tom harkin introduces him at this 15 minute event. audience: [chanting "dean"] [applause] >> are you ready? are you ready to take this fight on? are you ready to change america? then you are ready for howard dean, the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] howard dean: all right. "dean"]g [cheers and applause] mr. dean: well, you guys, you have already got the picture here. i was about to say, you know, i'm sure there are some disappointed people here. you know what, you know something, you know something, if you had told us one year ago that we were going to come in third in iowa, we would have given anything for that. and, you know something, not only are we going to new hampshire, tom harkin, we're going to south carolina, and oklahoma, and arizona, and north dakota, and new mexico. we're going to california, and texas, and new york. and we're going to south dakota, and oregon, and washington, and michigan. and then we're going to washington, d.c., to take back the white house. yeeaaahhhh! [applause] we will not

let me thank tom harkin. you are so lucky, you are so lucky. you are so lucky to have a united states senator who understands what it is to stand up for ordinary americans, and he is the leader in the united states senate to take our country back for ordinary americans again. let me thank berkeley beddel and dave nagel, two former congressmen from iowa who have been all over iowa for us, helping us. i don't know where dave is tonight, but i want to thank him. let me thank the international union of painters and allied trades for standing up. let me thank the american federation of state and county and municipal employees for all the help they've been. the service employees international union, the seiu, thank you so much. but, most of all, let me thank you, from all over america, coming to change this country. we haven't seen this in 30 years. now, in my generation was the last time i saw all this stuff going on, with people your all age, under 30-years-old. and we were a little more-we were-what? when i was your age -- when i was your age we d

i think of tom harkin.'m surprised that you went with clinton over sanders because of the issue sanders is pushing. was it a difficult decision? >> no. no, it wasn't. i talked to bernie beforehand, he's a great friend of mine, personally, both he and jane, and i still count him as a great personal friend. and a soul mate on a lot of things. but why i supported hillary, i've known her since 1991, i want to debunk something right now. i can tell you that she -- i think she is one of the most honest, trustworthy, competent individuals i've known in my political life. all of this stuff about kids asking, is she trustworthy or honest. if you had 15, 20 years of constant right wing barrage at you, indue endos, lies, fabrications, you'd wonder. it's easier to get out negatives on social networking than positives. >> sure. >> but through that all, by gosh, he's stood up straight and tall and she is the best equipped person to be president of the united states in my lifeti lifetime. >> what have you seen different f

it's a film i wrote and former senator tom harkin and i are going to co-host this screening and jason dick is flying in in washington, d.c. to moderate a q&a afterward. it's a free screening tonight at the varsity theater. >>> we're going to take a quick commercial break. when we get back i've got an exclusive sit-down with one of the four leading contenders of the presidency. who is it? stay tuned right after these don't go anywhere. >>> today is the day before the iowa caucuses, and i'm very happy to have senator bernie sanders. >> great to be with you. >> if you're in iowa or concerned about presidential politics you know that tomorrow are the iowa caucuses. this has been a long road coming, sir. how do you feel about your campaign so far in. >> i feel great. we started off this campaign at 3% in the polls. no money, no organization. in the last nine months we have come a very, very long way, and i think we stand a great chance to be winning tomorrow. >> so the first time you were on this program was actually in the basement of the united methodist church two miles from here, and t

michael: for 30 years in the senate, we had tom harkin. and chuck grassley.verybody here was just fine with it. ann: they both got more than 60% of the vote most recently. al: branstad has served longer as governor than any governor in america. if there is anger and alienation that has swept the country in the last 20 years -- you don't have to throw out somebody just because they've been in office for a long time, and by and large, they are good people. >> people in iowa get to know them and they know that they care about the state. whether they are liberal or conservative, they care about the state, and that's good enough. when it comes to presidential candidates, the same thing there's nothing phony about chuck grassley or tom harkin. al: and a great sense of state pride. >> they asked the question, do you think iowa is the best place in the world to live, or would you rather live somewhere else? 76% of people in iowa said this is the best place to live. >> another poll asked people if they thought they were going to hell or not. 5% said they thought their

there's nothing phony about chuck grassley or tom harkin. a great sense of state pride. >> they asked the question, do you think iowa is the best place in the world to live, or would you rather live somewhere else? 76% of people in iowa said this is the best place to live. >> another poll asked people if they thought they were going to hell or not. 5% said they thought their neighbor would. al: there are a lot of young people, you have one of the highest rates of college graduates. >> there was a lack of opportunity caused by the farm crisis, but that has changed. who are all kids millennials and every one of them wants to come back to iowa. >> everybody out to go away for a little while. there is no one as devout as a convert. i went away. you deserted all the great institutions of higher education in the state. michael was the front page editor when we were at the wall street journal. >> they come back with ideas, they come back enthusiastic, and they get into the core of the community. there is not one iowa. if you are in the east, it's p

, pretty hard to get more liberal than tom harkin and chuck grassley, hard to get more conservative than chuck grassley and everyone was just fine with it. >> right. >> and in fact they both got more than 60% of the vote in their most recent field. >> and when you elect people, you keep them. you had grassley, harkin, branstad has served as governor longer than any governor in america. >> why? >> yeah, but really, if there is an anger, an alienation that swept the country in the last 20 years. >> they're good people. and you don't have to throw out somebody just because they've been in office for a little bit. and by and large they're good people. >> the reason why, the reason i get re-elected is the people of iowa get to know them. it's small enough you get to know them and they know you care about the state. whether they are liberal or conservative you know they care about the state and that's good enough. when it comes to presidential candidates, the same thing hold. they're going to get to know these folks and whether or not they care about the future of country. >> with those three

senator tom harkin. during today's event in cedar rapids.. .clinton was asked to respond to donald trump's claims that he has a record of abuse against women... i don't have a response. if he wins the republican nomination we'll have plenty of time to talk about it if hillary wins. i have no interest in getting involved in their politics or doing anything except working to help hillary. president clinton also made a campaign stop in dubuque today. iowa's political parties are starting to feel the caucus pressure... volunteers and staff were busy putting together caucus information packets today in des moines. the packets include instructions and forms to record results. they will go to precinct captains around the state for use on caucus night. the caucuses are also helping area businesses during a usually slow time of year... most hotel rooms around the metro are already booked... and the rooms are for anywhere from 4- hundred to 9-hundred dollars per night. appearing in person at your caucus site is no

. >> senator tom harkin, you don't have to win the caucuses if you come in a good second or third >> somebody said, paul strauss. the automatic and sacred trust of the presidency of the united states has to come and engage with the people of iowa. >> the highest ranking democrat in the state of iowa. >> jon huntsman. >> senator ted cruz. >> senator chuck grassley. >> haven't eaten anything other than the fried snickers. it's like going to heaven. >> we need to push back on the rnc. this is a dumb way to do it. >> i think it's important because it's the first contest. >> a potential clinton castro ticket. >> whoever the nominee is, gets to select their vice-president. >>> will be the envy of than you. i'm an optimist about the potential of the country. i'm not naive. it is truly time to lead, and our president has to be -- [inaudible] -- if you think the end is near, you're walking around all the time, the problems are overwhelming and nothing is going to happen and all we have to do is just be angry about it, then maybe -- if that your world -- hopeful and believe in the greatness of

iowa democrats had notable "misses" in 1988 with dick gephardt, and 1992 with tom harkin. but, the they've partnered with microsoft to use an app that will streamline the reporting process, and hopefully eliminate the problems that plagued republicans in 2012 time with nbc nightly news' lester holt earlier this afternoon...his camp is actually posted up at the iowa historical center overlooking the capitol...that's about 10 blocks from the media center -- i asked lester if he was bernie sanders who this time last year, only people from vermont were familiar with...and would have thought that donald trump would be essentially dominating the gop side. we've got you covered live in des moines -- amanda goodman -- kwwl news. thanks amanda and matt -- we'll be keeping a close eye on all going into monday night. next...the uni panthers return home -- looking to string together a couple conference wins for the first time this year -- plus -- we've got highlights from iowa city as the third ranked hawkeyes hoped to roll past the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that

the reality is -- no one thought -- that's a negative on tom harkin. people felt no compulsion because somebody important said -- well, this is the guy. they didn't feel the responsibility or the need to be there. they did what was right from their personal perspective. field staff came in. they have their list of their number ones. toldeople whom they say or about this candidate or that candidate. it's -- it doesn't -- it's totally normal to see mary talking to joan and all of a sudden the number ones disappear. completely the norm. .undamental to the caucus it's that interaction. people go to enjoy that interaction and the ability to show people into their group from some other group. i want to mention one other rule.-- we had this 15% rule came out because the delegates to the congressional district conventions, there were like seven delegates. three tickets for iowa. we are only counting the county delegates. so, in most places you have zero. because you have zero in most places, the reports going to -- 1% for- you know bender. well, after the obit

tom harkin from iowa. i'm proud of it.ve had a record of not only opposing him, but a solid record over 17 years, fighting for the working people of iowa, and this country. sticking up for the little person, the family fathers, the student, the elders. making sure the government works not just for the rich and powerful, but the ordinary hard-working people of this country. that has been my record, and i'm proud of it. host: what do you think about what you just heard there? guest: do we have to go through that? [laughter] it is interesting what i just said because i saw a clip the other day. tom brokaw was here. there is an institute in des moines called the harkin institute of public policy at drake university. we do policy research. tom brokaw was up speaking to some of the students at the institute. they played a clip of the first debate i had in 1991 with then andrnor bill clinton, others. tom brokaw had the first question to me about what motivated me to run for president. i was talking about the erosion of the middle

iowa democrats had notable "misses" in 1988 with dick gephardt, and 1992 with tom harkin. but, the chairs of iowa's political parties seem set on setting the they've partnered with microsoft to use an app that will streamline the reporting process, and hopefully eliminate the problems that plagued republicans in 2012. that story, tonight, at ten. i'm joined now by amanda who spoke with nbc's lester holt. i had the chance to spend some time with nbc nightly news' lester holt earlier this afternoon...hi s camp is actually posted up at the iowa historical center overlooking the capitol...that's about 10 blocks from the media center -- he told me that iowa is absolutely electric right now... i asked lester if he was surprised by the election season...he immediately said no question...we have senator bernie sanders who this time last year, only people from vermont were familiar with...and now he's giving hillary a run for her money...and he said who would have thought that donald trump would be essentially dominating the gop side. we've got you covered live in des moines -- ama

that clinton exception carries an ass terror ifk because the iowa was not without tom harkin. in 2008, a year when iowa was competitive obama won the iowa caucuses launching him towards a long drawn out nomination victory over hillary clinton. you can appreciate why clinton held nothing back against bernie sanders this sunday in the last debate. they battled over wall street, health care, gun control and the clash offered a lively preview of what could turn into a long hard fought contest for the democratic nomination >> in the last 72 hours the democratic campaign became the republican campaign >> reporter: in just 15 minutes into the two hour debate hillary clinton went on the offence taking aim at bernie sanders' position on gun control >> he has voted with the nra, with the gun lobby numerous times. he voted against the brady bill five times >> reporter: bernie sanders was forced to defend an inconsistent issue on gun control >> what do you see the difference between what you would do about the banks and what secretary clinton would do? >> i don't take money from big banks

and with home-state senator tom harkin running in 1992, bill clinton only registered single-digit support. (dennis goldford, drake university political science professor) iowa does not pick the president. iowa doesn't even necessarily pick the party nominee. what iowa does is reveal unexpected strengths and unexpected weaknesses in the campaigns. with a mere six electoral votes in the general election, caucus day will pretty much end iowa's 20- 16 stardom. it may also mean the end for some campaigns. but it's just the beginning of the process, of choosing the next president of the united states. in des moines, iowa, i'm karin caifa. straight ahead in healthbeat 4: we'll go along on a journey with one local doctor as he gives out free medical advice and also leads a group to better health. do you spend too much time car repairs, home improvements, a family trip... it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five y rubio refused to release the credit card records.

monitoring of the process, richard formally with the iowa party and for many years with senator tom harkin. beis with us today and will the wikipedia on the panel that will meet on caucus politics and organization. journalism, that is greek for old man, wherever you are, david is also with us today and on the media panel, we can only hope he will go off the and tell us as much as he can about those campaigns he could not good at the time. in iowa caucuses have become the short span of 40 years in american politics, a multifaceted phenomenon and certainly one of the most interesting dynamics in the candidate media relationship. behind the observation is the paradox that campaigns do not come to iowa for delicate accumulation. we know the present caucuses are just the first inconclusive step in a month-long process. caucus winners would probably to 55% of to get 35 iowa's national delegates at the national convention. come to iowa after the and 1976 because it is first step, however small. it has become the national media's starting point. there is no magical electability winning theted with

to newy are we going hampshire, tom harkin, we are going to south carolina, oklahoma, arizona, north dakota, new mexico, california, texas, new york and south dakota, oregon, washington and michigan, and then were going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house. [applause] >> we will not give up. [applause] >> we will not give up in new hampshire. we will not give up in south carolina. we will not give up in arizona, new mexico, oklahoma, north dakota, delaware, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan. we will not quit now or ever. we want our country back for ordinary americans. [applause] and we are going to win in massachusetts. missouri carolina and and arkansas and connecticut and new york and ohio. [applause] see the entire program sunday at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span3's american history tv. monday night on the communicators, to guess holding differing views on net neutrality. walter mccormick, president and ceo of u.s. telecom, the company that was the first to sue the fcc over its rules on internet service providers which allow access to all content and applications regardles

tom harkin introduces him at this 15 minute event. audience: [chanting "dean"] [applause] >> are you ready? are you ready to take this fight on? are you ready to change america? then you are ready for howard dean, the next president of the united states.

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 poll. and figures he's got the nomination if he wins the lead off contest sot: donald trump :21-:25 "the fact is i think we can really come in first in iowa and then its off to the races" cruz campaigned in south carolina sot: ted cruz :27-:32 "a lot of peopled are waking up they are rising up and were gonna turn this country around" in last night's :38-:42 "you know, i think most people know exactly what ny values are.hahahahaha" but trump...emotionally... evoked 9/11 sot: donald trump :45-1:06

this is jeff klink, who advised the barack obama campaign and ran the 1996 campaign of tom harkin.ace, jeff plans to caucus for hillary clinton. you're a clear eyed assessor of what is going on. why did you choose hillary clinton? jeff: i think she would make the best nominee. mark: most electable? most electable. she has the expense to get real results. she has relationships on both sides of the aisle. she has the experience to get things done. athink while sanders has great message and is great in theory, i don't think it will ever become a reality with bernie sanders. that the hat off for a minute. on two fronts, bernie sanders's ground game in the state, is it strong or weak? do you think he is fading a little bit here at the end? jeff: his ground game is good. his social media game is excellent. i think they're doing great things online. with snapchat, instagram, everything else that they are doing, i think that they are doing an actual ground game, the traditional door-to-door effort, probably which needs to be aproved because they got late start. but they are smart people do

and with home-statat sesetor tom harkin nning in 1992, bill l clinton only registered single- digit support. (dennis goldford, drake university political science professor) iowa does not pick the president. iowa doesn't even necessarily pick the party nominee. what iowa does is reveal unexpected strengths and unexpected weaknesses in the campaigns. with a mere six electoral votes in the general election, caucus day will pretty much end iowa's 20-16 stardom. it may also mean the end for some campaigns. but it's juju the beginning of the process, of choosing the next president of the united states. in des moines, iowa, i'm karin caifa. " " " lukas: coming up.... mysterious boxes have popped up in san francisco... but what are they for? stay tuned to find out. lukas: and....the latest on the affluenza teen ... ethan couch ... keep it here... we will be back in two francisco turns out to be a sensor that can detect a biological attack. the device -- which looks a little like an old-fashioned train whistle connected to locked boxes on wheels -- is an air sampling unit. it was installed as a part

. >> senator tom what harkin. >> sometimes you don't have to win the saw cis if you -- caucus if you come in second or third. >>> welcome back to roske on politics with senator rand paul. the last time we were here we were in costume. this is one of the funner campaigns. are you enjoying yourself? >> the last time we were here you know what my costume was, something truly scary. i was the national debt and i was dressed in red and i was a costume i proprized from several years when the debt went from 5 trillion to 10 trillion and now under a democrat president it's going from 10 trillion to 20 trillion. it's one of the main reasons i ran for office. i think it's a real problem for us. >> there's a couple weeks left >> find our vote. our goal is to have 10,000 students vote. we're shooting to get 10,000 independents to vote for us, and we're also shooting to find 10, 20,000 liberty lovers within the party to vote. i think it's very mobile. we're talking about it today with our campaign chairman. he said, you know. in so many cycles the person leading in, going in a month beforehand do

guest, like me and s a huge -- is a huge of zombie burger. 1996 campaign of iowa's own senator tom harkine, jeff plans caucus for hillary clinton, although you're a clear-eyed assessor of what's going on. first tell us why you chose over bernieton sanders. >> i think hillary would make the best nominee for the democrats. >> meaning most electable? >> most electable. to get the experience real results. i think she can move the country she has because relationships on both sides of the aisle and has the experience to get things done. while sanders has a great message and is great in theory, i just don't think it will ever reality with bernie sanders. >> i want to ask you this question. hat off for a minute. do an honest assessment on two fronts. sanders's ground game here, his operation in the state, strong or weak or in between? assess that. and second, is he closing strong fading a think he's little bit at the end? >> i'd say his ground game is pretty good. his social media game is excellent. i think they're doing great with snapchat and instagram and everything else they're doing. that t

but senator tom harkin was running at the time. in 2000, iowa did pick both eventual nominees, george w. bush and al gore. in 2004, iowa picked john kerry, who did go on to win the nomination but not the in 2008, iowa democrats also picked president obama. but republicans picked mike huckabee while the eventual nominee, john mccain, finished fourth. in 2012, rick santorum edged out mitt romney. elizabeth: interested to see that. iowa is really supposed to whittle down the candidates -- start narrowing the options. cbs face the nation moderator john dickerson tried to explain the caucus process to stephen colbert last night on the late show. >> everybody breaks off into a group, if one group does not represent 15% of the total they are not viable. they go and are up for grabs. >> they are just in rooms? are they playing red rover? and your delegates on over. >> that is true, if you do not make viability and/or candidate and your people -- you are not viable. them because they get more delegates. >> were caucuses invented before ther

and with home-state senator tom harkin running in president. iowa doosn't even necessarily pick the party nominee. what iowa does is reveal unexpected strengths and unexpected weaknesses in the campaigns. with a mere six electoral votes in the general election, caucus day will pretty much end iowa's 20-16 stardom. it may also mean the end for some campaigns. but it's just the beginning of the process, of choosing the next president of karin caifa. we at kwwl have our own top the flow of the race... going g into caucus day -- you can check out political analyst chris larimer's latest blog on kwwl dot com... he shares a few of his expecations for tomorrow night.. you can find itity visiting ourr website -- and then clicking on blogs. coming up on today in iowa.. we'll take an in- depth look at the art of caucusing before another round tomorrow evening... plus -- a recap of the big winners from the sag awards last night... we'll be back with more today in iowa -- after this. there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and f

tom harkin was then running for president. he was very popular senator, recently retired.ampaign in iowa and new hampshire was his first campaign. that's where he pull himself up and came within a couple of points of paul sonders who won it and restored his luster going down south to florida, actually. so that's the problem they've had from the beginning. the only memories they really have, presidential campaigns they have from iowa are her thinker place finithird place f. >> this weekend will be time for some new memories and setting a new pace for campaigning in iowa for the clintons. something interesting i've observed is we've seen a lot of people come up to hillary clinton on the rope line in the last few days and saying that something they really enjoyed is seeing bill clinton on the trail and that's been a big factor in making their decision. we'll see how much that helps or hurts come monday. >> monica alba, great to have you on. thank you so much out there on the trail. and that does it for this special edition of "andrea mitchell reports." live from des moines, i

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democratic operative who advised barack obama campaigns and ran the 1996 of iowa's own senator tom harkin this race, jeff plans to caucus for hillary clinton. although you're clear eyed assessor of what's going on. first tell us why you choose hillary clinton over bernie sanders. >> i think hillary clinton would make the best nominee for the democrats. >> most electable? >> i think she has the experience to get real results. i think she can move the country forward, because she has relationships on both sides of the aisle and has the experience to get things done. i think, you know, while sanders has a great message and is great in theory, i just don't think it will ever become reality with brs. >> let me ask you this question. take the hat off for a minute and do an honest assessment here on two fronts. is bernie sanders's ground game here, his operation in the state strong or week or somewhere in between, and second, is he closing strong or do you think he is actually kind of fading a little at the end. >> i think i would say his ground game is pretty good. i think his social media game

i was checking to tom harkin who supported howard dean, endorsed howard dean back then and he told me that was the biggest mistake. they forgot to call people. the clinton campaign is going back, checking with everyone. the sanders campaign is doing the same and trying to drive young people to vote. that's the dynamic shaping up. are these young voters going to support senator sanders. will it be enough on caucus night to put him over the top? >> jeff, thanks. >>> on the republican side, what could be significant fallout from last night's debate which the "des moines register" called a rough night for ted cruz. he's campaigning in wapalo on the iowa river, his fifth stop of a very busy day. sunlen serfaty is joining us from des moines. the cruz event about to start any minute. do we know what he's expected to talk about? >> the cruz campaign at this point says for right now it's all about projecting confidence for ted cruz. and getting his stump speech in front of as many voters as possible. he's been barnstorming throughout northwest area of iowa. very conservative, very rural part o

you know, it's hard to imagine especially in a state that was so smart to send tom harkin to the congresst we had problems getting kids with disabilities into schools and we had to make the case that every single child deserved an education. and then i worked with republicans and democrats in congress to create the children's health insurance program that now covers eight million kids, and i've worked throughout my career to try to find common ground with republicans, to make progress together. it's not easy, i know that. but it's absolutely necessary. we can't give up on our democracy, we can't give up on the hard work that is required to find that common ground, to get results to help people. i'll tell you, i'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world. i care about -- i care about making a real difference in your life. and that gets us to the choice that you have to make in this caucus. now, senator sanders and i share many of the same goals but we have different records and different ideas about how to drive progress. take health care, f

but iowa wasn't really a contest, because tom harkin, a local senator, was in the race. you lose both iowa and new hampshire in a real contest, that's unchartered territory and that's what hillary's facing right now. >> and for her to say, "it's time to get real" has a lot of irony in it. you could argue she doesn't see the situation as it's developing and leaning left. thank you so much, kristin welker out there in the cold and thank you, howard fineman. i'm joined right now by senator cory booker of new jersey. thank you for joining us. it's rare to get you on, i want to get you on the big story tonight, which is ten u.s. sailors have been taken prisoner. i don't know if that's the right world, but they're certainly being held by the iranian government. what should we be doing? >> well, right now we should be making sure that their release is certain. this is a very frustrating few weeks with iran. whether it's the testing of ballistic missiles, whether it's been their engagement in some of the other stabilizing activities in the region with syria and yemen, and now we

one of the great events in iowa is the tom harkin steak fry.ed to speak there as was bernie sanders. so bernie and i spoke there. he was great. i was okay. he was great. just what you see. fiery and authentic. it was a rainy day and i thought the field was going to catch fire. but you know what he was not? he was not teeing up the obama re-election in 2012. that was my thinking, i've got to go out there and start laying the groundwork in a swing state for my guy, the president. i called my friends in the white house that day i said this guy could run against you. he's that unhappy with barack obama. there's nothing wrong with that. david's right, there's some very principled opposition from the left. but hillary was not part of this. she ran against him in the primary, joined his government and has been a key ally. >> or member, s.e., bernie sanders is an independent senator from vermont. he's not a democrat senator from vermont. >> yeah. like i said, i think hillary did great tonight but i think she overdid it on the obama embracing a couple o

and i see my friend tom harkin sitting there, and he knows from his years in the congress, you always have to hope you can find common ground. you've got to bring people together, like he did. the americans with disabilities act. what an amazing accomplishment. and -- [ applause ] >> i have a question for you as a point of pushback. you were talking earlier about how it's difficult to form a coalition with people being insulting it's the same time. let's apply that to the democrats and republicans. you want to work with them, but you were quoted when you were listing people that you saw as adversaries, nra, health insurance companies, probably the republicans. >> yes. >> they did not like that when you said that. and it makes them feel that, well, secretary clinton doesn't like us. why would she work with us? understandably. >> well, it was tongue and cheek. and i consider them worthy adversaries, because they are, they have their set of objectives, we have ours on the democratic side. but that's why i gave you a short overview. i worked with all of them. you know when i'm actually in

i work for one wonderful man worked for wonderful man for 27 years and worked for senator tom harkin. i've met some wonderful people that helped me, but education is very paramount to our future. my parents for were migrant workers. we did not have to work as hard that work that hard either. what they need to do is prepare themselves to be a rational person or fireman or a policeman , to have a future that the future a future that they can look back and say i did do something. that is why education is so important and possibly more important to be up to speak more able to speak more than one language. more languages you can speak, better off you will be. >> representative with the we have 30 seconds left. if give these presidential candidates to challenge when it comes to education. >> to make sure that if we go hours is a great state. with the picture a picture of a small school and we pride ourselves. let's go back and make education very important. let's take each single child and make sure he and she is important began to make it available for all of us. >> these candidates better

and former senator tom harkin talks about his support for hillary clinton. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>. iowa, simulcasting with c-span. >> god was the great state of just god bless the great state of iowa. >> here in iowa. >> i am so pleased to do this with one of all friends in iowa. >> if you would have told us one year ago we would have come in third in iowa, we would have given anything for that. ♪ >> is this an average caucus? to say.rd this is the third when i have been to. they are all different. it is good to back in iowa. >> thank you for the great sendoff you're giving to us. >> i want to thank the people of iowa. >> iowa is the first. >> i love iowa. if i lose i will, i will never speak to you people again. ♪ chucksenator grassley joined dr. ben carson at a campaign event in iowa city. he has not endorsed ben carson or any other republican candidates. this is just over an hour. candidates. iowa holds its first of the nation caucus in

senator, tom harkin, discusses hillary clinton's campaign and his support. will take your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets all on "washington journal" live saturday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, back to the campaign trail with a rally for florida senator and republican presidential candidate marco rubio. speaking with supporters in ames, iowa. live at 4:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. chelsea clinton join hillary clinton join hillary clinton at a campaign rally in cedar rapids heard starting my the: 15 eastern also here on c-span. 8:15 easternive at here on c-span. the road to the white house continues with a hillary clinton campaign rally in marshalltown. she spoke to supporters about education, economic opportunity for all americans, and the importance of getting out to caucus on monday. this is 50 minutes. please welcome, hillary clinton! mrs. clinton: thank you all, so much. thank you. you are great. thank you! oh, my goodness. i'll tell you, it was worth it trying to get here. you have been so generous with your time and i'm just so

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senator tom harkin of iowa talks about his support for democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. and we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the weekend prior to the caucuses, there will be a frenzy of activity across iowa. there are so many candidates on the republican side. there are three viable candidates on the republican side. and they will have each of them three, four, five, six of them today. and what we're going to be looking for are those events that really give you a sense of what it's like to campaign for the caucuses. keep in mind what's key is organization. you need to make sure that those people who support you get to the caucuses. so it's going to be interesting to see how the candidates are trying to close the deal, sell the message and convince those people who might still be on the fence to go for candidate a or candidate b. so what you'll see is wall to wall coverage on c-span as these candidates make their final pitches. >> c-span this weekend, live coverag

a great history of the ,ilibuster and also tom harkin great man in my eyes. spend most of his career trying to make dangers to the filibuster and he was very frustrated. those ideas are still out there. i think the senate has to wake up. america is frustrated and part of their anger is nothing is getting done in government. host: let's let erica werner take this. the caller has a lot of people who agree with him including some senators. there have been some changes to senate rules over the years. senators,ost including leadership in both parties, do not want to change the filibuster. i think it is unlikely to be changed and those who oppose wholesale changes would say it protects the rights of the minority, whoever happens to be in the minority. and that has changed over the years and will change again and for that reason even those in the majority at the moment do not want to see the filibuster done away with. host: lonnie is in maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a data guy. i love numbers and measures of things. dwi was wrong.is there is les

i remember ashford because it was our former colleague, senator tom harkin of iowa held a hearing. he talked about how ashford bought what was a small college, took on their credit days and started peddling this for-profit education which was worthless. do you know what the faculty of ashford university consisted of? one faculty member for every 500 students. do you know what the people that were running this scam operation were paid? millions. millions of dollars of taxpayers' money. the investigation found that ashford recruiters in addition misled prospective students, used high pressure sale tactics and failed to disclose information about the cost and likelihood of obtaining a degree. well, in 2015, ashford announced it was going to close its clinton, iowa, campus. thank goodness and good riddance. it is for the students who have been or could have been exploited by these companies that i say it's time for us to stand up as a congress and a federal government and put an end to this insidious scam of students and their families and the taxpayers. thousands of students in illino

senator tom harkin discusses hillary clinton half campaign and his support. "washington journal." saturday on c-span. >> more "road to the white house" coverage now with democratic candidate bernie sanders, holding a campaign rally in mason city, iowa. he discussed minimum wage, paid and -- paid family leave, and work. this is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] susan: the last time i was in iowa, i was here at the time that barack obama was coming through for the second time to thank the people of iowa for believing in him and for giving him the chance to go on to become the president of the united states. [cheering and applause] the people of iowa did not listen to the machine that said he was unelectable. they listened to what this black man with the funny last name have to say. they gave him a shot. now here we are again facing the machine with the effect -- with the same complaints. except with a man who has proven over and over again that he is consistent, that he is principled and that he is incredibly brave. [cheering and applause] i have come here be

they believe that -- this is sort of much ado about nothing in the words of tom harkin from iowa, a topforward to a general election campaign, should she become the nominee, this is an issue at that point among independent voters. the campaign realizes this. they want this to be dispatched with as soon as possible here. there's so much chatter going on about these e-mails and the potential criminal review. there's deep suspicion about why this is happening, three days before the iowa caucuses. they don't think it's going to affect the vote here or in new hampshire because these are democratic primary contests going on and democrats aren't holding this against her. it could still be a big factor here. it's a big question mark hanging over the campaign. the campaign wants to be done with this, and it is not happening in that respect. >> jeff zeleny out in iowa. let's get some reaction from the clinton campaign. the spokesman is joining us. thanks very much for joining us. the republicans, they aren't waste anything time. they're accusing her of breaking the law. criminal the negligent, ir

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and i see my friend tom harkin sitting there, and he knows from his years in the congress, you alwaysmon ground. you've got to bring people together. like he did. the americans with disabilities act, what an amazing accomplishment. [ applause ] and -- [ applause ] >> i have a question for you as a point of pushback. you were talking earlier about how it's difficult to form a coalition about being insulted. let's apply that to the democrats and republicans. you want to work with them, but you were quoted when you were listing people that you saw as adversaries, nra, health insurance companies, probably the republicans. >> yes. >> they did not like that when you said that. and it makes them feel that well secretary clinton doesn't like us, why would she work us with, understandably? >> well, it was tongue and cheek. and i consider them worthy adversaries, because they are, they have their set of objectives, we have ours on the democratic side. but that's why i gave you a short overview. i worked with all of them -- you know when i'm actually in office, they say, really nice things about