dr. schmidt? shocker? >>dr. schmidt: it's, it's not a shocker because bernie sanders has been gaining so much momentum. >>amanda: that's true. >>dr. schmidt: and his people are so enthusiastic. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>dr. schmidt: we'll, you know, have to see if they turn out for the caucuses, but it really is a huge problem for hillary clinton. she was not expecting this to happen again. >>amanda: mmhmm. do you think sanders could actually, if he does well here in iowa, i don't wanna even win, but if he does well that he has a chance to win the nomination? >>dr. schmidt: he has a chance to win the nomination. he has enthusiasm all over the country. it's just unbelievable. he's like the donald trump of the democrats. >>amanda: yeah, he really is. >>dr. schmidt: huge crowds, enthusiastic. but, will they turn out to vote? that's the big question. path look like in order for him to actually get the nomination? >>dr. schmidt: oh, he'll have to go like obama. he'll have to go long, all the way to june 'cause he's not gonna

dr. schmidt: yes, well (chuckling) >>dr. schmidt: that was a big mistake because that was donald trump's line and now it makes him look, you know, like he was being beaten up on and he doesn't wanna do that. but it's fascinating to see these, these strategic moves. it's like chess, 3-dimensional chess. >>amanda: yeah. political chess. >>dr. schmidt: yes, it is. >>amanda: alright, dr. schmidt from iowa state university. thank you for your analysis as always. coming up, we go one-on-one with a bunch of the candidates. hear what they're up to on these final days before (music) >>sabrina: welcome back here to capital square in downtown des moines. you're looking at he floor of the media headquarters can imagine it'll be a whole lot busier come monday. but first, i'm sabrina ahmed and we wanna take a look at some of the poll numbers starting with the democrats. it's very close at the top. bernie sanders, though, has squeaked out a lead in the latest quinnipiac poll. 49% for him, 45% for clinton. martin o'malley still at 4% of supp

dr. schmidt joins us in studio to talk about what to expect from the campaign trail with just four caucus night. stephanie: dr. schmidt, the big news this week is donald trump deciding not to attend the fox news debate tonight at drake university. how do you think this will affect the debate? steffen: jack: what role has the pool of candidates since the pool of caucus night with all of our live coverage downtown. jack: now let's get a check in with the weather with brad edwards. brad? brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. experts" brad/wxwall: weather adlib: after some warming, morning sunshine, the clouds returned this afternoon to keep us a bit cooler, but we still are above average with temps in the mid to upper 30s. and it looks like the mildest weather is yet to come in our forecast! tonight will be partly cloudy with our winds calming down to less than 10 mph. temperatures will fall back into the low 20s for most areas by friday morning. we should have a mix of sun and clouds friday with southerly winds. this should help us warm up into the mid 40s for the metro. it will b

dr. laura schmidt who will share the information. thank you again for taking time to think about our concerns. >>supervisor eric mar: thank you, dr. martin. i see no other questions. let's call up dr. schmidt. presenter: hi. it's a pleasure to be here iechl -- i want to thank you all especially in your leadership for healthy retail in san francisco. i have been so gratified to see the sugary beverage reduction effort and keeping the -- those things out of the reach of children and especially for the trauma center that there is an unhealthy piece in the agenda and that is alcohol and i want to speak to you about it today specifically the research on alcohol and what we have come up with. i am going to show some maps and your absolutely sophisticated questions around measuring density. i can spend a couple hours lecturing on the topic. we have had a wonderful epidemiology working in san francisco because san francisco represents a challenging place to study density. you have about a million people come into this city everyday. so most d

dr. steffen schmidt has to say. 17:50 "politically it's very bad for cruz ... whether it's constitutional or not." 18:15 dr. steffen "this week in iowa" weekly political program this sunday. we'll talk trump/cruz and what's going on with the democrats' frontrunner flip-flop in iowa, plus a new goal to "get along" as a new iowa statehouse session starts. "this week in iowa" airs sunday at 9 a-m right here on local five. nikki/ots: a variety show and a singles' auction tonight in des moines raised money for a local charity. tonight, a date with 18 single men and women from across the metro were auctioned off to raise money for variety, a local children's charity. tickets were 20 dollars at the door. guests got to have a dinner and mingle ahead of the big auction. this year, the goal was to raise $10-dollars for the charity. organizers say it's a fun competition to be part of. doug vinsand, organizer: "we had a pushup contest on stage, we have a guy on stage tonight that has a rocky theme entrance planned. so, it's always entertaining. and the more entertaining it

dr. steffen schmidt says right now it's a tossup. "on trump right? " jack: so tonight it was seven candidates up on was seven candidates up on the debate stage. the "big elephant not in the room," as senator ted cruz called it tonight, was donald trump. stephanie: the tone of the debate was a little less combative than some of the debates trump was involved in. but there was still plenty of passion, including dr. ben carson saying america needs to get serious about keeping isis operatives out of our borders. "because there are many people out there that want to destroy us. now i recognize that the vast majority of people coming in here are not those kinds of people. but that's not good enough, if you've got 10 people coming to your house and you know one of them is a terrorist, you probably gonna keep them all out. you know figure out a way to make sure we keep america safe. " even with trump gone tonight, a hot issue that caused a lot of disagreement between the candidates. one thing they did agree on was their feeling that another democrat in the w

dr. steffen schmidt and our state wide political team for as they bring insight to the issues and the candidates. we'll continue with live coverage all night long until the caucus winners are announced. jack: and with all the candidates fighting for your support, the airwaves are flooded by political ads. you just can't get away from them. 70 million dollars has been spent on campaign ads so far. stephanie: jeb bush's super pac has spent the most with 15 million dollars in ads. next is marco rubio's campaign, his super pac and an outside group spending 12 million. then, it's clinton and sanders. bernie sanders' spending is a little different. all 7.4 million dollars worth of ads have been paid for by his campaign. stephanie: but with the amount of ads, are people really listening or changing the channel. at platinum kutz, a baber shop and customers tell us they can't wait for monday to be over with. "i get tired of seeing all these ads. it can be going to the airport, i can be in the bathroom and a sticker would pop up saying vote for hillary." stephanie: we want to know what you think of the po

dr. schmidt -- in the last caucuses, they announced that romney had won. had to back up and say it was santorum. i'm wondering what happened? it sort of seems that the perception that party establishments go through machinations to swing the outcome to their favor -- you is see it on the democratic side with the debate over how many debates and debbie wasserman influencing things. what actually happened in the last caucus is my first question, and my second question is what do you really think of the iowa hawkeyes? guest: [laughter] alright, let me answer this way. number one, in iowa, we love all of our teams. and we prefer iowa state to do well, because that's where i work. but we support each other, and we love iowa. what happened on caucus night -- you gotta' to remember, the caucuses are not a government run operation. they are run by the political parties. there are almost 1700 precincts, and they come together sometimes in small places, but more and more and larger places, where people congregate on caucus night. and then they vote. the people who r

dr. schmidt in the last caucuses, they announced that romney had one. -- had won.hen they had to back up and say it was santorum. i'm wondering what happened? it sort of seems that the perception that party establishments go through machinations to swing the outcome to their favor -- you see it on the democratic side with the debates over how many debates. influencingasserman things. what actually happened in the last caucus is my first question, and my second question is what do you really think of the iowa hawkeyes? guest: [laughter] let me answer this way. number one, in iowa, we love all of our teams. and we prefer iowa state to do well, because that's where i work. but we support each other, and we love iowa. what happened on caucus night -- you have to remember. the caucuses are not a government run operation. they are run by the political parties. ,here are almost 1700 precincts and they come together sometimes in small places, but more and more and larger places, where people congregate on caucus night. and then they vote. the people who run the caucuses ar

dr. schmidt, the big news this week is donald trump deciding not to attend the fox news debate tonight at drake university. how do you think this will affect the debate? steffen: jack: what role has the pool of