joe biden arguing that he is the most electable with the promise to restore america s soul. we choose hope over fear. we choose truth over lies. bernie sanders claiming he can energize voters with the promise to transform america. sorry, you ain t going to buy this election. and the top candidates in a high-stakes battle over who can take back the white house. hello, iowa city. elizabeth warren offering up a passion for a big plan. this is no time for small ideas. that is why i m here. pete buttigieg bringing in a new generation of leadership. we are the solution to the problems we face. amy klobuchar with pragmatism and grit of the midwest. i want to win. and candidates eager to challenge the president in the bitter aftermath of the
bernie sanders. we know he ll fight for us as president because he always has. i m bernie sanders and i approve this message. we are watching what is happening in the so-called satellite caucuses where the iowans can come to caucus. we go to st. petersburg, florida, and dianne gallagher, you are there at a church where people have gather? yeah, wolf. we are here in a church and this is the holding area where they check people in, and 120 iowans, and the registered democrats are registered to take part in the caucus right here. at the moment, they are sitting down and the doors for the room they are going to caucus don t open until 5:00, and there have been having to deal with what they can at this point. i have been talking to people all about how excited they are that it is final hi here and come here and this is lucy.
biden is a wonderful guy, and everybody who knew him thought that. and we should note that the biden plan is that he does not have to necessarily win iowa or new hampshire or nevada after that, and banking on the later state, but it is true that the last four democratic nominees, hillary clinton and barack obama did win iowa. it is the expectations game. yes. and with that note, i will go to ryan noble, and i was with you and senator sanders at one of the events yesterday and the closing message at least part of it is that low turnout is bad for me and high turnout is good for me. yeah, you heard jake talk about the enthusiasm, and the enthusiasm being an important part of the iowa caucus, and no doubt that the san dieders camn believe that his support rers the most passionate in the field. they are feeling confident going
it s decision day in iowa. voters are taking park in caucuses. you re looking at some live pictures coming in from one of the caucuses in des moines, caucuses that could shake up the fight for the democratic presidential nomination. i m wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. we re closing in on the official start of the first contest of the 2020 election. most caucuses begin across iowa, about two hours from now. 11 democratic candidates are hoping to stand out from the pack, only one will come out on top. joe biden, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, they are the leading contenders in iowa. they re bracing for a close battle tonight. some caucuses are already underway at satellite locations in and outside of the state. we re awaiting results from caucuses happening right now in des moines, iowa, st. petersburg, florida, also in queen creek, arizona, that s
into the race tonight, but no doubt they are employing what is their own advisers admit is a risky strategy. one adviser described to me as a big gamble. that is because they are coming at the caucus process differently than candidates in the past. they are relying on the unreliable voting blocs, and young peep, and voters of color, and those who don t come out in big numbers in the iowa caucuses, and the first time caucusgoers, and the sanders campaign has made an effort to go after them and get involved in the politics, and bernie sanders says he has been addressing issues that the po tigss have politicians have ignored in this community. and so they say that this has as good of a chance of failing as succeeding, but this is how bernie sanders wants to run the campaign and win this caucus,