votre, but if she's already left the confirm it, it can't be announcement that some candidates were unviable and that there was a realignment period that they could realine to other groups," said eitzen. in the end, the captains signed off on a 9-8 win for sanders but the state democratic tally shows woodbury county precinct 40 awarded to clinton by that total. monday marked all three men's first caucus experience. they told us they want to see changes in the iowa system but plan to participate again. "there needs to be more people step forward and question and make those numbers more schwarz. " it fit when it was just a bunch of old men smoking cigars drinking whiskey and arguing all night. it doesn't fit with modern lifesytles at," said west. ts abc 9 news. ts local 5 news we are iowa communications director for the iowa democratic party said: "we have been made aware of these concerns, we are working to get to the bottom of these cases, and we are reaching out to all parties involved to clear up any confusion." the party says they will not release any paper work used for internal purposes

if your group is unviable, you have to join a group that is. the fun part is, groups will fight for your vote. all of a sudden, you become much more attractive and desirable. >> yup. nice things about you. they're complimenting your hair. it's fantastic. good for me. after everyone is settled, people are counted, the results are then reported. then everyone goes home. >> to put it simply, the republican winner is the one who has the most votes, period, in the room. sometimes they scratch them on a piece of paper. they vote that way. the democrats use a mathematical formula to award delegates to candidates proportional to the votes they received in the caucuses across the state. the candidate with the most delegates awarded -- still with me, al? >> yeah. >> most delegates awarded is the winner. sounds complicated. here's what you do, if you're at home, watch nbc or msnbc and they'll tell you who won. >> excellent. >> it's a fun process. you all cover politics like we do. this is a great way to start off the presidential campaign. >> i have to go

. >> do we as a group want to support one of these unviable candidates over here by sending anybody to help viability, maybe preventing somebody else from another camp, to get another delegate? fernando: goldford explains those caucusing often decide who they don't want to win and maneuver votes away from them. but he reminds us, while both parties go about caucusing differently, the result is the same. >> it provides an idea of what the local party thinks or their preference vote. >> the caucuses are a completely meaningless event with tremendous politcal impact. fernando: the delegates elected by the caucuses reflect are non-binding.

"never was there an announcement that some candidates were unviable and that there was a realignment period that they could realine to other groups," said eitzen. in the end, the captains signed off on a 9-8 win for sanders but the state democratic precinct 40 awarded to clinton by that total. monday marked all three men's first caucus experience. they told us they in the iowa system but plan to participate again. more people step question and make available," said when it was just a bunch of old men smoking cigars arguing all night. it modern lifesytles at," said west. ts abc 9 news. ts local 5 news we are iowa tim now we have been in touch with the iowa democratic party about this matter. originally, we were told to refer to the final results that were released. tim: tonight, in an email, sam lau, communications director for the iowa democratic party said: "we have been made aware of these concerns, we are working to get to the bottom of these cases, and we are reaching out to all parties involved to clear up any confusion." tim there is a link to the final results that were releas

. >> do we as a group want to support one of these unviable candidates over here by sending anybody to help viability, maybe preventing somebody else from another camp, to get another delegate? fernando: goldford explains those caucusing often decide who they don' t want to win and maneuver votes away from them. but he reminds us, while both parties go about caucusing differently, the result is the same. >> it provides an idea of what the local party thinks or their preference vote. >> the caucuses are a completely meaningless event with fernando: the delegates elected by the caucuses reflect candidate preferences, but they are non-binding. so they can cast their votes differently at the convention. historically, only 3 times since 1972 has the iowa caucus picked the eventual president -- jimmy carter in 1976, george bush in 2000 and president obama in 2008. i' d like to know your thoughts. tweet me at @matteroffacttv, check in on facebook, or connect with our video site to view and share videos from all our programs. >> when we return, why would the right line up to bump trump? fernan

"never was there an announcement that some candidates were unviable and that there was a realignment period that they could realine to other groups," said eitzen. in the end, the captains signed off on a 9-8 win for sanders but the state democratic tally shows woodbury county precinct 40 awarded to clinton by that total. monday marked all three men's first caucus experience. they told us they want to see changes in the iowa system but plan to participate again. "there needs to be more people step forward and question and make those numbers more available," said schwarz. " it fit when it was just drinking whiskey and arguing all night. it doesn't fit with modern lifesytles at," said west. ts local 5 news we are iowa jack: local 5 has been in touch with the iowa democratic party about these accounts. here's a statement. "the iowa democratic party has released our final results. any concerns we will look into at the local level and with the parties involved. reporting sheets are internal party documents. " meantime, the des moines register teed off on the iowa democrats in an editorial

. >> steven: never was there an announcement that some candidates were unviable. and there was a realignment period, that they could d align to other groups. >>>>im: in the end, the captains signed off on a 9-8 win for sanders. but the state democratic tally shows woodbury county, precinct awarded to clinton by that same total. monday marked all 3 men's first caucus experience. changes in the iowa system, but plan to participate again. >> keane: there needs to be more people that need to step forward and question and make those numbers more available. >> patrick: it fit at a time when it was just a bunch of old men smoking cigarsrsdrinking whiskey and arguininall night. it doesn't fit with modern lifestyles at all. >> amanda: alright, we are joined now by sam lau, communications director with the iowa democratic party. sam, first of all, thanks for being here. >> sam: thank you for having me. >> amanda: now tim, the reporter who did this story did request to see documents related to these precincts reporting. and here's the statement that we got from your chairwom

speeches and then they will have a public ballot and any candidate that doesn't reach 15% is considered unviable. and bounce. that sometimes leaves a lot of caucusgoers looking for somebody else to support. and there is a lot of hor trading. if it's in a precinct where there are oy a few delegates up for grabs, you'll see campaigns horse trading just to try to split the dell delegates between the collectively favorite candidates. >> okay. we're coining you caucus carl today. so tell us about the momentum on the ground as we've seen some shifts over the past week. >> everybody in the top campaigns which is to say rubio, cruz and trump is claiming momentum. we were at a couple of events came where the crowds were substantially smaller. it's a weekday. over the weekend, the crowds got huge because people could actually come. they there slsthere did show to. some did leave trump while he was speaking. perhaps that's a sign of minds changing. but you can't read take many tea leaves about into this. momentum would appear to be with cruz or rubio. rubio campaign thinks it has gotten a lot of jazz. cruz

bernie's been around, but he's been an unviable candidate until this new generation came into the mix>> while bernie is doing well with millennials, one might think hillary's strength would be found in older women. >> just remember, there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. >> but a lot of those women are deserting as well. >> i wanted to like her because of the female thing, and the more information i dug up, the more i was amazed and disgusted. she's very corrupt, and she lied, a lot. and that's it. we're done. >> i was a feminist who worked for hillary's campaign in 2008. and now i'm all for bernie sanders. >> bernie, bernie, bernie! >> i went to new hampshire to speak with jeda, another former hillary supporter who now feels herself feeling the bern. >> you voted in 2008 for hillary clinton? >> yes. >> since 2008, she's lost her husband, a vietnam veteran, to lung cancer. she's also started caring for her sick grandson alec. >> because of your life experiences you look at things differently prance than you did in 2008. >> absolutely. health care needs to

bernie's been around and unviable candidate until this new generation came into the fix. >> while bernieing well with millennials, one might think hillary's strength would then be found in older, middle class women. >> remember, there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. >> but a lot of those women are desserting, as well. >> i wanted the like her because of the female thing and the more information i dug up the more i was amazed and disgusted. she is very corrupt and she lied a lot and that's it. we're done. >> i was a feminist who worked for hillary's campaign in 2008. and now i'm all for bernie sanders. >> i went to new hampshire to speak with jet that dara, another former hillary supporter who now finds herself feeling the bern. you voted in 2008 for hillary clinton. >> yes. >> since 2008, jetta's lost her husband, a vietnam veteran to lung cancer and started caring for her sick grandson alec. >> because of your life experiences, you look at things differently perhaps than you did in 2008? >> absolutely. health care needs to be more equitable. everybody dese

"never was there an announcement that some candidates were unviable and that there was a realignment period that they could realine to other groups," said eitzen. in the end, the captains signed off on a 9-8 win for sanders but the state democratic tally shows woodbury county precinct 40 awarded to clinton by that total. monday marked all three men's first caucus eerience. they told us they want to see changes in the iowa system but plan to "there needs to be more people step forward and question and make those numbers more available," said schwz. " it fit when it was just a bunch of old men smoking cigars drinking whiskey and arguing all night. it doesn'n'fit with modern lifesytles at," said west. ts abc 9 news. ts local 5 news we are iowa and in an email... sam lau, communications director for the iowa democratic party said: "we have been made aware of these concerns, we are working to get to the bottom of these cases, and we are reaching out to all parties involved to clear up any confusion." the party says they will not release any paper work used for internal purposes only. ther

they are both unviable. that means that you either need to attract people to your group or realigned to another group that is viable. so if i give you five minutes. will that be enough for everyone to make their move? five minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> to the numbers, 215% or is ended to 10 for clinton.. >> in order to be viable, in order to be viable your group has to have at least 69 members. okay, five minutes. [inaudible] [cheers] [applause] >> i like the college plan. [inaudible] >> we are going to make it happen. >> they have to make it. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> there will never be another female candidate. [inaudible] >> ultimately i am worried. >> what really amazed me is the 11 hours of the benghazi keyrings. [inaudible] >> everybody talked about this. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudibl

bernie's been around and unviable candidate until this new generation came into the fix. >> while bernieing well with millennials, one might think hillary's strength would then be found in older, middle class women. >> remember, there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. >> but a lot of those women are desserting, as well. >> i wanted the like her because of the female thing and the more information i dug up the more i was amazed and disgusted. she is very corrupt and she lied a lot and that's it. we're done. >> i was a feminist who worked for hillary's campaign in 2008. and now i'm all for bernie sanders. >> i went to new hampshire to speak with jet that dara, another former hillary supporter who now finds herself feeling the bern. you voted in 2008 for hillary clinton. >> yes. >> since 2008, jetta's lost her husband, a vietnam veteran to lung cancer and started caring for her sick grandson alec. >> because of your life experiences, you look at things differently perhaps than you did in 2008? >> absolutely. health care needs to be more equitable. everybody dese

that will indicate that martin o'malley probably is going to fall in the unviable area.what all the cheering is about. the two sides are cheering the news of what their candidate has done. the realtime numbers as it's happening right here in this caucus. now they head into the next vote and they figure out the other sides. >> good news for hillary clint know in east central iowa. that matches up with the information we are getting from the entrance polls that shows a majority of the democratic caucus goers want to continue obama's policies. 56% while only 32% want a more liberal direction. that would seem to be how bernie sanders is positioning himself with former secretary clinton positioning herself as continuing obama's policies. >> thanks very much. we are getting ready if are a key race alert. take a look at this. these are real numbers very early. 2%. donald trump is ahead by seven votes right now. he has 691 votes to 684 for ted cruz. remember this is still so early. only 2%. these numbers could easily change. these are numbers coming in from iowa. on the democrat

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but what i need to have people do, listen up, at this point uncommitted and o'malley are both unviable. so that means that you either need to attract people to your group or realign to another group that is viable. if i give you five minutes, will that be enough for everybody to make their move? five minutes? what? >> what's the count? 26 o'malley, 218, i believe -- no, 215 for sanders and 210 for clinton. i was trying to do it from memory. my apologies. [ cheers & applause ] listen up. one more thing to say. one more thing. in order to be viable, in order to be viable your group has to have at least 69 members. okay. >> where are the undecided people? >> she's not undecided. she wants a woman president, she wants a girl. don't you. tell your mom. >> have you guys still uncommitted? >> yeah. >> we'd real lie like to have you -- >> are you working on it? >> talk about education. talk about why hillary is better than sanders on education. somebody do it. >> i'll absolutely do it. hill triri has been on the side of teachers and education from the get-go. you look back, her hair was whatev

poll and if martin o'malley came in, based on those numbers, he would then be declared invalid or unviablee. so he would essentially disappear as a candidate. and then his supporters would have to decide if they were going to go home or if they were going to go off into these other camps. again, as they go, if this were to happen, we would have an instantaneous reading as they moved on, anderson. once all of that is complete, once you have all of these people in place for the final count, then there is a measurement of the percentage that each candidate gets and that is the final vote for precinct 7 for the democrats. that goes to the state level and that's how we will later on tonight for the first time have a sense of who is leading that race for real. anderson. >> all right, tom, that was cool. thanks very much. now let's check in at the republican caucus site. brian todd joins us from there. the republican caucus is a little simpler than the democratic ones. explain. >> simpler, anderson. we'll show you how it's working. first we'll tell you that we're at the 13th gop precinct about 15

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