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>> reporter: and, look, amy klobuchar obviously pretty willing to just go full bore even though getting very little sleep. weve seen her out here even on the campaign trail after that l.a. debate. one thing that struck me as i talked to her about what the best case scenario here in a state like iowa. conventional thinking tells you three tickets out of this state. amy klobuchar telling me, though, with a field this big, anywhere in the top is good. of course, you look at what iowa can do for can...

Found they werent missing bidens word on the debate stage last night. >> well see if what happened last night on the debate stage translates into enthusiasm down on the ground, which these candidates that arent polling really well, they need to excite voters when the pollsters give them a call. guys, thank you very much. senator tammy duckworth says the presidents decisions around turkey and syria show its quote incompetence has fatal consequences. shell join me coming up. first another man ...

Cover and in a year nobody will remember he ran for president. let me bring in our senior political writer and analyst to talk about how we ended up from there to here. and its interesting the current political race is exactly where we were at when trump jumped in. so what did the polls say then about trump? >> they said that he had no chance in heck. i remember writing so many articles i i wish i could change. he was 2% in the national average at this point in his campaign. he was able to win t...

To get that as well. i feel good about how the rnc handled this on behalf of the candidates and well have a great debate on cnbc. >> the last debate was three hours long. almost all the viewers stayed. isnt it good for viewers, voters to have longer debates, not shorter? >> i think its a formula. its not just a question of timing. its how many candidates are on stage. in the case of the reagan library its what people dont see necessarily off camera is the room was rather hot. the candidates -- i...

Two debates one at five featuring the contenders that arent polling that well. any in that crew jump out at you, miller, in the early debate? >> if anybody in that crew jumped at me outside of carly fiorina i you would go in the federal witness relocation program because theyre all creepy. i am going to miss rick perry because now he is going to have to take his smart girl ashley banfield glasses over to the kids table. i hope encarlie cuts his steak up into little pieces so he doesnt choke over...

Two debates one at five featuring the contenders that arent polling that well. any in that crew jump out at you, miller, in the early debate? >> if anybody in that crew jumped at me outside of carly fiorina i you would go in the federal witness relocation program because theyre all creepy. i am going to miss rick perry because now he is going to have to take his smart girl ashley banfield glasses over to the kids table. i hope encarlie cuts his steak up into little pieces so he doesnt choke over...

And you still arent polling well in iowa. why do you think people there are rejecting you? >> i dont think anybody is rejecting. its just understanding how things go in iowa which is everybody feels like they need to kick the tires, and you dont see anybody in iowa at a very significant number. almost everybody is within the margin of error in the polls, and what im hearing when i go to iowa, i like you, youre on my list thats it. >> scott walker and donald trump ben carson jeb bush mike huckabe...

To be whittled down. and i think we can be sure that that will happen. there are debates coming up that are going to filter out the lower ranked candidates. and once we goat to primary season the early voting states will set the pace for who is going to remain in the race. i think youre going to see a lot of the other candidates drop out who arent polling well now or who continue to poll poorly. but certainly its a big field and you have people in new hampshire looking at the field saying i cant...

>> right, tamron. so here we have the very tangible consequences of donald trumps candidacy. some republicans may be optimistically think that this will just run its course and end on its own. i think as the weeks go by, this is looking less and less likely. his own money behind him is a very big reason why thats not the case. the longer trump is in the spotlight the more these other candidates, who arent polling as highly, dont have his name i.d., are not getting that oxygen. rick perry is a gr...