. >> the question is -- it's polk county, iowa, i should say. >> iowa, that's -- >> of course, what exactly would george pataki be doing in iowa at this point if not that? some absolute-- >> absolutely. >> the fact that he's got a reputation for unheadline-worthiness. >> he's a solid guy on issues that are important to the party, particularly on the fiscal side. he ran the state well. i mean, there's -- everybody has those little oranges that you can pull out from time to time that don't look or smell right. but the realty is by and large he's done well. the question is how does the base take him and how will he be perceived entering this race now. is a palin still out there? who knows, don't know. and what kind of traction he can get on the heels of rick perry because that will be an immediate comparison. and on the heels of a huntsman. >> he would love to be compared with perry. he's the sweet spot between john huntsman and tim pawlenty who has quit. which is not a very sweet spot. >> you took the words out of my mouth. >> michael steele, i'm -- this of not a very pro-republican discussio

he made his mark saturday at april county iowa -- at a poker county iowa. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good not going to turn me loose yet? >> i know this is unusual but i think you'll understand in a minute. before you get going, i've got to do something. and if you just do with it for a moment i would appreciate it because i made a promise to one of our veterans. and i intend to keep it. his name is will gormley, in addition to being a veteran, he tells me he's a servant of god. he's also a craftsman, and making gun leather, something is also done to some of the hollywood elite like russell crowe and brad pitt. from movies with all her do. anyway, he wrote to me this week and he told me he wanted to attend today but he doesn't have very much these days. but this is what he said. governor rick perry has got my attention with some of his heatseeking comments. and by the way, governor, i need to warn you this is iowa, okay? he goes on and says i don't know if i'm going to support him yet. but i wanted to give him some encouragement as he goes armed out there on the campaign trail. so please

. >> polk county, iowa, i should say. >> oh, iowa, that is even more telling. >> yes, of course.ng in iowa at this point? the idea that george pataki cultivated this aura of moderation and unheadline worthiness. i mean really he's more tim pawlenty than tim pawlenty. >> he's a solid guy with a number of issues that are important to the party. he ran the state well. everybody has the oranges you can pull out from time to time that don't smell or look right. the reality is by and large, he's done well. the question is how does the base take him and how will he be perceived entering this race now? is a palin still out there? who knows? don't know. what kind of traction can he get on the heals of repairing? that will be an immediate comparison and on the heels of a huntsman? >> he would love it to be compared with perry. >> i know. >> he's the sweet spot between john huntsman and tim pawlenty. >> you took the words out of my moub mouth. >> michael stieele, this was no a pro republican discussion. you handled it. you parodied very well. >> i was offensive, don't forget. >> really? >>

executive officers, winning 16 iowa house seats and a new majority, huge gains in the iowa senate, and gaining over 100 new countyers all across our state. and iowans are doing more than just voting for our republican candidates. every day, more iowans are identifying with the republican party and our principle solution as the iowa g.o.p. getting new voters at the expense of the iowa democrat party from 28 straight months in the 2010, iowa republicans led the way in your jurrjens government in. 2012, iowa republicans will lead the way in returning a conservative principle president to the white house. iowa republicans, this is just the beginning. take a look around. look at the energy. feel the excitement. it is clear to me and it will be very clear to president obama that we are just getting started. [applause] >> good afternoon, welcome to ames, welcome to the 2011 iowa straw poll! [applause] let's start things off with a very important question for everybody -- who's ready to start the process to make barack obama a one-term president? [cheers and applause] who is ready to elect a republican president who will

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think we've grown at faster rates than that it has been focus on one thing i've traveled to 68 counties in iowa, 50 in the last 14 days, working and meeting with the people talking about what we will do to grow the manufacturing sector. when i grew up in pennsylvania, little steeltown, 21% of the people in the country worked in manufacturing, it is now 9. if you want to where the middle of america ? to china, malaysia, indonesia. we need to bring it back. i put together a plan including producing more energy. manufacturers use more energy than everybody else in the business world. the big thing is to take the corporate rate which makes us uncompetitive and cut it to zero for manufacturers. you want to create opportunity for businesses cut that tax to zero, our jobs will come back. [ applause ] >> bret: turning the economy around is the topic we've received the most e-mails, facebook messages, most tweets about. it is topping all of the polls. finding specific solutions to the country's economic ills will be a recurring theme tonight. now to my colleague chris wallace. >> chris: good evening can

back now in iowa, humboldt county where michele bachmann is speaking and tim pawlenty will address a nner, late add to straw poll festivities. the 2008 iowa caucus winner, former arkansas governor mike huckabee is taking part. he is not on the ballot. he's on stage, playing music in entertainment camp of tim pawlenty and herman cain. he made it clear he is not endorsing candidates. >> bret: he will be on our show tomorrow night from iowa. carl, we'll see you there. much more on this with the panel. all the candidates involved. we're just two days away from the next candidate debate. as we mentioned, the fox news debate cosponsor by the iowa g.o.p. and washington examiner airs this thursday. 9:00 p.m. eastern time. it should be good. >>> california democratic governor jerry brown signed a bill that would award the state 55 electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. but that would only happen if state holding a majority of the 538 electoral vote approve similar legislation. so far, seven states and the district of columbia passed such laws. the republi

. >> huckabee won the iowa caucuses and if you look at the results in central iowa, the counties huckabee won ring des moines, while like a radio signal. >> that's where we helped mike huckabee is we helped him get known. but he still had to close the sale. >> earlier this week, dace predicted michelle bachman would won the straw poll, but insists he has no favorite in the current gop field. >> there isn't a ronald reagan in this field. there isn't a george w. bush 1999 in this field. that might be a good thing. >> especially for dace who will be riding herd and occasionally taking shots at the candidates as they travel through iowa. >> bret: i asked him whether or not -- >> i asked him whether or not there was anything how he treated romney in the runup to the caucuses and he said there was one thing, that he didn't do more of it, because romney is back as a candidate this go around. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. let's bring in a man who knows a thing or two about iowa politics, chuck grassley is in his sixth term as united states senator from iowa. he joins us now. senator, welcome?

this is a guy who has been to 68 of the 99 counties here in iowa, campaigned harder than anybody elsecan he slip in? you know, can he make some buzz for himself? nobody has ever won the iowa caucuses who hasn't finished in the top two of ames. you know, it's a big test and definitely going to be part of the winnowing process here. >> you just talked about michelle bachmann needing a win, and tim pawlenty needing to come in number two. why that assessment? is it because you think all the buzz is around michelle back man and she really needs to have this to legitimatize her campaign, or do you think that tim pawlenty doesn't have really a shot at getting the top spot? >> well, you know, look, his team is professional team. they've put a lot of money and resources. when you look at the expectations, both of those two campaigns have done the most work to try to win this thing. because they've tried the hardest to win, you know, the expectations are there, and they've got to impress. the pawlenty team, you know, knows what they're doing. they've been organized. if they can't pull it off af

all of the counties in iowa. >> who do you have in mind? who is your favorite candidate? >> for like big time or for like here? >> perry. >> probably the best one there is michele bachmann. >> i say roxanne bachmann. >> roxanne bachmann? >> for sure. >> why? >> she understands what the girls think and want. >> she is not necessarily on my list. >> she is not? >> she is on mine. >> reporter: shea is is on you? >> yeah. >> don, roxanne bachmann? >> come on, dude! that's what she said. at first she thought i was talking about the candidates in the county fair thing and then she said locally or big time? i said big time and she said, oh, yeah, roxanne. >> honest mistake. >> reporter: let me tell you what people are talking about. a little fun here. this is iowa aims to be number one in health, do you see that? have this whole pledge they want to be number one in health. the state fair is going on. among the things can you get, this is nice little funle cake here dripped in some healthy syrup that you can get. and then this is -- got some loaded fries for you and among the oth

iowa. we visited a lot of counties last time. we made a lot of friends. this is a fundamentally patriotic nation. we love america. it is not just for our temple hills, we love america because of the values that this nation has promoted around the world and preserved for ourselves, our destiny -- our descendants, and our friends around the world. we show that love for america when the national anthem is being played by placing her hand over her heart. that tradition began in the days of fdr. he asked to put our hand over our heart in recognition of the blood that were shed by heroes proved in liberating strike. --s trife. because of the love of this country, i am convinced that despite our challenges, $14 trillion in debt, $62 trillion in unfunded promises by government, jihadists that want to kill us and russia who is resurgent, china that is now an assertive grand power, we face real challenges in the world. i am convinced that the patriotism of the american people if combined with leaders that will actually tell the truth and live with integrity and to

dominated the iowa straw poll and then on sunday, after michelle bachmann had a bump coming out of win the straw poll, both of them were in the same place at the same time, the blackhawk county lincoln day dinner in waterloo, iowa and he took her to school. he showed up early. he shook every hand and walked around and went to every table, posed for every picture. gave a good talk. afterwards hung around until they started to turn out the lights and mop up the floors, she on the other hand sat out on a bus outside the hall, came in just before she spoke. after she spoke, she stood on the stage and awkwardly autographed t-shirts and tossed them into the crowd below. that wasn't a good day to that in iowa where they put a high premium on campaigning and as a result, this is the last time she's probably going to do that. >> you've worked for president bush and been around the bush family for a long time. is there such a rivalry? if so, how do you expect it to play out? >> there's not between the two men. i mean, president bush, you know, when he was governor moved heaven and earth to get rick perry elected lieutenant governor. he raised money outside of the state. he set up an e

well, it's a fund-raiser for the iowa republican party. it looks like a county fair with music and food. the candidates buy tickets for their supporters to attend so if anything it is a test of a campaign's organization more than a candidate's ideas. rick perry joining the race tomorrow is the longest-serving governor in the nation. he won reelection last year by a wide margin. he's 61 years old, married to his childhood sweetheart and graduated from texas a&m. perry is going to have a big effect on this race, so we asked wyatt andrews to look at his record on the texas economy. >> reporter: it's his most important accomplishment, and one texas-sized claim. >> texas continues to lead the nation in job creation. >> reporter: some call this the texas miracle, but with rick perry as governor, the state has added hundreds of thousands more jobs than any state by far and in a country desperate for jobs, this issue-- and perry's claim that he deserves the credit-- sets him apart. so you're hiring? >> we're hiring. we can't hire people fast enough. >> reporter: jeff br

tim pawlenty today released the names of 29 iowa county chairs to underscore his ground game in advance of the ames straw poll. the list suggests a level of organization that should result in pawlenty holding his own at ames, despite low balling of expectations by his team." guest: the need to do well there. they have based their campaign on doing well in iowa. if they do not do well in the straw poll, their campaigns will be on fragile ground. they will bring a lot of interest, interest, and focus on the straw poll. we'll see if they can turn those people all. if they do not, their campaigns will be in danger. host: what should viewers be watching over the next month, in the fall, in new hampshire? guest: guest: who will be the challenger to mitt romney? the magic is the last -- next leader of the free world has to talk to people in town meetings, answer questions on taxes, what to do about their kid that is in afghanistan or iraq? that magical moment has not happened in any of these early primary states. as the campaign matures, we could see more of these magical moments between a can

iowa. only for fox news county candidates come over and talk to us this quickly. mr.you expect tomorrow night real quick. >> i think it's going to be a lot of the fun. a lot of give and take. at least eight folks on the stage, maybe more, you never know. big audience, this is a time when people are focusing on a new direction for the country. they know what we right now isn't working. they want to see someone new leading this country and they want to take look at all of us. sarah palin is going to make a visit to the state fair on thursday or friday. >> it will be fun. i will there tomorrow. it's a great fair to go too. take care. >> mitt romney with a surprise visit, caught me off guard. that's the nature of it quickly now, sarah palin is coming to iowa to the state fair. probably for an appearance on friday. her troops are jeght in in order to undertake this. report that rudy giuliani is hire campaign state in the first in the primary state of new hampshire. his aides say that is not accurate giuliani has not made up his minority -- mind not looking at staff yet. >>

iowa. we visited a lot of counties last time. we made a lot of friends. nation. we love america. it is not just for our temple hills, we love america because of the values that this nation has promoted around the world and preserved for ourselves, our destiny -- our descendants, and our friends around the world. we show that love for america when the national anthem is being played by placing her hand over her heart. that tradition began in the days of fdr. he asked to put our hand over our heart in recognition of the blood that were shed by heroes proved in liberating strike. --s trife. because of the love of this country, i am convinced that despite our challenges, $14 trillion in debt, $62 trillion in unfunded promises by government, jihadists that want to kill us and russia who is resurgent, china that is now an assertive grand power, we face real challenges in the world. i am convinced that the patriotism of the american people if combined with leaders that will actually tell the truth and live with integrity and to know how to lead america back to g

tim pawlenty today released the names of 29 iowa county chairs to underscore his ground game in advance of the ames straw poll. the list suggests a level of organization that should result in pawlenty holding his own at ames, despite low balling of expectations by his team." guest: the need to do well there. they have based their campaign on doing well in iowa. if they do not do well in the straw poll, their campaigns will be on fragile ground. they will bring a lot of interest, interest, and focus on the straw poll. we'll see if they can turn those people all. if they do not, their campaigns will be in danger. host: what should viewers be watching over the next month, in the fall, in new hampshire? guest: guest: who will be the challenger to mitt romney? the magic is the last -- next leader of the free world has to talk to people in town meetings, answer questions on taxes, what to do about their kid that is in afghanistan or iraq? that magical moment has not happened in any of these early primary states. as the campaign matures, we could see more of these magical moments between a can

i like to describe the straw poll as a county fair meet a rock concert meats and national political convention. >> we take you back live to ames, iowa. and matthew strawn on the stage. you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> secretary of state shultz will hand deliver the straw poll results to me. [applause] with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner of the 2011 iowa straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. [applause] thank you, everyone, and have a good night. ♪ ting, [unintelligible] [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ >> we are organizing people on the ground, buses and cars. people did not leave. they stayed in our tent. people were -- this was a sense of a cuase. -- a cause. i felt good about that. we had a group that was a strong, passionate basis of support. these are groups that i touched. whether i touched them in a speech or in the debate or in our community, we were able to do a great job. i was excited about that. >> alone, of the candidates, you said the debt ceiling had to be raised. do you think that could hurt you? >> it

he campaigned in iowa and reached out to the rural counties. >> mike: senator sanatorium will join us>> how do you get all of the bookings. >> mike: i tell them bret is going to be here. bret will be here and they don't come for me but come for you . also governor pawlenty was supposed to be here. he call cancel said he was not coming and we'll have an extended time to talk to congresswoman bachmann. is that a message that he's not coming out and facing the press tonight? >> yes, i think he will come out tomorrow from what i am seeing. i don't know why he would not talk about it tonight. he this is the first step moving forward and going to new hampshire and florida and south carolina. this is a moment for governor pawlenty things will change. he will have to scale his campaign back because of the important money and donor situation. >> mike: i do. >> you know it most. >> mike: it is a tough thing not to win. but it is an important decision to determine if you are in it for a long haul. bret, it is always great to talk to you . i know you have more duties yet tomorrow. >> tomorrow on

iowa. she hit pretty much every county and did the hard work. i'm trying to put myself in her position, right? she had this amazing moment on saturday and here comes the texan in south carolina announcing he is getting into the race. he flies to iowa. he already had that scheduled in iowa water a lot. did it rain on her parade a little bit. >> no question about it. let's face it, the most dangerous candidate in politics is always the one who runs like they are fearless and has nothing to lose. right now that is rick perry. he has romney and balkman both in his sights. he went from south carolina to new hampshire, new hampshire which mitt romney has to win to be nominated. then he went right to iowa, went right to waterloo. bachmann's home town and then went to the same event and sat there and clapped for her periodically during her speech and she ignored him. rick perry is the guy everyone needs to fear right now because he has got everything it takes to win this nomination today. >> laura: he he has a lot of bravado, kirsten. he remained at the

presidential primary but for republicans the initial hurdle is always the iowa straw poll your critics say its popularity contest needs county fair but don't let this carnival like atmosphere for you what is happening right now man and not very significant when it can determine who thinks. man whose campaign carries on is a prime example of small town politics big time consequence you know none of lived here for two years and i see a lot about never felt more energy and interest in politics than living here actually. to give money for a little attack they call it retail politics out here where you'll be able to talk to the candidates i think that's good good for iowa for sure. i got to shake michelle's got his hand how crazy is that but out of fifty states i was population ranks thirtieth at a mere three million people are now ready to go we all know more than ninety one percent of those who do live here are white on their own my feet and it's economy is primarily agricultural. looking the other group candidates nevertheless spent considerable time and money still. in most of proving to the party and the country their organi

presidential primary but for republicans the initial hurdle is always the iowa straw well you could say its popularity contest county fair but don't want this carnival like atmosphere for you what is happening right now man and very significantly it can determine who states. and who is campaign kerry. is a prime example of small town politics big time on. you know not lived here for two years and i see a lot i never felt more energy and interest in politics than living here actually going to get my girlfriend a little they call it retail politics out here will you be able to talk to the candidates and i think there's a good good for iowa for sure. to get his fans out there is is that out of fifty states i was. thirtieth and a mere three million people. we all know more than ninety one percent of those who do live here are white. and its economy is primarily agricultural. at the bottom of the group and it's nevertheless spent considerable time and money to. party. organize and should be taken seriously on behalf of over six hundred thousand i will republicans as for this year the winner of the two thousand and eleven

tim pawlenty released the names of 29 iowa county compares in advance of the ames straw poll. the list making up xiv of the hawkeye state 99 counties, suggest the level of organization in him holding his own at ames, despite lowballing of expectations by the team. >> that's -- the straw poll in about a week and a half is going to be a very, very key test far couple of people. mainly rick and tim pawlenty. they need to do well there. they have spent a lot of time here. they are based their campaign on doing well in iowa. if they don't do well in the straw poll, compare is going to be on fragile grounds. those people bring a lot of interest, emphasis, and focus on the straw poll. and they are trying to turn people out. we'll see if they can turn those people out. if you they don't either i would guess finish in the top three of their campaigns can be endangerrered. >> before we turn to phone calls, what should viewers be watching over the next month through the fall in new hampshire? >> i think they should be watching to find out who will be the challenger to mitt romney. we als

iowa. then he's in some rural counties in illinois here.t of the united states out here in the midwest, three states that were critical to him back in the 2008 campaign. illinois obviously his home state. the congressional black caucus proposes a jobs tour on the schedule right now through detroit, cleveland, atlanta, miami and los angeles. you see the president out here largely in white rural america. the cbc saying let's have a jo s focus in african-american and minority communities across america. does the president's focus on states critical to his re-election overlooking communities that need his help. house democratic leader james clyburn. let's get straight to that. would you prefer -- i know you support the president and you know he needs to go to these electorally important states for him. but would you prefer if he does a jobs tour that he start in columbia south carolina where unemployment among african-americans is 19%, selma, alabama where it's above 20%? >> i don't think we have to worry about where he starts. the problem is w

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me, i'm in new hampshire day after day, i can't afford to spend $15,000 to go to iowa, but by god i can be in every countyn new hampshire, and we're taking it to the people. it's tough when you start with no money and no name i.d., but we are slowly climbing, chris, we are slowly making a difference, and i will not give up. others have fallen off the table, i have balanced books, cash in the books, contributions from 50 states, we're going to give them hell. >> buddy roemer who outlasted rick perry in the presidential field, candidate for the republican presidential nomination. >> by the way, chris, i'm the only guy running who's been a governor and a congressman. i have something to say. >> experience, buddy roemer, thanks so much. >>> coming up, stark truth about what employers are thinking when an afghanistan veteran stands in front of them asking for a job from an afghanistan veteran. >>> and some myth busting on behalf paul ryan. man bites dog after the break. >>> the unemployment rate for veterans of recent wars is at more than 12%. ahead, one soldier about to deploy yet again writes of his struggle

tim pawlenty today released the names of 29 iowa county chairs to underscore his ground game in advance of the ames strawoll. the list suggests a level of organization that should result in pawlenty holding his own at ames, despite low balling of expectations by his team." guest: the need to do well there. they have based their campaign onoing well in iowa. if they do not do well in the straw poll, their campaigns will be on fragile ground. they will bring a lot of interest, interest, and focus on the straw poll. we'll see if they can turn those people all. if ty do not, their campaigns will be in danger. host: what should viewers be watching over the next month, in the fall, in new hampshire? guest: guest: who will be the challenger to mitt romney? the magic is the last -- next leader of the free world has to talk to people in town meetings, answer questions on taxes, what to do about their kid that is in afghanistan or iraq? that magical moment has not happened in any of these early primary states. as the campaign matures, we could see more of these magical moments between a candidate

people talked about how hard i worked in iowa and i did, 50 cities in 15 days, 68 counties.everybody else. that doesn't mean anything unless people agree with the message and messenger. that's sighting thing. we were able to finish in fourth place. -- the three people above me spent each millions at least a million by each of them. over 10 times more than i did. got lots of national news coverage, at least two of them did. one was from the state other a neighboring state one second time running. here i am just out here talking to iowans about the ideas i have to create jobs. i spent a week and a half talking about creating manufacturing jobs and got great feedback and response for cutting the corporate rate on manufacturing to zero. saying we want you to come back and work in america. i was growing up in pennsylvania, 21% of workers in this country were in manufacturing jobs. now it is down to 9. barack obama says he wants to build the middle class then let's bring jobs back to america. >> sean: a lot as been made over his comments about ben bernanke, that it was almost trea

officers, winning 16 iowa house seats and a new majority, huge gains in the iowa senate, and gaining over 100 new county officers all across our state. and iowans are doing more than just voting for our republican candidates. every day, more iowans are identifying with the republican party and our principle solution as the iowa g.o.p. getting new voters at the expense of the iowa democrat party from 28 straight months in the 2010, iowa republicans led the way in your jurrjens government in. 2012, iowa republicans will lead the way in returning a conservative principle president to the white house. iowa republicans, this is just the beginning. take a look around. look at e energy. feel the excitement. it is clear to me and it will be very clear to president obama that we are just getting started. [applause] >> good afternoon, welcome to ames, welcome to the 2011 iowa straw poll! [applause] let's start things off with a very important question for everybody -- who's ready to start the process to make barack obama a one-term president? [cheers and applause] who is ready to elect a republican president who

people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 countiesities in2v two weeks. we've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in pennsylvania. those were jobs that made up the middle of america. the heart and soul of the community. we've lost those. we can bring them back if we create an environment in this zero percent corporate tax in all manufacturing with regulatory reform and a solid energy policy, k

people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 countieswe've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in pennsylvania. those were jobs that made up the middle of america. the heart and soul of the community. we've lost those. we can bring them back if we create an environment in this zero percent corporate tax in all manufacturing with regulatory reform and a solid energy policy, keeping energy prices s

people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 countiesities in2v two weeks. we've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in pennsylvania. those were jobs that made up the middle of america. the heart and soul of the community. we've lost those. we can bring them back if we create an environment in this zero percent corporate tax in all manufacturing with regulatory reform and a solid energy policy, k

wooen been out here in iowa more than anybody else. we've been to over 60 counties.ry hard at 110 town hall meetings, and we've been taking it to the people and letting folks get a chance to kick the tires a little bit and we'll find out whether our grassroots strategy works or whether, you know, the big media strategy is going to pay off here in iowa today. >> look, i know things can always look different from inside a campaign as to what the media will be reporting. tell me what you're feeling about this day, what expectations you have and does that differ with what you have been hearing the media say. >> yeah. well, i think pretty sdis he havely the media has been writing us off from the very beginning, and we have just gotten out and ignored it and just worked hard both here and in new hampshire, south carolina. we spent more time in all those states than anybody else in this race. we've just been working the grassroots. you know, we're going to see. we really haven't had a caucus -- a straw poll strategy. we haven't speblt millions of dollars here like some of t

county after an amber alert was issued. autopsies are scheduled for later today. >>> president barack obama's bus tour in iowa, he will meet with farmers and small business owners at a rural economic forum and coming up live from the washington d.c. area, a testy exchange between the president and a tea party supporter. >>> the debate is scheduled for 7:30 this evening at the university of california at the mission day conference center. several candidates have confirmed their parents pacing -- participation but what is not clear is whether another person will be there. he made a last minute entrance to file papers on friday. >>> let's go to sal, we have problems on the road, sal what is going on? >>> well we just got an update and our crew is on the scene as well but this person happened to be on the scene first. the driver is okay on southbound 101 but the truck did not make that curve, it is kind of a steep one and it looks like the truck may have been on wait to the dump because there is all kinds of debris on the ramp southbound 101 and peter eye ballot it and he said the chp is not giving us an official time on when

county. they have over 12 1/2% unemployment in her district. this president is going to iowars. this is a good day for obama, they are talking the tea party and not him. >> sean: this is what she said last week. >> the congressional black caucus loves the president too. we are supportive of the president. but we are getting tired y'all. getting tired. and so, what we want to do is, we want to give the president every opportunity -- >> how long? >> to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. we want to give him every opportunity. but our people are hurting. unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what his strategy is. we don't know why on this trip he's in the united states now he's not in any black communities, we don't know. all i'm saying to you is, we're politicians. we are elected officials. we are trying to do the right thing and the best thing. when you let us know, it is time to let go, we'll let go. >> sean: we are getting tired. unemployment is unconscionable. we don't know what his strategy is. he's not in any black community. doesn't sound good

look at the place headquarters's going, these five spots in iowa, minnesota and illinois, while national unemployment is 9.1%, all of these counties are 0.8 over the high 6s. it doesn't sort of help politically, because these are states that went for president obama especially iowa being very significant. >> we're standing by right behind us. the president is going to have this down hall meeting. we'll have live coverage. our analysts will be here. stand by. we'll have much more in this part of the story coming up. the republican race isn't what it used to be after perry's formal campaign announcement over the weekend and the results of the iowa poll. jim acosta is following what's now seen as the top tier candidates. >> all of a sudden, the real race for the gop nomination is starting to come into focus. >> rick perry is feeling the love in iowa. it was a response to romney's feather soft jab at perry earlier in the day, when the former massachusetts governor and ceo suggested there's a difference between running a government and running a business. >> understanding how the economy works by working in the real economy is finally

we started going out and have been to iowa more than any other candidate, been to new hampshire more than any other countywe've been to south carolina more than any other candidate. why? because i can't to be accountable to you and i want the people who are going to make the decision, the first cut of narrowing this field and selecting a president to get a chance to look me in the eye, to kick my shins in the tires, and hear from me exactly my vision for this country and answer your questions. today is an opportunity, ladies and gentlemen, to strike a blow for the people of the heartland. this is the heartland campaign, not just about wall street, but about all the issues you care about from national security, as you heard me talk about on thursday night, to morally culture issues to, yes, getting this economy going. and even that. look at the plan i put forward. it's about the heartland. it's about energy independence and uses the resources here in iowa, the resources in pennsylvania, the resources in alaska and offshore and energy security for this country that is desperately needed if we're going to fi