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Well, i think one of the important things, this is -- iowa is a state where religious liberty is a very important thing and senator cruz has a record on that. theres just no question about it. the thing im interested in is donald trump is bringing in a lot of people to the process that were never involved before. im not sure fight how you measure that. i mean, after all, polls or no polls, at the end of the day you have to show up on a cold winter night in iowa in february and stay there for sev...

Of maine where the u.s. navys biggest and most extensive destroyer set sail for the first time. the ships captain is james kirk, but the boats name is the uss zumwalt, not enterprise. to the when. february 1st, iowa caucus day, but some folks wont have to be there in person. thats right. for the first time ever, iowa plans to have a telecaucus, over the phone, open to military members out of state. theres been a lot of complaints about the caucus process, that it keeps people out. now the why. m...

Step with the country on this, theyve been able to be out of step before. in the battle for the white house, the oldest latino civil rights organization in the country is putting people on the ground in iowa for the first time. the latinos only make up 5% of the population in iowa. the legal of united latin american citizens is investing up to $300,000 and going door-to-door to try to ensure latinos are involved in the caucus process. joining me from johnson, iowa, the political director, chri...

The gop is 21% of the populous, and ive never good at math, it >> its hard for saturday morning. >> it tells me that one-third of republicans translates to 7% to 9% of americans. thats it. maybe its enough to do well in a primary process or a caucus process, but youre not getting elected president with this sort of thing. >> of course not. hes so bad for the republican party. you have to be -- in order to be elected, present yourself as a leader, you have to say unpopular things even if it does ...

Politics. but ive been in iowa six different times. theres a sliver of iowa that believes this, and youre never going to convince him that hes a muslim. those are people that are going to go to caucuses and vote for donald trump. i think what trump is saying, it may be in the longer scheme to broaden his base. i dont think he can broaden his base much. i think hes got only 30% of republicans. >> kathleen, my point is 32% or thereabouts of the gop, and if the gop is 21% of the populous, and ive n...

New strategy over the weekend was senator tom harkin of iowa. he stayed neutral in 2008, he didnt endorse barack obama or hillary clinton. hes endorsed late sometimes in previous caucus years but hes come out strongly for hillary. and he was asked this question when when she was speaking to reporters and he said, you know what, this campaign ive seen from hillary clinton is frankly a different one than i saw last time. he said shes more personally engaged than she was in 2008 and he was very fra...

>> of course, they are going to say this type of stuff. i think there is some truth to some of this analysis. in order to win in politics, there are certain laws of political gravity that take hold for anyone, including donald trump. you need to have a ground game. one of the things that trump is going to count on is bringing in from his celebrity some of that appeal. people who are not necessarily engage voters all the time. you have to make sure those people show up to the polls and vote for y...

Right now, i cant tell you. i have great faith in the process, both caucus process as well as a primary process in the other states and i think the cream rises to the surface and if trump is part of that cream, hell rise. >> do you have any concerns about donald trump? >> we wont know that until you get into it. i think that the extent to which people talk issues and present their program is the best way to get the support of iowans. >> senator chuck grassley, well let you off the hook. thank yo...

Most americans dont understand caucuses because they are a weird, crazy thing that only some people do in weird crazy places. but you have to really be for a candidate to go through a caucus process. it is not hike youre going to the voting booth and push a button and then walk away. so enthusiasm and energy of a base group is really good and helpful in caucuses. but so is organization. i think when you look at the energy behind bernie, the i think it is a good thing. i think he has a long way t...

President of fox news and promised trump will always be treated fairly. maybe were headed into the direction of detente between trump and fox news. so many of their viewers vote in the caucus process. while weve seen trump essentially be teflon for many of what would be gaffes that would sideline candidates he survives them. im not sure that he would necessarily survive if fox news were to turn on him. that could potentially be a problem. youre seeing him take steps to mitigate. weve seen him do...