the former secretary of state is giving an interview to jennifer jacobs. wa this morning. jennifer thank you for joining us. she says she hears eagerness? >> that is right. she said part of her purpose in the campaign is to begin answering that question. she said now she feels that question is answered and the american people want a female president. >> we are looking at pictures of her right now and her first official campaign rally in new york on saturday. sunday held her first official campaign rally in iowa where you are, prior to the campaign interview with you, what is her -- how is her campaign received in iowa? i was reading this morning that the crowd size she got was similar to what bernie sanders is getting. >> right. she was very well received at the first iowa rally. she had been here before. this is the first time the general public could get in and see her. she is clearly telegraphing she is not taking any chances in iowa. she will not let iowa slip away from her again. not in the democrat-on-democrat battle for the caucuses. she is touting c

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national political reporter matt strong who is a former chairman of the iowa republican party, and jennifer jacobser for the "des moines register." the wind picked up here. let's talk about how many people we are talking about. ten declared republican candidates so far, and that doesn't include the actual governors, most of the governors, i should say, and they are probably going to declare in the next couple months and that will bring it to 15 total. let me start with you, matt. you have been the republican chair here and you have been through a caucus in the past and how does somebody break through in a field like this when there is so many competitors? >> i think we saw part of the secret to the success yesterday with joni ernst. if you look at the crowd, you had ceo's to the most harden security chair activist types, and that's what she was able to put together not just in the primary, so the secret is be authentic, and be here on the ground, and so for those candidates not here yesterday, i would say to make iowa in their schedule. >> let's talk about the event we were all at yesterday, and i

and jennifer jacobs chief political reporter for the "des moines register."ou all for being here. the wind kicked up as soon as we started. let's just start by putting on the screen for our viewers just how many people we are actually talking about. ten declared republican candidates so far. and that doesn't include the actual governors, most of the governors, i should say. they're going to probably declare in the next couple of months. that will bring it to 15 total. so let me start with you, matt. you have been the republican chair here. you've been through a caucus in the past. how does somebody break through in a field like this when there are so many competitors? >> well i think we saw part of that secret to that success yesterday with joni ernst. if you look at the crowd that she had, you had ceos to the most hardened conservative county chair activist types, and that's the coalition she was able to put together. not just to win a primary but to be successful in the general election here in iowa. so the secret is be authentic, be here be on the ground.

the front page of usa today by jennifer jacobs who covers iowa politics and for more. she writes that hillary clinton did not win the democratic presidential nomination in 2008 but her campaign succeeded in ending any concerns about whether a woman could be commander in chief. part of what i tried to do in that campaign was to begin to answer that question, she told the des moines register. now she feels like the question has been answered. in 2000 eight, clinton's campaign downplayed the fact that she would be the first woman in the white house. in 2016, she is making a major selling point. she is also getting support from bill clinton on stage on saturday during the kickoff event at roosevelt island. he also had an appearance yesterday. the state of the union interview . a question regarding the financing of the clinton foundation. here is what he had to say. >> the one thing where i think there is really nothing to it is the algeria giving half $1 million to the haiti earthquake. we put the united nation's core nader for haiti before the the earthquake. we put up th