of this website can learn more about rick perry and his record of leadership. >> what has rick perry.org? >> you're on the wrong page. just scoot down. >> governor jindal rolling back landmark legislation. >> there's this thing called sharknado and i think i see ann coulter as vice president of the united states. it's kind of weird. >>> hey, i'm rand paul and i'm trying to kill the tax code, all 70,000 pages of it. ♪ ♪ >> if all else fails you can always give your number to the donald. this is for all the veterans. >>> well let's talk more about this very 21st century twist on the election process with "washington post" writer manuel sanzia in our "washington post" bureau. we were leaving off with the lindsey graham video and i saw it had a million views in 24 hours. what's the message that people are taking away? >> the message for the candidate is that i can reach out to a lot of voters who might never have hear

the bus made several stops around the state, including ames, clear lake, cedar rapids, and iowa city before arriving at the fair. reps had been providing bus tours and talking to attendees about the 2016 coverage and resources, including our coverage of all candidates at the state fair from that soap box. a special thanks to mediacom communications for partnering to get more information on c-span's community efforts and the bus schedule, please visit our website, c-span.org. just a few minutes left in this segment of "the washington journal." want to continue to get your calls on this issue of ending birthright citizenship. do you support it? do you not support it? give us a call. kathleen is in chicago, illinois, on that line for those who say we should not end it. kathleen, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how you doing? >> i'm good, kathleen. >> caller: okay. be careful what you wish for. you know, this country don't belong to caucasians. this country belong to god, and god made all race of people. and anywhere a person land, they should be able to stay. because when you thi