welcome to the des moines register political soapbox. the politics editor for the paper, and we will go over the rules again, because we have to be iowa nice here. art of iowa nice means you don't hold up signs, because then people behind you can't see. we also don't jeer, but feel free to cheer if you want, and be nice to each other. now, author marianne williamson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. ms. williamson: thank you. this is an extraordinary experience, and i am aware, particularly as a woman, that we can't do this everywhere. i am aware that if i said the fraction of things that i sometimes say and critique our governmental policy that there are countries where i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. so i am not only very aware of right we have to say what we think, but at this point in our history, we need to remember that we have a profound responsibility to say what we think. i am running for president because i think some things need to be said, and the things that i think needs to be said ar

we are live from the des moines, iowa -- the iowa state fair in des moines. a couple of miles from downtown des moines. coming up in a minute you will hear from ohio congressman tim ryan, who will also join us later this afternoon for a call-in program. we will be joined by former colorado governor john hickenlooper, and if it works out with the schedule, senator kiersten gillibrand. on her website at c-span.org, 17 candidates across town at a separate event focused on gun safety in light of the shootings in el paso and dayton. live coverage continues here on c-span and on c-span radio. >> welcome to the iowa state fair, the des moines register political soapbox. we are moving towards the mid point of nine candidates today. just a few tiny ground rules and must to be heard this speech before. let's be iowa nice. don't yell at the candidates or heckle. if you have signs, keep them down so everybody can hear. when you leave please take your trash with you. ado, we haveer ohio congressman tim ryan. [applause] rep. ryan: thank you so much. thank you. how are you

we continue with brianne pfannenstiel from "the des moines register." you for joining us on the program today. guest: thank you for having me. host: a story you filed yesterday looked at the various styles and issues the candidates brought. you started with joe biden. "powerful moments, but inconsistent." can you expand on that? guest: the first event was in burlington, a rural community. he spoke from a teleprompter and delivered remarks addressing donald trump and the recent mass shootings. he hammered home this idea that the president needs to be above this, he needs to be a moral leader. that hit home with a lot of the people who were there. that was a real high point for him. he delivered a condensed version of that, he wasn't speaking from a teleprompter. he bungled the more powerful lines from that speech. we saw him walk into a couple of these gaffes that have been high-profile this week, talking about white kids and poor kids and things like that. he's had a couple of verbal stumbles. host: when it comes to turnout and people interested in hear

this is des moines a live view from des moines, iowa. coverage of live the annual winking dinner -- ding dinner here on c-span and c-span radio. you can check out all our coverage on the c-span radio app. here is coverage tomorrow. castro -- hooley and castro, andrew yang. berry williamson at 2:30 eastern time. tulsi gabbard. p.m. kamala harris at 11:30 p.m. eastern time, and at 1:45 eastern time, amy klobuchar. that is our coverage on saturday. also kirsten gillibrand, john hickenlooper at 4:00, followed by senator elizabeth warren, who is moving up in the polls in iowa, then senator cory booker at 5:30 p.m. eastern time. that is our coverage saturday. we will continue into sunday. former governor bill wells, , who willy tom steyer join us after his appearance to take your calls and questions. our c-span bus is there this weekend. senator bennett at 4:00, followed by senator bernie sanders at 4:45 p.m. eastern time, and bill de blasio will be speaking following senator sanders. that is our coverage sunday. you can follow it all online a

i note des moines is proud of the state there and you have reason to be. i'm excited because i'm here with my family. my wife, erika, and our daughter and son. [cheers and applause] mr. castro: this is a real treat for me because i don't often get to travel with my family. i think they are looking forward to the bumper cars and maybe the bacon thatnd that y'all sell on a stick. [laughter] mr. castro: i want to talk to you this morning about what we're going to become as a nation. wentink of we went -- if we around his car and listen to the stories of your family, we would hear a lot of stories that reflect the best of our nation, of the american dream coming true. that is true in my case, too. i grew up with my brother joaquin and my grandmother and mom on the west side of san antonio. my grandmother had come to san antonio when she was seven years old with her younger sister because their parents had died. they came from northern mexico through eagle pass, texas, in 1922, and ended up on the west side of the city. she got yanked out of school in elementar

also a gun safety event in des moines. we are streaming that on c-span.org. yesterday, representative tulsi gabbard at the political soapbox center stage at the iowa state fair. >> aloha. that's what i call iowa nice. it is so good to be here with all of you. thank you so much to the des moines register for hosting this and giving us the opportunity to give a little background about who i am and why i am running for president. i am really grateful throughout this whole campaign to have the opportunity to come to places like iowa, to go to communities across the country and be reminded in every stop that we have about how great our country is. why? because i know who makes our country great. it is we the people. to see the diversity and to see the heart, the care that we as americans have for each other is what gives me hope for our .uture right now we are facing incredibly challenging times. divisiveness great , and unfortunately we face self-serving politicians and people in positions of power who are seeking to tear us apart and to divide us for their own s

you are watching live coverage from the state fair in des moines. all our video coverage on c-span.org. >> welcome to the political soapbox. who has been here all day? whooo. you know what iowa nice means, tell your friends and neighbors. everyone, wear sunscreen, drink water, it is getting mighty hot. and now, senator kiersten jell-o brand. : hello,gillibrand everybody. i want to introduce the director of fun, henry gillibrand. this is the driver of the rv, jonathan jell-o brand. >> hi, everyone. gillibrand: henry loves your state fair, so thank you. henry won that, no joke, it was a little frisbee thing, anyway, it is such a pleasure to be here. i can't tell you how exciting it is. i got my start in politics in a community not unlike this. my grandmother was a woman who loved politics, started working at age 18 as a secretary in our state legislature. 75 years ago, she looked around, all the legislators were men, all the staff were women, so she wanted to have a voice. she did not know how, she knew her voice was important, but she figured the voi

there's nothing to des moines. >> let me talk about public transportation. my climate plan is different for three reasons. unless you do this, i don't think your real. we're in an emergency. 126 emergency powers of the presidency to do with the sunday one. it has got to be environmental justice, community driven, take care of displaced workers. unless you are starting from the bottom up and you know what nitrate runoff in iowa means, unless you are dealing with clean air and clean water, as far as i'm concerned, you do not exist and you have the wrong policy. you are not dealing internationally on day one, you're kidding yourself. back to reading the world morally, intellectually, technologically on this, we will not solve the problem. answer is up but i will to let me say this. there are 237 coldplay and in the united states. there are 2500 coal plants in the world and people talk about building 1000 more. if we close every coal plant here worldwide, we could be going the wrong way. the leader ofome not just the free world, but the world. mr. trump is dead

she was at the des moines register soapbox. the location where the candidates are speaking for about 20 minutes. our coverage continues. this from yesterday at the iowa state fair. >> thank you. williamson: this is an extraordinary experience. and i'm very aware, particularly as a woman, that we cannot do this everywhere. i'm very aware, particular as a woman, that if i sent a fraction of the things that i say and critiquing our government and governmental policy, that there are countries that i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. so i'm not only a very aware of the profound right that we have to say what we think. but at this point in our history, i think we need to remember that we also have a profound responsibility to say what we think. i'm running for president because i think some things need to be said. and the things i believe need to be said or whatever but i know assange. i believe that our politics itself is not a conduit for the energies that we need to be expressing in order to move to the next phase of ou

a live view of the des moines register -- the des moines area and the state fair. ben hickenlooper will joining us at 6:40 eastern on c-span radio and on c-span television. the day began with the governor of washington state jay inslee speaking at the soapbox area put together by the des moines register. center stage at the iowa state fair. the event runs about 20 minutes.

a live view of the des moines register -- the des moines area and the state fair. ben hickenlooper will joining us at 6:40 eastern on c-span radio and on c-span television. the day began with the governor of washington state jay inslee speaking at the soapbox area put together by the des moines register. center stage at the iowa state fair. the event runs about 20 minutes. [laughter] good morning. my name is jay inslee. driving climate change fighting governor of the state of washington. i am here, i am here to tell you one simple thing. if you give me this microphone on the debate stage, i will beat donald trump like a two dollar meal. we treat our livestock with respect. we are different from republicans in this regard. we know mules are different than the current occupant of the white house because i have never met a mule that lies every five minutes as well. we have some difference here. if you have heard anything about me lately, i have some things to say about the current occupant. and somebody asked me why i have said those things. there is a reason for that

our thanks to our cable partner in the greater des moines area. we will be with governor de blasio in just a moment. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> iowa state fair. >> [indiscernible] >> perfect. thank you. [ambient crowd noise] to c-span campaign 2020 bus. joining us in just a moment or two is the mayor of new york, bill de blasio. we will first get to some of your calls and comments. sheila from baltimore, good afternoon. >> hi. how are you? >> we are fine thank you -- fine. thank you. what have you been seeing and hearing so far at the state fair from the candidates? >> um, just listening. and iappened to tune in, was excited about the idea of being able to ask the candidate a question. >> stay on the line and we will get you in a moment. >> sure. >> joining us onboard board the c-span campaign 2020 bus is the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. thanks for being with us. mayor de blasio: thank you. i love this bus. it's pretty amazing. >> we are glad you are on board. let's get the difficult questions out of the way. mayo

it is good to be back in des moines. was just reminded, my first trip to des moines was in 1988, following michael dukakis. that was my first taste of deep-fried butter. [laughter] still remember it. i can conjure up whatever that was that happened after the deep-fried butter. as you may recall, it didn't go so well for michael dukakis. he was at the fair and was suggesting to corn farmers that they plant more endive. massachusetts, they just don't get it. i was looking -- how many of you are familiar with the job of state climatologists? half.d say probably about there are two states in the nation that do not have a state climatologists. tennessee and massachusetts. boston is almost underwater now. we have three all-star estate climatologists here and we are going to ask them about what they do, what they hear, and the evidence they are seeing from the front lines. a lot of people think about climate change as this giant, monolithic, single problem, but it is a million little problems all fought in a local, specific way

because our coverage continues from des moines, iowa. five candidates today. there were nine candidates yesterday. mayor pete buttigieg will be on hand tuesday. we will be covering that. all of our coverage is available on c-span.org and the free c-span radio app. live from the des moines sway box -- soapbox, and coming up, senator michael bennet. [background chatter] >> hello! therachel sasson berger, politics editor. we will go over the ground rules again. if you have heard them before, raise your hand. tell a friend, tell a neighbor in case they were not listening to me the first dozen times i said them. signs have to be -- what? down. during? no. cheering? sure! everyone get along. now we have senator michael bennet. [applause] sen. bennet: thank you. hey, everybody. i michael bennet from colorado. my family is with me. today, susie, caroline, helena, and ann. this is where we are spending our vacation. thank you for having us. i want to say a few words by way of introduction. i'm happy to open it up for any comments or questions or criticisms anyone has a

we will look from des moines, iowa at the state fair. the podium there where candidates will be talking. expect to here from castro delaney and mary now abbard and we will go for sell hours of coverage -- several hours of coverage from iowa. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] have five presidential candidates coming to the stage today. julian castro. let's have him take it away. [applause] julian castro: good morning. it is great to be with you in des moines at the iowa state fair. thank you to the folks who helped organize this. was proud of this state fair. i'm excited because i am here with my family. our daughter and and son. [applause] julian castro: this is a real treat for me because as you can imagine, like all the candidates, i don't often get to travel with my family. so it is neat that we get to spend some time together. i think the kids are looking forward to the bumper cars and the sky ride and the bacon you sell on a stick.

it is great to be with y'all in des moines at the iowa state fair. first of all, thank you very much, rachel, and all those who helped organize this. i know that des moines is proud of the state fair, and you have plenty of reason to be. i'm excited because i'm here with my family. my wife, erika, and our daughter and our son. [cheers and applause] mr. castro: this is a real treat for me, because as you can imagine, like all the candidates, i don't often get to travel with my family. we get to spend a little time together. i think my children are looking forward to the bumper cars and maybe the sky rides and that bacon that y'all sell on a stick. [laughter] mr. castro: i want to talk to you this morning about what we're going to become as a nation. aroundhat if we went this crowd and listened to the stories of your family, we would hear a lot of stories that reflect the best of our nation, of the american dream coming true. that is true in my case, too. i grew up with my brother joaquin and my grandmother and mom on the west side of san antonio. my g

welcome to "the des moines register" soapbox. i'm the political register. the rules are, be iowa nice. if you do things that are interfering with other people, don't do those things. thanks for sticking with us. we will have more tomorrow. the speeches are o desm oinesregister.com. and now, senator cory booker. senator booker: hello, iowa. hello, everybody. thank you, thank you. a low, mean to start on but it is actually a high. i began today giving a eulogy for my great aunt, who was born and raised in des moines. my great aunt and my grandmother, born and raised in des moines, i am not the first of my family to be at the iowa state fair. is that my lore goes grandmother and my great aunt who i eulogized this morning, they actually competed at the iowa state fair during the depression. their story is that they took second prize to shirley temple back then. the only thing i can say, i will not saying. but i am really proud of those iowa roots. i said at the eulogy this morning, we buried a 100-year-old iowa one, and the story of this state is the story of a

also a gun safety event in des moines. we are streaming that on c-span.org.terday, representative tulsi gabbard at the political soapbox center stage at the iowa state fair. >> aloha. that's what i call iowa nice. it is so good to be here with all of you. thank you so much to the des moines register for hosting this and giving us the opportunity to give a little background about who i am and why i am running for president. i am really grateful throughout this whole campaign to have the opportunity to come to places like iowa, to go to communities across the country and be reminded in every stop that we have about how great our country is. why?

she joins us this morning from the campaign trail in west des moines.senator. >> good morning. >> brennan: you support universal background checks, a ban on large magazine and assault weapons and an anti-gun trafficking law. you need republican votes to get all those things through congress. what can actually pass now? >> you know, i think things are changing since kids have been marching out of their schools and marching on washington and are really demanding action. you have seen a level of advocacy that i have never seen before. and i think if mitch mcconnell would have the courage to call us back into washington to vote, we would pass the universal background checks bill that's already passed the house and we would pass the bill that i wrote, which is anti-gun trafficking, which the last time we voted on it got 58 votes. we only needed 60. so we're only two votes shy. i believe we have the momentum and the advocacy behind us today to passes that, as well. >> brennan: what about red flag laws? your colleague in new york, chuck schumer, has said they

cloudy skies in des moines, iowa. is the magic maze, the rain has stopped for the moment, and the soapbox speeches will continue. games, rides, and lots to see and do it one of the largest state fairs in the country. more than one p -- one million people expected to attend. more than 20 of the democratic candidates along with republican candidate bill weld speaking at the state fair. yesterday, senator elizabeth warren drawing among the largest crowd as she spoke late afternoon. sen. warren: hello! state fair! my name is elizabeth warren. and i'm running for president because i am sick of a country that works better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top. chance to ma

tom steyer will be speaking at about 2:30 eastern time. 1:30 des moines time. later this afternoon michael bennet at 4:00 eastern time. he will be followed immediately after that by senator bernie sanders and new york mayor did -- mayor bill de blasio. c-span head over to the campaign 2020 bus and take your calls. some of the sights and sounds of the state fair, everything on a stick including of course a staple of iowa, corn on a stick with plenty of salt and butter and a lot of calories. there are more than 200 food vendors at the iowa state fair venerating on average about $4 million for the state fair. the initial state fair dates back to 1854. you can also get the corn in a cup. everything you want at the iowa state fair. the average price is between four dollars to $10. we will watch this for just a moment. coming up from yesterday, senator kamala harris. our live coverage

another apparently ordinary person, a des moines funeral director, in his case.there it was in black and white, among all of those other pieces of evidence, andrew wegener. >> how do he explain that? >> at that time, you don't. >> so did andy wegener kill justin michael, the man who replaced him in angie's heart? >> so we immediately went to andy's place of business and brought him back to headquarters for questioning, and we ask him about his relationship with angie. >> and more to the point, perhaps, his relationship -- or the lack of it -- with justin. >> have you ever met justin? >> once. >> and where was that? >> it was at joe's pub in johnston. >> just random run-in or was it a gathering? >> no, it was a gathering with kind of a group of friends. it was an engagement party. >> was justin the person who she was in a relationship after you broke up with her or was there someone else? >> i -- there might have been somebody else in between. i don't have any idea. >> but you don't know? >> no. >> the last time you got in touch with angie would have been when? >>

the des moines register invites all candidates to speak at the fair with the iowa caucuses currently set for february 3. this is one hour. mr. yang: so much love. what does math stand for? make america think harder, that's right. the opposite of donald trump is an asian man who likes math, and that is this guy. what do we mean by "make america think harder?" i am not a career politician but a problem solver and i want to wake up america to the real problems that got donald trump elected. if you were to turn on cable news, why would you think donald trump is our president? why did donald trump win iowa by nine points? russia. emails. facebook. hillary clinton. [laughter] mr. yang: the driving force behind donald trump's victory was we automated away 4 million jobs in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, missouri, at 40,000 in iowa. think about the 40,000 jobs in iowa, 40,000 families and not just manufacturing jobs but if you go to the shopping district or what used to be the shopping district, what do you see? how many of you know to stores closing where you work and live? 30% of

i know that des moines is proud of the state fair,

. >>> breaking overnight, a move that could radically change the iowa caucus, the des moines register first reports that the democratic national committee will reject iowa's plan to hold virtual caucuses because of the potential for hacking. in february, party officials in the state proposed the idea of virtual voting after years of complaints that the process makes it impossible for people who can't show up on caucus night. a february des moines register poll suggested the virtual caucuss could expand participation by nearly a third. >> but now the future of iowa's first in the nation status could be in question if iowa can't come up with a plan for people to vote that's different from a primary. the iowa caucuses are just five months away. the campaigns and the party are facing a rapidly shrinking window to adjust their strategies. >>> questions are raised about a moving but false war story that joe biden has been sharing on the campaign trail. here is the former vice president describing his interaction with the war hero in afghanistan, during a campaign stop last friday, in new ha

we'll be watching here in des moines for more of that today.artin. >> we'll be looking for more reporting from you, rebecca buck. as rebecca just pointed out the field discussing whether or not to call the president a white supremacist. a few saying, yes he is. a few stopping short saying he condones white supremacy. here's front-runner joe biden? >> i believe everything the president says encourages white sprupremacy supremacy. in fact, it might be worse. he's not there trying to curry the favor of white supremacist groups or everything that we live or believe. whetherly lhe is a white supremacist. he used the word white supremacy, he talked about sleepy. he was awful sleepy in the way in which he talked about it. >> the democratic deal focuses on whether they're going to call out the president as a white supremacist. whether he is one. some in the trump camp are reportedly saying they're happy to share that decision. >> they say his supporters will be emboldened by the accusation because democrats are alienating them. we talked about it with

about 2:30 eastern time. 1:30 des moines time. later this afternoon michael bennet at 4:00 eastern time. he will be followed immediately after that by senator bernie sanders and new york mayor did -- mayor bill de blasio. c-span head over to the campaign 2020 bus and take your calls. some of the sights and sounds of the state fair, everything on a stick including of course a staple of iowa, corn on a stick with plenty of salt and butter and a lot of calories. there are more than 200 food vendors at the iowa state fair venerating on average about $4 million for the state fair. the initial state fair dates back to 1854. you can also get the corn in a cup. everything you want at the iowa state fair. the average price is between four dollars to $10. we will watch this for just a moment. coming up from yesterday, senator kamala harris. use --e coverage can continues from des moines, iowa. >> corn on a stick, pork on a stick, deep-fried oreos, any kind of eyes scream or drink you would imagine. it's all available at the iowa state fair.

few commanders requested black recruits, most of them languished for months at fort des moines. young, murphy, morrison and gres during the spring and early summer of 1944 did not receive transfer orders until late october, months later. as part of 100 person detachment, the army said the four four to it under the command of colonel walter crandall, the administrator of the posts hospitals. unbeknownst to them, crandall had fought this transfer tooth and nail. first insisted he didn't need them. later he warned his superiors that with black men on post, presence of black women would surely lead to, and his words, social problems. with fort des moines overflowing with unassigned black wacs, and were talking 1000 a thousad black wacs at different times were as white wacs which is go through and be sent elsewhere, the war department was not having any of this. it ordered crandall to put in the requisition. how he employed women was left to him. clearly intending to marginalize these troops that he did not want, crandall requested wacs without military skills so that he could place

i'm the politics editor for the "des moines register." i signs. you have to keep them down. because people can't see if you have a sign in front of their face. let's not do that. feel free to cheer, but don't jeer, because that is not iowa nice. and now, representative tulsi gabbard. [applause] rep. gabbard: thank you so much. aloha. that is what i call iowa nice. it is so good to be here with all of you. thank you very much to the "des moines register" for hosting us and giving us the opportunity to give background about who im and why i, running -- and why i am am and why i am running for president. i'm reminded at every stop that we have about how great our country is. why? because i know who makes our country great. it is we, the people. diversity, the heart, to see the care we as americans have for each other is what gives me hope for our future. now, we are facing incredibly challenging times. we are facing great divisiveness, and unfortunately we face self-serving politicians and people in positions of power who are seeking to tear us apart and to divide us for their

young, murphy, morris sin and grown encountered when the arrived at the induction center in fort des moines, iowa, the wac was under pressure to immediate mounting personnel requests from commanders. to expedite the process, it quickly trained and transferred them to assignments. at least this was the case for white wacs. soon, since -- few commanders requested black recruits, most of them languished for months at fort des moines. young, murphy, morrison and green, who arrived at different times during the spring and early summer of 1944, did not receive transfer orders until late october. months later. the army extent four ford devin to work under the command of colonel walter cran develop administrator of the post hospitals. unbee known to them crandall forth the transfer tooth and nail help insisted he didn't need them. later he warned his superiors that with black men on post, the prepares of black women would surely lead to in his words-social problems with fort des moines overkneing with unassigned black wacs and we're talking a thousand black wacs at different times, whereas white wa

des moines register soapbox was the correct answer. i am the political editor, and how this goes. please welcome mayor bill de blasio. mr. de blasio: thank you, rachel. hey, everybody, how's it going? do you want the truth from politicians? do you want the whole truth? then i'm going to make a confession right here. i love the iowa state fair. i am in love with it. my third time. it's amazing. and the people of iowa have been so kind and so welcoming. about someone you i love and i want to introduce her to you. of 25 years,e .harlene mcrae firstnt to tell you, as lady of new york city, she is amazing. she has taken on the challenge of mental health. she made sure people got help they deserved and needed. to has fought the stigma make sure no one goes without care. who believes we have to end that stigma around mental health? all right, thank you, my dear. ,ow, i want to bring up our son who just graduated college, , and i am making it a point to give credit where credit is due to this young man. he was, in high school, a new york state debate champion. preparing to go spar and put

the ""des moines register"" reporting the committee will reject iowa's plan to hold virtual caucuses because of the potential for hacking. in february, party officials in the state proposed the idea of virtual voting after years of complaints the process makes it impossible for people who can't show up on caucus night. a february "des moines register" poll suggesting the virtual caucuses could expand participation by nearly a third. >> now, the future of iowa's first in the nation status could be in question if iowa can't come up for the plan for people to vote that is different from a primary. iowa caucuses are five months ago. the party is facing a shrinking window to adjust strategies. >>> questions are being raised about a moving but false war story joe biden has been sharing on the campaign trail. here's the former vice president describing his interaction with the war hero in afghanistan during a campaign stop last friday in new hampshire. >> this guy climbed down a ravine, carried this guy on his back under fire, and the general wanted me to pin the silver star on him. i said,

so turns out, the president of the des moines register said that is strange. and he did some checking and he found out which returns were requested. all right? and he found out they were returns by people clark did not like. that he had written articles about or that the des moines washington bureau was writing articles about. so, what you have this village schooled, this great hero of investigative reporting, when he was in power. immediate abuse. and they fired him for it, that didn't make a big public thing out of it, i uncovered this because the guy wrote a book. and said you know, about being head of the des moines register, and had this line in there that said i fired a pulitzer prize-winning reporter and i only knew of one. and so i sent him an email, he sends back and says you are right, you are writing a book. and i said yes but it is not really about clark it is about this other stuff but this sounds really intriguing. and he sends me an email describing the whole thing he says here is what i remember. i came and he pulled all these irs turns without

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with the governor weld on the c-span bus in des moines.ler: yes, i am a veteran of the vietnam war. and it looks like we have a war starting. i think all the candidates weuld unite and say should look at the lesson we learned in vietnam, because there will be casualties, a lot of people will get hurt, including families. so i was wondering if the governor had a plan to do something for veterans, because there is a lot of things that are being left out, and there are 3 million of us out there. thank you. that and ii do know you very much for your call. i will tell you two things i would immediately do for veterans. one, let them go get their health care needs attended to at the government's expense wherever they want to go. no one disputes the dedication of the men and women working in the va hospitals, but nobody can look you in the eye and say you always get the best service for any operation at the va hospital. the private sector -- well, because of funding in history it might be better equipped to take care of many instances. that would

. >>> and a double rescue on the des moines river after a nighttime rafting trip goes wrong. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. >>> former vice president joe biden faced a fresh round of attacks during last night's presidential democratic c debat. candidates sparred with biden on everything from health care to criminal justice reform. biden was also repeatedly forced to defend his decades-old political record. laura podesta is in detroit. laura, how did the former vice president handle himself? >> reporter: good morning, wendy. well, he's facing a lot of criticism for his stage presence. he stuttered. he often didn't finish his thoughts. both he and kamala harris took the most hits during last night's debate. california's senator kamala harris went after former vice president joe biden last night in detroit. >> you do nothing to hold the insurance companies to task. >> reporter: the other candidates on stage also attacked the front runner. >> there's a saying in my community. you're dipping int

it is great to be with y'all in des moines at the iowa state fair. first of all, thank you very much, rachel, and all those who helped organize this.

he was a grad wait of duke law school, a reporter for the des moines register. he was a licensed attorney in the district the whole time. he was a confidant of judge sirrake for years. when nixon got collected, clark went to him and said you know what you need say whistleblower on staff to warn you if your staff is not doing something the right way. and i can think of a perfect candidate. i don't like you, but i could keep you out of trouble if you'd hire me. so nixon goes for it and hires this guy. you know, a viper to his breast. and he wanted to report directly to nixon, but he ends up report together counsel's office. and he has the title of special counsel because he's a lawyer. and he stays for ten months and then he leaves in disgust because he didn't have enough access to nixon. and he would say, well, you know, i want -- i want to discuss my issues directly with the president. and haldeman or ehrlichman will say, well, we've discussed it and this is the president's decision. and clark would say, well how do i know unless i hear it from the president? an

and later with a reporter from that the more -- des moines register. watch live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. when it comes to potential for gun legislation passing through the senate and house and being signed by the president, joining us on the phone to talk about what has to go into play to make that happen is scott wong. he covers the hell. -- the hill. good morning to you. a story you posted on the five factors that will determine the gun control debate going forward. of that list, which is the strongest? >> the strongest is president trump and mitch mcconnell. without those two men, without the support from those two men, no gun control measure will move through the congress and get to the president's desk and be signed into law. this has to do with how serious president trump is when he says he supports and endorses background checks. we have heard in the past after the parkland shooting in florida the president say exactly that. that he supports back projects. as we know, that was not backed up by any sort of action o

ed o'keefe, cbs news, des moines, iowa. >>> coming up a bit later on cbs this morning, dealing with and the wake of the el paso mass shooting. we'll talk with a college professor on a mission to put america on a path towards anti-racism and what the country can do to change its views. >>> and the star and executive producer of the new film "brittany runs a marathon" is in the studio. julian bell on how making the movie transformed her physically and emotionally. >>> that's the cbs morning news for this monday. thank you so much for watching. i'm brook and ann marie green is back tomorrow. have a great day. >>> now looking live from our exclusive sales force tower. it is monday morning already august 12th. back to work, back to school for some, too. i'm michelle griego. >> and i'm kenny choi. it looks like it's going to continue. >> we're going to keep that weather going with a warmup today and through the middle part of the week. those temperatures will be soaring, especially as we head through the afternoon inland. here's a live look with our future cam looking at the golden gate, and

. >> former vice president joe biden at the "des moines register" political soapbox. today, five candidates doing the same thing, sticking to fairgoers -- speaking to fairgoers at the iowa state fair. here is former congressman john delaney. >> i'm the politics editor for the paper. the rules here are iowa nice. how many people have heard me say what iowa nice means for the soapbox? tell your neighbors what the rules are. then everyone will pay attention. a political soapbox former representatives john delaney death next on our political soapbox-- our political soapbox, former representatives john delaney. mr. delaney: thank you. i love the iowa nice part. this is an iconic american experience. i did it last year. similar setting, for crowd. i looked over to my left and i noticed a gentle man who i acognized, and he was wearing crist shirt and he was very tan and he was looking a cigarette, and i realized it was speaker john boehner. i looked at him and i said, "mr. speaker, nice to hear me talk." he said, "delaney, i can't get away from politics." it speaks to what a

vaughn hillyard is live in des moines, iowa. tell us what's taking place there at the fair?eral presidential candidates before they head over to the gun violence reform that ali is at, taking part in several different events. you have the traditional pork chop flipping, you have the butter cow, you have folks on a tractor here. we were planning to try to run into jay inslee. we had trouble finding him. john hickenlooper is over here. for decades candidates have been coming here. it's an interesting conversation. i just asked kamala harris, the senator out of california a few moments ago, the conversation about gun violence and white supremacy is racism at a time like this being at the state fair. you'll see she was on the move to the pork chops but this is a little of what she told us. with this fair taking place and the concept of this speech taking place here, what is the concept of this happening while the fair is going on? >> it's historic. >> reporter: as you'll see, that's what this environment around here looks like. it's a little more hectic and every candidate has a

and later with des moines register chief politics reporter breanne. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. announcer: tuesday presidential candidate pete buttigieg attends the iowa state fair and speaks to voters at the des moines register stage. live coverage depends -- begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern. gates, nbc news correspondent andrea mitchell and journalist robin wright global challenges to democracy talk about. this one hour and 10 minute event as part of a william and mary forum on the future of