about 630,000 democrats registered.blican by the way and go to democratic caucus and vice versa. the ones who aren't registered with either party, they have to pick one for the evening and anybody who makes one of those switches can change back the next day. >> let's talk about the democratic side because i know that bernie sanders, key to his hopes is bringing out a large percentage of younger voter who is seem to be favoring his campaign. but the calendar this year doesn't necessarily favor him because a lot of those student have already gone back to school. correct? and if they are all kons trapted in a handful of spot where is the big universities are, doesn't there effect get diluted? >> could be. in 2008 and 2012 we had the caucuses january 3rd so, pretty much right after new year's eve. when those students would have been at home and able to caucus with their parents if they wanted to. whether it's going to increase turnout because you can mobilize more students and kind of march them or drive them off to the cau

democrats lost that fight because in part, fellow democrats would not go along with it. joe lieberman and others blocked that type of universal health care. so i think bernie sanders, embedded in his argument are inherent critiques of the affordable care act, for people who don't like uca, i think a lot of democrats want to hang on to what they have. so for hillary clinton, the practical argument will go over better with the democrats who vote, the over 30 crowd who votes. >> and that is sort of the tightrope act that sanders has to follow here, he is arguing and hillary clinton was really trying to make it sound like you are not just arguing for single payer. you're arguing against barack obama and the legacy of the obama administration, by pursuing the payer system and pursuing your goal you are saying you want to abandon the affordable care act, abandon everything that president obama fought for. did bernie sanders make clear enough to democrats out there who like president obama, who wanted to defend his legacy, that he is not a threat to president obama's legacy? >>

the democrats and the republicans.ial impressions. >> i was watching it thinking over and over that bernie sanders kind of put himself out there as the dreamer, what he would do if it's possible as a progressive, as a liberal. with every turn hillary clinton said no, i'm the doer, like i'm the pragmatist here. it's really nice to have all those big thoughts and dreams, bernie sanders, but this is what can and can't be done. particularly as you were mentioning, jeff, on health care. she was kind of trying to bring everybody back to reality, saying sure, you want to have universal health care, but guess what, the president had a super majority in the senate. or i should say he had a 60-vote threshold in the senate of democrats and he couldn't even get universal health care done. so good luck to you. >> it was a pretty fierce exchange on that whole issue of guns. david axelrod. as well as health care. >> yeah. and i agree with jeff. i think bernie sanders doesn't have a good answer on guns because he was voting his state,

the impact on the democratic party of the move for a center democrat.in the first two years of his administration, he moved left which impaired his ability to function. when he moved center with a republican takeover of congress, he became more effective. the story of the conservative movement -- i think steve point set out, but there is that factor that says where are we most comfortable. adrian: i think there has been a search for the center and the democratic party. i think that center has been moving right, where america is comfortable, moving right. there is an extinct parallel between the 1960's with the democrats -- a distinct parallel between the 1960's with the democrats and what is happening with republicans. they moved too far to the left, stirring up a backlash. the question now is whether the republicans have moved too far to the right, stirring up a backlash against policies that will allow for an natural readjustment, back towards the center. where i see the failure of a parallel is the 1960's, uniting around central propositions, traditi

so an independent lead is virtually democratic as a real democrat. but a point jen made a few moments ago, i'm i'm sure chris matthews would not want to say this now but they used to say with predictable overstatement, we have two parties in this country, we have a mommy party and a daddy party. the party. the mommy party is a caring, nurturing party that is concerned about education, daycare, touchy-feely stuff. the daddy party is tough on defense, tough on crime. now obviously it is a gross exaggeration but the thing is there some underlying proof there that there are things in each party that are very real. so it is perfectly natural for republicans to want to rattle cages a little bit on the republican side or on the defense i. i think the other thing though is there is now a view among conservatives a most republicans that anything that president obama touches or thought about touching is evil, wrong, destructive, dangerous. even if he had not thought about it yet, even if you did they'll be evil too. again. again, it is a populist stick existen

down democratic party rules and do an illegal, unsanctioned debate that's off the democratic party schedule. that is totally not allowed in democratic party politics, but maybe they're going to do it any way. that's part of what made today so absolutely nuts in terms of political news. today on the republican side and democratic side candidates took steps that could blow up the primary process as i has been controlled by both parties. a lot of this is still unsettled. turns out we are right in the middle of it. it's all ahead this hour. stay with us. >>> did you hear late today that chuck todd and i are going to be moderating a newly scheduled presidential debate? i heard that today too. very exciting. also, i'm not sure what it all means. i'm not sure, at this point, if it's actually happening, which is strange because it's supposed to happen next week. strange, exciting. we've got that story ahead tonight. >>> we also have the mayor of flint, michigan joining us. stay with us. >>> we're going the hear about the latest drama, which is the late breaking news that donald trump is planning on

democrats to republicans, 924. democrats to republicans -- republicans to democrats, 640.emocrat, 1960. it could indicate the nailbiter between mitt romney and rick santorum. areconditions on the ground that citizens and registered voters, are they largely the same? caller: the same as 2012? it is hard to say. the field is so big. rick santorum shooting past everyone else, or mike huckabee coming out on top. ishink the general feeling that it will probably be cruz and trump. see someone rise to come close to third or fourth place. i think that is where the drama will be. days andthese closing arguments, what storylines are you following up? in cedar rapids, most of the candidates are passing through this weekend. .e are covering each candidate one thing that you look forward to is, did they say anything new or different than they have said in the past -- six months over a year? , at this point, people are ready for the caucuses. the crowd that you see -- are they excited? sometimes you can feel the energy at this point. energydon't feel the when you are a candidate, that i

what about in democratic circles? >> it is an issue that is not your democratic base voter. it's something that they have decided to tick her word on this, i think, is that whatever happened was an accident. and it was that you know, she didn't know it was classified. she was given. >> so hillary clinton did try. >> so hillary clinton did try. and mayor bhoom and i'm still struggling with my diabetes. i do my best to manage. but it's hard to keep up with it. your body and your diabetes change over time. your treatment plan may too. know your options. once-daily toujeo® is a long-acting insulin from the makers of lantus®. it releases slowly to provide consistent insulin levels for a full 24 hours. toujeo® also provides proven full 24-hour blood sugar control and significant a1c reduction. toujeo® is a long-acting, man-made insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. it contains 3 times as much insulin in 1 milliliter as standard insulin. don't use toujeo® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you're allergic to insulin

host: democrat line, hi.aller: i have a question and that is, why are all the democratic congressmen and senators except for the three you mentioned supporting hillary ,ent and the most recent polls i watch the news and read and everything, they say that bernie polls isn national as aelectable and high higher poll number as far as against hillary. being able to be the republican front runner, donald trump, who horrifies me. i agree with a much earlier him to an compared early day hitler. in his speech and mannerisms and the way he divides people. such people against each other. host: what would you like our guest to address? caller: i would like him to address why the democratic are sos and congressmen -- about hillary versus bernie when the latest polls show that ernie can actually do a better trump.defeating donald guest: it is a great question and the answer is, electability, it's a question of image and there is still the sense that regardless -- if you look at bernie's policy issues, they are the same as

what about in democratic circles? >> it is an issue that is not your democratic base voter. it's something that they have decided to tick her word on think, is that whatever happened was an accident. and it was that you know, she didn't know it was classified. she was given. >> so hillary clinton did try. need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over one hundred of the web's leading job boards with a single click. then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. and now you can use zip recruiter for free. go to ziprecruiter.com. . >>> one of the most distressing aspects of this campaign has been the language of republican candidates, particularly the insults, the needs, and different people. he has cast a wide net. he started with mexicans, he's ominous limbs. but i found it particularly harmful the way that he has talked about muslims, american muslims, and muslims around the world and i have called him out about that. >> that was hillary clinton using tonight's democratic town hall as an opportunity to knock the republicans and the

the democratstheir closing arguments to iowa's voters tonight. now let's get to a reality check on what the candidates had to say. you had a lot to work with, jim. >> we did, and we had our best team in the business on this tonight, don, let's start with bernie sanders. this is one of the big issue bs in the campaign, universal health care, bernie sanders drawing a distinction with hillary clinton on this. him supporting he says, a much broader plan. so let's listen to a claim he made tonight on why he is doing this. listen. >> today is the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care as a right. >> only country on earth doesn't guarantee health care as a right. we went to our fact checkers, in fact the world health organization looking at this, usa currently the only high-income company industrialized nation that does not have nearly universal health care coverage. our reality check team rates that as a true. hillary clinton, another ke issue here has been wealth disparity, hilla

what about in democratic circles? >> it is an issue that is not your democratic base voter.t's something that they have decided to tick her word on this, i think, is that whatever happened was an accident. and it was that you know, she didn't know it was classified. she was given. >> so hillary clinton did try. and mayor bhoomberg that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. the market.redict but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. it takes all kinds of jobs. and the best place to find the job that's right for you ♪ is on the world's number-one job site. indeed. how the world works. . >>> one of the most distressing aspects of this campaign has been the language of republican candidates, particularly the insults, the need

it was a democratic candidate debate. >> a democratic debate for democratic primary voters.e way -- just like a republican debate is for republican voters. >> and i do think that the fact that tomorrow is martin luther king day and we're in charleston, a block or two from mother emanuel and it was the congressional black caucus institute as one of the sponsors, we wanted to talk about these issues that black lives matter. >> did you feel the feelings in the room -- i felt like the room had a favorite. and it was -- >> it's hard for me to tell. >> it was interesting. >> because you were -- >> it was very interesting. i felt like the room was more open to hillary clinton than anybody else. >> well, she's got a lot of roots here. >> that's for sure. we'll check in with the clinton campaign and i'll bring in secretary clinton's campaign chair. john podesta. good to see you, sir. >> nice to be with you, chuck. >> a lot of pundits are saying this is the bernie sanders debate. our friend chris cillizza called him the winner, called you the loser. not because she did badly. but beca

and a continuing ruling of white democrats, reagan democrats in the north, and white democrats in the south using coded messages about race. that is something we saw in the opening of ronald reagan's 1980 campaign. those are the ideas we want to think about today. let's think about where to start. let's think about democratic dilemmas. it is 1992. we have already kind of hinted at the frustrations of the democratic presidential elections. they had done poorly, right? this always happens, right? you have to make an assessment on how to improve on things. in 1984, the democrats get trounced. who is the democratic presidential candidate in 1984? walter mondale, who is a traditional liberal. he gets trounced. it is essential that you rethink the appeal of that message. that message is up for grabs in 1984. not sure that this is the message the democrats want to use. they will take this lesson to heart. in 1988, democrats will hire michael dukakis as their presidential candidate, the governor of massachusetts. despite what that label means, dukakis is a middle of the road or, a technocrat,

democrats line. caller:.ood morning and thank you for having me on host: what's the biggest issue for you? caller: i would have two issues. one is the discrepancies in the justice system, particularly racially motivated police brutality and excessive force. and also the issue of gun control. with the issueg of civilian ownership of military type assault weapons. that the gun lobby seems to have an anything goes attitude towards the second amendment. go, i am police issues hoping either the democratic candidates who addressed the issue of racist cops and their treatment of unarmed african-american men. host: thanks for the call. we have aligned set aside for those of you that live in iowa. don is next from west des moines, republican. will you be caucusing tomorrow evening? caller: you bet i am, first time in my life. cap 67 years old -- i am 67 years old. light at 67 have you not been the previous caucuses? caller: i never took the time. i guess i feel like in today's world i have a deeper understanding of wh

the democratic party nomination and hasn't become a democrat? i wouldn't use that word flip-flopper if i were the senator. >> reporter: it's interesting she is not picking a fight with him over that issue. she doesn't want to alien ate the progressive branch of the democratic party particularly in places like new hampshire where she is trailing. she wants voters to get on board with her. i think the concern is picking that type of fight would alienate those key voters. the one fight she is picking in terms of flip-flopping is on the issue of guns. she points it out that she is seen as more to the left of him. bernie sanders voted against the brady bill a number of times. i think she is cautious and strategic. her sharpest language still for republicans. >> joy, the word socialist, socialist used to carry a bad tinge. socialists were the greatest economies of the communists where they went head to head. but hillary doesn't want to be a socialist. that title would kill her in the general i assume she is thinking and probably not at all true. what

the democrats knew that position. when charily christ proposed cap and trade, i was the first person to speak out of it in a full op-ed in the miami herald. right after that there's even more. >> this gets at what sort of i think is the challenge for all of the candidates on both sides is you're basically saying, look, you got to sometimes govern with what you have, not with what you want. >> right. >> but the voters they want more than that. the voters seem angry. they're not satisfied with this idea that, you know, you're doing the you got to work with what you have in washington, not with what you want. >> you know, i don't think that's true. i think voters understand to solve problems it's going to take the ability to work with people you don't agree with on a bunch of other issues. i think people understand my higher education ideas, i think student loan debt in america is a huge problem. we're not going to have free college, but i think there's a bipartisan way to work on helping with student loan. that's why i

democrats, 2008 turnout blew through the roof and through the walls of a lot of places the democrats were having caucuses. about0 democrats also 600,000, showed up. 2004 roughlyle the 125,000 and in 2000 it had been in the 60,000 or so range as best we know. obviously then it varies a lot. right now we are all wondering what it will look like. democrats do not expect to hit the 239,000 number again but i think they expect to be higher than 125,000 that came before. republicans are preparing for an increase anywhere from 10 to 20 in some counties. in some counties that might have a 50% increase. regardless, it's a nomination contest so a lot of people do not vote. that is true in primaries as well. host: matthew is an independent. go to thendents caucus and participate? they can. i'll has same-day registration web you are independent or not an eligible -- not a registered voter. just go to the precinct, register to vote right there, and pick your party. it is technically true that if you are a democrat and you want to caucus for republicans, you can do that. we registered to vote as a

democrats in this week.o is they give everybody off of capitol hill into a resort setting, although that more fanfare, a little more, it's just an easier time for them to sit down in an environment that is not capitol hill and talk about strategy, messaging, what they're going to do policy wise, presidential year, big election year. it's kind of let's get out of town, take a look at the year ahead and figure out a strategy. >> host: as well as the democratic agenda, what you think is top of the list? >> guest: 2016 will be the top of the list. they know they can't bring any bills to the floor but they do know they have the power of the filibuster, senate democrats in the senate. and the president obama has the veto pen. they give leverage. nancy pelosi as leverage. the gop infighting we've seen the past couple years gives her leverage in writing a lot of these bills. it is a policy element special on big spending bills and they will talk all of those things. 90% is going to be messaging. we have an election

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the only democrat more popular among democrats here is barack obama. >> meanwhile, on the republican side, donald trump with the momentum. there are some warning signs inside the poll. >> reporter: yeah, trump has taken a beating over the last couple of weeks. negative advertising attacks from his opponents. his favorability rating, unfavorability rating is at 47% among iowa republicans. that is sky high. meanwhile, cruz and rubio are both much more higher favorability ratings. although cruz has taken a beating himself. his rating has gone down 11 points in just a few weeks. >> and there is some fluidity in the electorate right now? will vote for him. everybody else? 45% of iowa republicans say they could change their mind before tomorrow night. that could help marco rubio. he's the top second choice among these candidates. more iowa republicans say rubio is their second choice than any other candidate. >> thank you, jon. let's bring in the republican front-runner. thank you for joining us. "the des moines register" has you in the lead. are you confident you can turn the supporters i

even though they are democrat, they are turning away from the democratic party.onder if josh has ever went out and did some studies or journalistic investigation to talk to the democrats like we are talking in texas. have you ever did anything to maybe do some investigative journalism to say how the democrats are responding to this? host: how is gun control affecting democrats in the races? guest: it's not want to be popular in a conservative state like texas. 20 years ago or 30 years ago believerge gov job bush one -- there is a shift in texas that took place earlier than in other southern states. president obama, hillary clinton, they are not worried about winning texas. they know that state is likely to vote republican in the presidential election. it is not about texas. more about the battleground states, public opinion in other parts of the country. texas is a state that is very conservative on the issue of gun regulation can't come control. an issue -- gun regulation, gun control. an issue where president obama and hillary clinton are not likely to find sup

democrats line. you're on with our guest. go ahead, please. caller: hey, how y'all doing this morning. a chance to get it out. i couldn't ld, disagree with you more unless i was looking through your eyes. the gaul to with talk about this president and what he has accomplished and he hasn't accomplished, when you've done absolutely nothing, not one try to help him or your party. facts t's get some straight. when this man took over, you remember what he took over -- from? host: do. t: i caller: and what he had to try to accomplish to get the country was your party? guest: president obama had two complete control with the democrat house under nancy pelosi and a democratic senate. frank, which makes it next to impossible to get a loan. has passed obamacare which run up the price of insurance and deductibles for a whole lot of people. caller: that's incorrect. my insurance have not went up cent.ed as a matter of fact, my to get i pay for my wife on blue cross and blue shield, office, my n in insurance hav

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at least on the democratic side. because there was not a contest. and so i think both campaigns understand they have a large responsibility in getting people to the caucus. >> and do you think, mylan that same day registration is going to help. you will see dramatic numbers there. >> you know, sam, i ran a caucus the first time the president ran. and it will seemed that it was very, very active. that year. there were a lot of people that came in, not only to register for the first time in our precinct but also people who were switching their party. which i found very interesting. >> do you think there's going to had not talked about that. >> yeah. >> you know, would it be beneficial for example for democrats to register and vote for donald trump. >> i'm having a hard time picturing democrats voting for donald trump. being that he's been a democratic in his past. >> i'm being an maca vail yan here. >> don't use words i don't understand. >> i think what's going on here the registration issue aside is saunders and trump tapped into the apathetic voter.

this is the fourth time the democrats have debate.lary clinton suddenly finds herself in a neck-and-neck race with bernie sanders. while the debate on the stage starts in less than an hour, it began earlier today, on the morning shows, including mine on "meet the press" as hillary clinton and bernie sanders weighed in on some of the issues they have been fighting over. >> i always thought this was going to be close, and i can't speak for anybody else but i have worked as hard as i can to build an organization in iowa. >> i understand that secretary clinton and her campaign understand that, you know, they are losing ground. >> i am pleased that senator sanders has flip-flped on illegal immunity for gunmakers and sellers. >> there were things i did not like and i was willing to rethink. i we have rethought it. there is a bill being introduced. i like that bill. it makes good changes and we will be supportive of it. >> when with it comes to where we are right now in 2016,ly defend, protect and improve the affordable care act and i think

what is your sense of the democratic leadership? do look back at harry reid's leadership and think he did not find enough common ground with republicans? cory booker: i'm not one of those guys that wants to get stuck casting stones. i will give you an example. oh, applause for stone casting. all right. [laughter] cory booker: chairman grassley is the chairman of the judiciary committee. my biggest issue when i come to the senate, after i saw the destructive impact of this criminal justice system on a city like newark, which is 80% minority, we have criminal justice system so biased, two dramatically different justice systems are expressed by the wealthy and privileged than by the poor. you are treated better if you are wealthy and guilty then pour in innocent -- than poor and innocent at times. there were issues i radically disagreed with. i felt like his leadership was a block to reform. i thought about attacking him, but i sat with him instead and begin conversations with him and worked over a. of time -- and worked over a period

i'm endorsed democrats for life, the most prominent pro-life democrats. let the record show once again that there will be 3500, 3500 innocent babies killed today. 25,000 this week. 100,000 this month. our declaration of independence, our religious traditions, our humanity calls on all of us to do what we can to right this wrong. i stand with martin luther king, , andkennedy, bobby kennedy a majority of democrats. please vote pro-life in this primary. you are next. >> i would like to get a show of hands of people in the audience. please raise your hand if you think there is something that .ou could do better i am seeing a good number of hands. excellent. -- disservedserved anytime you expand the powers of congress. that is what president obama and most progressives want to do. as the government grows bigger, they get more power. please do not listen to the leaders of my party, who have feel good things but do not do good. president obama has been the worst president for blacks since his agency began. black jobs matter. black lives matter. black education m

and in the democratic party it's who do democrats want to vote for? >> right. >> in the democratic party after barack obama. both totally open questions at this point. >> and we don't know anything. that's what makes this interesting. >> that's what makes it fun coming to work every day. thanks, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy martin luther king day. and in addition, if you are a resident of mississippi, alabama, or arkansas, technically i should also wish you happy robert e. lee day. i'm not kidding. in those three states they have decided to celebrate their official state observance of martin luther king's birthday coincident with an additional state holiday celebrated on the same day to commemorate one of the confederate generals from the american civil war. people don't believe me -- i try to say this every year. i try to do this as a little public service reminder. people do not believe me. but look.

about how to democratic caucuses.but what if you're not a registered democrat and want to vote in the upcoming caucuses? party leaders say it's not a problem if you're a registered

appeal to democrats. in michael bloomberg. >> i want to lay the trap for you, we know what jeannie zano stands on the republican race, how confident are you about the outcome a week from tonight on the democratic side in iowa? >> how confident am i? i don't think biden is going to run. i don't think o'malley's going to win. here is what i do think. i think david because of the organization that hillary clinton has in iowa and i hate to say this to bernie people who are so passionate and so involved. i think hillary clinton is actually going to do very well in iowa and i if we're going to have to make one of these bold predictions i'm going to say she'll win iowa by double digits. >> double digits. are you willing to back that up with jeannie zano insurance of public humiliation, you come on and say i'm going to sing an apology to david schuster and jeannie zano. >> by double digits i have to do that? do i have to apologize to jeannie too? i guess i'll do it. >> expheur michaemichael shure, hillary clinton

hearing people ask different democrats the between a twoen socialist and a democrat, and they don't seemo have an it, and i think that's kind of riling, you know. sanders, i bernie think he's telling people the truth about how he really feels don't t he thinks, and i get that from hillary. plus, i have a lot of doubts hillary's ability to run our government as far as not to decipher the things that she was putting on server was secret and above secret, and the way it looks to me, she should be in jail. host: randy from missouri, a supporter of hillary clinton, hi. caller: good morning, pedro. tell you what. i'm not so much supporting hillary clinton as i want to make sure that the gains that president obama achieved for us is maintained. and i'm looking at this from a practical standpoint. bernie sanders -- and i have nothing against bernie. ernie will not be able to get to the 270 electoral votes, no matter how much you want him to. this is not a popular vote. this comes down to the electoral vote. if bernie is the ge candidate, democratic strong hold states that are taken off the table

remember, independents can go and caucus with democrats, as long as they register that night as a democrat. so i think tonight is very important because hillary clinton and bernie sanders and martin o'malley because even with 2%, 5%, they don't reach viability. martin o'malley supporters can, if it's a close caucus, they can rally with secretary clinton, or senator sanders' voters. you have a lot of people who are still uncommitted. they are still shornp, as hilla clinton said earlier. are they shopping for the revolution? are they shopping for the candidate who will be able to implemts many of the policies that both senator sanders and secretary clinton agrees on. this is a very key moment tonight. this town hall will not only help galvanize the race in the closing days of the campaign but might energize more voters to turn out. >> i think when donna speaks -- >> let me just bring in jeff here. as much as the clinton/sanders race nationally may be close and on a state-by-state basis, when you look -- let's put these numbers up. you look at some of these polls, a lot of democrats still say

swept away phase of the democratic primary campaign. >> when you talk to iowa voters, democrats, theyay openly, we miss the magic. they feel like they want the first identified what superstar barack obama was they lunched him on his way. they miss that feeling. they want that feeling again. and the closest they can get to it is bernie sanders. >> they miss that magic, but even president obama misses that magic which is to say he knows that the magic doesn't really exist in the current state of reality in washington. >> yet that doesn't seem to matter to a lot of these people. i've been through a few rallies and focus on republicans at the young voters who show up, you realize these kids were too young to have even been involved in the obama campaign in 2008. their older siblings might have been involved these guys are now getting that chance to hang out with this old uncle figure essentially who is looking out for them. wants to give them free college. this is working in these early states. you talk say realize that isn't practical. he's talking to me. like he understands me. >> it's

every democratic -- most democratic primary tend to have an establishment figure and a challenger figure, whether it be the howard dean figure, the powell tsongas and so forth, in the end, barack obama was -- those examples that actually pulled it off largely because he had great support within the minority community that is not true for bernie sanders. that's not a big deal in iowa as it will be later on in the trail. and the question for bernie sanders is whether he can transcend his sort of natural starting base. >> they've tried -- this has been mostly polite for a democratic campaign. the differences have mostly been on policy. but you can kind of tell they're under each other's skin in the final days of the because of the stakes. so bernie sanders, he's not saying that hillary's being mean, but he doesn't like some things. >> i am disappointed by the tone of her campaign. she is talking to the people of iowa and saying, bernie sanders wants to dismantle health care. but it is not true to suggest that she will be the stronger candidate in november. >> fun. >> he can say things about

if you open dissipated in the democratic caucus, you have to be a registered democrat. you are allowed to reregister as late as caucus night. you can go in and say you would like to change your party registration to participate in the party caucus. so they are party operations. a lot of them agree registered to dissipate, and the vast majority did so to vote for ron paul, who there was a republican, but different kind of republican, much more libertarian. his son rand paul has not been able to duplicate that, this far at least, this time around. the caucuses are the process much more inclined to be party members are party supporters. that is why it is interesting to .ee will they track to influence republican caucus. host: as you process the candidates ground game and what you are hearing and seeing from your vantage point at drake university, what are you predicting in terms of turnout on caucus night? what story do you think we will be talking about the day after? tough.that is i always say i am never in the business of predictions. far, anyot seen, so significant cha

same thing on the democratic side. there is a same statements on the democratic side. think there was a feeling that because of politics that we are stuck, we can get sensible legislation with respect to gun show loopholes and you're on the whole no-fly list. since congress is not going to move, the president thinks he needs to make a stand, probably partially political because the base needs to know they are doing it and it's probably sensitive because my guess is he believes in it very strongly. he is not going to get legislation through. that is for sure. especially now. so he's trying executive order where. whether the courts will uphold that are not i don't know. is a tough row to hoe. if you believe in it strongly, he is doing what is best for him. what you like to know his politicians are doing things they believe in. and so if the president believes the mess, it is not just calculated political move. it is a good thing to do. i don't disagree that ted cruz may not disagree disagreeing what he is doing it there appeared the distressed and politics is in part due

if you look at a democrat ballot, you have democrat, independent, farm labor party, green party, democraticlist, so on and so forth. white? is that -- why is that? i never understood. can you answer that? guest: if you are talking about the general election ballot in november where the entire country is coding, all of the candidates who are listed on that ballot are the candidates eligible in iowa to be listed on that ballot. while you may think of some of those as more left-leaning, if you think about the green party that candidate have to qualify to get on the ballot. there could be other parties that would organize to also get on the ballot, but the fact that there are multiple parties represented means there were not organizations, petitions signed, the paperwork done for this candidate to get on the ballot. was a huge there number of people who filed with the fec to be considered candidates for president. i think it is over 1000. not many of them are going to end up doing the work to actually get on state ballots. i hope that corrects the misperception. host: bob from germantown, maryl