i knew bobby ross and a lot of other people, carter thicke -- carter collins, i knew a lot of people in chicago politics, but i had not heard of barack obama. and so we met him the spring of 2003 and let me just say this, the rest is history. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. mayorcer: new york city bill de blasio was the headline speaker at an event hosted by political activist group progress iowa. he talked about the changing political landscape and what he called the beginning of a progressive era. this was part of the group's annual holiday party in des moines. it is 35 minutes. [applause] mayor de blasio: thank you. thank you so much, everybody. this is a very nice evening we are having. thank you so much, everybody. this is a very nice evening we are having. i just want to say at the beginning, i love progress iowa. [applause] mayor de blasio: everyone in this move -- room means business, cares, is here to be a -- make a difference. i did not hear any fear or trepidation, any depression. i hear people ready to fight and win. [applause] it is a veryio: good

i knew bobby ross and a lot of other people, carter thicke -- carter collins, i knew a lot of peoplen chicago politics, but i had not heard of barack obama. and so we met him the spring of 2003 and let me just say this, the rest is history. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. mayorcer: new york city bill de blasio was the headline speaker at an event hosted by political activist group progress iowa. he talked about the changing political landscape and what he called the beginning of a progressive era. this was part of the group's annual holiday party in des moines. it is 35 minutes. [applae]