. >> senator tom harkins. >> we're third and no one expected it. >> any candidate seeking to earn the trust of the presidency of the united states has to come in and engage the people of iowa. >> gingrich, highest ranking democrat in the state of iowa. >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator grassley. >> i think it's boring because >> whoever the nominee is -- >> i see you're wearing a big h button. how did your candidate did? >> commander in chief, no doubt. i thought they all did very well. it was a good animated strong debate. i'm proud of the democrats, but i'm glad i'm for hillary clinton. i think she proved that she know what it takes to run a country. if you want to convince people where you're going to take them you got to know where you're been. and secretary clinton has been our secretary of state. she has been our senator. she has served in the white house under president clinton for eight years. a woman with talent that i've never seen in any man or woman before running for president. she is ready. >> one of the items that came up tonight, free college tuition. you're a sitti

. >> state senator, maria -- >> senator tom harkin. >> sometime us don't even have to win the caucus to come in second or third, and no one expected it. >> governor rick klein. >> congressman johnson. >> paul strauss. >> any candidate seeking to earn the awesome and sacred trust of the president of the united states has become engaged with the people of iowa. >> the highest ranked in the state of iowa. >> congress woman -- >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator chuck graham, please. >> he described it like going to heaven. >> at the end of the day, that's it. >> i think it's important. because it's the first >> a potential castro ticket. who the vice president will be? >> as mentioned. she had her call to service. she got in law school. she could have gone to a law firm, made a lot of money and had a very fabulous life. so she took a job with the children's defense fund and went to work for women and children, and dedicated her whole life to those issues. even when, in arkansas, when her husband became governor, she went into private practice and partner -- >> you play a president on t

bank for violating sanctions against iran, sudan, and cuba.koob also credits former iowa senator tom harkin and former representative bruce braley for keeping the effort alive all this time. an early morning snow fortunateleldidn't cause many problemsmstoday. today.but now that we have our winter snow, it's time for some winter cold. cold.chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your temps are in the teens and 20s 20s mostly cloudy skies prevaill prevaiai skies will become partly cloudy thursday but it will be coco. temperatures will rise from 17 at 6am to 19 at 3pm 3pm in this weather, you have to be prepared for anything... including a worst case scenario. scenario.which begs the question -- if you get ready?fox 28 news reporter dora miller was around town today asking and she joins us live with what you need to survive. you might think in this age of cell phones here in eastern iowa you wouldn't have to worry about being stranded... but wh we asked what's in your trunk -- we found out some people are ready for anything. anything. "i'm so ready."with a full trunk, shua's ready f

working with primarily democratic senator tom harkin of iowa. a couple of years ago, i saw him in a wheelchair on the floor of the senate asking them to ratify the international convention on disabilities and explaining to reluctant members of his own party that this would not do anything bad to america because we have the highest standards for disability rights in the entire world. but, it could take people like him when he was young, deeply injured, and give them a chance to have a full oer life. he did not win that fight, but i think eventually we will win it. as long as i live, i reward will remember bob dole in his wheelchair talking to the members of the senate about the imperative of recognizing not only human dignity, but the human potential of everyone without regard of their physical abilities. if you go on the dole institute's website, there is a letter that he wrote about his recuperation from the wound he suffered in italy. life how he is adapting to with his disabilities. he downplayed the pain and mentioned he got himself elected

a ride is the conservative replacement of a democratic event that ended last year with senator tom harkin'sun. did not have a bouncy castle. i am having a lot of fun. just in the nick of time, students from the nearby university of iowa. >> it is a no-brainer to make sure that we took the day off from work. i am looking forward to hearing marco rubio and scott walker speak. >> we will make america great again, god bless you. griffin: of the seven headliners, scott walker is the only one who has not declared his presidential run. >> i know a senator who likes to ride a hog. and cut the pork from washington, d.c. griffin: they get a quick minute on the stage. it is like speed dating. >> some of them i do not know enough about, so we can now compare and make an intelligent decision. then, we can vote. ♪ >> i can stand behind any of these candidates. >> agreed. >> whoever can beat hillary, that is what it is about. >> who can beat hillary. griffin: with rain clouds overhead, people got out quickly after huckabee's speech. the iowa straw poll is just two months away. you will be coming up? >> oh

the rare exception, 1992, tom harkin took iowa that year, but not the nomination.urse there's a big asterisk there, he was a senator from iowa, nobody campaigned in the state. it's as if iowa never even happened that year. in every other year, the nominee has won one of those states, iowa or new hampshire. the mainstream could coalesce around ted cruz. that's one possibility. you could say he might look moderate next to donald trump. cruz is banking on scooping up trump supporters, but trump has other plans in mind. he's working hard on making cruz a hard sell, saying that cruz isn't qualified to be president. >> when you look at the way he's dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a, frankly like a little bit of a maniac, you're never going to get things done that way. you can't walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able get along with people. he'll never get anything done. and that's the problem with ted. >> cruz says he's not nothing but love for trump, but will we see that on the debate stage tomorrow night? let's go to msn

tom harkin larkin on twitter makes this comment. they fact that they have to use pseudonyms shows how difficult e defendants.ed th >> is david, watching us in tulsa. >> thank you for another great series by c-span. did the court at any point in time, discuss, where does life begin? to ask yourlike guests, when do they believe life begins? clarke: the court did address it in roe v. wade, but they did it in a dismissive way. there was no fax or trial, or evidence. the did not have evidence of fetal development in the record. -- authorities that argued the attorneys that argued did address that. basicallyurt dismisses it and says, we in the veryrity opinion, we are familiar with the facts of fetal development, but then they decide the unborn child is not a person under the constitution and not entitled to constitutional protection. >> anymore on that answer? richard, you are on the air. >> they said that it does not exist prenatally. at eight and a half months you are not a person. we have had a lot of bigotry in the society in the pas

the only exception, here in 1992, that comes with a huge asterisk because tom harkin was from iowa.dn't really count that year. every other year, the nominees had to win one of the first two states. so if cruz wins iowa, and if trump wins new hampshire, this year, that's what the polls are suggesting is very possible -- >> i want to stop you. i want to see this closer. iowa is not the bellwether we think it could be? >> no, this suggests you need to win one of the first two. you get the momentum that takes place after the first two, the eventual nominee in every case here basically, won one of these first two states. if we are looking at a situation where cruz is potentially leading in iowa, where trump lieis leading in new hampshire, all this talk about the establishment will have the candidate that emerges to take on the anti-establishment wing, the first two states this year could produce anti-establishment candidates. you could have cruz and trump emerging from the first two and essentially if history is any guide, what that's telling us is the party may have to choose between c

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