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And im sorry, and then eight votes for joe biden. but those numbers are still coming together. were still going to put together the final results on that. but right now, were looking at a huge result for bernie sanders in precinct 6202, which is just one of several precincts here in sparks county or washoe county. >> let me read the numbers on the screen. right now, very early in the one caucus site, in the one precinct, bernie sanders 47.1%, elizabeth warren 14.7%, remember, you need about 15% ...

The caucuses, then these satellite caucuses will be weighted. they wont account for as much as a regular, realtime caucus, but they are going to allow people to participate in a way that matters, not quite at that same time, unlike a primary election, wolf, where you have all day long to vote, you know, polls are open maybe ten hours a day, you can go and vote. the caucus process is, you have to show up on a cold winter night in a room, stay there for a couple of hours. this is now the first tim...

Voters across the country, theres a desire to do than build way past what we were able to do with the affordable care act. people want to be able to make their own decision whether to leave their private plan or not. >> reporter: buttigieg had to go back to south bend today to vote for his successor as mayor, but we talked to him as he left the tale end of a bus tour before he left iowa and this is a state rerevealed he does not have a ton of experience in until somewhat recently. >> first time ...

Taxes there and it wont make a difference. youve got to show youre engaged. i also wanting to reminding ou folks new to the caucus process, its a very intense, highly organized process. for example, youre going to see people starting this month buying snow shovels in the hardware stores so theyre prepared for the february 3rd date in case theres a blizzard or snowstorm. youre going to see that intense focus to bring out people. its not like a normal election where people go to their local pollin...

Keep in mind these caucuses take place in the winter in iowa. im from the midwest and know how brutal those winters can be, theyre time consuming, so the whole point was to get more people out. candidates were already campaigning and strategizing under the assumption that these rules would be in place. ultimately the dnc decided it was just too much of a risk. >> so you have iowa. you also have nevada where they have caucuses. now you have this shift. i wonder what does this mean for those state...

To be a more expanded caucus system because what was going on left out a lot of voters in the democratic process. so lets talk about what were discussing, which is the caucus process. for a caucus, you have to go as a voter to an area at a specific time, stay for several hours and that is very different from a primary where a voter can stop by, cast a ballot at any point of the day. well, just a few minutes ago, the democratic national committee officially rejected a plan in iowa, also in nevada...

A pollster put them in. >> congresswoman you are one of the big success stories for democrats around the country in 2018. you took a republican held seat in eastern iowa. what do you see now? is that enthusiasm carrying through? how does it impact on the caucus process? >> well, the caucuses are always very interesting. we have got 20 some presidential candidates here and theyre traveling all across our districts. and ive talked to some of them. and i keep trying to reiterate, you know, you can ...

Of organization at this stage in the caucus process. you know, they said that even voters said that theyre hearing from her staff. theyre getting phone calls to discuss the issues with them. one thing that voters pointed out is the pocahontas thing has been mostly forgotten and the fact that she did do that dna test, but they do bring it up sometimes when theyre talking about defeating donald trump and someone who can be on the same debate stage as donald trump. they bring that up as a potential...

Office opening in council bluffs, iowa, and that is where we find cnns ryan nobles. a lot on the plate today. >> yes, victor and christi, this is quintessential weekend for bernie sanders in iowa. it is going to start with the events in the western side of iowa with office opening in council bluffs, and this is an example of the infrastructure that the sanders campaign is attempting to build here in iowa and something he can do because of the vast resources he has, and more cash on hand than any...

Interactions with the voters here, and he has this office opening and he is going to be at the aarp forum, and then the round table and heading to the county fair to talk to voters. this is an attempt to have sanders show the more human side of him as a candidate and it is often the connection to compel someone to participate in the caucus process, and this is of course, victor and christi, enormously important to sanders team as we head closer and closer to the iowa caucuses at  the beginning ...