governor terry branstad. >>> and i always preface that, governor christie, no disrespect, what so ever. for some reason, iowa has a lot of great governors who like to travel through our state. but i like to call it the way it is. it is the great governors across this nation that are showing washington, d.c. how it's done. we're very lucky to have the number of republican governors that we do. we have an incredible state team. it's probably the best statewide ticket that we've seen. we've got great candidates all the way from the court house to the state house to the congress. governor and i, after the state team, after the primary, we went on a three-day, 14 community tour. and at every stop, we had turnouts just like this. we had people that were excited and energized and the momentum was tremendous. so as we walked parades this summer, over the fourth of july or i did one last week, we've had republican volunteers that are walking for us, door knocking, really doing what we need to do to be successful. we had over 150 people in the parade that i was at last week and they didn't even

and, you know, it's kind of funny for me to stand up here, and to hear governor terry branstad say that i was the inspiration for him to run for governor. because i can tell you that in 2010, when we got that phone call in new jersey, from governor branstad's campaign asking if i would come and campaign for him, near the end of the campaign, i said to my staff, i was like, terry branstad knows who i am? and this is a legend. this is a guy who has set the example for governors all across the country in both parties. and not just because he initially served four terms and did an extraordinary job, but to me, the thing that makes his public service so extraordinary is the example he's set for the last four years. because four years ago, when he was in a very good job that he was doing a great job at, and getting to spend more time with his family, he saw what awful shape iowa was in. he saw what the last administration was doing to iowa, to iowa's economy, to iowa's education system. and to the pride that iowa rightfully feels about itself, who was diminishing, because of the awful policie

and iowa governor terry branstad says he does not want his state to host any central american children first thing we need to do is secure the border. and i do have edmpathy for thes kids but i also don't want to send a signal send your kids to america. that's not the right message. the governor said he's not aware of any idea to send children to iowa. >>> former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl is back on active service. sergeant bergdahl has been assigned to a desk job on a base in san antonio, texas. two other soldiers were assigned to help him adjust. investigators will eventually question bergdahl about his disappearance and kidnapping in 2009. he was exchanged for five commanders held in guantanamo bay. >>> and two people were killed in the derailment of a moscow subway train this morning. at least 50 people were injured and as many as 20 others were trapped in one of the cars. one government official said witnesses reported that the train braked suddenly before derailing three cars. >>> russians at a beach in siberia were attacked by hailstorms. hail as big as golf balls rained down on the

terri branstad of iowa said he dent want to send the message it's okay for kids to come to america illegally. democrat s mocked the gop's lawsuit against the president. harry reid took the criticism to a new level. take a listen. >> this is a phony trial that will come up. it's a show trial. it's what republicans want. i guess that's what they want. but if that's what they want. they should talk to judge judy. i think she would throw the case out in a half a second. >> could you imagine judge judy getting in on the action. the response from the house speakers's office was fitting. boehner tweeted the meme with the caption baloney. >>> sergeant bow bergdahl returned to active duty. it's according to military officials. new details are raising questions about his relationship with his immediate family. according to the wall street journal, bergdahl refused to communicate with his parents since he was released from the taliban in may. a decision that caught the military off guard suggesting there's a deeper riff within the family than previously believed. both parents appeared with president ob

nearly six in ten voters say they approve of iowa governor terry branstad's performance. he as a commanding lead over jack hatch. 53% to 38%. hatch will also join us in a few moments. >>> the president may have won iowa and new hampshire in 2012 by six points but his approval rating in both states is not just under water, it's under 40. it's deep under water. 37% in iowa, 39% in new hampshire. just rough in those two swing states. congressional republicans, though, they're even more unpopular. a 21% job rating in iowa and a 19% job rating in new hampshire. as for the president's health care law, it is struggling for support in both iowa and new hampshire, just like we saw yesterday in colorado and michigan. half of voters in both states call the law a bad idea. more popular is a proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions even if it means higher costs for consumers. and when it comes to immigration, voters in both states are divided on a proposal that would allow undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. that debate over immigration is playing out this week in iowa, whe

i will start with the nga executive committee, governor terry branstad of iowa, mark dayton of minnesota, pat mccrory of north carolina, steve bullock of montana, you, madam chair, mary fallin oklahoma, dan malloy of connecticut, and scott walker of wisconsin. and as nga vice chair, governor gary herbert of utah, and as nga chair for 2015, governor john hickenlooper of colorado. madam chair, i move that the nominations. >> thank you for your work. all those in favor say aye. >> [all] aye. >> all those opposed nay. the motion carries. governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together. i am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, gary herbert, and we have a history of working on those organizations. we have all committed to that role that we can influence and stressed the importance of governors, states working within the

hopeful chris christie is heading to iowa tomorrow to rub elbows and fund raise for governor terry branstadowa is the first critical primary state and one christie would love to carry, any republican would. but it seems these days wherever christie goes, controversy follows. he's under fire for his judicial appointments in new jersey. the judicial crisis network says christie's selection is liberal and the group is reportedly spending $75,000 on online ads targeting iowans over the next few days. >> christie's had five openings on the new jersey supreme court, enough to build a new majority, but the court remains liberal. one christie appointee, the chief justice, is a democrat, so liberal, he was mentioned as a potential barack obama nominee to the u.s. supreme court. christie even endorsed obama's liberal supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. important issues like obamacare are at stake in our courts. the next president of the united states may get to appoint as many as three u.s. supreme court nominees, a new majority. call chris christie. tell him to fight for judges who respect the ru

you had chris christie go to iowa last week to campaign for terry branstad which there's a gubernatorialce there. that is as much about the intersection between what chris christie needs in terms of a rehab and what terry branstad is trying to do in iowa with the republican party. you have had rand paul doing some midterm campaigning. i think you're going to see marco rubio doing a lot more. i think you will see jeb bush do very little because i think that he would like to not start the clock on himself as much. on the democrats' side, warren -- as i suspect most of you have been reading -- has been very active. joe biden has been very active. martin o'malley has been very active. you know, where people go -- going to iowa is easy and going to new hampshire is easy, but it's sort of the more surgical targets that i find more worth watching. >> could you talk a little about as the foremost hillary clinton watcher on reporters, you were on her book tour, you've covered her for years, she's about to go on vacation for three weeks. are we going to hear from her at that point? are there plann

you had chris christie go to iowa last week to campaign for terry branstad which there's a gubernatorial race there. that is as much about the intersection between what chris christie needs in terms of a rehab and what terry branstad is trying to do in iowa with the republican party. you have had rand paul doing some midterm campaigning. i think you're going to see marco rubio doing a lot more. i think you will see jeb bush do very little because i think that he would like to not start the clock on himself as much. on the democrats' side, warren -- as i suspect most of you have been reading -- has been very active. joe biden has been very active. martin o'malley has been very active. you know, where people go -- going to iowa is easy and going to new hampshire is easy, but it's sort of the more surgical targets that i find more worth watching. >> could you talk a little about as the foremost hillary clinton watcher on reporters, you were on her book tour, you've covered her for years, she's about to go on vacation for three weeks. are we going to hear from her at that point? are there pl

alongside, who we always referred to as the hardest working governor in the nation, governor terry branstadnd i always prefaced that governor christie's no disrespect whatsoever. for some reason iowa has a lot of great governors who like to travel through our state and i always say i have to call it the way it is. it's a great team and it's the republican governors across this nation better showing washington d. t. see how it's done. there are lucky to have a number of republican governors that we do. you have heard and seen many of them stand up and we have an incredible iowa team that is something that we can be really proud of and it's probably the best statewide ticket that we have seen. we have great candidates all the way from the courthouse to the statehouse to congress. it's an exciting time for republicans. the governor and i am the state team after the primary we went on a three-day, 14 community tour and at every stop we had turnouts just like this. we had people that were excited and energized and the momentum was tremendous. so as we walked parades this summer over the 4th of j

learn more all weekend here on tv.ican history while in des moines, we spoke governor terry branstaditol.e state >> well, we're first in the precinct caucuses. iowa yans take their very seriously. they are interested in meeting the candidates and asking them questions and finding out where they stand. when herter started it launched his campaign as unknown governor of georgia. came in second to undecided. that launched his campaign for president of the united states and many askeds have come to iowa thinking this is where it done. people are surprised that here retail politics really matters. about who has the most money or the best tv ads, it is job of do the best relating to people and answering beingquestions and available to people all over the state. my advice to potential candidates is come to iowa andn, go to all 99 counties really honestly show people what you stand for and that can make a real difference and it has happened again and again in this state. iowa voters take their responsibility very seriously. number of people who are registered to vote and a of them show up to

he was very concerned, mostly about talking about how great terry branstad is and how much of a legendinspired he has been by the governor of iowa. >> you point out, mark, christie, perry and jindal have all passed through iowa this year. is there any indication or any evidence that all this butt kissing helps? helps a would-be presidential candidate? does it work to go in a couple of years out and kind of make your way across the state? >> i think, obviously, you need to pay attention to iowa if you want to do well in iowa or new hampshire. i think what is interesting and new now it's starting two, three, years out. >> yeah. >> it used to be there was an off-season. it's like so much in american life now. you see christmas decorations on sale in the spring. you see people lobbying for the oscars the week after the academy awards ended the year before. there is really no off-season and that certainly has proven true in presidential politics also. >> gene? >> mark, is there any indication or did you see any that people in iowa are getting sick of all of this? do they really accept that

our governor, terry branstad said that iowans don't know anything about it.an caucus-goers. i think they are paying attention. they are assuming that they won't have to make a decision about chris christie unless he's in the clear legally. they're already saying that is something that is not a big deal and we're going to pay attention to the person and what he stands for. >> so steve moore, looking at this nationally, i'm trying to figure out the republican race right now for 2016. >> we all are. >> the thing about christie, we look at these scandals and say why would they ever take a chance on somebody like that? i'm looking at people seriously talking about mitt romney running again. i'm looking at polls in nevada that have him way up. in that world is the christie thing so crazy? >> first of all, it's interesting. the guy is looking tan, rested and ready. is it just me or has he lost a lot of weight? >> he has, yes. >> he's liked a lot by republicans because he's tough, plain spoken, been a problem solver in new jersey. the problem is, as a travel around t

governor terry branstad of iowa says he doesn't want any of the children being sent to his state, to iowa, and today in a small town near tucson, arizona, oracle, arizona, it's called, in that town, anti-immigrant protesters congregated together waiting for a bus load of immigrant children. about 40 to 60 children. it was heading for a boys ranch that houses at-risk kids. protesters carried signs that read, "return to sender" and "no amnesty," among many others. people in their cars blockaded the road. they were waiting for that bus load of kids. then a strange thing happened while they were waiting. going to play it out for you. it's hard to hear, but it is this weird, confusing moment. take a look. >> okay. here's the bus. >> ymca bus. >> oh. they are tricking us. >> ymca? ymca? >> there's a bus, hopefully it's just -- >> i will, but this is ymca. >> ymca? >> you're going to freak these kids out. >> so what basically happened right there is the school bus full of kids, american kids in this case, was heading to the ymca day camp that's taking place in the area. it's right on the no

terry branstad is still focused on making this a big year. >> bral echt y has been on the defensive ar of times. democrats are about to unload on joni ernst, we'll see how she holds up. >> let's move now to arkansas, amy walter. some thought if we were going to have a republican wave this would be off the table but it's not off the table. is that a good sign for democrats? >> i guess so. look, i think arkansas we always put into the category of let's just sort of put that maybe not in the safe republican but leaning republican and worry about all these other states. >> and you still feel that way? >> yeah. if you look at the last few polls, tom cotton, very slight lead. >> nathan? >> i think at this point i'd rather be tom cotton. >> i do too. the numbers, you just don't know how pryor gets to 50. >> i think there's one caveat which a democrat indicated over the weekend to me and that is ground game. there's never been a democratic effort to really do a ground game in arkansas. >> and they have made a real one. >> in all of these states. >> so that's one caveat on the race. >> alaska,

the thinly veiled explanation for the visit, christie is raising money for five-term governor terry branstad. but remember branstad is among the ten safest incumbents running for re-election in the country. miraculously christie's fitting in meet and greets where his staff made it clear he plans to take questions from reporters who are not interested in the branstad race, by the way. christie is hardly alone. in the next few weeks, at least seven republicans will be visiting iowa. texas governor rick perry will court iowa conservatives this weekend. he headlines two republican dinners and meets with veterans and emergency responders. on august 4th, it's rand paul who will raise money in the hawk wa state. he'll do so for congressman steve king before speaking at a republican party event the follow two days. on the 9th, perry along with ted cruz, bobby jindal, mike huckabee and rick santorum will all be in ames for the evangelical family leadership summit. of course the 2016 action isn't all on the republican side. today in detroit vice president joe biden will speak for the first time in fro

i will start with the nga governor committee, terry branstad of iowa, mark dayton of minnesota, pat mccrory of north carolina, steve bullock of montana, you, madam chair, mary fallin oklahoma, dan malloy of connecticut, and scott walker of wisconsin. chair, governor gary herbert of utah, and is 2015, chair for governor john hickenlooper of colorado. madam chair, i move that the nominations. >> thank you for your work. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed nay. the motion carries. governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together. i am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, herbert , and we have a history of working on those organizations. we have all committed to that and that we can influence stressed the importance of governors, states working within the nga. believe in governors and their role of directing the

chris christie is more of a help to terry branstad in a general election than he might be in a very conservativet also is a really good sign for chris christie moving forward, that branstad wants him to go there as we move closer to a general election. >> i think we're trying to divide a line here. but there's obviously the element that chris christie is a political celebrity. he's a dynamic figure. i don't think any of the controversy in his past has changed the fact that he's a dynamic figure. in fact, it's enhanced it. he's a prolific fund-raiser. i know talking to republican operatives he can bring in more money for them in these events than anyone else save perhaps mid romney. republicans want him to come in. they like having him there. i don't know hoye that affects his potential 2016 candidacy. nicolle wallace was just talking about how the country wants competence right now from a republican candidate. i just still can't figure out how someone who allowed stuff like this to percolate in his own administration is at the highest level, talking with respect to the bridge scandal, how someon

. >> reporter: the governor of iowa terry branstad isn't prepared to welcome the children to his stateither. >> i do have empathy for these kids but i also don't want to send a signal that send your kids to america illegally. that's not the right message. >> reporter: since october tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors have fled their home country. the sheer number overwhelming border security. and raising concerns from california to capitol hill. two texansator john cornyn and house democrat henry cuellar want to speed up the deportation process by sending at least 40 more immigration judges to border towns. their bill calls for unabout companied nierns have a preliminary hearing within seven days of their arrival. and to be sent home immediately if the judge rule this do not qualify for asylum or some other special status. right now, the law allows the central american children to stay in the u.s. sometimes for years, as they await a hearing. and by then charlie, many of them simply don't show up. >> nancy, thanks. >>> the department of veterans affairs is facing another growing

he was there to help terry branstad and his own election and iowa, setting the stage for a potential016 presidential bid. your is more with governor christie earlier in the day and marion, iowa. [video clip] >> oh, who knows, kelly? of questions kind are the kind of questions that you guys are fascinated with. what i think happens is that people get to know you and make a judgment on you. they do not try to put your in any kind of box. the box they put you in ultimately is yes or no, and all the rest of the box is a really are meaningless in the context of yes or no. everery election i have run in, i present myself as who i am, and that people make a judgment. and sometimes i have one and sometimes i have lost. so if i decide to run for anything else again in my life, i will just come out, i will present myself, a gentleman there asked me a direct question before, i give him a direct answer. i do not know whether he liked or did not like it, but that is not the reason i am answering or why i answer it the way i do. and then everyone else will get to decide. they do not go in there an

terry branstad, will get some help later this week from chris christie, going out to help money to helpo iowa, you might remember it's first on the presidential calendar. chris christie thinking about running in 2016. a conservative group running a moderate campaign saying don't trust chris christie as a republican pause he appoint liberal changes. >> instead of liberal democrat for chief justice, tell chris christie our country needs judges who respect the rule of law. >> jonathan, a very modest investment but tells us, we've seen the rick perry and rand paul back and forth. 2016 is well under way. >> absolutely, and christie has got a real wall of opposition among activist conservatives, and the folks who are airing that are real hard-liners and christie is not from their wing of the party. this is one of his big challenges is not only does he have a home state scandal but in some ways even bigger than that, the more structural challenge. party has become a really pure conservative party in the obama era and that's not who chris christie is. he's more of a sort of can do pragmatist, a

. >> reporter: christie finished up his trip at a fund-raiser for iowa governor terry branstad.affer says she thinks he can work with republicans and democrats alike. >> i think he can work across the aisle, which i think is great. sounds like he had a democratic group to start with and i'm encouraged. i think that's what we need. >> reporter: so you like the idea that he can reach across the aisle. you said that's -- >> you bet. >> reporter: now even though governor christie has been noncommittal about a presidential run, later this month he'll head to new hampshire, another state with early presidential implications. gayle. >> all right, elaine, thank you. >>> there is new information on that deadly bank robbery in california. [ gunfire ] robbers brought out enough fire power to take out an armored police vehicle. what we're learning about the victims and the surviving suspects, next on "cbs this morning." ♪ in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, sh

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governor terry branstad of iowa, mark dayton of minnesota, pat mccrory of north carolina, steve bullockof montana, you, madam chair, mary fallin from oklahoma, dan malloy of connecticut and scott walker of wisconsin. and as nga vice chair, governor gary herbert of utah and as nga chair for 2014-'15, governor john hickenlooper of colorado. and, madam chair, i move the acceptance of the nominations en bloc. >> thank you for your work. all those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed, nay. motion carries. governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together and looking forward to work with our new vice chair, gary herbert. we have a history of working together on other organizations. i think together we are all committed to that role that we can influence and stress the ons of governors and states -- the importance of governo

jersey governor chris christie will be in davenport, iowa, for a fundraiser for state government terry branstad. it's part of our road to the white house coverage. that's live at 7 p.m. eastern also on c-span3. >> forty year withs ago the watergate scandal led to the only rez nation of an american president. throughout this month and early august, american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. this weekend, opening statements from the house judiciary committee as members consider articles of impeachment against president nixon. >> selection of the president that occupy the very unique position within our political system is. it's the one act in which the entire country participates, and the result is binding upon all of the states for four years. the outcome's accepted, the occupant of that office stands as a symbol of our national unity and commitment. and so if the judgment of the people is to be reversed, if majority will is to be undone, if that symbol is to be replaced, then it must be for substantial and not trivial offenses supported by facts and not b

our vice chair, governor terry branstad, from the great state of iowa. >> governor nixon, thank you, and thank for your leadership on this very important issue. in iowa this year i'm proud to say my top priority, which i announced in the condition of the state address, was something we call home base iowa. very similar to your show me heroes program. it included, first of all, eliminating the military, the iowa income tax on military retirement. it also provides in-state tuition for all veterans whether they came from iowa or not to at our state universities and community colleges. it also simplifies the process for them getting profession alliancing and -- professional licensing and giving credit for their military training and education. when they go to our colleges and universities. we also have appointed a bipartisan group of leaders, former congressman boswell who's a democrat and bob meyer who is the ceo of casey's general store. they're both retired colonels, they're friends, and they are working very hard, and the effort there is to actually line up, because the lieutenant go

you never heard terry branstad use it as an excuse. oh, i can't get anything done because of the legislature, the people who sent me. that's not the way you do business. the way you do business is, whoever you send me, it's our job to make things harp. and so in new jersey, even despite those things, despite all the vetoes, and he's right, my first two years as governor i set a record for vetoes for a two-year period. and then the two years after that, i broke the record for the first two years. and then the next two years, the pace i'm on, we're going to break another record. sometimes as a governor you have to say no. someone asked me if i'm staying in iowa tonight. i said, listen, part of my legislature was in town today without me there. they are not allowed in the state house without adult supervision. i have to get home. i need to get home and make sure i'm in the state house tomorrow to see what the heck they were up to today. but also, we've been able to cap property taxes in our state. we have 6,000 fewer employees on the stat

you had chris christie go to iowa last week to campaign for terry branstad. that is as much about the intersection between where chris christie needs in terms of rehab and what branstad is trying to do with the republican party. .. most of you have been reading -- has been very active. joe biden has been very active. martin o'malley has been very active. you know, where people go -- going to iowa is easy and going to new hampshire is easy, but it's sort of the more surgical targets that i find more worth watching. >> could you talk a little about as the foremost hillary clinton watcher on reporters, you were on her book tour, you've covered her for years, she's about to go on vacation for three weeks. are we going to hear from her at that point? are there planned -- >> one of the things, so one of the things that's been striking, there's a couple of things that she's -- she's been adding like crazy interviews which is not -- she has done this rollout sort of backwards in terms of the book tour, i would argue, for how you would handle it in 2014. i forgot what

i will start with the nga executive committee, governor terry branstad of iowa, mark dayton of minnesota, pat mccrory of north carolina, steve bullock of montana, you, madam chair, mary fallin oklahoma, dan malloy of connecticut, and scott walker of wisconsin. and as nga vice chair, governor gary herbert of utah, and as nga chair for 2015, governor john hickenlooper of colorado. madam chair, i move that the nominations. >> thank you for your work. all those in favor say aye. >> [all] aye. >> all those opposed nay. the motion carries. governor hickenlooper, congratulations as the new chair of the national governors association. [applause] all right. i turn it over to you. >> well, thank you, mary. you have been a truly outstanding leader for the national governors association, and i'm excited to continue the work that we have started together. i am looking forward to work with our new vice chair, gary herbert, and we have a history of working on those organizations. we have all committed to that role that we can influence and stressed the importance of governors, states working within the