it then went to the iowa senate and passed in the iowa senate 49-0. partisanship was not a factor. the only thing that mattered was doing the right thing. so, not a single vote of what was passed, and even ha it evene endorsement of the iowa police ceofficers association. iowa put politics aside, and they got it done. i wish we could see more of a iowa in this chamber. we need both sides of the aisle to unite and passed senator scott's justice act. it offerse solutions to the police reform by increasing oversight, strengthening the requirements and ensuring the use of the body cameras. and it includes an issue i've been working to address to get ait atthe justice act is a commm sense approach to police reform. a number of bipartisan provision to address these issues it was mauled by the senate democrats. it exists so we can debate these issues in a civil manner and reach a consensus so they are not resolved in the street. we cannot do that if the other side chooses to shut down meaningful debates like the funding to police, which will not solve the problem of any inequality or into

iowa legislature. i got a firsthand report from my grandson who is speaker of the iowa house, but -- and the iowa house is divided 53-47, but both the iowa -- both houses of the iowa legislature passed these reforms unanimously. why can't senate democrats let us go forward with the scotts bill? all we need is four more democrat votes. if it can happen in the iowa legislature, it ought to be able to happen here. we have a role then to play in the senate, but let's not forget that while we're doing that, we are also encouraging our state partners to also lead the charge in effecting real change. in fact, 50 state legislatures, every municipality ought to be moving forward on police reforms of not only our type but whatever they might think is best for their states or municipalities. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the american people have been asked to swallow a number of contradictions over the past few weeks. i have already d

iowa has had over 22,000 cases. they've had a bunch of terrible outbreaks, particularly in meat processing plants. iowa has had, honestly, a weird and secretive and super random response from their state government and their governor, which has not helped, either with the disease itself there or with people trusting the government to get things right and keep them safe. i mean, this election last tuesday night happened in the middle of all that worry. it also happened in the middle of the protests over the death of george floyd, which have been very significant protests in iowa and, unfortunately, there's been some pretty serious unrest and violence around some of those protests. some people hurt. but still, in the midst of though things all at once, they held a primary election a week ago tonight and iowa set a record for turnout, which is great, right? good job, everyone. as the secretary of state said. well, the way that iowa set that turnout record is very simple. they sent everyone an application for an absente

we thought happened in ohio -- in iowa. thequestions as to whether iowa caucus will be around in 2024. looking ahead, where would have to be in the political process? guest: it is a good question. fortunately, we did not have the problems iowa had. the election was well held. the turnout was very good. the campaigns all felt they got a good opportunity to make their case there. that the election was fairly held. -- theze here is that, belief here is that work truck to be reelected precedent, it would be difficult for the in leadership nationally not to take another run at really trying to shake up the calendar, which is to say in many respects a number of prominent democrats i've talked to feel this way. bodycam when new hampshire. -- biden can win new hampshire. and he can beat trump and get elected. he is less likely to want to upset the apple cart in a dramatic way. moving forward new hampshire democratic leaders in the secretary of state had said privately as well, we really have kind of a soul-searching discussion abou

you saw what happened in iowa. a lot of questions whether or not the iowa caucuses will even be around in 2024. so looking ahead four years from now where will new hampshire be in the political process? >> it's a very good question, and i think fortunately they didn't have the problems iowa had. the turn out was very good. the campaigns all felt like they had a good opportunity to make their case there that the election was fairly held. certainly the belief here is that if trump were to be re-elected president it would be difficult for the democrats not in leadership nationally not to take another run at trying to really shake-up the calendar, right? so which is to say in many respects, i know a number of prominent democrats i've talked to feel this way, biden can win new hampshire and can beat trump and get elected. he's less likely to want to upset the applecart in a dramatic way. i think moving forward new hampshire democratic leaders, the secretary of state has said this privately as well we really need to have

in iowa our governor kim reynolds has led our state with a steady hand during this critical time. under governor reynolds' thoughtful plan and guidance from public health officials at the local, state, and federal level, iowa communities and businesses are starting to safely reopen, and many activities are carefully resuming. iowans can once again participate in america's great past time and play ball. places of worship are opening for services while taking smart precautions. and while they won't be as crowded as they once were, restaurants and bars are taking the first steps in opening again as well. as our places that we all grew up going to in iowa, our amusement parks, racetracks, outdoor performance venues, movie theaters, and museums all with important public health guidelines in mind. all of this is contingent, of course, upon having smaller groups of people and continuing to practice social distancing. simple precautions that can make a big difference. while we all yearn for life to return back to how it was a few months ago, we must be smart about taking the appropriate s

iowa has made significant changes already and a number of other states has followed i was example the iowa legislature unanimously passed police reform issues very much like senator scottsville working with leaders of color to accomplish this goal it went very smoothly through the iowa legislature i got a first-hand report from my grandson who is speaker at the iowa house it is divided 53 / 47 both houses of the iowa legislature passed of these reforms unanimously why can't senate democrats let us go forward with the scott bill we just need for more democratic votes if they can happen in it shouldegislature happen here. we have a role to play in theat senate the let's not forget we also are encouraging our state partners to lead the charge in affecting real change in fact 50 state legislators and every municipality out to be moving forward on b police reforms whatever they think is best for their stay i yield the floor. >> madam president the asked to swallow a number of contradictions over the last few weeks. i've already discussed some of them here on the floor many citizens were to

governor reynolds signed house file 2647 to bring additional accountability to iowa's law enforcement officers. these are some of the things that they did. creating stronger restrictions on the use of chokehold. by law enforcement officers. improving the law enforcement the certification process to ensure that those who been fired are resigned after seriousmisconduct .ot do not work in our state. strengthen the authoritiof iowa's attorney general to prosecute officers whose actions result in the death of another. esantivirus and de-escalation training requirements for officers. we are working on some of these very same policies h iowa's example and pass legislation to help correct wrongs and inspire positive changes in our communities across thecountry . senator lindsey graham will be leading earrings today on this issue before the judiciary committee hopefully we can act . i feel the floor. >> not a president. >> majority leader. >> since we like most weeks for a month and a half now have cbrought a study and contractto the united states capital . over in the democratic led house of

it rightly, tweeting this firework gif to iowa's voters. we did it, guys. we got a lot of people to vote. he apparently didn't get the memo from his own party because a lot of people voting is not what iowa republicans want. so now they're moving to shut that down until they can figure out what's going on. last week iowa senate republicans passed a bill that would predict the secretary of state, that guy with the firework tweet, from mailing absentee ballot request forms without a specific request from a voter. just before they headed off for summer recess, the iowa legislature passed a measure to make voting even harder, including requiring early in-person voters to show i.d. iowa is just the latest example of this crazy situation where one party wants as many people as possible to vote safely in a pandemic and one party just does not. here now is someone from the party that does want people to vote, tom perez, chair of the democratic national committee. do you -- do you see it that way? or is it more -- more textured and nuanced than that

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here's dennis murphy with the farm. >> reporter: council bluffs, iowa. in a small courtroom the new, and final, scene of a four-year long drama was playing out. >> count one, murder in the first degree. the defendant did, having malice aforethought, willfully deliberately, and with premeditation kill shirley dean carter. >> reporter: it's a case that ripped the stitches out of a close-knit family, never to be >> the bullet strikes her in the side. it carves a path through her chest, shattering ribs and punching holes in her lung and heart. >> reporter: shirley carter, shot twice with a deer rifle, in the little home set in cornfields that she'd shared with her husband of 50-years, bill carter. in pleasantville, iowa, so much of the rhythm of life is set by the seasons, turning the acreage, planting the seed, then bringing in the harvest, corn and soy, mostly. so that june morning in 2015 dawned with no particular omens. shirley carter and her husband, bill, started their day as they always did, with coffee at the general store. >> we went to coffee every

the way iowa got that record turnout and smooth election was by mailing every iowa voter an acty ballot application so everyone could vote by mail and not have to brave a pandemic to vote in person. and today the republican-controlled iowa senate passed a bill that would prohibit the state from ever doing that again. the president of the iowa state association of county auditors, roxanna moritz wrote to lawmakers saying county auditors as local commissioners of elections are baffled by this. the 2020 primary was very successful. counties experienced record or near record turnout. election day went very smoothly. results were rapidly available. why would the state want to cripple the process that led to such success? why indeed? joining us now, scott county auditor, roxanna moritz, president of the iowa state association of county auditors. we appreciate you being with us. thank you so much. you wrote this letter to iowa lawmakers who proposed these changes and you said, quote, why would the state want to cripple the process that led to such success. have you received any satisfactory an

appear and then iowa. iowa an interesting state. barack obama carried this state.and swung hard for donald trump in 2016. he won this thing going away in 2016. there are some indications, though, that iowa might be moving back to the democratic side. a poll out over the weekend, the des moines register in iowa, joni ernst, the republican running for her second term trailing in the des moines register poll. the democratic nominee theresa greenfield by three points. that des moines register poll in the presidential race, their poll has trump leading by one point in iowa right now. so that's the opportunity for democra democrats. a state like iowa, plus if they can do well in the four i just showed you, that's where they start to get opportunities, in iowa and maybe some of those other states. that's what they're hoping. they're hoping for a biden win, a big biden win and coat tails and it would look like iowa. >>> new reporting that some republicans are concerned about trump's chances in november due to polls like this. how concerned should republicans be when -- rem

city, iowa. >>> the white house is responding to an alarming new report that russia secretly offered bounties for the deaths of u.s. troops overseas. kelly o'connell has late details. >> reporter: tonight the stunning claim that putin put a bounty on american soldiers, is ratcheting up pressure on president trump and his relationship with the russian leader set off by this story from the "new york times. that a russian military intelligence unit offered bounties on the lives of american soldiers in afghanistan to taliban-linked militants. the times writes that u.s. officials concluded the rewards were offered last year but it's unknown if 20 american deaths there were connected nbc news has not confirmed this reporting. tonight the white house offered its first response, stating neither the president nor the vice president were briefed on the alleged russian bounty intelligence. joe biden made it an issue today. >> his entire presence has been a gift to putin. but this is beyond the pail it's betrayal of the most sacred duty. >> former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfull called

the people of iowa said that they did not agree with obviously some of the comments that he had made in the past he has definitely said some questionable things but i guess good luck to his his what's this new guy's name you know well this is randy fisher and one thing manila that just coming across i'm saying las vegas don't realize vegas out for the count for the r. and c. might not be the best place for a christian conservative party but you know what the mayor there is saying we will do whatever it takes to get the money into our streets and maybe it's including about in the public but you know at lots of hotel space there are lots. and it's all going into thanks to a lot of hotels right now are begging for people to come or the rooms great deals you got a lot of great deals there all right scottie we'll see how this pans out scardino hughes host of news views hughes thank you much. thank you. meanwhile cope at 19 continues to spread worldwide with cases now topping 6400000 and about 381000 reported deaths now taking a look at the countries with the most confirmed cases the u.s.

we go live to iowa city, iowa, tracking the story.you seeing there on the ground that you think may be contributing to this surge? >> reporter: kristen, two weeks ago the governor lifted capacity restrictions at bars and restaurants though she did keep social distancing restrictions in place. when that happened, college students from the university of iowa flocked to the bars here excited to finally get a night out with their friends. those safety precautions sort of went out the window. one student told me they were shoulder to shoulder in some bars she went to, no social distancing, no masks and two weeks later there's a spike in cases among young people. i talked to a couple students at the university of iowa. i want to introduce you to one of them. his name is jacob. i talked to him via zoom because he is currently positive and quarantined. he said he was exposed when he shared a vaping device with a couple friends. listen to his reflections on that experience now looking back. >> corona didn't really seem that real up until last

this top at who first presidential library in west branch, iowa, opened up a date phone conference on his humanitarian efforts. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome to the herbert who've hoover presidential library museum. one of 14 operated by the national archives and records administration. i'm tom sports, director, and we are going to hear from four very thoughtful presentations on herbert humorous humanitarian efforts. we are in the midst of a centennial observance is of hoover's food relief efforts, beginning in 2014 with commission for relief from belgium, 2019 with the american relieve administration efforts and 2021 with russian famine relief. ironically, hoover's relief effort which pre-and posted his presidency affected the lives of more people than his four years as president. perhaps, no one in history, other than norman war lock provided food for so many people in need van hooper hoover. his major humanitarian efforts span a half century, so this conference offers a mere for taste of a much broader topic. we are grateful to c-span for recording in this confe

more in iowa than any other state.make it swingy potentially in 2020. >> could be very well. how many states not in our battle ground have we seen in last two weeks show single-digit races? that in and of itself is a fascinating pattern that we have been chronicling with you, mr. kornacki >>> that's it for us today. thank you for watching. thank you for tuning in and trusting us. nicolle wallace and brian williams pick things up after this quick break. how about no no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. i've been involved in. communications in the media n-n-n-no-no for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pa

iowa legislature. i got a firsthand report from my grandson who is speaker of the iowa house, but -- and the iowa house is divided 53-47, but both the iowa -- both houses of the iowa legislature passed these reforms unanimously. why can't senate democrats let us go forward with the scotts bill? all we need is four more democrat votes. if it can happen in the iowa legislature, it ought to be able to happen here. we have a role then to play in the senate, but let's not forget that while we're doing that, we are also encouraging our state partners to also lead the charge in effecting real change. in fact, 50 state legislatures, every municipality ought to be moving forward on police reforms of not only our type but whatever they might think is best for their states or municipalities. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the american people have been asked to swallow a number of contradictions over the past few weeks. i have already d

he's followed by iowa republican grassley. a majority leader mitch mcconnell. eternal god, who has placed our tears in a bottle. today we weep. we weep because every death diminishes us. we weep because of the grief of george floyd's family. we weep because of the ends explosive impact of different dreams. we weep because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of peaceful protesting during a pandemic. we weep because justice delayed and is justice denied. we weep because the paralysis of analysis that often impedes your prevailing providence. we weep because of our personal ability during these tragic times. we weep because of our sins of coalition and omission. we weep because we know you are we paying. today, use our lawmakers for your glory. may they strive to find a vaccine to inoculate our nation against hate, sin, and despair. we pray in your merciful name, amen. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with

dasha burns, nbc news, iowa city, iowa >>> there are growing questions this morning about an alleged russian plot to have u.s. service members killed lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to know what the president knew about the reports that russia was offering bounties for killing american soldiers nbc news has not confirmed that the u.s. has verified that any such bounty payments were made >>> overnight, president trump tweeted that the intelligence community did not find the information community and did not report it to him or the vice president. here's nbc's kelly o'donnell >> reporter: new fallout over allegations that vladamir putin put a price on the lives of american soldiers in afghanistan. president trump's first comment tweets claiming he was totally in the dark. nobody briefed or told me, vp dense or the chief of staff about attacks on our troops in afghanistan by russians. >> this is totally outrageous. you would think that the minute the president heard of it he would want to know more instead of denying he knew anything. >> reporter: the house speaker said she ha

those include alabama, florida state, iowa, michigan and texas. the list goes on and on, fred, and it's all across the country. >> wow. what about for the nba, nfl? >> the nba is doing everything that they possibly can. they sent a very detailed memo over 100 pages to teams outlining a number of different safety protocol, but they are heading to a hot bed in florida at disney for over three months in a bubble that potentially includes over 1,000 people. so there's certainly cause for concern there. as far as the nfl goes, dr. anthony fauci and president trump had been on different pages nationally when it comes to how they may proceed. dr. fauci telling sanjay gupta that he doesn't expect any football. it would be a real surprise. meanwhile, president trump saying the league is going to

it goes beyond iowa. how can we make sure more employers across the country take advantage of the opportunity to keep more workers in their job? >> i think it's the matter of just providing more outreach and education through the different state agencies. >> okay. thank you. now, mr. neely, thanks for sharing what it's like to be a small business owner right now. your family business has weathered a lot since it began in 1940. and you engs manimentioned some challenges in your testimony. it's great to hear about the pay and benefits you offer to your employees including daily bonus you pay to support them as they return to work. question, you make a powerful point in your testimony saying the $600 payments are penalizing -- quote, penalizing an employee who is helping the company survive, end of quote. some might say you should just call the state ui agency and report them so that they lose unemployment. what kind of a spot does that put you in? others say -- wait before you answer that question. others s

gave voice to of people that forget forgotten, people from places like where i'm from, des moines, iowa, where it's flyover country. you believe that the coastal elites don't understand why you value your way of life, why you like having a grill in your backyard and like having sort of an above ground pool and all the kind of things -- and target shooting, those kind of things we celebrate and do in places like iowa where i'm from. >> host: mr. whittaker were you prepared for the media when you came into the acting ag position? >> guest: yeah. i -- i'm in the sure i could have ever expected the attention and the suddenness with which i was thrust on the national stage. i was ready for the job. i had done 13 months of chief of staff to the attorney general. i knew how the department of justice operated. had relationship with everybody in the executive branch, and other places. i've been a u.s. attorney for five and a half years in the southern district of iowa so i knew the department of justice very well, its mission and its people. but the media was -- even though aid been a contributo

in iowa's fourth u.s. congressional district, openly racist republican steve king has lost a primary election to challenger randy feenstra, who will take on democratic nominee j.d. sholten in november's general election. congressmember king, who has repeatedly praised far-right politicians in europe, was stripped of his congressional committee assignments last year after he said in an interview with "the new york times" -- "white nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization -- how did that language become offensive?" in missouri, ferguson city council member ella jones will become the first african american mayor in her city's history after winning 54% of the vote on tuesday. she'll succeed james knowles iii, the former chair of the missouri young republicans, who was ferguson's mayor throughout the militarized crackdown on protests that followed the fatal shooting of michael brown by a white police officer in 2014. the officer, darren wilson, was never charged. in his first major address since

and note ohio and iowa -- iowa voted for donald trump by ten percentage points in 2016, and the ideaat that statewide be really competitive seems a surprise at first. but, you know, wisconsin voted for president by a point last time and so did pennsylvania and michigan. so if joe biden is up 10 pints in the traditional midwestern battleground states why shouldn't it be a tie race in iowa. in all of these cases we're just talking about a broad across the board 10 point shift in the president's direction among white voters, and that's what all these states are about. >> i mean the last frontier then are three states democrats have not won in a long time and barack obama didn't win. that's arizona, georgia and texas. and arizona, particularly of the three of those arizona i think at this point you'd have to start to say at this point in arizona that joe biden is favored to win there at this point. would you say that? >> i don't see how you could reach a different conclusion at this point, frankly. the president has been weak in the arizona polling from the start. he didn't get 50% of th

you never have had to in 150, 160 years in iowa. for the time being these two examples of government overreach have been resolved. however, the united states congress and the executive branch must continue to advocate for fairness and common sense when passing legislation or regulations that will impact private landowners. farmers understand the importance of environmental rules, and farmers will follow those rules. however, we must demand fair enforcement of those rules so that they don't disadvantage family farmers like mr. wilke of illinois was disadvantaged for ten years fighting the bureaucracy. however, we must demand fair enforcement of these rules so that they don't disadvantage anybody, for that matter. the virus pandemic that we're in has demonstrated the importance of supporting farmers and ensuring that we have stable, safe, and affordable food supply for our country. through natural disasters, through droughts, through pests, through pandemics, america's families are still farming. let's make sure that the federal gover

for some reason i spend a lot of time in iowa last year. i remember one statistic and that is there only 64 mental health facilities in the entire state of iowa. it beds. it is an example. police officers who literally are becoming health counselors. how are we spending our resources and how it can work better for everyone. guest: my question - i'm curious from a local law enforcement level, obviously it's going to look a lot different from lapd or other cities. will it be the first step towards criminal justice system in that respect. amy klobuchar: i think from local law enforcement, when you look at these police departments themselves, it is very clear that we have some really good officers and then we have officers that have been trouble numerous times. and that should not be happening. it should be easier for local police chief and city to do something about that. that is something that happened independent of some of those things that we been doing fraud or on the criminal justice reform. what is talking about was trying out the infor

>> i took a hit in iowa.probably take a hit here. >> seth: my man. [ laughter ] [ applause ] senator klobuchar, what do you think about people who applaud when the airplane lands? >> we should prosecute those people [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause >> seth: mayor buttigieg, what would you say to joe biden, if you visited the grand canyon together >> go all the way to the edge. [ laughter ] >> seth: senator klobuchar, you claim that one of your biggest strengths is your sense of humor, give me a hilarious punch line to this joke. two business men walk into a bar. >> one guy, a business guy, says to the other, they're eating them like doritos. [ laughter ] >> seth: i don't get it. [ laughter ] senator warren, what's the best way to avoid getting mugged on the subway >> put your money where your mouth is [ laughter ] >> seth: vice president biden, i heard that when beto o'rourke dropped out, he gave you his skateboard how did that work out? >> i busted my neck. [ laughter ] >> seth: senator klobuchar, how many

there are only 64 mental health beds in the entire state of iowa . and i would hear about it all the time. that is an example. a lot of times, it is the school, the teachers or the police officers becoming mental health counselors. a lot of this is looking at how we spend our resources and how it can work that are for everyone. mo: thank you for that question. alejandra. to -- alejandro. : my question comes from the previous question. i'm curious from a local law enforcement level, that would obviously look a lot different from lapd or the twin cities but what would be the first step towards criminal justice reform from that perspective? from local law enforcement, when you look at the police department themselves , it is very clear that we have some really good officers and then we have officers that have been in trouble numerous times. should not be happening. and it should be easier for local police chiefs and cities to do something about that. that is something that happens independent from some of the things we may be doing broader on criminal j

in iowa are now ganging up on the republican in charge of elections, saying this has got to stop.ber cause as trump, again, honest trump said a few weeks ago something to the effect of - i'm not going to do my trump voice. we already - >> seth: thank you thank you. it's like, kind of, this is my show my, you know, yeah - >> it's your -- yes. >> seth: thank you [ laughter ] >> he said, um, that if we just let everybody vote, if we make it easy for everybody to vote, that's the end of the republican party. that's the end of me he actually said that. and i thought, yes, that's right. because the majority of americans believe in climate change the majority of americans believe women should be paid the same as men. the majority of americans on, and on, and on, healthcare for all. that's who we are as a people. and we don't want the republicans, or his kind of republican, anymore. they got the message now they got t possible vote. so, i think we all need to have a discussion about this and right now because in order to change how we're going to vote on november 3rd, that's got to be hap

this tyson pork processing plant in storm lake, iowa, back online today after a quarter of the workers tested positive for the virus. 75% of those cases did not show symptoms. >> the world health organization, today, also noting that the virus doesn't appear to be mutating. but say, it's important to remember the virus is still out there and it is still dangerous. here, in the united states, we're still adding about 20,000 cases a day. back to you. >> erica, thank you. now, when we come back, on the anniversary of the square crackdown, legislators in hong kong have been debating a controversial bill which would outlaw criticizing china's national anthem. we'll go live to hong kong in a moment. my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i? harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify, voted product of the year. it works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. gum detoxify, from crest.

so now i'm sheltering in place in iowa, staying in the house where i grew up.re's still the yellow shag carpet, all the treasures from my childhood. it hasn't changed a bit since the day i left home, decades ago. we thought we heard the angels sing. in the sixth grade, my favorite teacher ever, mrs. kelly, read us this book. then organized this class project around it that was so incredible, it caught the attention of the national news media. >> we thought we heard the angels sing, about servicemen who ditched a plane in the south pacific. >> reporter: mrs. kelly got us to write to the survivors and invite them to a reunion in iowa. >> i think they're very brave men. >> reporter: that was me before my voice changed. mrs. kelly went way above and beyond. >> you can't do this kind of thing without having a lot of teamwork. >> reporter: and touched countless lives. i was reminded of mrs. kelly when i heard about what this teacher is doing with his students. >> my name is jacob izzo. in my normal life, i'm a middle school choir teacher in new jersey. people say tha

they broke records for the number of people who voted in a primary in iowa. and now, the republican legislature is saying we can't have that for the november election. they are trying to undercut that which the republican secretary of state did extremely successfully, trying to pass a bill that makes it more difficult for people to vote at home and by mail in november. that shows what at least one party is all about. they want to restrict the number of people who vote. they want to pick their voters as opposed to the way it is supposed to work in a democracy, to let their voters pick who the representatives will be. mo: there is so much more on this topic to discuss, but i want to transition over to the real tough questions now from the students. as we call on each of you, please remember to introduce yourself, who you are, why your year, what you are studying, and where you are zooming in from. we will try to get to as many of you as we can. first of all, we have luke. luke: hi, everyone. i am a rising sophomore from indianapolis, indiana. that is where i am

. >> there's also been in iowa, the iowa state senate today wanted to block the iowa secretary of state, the republican, from mailing out absentee ballots to all the voters, something that's happened under the republican secretary of state of ohio and michigan. it is not a partisan issue. what do you make of this increasingly partisan attack? right now, our first block of the show was the pandemic hasn't gone anywhere and we're not in cold and flu season and we're not in the fall when people expect it to be worse. >> we know that it's going to be worse. we know that people want to be heard. we are in the midst of a public health crisis, an economic collapse, a deep distrust of our justice system and we have a voting system that republicans are doing their level best to make as unusable as possible. republicans have been fighting across this country to fight back against expansion or at least access to voting rights. but we also know that republican leaders know better. they use absentee ballots. they know that vote by mail works. they are not concerned about fraud with vote by mail. the

and, you know, i note that iowa and ohio aren't just states that seem like they're going the opposite direction of the country. iowa voted for donald trump by 10 percentage points in 2016. >> yeah. >> and the idea that that state would be really competitive seems a surprise at first, but, you know, wisconsin voted for the president by a point last time. so did pennsylvania and michigan. so if joe biden's up ten points in the traditional ameri-cmidwe battleground states. >> right. >> in all of these cases we're talking about a broad across the board ten-point shift in the president's direction among white voters and that's what all these states are about. rather, in joe biden's direction. excuse me. >> right. the last frontier then are three states democrats have not won in a long time and barack obama didn't win. that's arizona, georgia and texas. and arizona, particularly of the three of those, i mean, arizona almost i think at this point you have to start to say that at this point in arizona, joe biden's favored to win there at this point. would you say that? >> i don't see how you

district, which is largely the western and northwestern part of iowa.2019, he pushed it too far with republican leaders when he talked about white nationalism and white supremacy. and he said, when did this language become so offensive? at that point, he was stripped of his committee assignments, and since then, it's been downhill. but it was one year ago this month when he was disinvited from a ride on air force one that president trump was taking to iowa. he was not invited. other members of the delegation were. so, that was his downfall. and in fact, some of his rhetoric is very similar to the president's on immigration and other matters, but he was running against four other republicans, but there was one state senator, randy finstra, who defeated him by ten percentage points. the chairwoman of the national republican committee, rhonda mcdaniel, praised the results, saying white supremacism has no views, no room in the republican party. so this certainly comes at a fascinating moment in our time in history, our discussions here. the republican party

david: you have address that with respect to the state of iowa.s the economy coming back, what is the level of unemployment, how is the state doing? the state is: doing well except for low prices and agriculture, some of the problems we have had with meat packing. although i think it got down to where a lot of plants were closed. i think we are back to 95% production of what it was a year ago. that will make sure we have a good supply of food for the consumers in america. we have a great insurance industry. i think it is pretty strong. we have good community banking that is strong. manufacturing slowed up a little bit but governor reynolds did not shut down the state as much 80% ofrs did, so about our workforce was considered essential. she is now opening of the small businesses and the restaurants so they can go back to work. hospitalsmall county that were hurt, where they get most of their money from elective surgery, that is picking up again. is still some reluctance for people to go to restaurants because of covid-19. i have been to a few rest

and a democrat leading in iowa. private polls show donald trump falling behind in iowa. you look at montana and you have governor bullock running his first adds. of course really bad news for republican senate candidates in arizona, in colorado, in maine. north carolina is going to be a real challenge for them. you have an article out this morning about the problems that these senate candidates are having running with donald trump and we're looking at joni ernst too promised to be this tough, conservative, independent voice going to washington d.c., time and time again we've seen her embarrass herself by going to town hall meetings and not being able to just tell the truth about donald trump's failures. >> joe, first of all, you'll see i got the memo about the tie to wear today. >> very good. >> look at you guys. >> we look great. the conversation dove tails with the article we have out this morning tha about the dilemma some republicans are facing, how closely do they embrace president donald trump with just five months until they face re-election again. susan collins i

it then went to the iowa senate and it passed in the iowa senate 49-0. partisanship wasn't a factor. the only thing that mattered was doing the right thing. so not a single dissenting vote was cast, and it even had the endorsement of the iowa police officers association. we're only going to improve as a nation if we come together -- together -- and make everyone a part of the solution. we can do that. iowa put politics aside and they got it done, and i wish we could see more of iowa in this chamber. we need both sides of the aisle to unite and to parse senator tim scott's justice act. the justice act offers real solutions to police reform by increasing oversight, strengthening incident report requirements and ensuring the correct use of body cameras. and it includes an issue i've been working to address, sexual misconduct within our law enforcement. the justice act is simply a commonsense approach to effective police reform. the bill includes a number of bipartisan provisions, including the antilynching proposal put forward by senators john cornyn and ka

. >> thein senator from iowa. >> the virus pandemic is disrupting our daily lives in unimaginable ways. the nih is working with the private sector biotech company and already began early-stage human trials for a potential vaccine. so there is hope on the horizon. however the soaring prices of prescription drugs are making life-saving treatment centers unaffordable for many americans. this pandemic made clear to things. americans urgently want day car care. and when life-saving therapies and cures come to the marke market, americans must be able to afford them when the providers prescribe them. smy bipartisan prescription drug act is needed now more than eve ever. >> last night the streets of major american cities were noain the looting in violent rioting that serves no purpose other than to her innocent peaceful and undermine the peaceful demonstrations of every one of us has an obligation to distinguish peaceful protest over the killings of george floyd and breanna taylor from the riots that continue to see innocent people hurt businesses and neighborhoods destroyed and law enforcemen

you saw this notably throughout iowa yesterday.ou had high turnout in this primary despite the pandemic, extensive mail in voting. the mail in voting appears to have resulted in high turnout in iowa, not just in this race. now in terms of the general election, you're talking about the impact of feenstra being the republican nominee instead of king. this is a district that donald trump won by 27 points in 2016. yet in, 2018, steve king had quite a scare. he was barely re-elected in this same district. you take king, you take the inflammatory comments out of it, you put randy feenstra up there a likelihood the district will go back to that form in the congressional race. the other headline out of iowa, by the way, was on the democratic side. they had a senate primary. teresa granfield was embraced by national democrats. she formally wins the democratic nomination. she'll go up against joanie ernst. you talk about colorado, maine, arizona, the top democratic targets. they're keeping an eye on teresa greenfield. there may be a sleeper