of iowa and joining us from the bus is the president of the university of iowa, sallie mae son. she has been president of that university since 2007. president mason, begin by telling us, what's the budget for the university of iowa, your an yul budget, where do those revenues derive from? >> the budget for the university of iowa, the total budget for the university of iowa is about $2.4 billion. largely because we have a very large academic medical center, that's part of our operation, including a very big hospital. it's a big budget, it is absolutely one that has continued to grow despite some of the challenges that we have had, including a very large natural disaster in 2008, a major flood, that impacted us rather significantly and that we're still recovering from, but we are recovering in very fine fashion with nearly a billion dollars worth of construction going on in iowa city right now, the education kbugt which is probably the thing that people are most interested in. is about $680 million and about $220 million of that comes from the state of iowa and the rest comes fro

for the iowa senate seat. bruce braley is facing state senator joni ernst. current senator tom harkin is retiring after five terms. the race is listed as a tossup. >> joni ernst is with us. >> hoping to win one of the most hotly contested races in the nation. >> i go to washington as a mom and a soldier. >> i will work with anybody who will help solve the tough albums we face. >> the campaign is getting national headlines. >> let's make them squeal. >> all to win a key seat long held by a democrat. joni ernst taking on bruce braley. still too close to call. tonight, head to head as the country watches. decision 2014. debate for iowa's next senator. >> those of you watching are waiting to hear from candidates in the hottest, closest senate races in the u.s. history. one that experts say may determine control of the senate. they are locked in a dead heat for the seat of tom harkin. the winner will be the first new senator and 30 years for iowa. there will be questions from our panel of journalists, each with dec

eight years of working with ideae with an iowa that -- that is good for iowa. i created a job-training program for renewable energy. i worked with a republican to make that happen. i worked to get benefits for the iowa national guard. i worked with a republican senator from utah so government agencies can indicate more clearly and effectively with you. i worked to make sure that an iowa manufacturer continued to make a product here in the u.s. instead of sending it overseas. i will continue to work with anybody with a good idea. that is my track worker did -- record and my commitment. >> thank you to our host tonight. thank you, congressman braley. as the president has stated, this november, this fall, his policies are on the ballot. we see that now that congressman braley has voted 95% of the time supporting nancy pelosi and the president. we have seen those failed policies nationwide. what we have seen an iowa, reforms utilizing great ideas, we have come up with the transformational mental health reform. education reform. the largest tax cut in iowa history.

cut in iowa history. we have balanced the budget the last four years. we have created up to 150,000 new jobs in the state of iowa. that is what we need to do at the federal level. >> did you have an additional question? >> soundbites have consequences. she was at the state fair when she was asked about this issue. whether she would support changing the tax laws so those companies who ship jobs overseas would not get the benefits. she said no. that is why words matter and have consequences that are harmful to iowans. that is why issues matter. talking about the consequences matters. senator ernst is fond of saying things that sound good, but when you look at what they mean to iowans, they don't make iowans better off. you can't say you stand with farmers and say you will vote against the farm bill. that you are not a strong supporter of the renewable fuel standards. these are things that have consequences. >> i would like to respond. when it comes to words and actions, actions speak louder than words. i ha

i believe in the iowa way. what theyiowans know need more than politicians in washington and if you trust me fightour vote, i will hard for middle-class families so they have better paying jobs. i will work for the thousands of islands who are facing higher health or cost because of obamacare and i will protect social security and medicare for our seniors. soy have sacrificed so much our families can reach the american dream. as your next united states senator, i will fight washington to change washington, to make sure more americans can achieve the american good again, thank you both for with us tonight. >> our political coverage does debate. after tonight's foro weareiowa.com political coverage, as we draw to less to 20 days to election day. >> we thank you at home that have watched this evening. and you can continue to contribute by going to those websites. as we head towards election day, the campus, in sioux city, iowa, thanks for joining us. night! >> thank you. thank you so much! >> you can watch earlier

, or in iowa in iowa. iowa.iowan in i am the guy that has long said, no. i said it earlier today. it is amazing what you can do, should you do not care who gets the credit. be a may be great to farmer, and yet farmers are still complaining about things, including regulations dealing with the environment. -- is there annk appropriate level of federal withenation dealing farmers to ensure clean air and clean water? have been better times to be a farmer than this year, i will make that point. the markets have dropped more than 50%, corn has dropped 60% from the highest. but what do we do with the epa and their overreach? particular, the waters over the united states and the legislation that they have written if it is a significant nexus, they can regulate. they can regulate everything up to and including the kitchen sink. we cannot have a federal government that will change the rules. now it requires permission to do normal farming practices rather than prohibition on certain farming practices -- is therestio

of iowa and joining us from the bus is the president of the university of iowa, sallie mae son. she has been president of that university since 2007. president mason, begin by telling us, what's the budget for the university of iowa, your an yul budget, where do those revenues derive from? >> the budget for the university of iowa, the total budget for the university of iowa is about $2.4 billion. largely because we have a very large academic medical center, that's part of our operation, including a very big hospital. it's a big budget, it is absolutely one that has continued to grow despite some of the challenges that we have had, including a very large natural disaster in 2008, a major flood, that impacted us rather significantly and that we're still recovering from, but we are recovering in very fine fashion with nearly a billion dollars worth of construction going on in iowa city right now, the education kbugt which is probably the thing that people are most interested in. is about $680 million and about $220 million of that comes from the state of iowa and the rest comes fro

, iowa named john lacy. this is an issue important to iowans because iowans are the ones harmed. >> now to our next question. this, we'll begin with senator ernst for one minute. charles collins is a new enrollee under obama care. he has heard joni ernst say she'd work to repeal it. he asks have you given any thought to how individuals in my situation won't lose coverage should the repeal occur? randy ellen says his employer dropped coverage because of obama care and he asks what do you tell people who lost their health insurance because of obama care? >> every iowan and every american has the right to affordable, quality health care but obama care is not the answer to that. and congressman braley gave the closing arguments to obama care. he said he read every single page of this bill. what we have seen even here in iowa is that it is an addictional tax to iowans and all americans of $1.2 trillion. it is a job killer here in the state. it's taking our personal health care decisions out of our hands and placi

loves what we did and are iowa -- that is what we did in our iowa poll.ere is al hunt and jennifer jacobs from the des moines register. the horse race here, mitt romney way ahead, then ben carson in number two. chris christie and jeb bush bring up the far rear. >> it shows us how wide open this race is between never seen anything like it. it is totally wide-open if it does not run -- mitt romney does not run. jeb bush down to 4%, that strikes me as such a gap between the establishment and rank-and-file. >> you know ben carson a little bit. the big surprise of this poll is him there in second place. talk about what you think are his strengths and potential weaknesses. >> he operated on my son, so i know him very well. he is every bit as good as his reputation. one of the greatest neurosurgeons in the history of the world. his appeal is that he is a genuine outsider. people hate washington. there is a certain niche andin republican circles ford african conservative. this guy is so much smarter than they are, and more authentic. he has a charming, low-key ma

. >> as iowa goes, so goes america? michael okwu, in battle ground iowa, as america votes, 2014. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. the fight against ebola enters a new phase in our country as the first person diagnosed on u.s. soil becomes the first also to die of it. hours after eric duncan's death was announced at a dallas hospital, a sheriff's deputy who had been in duncan's apartment, had himself admitted with signs of the sickness. new screening set to get under way at five u.s. airports as early as this weekend. but the health crisis being closely monitored in texas is first a very personal one for family of eric duncan. "america tonight's" adam may visited the liberian community a community in mourning and fear. >> reporter: thomas duncan who became the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. now becomes the first person to die of the virus in the country. died at 7:51 wednesday local time. mr. duncan succumbed to an insidious disease. ebola. he fought courageously in this battle. since last sat he had been given an experimental treatment. while it

iowa's all important senate race. why it could be key to control of the senate and to american paychecks. also ahead: the sound and motion of music? >> at some level we're all dancers and musicians. this is really in our genes. you don't have to teach children you know. young children will dance and make music without knowing what they're doing at all. >> a creative movement and how it's inspiring some new moves. there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. at the top of the hour. >> a look at our capital under renovation. there's a saying, as iowa goes, so goes the nation. we may have to change that to, so goes the senate. iowa's open senate seat has become a key piece in the co

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iowa will vote. newton iowa has been on the front line of this great united states recession from day one. in 2007 a maytag plant shut its doors and devastated the community, 1900 jobs were lost, crushing the local economy. in 2011 the ed show went to newton, iowa to see how the folks were impacted. workers told me they felt they were abandoned. >> i mean, there's nobody around. the farmers were in trouble, the union was there. when people were in trouble the unions were always there. we never separated ourselves from society. we're part of it. we were raised here. >> since the plant was closed, newton has started to make, i think, a pretty remarkable comeback. in 2009 tpi composites opened up, it manufacturers some in china and also right here in iowa. they build large-scale structures for wind energy in the energy industry. now business has been good thanks to president obama's policies like the wind tax credit. you're like all i ever do is give obama credit. wait a minute it's a fact. this incenti

welcome to "iowa press." i feel like i am masquerading here in another body, but this is me, but now my voice. we'll get through it together. you are both familiar with the traditional "iowa press" format, but we are in a different setting with a wonderful audience. in addition to the television viewers, those in the audience have agreed not to cheer during the one-hour debate. we are following the regular format with which you are familiar, and that is no preset debate rules, just an exchange of ideas and issues. i will be moderating, and questions will be coming from multiple journalists. dean borg, kay henderson, and kathie obradovich. >> congressman king, 12 years. for twoeek reelection more, what do you point to as your signature accomplishment? >> ronald reagan once said it is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. >> i think that my record comes down to the bad ideas that have been killed or stalled. i want to recognize that my fight against obamacare -- i do not think

iowa or iowa state? >> i am an iowa state cyclone as long as they are not playing each other. >> okay. >> congressman braley, same question. on saturdays who do you cheer for, iowa or iowa state? >> as you know, i graduated from both fine universities and when they play each other i cheer for iowa state. >> mr. braley, i have a question for you here. say something that you admire about your opponent. tell us something you admire about ms. ernst. >> well, i admire the fact that senator ernst has served our nation and our state and the iowa national guard. i think it's a terrific attribute. my father was a world war ii combat veteran and i have great respect for senator ernst for serving her country. >> thank you. >> the same to you. >> i think congressman braley is a great father. >> thank you. thank you both for that. let's move ahead. now to something, we've said something nice i guess here so maybe we turn the page and go the other direction a little bit. we have to bring up something else that voters

iowa's open seat comes after five-term democrat tom harkin announced his retirement. here's more now about the race. >> host: want to go now to iowa where jennifer jacobs is joining us on the phone, chief political reporter for "the des moines register" there to talk about thein iowa senate race. another closely-watched race for control of the senate.ate.

iowa state agrope mi. said the seeds -- agronomist said the seeds, parent or ingrain seeds have been bread over nears to hour. >> they have to have pest resistance, drought resistance insect resistance and herbicide resistance in the hybrids. >> reporter: every extra bushel is money in a pocket. and increases the world's food supply. all of which makes the parent seeds more valuable. whoever produces the best seeds likely secures a bigger slice of the market. american farmers produce on average twice as men bush else per acre as chinese counterparts, posing a challenge for seed companies in china >>> you can't play catch up easily. if i'm at a yield level of 200 bushes per acre and you at 100 per acre. closing the gap will e difficult over time. if i want a quick fix, i need to steal your stuff. >> that's the only way, or you need to licence my stuff legally programme. >> reporter: the chances of the united states licensing my stuff to china is slip given the fact that the kipees have not been known for pr

iowa or iowa state? >> iowa state, unless they're playing each other. [laughter] >> congress and braley, same question. >> i graduated from both universities and when they play each other, i cheer for iowa state. >> say something you admire about your opponent. >> she has served well in the iowa national guard. i have great respect for senator ernst. >> i thank congressman braley. he is a great father. >> let's move ahead. we have to bring something up that voters feel very strongly about. one of the nastiest we have seen in history -- $17.8 million has been spent on tv advertising only through october 1. obviously you have to be living under a rock to not see these commercials. we asked our viewers to send us questions through social media and many of them are angered, even disgusted about all the negative advertising. one said, "what ad on your behalf has embarrassed you most?" congressman braley, senator ernst, which one would it be? >> it wasn't run on my behalf but it was an ad that was run earlier in the race that showed a bunch of people looking

is it catching on in iowa? away from this race and you can help it, there was a singular moment that turned this race into a competitive race. susan knows this too. we have been reporting on this race for a while. not to say they wouldn't have targeted it. they wouldn't get what they wanted. there was questions. joanie learned that that nomination took the state by storm, but what convinced republicans to target it, that moment where he seemed to take a shot at the senior senator here, saying he is not a lawyer and he would be in charge. it came across condecenting. it galvanized and they made it vulnerable. you combined the fact that they caught fire by using her iowa roots as a hog farmer to sort of connect in a way that braley struggled to. you can't look at it and say the campaign tactics, ernst has the lead. the question is can she win the election? the democratic ground game that has been so dominant, can it overcome what has been a tough cycle i argue for bruce braley. >> chuck todd on the road in kansas

ask then up to iowa. let's take a look at the face us of the contenders who populate this path to victory if the republicans get it. and discuss a counter attack. south dakota, a three-way race, rick whelan, and the senator for many years, along with mike rounds. an average shows rounds with a double-digit lead. montana, democrat amanda curtis versus steve danes, the polling average has danes with a double-digit lead as well. west virginia, republican cap toe maintains a healthy lead. so let's say republicans win these three. now it starts to get harder for them. the following races are all close. alaska, mark begins versus dan silva. sullivan is up by a hair. to the deep south, mark pryor and tom cotton are neck and neck right now. on to louisiana where the state's open primary format has the incumbent fending off bill b costley and rob mannis. iowa, bruce braley is in the fight of his life against the hog castrator, joni ernst. there we have it. let me go to larry sabato who i watch all the time on this

, or an iowan in iowa. i am the guy that has long said no. i said it earlier today. it is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. >> it may be great to be a farmer, and yet farmers are still complaining about things, including regulations dealing with the environment. what do you think -- is there an appropriate level of federal regulation dealing with farmers to ensure clean air and clean water? >> there have been better times to be a farmer than this year, i will make that point. the markets have dropped more than 50%, corn has dropped 60% from the highest. but what do we do with the epa and their overreach? in particular, the waters over -- of the united states and the legislation that they have written if it is a significant nexus, they can regulate. they can regulate everything up to and including the kitchen sink. we cannot have a federal government that will change the rules. now it requires permission to do normal farming practices rather than prohibition on certain f

still had the iowa nice. but i can still hear it in my mind and i really kind of channeled her whenever mickey gave me this call about the chance to be here tonight, margie. rick, i've grown up "the register" and i can't imagine my day starting without it. but i see the headlines. i've read about cutbacks. i know this is a time of great challenge in your business. and this woman who i, unfortunately, have never gotten a chance to reconnect with. she didn't leave her number, no name, didn't have an e-mail. i've called her new virginia all these years in my mind when i've shared this story with people. she says to me in one pivotal question, is there a future for "the register"? it was and remains an important question in a state that cherishes its newspapers. chris, iowa's home to, what, more than 300 newspapers? powerful, powerful. one of the highest per capita in the entire country. for a newspaper guy like me who grew up just reading every single newspaper he could get his hands on and knew this is what he

, how is this playing in iowa? you are a democrat, you see the hog references, it great on their nerves.

then you got hold on to iowa, too.poll from the des moines register was such a revelation to me, specifically looking at the lack of support for bruce braley after that videotape that's been getting a lot of coverage out there. you thing of tom harkin with all his populist appeal has appealed to farmers, bruce braley not benefiting from that. joni ernst is one of the most conservative republican candidates running in a battleground race this year. a lot of opportunities for democrats to go after her on these issues we mentioned. right now being overshadowed by this video. what can bruce bayly do, what can democrats do to save this seat? >> you sort of hit it right on the head. to a certain extent braley has a personality problem. part of why democrats aren't succeeding in taggy ernst with this long list of overly conservative issues is because her personality comes across completely contrary to that. if you take a look at the debate they held earlier this month, braley came across kind of on the defensive. ernst, while

all eyes on iowa on tuesday. catherine, thank you. >> thank you. >> and now to kentucky the blue grass state. it's also a nail biter. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is fighting to keep his seat. >> there is nobody running in america this year, the liberals want to be more than the guy you are looking at. i'm proud of my enemies. >> it makes a big difference who wins this election. and alisyn lundergan grimes should win it and will with your help. >> it's the economy, stupid. >> obama needs alisyn grimes, kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> we will take this fight to mitch mcconnell and hold him accountable for his 30 years of failed leadership. >> and "on the record" sam youngman from the kentucky leader. nice to see you, sam. >> good to be with you, greta. >> where does this stand? this has been like neck and neck. >> i know. we are sort of missing the suspense that we had just a week ago like what they are having in iowa. we just put out a poll yesterday last poll before the election shows senator mcconn

finally, in iowa, film maker scott sieker has done it again, his humorous iowa nice guy character whodd online in 2012 and went viral has just weighed in on the mid-terms. watch. >> i am the iowa nice guy. i have a message for eye wans. cue the flag. our state along with all others has a misunderstanding of the importance of non-presidential elections. turns out said elections are vastly more important to your everyday life than electing a president. the number of important races going on iowa at this moment is hard to count when you don't even know there are races going on. years. >> i with a nice guy stepped outside in fronts of the state capitol building and declared his candidacy for governor. >> i would issue an order to an exomaha because a town that exciting shouldn't be in a state that boring. you can't vote for me or anyone else unless you are registered to vote. so register to vote. visit iowaniceguy.com on more information on how to strernling and get involved in these elections until next time, which will be very soon, i am out. >> a group of nebraska residents offended by

>> i was in iowa reporting on the senate rice there.n day isn't election day in a lot of these states. iowa has one of the longest early voting periods started in september and traditionally a strength for the democrats in 2012, even in 201when they were getting blown out, democrats had tens of thousands more early votes just in terms of which party returned more ballots and the republicans, this past week fort first time in history, republicans returned more early votes than democrats in iowa. this is a big danger sign. democrats are saying oh, those are just those people who would have voted on election day anyway. if past trends are anything like this year and the past two elections, republicans have had 9%, won election day by 9%, so for them to be leading in the early vote it's a big trouble sign for democrats. we're seeing that in some of the other states that have early voting, i'll be looking where we're going election day. >> thanks. manu? >> both sides are already laying group groundwork for recount battlings in the close stat

he's a fighter for iowa. >> and it's clinton's second visit for iowa in two minutes ostensibly to helpthers, but the probable presidential candidate has her own work to do in this first caucus state since she came in third eight years ago. >> you test your candidates. you actually force them to be the best they can be. >> reporter: iowa's tighten is at race allows white house hopefuls and there are a lot of them to get here early and often. florida republican marco rubio spent the day with gop candidate joany ernst, pressing the flesh at multiple stops. >> how iowa goes, is how it goes. the senate majority will be decided this year. >> rubio was an early supporter of ernst for senate. the bonus for him and others to come and meet iowa voters and local leaders is undeniable. >> this is the third time, i believe, you've been here to iowa since -- >> third or fourth. we've been here a few times. >> reporter: any republican even considering running for president has made a point of cropping up in the hawk eye state this election year. rick perry, rick santorum, chris christie, mike huckabe

that it had in iowa. justice of the florida supreme court since 1997 and served as chief justice from 2004 to 2006. she's been involved in her time on the court with several notable cases including the bush v gore case from 2000, the michael shy vol case from 2004, be some fascinating cases we've discussed involving dog sniffs and searches and seizures. you've had an amazing run and also had symptom extremely sobering reactions to your decisions, as well. we're going to learn about them. and finally i'm honored to welcome judge and nan back burn-riggs by, the president of the national association of women judges. she was nominated by president george bush to the district of columbia court of appeals in 2006. she chairs the districts of columbia court's standing committee on fairness and access. she's a commissioner on the district's access to justice commission and before her appointment, she was nominated by president bill clinton to serve as an associate judge on the superior court of the district of co

>> i tell you, here in iowa people love the fact i am a southwest iowa farm girl and relating back tothe agriculture roots is very important. so many people come up to me. joni, that's the way i grew up, too. and i am proud of that. i think it is important to come from an agricultural state to represent the views of iwans. >> you think democrats have overplayed the message of republicans not caring about women? as a republican woman candidate how is that playing out where you are? >> yes, when the democrats talk about the war on women, i have addressed this and i did that when i received the nomination as the republican candidate and i told the iowa people, one, i am a woman, and second, i have been to war and this is not a war. any time they use the phrase, they should do it to honor our servicemen and women. >> that's a powerful reminder that war is not played on the battleground of politics but where people truly get hurt. joni, one issue that you hear in talking to the people of iowa. what issue that they want you to address in the u.s. senate? >> i tell you, as i travel over iowa

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welcome to "iowa press." feel like i am masquerading here in another body, but this is me, but now my voice. we'll get through it together. you are both familiar with the traditional "iowa press" format, but we are in a different setting with a wonderful audience. in addition to the television viewers, those in the audience have agreed not to cheer during the one-hour debate. we are following the regular format with which you are familiar, and that is no preset debate rules, just an exchange of ideas and issues. i will be moderating, and questions will be coming from multiple journalists. dean borg, kay henderson, and kathie obradovich. >> what do you point to as your signature accomplishment? >> i think that my record comes down to the bad ideas that have been killed or stalled. i want to recognize that my fight against obamacare -- i do not think that anybody fought as strongly as i have. but in the middle of the gridlock, we passed a good farm bill that will be here for the next five years or longer. we'll

presumably, if she wasn't running, we wouldn't see her every other day. >> in iowa. >> i love iowa. times. if you spend more than three or four weekends in iowa, you're running for president. >> apparently you're anti-iowa -- >> that is not -- please -- >> i have been to iowa and i'm not running for president. >> congratulations on your new marriage as well. >> oh, thank you, i really appreciate it. >> you've got that honeymoon glow. have a great weekend. >>> up next, trying to contain ebola in the jet age. how much information are airlines obligated to give passengers? what are potentially sick passengers required to tell airlines? i guarantee the answer is going to surprise you. come back. zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. in the country. we operate just like a city, and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal, generating electricity on-site, and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focuse

>> there's a chunk in new hampshire and iowa. but the discomfort on that issue, he was ready to talk about anything else in the world. ebola. anything else. break my legs. not this. that depends on how much the republicans want the issue to go away. have the courts figure it out and then we can never ask about it again. all right? >> well, most republicans want this to go away but there's a noisy faction who do not. and as he becomes more of a contender, he's going to get more scrutiny on this stuff. he's been saying for more than a year thousand that we should leave same-sex marriage up to the states and now that people are starting to notice the things he's saying, he's not going to get away with this any longer. the other thing that is interesting here, paul has been trying to build a coalition with conservatives in iowa and some of his strategists think that's a mistake, that it's not the right kind of partnership for him to build because it's too awkward. >> a lost social conservatives don't think -- democrats are happy. >>

and honestly no politician goes to iowa by accident. it's important for them to make a network there, to see politicians on the ground, and campaign for those politicians so they earn chits for when they run for president. >> for when they run for -- that's pretty definite terms you're speaking there, rebecca. >> well, hillary clinton i think it's hard to argue that at least right now she does not plan to run for president. she has made all of the signals that she does plan to run. she has very deliberately built up her campaign in these past couple months. s a a very good team behind her and now we see her going to iowa and also to new hampshire. >> okay. so let's say mitt romney and hillary clinton -- that this is a litmus test for them and they're testing the waters. what do you think that discovery will look like for each of the potential candidates? >> i think they're going to find a lot of support, especially in a state lie iowa. mitt romney is obviously still very well-known there, well liked from his last presidential campaign.

going to come down to iowa, to colorado and georgia. those three wins the senate. >> rose: takes us to colorado. colorado is fascinating president bush won it twice and obama ma flipped it. mid term electorate is for favorable to -- democratic incumbent mark udall leading to gardener. the question here really is, are democrats going to be able to turn out young voters and latinos and others in mid term year to resist this republican. >> rose: is the focus on this senate race most typical of the nation that we can learn most from? >> it actually isn't. because -- all right. i think colorado -- hold on. i'm going to bring you back a little bit. colorado and iowa are going to be very important. republicans this map is always benefited them. these are red states up in mid term year. they should be able to win those red states and control the senate. but if a place like colorado, iowa or new hampshire, that they need to be able to win a national election for 2016. we're all going to be focusing very much especially on colorado and as david s

senate in iowa. she's running against bruce braley. this is a high profile race because it's been tight as a tick for months. right now before election day joni ernst turns out to have a sharon angle problem. a piece of tape has emerged where joni ernst like sharon angle before her is threatening to turn to armed violence against the government if she doesn't get what she wants through the political process. this was first published by the huffington post. it shows joni ernst addressing the crowd at an nra event in 2012. >> i have a beautiful little smith & wesson, my millimeter and it goes with me virtually everywhere. i do believe in the right to carry. and i believe in the right to defend myself and my family, whether it's from an intruder or whether it's from a government should they decide that my rights are no longer important. i believe in my right to defend myself from the government with my beautiful little smith & wesson, 9 millimeter. this raises a specific question for this now u.s. senate candidate, in what situation exact

iowa has not always been kind to clinton.he limped into third place in iowa during the presidential race in 2008. >> john, pretty remarkable that hillary clinton over the past three, four, five, six months has dropped as much as she had. now mitt romney seeing this poll, she's in basically dead lock with rand paul within the margin of error. chris christie, jeb bush don't fare as well. that's news as well. from the establishment said of the ledger. mitt romney has one more reason to listen to the advisors and contributors who are begging him to get in this race. >> you hit a bunch of high points. this is the first time anyone has tested with likely 2016 general election voters in iowa head-to-head match up like this. first time anybody has done it. first time iowa poll is the thing we're partnered with. gold standard out there. the fact that she, she obviously has 100% name recognition. everyone knows her in iowa in the same way everyone knows president obama. you put her up against mitt romney that has 100% name recognition.

he's a fighter for iowa. >> reporter: it's clinton's second iowa visit in two months, ostensibly to helps, but the probable presidential candidate has her own work to do in this first caucus state since in 2008 she came in third. >> you test your candidates. you actually force them to be the best they can be. >> reporter: iowa's tight senate race allows white house hopefuls and there are a lot of them, to get here early and often. florida republican marco rubio spent the day with gop senate candidate joanie ertz, pressing the flesh with iowa voters at multiple states. >> how iowa goes is how the senate will go. the senate majority may be decided here. >> reporter: he was an earlier supporter for ertz in the senate. the bonus nor him and others to help meet local leaders is undeniable. >> the third time you've been to iowa since -- >> third or fourth. we've been here a few times. >> reporter: any republican even considering running for president has made a point of cropping up in the hurricane katrina yea state, rick perry, rick santorum, ted cruz, paul ryan, bobby jindal, rand paul has a

can't wait to see how that plays in iowa.y criticism of its reporting on the michael brown autopsy. but first, why new hampshire and alaska and every state between them with a senate race matters next tue