that's why i came to iowa. i came to iowa to help those men and women. when iowa is more competitive, texas is going to have to raise its game, too. so is oklahoma and the 47 other states out there in the contiguous united states and alaska and hawaii, too, they have to raise their games. that's what we are about as a people, to compete. i'm thinking when the hawkeyes play iowa state, there might be a little competition going on there. and that's what we're about. we should not be afraid of it in the private sector and shouldn't be afraid of it in the public sector. i believe in competition. i believe it's the powerful explosive, if you will, that can put this country on a trajectory like it's never been on before. i believe the greatest days are ahead of us as a country. the greatest days are ahead of this state. i believe this country is ready for that type of competition and iowa, i'm going to put it on you, iowa, i want iowa to lead this charge over the next 84 days. let's change not only america but the world by what happens here right here in the s

iowa state fair. with its corn dogs, butter cow, and wholesome farm-bred competition is a heaping portion of america's star-spanningled and deep fried and gigantics. iowans are the first in the nation to cast votes in the iowa caucuses. it's been that way since 1972. >> why is iowa so important? iowa is not first in the nation because it's important. it's important because it is first in the nation. >> so far at least a dozen presidential hopefuls have made visits to iowa. even though the presidential election is more than two years away. texas governor rick perry is one of them, making an appearance at this year's fair just days before an indictment cast a shad doi on his prospects. >> the speaker is governor rick perry of texas. welcome back to iowa. >> if you want to toss your name into ring to become president of the united states, you have to come to iowa, and you really have to come to the iowa state fair. politicians love to go out to the state fair. you can show how brave you are by eating foo

this is a bombshell that reaches way beyond this one iowa state senator and iowa republican politics. this is a statement that his attorney released today -- >> oh, yeah, right, you can't bribe yourself. if you're guilty of taking a bribe, that means somebody must have -- i mean, he didn't trick the ron paul campaign in describing the bribes they paid to him as payments to some film company. they didn't think they were getting film production for the price of $73,000, which is what they fold the s.e.c. they were bribing him. he's now going to go to prison for 25 years because he got caught for taking a bribe and covering it up. he's pled guilty to helping them do it. but what about them? who was in charge of the ron paul campaign when this was happening? who done it? this man is the campaign manager now for senate minot leader mitch mcconnell. he's the top republican in the senate. he will become senate majority leader if he succeeds in his plan for republicans to take over the senate this fall. his campaign manager is jessie benton. jessie benton at the time was bribing people for th

bob runs it in iowa. whose endorsement is covered. >> is it possibly to be elected president of the united states without coming to iowa, and without, if you are a republican, coming to this event. whether you win or not. i need to be development. >> nice to meet you. >> i like your tattoos. >> it shouldn't come as a surprise, louisiana governor bobby jinnedle made an appearance. he insists he will not make a decision about running for not until after november. but... >> if you make the decision. could you see a path to the white house not involving iowa. >> iowa has historically been, or for a good long time been the first in a nation. the folks take the responsibility seriously. >> candidates who ignore iowa and io was do so at -- iowa do so at their own peril. >> iowa is the place to process. there has been candidates who tried to squip iowa. you look at rudy giuliani. he's not going to do that in iowa, he may be too moderate. he'll start in florida. by the time the race got to florida, it was too late

this is why iowa which is a democratic seed which a lot of democrats one iowa feel we should be ableo hold on to this, the republican there is doing pretty well. >> also a legitimate question where obama can go in october. michigan maybe. new hampshire maybe. i know it's particularly heartbreaking for the white house can't go to iowa because that's a state he feels is very emotional tied to. i don't think based on those numbers you want him in iowa. that's a pretty striking thing. i certainly -- i'm not sure. i think you'll see hillary clinton much, much more in demand. and there's a big question for 2016 for republicans which is they can win the senate without having to win any of these blue states. they can win in states that romney carried. if they are going to prove they are a force be reckoned with in 2016 they have to win in iowa and colorado. >> if you look at somebody like bruce braley and others like the issues they are running on, military, va, that's breaking through. the white house has been surprised about the issues that are breaking through. >> for a while, to your poi

iowa is the first in the nation to cast primary votes in the iowa caucuses. it's been that way since 1972. >> people always ask why is iowa so important? iowa is not first in the nation because it's important. it's important because it is first in the nation. >> reporter: so far at least a dozen presidential hopefuls have made visits to iowa even though the presidential election is more than two years away. texas governor rick perry is one of them making an appearance at this year's fair just days before an indictment cast a shadow on his prospects. >> reporter: if you want to toss your name in the ring to be president of the united states, you have to come to iowa, and you really have to come to the iowa state fair. >> applications love to go to the iowa state fair. you can show how brave you are by eating food on a stick. >> reporter: a political columnist for the des moines register, that makes for good tv, good photo-ops. this year it's dominated by would be republican contenders. democrats, we're told, are sitting it out until hillary clinton announces h

this may not apply to iowa so much. but if you want to win illinois, ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, we win 80% of the geography and huz all the big cities primarily because we don't get african-american vote. we have to go after people who haven't been considering the republican party. frankly, some of our laws have disproportionately affected african-americans, hispanics and people that live in cities. >> josh, a message never before heard by a republican call presidential primary voters. >> it's interesting, because this started at the state level with republicans. you've had a lot of governors in the south doing sentencing reform saying we're putting too many people in prison. it costs a lot of money to the economy and to the government and that's trickled up to congress. rand paul is doing something quite serious on it with corey booker. the challenge is that it's not just a single issue with which republicans can repair their reputation with african-american voters. you've seen the voter i.d. where rand paul danced

iowa four times, south carolina five times, new hampshire two times, that would be states one, two andhree on the republican presidential nominating calendar and so far these travels seem to be paying off. latest poll of republicans, who do they want to be their nominee, rand paul in second place, at the top of the pack with chris christie, that's good for a guy who hasn't run for president before. as he does run, is he trying to expand beyond his tea party and libertarian base changing his positions on some issues to get more establishment support. this is just over the border into nebraska during an iowa trip this past week, the question is why, senator, do you propose cutting off aid to israel. the senator doesn't like the question. >> you can misstate my position and then i'll answer the question. that has not been a legislative position, we have never introduced anything to phase out or get rid of israel's aid. >> he's not in favor of cutting israel's aid. how does he explain this, this is january 2011 in an interview with my colleague wolf blitzer. >> i don't think funding both s

that's why i came to iowa. i came to iowa to help those men and women. when iowa is more competitive, texas is going to have to raise its game, too. so is oklahoma and the 47 other states out there in the contiguous united states and alaska and hawaii, too, they have to raise their games. that's what we are about as a people, to compete. i'm thinking when the hawkeyes play iowa state, there might be a little competition going on there. and that's what we're about. we shun be afraid of it in the private sector and shouldn't be afraid of it in the public sector. i believe in competition. believe it's the powerful explosive, if you will, that can put this country on a trajectory like it's never been on before. i believe the greatest days are ahead of us as a country. the greatest days are ahead of this state. i believe this country is ready for that type of competition and iowa, i'm going to put it on you, iowa, i want iowa to lead this charge over the next 84 days. let's change not only america but the world by what happens here right here in the state of

for some like dale veers at iowa state penitentiary, that means the chance to pick up a new skill or two. >> you start out with a block. then cut it down. and then i keep grinding and shaping it until i get it where it's supposed to be. >> a life sentence for kidnapping has given viers a chance to master bird carving. >> i kept the very first bird i ever carved because i just knew that i would get better. that is the first one i carved. that's my duck head. duck's getting a little bit better. i have another bird here. they get better. >> when we met him, viers was hard at work on his most elaborate piece yet. >> i have a robin pulling a worm out of the ground. >> he even had a live model to work with. >> i've got a worm in here. see? he's alive. i've had him for three weeks. so i can get the color and everything right when i make it. >> viers is hardly alone when it comes to finding creative ways to kill time. at first our crew thought indiana state prison inmate donte kidd's stack of toilet paper with a mirror on top was some form of abstract art. but he had a far more practical rea

in iowa, the republican candidate there is named joni ernst. she unexpectedly is running a campaign based in part on the idea there ought to be no federal minimum wage at all. that seems like a wildcard. not sure how anybody saw that -- not sure if anybody saw that coming. not sure if anybody factored the that into their expectations for that race. alaska, democrat mark begich is defending his seat in a state that's widely considered to be impossible to poll, and he's going to be running against a republican named dan sullivan. but here's the fly in the ointment there. mark begich is running against dan sullivan, but dan sullivan is one of two republicans named dan sullivan what's going to be on the statewide alaska ballot this fall. how is that going to affect dan sullivan's chances? either one of them. so, some of it is just chaos and fact that time needs to pass. unpredictability, right? some of that is we need to get further along into the election cycle. part of the turbulence in the common wisdom right now about what's going to happen to

they should come to newton, iowa. [chuckles] >> and this is what they would see in newton, iowa: a maytag plant, where 2,500 people worked, now abandoned. this was the chrysler dealer, the chevy dealer, the tractor supply company. it helps explain why there is so much anger in the land. >> i'm sick and tired of people going to congress and washington, d.c., and making a living out of it while we starve to death. >> i believe we ought to make the tax cuts for the middle class permanent. >> we have now got both parties essentially telling a big lie, with a capital "b" and a capital "l," to the public. >> cut taxes. >> cutting taxes. >> make the tax cuts permanent. >> the republican party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves. >> this from ronald reagan's old budget director, architect of the largest tax cut in american history? >> it's rank demagoguery. we should call it for what it is. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at two of the topics domina

. >> presidential hopefuls visit iowa.sidential election is more than two years away. texas governor is rick perry, making an apparent in this year's fair just days before an indictment cast a shadow on his prospects. >> if you want to toss your name into the ring to become president of the united states, you to have come to iowa, and you really ever to come to the iowa state fair. >> poll advertises love to go out to the state fair. you can show how brave you are by eating food on a stick. >> kathy is a political columnist for the des moines register. >> that makes for good t.v. and photo ops. >> a trip to iowa and the fair is a signal you're consider ago run for the president. this year, it's dominated by would-be rupp contenders. democrats were told are sitting it out until hillary clinton announces her intentions. >> it's a big stage, a big microphone. it's iowa, meaning people are going to cover it, so even if they're thinking about running in 2016, a potential candidate, they're going to show up. >> louisiana governo

it may not apply to iowa so much. if you want to win, ohio, illinois, pennsylvania, 80% of the geography and lose the citiecity s primarily because we don't get african-american vote. we have to go after people that haven't been considering the republican party. >> here is the thing. he's standing next to someone like steve king who has been devicive. talk about impeaching the president and makes comments that immigrants are bricking in drug. this is king being confronted by a group of dreamers yesterday. he says one thing and standing by a guy who actually gets press out of being devicive and pretty much nothing else. he was at the fund raidser in iowa. you're raising money with steve king next to you. i'm pretty sure the people donating are not moderate republicans. here is the problem, it's great to talk about it. and, by the way, rand paul is absolutely correct. they have the gop has to do more. but you can't say we have to do more and when you're confronted by two dreamers. when you're confronted by the people in

so iowa's a purple state. once upon a time, you elected governor brandsted and now we have to elect republicans. >> robert cost, if we see an ascendant gop, is rand paul positioned well in the ranks? >> think so. he is trying to broaden the party's message but looking to 2016, he has to go to iowa and campaign with someone like steve king and steve king for all of the conservative views and controversy on immigration, he is a power in western iowa. this is the delicate balance paul has to strike ahead of the presidential run. cozy up to king and reach out to new stories? >> another big story out of mississippi losing chris mcdaniel and he's saying that democrats shouldn't be able to vote in the primary. robert, how's that playing? >> it's very difficult right now for chris mcdaniel. so far after the primary. to really see any kind of path to victory. he is continuing the legal challenge but i think senator cochran feels pretty safe and mcdaniel for a future in mississippi politics will have to make a decision

so avoid iowa entirely? >> the rnc is trying to do something similar where they want to protect the primary candidates from tough moderators. so they're trying to control the debate process. and so i think to some september, the party apparatus is saying let's avoid these problems by just avoiding them. but unfortunately, iowa caucuses come first. and in order to do well there, you need to establish yourself, you need to have ally there ies. so they can't just not go to iowa. so they will have to address these questions. >> you can't have your hamburger and eat it, too is what i glean from this conversation. jess, brian, thank you both. >>> after the break, a high ranking military official is killed in an attack targeting u.s. troops in afghanistan. the state department from the center for american progress join me next. try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the

i worked in iowa for 40 years before i ran for public office. i have not lost touch with iowa.the people of iowa the last eight years i've represented the first district, and i think when people look at my background, they'll find that out about me. >> reporter: now, that cultural battle, guys, is just one part of the class warfare fight. the other part is the specific economic issues bruce uses against ernst on the minimum wage, social security, and other things. we'll talk about that on "closing bell," and on "street signs," where they stand on the hot issue in washington whether or not the import export bank, important to businesses in iowa, should be maintained. >> yep, very important national issues. thank you very much, john harwood. >>> an american journalist, james foley, went missing in syria two years ago was executed by isis militants in a graphic video on youtube. that portrays an isis member speaking english holding another hostage unless president obama agrees to stop air strikes. he was a classmate of mine in journalism school, a brave journalist, and our thought

>> it's iowa, and if he wants to run for president, he needs to try to appeal to iowa republican voterss there fund-raising for an iowa congressman. but i mean, i think that maybe senator paul did have an interview. i think he's also smart enough to realize that being in a confrontation with the congressman and immigration activist is probably not the place he wants to be. let the congressman deal with it and just sort of run away. >> that seems to be the problem, christina, for folks like paul even if they run very, very perfect campaigns and do do a very good job appealing to my tor minorities, they're stuck with the steve kings and further out than that, the mo brooks. >> don't forget, this is steve king who told our "roll call" reporter the bill, itself, was like he had ordered it off the menu. this is someone who is shaping republican policy right now and that's not a place speaker john boehner wants to be in. even mitch mcconnell who had a successful effort defeating this bill, you know, the democratic bill on the senate side last week before they went for recess. they don't neces

i'm here in iowa for a couple things first, liz.dvisory council that consists of myself and secretary glickman and people from all over the industry, and we come together many times a year to look at all the different issues as it relates to agriculture. we also have, we are big sponsors of the 4-h for the young people of america. we think the future of agriculture is one of the biggest unforeseen growth prospects in all of america. you know, we're going to be feeding roughly, by 2050, nine billion people. i mean, that is a huge amount of production that needs to happen, so the expansion in agriculture is huge. we though it starts with the young people -- we know it starts with the young people, so we've created a commodity carnival, liz. liz: commodity carp value and something called the risk ranch app, getting kids excited about going into agriculture and going into raising steers. listen, i lived in ohio for nearly eight years, i went to many 4-h events, yes, i did the sheep sheering contest, but it is a very serious business, an

he's obviously spending a lot of time in iowa for the fact that the iowa caucuses are so influential. and steve king's one of the guys in iowa. so that's kind of who he's got. now, i don't think he looked particularly presidential, backing out and running away. and actually, i think this is one thing that rand paul has been doing pretty well, is that standing up in his caucus, trying to reach out to different constituencies other than the old, white male voters that they're used to. this wasn't exactly his time to shine, so to speak. >> manu, four house republicans like steve king who have basically made it their mission to block immigration reform, and most recently this border bill, they've now headed home. how are they being received by the voters? is it, you know, a sense of praise? are they treated like heroes, or is there a sense of embarrassment? >> no, i think in these conservative districts, they think they've done what those voters wanted. in fact, in a lot of those races when i was talking to a republican congressman last week, the feeling was that they didn't really want t

host: jerry from iowa. thank you for your call. this is from one of our viewers saying that if isis is so dangerous, why are we funding and arming them in syria? our question this morning, what options should be on the table for the president as he meets with his defense secretary today back at the white house and weighs the possibility of additional military operations against isis. breaking news in fort lee, ve virginia, an active shooter has been reported in the fort lee army base in virginia. the base has been placed on lock do you know down down. no other details available at the moment. again, breaking news from fort lee, virginia. and some comments by louisiana's governor from a piece that he put on the fox news website and reprinted at the weekly standard critical of the president's foreign policies operations. he is publicly criticizing the public's response to the beheading of james foley by isis explaining the crux of the matter is there's a president who is disturbingly naive and holds a ewe tutopiaen view of t world. t

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i love iowa. enjoy iowa, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> this is a fox news alert. right now a 72-hour israel/hamas cease-fire is still holding. the temporary truce is setting the stage for peace talks in cairo. the israeli delegation has just arrived in cairo and palestinian negotiators are already there. correspondent rick leventhal is live in gaza city. rick. >> reporter: greta, it's been 18 hours since this cease-fire began and so far the peace still holds. welcome relief for the resident os thf battered territory. many of them returning to their devastated neighborhoods for the first time today. residents of the neighborhood in east gaza are returning home for the first time since the early days of the conflict. this area's right on the border with israel and was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting between hamas militants and the israeli defense forces and you can see the result. buildings heavily damaged or completely destroyed, vehicles burned up, businesses blasted. the folks who lived here got out because of all the fighting and stayed out because th

or democrats take control of the senate. >> reporter: we found a little news here in iowa looking at one of the races that will term the ball lapse ance of power betwee democrats and republicans. it was on the export, import bank. republican candidate came out in favor of the bank joining democrat bruce brayley. >> it has enormous benefits to iowa, $220 million in loans, the vast majority to small businesses. you look around this state and the ability to export commodities and to export john deere tractors and combines around the world. >> as long as other countries offer that opportunity to their exporters, i think that is something that need to offer to our industry, also. >> reporter: but mostly this race like other senate races across the country is about big disagreement issues. obama care, republicans want to defund and repeal. s is, republicans say it may need structural changes to survive in the long term. democrats say they are going to protect the existing structure of the program. the environmental protection agency where republicans proposed the rules curbing carbon emiss

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walk the streets of iowa city at night. my case number is 076104. it for $50 million to shut down section eight housing and the people who come in here from chicago destroying the quality of life in iowa city. that's -- my apartment was broken into way back when, and a guy standing in the face and he was a chicago. he's an ex-football player. he weighed twice as much as i did, and half my age. i'm 75 right now. >> host: thank you for your call. this is one of our viewers saying that if isis is so dangerous, why are we funding and arming them in syria? another eight or nine minutes left. our question, what options should be on the table for the president as he meets with since -- defense secretary today and why supposedly of additional military operations against isis. also want to share with you some breaking news in virginia just outside of richmond and fort lee virginia. the ap has confirmed an active shooter has been reported in the fort lee army base in central virginia. according to fort lee, verify twitter account the

in the next few weeks he's d for pearntions in iowa, -- pearntions in iowa, -- appearances in iowa, south carolina and new hampshire, all leground states. this video is called hitting the record street and asks for donations. >> governor perry is scheduled to be arraigned on friday but doesn't have to be there. perry says he plans to be in new hampshire that day courting g.o.p. voters for another presidential run. >>> gas prices don't have to drive you crazy. just let wusa9 help you. right now we're checking prices in laurel, maryland. according to aaa's fuel finder, the citgo on 2nd street is selling regular unleaded for $3.29 a gallon. if you go to scott's bp on baltimore avenue, regular unleaded will cost you $3.61 a dw . >> more rain in the forecast. in the phoenix area emergency crews rescued several people from water logged cars. torrential rains trapped people in their homes by high water. thick mud has also become a big problem in that area. >> when i first started to go through, it wasn't that deep. maybe 6 to 8 inches. and then after getting a little further through, it quickly

here's five things iowa state fair.in 1864 in fairfield, iowa with a budget of about $ 3 $123. admission 25 credibilients. it's 11 days. two, presidential politics, they're all en route for a chance to talk to real iowians and eat some real food. more on that later. pro tip, leave your loafers at home. number three, stop, drop and roll, the fair is in the guinness book for the most people ever to demonstrate this fire safety maneuver. number four, forget political contests, consider some of these fair goer contests. how about bubble gum blowing, weed identification. decorating diapers, and of course chicken calling contest. my producers have asked me not to try it. we do need every viewer we can get. finally number five, a very strange obsession of my senior producer kristen donnelly, the butter cow, a tradition dating back to 1911. today it's not just bauutter. it's elvis butter, superman burtd. i understand we had a life advertised jdb statue but chris tend -- if it were up to her she would live in a butter house. any

one of the interesting things is at the same time in iowa there was this lone professor doing a computer in the basement of the physics building and in some ways he is the first but it doesn't have a team around him unlike any act folks who have this whole team at the university of pennsylvania. he never gets the computer fully working and ends up being abandoned to its yet another example of the importance of teamwork and that is where the eniac is so successful. >> host: water is examine this book comes out in the fall and you are asked who invented the computer? >> guest: you? >> guest: you would have to save the people who invented eniac were the first to do a programmable electronic computer and they get it working in teams but john markley who is one of the leaders goes to iowa and takes ideas from there. he goes up to harvard and sees the computing machine a guy named howard aiken had made there. what he does is he collects ideas like a bumblebee collects pollen and fertilizes it in various ways and brings it all together. that as i was saying earlier is how innovation really work

i have not lost touch with iowa. to push back on the nuts and bolts.is hitting hard on joanie ernst for entertaining the idea of private accounts for social security and accusing her of squishing us on ethanol, which is something she denies, guy. >> thank you, john. >>> in the meantime, the big apple is busting records. we're talking about the stock. >> topping the $1 mark today. and all-time high split adjusted. plus does this mean football teams go much, and you will see it here only if you stick around. so do that. financial noise financial noise financial noise where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the freedom of the open road? a card that gave you that "i'm 16 and just got my first car" feeling. presenting the buypower card from capital one. redeem earnings toward part or even all of a new chevrolet, buick, gmc or cadillac - with no limits. so every time you use it, you're not just shopping for goods. you're shopping for something great. learn more at buypowercard.com >>> it is hump day street talk. news, views and analyst

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a another one i want to bring up is stacy apple in iowa. iowa has an interesting history. you know. i'll has never elected a woman to congress. -- iowa has never elected a woman to congress. we do have a handful of great democratic women. or seven thatsix we are watching closely that might be picking up seats along the way. >> one more question. franken, you work for his campaign in 2008. year he faces the voters again. i want to ask about the profile he cut in the senate. looking at the way he has cut his profile here in washington, for someone who was a comedian and actor and wrote pretty outlandish books and was a big sort ofity, he has been the opposite in d.c. >> he had a career change. he deeply wants to represent the people of minnesota. he became a senator. he has become an incredible senator. and is about his priority. he put down one piece of his career and shifted over and has become a senator. i could not be prouder of the work he has done. leader onlly become a all whole set of issues. the jobless to represent the people of minnesota. i hope people see how well he has b

maybe getting ready there in iowa.there any indication that the folks in iowa, they -- you know, they put you through the ringer one time around, maybe they don't go for you, but the next time around, they're a little more receptive to you? is history on someone's side like governor perry? >> i think that rick perry is more popular now among iowa republicans than he was when he was running for president. he has spent a little bit of time in iowa. he is presenting himself much differently than he did in 2012. a lot more energy. the fact that he hasn't just had back surgery like he did during the campaign. of course, he has glasses now, so what's not to like? >> you know what? every little thing counts. kathy, thank you so much. we'll check in again, i'm sure. >>> as we get close to the top of the hour, still ahead, president obama says he has goals for u.s. involvement in iraq. we'll tell you exactly what they are. we heard from the president just a few hours ago. phillips digestive health support is a duo-probiotic tha