the iowa public information board is making every layer of government more open. this year, i'm recommending that iowa establish a government accountability portal -- a one-stop-shop for citizens seeking information. the portal, housed within the public information board, will field requests and respond within one business day. as state employees, we are here to serve the taxpayers. iowa can do more to improve government transparency. for many years, the people of iowa, who fund state government, have been kept in the dark on personnel decisions because of a loophole in iowa's open records law. i was pleased last year when the house of representatives passed bipartisan legislation that would shine light on these personnel files. a substantiated offense, while a government employee is being paid by the taxpayers, should not be hidden in the shadows. together, in the best interest of iowa taxpayers, we can shine light on these records and make our state government even more open, honest, and transparent. as i travel the state, i marvel at the endless beauty of our la

i think he has done a solid job making inroads in iowa.visited the state six times since 2014. he has been all over this. i thought this was smart to smooth out the rough edges and this was a little bit of a surprise. >> is iowa skippable? mccain skipped it. is iowa skippable for a candidate? >> it is always skippable if that is your strategy and your strategy works. we know of certain candidates who skipped certain states and went down in flames but several of them quite well skipping states. iowa -- >> you are saying that you can skip iowa if it works but you have to make a judgment in advance, right? is christie smart to make an investment there? >> i think anyone should play iowa if they can. there is a strategy out there where you can skip iowa and still win, ask john mccain. >> is this time different because you have a field of some any strong candidates were you can almost see a scenario given everyone who is in it that you have a lot of people who end up with 10% and there is not one or two or three people coming out of iowa the wa

together we can make iowa the most transparent government in the land. we can offer iowa taxpayers a new transparency portal, making state government more open, accessible and easier to navigate. together we can accomplish this forward-thinking plan of action. we have these opportunities to improve the quality of life in our state because together we made it possible. in the fall of 2014 lieutenant governor kim reynolds, my wife and i had the opportunity to visit sioux city, north linden and marshalldown town school districts to discuss the important topic of preventing bullying in iowa schools. we were pleased to be joined at each stop by students teachers, parents, school administrators legislators and community leaders. what we heard at each school was clear. students are ready to stand up and say let's end bullying in iowa. now our turn. [ applause ] students in these districts and throughout our state have told our stories of learning being disrupted and feeling unsafe. what's worse, we know some students are even being physically sxem oceanegs and e

the iowa iowa public information board is making every layer of the more open this year i am recommendingat iowa establish a government accountability portal, one-stop shop for citizens seeking information the portal houses in the public information board will field requests and respond within one business day. as state employees we are here to serve the taxpayers. we can do more to improve transparency. for many years the people of iowa and fun state government have been kept in the dark on personal decisions because of a loophole a loophole in iowa's open records law. legislation that would shine light on his personal files. only government employees being paid by taxpayers should not be hidden in the shadows. together in the best interest of iowa taxpayers we can shine light on these records were open honest, and transparent. as i travel the i travel the state i marvel at the endless beauty of our landscape. when i visit on monday nine counties, i never cease to be amazed at what local communities are doing to continually improve on main street quality-of-life. from the lewis and clark

come together and strengthen the roads and bridges that connect iowa farmers schools, and mainstream businesses to the world. we can makeollege more affordable and accessible for iowans. we can rent new our commitment to providing affordable world-class education by offering select degrees for $10,000 and again freezing tuition for iowa students. [applause] we can provide more assistance to iowa students with financial needs attending our outstanding independent colleges and universities. let us continue to invest in our community colleges, including skilled training for iowa workers. a better trained workforce means better opportunities for iowa families. sibley book, no position in our state should be left unfilled due to a lack of skilled workers. together we can make iowa the most transferring government in the land. applicant offer taxpayers a new transparency portal making state government more open accessible, and easier to navigate. together, we can accomplish this forward thinking plan of action. we have these opportunities to improve the quality of life in our state because together we made it possible. in the

tonight that i will not only seek out your ideas but i will seek to work with you to make this can country stronger. >> iowa senator joni ernst gave the republican response.

make her week in iowa.hey could even go on the air attacking her on the left in iowa to try to make her more vulnerable. >> remember when a problem that was for romney in 2012 during those few months when he was off the air, when they did not have any money to spend and known was essentially playing that role. >> that was in that intermediate period. i'm talking about going on the air now, attacking her from the left and making her vulnerable to a challenge from a bernie sanders. why not? >> potential to back higher. >> we'll see. >> what does hillary want speaking of hillary, but these days, people are asking what does hillary need. the daily beast says she needs more advisors who are not white men. politico says she needs a better attitude towards media. >> she'll have plenty of nonwhite male advisors, and she has to deal with the media better than last time. she needs to have a better understanding of a message on the economy than she has got an is and in public, and she needs to take her authentic self

we welcome all candidates to come to iowa to make their case. i'm sure the conversation entailed him coming to iowa and participating in the discussion. host: next, a caller from pennsylvania, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm interested in one of the two speakers -- [indiscernible] how would they vote if there was a female candidate for president in 2016? the republican, independent, or democratic party. how republican women would vote for a female candidate? host: your thoughts? guest: i think that a woman candidate shouldn't be running as a woman candidate. she should be running as a republican yen candidate who -- republican candidate who happens to be a woman. i think carly fiorina has gotten that right. michele bachmann ran a couple years ago as well. she didn't run as a woman candidate. she ran as a conservative candidate who happened to be a woman. it has to be a candidate who appeals to everyone within the party. there are lots of conservative women. you mentioned joni ernst, who is one. we have senator kelly ay

iowa. the city will make a big splash next. ♪ >> des moines and the rest of iowa are going to get a lot ofion so we decided to go to the capital of iowa and revealed a hottest of hotspots in this very simplicity -- in this very sleepless city. >> this is a bar where everybody comes. >> we all used to go to the same place but it fell apart and we went to the next hotel. we wanted a drink and wanted to get marriott points. >> the answer to why everybody comes here is everybody comes here. i'm leaving the marriott now. a lot of midwestern cities have these walkways. it is all over the downtown. you can go to restaurants, office buildings. you can do things without ever having to go outside into the cold. the smart reporters know how to leave their hotels wearing shorts and a t-shirt and cover a presidential political event without ever going into the cold iowa winter. you have musical entertainment and great views. for instance, there is the state capital. you can do pretty much everything on the skywalk. i once saw mike huckabee get a haircut and about 50 reporters crowded into a tiny little

iowa. the smittys will make a big splash, next. ♪ >> des moines and the rest of iowa are going to get a lotaction so we decided to go to the capital of iowa and reveal the hottest of hotspots in this very sleepless city. we are starting in the downtown marriott lobby. this is a bar where everybody comes. it's not really clear to me why. >> we all used to go to the same place, but it fell apart so we went to the next hotel. we wanted a drink and wanted to get marriott points. get those nifty free gifts. >> the answer to why everybody comes here is everybody comes here so everybody comes here. i'm leaving the marriott now. i'm on the des moines skywalk. a lot of midwestern cities have these elevated walkways. it is four miles in total. it goes all over the downtown. you can go to restaurants, office buildings. you can do things without ever having to go outside into the cold winter. the smart reporters know how to leave their hotels wearing shorts and a t-shirt and go cover a presidential political event without ever going into the cold iowa winter. you got musical entertainment and great vie

up before a potential run jeb bush grabbed a former romney senior adviser who could help him make gains in iowaif bush goes all in someone on team romney will be on his team. the ap reporting that some former romney donors are starting to line up about jeb saying the things they liked about romney they see in jeb and took romney on his word when he said he would not run again. he is expected to hold a thus conference and call with backers today. and there's senator rand paul who is taking an aggressive approach to social media mocking would be competitors in in mimes like this one, yesterday he realized what he calls a secret tape of a phone call between jeb bush and hillary clinton. >> well it's true i'm thinking about running for president. [ laughter ] >> well, jeb, so am i. >> i just wanted to call and give you a heads up in hopes we could work something out. >> what do you mean jeb? it's clearly my turn. bush clinton, bush now clinton. >> well hillary, there hasn't been a republican white house without a bush since 1977 and we're ready to go back. >> let me shoot straight with you, jeb, ok

what do you make of iowa ran and their redline? >> i think iran stated its case.n is on the rise. they are spreading their influence throughout the world and their hatred against israel in the last couple of days we have seen is profound. the nuclear weapon they are developing and the missile to carry it has a range of 1200 miles and israel is a thousand miles from western iran. the redline for iran is to humiliate the west and force them in to accepting the program which is the continuous expansion of the influence and terrorism in the middle east and a strike against israel. i don't think anybody watching this to go on would deny that iran will develop a nuclear weapon and missile to deliver. it >> how should the u.s. respond? >> it is too late now. even if the talks wind up. and the iranians will continue to nuclear weapons and finish the development of the insidious miss and i will eventually perhaps in this administration we'll have to start to consider the consequences of a nuclear armed iran and that means nuclear armed saudi arabia and egypt and the whole

too much out of these things, almost can't make too much out of this. >> scot walker is still higher than a kenosha beach wind surfer after a winning week in iowa. he's now released a super patriotic video intended to make him look super presidential. here are some highlights. >> dreamed stifled. a foreign policy that apologizes for america. and projects weakness abroad. to reclaim our destiny, we must turn to bold fresh, new ideas and host incubate yoffers reform, the states. >> in america we take a day off to celebrate the fourth of july and not the 15th of april because we celebrate our independence from the government not our dependence on us. >> in sum this video is two minutes long 16 shots of the flag six pairs of safety goggles and more. what does this 527 video say about how scott walker would run assuming he does? >> there's loot of canned stuff but the key lines in there, we have them in this clip and they stood out through me throughout the entire sthreerk notion that you have to have someone from the states. this is, i'm a conservative and i'm not from washington, d.c. i'm the guy from outside. forget about those guy i'm the guy fr

iowa. they have something in common. hard-working people. they want to make the country great. i love the people of iowa. very simple. with that said, our country is headed in the wrong direction with the president who is doing an absolutely terrible job. the world is collapsing around us. many of the problems we have caused. the president is either grossly incompetent, a word more people are using, and i think i was the first to use it, or he has a different agenda than you want to know about -- which could be possible. in any event, washington is broken. our country is in serious trouble and total disarray. very simple. politicians are all talk and no action. they are all talk and no action. it is constant. it never ends. ima conservatives, very conservative, and i am a republican. i'm disappointed by our republican politicians. [applause] they let the president get away with absolute murder. they would say they were going to do this, but nothing happens. look at obamacare, a total catastrophe. it kicks in in 2016 and it will be a disaster. people are closing shops. doctors ar

of the union speech tonight, iowa senator joni ernst will deliver the republican response and dave, party leaders are placing a great deal of trust in that freshman law makean two weeks. >> less than two weeks. fascinating. you can watch the president's entire state of the union address right here on ktvu. our live coverage begins at 6:00 tonight here on channel 2. >>> authorities are investigatorring the source of a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of two planes in new york city. one of the planes took off from san francisco international airport and an anonymous caller warn of the a pipe bomb shortly before it landed at jfk airport last night. passengers were told to evacuate while bomb sniffing dogs searched the plane. >> someone came out and said ladies and gentlemen there has ban bomb throat threat on the plane. we need to deplane. you can take nothing with you. which was a very pit in the stomach moment. >> a coating flight to tel aviv with the same flight number was also evacuated and screened. no explosives were found on either of those planes. >>> time is 6:37. terrifying new images. two more hostages held by isis. coming up in 20 minutes w

it's making its way down from canada now in through portions of ohio making its way to our -- or iowao the great lakes and then down towards our region. the winter weather advisory in effect for the day tomorrow especially for the morning hours. it does include d.c. and prince george's county fairfax county prince william county and everybody to the north and west. and we are expecting the snow to begin around the 5:00 a.m. hour. so early snow timing between 5:00 a.m. and about noon. so it's not too long but it happens just during rush hour. once again, more snow will be up towards the north and west. but this is a two-prong system. we're not just talking about the snow. we think the bigger deal is going to be the colder temperatures, and veronica the wind is going to be a big issue too. >> that's right. the lowest temperatures we have seen since last january, along with the wind, and this is what we get late wednesday night or late tuesday night, early wednesday morning. wind chills in the teens. by noon still in the teens and then we drop to the single digits wednesday afternoon. bu

we welcome all candidates to come to iowa to make their case. i'm sure the conversation entailed him coming to iowa and participating in the discussion. host: next, a caller from pennsylvania, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm interested in one of the two speakers -- [indiscernible] how would they vote if there was a female candidate for president in 2016? the republican, independent, or democratic party. how republican women would vote for a female candidate? host: your thoughts? guest: i think that a woman candidate shouldn't be running as a woman candidate. she should be running as a republican yen candidate who -- republican candidate who happens to be a woman. i think carly fiorina has gotten that right. michele bachmann ran a couple years ago as well. she didn't run as a woman candidate. she ran as a conservative candidate who happened to be a woman. it has to be a candidate who appeals to everyone within the party. there are lots of conservative women. you mentioned joni ernst, who is one. we have senator kelly ay

the wide open race for the white house and a growing republican field as christie and walker make waves and iowapokes congress. we have it all coming up "happening now." >> good deal. thanks. stay inside. we have a monitor up here. you speak the truth. >> it's starting to get deep out there. >> get out the telescope. a huge asteroid zipping past earth today. it will get close. how close, you ask? >> that was beautiful. that will wake you up right? big sign over hollywood bringing headaches for people nearby. crowds meander through the neighborhoods by car and foot. local officials responded with parking restrictions and electronic gate to a popular hiking trail but the crowds keep coming. of course they do. it's a tourist attraction. they shouldn't live there if they don't want the people to see the sign. get over it. >> scientists keeping their eye on a massive asteroid that's expected to fly by today. phil keating is live in miami looking up. when is the best time to view said asteroid? >> the closest this ais roadwayed will be next to the planet is in about 13 minutes by now. however, the bes

huckabee if you're a conservative, he's already making trips to iowa. he's launching a book tour. you need to start building the relationships now, courting donors. really moved up the calendar. gwen: rand paul was in new hampshire this week. i guess what i wonder about the people like scott walkers, i don't see them getting nervous and rushing into it. isn't there an alternate theory which is let these guys run it out, especially with the incredible establishment push-back against romney? >> i think that's a great point . when you talk to people close tore walker and rand paul, they think this is an opportunity. you will have bush/romney fighting for establishment vote. you will have huckabee and cruz and others and carson and santorum, meeting with his guy, foster friesz this weekend, big fight on the right, bit fige for the establishment. who could come up the center? maybe walker. he balances both wings of the party. maybe paul. >> what are the implications of a big fight like this? one between heavyweights between romney and bush but even more broadly, is there nor danger for

neil: well, president obama in iowa making his pitch today. goes something like this: for those who want it, it's free. a dangerous government takeover is already happening right here in front of us. dave, what do you make of this. >> it's free just like health care and education. we've heard this story before. this is a federal power grab clear and simple by a president who believes the government can do everything better than the private sector. when has the federal government ever done anything better than the private sector, making things cheaper or more efficient? there are a lot of states that have rules against city governments getting directly involved with competing with cable companies. the reason these rules exist is because governments always have an unfair advantage. they come in. we're getting involved so we can increase competition. when does that happen. when the government gets involved, there's less competition. that's why these states have these rules. the president wants to trump these rules. and get the fcc to come in and

her appearance in iowa this weekend makes it clear that that is not a risk to the nation. >> racism, sexism, whatever, it is really observing how that works, that rule no doubt that the left employs -- disgusting charges from the left that reverse them. you know, for it is they who point a finger, not realize -- they have triple that amount of fingers pointing right back at them. >> if you point forward, there are three fingers pointing back at you. you know what that leaves unexplained -- >> even with all of the finger pointing and the angry fist shaking, the excitement from people like rick perry, none of this in terms of people who have run before, none of this feels like people who will make a serious run for president. of all the retreads who might win again. look at rick perry. on paper, he still seems like the best one for what he has going for him. then you see him giving these speeches and it's like no -- no, it's not going to be him. someone give him a bottle of syrup to hug. in texas, there was another round of headlines about his criminal and felony corruption charges. ri

the details after this. >>> we are a year away from 2016 iowa caucuses but some biggest republican contenders were at the freedom summit making their case the iowa voters. >> we need leaders in america who understand, who ultimately understand the measure of success in government is not how many people are dependent on the government. the measure of success in government is how many people are no longer dependent on the government. >> in a republican primary every candidate will say i am most conservative to live. talk is cheap. if you say you support liberty show me where you stood up and fought for it. >> like hillary clinton i travelled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe but unlike her i have actually accomplished something. flying is not an accomplishment. it is an activity. >> if the values i'm fighting for every day in new jersey and across this country are not consistent with your values then why would i keep coming back? i wouldn't. i do because our values are consistent and we are fighting together to make this a better country. >> asked interesting question on special report friday night if he had to be

actually helps jeb bush, because hub abein iowa and the diversity of republican conservatives in iowa makescould have jeb bush actually doing well in iowa but with 20-some percent of the vote. >> that's the jeb bush strategy hope the right is divided. but we still haven't seen jeb bush the candidate. he hasn't campaigned for political office since 2002. >> he was smart to get his name out there early and then do all the stuff and keep himself in the background now. i think frankly with mike huckabee, i will believe it when i see it. >> i was the same way. i believe -- i was the same way. quitting that show was not insignificant. >> but there are plenty of other reasons why he may have done it. he has done this before in the past, i'm going to run and messes around and pulls out. >> he has given up a lot of money. >> in iowa next winter right before the primary there, then i will believe it. >> the time -- it moved up earlier, it's moved up earlier. huckabee was the populous before it was cool. now rand paul wants to be that. rick santorum took the role of this. is he yesterday's news or doe

does this event in iowa make a big difference for the candidates generally? no.or bush not to be there. but i do think it's an opportunity for the candidates i mentioned, those that are lesser known, to get out there and define themselves, and for example in the senate where you have rand paul ted cruz, marco rubio, all interested. the fact of the matter is, only one u.s. senator is probably going to break out of the pack and really give the front runners a run for their money. so, they need to start early. they need to define themselves in a different way from their colleagues in the senate. in the same way you have sitting governors john kashich scott walker, chris christie, the fact of the matter is all three of them can at the end of the day be three leading candidates. just not how the primary cycle works. so they need to get out, work hard, start defining their message and fine out whether they have what it takes to connect with the american people and whether they have a message that is really going to resonate with people in 2016. >> we'll watch closely s

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but, otherwise, after the negotiations fell apart and john enson was heading off to iowa to make peopleet, doug hampton basically took things into his own hands. or, basically, to fox news. ten days later, doug hampton wrote this letter to megan kelly. he was basically trying to give her the story about senator ensign and his affair. a relentless pursuit of my wife led to our dismissal. i would like to say he stopped his heinous conduct and pursuit upon our leaving, but that was not the case. doug sent that letter to fox june 11th. fox apparently decided not to pursue it. four days later, on june 15th, he forwarded a copy of that letter to this guy, senator rick santorum. basically, as far as i can tell, asking rick santorum to help, to intervene in this whole mess. instead, he forwarded that e-mail straight to john ensign, thereby letting john ensign know that this was all about to become public. rick santorum forwarding that story. he went public, gave the press conference to absolutely the worst thing i've ever done in my life. a sex scandal is not a crime. family values is not a cri

iowa. what do you make of what is happening?people telling you because i know you have a lot of great sources now. >> i spoke to representative steve king who is hosting this confab in des moines in late january and he said he did invite governor bush but governor bush got back to him through emissaries, didn't give representative king a call and the thing that really sends a signal about how bush may run his campaign king of course is an immigration hard-liner. bush is not. bush may look to avoid iowa if huckabee comes in and a lot of conservatives are crowding that space, maybe jeb looks to new hampshire, goes into florida but huckabee has accepted representative king's invitation and you're going to see others like chris christie appearing at that event, they're really looking to king as a power broker and someone they'll court. iowa, if it becomes really a mess maybe the race becomes a little more extended. i think huckabee's play, i talked to his advisers last night on the phone maybe he could win iowa just like he did in 2

iowa. several possible candidates making their way there. >> it was unbelievable how many were there. i have one of them that came on the show today, mike huckabee. what you're really seeing here is iowa other than chris christie everybody that spoke there in iowa was trying to be the conservative candidate, particularly the social conservative candidate. you're going to have the almost think of them as divisions or constituencies inside the republican party. in iowa we'll see the fight for social conservatives. jeb bush and mitt romney are fighting for the establishment, business wing of the party. some governor is going to pop up as the anti washington candidate. who emerges from all of these? then they'll face off at som point. i think what iowa was about is whether social conservatives can unite behind one candida l a good reality show in the maki you can see "meet the press" right here on nbc4 right after "news 4 today." >>> someone you know could be running for office today. the nationals holding trials for their racing presidents. the tryouts are happening later this morning, bu

iowa. if he makes that platform mean something, these guys like mccain say, you bring up the platform issueh these guys and they say, i don't believe that. but huckabee will insist it is carried out. he's this right-wing conservative cultural thing of his. >> but here's the question. does winning the evangelical wing of the republican party mean more in 2016 than it meant in 2012 or in 2008? and i don't think it does. >> well, i think iowa matters. you lose iowa to huckabee he's up there, he's going to win in new hampshire of course. >> which is what last time he didn't do. he still ended up with 10, 11% of the republican vote. it wasn't enough. he did okay in south carolina. but this field is going to be tremendous. and we'll have a couple big-money candidates. if jeb bush is in there, rand paul will have a lot of money. >> rand paul has been courting evangelicals in iowa in particular. there have been people on the ground, making in-roads while he's been doing other stuff. >> this sounds like a chaotic party. >> okay, look, half full, half empty. there's a lot of ferment. there's a lot of

tonight that i will not only seek out your ideas but i will seek to work with you to make this can country stronger. >> iowa joni ernst gave the republican response. she says the gop wants to simplify the tax code ease trade barriers with europe and asia and force the construction of the keystone xl oil pipeline. >> ♪♪ >> and the stories developing according to sources an investigation found that footballs were under inflated by 2 pounds per square inch of air less than what is required by nfl regulations. this all going on during the pats blowout 45 to seven victory over the indianapolis colts. now, the investigation continues and of course there is a chance that the weather could have been a factor but right now there is a cloud of suspicion over the patriots. let's go over to erin o'hearn with more. good morning. >> good morning. a lot of eyebrows being raids and our sister station as you said espn is reporting the nfl has found that 11 of the 12 new england patriot game balls were inflated significantly less than the nfl requires. now, according to sources the investigation found the footballs were unde

for president. 200 points for every sanctioned debate they participate in. 300 points if they make it to the iowa caucuses which are still a year away. 500 points if they win any state primary. 750 points if they win their party's nomination, and 1,000 points if they win the presidential election. we'll also give you a bonus 500 if someone on your team becomes a vp candidate on anyone else's "5