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Today, shes in the all-important primary state of iowa, impossible to miss that significance. cnn political reporter maeve reston is just north of des moines and joins us now. maeve? >> reporter: hey, erica. so kamala harris was here today, talking to young voters and really voters of all ages on a community college campus. early voting, as kyung mentioned, is also underway here in iowa. right behind me, theres a very slow trickle of people headed in there. but thats why, ostensibly, kamala harr...

Democrats with an opportunity. a couple months ago you never would have said that in this district. how about utahs 4th district? utah, one the most red states in the country. and yet today look at this, mia love, the republican, tied there. the key there, utah, this is a state as red states go very trump-phobic i think you can see. evan mcmullen the third-party candidate in utah got 25% of the vote a couple years ago. trumps worst primary state. this is the least conservative district in utah. ...

Have to distance yourself from him. >> donald trump will not carry the majority of the state. youll have to get some other voters. theres not a republican majority that will win in a contested primary state or in a general election. rick scott has been eight years as governor. hes been tremendously focused on jobs and diversionification of the florida economy. theres a lot of people who thinks it would have been a much tighter race. >> a quarter of the voters are registered as independents. thos...

Mitchell. she join us live now from the new yorker hotel in manhattan. what are you hearing behind the scenes? just what is the overall reaction, this devastating loss for her? >> shock, disappointment, bereavement. staff members crying. if you can see around me, the rows here of seats are filled with longtime supporters. ambassadors, former diplomats, friends, supporters, donors, longtime hillary clinton pals. groups of women who have come to every rally and every major primary state who travel...

Clinton on the stump for his wife hillary, and sans hillary, too, and doing it without hillary and the first in the campaign. this is the key primary state the of new hampshire where he is, and he spoke a few moments ago about this race. >> sometimes i follow this debate in the presidential elections, and especially when i watch the other guys debating, and i think this, you know, i dont fit anymore. first of all, im a happy grandfather, and im not mad at anybody. and secondly, i thought that th...

House veterans affairs committee invoked their fifth amendment rights against self-incrimination, 16 times in a hearing yesterday. dana rubens and kimberly graves are suspected of abusing the vas relocation program to scam hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> their relocation expenses were exorbitantly more than even the highest ranking military officials received when they and their families are ordered to move. >> the two women were dismissed from the hearing after they refused to testify. h...

And just promise you, he is not a -- >> should the rules change for debates, and are they silly in some aspect? >> whatever the rules are, keep to the them, and that is all the candidates want. the rules were established, and they lost control over the process the last time. the suggestion that this is all twoing the to be about the economy and the debt and the big challenges that americans face, they didnt fulfill it, so i hope that the next debate is going to be focused on the issues that matt...

Progress, but we havent achieved the political success that we need. we built the largest u.s. embassy in the world in baghdad, so we could have some sort of political diplomatic surge, but then we left it half full. and thats the piece that i think we cant forget in afghanistan. the president made the right decision to extend the stay of the troops. but weve got to hear about the political plan as well, because thats what ultimately will lead to a success, and ensure that once the troops do com...

>> sure. >> of course they will. and now to developments from the campaign trail. right now jeb bush is participating in a domestic violence roundtable in new hampshire. as he spends another day in the first-in-the-nation primary state. im joined now by al cardin. mr. cardin its good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> governor bush is currently in third place in new hampshire, trailing trump and fiorina. and two other polls show hes in the single digits in nevada and south carolina. whats ...

However, what they have to do is distribute the refugees to all european countries and that is the conflict. >> we are having some audio technical difficulties. we will try to get fred back. >> he has been amazing reporting from munich. what is interesting, alison, the hub where people are coming in and the refugees were astonished. they got a heroes welcome. a remarkable picture of how countries are responding. >> some are opening their arms. to politics in the u.s. new trouble for hillary cl...