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turn out to see people already arriving here. to tell us a bit about what will happen here tonight, imjoined by about what will happen here tonight, im joined by david young. david is a former congressman for the third district and iowa, also former chief of staff to chuck grassley, the senior senator, so he knows his iowa politics. whatll happen here tonight? in iowa, we dontjust pick corn, but presidents, thats what were — but presidents, thats what were doing tonight. first to say...

an explosion on a critical bridge linking russia to the annexed crimean peninsula, crippling a key supply route for russia. here at home, republican leaders doubling down on their support for embattled senate candidate, herschel walker, with two top gop senators heading there to campaign with the former football star tomorrow. and fresh reaction to remarks from tommy tuberville. >> they want crime because they want to take over what you got. they want to control what you have. they w...

These leaks coming from? >> you have all those people in the room but still dont believe him. >> thank you. democrats up in arms over reports of leaked intel but fox news contributor charles krauthammer is refreshing their memory, classified leaks involving their candidate. >> opportunism and reflex reaction particularly since the candidate spending classified information, for a year and a half and the democrats pretended it either wasnt a problem or should be ignored. something like what happen...

This is $9 million of outside spending versus about three and change of candidate spending. this really was a local race. if you read the press, there was no discussion of the local issues in that district. this was all about obamacare and medicare advantage and things look that. what are the takeaway lessons if youre a national democrat or national republican, what do you do come november? >> i think this is no doubt this was an extremely disparaging blow to national democrats, no doubt. but if...

Time now for my if its tuesday takeaway. as we noted earlier, its an unprecedented amount of money being spent in this one special election in one swing district in one swing state. outside groups alone have spent nearly $9 million on this race to replace the late congressman bill young. when you add in candidate spending, $10 million, now we estimate it to be $13 million and when all is said and done, it will probably be closer to $14 or $15 million spent in one house race. if this is the kind ...

Around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks called funders. so the current situation is clearly unconstitutional or clearly at odds with framers intent. and i was curious to hear your reaction to that, whether you think thats not the situation or whether or not theres a broader interpretation. >> no, the problem is you have this ungainly system because of a 1976 supreme court c...

Campaigns and that the gap between the people and the funders only grows even greater. >> so this is actually an interesting issue in what were talking ability on a day to day basis is the constitutional architecture of how we fund elections. one of the arguments you make is that it is clear in the constitution and in the history around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks call...

Around the constitution that the framers intended the politicians, our legislatures to be dependent on the people, not to be dependent on this other class of folks called funders. so the current situation is clearly unconstitutional or clearly at odds with framers intent. and i was curious to hear your reaction to that, whether you think thats not the situation or whether or not theres a broader interpretation. >> no, the problem is you have this ungainly system because of a 1976 supreme court c...

themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over the course of seven hours. it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. hes no longer at this center. the video is part of a trial. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. he told a paper, the use...

the school is in massachusetts called the judge rotenberg center. they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. i want to warn you, it is difficult to wa...