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Themselves with parts of this in a world where they didnt do the certification, everyone wakes up on the seventh, and theyre here claiming it didnt happen, maybe theres some larger legal question. as you drag that out, youre getting closer to the 20th. you can see the outlines that many americans prefer to think of as unthinkable and that the military was not going to support, it was a lane they ultimately didnt achieve. this is a lot of breaking news, but its not the only breaking news. the "...

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 closin...

Importance of this dinner. who made an impression? >> well, as always in politics and certainly out here in iowa, its about expectations, the expectations game. who met, exceeded or didnt live up to them? tonight very clearly, elizabeth warren met expectations, well organized. the speech that we expected. she also laid out her plan for paying for her plan, which i think was a strategically smart move to do today to defend against the attacks she might get tonight. pete buttigieg really exceeded ...

>> all right. if we need you, well call on you. thank you very much. lets bring in joe trippi and mark mckinnon. gentlemen, good evening. i love the chapeau, love the hat, mark. im going to start with you. we cant underplay the importance of this dinner. who made an impression? >> well, as always in politics and certainly out here in iowa, its about expectations, the expectations game. who met, exceeded or didnt live up to them? tonight very clearly, elizabeth warren met expectations, well org...

Shift dramatically with about three weeks to go. and new hampshire is heavily influenced by who comes out of iowa. >> lets look at iowa. we have numbers in iowa also. joe biden at 29%. bernie sanders at 26%. elizabeth warren at 17%. buttigieg 7%, harris 6%. it is interesting the biden campaign has been holding conference calls with reporters basically arguing that joe biden doesnt have to win in iowa or new hampshire. these arent must-win states. theyre trying to lay the ground work that this is...

Said. this is a senior biden campaign aide. do we think we have to win iowa? no. do we want to win iowa, yes, we do. we think were going to win. we know its going to be a dog fight. the same thing is true in new hampshire. we are now ramping up not just for super tuesday, but super tuesday and beyond. we have no expectation nor should we for anyone that this will end quickly after the first four nor should it. >> that was particularly striking because ive had people close to biden tell me privat...

Stop people. i dont know that you can. well see what we can do. i would prefer that they dont, but if they do it, well have to make a decision then. >> so what message does that send? >> look, the presidents whole demeanor there was coy, wolf. i think he sends the message that he takes a lot of delight and glee in these chants, whether or not he is going to actually endorse them. and thats just where we are right now. >> he could just tell those folks to stop it. >> he could just say that, and h...

This is what you want. what you dont want is -- listen, kids, if youre thinking about reasoning for president, because everybody sels is so why shouldnt you? if you think about running for president this is how you want to start your campaign. if you told me i can start my campaign this way on the cover of vanity fair, i would say thats easy. its an expectations game. its hard to run for president, have expectations as low as -- i remember when we did scarborough country, daily news seems to be ...

Been no contact with bob mueller by the white house or giuliani himself over the course of the last four weeks. they have had no contact with the attorney general, bill barr, and rod rosenstein. as we know, those two individuals down the street at the department of justice spent much of yesterday going in whats in that mueller report, deciding what is going to be released later today. giuliani says "i think i know whats in it" and expects no evidence of collusion. of course, that is the bar that...

The white house. joining knee corey lewandowski and former campaign manager for president trumps 2016 campaign. anna and alexa are joining the conversation as well. corey, we know the president is inviting friends and family over for dinner to watch returns. are you going to be there? >> i spoke with the president a few minutes ago and hes very excited about today. this is his policy on the ballot. he knows that but he knows that historical precedence has said that the party in power is going to...