i'm here to tell you to become the next county iowa big object ok and to become the next gandhi you can bet anything you want you can eat anything you want. do you have to follow his principles his principles of troops his principles of nonviolence his principles or strategy. that makes gandhi could be a man the next guy on the could be a 12 year old child that makes gandhi could be the schoolteacher who gets inspire because there are required to cause change in the word if you look at people like save jobs who imagined you know how powerful change because of how important and i think change causing ability is there that you want and people who are able to see the invisible and people who are able to see the miserable are going to be the people who are going to achieve the impossible. in the blink of night but take in the big dog and improve but even if the doc didn't like but he did i get her back bone if life goes like he loved. last one fucking 4 days of his life from 9 september 19th what will take a general 1948 he spent his life here. so the ante came here and in fact he was given

the heart of montgomery county, iowa. it is our county seat, the list of communities i was raised near. i went to school in stanton, iowa adjacent to red oaks, i was raised on a farm northeast of red oak and it was just such a tremendous experience and there is such a sense of community in rural iowa. we are very proud of where we come from. we call it being iowa night when you are helping a neighbor that might be in need, it is a great place to be raised and i had truly a wonderful childhood growing up on a farm. it was a lot of hard work, there was a lot expected from us but at the same time, growing and developing in that kind of community was important. >> host: back to your book life on a farm. >> my parents experience that firsthand and many of our neighbors did. i was raised on the farm during the 70s and 80s. they are northeast of red oaks, north of stanton and what they went through was very difficult with the farm economy coming down around them, having to make ends meet in such a constrained environment, my dad

it is the heart of montgomery county, iowa, it is our county and with the community in iowa raised very near. i went to school in northeast of red oak and just tremendous experience and there's such a sense of community in rural iowa. we are all very proud of where we come from. we call it being iowanite where you are helping a neighbor that might be in need. so it was a great place to be raised and i had truly a wonderful childhood growing up in the farm. it was a lot of hard work and a lot expected from us but at the same time, you know, growing and developing and that type of community was really important. >> back to your book, quote, life on a farm was a constant battle for survival. >> yes, and my parents experienced that firsthand and many of our neighbors did, so i was raised on the farm during the 70's and 80's and my father still lives on that farm today. they are northeast of red oak, north of staten and what they went through in the 80's was very difficult with the farm economy coming down around them and really having to make ends meet in such a constraint environment so my

it is the heart of montgomery county, iowa. our county seat. and with the community that i was raised very near. now, i went to school in -- adjacent to red oaks, raised on a form northeast of red oak and just such a tremendous experience and there's such a sense of community in rural iowa that -- we're all very proud of where we come from. we call it being iowa nice, where you're reaching out and you're helping a neighbor that might be in need. so, it was a great place to be raised, and i had truly a wonderful childhood growing up on the farm. it was a lot of hard work. there was a lot expected from us but at the same time, growing and developing in that type of community was really important. >> host: back to your book, quote: life on a farm was a constant battle for survival. >> guest: yes. my parents experienced that first hand, and many of our neighbors did. so i was raised on the farm during the '70s and '8s and my father lives on the farm today. they're northeast of red oak, north of standon and whatnot they went through in the '80s was

i was able to cover 29 counties in iowa just in the past couple of weeks. hearing from islands what their challenges were through covid-19, those ongoing challenges. also the opportunities that existed. what i did hear from those iowans was ppp. most of our small businesses had really great success with ppp. keeping employees employed which was the whole premise behind the program. i also heard about rural healthcare and how important it is that we are supporting our rural hospitals and clinics. we know this is the place many of the folks in the most remote areas of our state will go to receive their healthcare. it is vital for sustainability in a rural area. also heard about childcare and how important childcare is, especially in those states where we are in large childcare deserts. if we want moms and dads to go back to work we absolutely have to cab childcare facilities up and running so we know those kiddos will be safe and cared for. also one thing i did notice across the state of iowa as we have a lot of really wonderful essential workers who have bee

he loves breaking down every precinct and county in iowa, in new hampshire. he knows them all.and he also understands and learned some lessons from 2008 that he has to be careful about what he says and how he affects her candidacy. so i think that it's both a liability and - but he is in my experience of covering politics for several decades the smartest politician i've ever met. >> susan swain: we are just about out of time. as we close here i wanted to ask you both, this has been a historical series about first ladies. we have at this period of time women who are still very much living and with us and still writing their own life stories. but how should we put a capper on this discussion of hillary clinton? what should people think about her from all your reporting and know about her that's significant in the context of history? >> gail sheehy: i think hillary clinton from the very beginning wanted to be helpful in advancing the lives, the security, the opportunity and the impact of women and the protection of girls. and you see that throughline in every, you know, framework

. >> reporter: that's what happened in burlington, iowa this week. the county canceling its in person summer school program after eight students arrived with fevers. a reminder that going back to school may be the goal, but the virus might get the final say. stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> joining us now is our medical correspondent, dr. john torres. dr. john, the big concern for parents right now, as we said at the top of the broadcast, is it safe to send my kids back to school what do we know about how vulnerable they are to getting the virus? >> well, lester, there is still a lot we don't know. there have been some small studies that have found that children are less likely to get infected and less likely to get but in extremely rare cases, kids have had a serious inflammatory virus response to the virus weeks after being infected most have been treated successfully. >> the cdc says children are not spreading the virus. what evidence do they have to that >> well, the cdc doesn't have strong evidence that kids are spreading the virus, but we really don't know b

he loves breaking down every precinct and county in iowa and new hampshire. he knows them all.he says and how he affects her candidacy. so i think it's both a liabilitity, but he is, in my experience of covering politics for several decades, the smartest politician i've ever met. >> we are just about out of time. as we close here, i wanted to ask you both. this has been an historical series about the first ladies. we have women still very much with us and still writing their own life stories, but how should we put a cameraer on this discussion of hillary clinton? what should people think about her from your reporting and know about her that's significant in the context? >> i think hillary clinton from the beginning, wanted to be helpful in advancing the lives, helpful in advancing the lives, the opportunity and the impact of women and protection of girls and you see in every framework that she has operated in. right, to this day. i think that's been her greatest impact on the world. she and bill clinton have been in rehab for a long time. but i think she has rehabilitated herse

iowa lewis. we went to a county that was -- lewis.is -- viola had a law that allowed you to have a political bodythe county level. a rooster for the right above it. how dostion then became you achieve political power and how do you achieve regime change. because before we were all registering people to vote, if you play by the rules, then the rules would be supported. is here are view the rules and how do we manipulate them. we know what they are going to be. ok, you have an 80% journey. the sheriff, the office of county assessor, the county clerk, the county court, the judge, the problem is a lot of , and two, the idea -- they did not know a lot about the offices. and you had to get them to leave they had to do it. the research guy in atlanta was absolutely brilliant. absolutely brilliant. once we found out you can have a party at the county level, we said, ok, let's have the county. we research the roles and the responsibilities of each of the offices. we knew that people were not going to sit down. what we did is we created comic books which talked about the rules and responsibilities. we got

the rio grande valley but stopped short of saying he'll allow the county to enforce its shelter at home order. >>> a mass mandate in iowa is the 40th state where there's a mask requirement. texas is delaying their football season until september 24th. indy race fans can get their fix. the indianapolis 500 will open at 25% capacity and require facemasks. >> despite critical shortages in coronavirus testing, supplies and labs and turn around the trump administration is still sitting on billions of dollars in unused funds all located by congress months ago for testing and contact transition. there's an estimated dolla e ed billion sitting around. >> that money is needed. it's sitting there unspent. more money in the hands of americans. senate republicans plan too include a second round of stimulus checks in the next relief package. specifics about how much and if you qualify is an open question. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said the next package will come in around a trillion and include $105 billion for school re-opening and ppp payment for hard-hit businesses. there's a rift between senate republicans and the w

iowa's governor challenging city governments to mandate city coverings. and one sheriff in ohio countyion mask mandate. he is with me now. the sheriff of ohio butler county, sheriff jones, thank you for being with me today. >> thank you for having me on. >> harris: what is the challenge with a problem with enforcing the mask requirement in butler county, ohio? >> it is like places all over the country. the police have been decimated appeared the budgets have been cut because of this virus. some places are laying off and not hiring people. it has been terrible. next year looks worse. less tax money coming in, the state cutting and the last thing we need to do is my officers i have instructed, we are not going to enforce any mask wearing. i've told people not to call my dispatch center. we cannot be bogged down with people calling and saying my neighbor is not wearing a mask, this person is not wearing a mask. i'm not going to force it. i'm sworn by the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of ohio and i will not enforce it. there is 88 counties in ohio. and

iowa. explain why you're making masks mandatory. >> you talked about cases spiking, so here in johnson county, we nearly doubled between june 17th and july 15th, and so even in the state, the hospitalizations have doubled. and so right now it's pretty critical that we do something to change this trajectory that we're headed down. and so the face masks, the face covering order is one way that we know we can make a difference. >> so, mayor, as you -- i'm sure you're fully aware, the governor of georgia, brian kemp, suing the mayor of atlanta over her own mask mandate and tougher coronavirus restrictions. are you expecting that kind of fight from -- from your governor's office? >> you know, i won't even begin to venture what might happen there, but what i do know is that the decision that i made was based on the iowa code, our own city code, and so i'm very confident that we have the ability to make this -- this order. >> how are you going to enforce this mandate, mayor? will there be penalties for people who don't comply? >> i think in the times that we're living in, when we're talking about coronavirus and all of the financial burden

i'm going to say, and you know this coming from iowa and coming -- having your family in minnesota as well. it depends -- it's kind of a community countycounty basis on what works. you're seeing certain areas where you've seen spikes in the cases. other areas where you don't and so i think that it's really up to the states to determine. >> the issue is people are traveling between the states. let me ask you about dr. fauci. help me understand why the president, his chief of staff, his top trade advisers, social media director, why are they attacking dr. fauci, undermining him at the least? >> they are not. i mean, the president has a very good relationship -- >> mercedes, they wrote essentially oppo research on him. they issued like 12 bullet points about all the things he got wrong, they say. >> i think dr. fauci, as we sao with dr. birx. there's many of these health experts that the president is talking to, listening to, and, you know, i think at the end of the day we're all trying to figure out the best path forward, and what we've decided is we need to ensure that we're continuing to flatten the curve, keep mortality rates down, en

county, georgia. we've seen protests at the state capital in the great state of alabama. we've seen protests in chicago and in austin, texas, in iowa where iowa republican governor kim reynolds says she intends to force schools to open statewide in iowa no matter what. some iowa teachers have started writing their ono bwn obituaried sending them to kim reynolds, leaving up a spot in which she can fill in the date on which they died. i mentioned we've also seen florida teachers writing living wills. in jacksonville they've been naming the mayor there as their health care proxy to make health decisions for them when they're incapacitated. here is an interesting case. in arizona there's been tons of teacher protests. they've been doing mobile teacher protests in these preteer significant teacher demonstrations. in phoenix, scottsdale, tempe, mace an, surprise arizona. arizona is an interesting case. arizona, if you have been paying close attention, their numbers statewide are finally starting to level out a little bit this week after arizona having been the scariest place in the country in terms of covid for much of june and july. now

gone under. 99% of iowa's businesses are small businesses, and the paycheck protection program has been a critical lifeline for so many of them. i hear it time and time again on my 99-county tour, most recently on a main street tour in albia with some outstanding female small business owners. nearly 60,000 small businesses in iowa have received p.p.p. loans saving hundreds of thousands of jobs. but, folks, there are more funds left in the program and many of these folks need additional help. that's why we should allow our most distressed businesses to receive a second p.p.p. loan so they can continue to keep workers paid and their doors open. the heals act would make that possible. now while the paycheck protection program helped keep the crayons to pencils day care center, keeping their employees paid, as folks are getting back to work, these critical facilities are facing new challenges. making up for losses from decreased enrollment, trying to expand to accommodate more kid kiddos do to school closures or acquiring critical medical supplies or p.p.e. to create a safe and clean environment for these families. just recently i held a telephone town hall and i was joined b

county detective wanted to talk to him right away. >> and my first thought was i interpreted the law wrong when i looked up the iowa codes, and i'm goingediately thought about selling that weapon? >> that's the first thing that came to mind. why else would a doctor be calling me? i was going to jail. it was very scary because i had taken so many precautions. i called the detective, and he said, drew, did you sell a firearm recently? that was my second thought, yes, i am going to jail. i have completely screwed everything up. i told him, be forthright, be honest, i said, "yes, i did." i told him it was a .9 millimeter. he said, drew, we have reason to believe that that weapon was used in the commission a crime. my heart sank. what happened? i have no idea. he told me it was used in a murder. i about dropped my phone. what that does to you -- i unwittingly took part with an accessory in somebody's death. i felt terrible about that. >> you felt that way, i was an accessory? >> how would you feel? i sold something to a man, to a person who later used that to take somebody's life. terrible. just -- god. and i still today, i -- i've rational

iowa. our rural communities, like montgomery county where i live, covid-19 has only amplified existing financial pressures on our health care centers. most rural hospitals rely on services such as elective surgery, keeping them financially afloat. but because of the pandemic and the response to it, many hospitals have had to cancel these elective surgeries as protective measures due to the pandemic. additionally, the need for p.p.e. and other equipment has significantly increased. lower revenue, combined with higher expenses, has made it incredibly difficult for these rural hospitals to stay afloat. we absolutely can't leave these folks behind. we need our hospitals to keep their doors open so that quality health care is accessible to all iowans, whether they live in the big cities like des moines and pope county or small communities like red oak, where i live in montgomery county. as i've toured iowa over the last several weeks, i have also visited with many of our essential workers. our nurses, grocery store clerks, truck drivers, child care providers, and so many more, have been working on th