be supportive of then senator obama, and young people who propelled him to win the iowa caucuses, and the iowa nomination, and to win his election in 2018. an2018 -- in 2008. and for a lot of them, it's a reminder of their responsibility. because these are people who are trying to had change policy, and things in their community and education and want environment. but in a lot of ways, we have had an absence from the direct political arena. this is a generation where many say that they're not interested in running for office, and that's one of the frustrations of this administration. a lot of people thought that the energy of the president would inspire people to run for office, and obviously that's one of the things that we focus on in america, but its time for this generation to step back into the political arena, and they're certainly more than up for the job when they do. >> well, alicia, when you work with young people and guide them through service opportunities, it's not politics in the way that we think of it, but it's a political choice, isn't it? about how you see yourself in society? >> yes, o

the winners in iowa actually fare? well, it depends on the party. for the democrats, since bill clinton in 1996, the winner in iowa has gone on to win the party nomination. for the g.o.p., not so much. the last two republicans to win in iowa -- rick santorum in 2012 and mike huckabee in 2008 -- fizzled soon thereafter. the last iowa caucus winner to seize the nomination was george for more on the importance of iowa as seen by iowans. despite all the press anand politics, consider the numbers. the avere number of iowans who attend on caucus night is 120,000. that's about 20% of registered voters. in other words, four out of five members of each party, do not go out to the caucuses on the election cycle. sharyl: scott, are they used to the attention question mark to they still get excited over the caucuses anddidates? scott: i think they get excited about the infusion of cash and filling restaurants and hotels. the one universal thing they agree on here is they are sick of the political ads, the negative ads, whatever you think you're seeing in your state is what they are seeing in iowa, especially in 2016. sharyl: i bet. scott thuman, thanks a lot. it is

this comes just days before the iowa nominating caucus. >> and this woman need ad ed a kidney to stay alive, and her long-time friend was a perfect match. >> she said the only other option was if there was a live donor, and when she told me that, i heard her saying i will >> cheryl green says her friend was suffering from end-stage kidney failure, and so donating a kidney was a no-brainer for this woman. >> her reaction was you do not need to do that, and i said i know i don't have to. it's something i want to do. >> but being a living kidney donor and being able to actually part with one are two things. >> the chances of developing kidney failure after donating a kidney are not zero. they are the same as they would be if someone hadn't donated a kidney. >> dr. lewis is director of the kidney transplant center. he says potential donors are rigorously screened and undergo many tests to ensure they are able to live well with one kidney. don't want to do any harm to someone or make things worse. they are already going to have an operation that for their own health they don't need. as lon

the iowa caucuses to the bigger picture, the entire presidential race? history tells us winning iowa and new hampshire is likely a path to the white house. no candidate, democrat or republican, has lost the nominationboth iowa and new hampshire since ed musky in 1972. conversely, not finishing first in either state presents massive hurdles. no candidate has won the nomination without winning either iowa or new hampshire since bill clinton in 1992. you with me? right now, candidates are crisscrossing this state making the last-ditch efforts to sway caucus goers here. campaigns crambling to ensure their loyal base turns out come monday. have we mentioned there's supposed to be snow? that later. once the caucuses come to a close, talk it over with my political panel near des moines. democratic strategist hilary rosen, republican consultant margaret hoover and ryan lizza, washington correspondent for "the new yorker." awesome having you all here. let's geek out, if we may, for a second. on iowa, and you know, to you, first, looking at you. you know, the party rules changed in the '70s. >> yes. >> thus starting the iowa caucuses. so to answer the question, why is iowa relevant? give me a history lesson.

the stage along with martin o'malley in iowa. it will be the first state to hold its nomination contest next week. we have the story. >> it was a chance for iowa voters to pose questions directly to the candidates, including hillary clinton, no longer leading opinion polls in iowa. she now struggles to overcome scandals of the past and win the support of young voters. >> i've heard from quite a few people mage that they think you're dishonest, but i'd like to their from you why you feel the enthusiasm isn't there. >> there's nothing to it, they throw all this stuff at me and i'm still standing. >> clinton used the stage to echo statements she's made on the campaign trail, that as a former secretary of state, she has the most foreign policy experience to be president. she took aim at the republican front runner, donald trump, for his statements against muslims. >> we need a coalition that includes muslim nations to defeat isis, and it's pretty hard to figure out how you're going to make a coalition with the very nations you need if you spend your time insulting their religion. >> bernie sanders ackn

the latest national polls donald trump is ahead by some considerable figure, but you've got to set national polls aside, it's going to be state who will decide who is their nominee. iowa is the first nominatinguest. the iowa talks are held two weeks from tomorrow. then marco rubio, ben carson, jeb bush way down. but donald trump has the lead, depending on what happens in iowa. that's going to be the key contest. we continue with the campaigning, we continue with the mud slinging. but this is now the business end of what has seemed to be a very, very long campaign. with one more debate and then of course the all-important iowa caucuses. >> allen fisher with the latest from washington, d.c, allen, thank you. >>> beenin's president has accompanied burkina faso's leader to the scene aft tack which led 29 people dead. a nine-year-old was among those killed in a hotel and cafe on burkina faso's exam on friday. visiting the siege of at least 50 people also wounded. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb said it was responsible. our correspondent mohammad adow is in ouagadougo. >> we are at the scene of the attack on friday, the splendid hotel where abandoned vehicles are lying outside the hotel. the hotel

the nomination race. establishment fears are growing that donald trump may b unstoppable. two weeks until the iowa caucuses and there is now every indication that democrats there and in new hampshire are feeling the burn in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. bernie sanders is gaining momentum. last night king day, sanders draught his campaign to alabama a. seven thousand people were told that he would build on king's vision on economic justice for all americans. the rally which was swended to boost sanders with voters, felt at times it felt like a boisterous football game. he took a page to donald trump's book. watch >> when we began, we were 50 points behind. we were 50 points behind the inevitable democratic nominee. well, guess what. that inevitable candidate ain't so inevitable today >>> here are some of the numbers. last week in the new york times poll showed clinton had flipped to 7 points, 48% to 41%. clinton maintains a double digit lead including one on tuz. clinton's lead has also eroded in iowa. among likely democratic caucus goers, the most recent register has her hea

tbafoat gea th> are >>> presidential candidates are both sides of the ballot in iowa days away from the start of the presidential nominating process. marley hall explains now is the time they are focusing the pitch to get out t e vote. >> with just days to go before the iowa caucuses the two leading candidates are focusing on one group of questions. >> as our friendship has grown trump. >> jerry head of liberty university announced he's endorsing donald trump. fallwell hinted when he visited the school. >> in my opinion donald trump lives a life of loving and helping others as jesus taught. >> not to be out done ted cruz met with preachers in iowa telling them he's the only one that can stop donald trump. >> pastors say in our values the christian values that built america and we need a president to definitely defend our values. >> crews has a 12 point lead among white christians in iowa and in a tie with trump for the overall lead. on the democratic side senator gained momentum in iowa. >> we will win here in iowa if the voter turn out is high. >> clinton says she's survive a tax from republicans. >> they throw it all out

the former president made a second stop in eastern iowa last night, speaking in dubuque. today -- hillary clinton's chief rival for the democratic nomination returns to iowa -- bernie sanders is starting a four day tour throughout the state. state.that includes two stops in cedar rapids.sanders starts at 10-a-m -- talking about paid family leave at the double tree.he's then holding town hall meeting at waverly and toldeo before coming back to cedar rapids tonight at 7 -- for a atown hall at the veterans memorial building. on the republican side -- doctor ben carson made a couple of stops in the corridor yesterday. yesterday.including one to the motorcycle museum in anamosa. doctor carson touched on a number of totocs like immigration.he says he draws inspiration from one of the nation's most memorable presidents. nation of immigrantsand we welcome anyone from any country, any race, any religion. if they want to be americans, if they accept our vavaes our principles and our laws. if they don't stay where they are. carson recently shook up his campaign team after weeks of falling voll numbers.he's now fallen behd a number of candidates inclu

the revelation comes just three days before the iowa nominating caucuses in which hillary clinton is that's a pretty big deal. again, it's a sophisticated deal. you have got to be paying attention. you have got to know what it is. do you think this will have any effect on the vote on monday? >> well, i tend to think that the people who are upset about the email situation are probably already people who are voting for bernie sanders. because one of the things that i think where she really was hurt with the email and the server was the fact that a lot of people felt that she really made her trust level plummet. that's what you hear from a lot of sanders' voters. they like his policies but they also feel that hillary isn't trust worthy. for her core voters, is it going to make a difference? probably not at this point. partly because, like you said, you have to be paying attention and it has to be something getting the coverage from the news outlets that you are paying attention to and i'm not sure that it will from the news outlets that your democratic base voters would be following. >>

the democratic nomination also fierce hilary clinton now finds herself in an increasingly competitive race against bernie sanders. nat hillary clinton "i will promise you this: if you give me the boost in the iowa caucuses to send me on the way to the nomination, i will come back often to campaign to win iowa in november." >> this morning on meet the press, hillary clinton also michael bloomberg entering the presidential race "and michael bloomberg, your reaction to his potential candidacy? hillary clinton: he's a good friend of mine. and i'm going to do the best i can to make sure that i get the nomination and we'll go from there. chuck todd: so you're not worried about him getting in? hillary clinton: well, the way i read what he said is if i didn't get the nomination, he might consider it. well, i'm going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn't have to." republican presidential candidate carly fiorina is under fire after using a group of iowa pre- schoolers as part of a campaign event. parents say the group of children was visiting the botanical gardens in des moines when fiorina ushered them into her pro- life event. the 15 kids sat in front of a poster with a picture of

very, very different because of the number of people that are in that are running for the republican nomination. the iowa caucus will be held coming monday starting at seven pm. many gathered to hear from donald trump last night in iowa city at the university of iowa. before he gave his speech, trump brought members of the hawkeye football and wrestling team up on stage - saying "they were so nice, they endorsed trump." when the group went offstage, they presented trump with an unofficial hawkeye jersey. today ui athletic director gary barta released this statement: university of iowa student- athletics are encouraged to participate in the political process as individuals. however, like any endorsement by a student or faculty member, their participation should not be considered representative of the entire team or university. we are confident that no violations of ncaa rules and regulations have taken place. another incident took place at man being arrested. twenty-eight- year-old andrew alemao is charged with disorderly conduct for throwing two tomatoes at republican candidate donald trump. this happene

the party picked its presidential candidate in 1968. but does a candidate winning iowa mean winning the party's eventual nomination? if you leave out incumbents running for reelection, the record is mixed. among the republicans rick santorum won the iowa caucus in 2012, then didn't get the nomination. mike huckabee won the caucus in 2008, and didn't either. but iowa correctly picked george w bush in 2000 bob dole in 1996 and george hw bush in 1992. among democrats, iowa voters did pick eventual nominees barack obama in 2008, john kerry in 2004 and al gore in 2000. but they picked tom harkin in 1992 and missed bill clinton. the fallout from last night's trump-less debate seems to favor...donald trump. as nbc's steve handelsman explains, ted cruz is trying to recover from some bad reviews. 06-09 10-12 57-1:00 1:08-10 nats trump so we have to get out we're gotta win. we're gonna win!! donald trump campaigned in iowa where he's tied in the polls with ted cruz sot: donald trump :08-:11 "im going to be here so much over the next two weeks you are going to be sick digit national lead in the nbc news wall street journal pol

. >> just days before the iowa caucuses, republicans criss convince candidates they're right for the nomination. live in iowa tonight with more. craig. >>reporter: and there is this extra layer of energy and urgency at these events, not just for the candidates but also for the voters they know time the running out for them to make up their minds. ted cruz wants to remain the center of attention in iowa. >> we can save this exceptional nation, this shining city on a hill. >> reporter: most polls have cruz in second place behind trump who campaigned in new hampshire today. >> i did something that was risky and i think it turned out great. i'm getting more publicity. >> marco rubio is vying for >> if you nominate me, i win, they know it. >> he seems genuine to me. >> reporter: they say landing in the top three in iowa will give them staying power. >> who could rise up out of the pack and do better than we expect? >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton are campaigning hard in iowa. sanders railed against big business. >> it sounds like we have a rigged economy. >> reporter: he has a new ad condemnin

"your voice, your fure - the iowa impact" will take place in iowa city.we'll be discussing the role iowa and its caucuses play in the process to nominate presidential candidates for both parties -- and what role they will play in the future. future.our panel will include both the iowa republican and democratic party *chairs, along with other political experts.we hope you'll watch, or attend, tomorrow night at 6. right now at the university of iowa, president bruce harreld is planning hihiown town hall. harreld wants to gather input from the community as he prepares to begin his first full semester on the job.the townhall will be held inside the pomerantz center at four o'clock on february 23rd. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. developing tonight - iowa city police are now looking into west high school and similar threats made in other states. the school was evacuated yesterday morning after someone called in the threat. school officials told investigators the caller's's voice sounded robotic-like. investigators searched the building but found nothing. similar calls were recieved seven

we are just 19 days away from the first official vote at the iowa caucuses -- and winning iowa is crucial for winning the republican nomination. just ask the guy who won iowa in 2012, president rick santorum. thank you, sir. (applause) for instance, jeb! last week, i reported that jeb! had revitalized his campaign with a bold new strategy. >> jeb bush says that he sees himself as a joyful tortoise. at least that's what he told a teenager on the campaign trail yesterday. the republican presidential candidate gave the boy a toy turtle and says he carries them around in his pocket. >> stephen: yes, he gives out toy turtles. he tried using real turtles, but they kept crawling out of his pockets and then passing him in the polls. but guess what? i called it. last week, i said this guy was due for a comeback, and according to reuters, he is now in third place nationally. aint' no stoppin us now! jeb's on the move! he's on a rocket fueled elevator straight to the third floor! and if my math is right, there are only two places "above" that's at least a bronze. speaking of bronzer -- donald trump. the latest iowa polls have trump just

iowa, hillary clinton courted caucus-goers, >> why do people think their votes don't count? aixa: while bernie sanders spoke moines. clinton and sanders are also in a tight matchup in the first two states of the nomination process. >> iowa and new hampshire are probably a little closer than hillary clinton would like at this point. aixa: there are two gop debates, and a democratic one, scheduled before the iowa caucuses. in washington, i'm aixa diaz. wyff news 4. gabrielle: we want to show you a picture from western new york. take a look at this. a driver in buffalo, new york, needed more than an ice scraper to move their car this morning. this car was parked along lake erie overnight. the waves splashed up and over the rails, spraying the side of the car. the car became coated with several inches of ice as sub-freezing temperatures rolled in. however the other side of the , car, which hardly got splashed, had very little ice on it. there you go. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. snows on the great lakes, which i will talk about more in a second. clouds coming in from the west, clear to partly cloudy tonight. another cold night. clouds here, and some birds just flew by. this shot is

of the eight nominating contests with no incumbent between 1972 and 2012, four iowa winners went on toir party's presidential nomination. combine it. combine it with both parties. we know that only 40% of the time, six times out of the possible 15 have the iowa winners gone on to their party's nomination. it may be a great average in baseball, but isn't saying much for presidential politics. >> as you were going over the numbers. i worked in the midwest in 2008, and i was trying to remember was it hillary who won the iowa caucus and it went on to become president obama. i was wondering for i should veer and ad lib this much because i didn't know if it was correct. >> obama won it. >> obama did win it. >> one of the exceptions. hillary went on to win new hampshire. >> right. >> right. so why do people put so much emphasis on iowa, then? >> okay. here is the deal. historically two reasons. all though now only one remains. the first is the bragging rights. giving people the sense that the winner is so near to the nomination that it's over. it's a psych call victory more than anything. the

this year, the program generated more than 13 thousand dollars to help support iowa city parks and recreation projects. jack: and the red cross is taking nominations for heroes of the heartland, to help celebrate its 100 years of service in iowa! they want to honor heroes for their bravery, their knowledge of life-saving skills, and their willingness to help others. this program is the primary fundraising event to support the red cross of central iowa. you can show your support for the red cross by nominating a hero or by sponsoring the event. the heroic event must have occurred between february first of 20-15 and february first of 20-16. you can send in your nominations. the information is there on your screen. jack/lam:: and 2015 was a cross of iowa. the iowa red cross team responded to more than 670 local disasters ... and 176 large u.s. disasters, helping hundreds of thousands of people who were impacted in iowa, across the country, and around the world. those included floods, wildfires, and housefires. the red cross is also looking for donations to help them continue the great work that they do. you can donate by visiting their website or cal

iowa if they caucus, they can take power back from the billionaires. >> if we have that courage, not only will we win here in iowa, the nomination, but much more importantlywe will transform america. >> reporter: first the big effort to get out the vote. caucus turnout is so small, a few votes make a difference. that will keep the candidates pushing hard until monday night. nbc news, des moines, iowa. >> stay with news 4 for complete team coverage of decision 2016, a news 4 anchor in iowa right now. look for aaron's reports starting tomorrow night at 6:00 and check out facebook pages for a little message from aaron and he and steve will be there monday when the big votes go down. >>> a maryland teenager under arrest charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from blacksburg, virginia. police arrested david eisenhower this morning. the 18-year-old from columbia, maryland and attends virginia tech. the virginia state police, fbi, and blacksburg police searching for her since wednesday. he's charged with felony abduction. >>> the search over or two escaped inmates on the run after a brazen prison break in california. a tip from a woman who spotted the stolen

just seven days until the iowa caucuses, the first voting of the 2016 presidential nomination.onald trump is again the man with the momentum.

i'm going to be here so much in the next two weeks you're going to be sick of me. >> trump has a double digit nomination if he wins the lead-off. >> we come in first in iowa, then it's off to the nomination. >> people are rising up and we're going to turn this country around. >> in last night's debate, trump scored when cruz accused him of having new york values. >> you know, i think most people know exactly what new york values are. >> but trump emotionally evoked 9/11. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> he'd hit a nerve. here's the new york daily news. hillary clinton tweeted just this once, trump is right. in new hampshire today, marco rubio attacked cruz nl time and again he's shown he will change calculation. >> targeting the chief challenger while chasing the front runner. but a lot of voters are still deciding. so trump opponents are still dreaming of cruz winning

the iowa caucuses monday. ted cruz says this is the last best hope to stop donald trump from trumping to the republican nomination. >> if donald wins iowa, he has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he won new hampshire as well, there is a good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. kennedy: let's bring in my diamond entrusted party panel tonight. megyn mccain knows a thing or two about the primary process. and today vine mcinnis. gavin, i'll start with you. a few months ago you were a cruz guy. so what ted stood up and said, was that an impassioned plea to a group of like-mind the pastors or was that total desperation? >> i don't know if you have groin with two dads, but when they fight, it makes your stomach, and they say shut up or i'll give you something to cry about. i'm dreaming of a batman, superman ticket. cruz and trump. they have been fighting a lot. i still love cruz but i think trump is what we need to destroy the liberal culture taking over america. immigration and culture are more important to me than economics. kennedy: iowa is ted cruz's fire wall. is it being extinguished with the

hosting the "your voice, your future - the iowa impact" town hall in iowa city.we'll be discussing the role iowa and it's caucuses play in the process to nominate presidential candiadtes for both parties -- and what role it will play in the future. future.our panel will include both the iowa republican and democratic party *chairs, along with other political experts. reporter kevin barry explains how presidential politics in iowa might change if the hawkeye state lost lostit's first in the nation status. status. this is hardly the first year that iowans have defended their first in the nation caucuses against other states who want the first crack at picking the next president. it's the nightmare senario for both parties in iowa -- but the actual impact varies depending on if and how it ever does happen. happen. depends on where we would go. south carolina is third and they attracted a lot of candidates in a debate last week. if we were 30th, we probably wouldn't attract anybody.that means chaotic scenes like the ones at the state fair this summer would be a thing of the past.iowa g-o-p chair jeff kaufmann already had to cancel the iowa straw po

will broadcast a live town hall to discuss iowa's role in the race for president.some feel that iowa isn't deserving of the first say in the party nominating process. process.?so what if iowa lost2 that honor?fox 28 news anchor barry...continues tonight's vote 2016 coverage. coverage. this is hardly the first year that iowans have defended their first in the nation caucuses against other states who want the first crack at picking the next president. it's the nightmare senario for both parties in iowa -- but the actual impact varies depending on if and how it ever ds happen.depends on where we would go. south carolina is third and they attracted a lot of candidates in a debate last week. if we were 30th, we probably wouldn't attract anybody.that means chaotic scenes like the ones at the state fair this summer would be a thing of the past.iowa g-o-p chair jeff kaufmann already had to cancel the iowa straw poll over the summer because candidates didn't think it was important to be successful in iowa.he says even fewer reasons for candidates to spend months in iowa would be a problem.if we wereo slip back to march or april and we were too late

the iowa caucuses are less than a week away and a new poll is shedding light on the republican nomination. >> reporter: the countdown to the iowa caucuses is being measured in hours. >> 171 hours, that's how long we have until the iowa caucuses, 171 hours. >> ted cruz seeing his poll numbers flip, urging voters to turn out. >> it is now or never. we can't get it wrong again. >> but wrong is what donald trump is saying about cruz, telling supporters the texan should run for the prime minister of canada instead. >> my battle with a gentleman named ted cruz because you have to speak the truth. he is a canadian. the man is from canada. >> speaking of truth -- on the democratic side bernie sanders will not. >> we will raise taxes. >> explaining how he would fund a single payer tax plan. >> we are going to eliminate private health insurance premiums for individuals and for businesses. >> hillary clinton also campaigning on healthcare in iowa. >> when i worked on healthcare in 93 and 94, i was trying to get us to universal healthcare coverage. >> reporter: trying to hold onto her six point lead

but if they, if they run the table, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, south carolina can put the kiss of the nomination on the nominee for president. i do think it'll be ted cruz. i think it's gonna be aa hard-fought battle all the way. >>amanda: we're not done yet on this week in iowa. (music) >>amanda: up next, a final check on the polls and some surprises with just about a week out from (music)da: before we go today let's check in on the latest polls in iowa. this according to a cnn/orc poll out thursday. here's your top 3 republicans: donald trump with 37% support, second place than we've seen b: hello and welcome to ag phd. i'm brian hefty. d: and i'm darren hefty. thanks for joining us today. one of the biggest challenges in corn across the country is goss's wilt. once you get goss's wilt, what do you do to manage it since there isn't a resistant variety out there? we'll talk about goss's wilt and give you some hope for darren, you talk about challenges in corn, i want to get to challenges in ones is: how are we going to stop some of these roundup

the iowa caucus. >> remember, this is crucial for clenching the republican nomination. just ask the guy who won iowa in 2012, president rick santorum. >> thank you, sir. >> and in minutes, stephen colbert shows us how donald >> join us tonight for news 6 at 11:00. >> after the news, it's "the late show with stephen colbert" >> where the iowa caucus is fast approaching, colbert says donald trump is trying to sabotage rival ted cruz. >> he went on the attack by exposing a dark secret from >> he was born in canada. >> that's right. only natural born citizens can be president and cruz was born in canada. that, of course, is the sound of canada's national bird, the loon. if you knew that, you're not qualified to be president of the united states. >> this is not the first time the natural born citizen issue has coming up in an election. in 2008 one candidate's unusual possiblily unamerican origins had a lot of people suspicious, john mccain. senator mccain was born in panama on the u.s. military base but that was cleared up when his senate candidates stepped in and including p

the debate stage this election season. will whitson explains why iowa may be the end of the road for some. a strong start in iowa is no guarantee of winning the presidential nomination- and in the past few elections it's been no guarantee of winning any primaries, either. but a weak start in iowa is damaging to a presidential campaign, because it's tough to prove to voters- and donors- that the candidate can make up lost time- and votes- in other states. one candidate- mike huckabee- has already said he'll drop out if he doesn't at least place third in iowa- and weak results could mean trouble for other struggling cadidates like rick santorum- last three iowa polls, or martin o'malley on the democratic side- who is polling at 4% while the two other candidates, hillary clinton and bernie sanders- are polling around 44 or 45%. an end to campaigns in iowa though also open up opportunities for campaigns still in the race to pick up voters who suddenly find themselves without a dog in the hunt. "the real question is do those candidates who drop out endorse other candidates? where do their supporters go? i know many campaigns are already planning 'if this person drops out

the iowa caucuses is people just don't show up for them. so, how representative and accurate can they really be. let's take a look at turn out from the last time the nomination was contested for both parties. that was 2008. when about 21% of the total number of registered republicans in iowa caucused. the dem's rate was much higher that year but that was kind of an anomaly. almost 40% of registered democrats showed up. the caucus turn out rate is much lower than who normally turns out for the general election. in 2008 that was almost 62% of all registered voters. now one reason people don't show up, it's not really as convenient as just dropping by a ballot box. you have to dedicate an entire night to it. and a lot of people don't really understand how it works. so for help with that, with enlisted the chairs of both the iowa democratic and republican figurines. >> sabrina: dr. andy mcguire talk to us a little bit about how the caucus process works. we have these ninjas red, yellow, green and blue ninjas. and then our army men to kind of demonstrate what the caucus process looks like. >> andy: right, well i would love to. so these ninjas are our candidates,

candidates out of the state i think they both are looking ahead and saying that there's going to be a day where iowa is not the focus. >> reporter: coming into view, a slog of a nomination fight. if clinton can't pull out a win here in iowa. sanders says he's going to fight for this nomination all the way to the convention, but if he can't beat clinton in iowa, that road is going to be a lot harder. lester? >> all right, kasie, thank you. >>> we want to let you know tomorrow i'll speak to bernie sanders about the race and about his chances just five days until iowa. we'll have it for you right here tomorrow night. >>> the big scare today at a navy medical center in san diego after someone reported hearing gunshots. the federal health facility went into enforcement flooded the scene. officers going room to room looking for a possible shooter. in the end, no one was found. just thousands of people left with frayed nerves from a terrifying ordeal. >>> in northern california tonight, evacuations amid a real life cliffhanger. a neighborhood hanging on the edge as a powerful el nino eats away the coastline and may take homes with it. nbc's gabe gutierrez has all the high dram

♪ >>> the presidential nomination process kicks off tomorrow in iowa. 's a first glimpse at the winners and losers picked by the people not the polls. monday evening's caucus results could spell doom for one of the candidates and celebration for another. >> good morning. decision 2016 heaps up. the big day is near. tomorrow's iowa caucuses will have a nation wide impact. a first time that a candidate can show they have what it takes to win. pennsylvania senator rick santorum came out in top in iowa but later lost the nomination to mitt romney. in 2008, the republican winner was former arkansas governor mike huckabee. since iowa became the first caucus back in 1972, only three republican winners have gone on to become the nominee. five for the democrats, including president barack obama in 2008. >>> caucuses in iowa are nothing like the primaries in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. in iowa, voters gather all at the same time on monday night. the republicans vote by secret ballot and the totalled are tallied statewide. the democrats discussions are

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