me now is jonathan capehart of "the washington post," political consultant jimmy williams, kathie obroadvich, charles pierce"the view from flyover country." thank you very much. let me go to you first, kathie, welcome to the show and we are happy to be in your fair state. just the list of people who are here, kathie, john, be eric swalwell is here who has not announced yet, kirsten gillibrand, kamala harris we will interview today, amy cho bashar, john hickenlooper, sherrod brown, cory booker. michael bennett as we mentioned. iowans have a particular -- there's an interesting thing about iowa in that when we talk to iowans about these candidates they usually call them by their first names because iowans expect a level of personal interaction because it's unusual and a small state and what people expect here. in your reporting are any of these dozen or more candidates breaking through in these interactions? >> you know, i think that first of all you're right, iowans do expect to have kind of a relationship with candidates and people say, well, oh, you've met so and so. yeah, but i haven't met them three or f