ralph welch isn't ready yet to pick just one. he'll wait and enjoy the show. at the state fairground, dp ch 13 news. donald trump, ben carson, john kasich and george pataki did not attend the event. a local latino group is launching a campaign of it's own this election cycle... "because other people, like me, who have never gone to caucus - we don't know what to expect at all." the league of united latin american citizens of iowa hosted its annual leadership banquet in des moines last night. they announced the kickoff to a campaign to recruit and train ten thousand iowa latinos to turn out on caucus night...regardless of the party or candidate they support. their end goal is to get the voices of the latino community integrated into the political dialogue. "we just want to have access to the candidates, we just want to have access to the process. we want to be trained, we want to be heard, and that's what we're doing right now." nearly 12 million latinos turned out to vote in the 2012 general election, and that number is expected to increase in 2016... the leag

grab your popcorn...this sideshow's actually bigger than the main and ralph welch came to watch was like nothing he's ever seen. the growth and opportunity party was no traditional political party it had almost as many pumpkins as people. jack o lanterns carving campaign reminders. marco rubio, ted cruz...rick." as much as hoefert boys shirts could fit. carly...ben." billboard brothers. couples, too. 18:3420 i dont mind advertising, i don't know who i'm really for. ron sievers got stickered bumper to later, his father took a seat to check out the competition. later, his father took a seat to check out the competition. there was a lot of it. rick santorum brought honest abe. carly fiorina had balloons. so did doctor ben carson who was nowhere to be found. at least not in person. 183645 although staffers scrubbed in. 32:40 rand paul put a man with a message on the move lindsey graham wanted you to pick the scariest democrat. 5629 some people here didn't need a booth to choose theirs. 43:39 mutant turtles meandered through the crowd. 190349 no headless horseman but there was a trumpless boo

we met golf welch from interest ralph welch from and to set and here is where he is on the choice to keep you know i've got to ask who you are down to. >> i would say it would be down to this day carson, rubio, jab and christie. >> what do you want from a leader? katie i don't me know if you need the next politician to turn but a leader is someone who is going to tell the truth, stick to what he or she says and move forward with it and try to unite the congress and senate and the majority of the population to believe that our government is trying to move us forward as one and not as a divided party ticket let's bring in matt, former campaign staffer for john mccain and former iowa gop party chair. hello. what ralph was talking about there, carson, rubio, bush and christie what he you meant wet makeup is vital for? >> welcome to the 2016 caucuses. as we see the numbers go up and down, what we see that his constant is people who could change their minds between now and february 1st. it is interesting with his choice the one thing i noticed is that most iowa and republicans have not dec

joining me, matt welch, editor-in-chief of "reason" magazine, ralph reed, founder and chairman of the safe and freedom coalition. matt reed, or ralph reed, i will start with you, i think we're a humane society. we want to do what is best for every person. we want to make sure they have the opportunity to succeed, but in doing so we have run a risk here. the risk is we're making it somehow more advantageous to not go to work, to not pursue something. >> right. trish: how do we, how do we navigate this in the way of policy? what could, should be done and should this be on on the agenda right now of republicans in this election? >> i think it should, trish, and i think your raising last night was one of the more important moments in the debate. what we really need, and rick santorum and a lot of other candidates on the stage talked about, the sort of nextwave in welfare reform. in 1990s, when i was at christian coalition we moved two people from welfare to work. we reformed welfare. we instituted time requirements. we instituted work requirements. why? we believed welfare created a cultu