that event was hosted by iowa republican party chair jeff kaufmann in his home town.he was welcoming u-s kris paranto -- one of the real life soldiers portrayed in the movie "13 hours" about the battle of benghazi.senator ernst says it's important to hear from someone like paranto because he's an example of how hillary clinton's lack of leadership put people in danger. "if they would just say, even just behind closed doors, and we offered this to the cia and state department. doesn't even need to be public, say you're sorry and we'll go away, couldn't do it. here we are. his experience on 9-11 -- 2001 -- and what eventually led him to being on the ground in benghazi exactly 11 years later. wednesday -- trump and clinton had their first joint event at a forum in new york city. donald trump had been talking during the week about how he would instruct his generals in the first month to get rid of isis completely -- hillary clinton talked about how her plan to fight in the middle east would ?not escalate american involvement. "remember, when i bece secretary of state, we had 200-thousand

the next day -- that put republican party of iowa chair jeff kaufmann on the defensive when he was asked directly about trump praising putin. putin. "i think talking ab leadership and who is a leader and who isn't a leader, i don't think that isa value judgement on that particular person. kaufmann said he didn't know enough about putin to say what he thought about putin's leadership.in cedar rapids... rapids......iowa democrats said donald trump's statements actually prove that he's ?not right for americans.they drove that point home with former reagan staffer doug elmets who says in 2016 -- he's voting for a democrat for the first time. republican party and he managed to hookwink a lot of voters in iowa and beyond into believing his phony tales. let's go inside iowa politics -- to talk about the people not trying to move into the white house. congress went back to work tuesday -- but... but...they leave again in just four weeks before the november election.they ?do need to pass spending bills to keep the government open past october first and both major parties haveai funding to fight t

republican party of iowa to hold "united gop" rallies -- letting republican party of iowa chair jeff kaufmann prove he -- and everyone else -- is all in for . trump.this is not a metaphor, i mean this to be taken literally.. the rpi is going to put together the largest ground game and that's anyway you count it upthe g-o-p says they have 50-times the staff compared to the race that mitt me specific numbers about offices or volunteers. i have seen passion like i have never seen beforethe massive crowds trump is drawing all around the country are bringing in people who are not normally involved in the process.these volunteers are signing up people to vote at a democratic event -- but in cedar rapids -- we found republican workers doing the same thing. thing.a lot of folks said listen, i haven't voted since reagan. some people, i've group of people. it's exciting to see this party bring in new votersthat means having staff at events from the state party -- the r-n-c and the trump team making sure that those people will be ?allowed to vote -- now that they're motivated to. to.they're registrering

putin's government jails dissidents and censors the media.fox 28 news spoke with iowa g-o-p chair jeff kaufmann today who tried to separate the policies from the qualities. "i think leadership and who is a leader and who isn't a leader, i don't think that isa value judgement on that particular person. for more reaction to last night's forum and a look at the 15th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks, join host kevin barry for iowa in focus, this sunday morning at 9:30, right here on fox 28. also at last night's forum, hillary clinton took several questions about her use of a private email server while secretary of state. state.fox 28 news national correspondent kristine frazao --with new developments in an issue that plagues the clinton . camp. hillary - it was a mistake to have a personal accountbut nearly a year and a half after announcing her candidacy for president, hillary clinton still can't escape the topic of her emails. from the media: matt lauer you were communicating on highly sensitive topics. why wasn't it more than a mistake? why wasn't it disqualifying?and in wednesday night's

expect canvassing to increase in the corridor.stephanie johnson cbs republican party of iowa chair jeff kaufmann welcomed kris par-an-toe to his hometown in eastern iowa. iowa.par-an-toe was one of the men featured in the movie "13 hours" detailing the night that u-s ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed at the american embassy in benghazi. par-an-toe says he and his fellow soldiers didn't want to politicize that night at first -- at least - until they felt mis-represented. "when you start to dishonor the heroism of the team that took place there, a politicans, when you start to lie to win elections, when you lie to cover up your failures, when you call us liers, even behind closed doors, no. it's like when you keep getting picked by that bully, you've had it. now you've picked on the wrong guy and we start coming back at them." them."iowa senator joni ernst was also there -- and says paranto's message is important becauase he is one of the people who's experienced hillary clinton's lack of cbs 2 news also asked senator joni ernst about donald trump's recent comments abo

putin's government jails dissidents and censors the media.cbs 2 news spoke with iowa g-o-p chair jeff kaufmann who tried to separate the policies from the qualities. "i think talking about leadership and who is a leader and who isn't a leader, i don't think that isa value judgement on that particular person. this week on iowa in focus -- we dig deeper into that forum -- and take a look at the terror attacks.join me for iowa in focus, this sunday morning at 10:30, right here on cbs 2. federal officials are now dismissing the idea that hackers could manipulate this november's election. election.there have been several concerns after recent threats to voter registration systems in illinois and arizona.officials say both incidents involved foreign hackers.f-b-i director james comey tried to calm fears during the intelligence and national security summit. "the beauty of the ame voting system is that it is dispersed among the 50 states and its clunky as heck. a lot of people have found that challenging over the years but the beauty of that is it's not exactly a swift part of the internet of things.