the minute garrett warren met claudia. >> a beautiful woman. we wanted garrett to be happy. he found somebody that seemed he genuinely loved. >> there was something special about her. people who got to know her, she has a beautiful soul, men were attracted to that as much as her beauty. >> her friend remembers when claudia and garrett first got together. one day, she said to you, i met this guy. she was very excited. i was a big fan of garrett. he was sweet, funny, she seemed happy. joe and i both were supportive. >> by joe, she is referring to claudia'sex husband, joe pesci. >> it sounds like her marriage to joe didn't end badly? >> not at all. they are like family, very close. >> claudia stayed close to joe pesci, after she started dating garrett. he loved action and adventure, he met claude ya, he was ready to settle down. >> we thought this would be the gal that garrett would end up with. no more dating, no more running around, i will end up with claudia. they were married less than a year after they met. >> in the beginning, i think it was a good relationship. my gosh.

garrett tenney from washington thank you. massachusetts democratic senator and possible presidential candidate elizabeth warren on the road in iowa this weekend. she's speaking to potential caucusgoers in this early voting state. this this days after she announced she is forming a committee. here's warren on what the 2020 election should mean to americans. >> i am in this fight for all of our families. it's not about my family. it's about the tens of millions of families across this country that just want a level playing field. jon: peter doocy has more from iowa. smith senator elizabeth warren is the only top-tier 2020 contender with an exploratory committee in iowa this weekend but she's also the only 2020 contender anywhere answering questions about her heritage because caucusgoers want to know why she defends all the time she talks about native american lineage with the dna test that shows geese just a fraction native american. >> my decision was. i'll just put it all out there. all of my records including the dna test is out there on line. anybody can look at it. it's there. i can't stop donald trump from hurling racial

warren forming exploratory committee. she was in iowa last weekend, new hampshire this weekend. kirsten gillibrand are expected to declare his candidates as well. garrett tenney has more from washington. reporter: more than 2000 -- two candidates made it official. on friday it was hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard in on saturday farmer upon the housing secretary castro plans to emphasize his own story of the american dream, being raised by his mother in humble circumstances. >> it is time for new leadership because it's time for new energy. and it's time for a new commitment to make sure that the opportunities that i've had are available to every american. >> climate change and health care will be two of the top priorities along with other democrats including senator elizabeth warren. she hasn't officially announced, the last weekend she was in iowa in this weekend she was in new hampshire. >> he needs to attack head on what hard-working families face everyday. we need to tackle them together. the high cost of health care. the high cost of housing. the high cost of childcare and the high cost of getting an education. >> at this point former vice presi

. >> and garrett, looking at the democratic side, it is interesting to see bernie sanders signing the official, officially, jeremy, talking about bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and they are rivals not only regional rivals, but progressive rivals, and they had that, you know, the dinner, and i interviewed him the next morning and he said it is not abnormal for -- >> he was very -- >> and to go over to somebody's house, but the fact is that they were being blunt with each other in private to say, we are both running, and he has not declared yet, but he is organized certainly so he can run are, and she is off launching first, and heading to iowa this weekend. >> i think about these two dramatic storylines that you have unfolding on both sides of the capital, and you have all of the presidential candidates in wait ing waiting in the senate on the democratic side, and too many to even name, you are looking up upwards to two dozen people in total who are possibly running for president on the democratic side. and then on the house side, you have this debate over impeachment that began before democrats have even been handed the speaker's gavel with nancy pelosi talk

warren and cory booker. this is not an issue that will be going away any time soon. laura? laura: thank you, garrett. eric?ow that the 116th congress is in session, there is one notable absentee. north carolina's ninth congressional district does not have a representative yet. that's because there is an active fraud investigation into the election that involves absentee ballots there. republican mark harris currently leads the democrat mccready by 905 votes in the unofficial returns. mr. harris is demanding the court certify that he won. >> if the court certified the election, then he could potentially petition the house of representatives to seat him. it is possible then though that pelosi and other democrats say no we're not going to seat you, that this is going to require new elections. eric: how will this be decided. fox news legal analyst is joining us and a partner for the firm michael j. moore is also joining us. mercedes, if there's a conviction in this apparent election fraud or allegations of such, can the court still decide to seat him or not? >> well, they could. i mean, right now there is this