kay henderson, welcome back to the news hour.hat kinds of reactions are you picking up from people? >> one of the striking things about the conversation between elizabeth warren and bernie sanders that i'm hearing fromit iowans is not necessarily about t two of them. it's more abou reaching out to form clinton voters, as you recall half of the people who went to thcaucuses i2016 voted for hillary clinton. as i go out and cover many of these candidates, namely elizabeth warren, amy kloanbuch, the former candidate kamala harris, i heard from many in the crowd this phrase, "it's time and that conversation really remind people of that. the other interesting thing about that conversation was that elizabeth warren drew amy klobuchar into it, and so i think that was a signal to people, if voti for a woman candidate is important to you and i am not your waren, elizabeth warren may have been telegraphling, consider the woman at the other end of this stage if you're a merate. >> woodruff: so maybe this was a good night for elizabeth warre

joining us is kay henderson. thank you for being with us.seen anything like this before. >> well, that made last night's event very important. for sanders and warren, they are depending upon this group of volunteers and paid staffers they've had on the ground on warren's part for a year. and for sanders part since probably 2015. so those are the people who are going to have to find the vote who are are sort of leaning their way and convince them to show up on cause kus night. because those two folks are not going to be closing the sale, if you will. klobuchar has been talking about this on the campaign trail since october. she said she was going to deploy her husband. she has key endorsers around the state. legislators. a former woman who ran for statewide office twice in the state who will be making the case for her. at some estimates she's hired dozens of people. >> is that impeachment isn't an -- >> right, these candidates have not been getting questions of -- from iowans are you going to support impeachment or not. everyone knows how the

kay henderson, can't wait to see you when we get out to iowa. won't be very long now.ll just get this impeachment trial out of the way and we'll get there. thank you very much. let me get the panel in here. eugene, you know, every four years people try to say, maybe iowa won't matter much this time. and yet, here we are again. iowa's still going. the person that wins this first, whether it is biden, he shuts people down, or buttigieg, he shoots into the top tier, iowa will matter again. >> absolutely. and for a few reasons. midwestern voters matter, they always have. but they really matter when you have candidates competing for the white house whose brand is in part, i'm a midwesterner and that's what america needs right now, someone who is, you know, mild mannered and even tempered, who is a unifier and who can pay attention to people who aren't like them. give them the attention that they need and let them know that they actually do have solutions for their concerns. but i think one thing that's interesting about iowa, there's been some conversation about maybe not i

kay henderson: >> they sort of feel the weight of the world on their shoulders. know, i've had peoe tell me they lay in bed at night thinking about the candites and which one they think they should choose. so they'reeally, really wrestling with this choice. >> reporter: and candidates only have a couple days left to convince them. >> i'm going to council bluffs! ( applause ) >> repter: engaging voters is so essential that minnesota senator amy klobhar took advantage of a break in the president's impeachment trial to dash to council bluffs, iowa for a trip lasting less than a day. >> you have five leadinge, candidates hf you include amy klobuchar in that mix. and they're all drawing, sometimes hundds and sometimes over a thousand people, at events here in iowa, which shows you, there is interest, there is enthusia. >> reporter: henderson says the nearly 1,700 precincts are preparing for a record turnout, driven partly by new efforts to engage iowans, like the ones at this mock caucus, that might not normally turn out.ri that includes ng number of non-white voters.